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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7393586 | Highly oxidation-resistant copper powder for conductive paste and process for producing the powder A highly oxidation-resistant copper powder for conductive paste, which is a copper powder containing not more than 5 wt % of Si, is characterized in that substantially all of the Si is adhered to the surfaces of the copper particles as SiO2-system gel coa... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7288241 | Black composite oxide particle and method for production thereof A black composite oxide particle includes a composite oxide having Fe, Mg and Al as metal components. The particle contains Fe, Mg and Al in amounts of 30 to 55 mass %, 1 to 10 mass %, and 1 to 10 mass %, respectively, and has an atomic ratio of Fe3+/Fe | 10/30/2007 |
| 7264672 | Titanium dioxide pigment composite and method of making same A process for producing an improved titanium dioxide pigment composite is provided, as are particles produced thereby. The process comprises producing a slurry comprising titanium dioxide particles, leaching alumina from the surface of the titanium dioxide particles... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264178 | Foam spraying rig A foam spraying rig comprising a vehicle having first and second fluid spray component storage tanks mounted in the body of the vehicle, each of which are heated by electrical heaters and by tubing which is connected to the coolant of the water cooled engine of the ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261939 | Tablets with coloured patterns and preparation thereof A tablet comprising a core which is at least partially coated with an outer layer obtained by electrostatic deposition of a powder and subsequent fusing of the deposited powder to form a film characterised in that a surface of the tablet coated with said outer layer... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255735 | Surface-modified silicon dioxide-titanium dioxide mixed oxides Pyrogenically prepared surface-modified silicon dioxide-titanium dioxide mixed oxides are prepared by spraying pyrogenically prepared silicon dioxide-titanium dioxide mixed oxides with a surface-modifying agent. The surface-modified pyrogenically prepared silicon di... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250080 | Process for the manufacture of organosilicon compound-treated pigments An improved process for making an organosilicon compound surface-treated titanium dioxide material, comprising (a) forming a mixture of the titanium dioxide material in water, (b) wet milling the mixture, (c) adjusting the pH of the slurry resulting from step (b) to... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7244302 | Titanium dioxide coated with silicon dioxide A powder containing particles with a core of titanium dioxide and a coating of silicon dioxide in an amount of between 0.5 and 40 wt. %, the particles have a BET surface of between 5 and 300 m2/g, and the particles are primary particles that have a coatin... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244376 | Hexaboride particles, hexaboride particle dispersion, and article making use of hexaboride particles or hexaboride particle dispersion In hexaboride particles having particles of a hexaboride of at least one element (X) selected from Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Sr and Ca, or a dispersion of such particles, the surfaces of the hexaboride particles have physically been ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238387 | Hydrophobic inorganic fine particles, hydrophobic inorganic fine particles production process, and toner Hydrophobic inorganic fine particles characterized by being a mixture of at least small-particle-diameter inorganic fine particles having an average primary particle diameter of 5 to 25 nm and having a maximum peak particle diameter of 20 nm or less and large-partic... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7229664 | Process for producing light-emitting phosphor A process for producing a vacuum ultraviolet ray-excited light-emitting phosphor comprising the steps of mixing a phosphor with a aluminum-based coupling agent, and calcining the mixture. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226662 | Concrete substrate containing glass The invention relates to a construction-material body or coating, containing a hydraulic agglutinant, aggregate material and glass granulate as the principal components. The surface of said glass granulate is coated with a protective layer, which contains at least o... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7183002 | Porous ferro- or ferrimagnetic glass particles for isolating molecules Porous, ferro- or ferrimagnetic, glass particles are described that selectively bind molecules of interest, especially nucleic acid molecules, under appropriate conditions. Methods of preparing the porous, ferro- or ferrimagnetic, glass particles and their use of id... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7135206 | Coated titanium dioxide particles A method for producing nanoscale titanium dioxide particles which are coated with an oxide, a hydroxide or an oxide hydroxide of Al, Ce, Zr and/or Si wherein the enzymatic precipitant system urease/urea is used. Said coated titanium dioxide particles can have an ave... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7135065 | Method for the post-treatment of titanium dioxide pigments The invention relates to a method for the post-treatment of titanium dioxide, in order to produce particularly weather-resistant titanium dioxide pigments with good optical properties. The method is characterized in that, together with the hydrous oxides of tin and ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7101810 | Transparent article having protective silicon nitride film Transparent articles comprising transparent, nonmetallic substrate and a transparent film stack is sputter deposited on the substrate. The film stack is characterized by including at least one infrared reflective metal film, a dielectric film over the metal film, an... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7083984 | Hybrid phthalocyanine derivatives and their uses Water soluble hybrid phthalocyanine derivatives useful in competitive and noncompetitive assays immunoassays, nucleic acid and assays are disclosed and claimed having (1) at least one donor subunit with a desired excitation peak; and (2) at least one acceptor subuni... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7044170 | Hydraulic cementitious composition with improved bleeding resistance A method of making a grout composition which reduces the amount of bleed water from grout used in bonded post-tensioned concrete applications is provided. The method includes forming the grout composition by combining copolymers with other materials into a hydraulic... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7019037 | Monolayer coated aerogels and method of making Aerogels having a monolayer coating are described. The aerogel and a monolayer forming precursor are provided in a supercritical fluid, whereupon the aerogel and the monolayer forming precursor are reacted in said supercritical fluid to form a covalent bond between ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6972301 | Process for producing organically modified metal oxides and products thereof A process of producing an organically modified metal oxide wherein an aqueous slurry of a metal oxide which can be peptized in the presence of an acid is admixed with an aqueous slurry of an oregano silage having the formula RySiX4-y, the mixtu... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6896958 | Substantially transparent, abrasion-resistant films containing surface-treated nanocrystalline particles A film-forming composition contains surface-treated nanocrystalline particles dispersed in a cross-linkable resin. A substantially transparent, abrasion-resistant film is formed from the film-forming composition. Processes for preparing the film-forming composition ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6890593 | Method of coating micrometer sized inorganic particles A method for coating moisture sensitive inorganic particles, such as phosphors, comprising mixing the inorganic particles having a particle size of about 1 to 100 micrometers with nanometer-sized coating particles, and firing the mixture to soften or melt the nanome... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6887518 | Silica with homogeneous layer of silylating agent Silylated silica is prepared by silylating silica with an organosiloxane composed of A units of the formula (I) (R13SiO1/2) (I) and B units of the formulae (IIa-c) (R12SiO... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6838152 | Low pigments costs algae-retardant roofing granule products containing metallic copper Algae-resistant roofing granules consisting of one or two coats of a fired semi-ceramic composition having a metallic copper powder which does not significantly affect the color tint strength of the pigment contained in the coatings. ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6811813 | Method of coating micrometer sized inorganic particles A method for coating moisture sensitive inorganic particles, such as phosphors, comprising mixing the inorganic particles which have a particle size of about 1 to 100 micrometers with nanometer sized coating particles, as of silica, and firing to soften or melt the ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6803073 | Particle forming method A submicron particle forming method includes feeding a first set of precursors to a first energy application zone. Energy is applied to the first set of precursors in the first energy application zone effective to react and form solid particles having maximum diamet... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6783586 | Easy to disperse, high durability TiO2 pigment and method of making same The present invention relates to a TiO2 pigment coated sequentially in a wet treatment process with hydrous silica and hydrous alumina both in the presence of citric acid wherein the resulting pigment is coated with from 1 to 4% amorphous alumina based on... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6773814 | Metal oxide particles coated with silicon dioxide Metal oxide particles having a metal oxide core and a silicon dioxide coating have a low structure. The particle are produced by a base dissolved in water being added under agitation to a dispersion comprising a metal oxide, at least one compound of the type Xn... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6756118 | Powdered metal composite material and starting material and method for producing such a composite material In order to state a powdered metal composite material having a high specific electrical resistance and having good mechanical strength, very good resistance to temperature and to fuel, and a starting material and a method for the economical production of such a comp... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6706219 | Interface materials and methods of production and use thereof An interface material comprising a resin mixture and at least one solder material is herein described. The resin material may comprise any suitable resin material, but it is preferred that the resin material be silicone-based comprising one or more compounds such as... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6660380 | Zinc oxide particles having suppressed surface activity and production and use thereof The invention provides a zinc oxide particle having suppressed surface activity which gives safe and effective UV ray shielding ability (especially at longer wavelengths) to a variety of products such as resin molds, coating compositions or cosmetics, and... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6607781 | Roofing granules with a decorative metallic appearance Colored roofing granules and methods for their preparations, having decorative metallic appearance and enhanced stability against discoloration of color containing a silica-encapsulated metallic flake or colored lamellar effect pigment distributed in an i... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6572784 | Luminescent pigments and foils with color-shifting properties Interference pigment flakes and foils are provided which have luminescent and color-shifting properties. The pigment flakes can have a symmetrical coating structure on opposing sides of a core layer, can have an asymmetrical coating structure with all of ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6565770 | Color-shifting pigments and foils with luminescent coatings Interference pigment flakes and foils are provided which have luminescent and color-shifting properties. A luminescent material coating structure is provided which partially covers or encapsulates a color-shifting pigment flake, or covers the outer surfac... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6565709 | Process for producing dimensionally stable release liner and product produced thereof A method of producing dimensionally stable paper and/or paperboard products by treating a hygroreactive cellulosic fiber matrix with a hydrophobic sizing agent solution; and drying the treated fibers using heat and/or pressure so that the hydrophobic sizi... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6544647 | Non-magnetic composite particles, process for producing the same and magnetic recording medium using the same Non-magnetic composite particles composed of non-magnetic core particles having an average particle size of 0.01 to 0.3 μm, and inorganic fine particles having an average particle size of 0.001 to 0.07 μm. The fine particles are present in an amount of ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6541113 | Methods for preparing silica-coated carbon products Methods of making a silica-coated carbon product are described. In one method, an aqueous media or solution and a carbon product are contacted with a solution comprising a silicate substantially free of metal ions, for a sufficient time and temperature to... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6528604 | Reactive silica particles, process for manufacturing the same, use of the same Reactive silica particles capable of producing coatings exhibiting excellent scratch resistance, weather resistance, adhesiveness, and curability, while satisfying a wide spectrum of performances from transparency to semi-transparency and providing a glos... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6485831 | Conductive powder and making process A conductive powder having an organic silicon polymer layer on the surface of each particle and a metal layer enclosing the silicon polymer layer possesses a stronger bond between the particle base and the metal even at elevated temperature and exhibits a... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6447911 | Silica adsorbent on magnetic substrate Adsorbent particles comprising superparamagnetic and/or low Curie Temperature transition metal-containing cores surrounded by a hydrous siliceous oxide coating can be formed by an aqueous process wherein the core is precipitated from an aqueous solution a... | 09/10/2002 |
