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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7442412 | Hydrophobic coating for oxide surfaces The disclosure relates to hydrophobic coatings for oxidized surfaces and methods of producing the same. Such coatings may be produced by applying a compound of the general formula AXn or A(R1)mXn to an oxidized surface fol... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7299535 | Methods for making data storage media and the resultant media Methods for forming data storage media and the media formed thereby are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method for forming a data storage media, comprises: injection molding a substrate comprising surface features, wherein said surface features have greater... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7273534 | Optical device substrate film-formation apparatus, optical disk substrate film-formation method, substrate holder manufacture method, substrate holder, optical disk and a phase-change recording type of optical disk In an optical disk substrate film-formation apparatus which prepared an optical disk by forming a thin film on a substrate, the optical disk substrate is held by a holder section. A contact support surface is provided to the holder section which closely contacts at ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7214408 | Method of producing carbon fiber aggregate A method of producing an aggregate of hollow or solid carbon fibers is provided, which comprises the step of (i) heating a solution comprising carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and sulfur as components; or (ii) heating a vapor of a solution comprising carbon, oxygen, hydrog... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7189321 | Fluid treatment module having hollow membranes The invention relates to a hollow membrane (11) comprising two support layers arranged one above the other forming a space between them and a plurality of capillary tubes arranged between the support layers forming capillary channels for the flow of a first f... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7153584 | Hybrid film, antireflection film comprising it, optical product, and method for restoring the defogging property of hybrid film Hybrid films, such as those having good abrasion-resistance and defogging properties, antireflection films including it, optical products, and methods for restoring the defogging property of the hybrid films are disclosed. The hybrid films having a defogging propert... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7118778 | Method of applying adhesive An applying method for an adhesive according to an embodiment includes the following steps. First, gas is exhausted from a first exhaust pipe, so as to eliminate a part of the gas in a closed container. Next, the gas continues to be exhausted from the first exhaust ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7101591 | Production method for copolymer film, copolymer film produced by the forming method and semiconductor device using copolymer film This invention provides a process for producing an organic polymer film whereby when using it as an interlayer insulating film in a semiconductor device, the film exhibits higher adhesiveness at its interfaces where other semiconductor materials are in contact with ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7045170 | Anti-stiction coating for microelectromechanical devices A method for depositing an anti-stiction coating on a MEMS device comprises reacting the vapor of an amino-functionalized silane precursor with a silicon surface of the MEMS device in a vacuum chamber. The method can further comprise cleaning the silicon surface of ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6984416 | Archival spray composition A method of preserving cellulosic material that includes the application of an archival composition on the substrate. The aerosol archival product includes an aerosol archival composition and may be disposed in a pressurized container. The aerosol archival compositi... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6977138 | Reactive polymer coatings A method for coating of variable substrates with highly reactive polymers. Its combination with microcontact printing is used for generating several devices such as patterned arrays of ligands for high throughput screening. ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6974632 | Archival spray composition A substrate that is treated with an archival composition. An aerosol archival product includes the aerosol archival composition and may be disposed in a pressurized container. The aerosol archival composition includes one or more chlorinated fluorinated hydrocarbons... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6962732 | Process for controlling thin film uniformity and products produced thereby Processes for controlling thickness uniformity of thin organosilicate films as they are deposited on a substrate, and as they finally result. During deposition of the film, which may be accomplished by CVD, PECVD, rapid thermal processing or the like, the substrate ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6936405 | Organic polymeric antireflective coatings deposited by chemical vapor deposition An improved method for applying organic antireflective coatings to substrate surfaces and the resulting precursor structures are provided. Broadly, the methods comprise chemical vapor depositing (CVD) an antireflective compound on the substrate surface. In one embod... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6869636 | Method of evaporating film used in an organic electro-luminescent display In evaporating thin film used in organic electro-luminescent (EL) display, a mask having a plurality of openings is placed below a display substrate, and a plane evaporation source is placed below the mask. The plane evaporation source has a plurality of evaporating... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6861103 | Synthesis of functional polymers and block copolymers on silicon oxide surfaces by nitroxide-mediated living free radical polymerization in vapor phase Nitroxide mediated free radical polymerization of vaporized vinyl monomers, including acrylic acid (AAc), styrene (St), N-2-(hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA) and N-isopropyl acrylamide (NIPAAm), on silicon wafers is demonstrated. FTIR, ellipsometry and contact an... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6805909 | Oxidation-protected brake disk and method of making same An oxidation-protected brake disk is made of a fiber-reinforced ceramic material. A method of producing such a brake disk comprises applying at least one paint layer to a brake disk. In order to reduce damage to the brake disk under extreme thermal stress, the brake... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6767587 | Hydrophobic coating compositions, articles coated with said compositions, and processes for manufacturing same Hydrophobic coating compositions are provided as are processes to coat articles with the compositions. Extremely hydrophobic coatings are provided by the compositions. Durable, weatherable and scratch-resistant coatings are provided by compositions comprising a trif... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6679951 | Metal anneal with oxidation prevention The invention relates generally to the prevention of copper oxidation during copper anneal processes. In one aspect of the invention, copper oxidation is prevented by carrying out the anneal in the presence of one or more organic reducing agents.... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6649222 | Modulated plasma glow discharge treatments for making superhydrophobic substrates A method for treating substrates including the steps of: providing a substrate; exposing said substrate to a plasma glow discharge in the presence of a fluorocarbon gas; maintaining said gas at a pressure between about 50 mTorr and about 400 mTorr;... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6620741 | Method for controlling etch bias of carbon doped oxide films A method for controlling etch bias of carbon doped oxide films comprising performing the etch in a cyclic two step process i.e., a carbon doped oxide (CDO) removal process, said CDO removal process comprises a first gas to etch a trench in the CDO layer. ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6592940 | Method for coating an orifice plate A method for coating an orifice plate and an orifice plate having a non-wetting coating thereon is provided. To form the plate, material having non-wetting characteristics can be provided as a surface of a transfer block. The non-wetting material is prefe... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6548112 | Apparatus and method for delivery of precursor vapor from low vapor pressure liquid sources to a CVD chamber A CVD reactor is provided with a precursor delivery system that is integrally connected to the reactor chamber. Liquid precursor such as a copper or other metal-organic precursor is atomized at the entry of a high flow-conductance vaporizer, preferably wi... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6512297 | CVD source material for forming an electrode, and electrode and wiring film for capacitor formed therefrom A CVD source material which can be stably tramsported to a reactor in order to form a platinum metal, Cu, or an oxide of them as an electrode. An organometallic compound including a platinum metal (Ru, Pt, Ir, Pd, Os, Rh, Re) or Cu, is dissolved into tetr... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6497924 | Method of making non-linear optical polymer A method for making a non-linear optical polymer layer. The method includes flash evaporating a liquid polymer precursor mixture containing a plurality of non-linear optical molecules forming an evaporate, cryocondensing the evaporate on a substrate formi... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6372290 | Method of making a temperature and scratch resistant anti-sticking coating The invention relates to a carrier material having an inorganic molecular structure and a surface coating produced by applying a substance and by heat treatment. The invention also relates to a method for the production and to the appropriate uses of said... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6365229 | Surface treatment material deposition and recapture A method and system for applying a surface treatment to an object. The system comprises: a source chamber (106) for holding a source of surface treatment material (102); a deposition chamber (112) enclosing the object to be treated (104); a recovery chamb... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6355311 | Method for making an optical recording medium and an optical recording medium obtained by the method A method for making an otical recording medium comprises providing a substrate which is encoded with information in the form of pits and/or a continuous groove beforehand at least on one side thereof, spraying a solution or dispersion of a film-forming ma... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6337105 | Method and apparatus for forming thin functional film There is provided a method of forming a thin functional film by vacuum vapor deposition in which a functional material is heated from the above thereof so that bumping or splashing of the functional material is not caused upon evaporation of the functiona... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6291072 | Insulating film for semiconductor device and semiconductor device A semiconductor device is provided with an interlayer insulating film consisting essentially of poly-,-difluoroparaxylylene. The interlayer insulating film can have a low relative dielectric constant of from 2.1 to 2.7.... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6274204 | Method of making non-linear optical polymer The method of the present invention for making a non-linear optical polymer layer has the steps of (a) flash evaporating a coating material monomer having a plurality of non-linear optical molecules as an evaporate; (b) cryocondensing the evaporate on a s... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6248401 | Process for treating a metallic body with vapor-deposited treatment layer(s) and adhesion-promoting layer This invention relates to a metal body having at least one vapor-deposited treatment layer overlying and adhered to at least one side of the metal body, and a layer of adhesion-promoting material overlying and adhered to at least one treatment layer, prov... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6214410 | Vacuum assisted lubrication of magnetic recording media A lubricant topcoat is applied to a magnetic recording medium under vacuum, thereby eliminating oxidative degradation, increasing lubricant transport properties to the disc surface, increasing uniformity and enabling control of the lubricant molecular wei... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6143370 | Process for producing polymer coatings with various porosities and surface areas A process for forming polymer coatings on the surfaces of objects, e.g., medical stents, is disclosed. The coatings formed by the process of the invention comprise small spherical, spheroidal or irregular shape polymer particles, which may be adhered toge... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6117498 | Single source thermal ablation method for depositing organic-inorganic hybrid films In order to form a film of organic-inorganic hybrid material, such as a perovskite material, in a selected stoichiometric ratio upon a surface of a substrate, the proposed method entails a number of simple steps. First, a substrate and a selected quantity... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5939141 | Waterproof silicone coatings of thermal insulation and vaporization method Thermal insulation composed of porous ceramic material can be waterproofed by producing a thin silicone film on the surface of the insulation by exposing it to volatile silicone precursors at ambient conditions. When the silicone precursor reactants are m... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5900288 | Method for improving substrate adhesion in fluoropolymer deposition processes A method of cleaning a substrate, in particular, the front face of a thermal ink jet printing device, to improve subsequent thin film deposition in a single chamber plasma processing system containing fluorine-containing deposits, involves treating the su... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5869135 | Selective chemical vapor deposition of polymers A system for selective chemical vapor deposition of polymers onto a substrate. A substrate is provided which comprises a plurality of surface regions, wherein the surface of at least one region provides a more favorable nucleation site for at least one of... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5817366 | Method for manufacturing organic electroluminescent element and apparatus therefor The present invention provides a process and apparatus for manufacturing organic electroluminescence cell, wherein the steps after formation of a transparent electrode on a substrate plate up to formation of a protective film are successively carried out ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5786027 | Method for depositing polysilicon with discontinuous grain boundaries A method for depositing a polysilicon layer on a substrate is provided. The method is performed in a LPCVD reaction chamber at a temperature of between 580° C. to 650° C. During the LPCVD process, at least two different silicon source gases, such as sil... | 07/28/1998 |
