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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7851020 | Droplet discharge method, electro-optic device, and electronic apparatus A method for discharging droplets includes: discharging droplets of a plurality of variations of functional liquids by a plurality of discharge heads, on a coated area from a plurality of nozzles installed in each of the discharge heads, while scanning relatively ov... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7815971 | Method for making nanostructures with chromonics Methods of forming nanostructures with chromonic materials are disclosed. A method includes coating a substrate surface with a chromonic solution to form a chromonic layer, removing at least a portion of the water to form a dried chromonic layer, and exposing the dr... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7811635 | Patterning of solid state features by direct write nanolithographic printing The present invention includes a method of fabricating organic/inorganic composite nanostructures on a substrate comprising depositing a solution having a block copolymer and an inorganic precursor on the substrate using dip pen nanolithography. The nanostructures c... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7807226 | System, device, and method for producing thin plastic lenses Light transmission devices, such as lenses and windows for portable electronic devices, are produced using an injection/compression molding technique in which a light transmission device mold includes an integral runner in substantially the same plane and with subst... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7794790 | Method of printing a fluid material using a continuous jet printing technique and curable compositions for use in said method The invention relates to a method for printing a fluid material using a continuous jet printing technique, wherein the material is passed under pressure from a reservoir through a channel to at least one outflow opening of the channel, after which the material is pa... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7763319 | Method of controlling orientation of domains in block copolymer films A method of orienting microphase-separated domains is disclosed, comprising applying a composition comprising an orientation control component, and a block copolymer assembly component comprising a block copolymer having at least two microphase-separated domains in ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7722928 | Nanolithography methods and products therefor and produced thereby In one aspect, a method of nanolithography is provided using a driving force to control the movement of a deposition compound from a scanning probe microscope tip to a substrate. Another aspect of the invention provides a tip for use in nanolithography having an int... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7687111 | Method for structuring a substrate surface In a method for structuring the surface of a substrate, a substrate is elastically expanded by the application of a tensile stress so that a surface area of the substrate in which a structure is to be created, is enlarged. Then, in the surface area, a structure is p... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7651735 | Orienting, positioning, and forming nanoscale structures Methods and a structure. A first film of a first block copolymer is formed inside a trough integrally disposed on an energetically neutral surface layer of a substrate. Line-forming microdomains are assembled of the first block copolymer, and form first self-assembl... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7638171 | Artificial finger print liquid, testing method for optical information medium using it, and optical information medium A method for using a low-cost artificial fingerprint liquid for quantitatively and with a good reproducibility evaluating an anti-staining property, and a fingerprint adhering property or a fingerprint removing property on the surface of an optical disk such as a re... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7629026 | Thermally controlled fluidic self-assembly Methods and apparatuses are provided for assembling a structure on a support having a pattern of binding sites. In accordance with the method, a first fluid is provided on the surface of the support with the first fluid being of a type that that increases viscosity ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7629027 | Method for making chromonic nanoparticles A chromonic nanoparticle mixture prepared by combining (i) a continuous water-soluble polymer phase and (ii) a discontinuous chromonic phase comprising a chromonic material; and non-covalently crosslinking the resulting chromonic nanoparticles with a polyvalent cati... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7597933 | Method of preparing printed or daubed image and printed or daubed image element by it A method for creating a print or coating image, characterized by including a first step of printing or coating a surface of a to-be-printed or to-be-coated product with a predetermined print or coating image using a mixture fluid in which predetermined powder has be... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7595090 | Artificial finger print liquid, testing method for optical information medium using it, and optical information medium A method for using a low-cost artificial fingerprint liquid for quantitatively and with a good reproducibility evaluating an anti-staining property, and a fingerprint adhering property or a fingerprint removing property on the surface of an optical disk such as a re... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7592044 | Method for manufacturing patterned layer on substrate A method for manufacturing a patterned layer (106) on a substrate (100) includes the following steps: providing a substrate having a plurality of banks (102) formed thereon, the substrate and the banks cooperatively defining a plurality of accom... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7585548 | Integrated compound nano probe card and method of making same An integrated compound nano probe card is disclosed to include a substrate layer having a front side and a back side, and compound probe pins arranged in the substrate layer. Each compound probe pin has a bundle of aligned parallel nanotubes/nanorods and a bonding m... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7579043 | Method of manufacturing substrate for liquid crystal display device A method of forming a substrate for an LCD device includes the steps of forming a column spacer pattern in a printing roll, forming an overcoat layer pattern in the printing roll provided with the column spacer pattern, and c) rotating the printing roll on the subst... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7569252 | Methods utilizing scanning probe microscope tips and products therefor or produced thereby The invention provides a lithographic method referred to as “dip pen” nanolithography (DPN). DPN utilizes a scanning probe microscope (SPM) tip (e.g., an atomic force microscope (AFM) tip) as a “pen,” a solid-state substrate (e.g., gold) as “paper,” and ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7541062 | Thermal control of deposition in dip pen nanolithography The present invention describes an apparatus for nanolithography and a process for thermally controlling the deposition of a solid organic “ink” from the tip of an atomic force microscope to a substrate. The invention may be used to turn deposition of the ink to... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7541063 | Method for forming layer In a method for forming a layer using a droplet discharging device that discharges droplets from a plurality of nozzles while relatively moving a surface in a first direction with respect to a head including the plurality of nozzles, the method for forming a layer c... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7521090 | Method of use of epoxy-containing cycloaliphatic acrylic polymers as orientation control layers for block copolymer thin films Disclosed herein is a method of controlling the orientation of microphase-separated domains in a block copolymer film, comprising forming an orientation control layer comprising an epoxy-containing cycloaliphatic acrylic polymer on a surface of a substrate, irradiat... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7504132 | Selective placement of carbon nanotubes on oxide surfaces The present invention provides a method for the selective placement of carbon nanotubes on a particular surface. In particular, the present invention provides a method in which self-assembled monolayers formed on an unpatterned or patterned metal oxide surface are u... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7501156 | Pattern formation substrate and method for pattern formation A pattern formation substrate comprising a substrate having thereon a hydrophobic region exhibiting repellency to liquid drops and a hydrophilic line exhibiting affinity with liquid drops. The hydrophilic line has such a surface treatment that upon landing of a liqu... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7491422 | Direct-write nanolithography method of transporting ink with an elastomeric polymer coated nanoscopic tip to form a structure having internal hollows on a substrate A novel method of transporting ink to a substrate with dip-pen nanolithographic (DPN) stamp tips coated with polymer (e.g., polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), etc.). This kind of tip adsorbs chemicals (“inks”) easily and is used to generate DPN nanopatterns that are i... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7449216 | Gravure cylinder patch coating apparatus and method A gravure method for applying a discrete patch (12) of uniform coating to a moving web (14) includes defining a nip area (20) between a gravure roller (16) and a backing roller (22), moving the gravure roller to the nip to a precis... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7431970 | Method of polymer nanolithography An atomic force microscopy polymer nanolithography method is described. The method of the present invention enables rapid creation of raised or depressed features in a polymer film. The features are generated by mass transport of polymer within an initially uniform,... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427477 | Method of activating a silicon surface for subsequent patterning of molecules onto said surface The present invention relates to a method of activating a silicon surface for subsequent patterning of molecules onto said surface, and to patterns produced by this method, and further to uses of said pattern. ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7427427 | Method for striping a surface with paint and apparatus therefor A tool and method for painting pinstripes on vehicles or other objects includes a wheel which cooperates with a paint reservoir. As the wheel is rolled along a surface, the wheel picks up paint from the reservoir and deposits it upon the surface. The wheel has round... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7419703 | Thermally curable, thixotropic blends containing carbamate and/or allophanate groups The invention provides heat-curable thixotropic mixtures containing carbamate and/or allophanate groups, including at least one oligomer and/or polymer containing at least one of carbamate and allophanate groups, and at least one thixotropic agent that is a urea der... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7413763 | Method of fabricating carbon nanotube field emission source A method of transferring imprint carbon nano-tube (CNT) field emitting source is disclosed. Firstly, cathode lines are screen printed on a substrate. Then a dielectric layer formation on the cathode lines and substrate is followed. Afterward, gate lines formed on th... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7404981 | Printing electronic and opto-electronic circuits A method is provided for printing electronic and opto-electronic circuits. The method comprises: (a) providing a substrate; (b) providing a film-forming precursor species; (c) forming a substantially uniform and continuous film of the film-forming precursor species ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7399497 | Method for forming film, method of manufacturing electronic device, film forming system, electronic device, and electronic apparatus To provide a film forming method and a film forming system, which efficiently use materials and forming a high-quality organic thin film, and an electronic device and an electronic apparatus that are manufactured using the method and the device, an organic thin film... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396566 | Fabrication of organic electronic circuits by contact printing techniques A method for fabricating an organic conductor path on a substrate includes providing a printing stamp with a hydrophobic patterned printing side that is loaded with a printing medium containing an organic conductive polymer and, by bringing it into contact with a hy... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7381444 | Color filter manufacturing method and apparatus, ink-jet device, color filter, display device, and apparatus having display device A color filter manufacturing apparatus of this invention includes a plurality of ink-jet heads (120a, 120b, 120c) each having a first ink discharging nozzle group (108) in which the pitch of a plurality of ink dischar... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371430 | Method for structuring endless belts for presses The invention relates to a method for structuring endless belts (1), particularly steel belts, for presses, e.g. double belt presses. According to the invention, a coating is applied to an outer surface of the belt after which metal is removed from and/or app... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372541 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method In a lithographic projection apparatus, a structure surrounds a space between the projection system and a substrate table of the lithographic projection apparatus. Gas is used between the structure and the surface of the substrate to contain liquid in the space.... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367345 | Apparatus and method for providing a confined liquid for immersion lithography A method for processing a substrate is provided which includes generating a meniscus on the surface of the substrate and applying photolithography light through the meniscus to enable photolithography processing of a surface of the substrate. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368145 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing organic EL display and color filter by ink jet method A method and apparatus for manufacturing an EL layer of uniform thickness, causing effective light emission of pixel openings and manufacturing an organic EL display showing sufficient brightness and excellent in practicability, by an ink jet method. A method and ap... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367166 | Door skin, a method of etching a plate, and an etched plate formed therefrom The present invention relates to a door skin comprising an exterior surface having outer portions lying on a first plane, spaced grooves recessed from the plane of the outer portions, and tonal portions having a planar area and a plurality of spaced depressions rece... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365822 | Method for fabricating LCD A method for fabricating an LCD includes the steps of (a) loading a first substrate and a second substrate having seals formed thereon on a bonding chamber, (b) bonding the first and second substrates, (c) fixing the bonded first and second substrates, and (d) unloa... | 04/29/2008 |
