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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7727594 | Method for drying coated film, and apparatus therefor According to the drying method and apparatus of the present invention, at first, the coated film on one end side of the support is more quickly dried than that on the other end side, because drying air is supplied from one end side of the support. Subsequently, the ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7722930 | Method and apparatus for drying coated film In a drying method of an aspect of the present invention, drying steps are conducted immediately after coating in a drying zone, and during the execution of drying by blowing the one-way flow drying wind flowing from one edge side to another edge side in the width d... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7396567 | Weathered stone and the manufacturing method thereof An improved weathered stone panel is provided that is strong and durable, but flexible enough to accommodate curved surfaces, is suitable for water-based applications, and is lighter and less costly to ship while still maintaining the aesthetically pleasing smooth t... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7365236 | Generation of a creosote-like mixture, or recovery of metals, or both from preserved wood by reaction in supercritical water An environmentally-friendly method is disclosed for transforming preserved wood, for example creosote-treated or CCA-treated wood with supercritical water. The product of treating weathered creosote-treated wood is a mixture that is similar to fresh creosote. The no... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7335391 | Method for coating implantable devices A method of forming a coating for an implantable medical device, such as a stent, is provided which includes applying a composition to the device in an environment having a selected pressure. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7326443 | Method and device for heating and fixing an inking, particularly a toner powder on a plate-shaped support A method for heating and fixing an inking, particularly a toner powder on a plate-shaped support. Heat is applied and fixes the inking to a coated upper side of the support. The method of this invention can be used to fix and adhere toner inkings on thick-walled sup... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7285307 | Process for producing catalyst-coated membranes and membrane-electrode assemblies for fuel cells The present invention provides a continuous process for producing catalyst-coated polymeric electrolyte membranes and membrane electrode assemblies for fuel cells. The process of the invention uses an ionomer membrane having a polymeric backing film on the back side... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7274562 | Electronic apparatus having a latch to hold two units in a closed position and to be operated for release An electronic apparatus has a first housing, and a second housing connected to the first housing. The second housing rotates between a closed position to be superposed on the first housing, and an open position to expose the first housing, and has a wall. The electr... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7221010 | Vertical JFET limited silicon carbide power metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistors Silicon carbide metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) may include an n-type silicon carbide drift layer, a first p-type silicon carbide region adjacent the drift layer and having a first n-type silicon carbide region therein, an oxide layer on... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7182532 | Thermal printing and cleaning assembly Disclosed is a thermal printing assembly comprised of a first flexible section and a second flexible section joined to such first flexible section. The first section of such assembly is a thermally sensitive media that contains either a thermal transfer ribbon or a ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7172644 | Method for curing defects in the fabrication of a composite gas separation module The present invention relates to a method for curing a defect in the fabrication of a composite gas separation module and to composite gas separation modules formed by a process that includes the method. The present invention also relates to a method for selectively... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7163019 | Method of reducing water spotting and oxide growth on a semiconductor structure The present invention relates to a method of cleaning and drying a semiconductor structure in a modified conventional gas etch/rinse or dryer vessel. In an embodiment of the present invention, a semiconductor structure is placed into a first treatment vessel and che... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7156566 | Thermal printing and cleaning assembly A thermal printing assembly comprised of a first flexible section and a second flexible section joined to such first flexible section. The first section of such assembly is a thermally sensitive media that contains either a thermal transfer ribbon, a dye sublimation... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7132372 | Method for preparing a semiconductor substrate surface for semiconductor device fabrication A method for preparing a semiconductor substrate surface (28) for semiconductor device fabrication, includes providing a semiconductor substrate (20) having a pure Ge surface layer (28) or a Ge-containing surface layer (12), such as SiGe.... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7118970 | Methods of fabricating silicon carbide devices with hybrid well regions MOS channel devices and methods of fabricating such devices having a hybrid channel are provided. Exemplary devices include vertical power MOSFETs that include a hybrid well region of silicon carbide and methods of fabricating such devices are provided. The hybrid w... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7103724 | Method and apparatus to generate cache data Briefly, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a method to generate cache data is provided, wherein the method includes identifying access data transmitted from a storage device during execution of a predetermined software program and generating cache d... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090893 | Rhenium composite A method of forming a rhenium layer on a substrate, comprising: applying a solid rhenium-containing compound to a substrate; reducing at a temperature above ambient temperature the rhenium-containing compound so th... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7078088 | Disposable cutting sheet A disposable cutting sheet for Processing food items thereon includes a cut-resistant layer including a thermoplastic material ply and an absorbent ply, wherein the first layer has a surface area and wherein the thermoplastic material of the first layer includes a p... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074643 | Silicon carbide power devices with self-aligned source and well regions and methods of fabricating same Silicon carbide semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating silicon carbide semiconductor devices are provided by successively etching a mask layer to provide windows for formation of a source region or a first conductivity type, a buried silicon carbide region... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7067176 | Method of fabricating an oxide layer on a silicon carbide layer utilizing an anneal in a hydrogen environment Silicon carbide structures are fabricated by fabricating a nitrided oxide layer on a layer of silicon carbide and annealing the nitrided oxide layer in an environment containing hydrogen. Such a fabrication of the nitrided oxide layer may be provided by forming the ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063880 | Sheet material and manufacturing method and apparatus therefor A method of manufacturing a single use processing substrate includes the step of extruding a first layer having ridges and troughs between the ridges. The method further includes the steps of placing a second layer into the troughs while the first layer is pliant an... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063879 | Disposable cutting sheet A disposable cutting sheet for processing food items thereon includes a first cut-resistant layer having a first surface area and including a first absorbent ply and a thermoplastic material ply. The cutting sheet further includes a second layer having a second surf... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7056569 | Disposable cutting sheet A cutting sheet for cutting and preparation of food items thereon comprises a first cut-resistant layer having a width and including a first absorbent ply and a first thermoplastic material ply. The thermoplastic material ply of the first layer includes a plurality ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7056555 | Method for coating an internal surface of an article with an aluminum-containing coating An article having an internal passage therein and an internal article surface is coated by providing a coating slurry that is a mixture of a deposition source including a source of aluminum, a halide activator, and a flowable carrier comprising a flowable compound s... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7049824 | Differential particulate detection system for electronic devices A method, apparatus and program product for differential particle detection in electronic devices is provided. A first particulate sensor is positioned in proximity to an air intake of the electronic device. A second particulate sensor is positioned in proximity to ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7026034 | Processing substrate and method of manufacturing same A disposable cutting sheet for cutting and preparation of food items thereon includes a first section having a plurality of apertures therethrough and a cut resistant surface, a second liquid impermeable section disposed adjacent the first section, and a fold line d... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022395 | Disposable cutting sheet A disposable cutting sheet for cutting and preparation of food items thereon includes a first cut-resistant layer having a first surface area and an absorbent ply and a thermoplastic material ply, wherein the first layer includes a plurality of non-circular aperture... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022378 | Nitrogen passivation of interface states in SiO/SiC structures A nitrided oxide layer on a silicon carbide layer is processed by annealing the nitrided oxide layer in a substantially oxygen-free nitrogen containing ambient. The anneal may be carried out at a temperature of greater than about 900° C., for example, a temperature... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7011869 | Multi-stage processes for coating substrates with multi-component composite coating compositions A process for coating a substrate is provided which includes the following steps: (a) applying a waterborne base coat composition to a surface of the substrate; (b) applying infrared radiation at a power density of... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6998322 | Methods of fabricating high voltage, high temperature capacitor and interconnection structures Capacitors and interconnection structures for silicon carbide are provided having an oxide layer, a layer of dielectric material and a second oxide layer on the layer of dielectric material. The thickness of the oxide layers may be from about 0.5 to about 33 percent... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994533 | Extruder with condenser A method and apparatus for producing microporous films. The method utilizes a casting surface and a condensing surface. The condensing surface is spaced from the casting surface to form a gap. The distance between the surfaces forming the gap is relatively small and... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6979485 | Processing substrate and/or support surface A disposable cutting sheet for cutting and preparation of food items thereon includes a first cut-resistant layer having a first surface area and including an absorbent ply and a thermoplastic material ply, wherein the thermoplastic ply includes a plurality of apert... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6979863 | Silicon carbide MOSFETs with integrated antiparallel junction barrier Schottky free wheeling diodes and methods of fabricating the same Silicon carbide semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating silicon carbide semiconductor devices have a silicon carbide DMOSFET and an integral silicon carbide Schottky diode configured to at least partially bypass a built in diode of the DMOSFET. The Schottky... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6977098 | Method of uniformly coating a substrate A method of and an apparatus for coating a substrate with a polymer solution to produce a film of uniform thickness, includes mounting the substrate inside an enclosed housing and passing a control gas, which may be a solvent vapor-bearing gas into the housing throu... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6972436 | High voltage, high temperature capacitor and interconnection structures Capacitors and interconnection structures for silicon carbide are provided having an oxide layer, a layer of dielectric material and a second oxide layer on the layer of dielectric material. The thickness of the oxide layers may be from about 0.5 to about 33 percent... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6960372 | Coating film drying method, coating film forming method, and coating film forming apparatus The present invention uniformly dries, in a clean room in which down flow is constituted, a coated film formed on a surface of a substrate held in a state that the coated surface faces down. In a coating apparatus including an absorption board holding a substrate in... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6956238 | SILICON CARBIDE POWER METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS HAVING A SHORTING CHANNEL AND METHODS OF FABRICATING SILICON CARBIDE METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS HAVING A SHORTING CHANNEL Silicon carbide metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) and methods of fabricating silicon carbide MOSFETs are provided. The silicon carbide MOSFETs have an n-type silicon carbide drift layer, spaced apart p-type silicon carbide regions in the n... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6946160 | Method of forming fluorescent screen A method of forming a fluorescent screen where a pigment film and a fluorescent film are deposited on a surface of a light transmissive substrate, is presented. The method includes coating a pigment dispersion liquid on the surface of the light transmissive substrat... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6939756 | Inclusion of nitrogen at the silicon dioxide-silicon carbide interace for passivation of interface defects A method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device. In one embodiment, the method includes the following steps: a layer of silicon dioxide is formed on a silicon carbide substrate to create a silicon dioxide/silicon carbide interface and then nitrogen... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6933017 | Method of manufacturing lithographic printing plate A method for manufacturing a lithographic printing plate is provided in which conditions for heating a support and a photosensitive coated layer in a drying and heating step can be changed rapidly over a wide range, and the photosensitive coated layer and the suppor... | 08/23/2005 |
