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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8309176 | Manufacturing method of three-dimensional structure A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional structure includes forming a first structure having a relief pattern on a substrate, forming a sacrifice layer on the first structure such that the sacrifice layer can be filled in a concave part of the first structure ... | 11/13/2012 |
| 8178164 | Method of forming organic molecular film structure and organic molecular film structure The present invention provides a method for forming an organic molecular film structure that can maintain desired functions characteristic to the organic material and that can be realized as a thin film, and the organic molecular film structure. An organic molecular... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8158201 | Method of manufacturing surface coatings for electronic systems A bi- or multi-layer coating is deposited upon a substrate using a low temperature process. The bi-layer is a lower layer of a SAM coating, which is overlaid with a hard coating. The hard coating can be made of materials such as: polymer, Si3N4... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8080284 | Method for manufacturing a housing A method for manufacturing a housing (100) out of a transparent housing including an inner surface (10) and an outer surface (20), is described. Ink is printed on the inner surface (10) to form a ink area (50) defining a window are... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8025923 | Method for manufacturing a structure A method of manufacturing a structure, including forming a composite film composed of a coating film and an organic or inorganic film on top of a substrate by forming the coating film on the surface of a template provided on top of the substrate; forming the organic... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7887885 | Nanolithography methods and products therefor and produced thereby The invention provides methods of nanolithography and products therefor and produced thereby. In particular, the invention provides a nanolithographic method referred to as high force nanografting (HFN). HFN utilizes a tip (e.g., a scanning probe microscope (SPM) ti... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7824735 | Method for selectively coating substrates Methods for selectively coating substrates are disclosed. The methods generally comprise applying acid to a portion of the substrate; coating the substrate with a coating comprising a component that reacts with the acid; and removing the coating from the portion of ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7682661 | Firearm camouflage system The present invention provides a pre-packaged kit and a method for creating unique multi-toned custom patterns or camouflage on a surface, and in particular the surfaces of a firearm. The multi-toned custom patterns or camouflage are created by separating or peeling... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7510743 | Process for manufacturing device having honeycomb-structure thermal barrier coating A process for manufacturing a device adapted for exposure to high temperatures. A support structure for retaining a ceramic insulating material on a substrate is formed by the deposition of a support structure material through a patterned masking material. The suppo... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7425349 | Method of manufacturing a low temperature polysilicon film A method of manufacturing a low temperature polysilicon film is provided. A first metal layer is formed on a substrate; and openings have been formed in the first metal layer. A second metal layer is formed on the first metal layer: and a hole corresponding to each ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7410734 | Method of fabricating color filter A method of fabricating a color filter is provided. First, a substrate having a light shielding layer formed thereon is provided, wherein the light shielding layer is adopted for defining a plurality of sub-pixel regions on the substrate. Next, a hydrophobic layer i... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7367869 | Method of masking and a hot melt adhesive for use therewith A method of masking includes adhering a removable pressure sensitive adhesive to a masking surface to cover the masking surface and blasting the adhesive and an adjacent target surface with abrasive blast media to remove material forming the target surface wherein t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361404 | Coated article with removable protective coating and related methods A coated article is disclosed. The coated article of the invention includes a substrate having a surface and a removable protective coating comprising up to 100 weight percent of a carbon-containing material deposited over at least a portion of the substrate, where ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7314834 | Semiconductor device fabrication method A semiconductor device fabrication method applies a diazo novolac photoresist to a semiconductor wafer, followed by light exposure of its entire surface to form an underlying resist layer; forms a surface resist layer thereover; performs patterned-light exposure and... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314833 | Method for manufacturing substrate for discrete track recording media and method for manufacturing discrete track recording media According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a substrate for a discrete track recording media, the method includes forming an imprint resist layer on a substrate, imprinting, on the imprint resist layer, a stamper formed with patterns of protrusions and r... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7309515 | Method for fabricating an imprint mold structure The present invention is related to a method for fabricating an imprint mold which can be used in the field of nano-imprint lithography. Firstly, a diamond film and a photoresist film are successively formed onto a substrate; wherein the photoresist film is more cap... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7285319 | Engraved surface and method An engraved surface in a metallic workpiece and an engraving method therefor, for use in providing a decorative metallic surface. An engraved pattern is formed in a workpiece prior to the formation of an electroplated layer that continuously extends over the engrave... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7276174 | Pre-treatment of plastic materials The invention concerns a method for chemical attack of the surface of a plastic material with a solution based on sulphuric acid and chromic anhydride, characterised in that (i) the sulphuric acid concentration ranges between 500 and 760 g/l and (ii) the chromic anh... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261920 | Process for forming a patterned thin film structure on a substrate A process for forming a patterned thin film structure on a substrate is disclosed. A pattern is printed with a material, such as a masking coating or an ink, on the substrate, the pattern being such that, in one embodiment, the desired thin film structures will be f... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252853 | Protective coating and method of using such coating A vehicle masking material and method of use. The masking material in one embodiment includes polyvinyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol, glycerine or triethylene glycol, a surfactant, and water. The masking material is applied to a surface which is to be protected from paint... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7195798 | Method of manufacturing a low temperature polysilicon film A method of manufacturing a low temperature polysilicon film is provided. A first metal layer is formed on a substrate; and openings have been formed in the first metal layer. A second metal layer is formed on the first metal layer: and a hole corresponding to each ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192622 | Process of masking cooling holes of a gas turbine component Process of masking cooling holes of a gas turbine component with an external surface, comprising a cavity and a plurality of cooling holes before coating the gas turbine component, comprising the steps of first applying a mask material to the cooling holes so that t... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189435 | Nanofabrication Pathways to rapid and reliable fabrication of three-dimensional nanostructures are provided. Simple methods are described for the production of well-ordered, multilevel nanostructures. This is accomplished by patterning block copolymer templates with selective expos... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189430 | Directed assembly of highly-organized carbon nanotube architectures A method of controllably aligning carbon nanotubes to a template structure to fabricate a variety of carbon nanotube containing structures and devices having desired characteristics is provided. The method allows simultaneous, selective growth of both vertically and... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7179679 | Fabrication of multilayered thin films via spin-assembly An process of forming multilayer thin film heterostructures is disclosed and includes applying a solution including a first water-soluble polymer from the group of polyanionic species, polycationic species and uncharged polymer species onto a substrate to form a fir... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7135204 | Method of manufacturing a wiring board A method of manufacturing a wiring board is provided. The method includes performing a plating process to a land, in a condition that a resist film having an opening for exposing at least the center of the land is formed on a substrate with wires having the land for... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128942 | Vehicle tire A vehicle tire provided with a protective film which covers a surface of the tire is disclosed, wherein the protective film is indicative of at least one of tire data including tire conicity and radial force variation of the tire and can be washed away with water. A... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7112361 | Methods of making decomposable thin films of polyelectrolytes and uses thereof A decomposable thin film comprising a plurality of polyelectrolyte layers of alternating charge, wherein decomposition of the thin film is characterized by degradation of at least a portion of the polyelectrolyte layers. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7090783 | Lithography-based patterning of layer-by-layer nano-assembled thin films A method of patterning self-assembled thin films, including forming a photoresist layer on a substrate and then patterning and etching the photoresist layer. In combination with the etched photoresist layer, a self-assembled layer is formed on the substrate using Lb... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7087267 | Materials and methods for immobilization of catalysts on surfaces and for selective electroless metallization A method of immobilizing a catalyst on a substrate surface involves providing novel ligating copolymers comprising functional groups capable of binding to a substrate surface and functional groups capable of ligating to catalysts such as metal ions, metal complexes,... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7080448 | PCB with inlaid outer-layer circuits and production methods thereof Method for fabricating printed circuit board employing optical engraving and metallization techniques to form a pre-designated circuit pattern on a transfer plate, wherein the pattern is transferred and inlaid to a dielectric material by lamination, a printed circui... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7053313 | Transparent substrate provided with electroconductive strips The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing electrically conducting tracks on a transparent substrate, by screen printing with an electrically conducting paste, and to the transparent substrate provided with said tracks. According to the invent... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040756 | Process for surface modifying substrates and modified substrates resulting therefrom The present invention generally relates to a method of modifying the surface of substrates such as contact lenses and other biomedical articles by at least partially coating the surfaces of such substrates with a polymeric tie layer having reactive sites. Various ot... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7022379 | Single-dip process for achieving a layer-by-layer-like coating A method of forming a coating of polyionic materials in a layer-by-layer-like manner onto a polymeric material is provided. A polymeric material, such as a contact lens, can be dipped once into a solution of polyionic materials such that layers of polyionic material... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7014888 | Method and structure for fabricating sensors with a sacrificial gel dome A method and structure that protects interior electrical components of a pressure sensor (4) from corrosive particles using a sacrificial gel dome (30) to form a vent (34) in a protective gel (32) that covers electrical components that ca... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7002141 | Atomic lithography apparatus using electro-optic effect and method of manufacturing atomic structure An atomic lithography apparatus for depositing atoms included in an atomic beam on a substrate to manufacture an periodic atomic structure, comprising an atomic oven having a pin hole, a collimator for collimating an atom gas effused from the atomic oven to generate... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6984438 | Masking strip and the use thereof Masking strip comprised of: e) a heat-resistant adhesive tape (1) with a paper support (2) and a self-adhesive composition (3), f) a masking paper (5) with good paint adhesion and absorb... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6966110 | Fabrication of liquid emission device with symmetrical electrostatic mandrel A method of fabricating a liquid emission device includes a chamber having a nozzle orifice. Separately addressable dual electrodes are positioned on opposite sides of a central electrode. The three electrodes are aligned with the nozzle orifice. A rigid electricall... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6933230 | Method for making interconnects and diffusion barriers in integrated circuits The inventor devised methods of forming interconnects that result in conductive structures with fewer voids and thus reduced electrical resistance. One embodiment of the method starts with an insulative layer having holes and trenches, fills the holes using a select... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6926965 | LbL-coated medical device and method for making the same The present invention provides a medical device, preferably an ophthalmic device, more preferably a contact lens, which comprises a core material and a biocompatible LbL coating non-covalently attached to said core material. The biocompatible LbL coating comprises a... | 08/09/2005 |
