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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7867563 | Component mounting method The present invention is a method of mounting a plurality of components on a substrate. This component mounting method comprises the steps of (a) to (f): (a) preparing the substrate; (b) preparing a first liquid; (c) preparing a component-containing liquid containin... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7442665 | Preparation and screening of crystalline inorganic materials Methods and apparatus for the preparation and use of a substrate having an array of diverse materials in predefined regions thereon. A substrate having an array of diverse materials thereon is generally prepared by delivering components of materials to predefined re... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7413765 | Film forming method for manufacturing planar periodic structure having predetermined periodicity A film-forming method is provided for forming a planar periodic structure having a predetermined periodicity by depositing liquid material on an object. A liquid drop supplying means is used which supplies a liquid drop at a predetermined driving period to deposit t... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7338560 | Apparatus for forming alignment layer and auto-calibration method thereof An apparatus for forming alignment layer includes a printing stage for supporting a substrate thereon, at least one inkjet head having at least one spray hole above the printing stage, the spray hole spraying an alignment material onto the substrate, a head support ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7320858 | Formation of combinatorial arrays of materials using solution-based methodologies A combinatorial method for discovering or optimizing materials is disclosed. The method uses solution-based components that are mixed and dispensed into regions on a substrate for drying and/or heat-treating. The drying and/or heat-treating produces materials that c... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7241343 | Liquid droplet ejecting apparatus, electro-optical device, method of manufacturing the electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus of the present invention includes a cleaning unit, a regular flushing unit, capping unit, and an ejection-amount measuring unit as droplet ejecting head maintenance units used for function maintenance, function recovery, adjustmen... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238234 | Device and method for fabricating display panel having ink-jet printing applied thereto Device and method for fabricating a display panel having ink-jet printing applied thereto, the device including a stage for supporting a substrate, a base having one or more than one rail for transporting the stage, and one or more than one ink-jet head rotatable by... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7208199 | Method of protecting indicated information and cellular structure having its surface information protected by the protecting method After displaying information (10) on the surface of an outer wall (4) of a cell structure, a portion surrounding the displayed information (10) is coated with a coating agent to form a region permeated with a coating agent (24) wherein po... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7009150 | Cooking unit with a glass-ceramic or glass panel made of transparent colorless material and provided with an IR permeable solid colored underside coating The cooking unit has a glass-ceramic panel (1) providing a cooking surface, which is made of transparent colorless glass-ceramic bulk material or a glass panel made of pre-stressed transparent colorless glass material. Radiant heating elements (3) are ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6997990 | Device and method for fabricating display panel having ink-jet printing applied thereto Device and method for fabricating a display panel having ink-jet printing applied thereto, the device including a stage for supporting a substrate, a base having one or more than one rail for transporting the stage, and one or more than one ink-jet head rotatable by... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6971938 | Display and method of manufacturing the same The invention provides a display of a type of getting light out of a second electrode side, capable of increasing contrast by suppressing external light reflection, simplifying a manufacturing process, and reducing cost, and a method of manufacturing the same. A sub... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6969948 | Display and method of manufacturing the same The invention provides a display of a type of getting light out of a second electrode side, capable of increasing contrast by suppressing external light reflection, simplifying a manufacturing process, and reducing cost, and a method of manufacturing the same. A sub... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6943392 | Capacitors having a capacitor dielectric layer comprising a metal oxide having multiple different metals bonded with oxygen The invention comprises capacitors having a capacitor dielectric layer comprising a metal oxide having multiple different metals bonded with oxygen. In one embodiment, a capacitor includes first and second conductive electrodes having a high k capacitor dielectric r... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6866883 | Mechanical texturing of sol-gel—coated substrates for magnetic recording media A method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium comprises steps of providing a non-magnetic substrate having at least one surface; forming a layer of a sol-gel on the surface, partially drying the sol-gel layer at room temperature to remove a portion of the so... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6864201 | Preparation and screening of crystalline zeolite and hydrothermally-synthesized materials Methods and apparatus for the preparation and use of a substrate having an array of diverse materials in predefined regions thereon. A substrate having an array of diverse materials thereon is generally prepared by delivering components of materials to predefined re... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6827970 | Method of forming niobium doped tin oxide coatings on glass and coated glass formed thereby A niobium doped tin oxide coating is applied onto a glass substrate to produce a low emissivity (low E) glass. The coating can optionally be doped with both niobium and other dopant(s), such as fluorine. The low emissivity glass has properties comparable or superior... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6805908 | Coating process for etched-look label A film, and process for making the same, that can be used as a label and which provides an etched appearance by the application of the combination of at least two layers of coarse-grained inks. A more specific form of the invention is to prepare a heat-shrink over-w... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6783208 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING COLOR FILTER, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING EL DEVICE, METHOD OF DISCHARGING MATERIAL, APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING HEAD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS The invention makes uniform, in a plane, optical properties of optical members, such as the distribution properties of light transmission of a color filter, the color display properties of a liquid crystal device, and the light emission properties of an EL luminesce... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6660332 | Methods and apparatus for making color filter by discharging a filter material A method is provided for making a color filter having a plurality of filter elements aligned in a dot-matrix on a substrate. The method has a first-scanning step of moving the inkjet head having a nozzle line including a plurality of nozzles relative to t... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6652903 | Dry-copying method for producing flat, individually dosed preparations of active agents A method for metering active ingredient in powder form onto a predetermined area is characterized in that the active ingredient is transferred as electrically charged powder to a roll with the opposite charge, the active ingredient transferred to the r... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6623788 | Defect-free patterning of sol-gel-coated substrates for magnetic recording media A method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium comprises steps of providing a non-magnetic substrate for a magnetic recording medium, the substrate including at least one major surface; forming a layer of a sol-gel on the at least one major surface... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6586044 | Method for manufacturing a magnetic hard disk having concentric magnetic tracks with flat surface A magnetic hard disk having magnetic tracks for storing data which is read or written by a magnetic head floating immediately above the magnetic track while the magnetic hard disk is rotating, and the magnetic head rests on the magnetic hard disk while th... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6444898 | Transparent layered product and glass article using the same A transparent layered product in which the ratio of a refractive-index transition layer at the surface of a coating film is set to be a suitable ratio for increasing light transmittance is provided. In a coating film with a rough surface formed on a glass... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6413587 | Method for forming polymer brush pattern on a substrate surface A method is disclosed for providing a patterned surface wherein predetermined regions of the surface are masked with a self-assembled monolayer ("SAM") covalently bound to a brush polymer overlayer. The remainder of the substrate surface will generally be... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6406639 | Method of partially forming oxide layer on glass substrate A method of partially forming oxide layers on a surface of a glass substrate by forming an oxide layer on the surface of the substrate, partially contacting the surface of the oxide layer formed on the substrate with a paste comprising an inorganic compou... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6376007 | Method of marking glass A method of marking glass includes providing a glass material with a surface (201) and using a wire (210) to mark the surface. The wire is softer than the glass material and does not damage the surface of the glass material.... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6346290 | Combinatorial synthesis of novel materials Methods and apparatus for the preparation and use of a substrate having an array of diverse materials in predefined regions thereon. A substrate having an array of diverse materials thereon is generally prepared by delivering components of materials to pr... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6337119 | Production of smooth supporting surfaces for data bearing films Master discs and similar devices used in the production of digital data storage and recording discs and the like are produced with a substrate member which is provided with a layer of material which is applied to the substrate member in liquid form of a t... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6337029 | Method and composition for etching glass ceramic and porcelain surfaces A composition comprising bifluoride salts in a somewhat viscous form for roughening glass, ceramic and porcelain surfaces in preparation for refinishing includes: a. bifluoride salts in an amount ranging from 10.0 to 85.0 parts by weight; b. thickener in ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6299940 | Glass ceramic article decorated with ceramic paints and method for producing the same A glass ceramic article is decorated with ceramic paints in a screen printing process in accordance with which two, mutually corresponding grate-shaped structural elements are arranged on the surface of the glass ceramic article to form a closed, full-sur... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6294218 | Process for coating a substrate In a process for coating a substrate, a texture (4) is created in a portion of its surface. A first layer (5) to be applied on the surface of the substrate adheres better to the texture (4) than it does to a surface area located outside of the texture (4)... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6231924 | Method of partially forming oxide layer The present invention provides a method of partially forming oxide layers on a surface of a substrate such as a glass plate by forming an oxide layer on the surface of the substrate, partially contacting the surface of the oxide layer formed on the substr... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6143375 | Method for preparing a substrate for a magnetic disk A method for manufacturing a magnetic disk comprises the step of depositing a metallic layer on a glass substrate and laser texturing the metallic layer. The magnetic disk is then completed by deposition of (a) an underlayer such as Cr or sputtered NiP, (... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6132818 | Method of marking with laser beam Prepared is a transcribing plate comprising a glass substrate and a chromium film formed on a surface of the glass substrate. The transcribing plate is disposed on a surface of an object (for example, a glass substrate of a plasma display panel) such that... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6123985 | Method of fabricating a membrane-actuated charge controlled mirror (CCM) A membrane-actuated charge controlled mirror (CCM) that exhibits increased deflection range, reduced beam current and improved electrostatic stability is fabricated using a combination of flat panel manufacturing along with traditional MEMS techniques. Mo... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6090437 | Floor repair method A repair method for repairing a floor, the floor consisting of a cover stratum and a base stratum, the cover stratum having an upper surface and a lower surface, the base stratum having an upper surface, the lower surface of the cover stratum being fixedl... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6066357 | Methods of making a full-color organic light-emitting display Methods of making a full-color organic light-emitting display are disclosed. The methods include ink-jet printing of fluorescent dopants selected to produce red, green, or blue light emission from designated subpixels of the display. The dopants are print... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6004617 | Combinatorial synthesis of novel materials Methods and apparatus for the preparation and use of a substrate having an array of diverse materials in predefined regions thereon. A substrate having an array of diverse materials thereon is generally prepared by delivering components of materials to pr... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5985356 | Combinatorial synthesis of novel materials Methods and apparatus for the preparation and use of a substrate having an array of diverse materials in predefined regions thereon. A substrate having an array of diverse materials thereon is generally prepared by delivering components of materials to pr... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5985376 | Apparatus and method for screen printing radiation curable compositions An apparatus and method enables screen printing various articles such as glassware with a radiation curable composition using, for example, UV radiation and the like in pre-existing screen printing decorating equipment having a plurality of screen printin... | 11/16/1999 |
