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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187677 | Method of silver plating and articles and/or objects formed by the method of silver plating A process for electroless silver plating of a work piece includes simultaneously spraying a silver nitrate solution and a reducer on a work piece to form a reflective layer on the work piece, applying a water-based urethane coating on the reflective layer, and apply... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8158208 | Method of preserving wood by injecting particulate wood preservative slurry The present invention is directed, in certain embodiments, to methods of preserving wood comprising the steps of providing an aqueous wood preservative slurry comprising a plurality of injectable particulates comprising at least 20% by weight of a sparingly soluble ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8071177 | Substrate and method for producing the substrate A self assembling monolayer formed by the self assembling molecules is caused to bond onto the surface of a base material, and chelators are caused to bond onto the self assembling monolayer, to produce a substrate, in which the chelators are bound to the self assem... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7959982 | Method for coating a metal surface with an ultrafine layer A method for continuously coating a substrate in motion such as a metal strip made of steel, the coating formed being an ultra-fine film of a thickness between 10 and 100 nm, deposited on the substrate: from a solution containing nanoparticles of oxides, in conditio... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7947333 | Method for coating of metallic coil or sheets for producing hollow articles A method for coating of a metallic coil or of metallic sheets with an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of zirconium compounds, titanium compounds and hafnium compounds whereby the such treated metallic c... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7919151 | Methods of preparing wetting-resistant surfaces and articles incorporating the same The present invention provides methods for manufacturing an article having a wetting-resistant surface. The method includes providing a substrate. The method further includes disposing a coating mixture on a surface of the substrate, wherein the coating mixture comp... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7910172 | Method for fabricating a component having an environmental barrier coating A method for fabricating a component having an environmental barrier coating. The method includes providing a component including silicon having a first coefficient of thermal expansion. A bondcoat is bonded to at least a portion of an outer surface of the component... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7901739 | Gas turbine engine components with aluminide coatings and method of forming such aluminide coatings on gas turbine engine components A turbine engine component (10) with a protective aluminide coating (14) that include additions of silicon and a dopant, such as yttrium and/or hafnium, in an amount effective to reduce sulfidation and a deposition process for forming such aluminide co... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7892607 | Multilayer film, electrooptic device, electronic apparatus, and process for forming multilayer film A process for forming a multilayer film includes (a) discharging a first functional liquid containing a first functional material on a substrate by a droplet discharge method to form a lower layer, (b) solidifying the first functional liquid on the substrate to form... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7851026 | Method of forming a multi-layer coating including a metallic base coating and a colored clear coating on a substrate The present invention provides a coating method comprising steps of applying a metallic base coating (A) containing a effective pigment on a surface to be coated and subsequently applying a colored clear coating (B) thereon, wherein the metallic base coating (A) for... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7846510 | Methods and compositions for forming a specular coating film A method of making a specular reflective, mirror-like finish on a substrate comprising the steps of applying a one or more layers of a primer coating to the substrate and at least partially curing the primer coating; the following curing of the primer coating; apply... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7829150 | Growth of inorganic thin films using self-assembled monolayers as nucleation sites Systems and methods for preparing inorganic-organic interfaces using organo-transition metal complexes and self-assembled monolayers as organic surfaces. In one embodiment, a silicon wafer is cleaned and reacted with stabilized pirhana etch to provide an oxide surfa... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7736704 | Process for applying a protective layer To protect a base metal layer (1) against high-temperature corrosion and high-temperature erosion, an adhesive layer (3) based on MCrAlY is applied to the base metal layer (1). The adhesive layer (3) is coated with an Al diffusion layer (... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7727596 | Method for fabricating a composite gas separation module A method for fabricating a composite gas separation module includes depositing a preactivated powder over a porous substrate; depositing a binder metal onto the preactivated powder; and depositing a dense gas-selective membrane to overlie the preactivated powder and... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7713587 | Method of coating a substrate with a coating composition having solar properties A method of coating a substrate is disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate; depositing an infrared reflecting layer over at least a portion of a substrate; depositing a primer layer over at least a portion of the infrared reflective layer; depositing a ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7597936 | Method of producing a pigmented composite microporous material Disclosed is a method for producing a pigmented composite comprising contacting a microporous material with a tin compound to form a composite then contacting the composite with a pigment comprising an elemental metal, a metal oxide, a metal alloy, a metal salt, or ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7544392 | Method for producing multilayer optical device A film of aluminum 2 is formed on a glass substrate (BK7) 1 by vacuum evaporation, and a multilayer optical thin film 3 is formed by an ion sputtering method on this aluminum film 2. Afterwards, such a member is cut into small pieces by m... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7442417 | Method for reaction control coating A method for reaction control coating includes: (a) a step of applying a reaction control material to a surface of an Ni-base superalloy before applying aluminum diffusion coating to the Ni-base superalloy, wherein the reaction control material is Co, Cr or Ru, or a... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435450 | Surface modification of silica in an aqueous environment The present invention is drawn to a method of treating silica in an aqueous environment. The method can comprise steps of dispersing silica particulates in an aqueous environment to form an aqueous dispersion; reversing the net charge of a surface of the silica part... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435446 | Method of producing gas barrier multilayer body A method of producing a gas barrier laminate is disclosed that comprises: preparing a laminate comprising a plastic substrate, a gas barrier layer formed from a gas barrier layer-forming coating material comprising a polyvinyl alcohol and an ethylene-maleic acid cop... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431747 | Cutting tool and method of reducing the width of wear mark on a cutting tool The invention relates to a cutting tool made of ceramics, cermet or cemented carbide and including a rake face, a flank face and a cutting edge at the intersection of rake face and flank face, as well as a multi-layered wear resisting coating including a layer which... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427435 | Coating composition for adhering metallized layers to polymeric films A metallized film and a process for making the film are disclosed. In general, the metallized film includes a polymeric film layer that is coated with a polyester coating composition. A metal layer is then formed on top of the polyester coating. The polyester coatin... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7422805 | Cutting tool for bimetal machining Coated cemented carbide cutting tool inserts for bimetal machining under wet conditions at moderate cutting speeds, and in particular, cutting tool inserts for face milling of engine blocks formed from alloys of cast iron and aluminium and/or magnesium. The inserts ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416702 | Hydrogen sensor and process for production thereof According to the present invention there is disclosed a hydrogen sensor comprising a substrate, a rare earth metal film formed on the substrate, and a protective film formed on the rare earth metal... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7404987 | White pearlescent paint compositions and coatings A pearlescent paint composition comprising a film-former and a solids material comprising a pearlizing effective amount of a pearlizing compound, a hiding material and a pigment, the improvement wherein the pigment is white and the hiding material is selected from t... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7397183 | Diffusion barrier coatings having graded compositions and devices incorporating the same A composite article comprises a substrate having at least a substrate surface and a graded-composition coating disposed on a substrate surface. The composition of the coating material varies substantially continuously across its thickness. The coating reduces the tr... | 07/08/2008 |
| RE40406 | Process for coating and/or touching up coatings on metallic surfaces A composition and method for coating and touching up a metal surface is provided. The composition contains from about 0.5 to about 240 millimoles per kilogram of a fluorometallate ion, from about 0.5 grams/liters to about 10 grams/liter of phosphorous-containing ino... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393556 | Process for the production of a multilayer vehicle repair coating A process for multilayer repair coating, comprising the following steps: applying a first base coat layer of a conventional, water-borne base coat I containing at least one special effect pigment, applying a second base coat layer of a water-borne base coat I... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390536 | Method for fabricating composite gas separation modules The present invention relates to a method for fabricating a composite gas separation module and to gas separation modules formed by the method. In one embodiment, the method for fabricating a composite gas separation module includes depositing a first material on a ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390558 | Aliphatic polyester film and packaging material An aliphatic polyester film on which an inorganic gas-barrier film is formed by deposition to improve the gas barrier properties of the aliphatic polyester wherein the adhesion between the aliphatic polyester film and the deposited gas-barrier film has been improved... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7384665 | Formation of protective coatings for color filters A structure and method for producing color filters with a protective silation layer is described. In one embodiment, each filter is coated with a silation layer to prevent bleeding of material between closely spaced filters during the fabrication process. In a secon... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7378158 | Structural component coated with a hard material and comprising an intermediate layer for improving the adhesive strength of the coating Structural components that are subject to high stresses, especially caused by wear, can be protected by coating them with a hard material. For metal-cutting tools it is for example known that their wear resistance can be improved by coating them with a hard material... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7378132 | Method for applying environmental-resistant MCrAlY coatings on gas turbine components There is provided a method for depositing a modified MCrAlY coating on a surface of a gas turbine engine component. The method includes cold gas dynamic spraying techniques to provide a metallurgical bond between a substrate, such as a superalloy substrate, and the ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7378126 | Light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same, and method of operating manufacturing apparatus The inventors has been anticipated that there is no problem in employing electron gun deposition as a method of forming a metallic layer on the EL layer because the TFT is disposed below the ET layer in the active matrix light-emitting device. However, since the TFT... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7368164 | Smooth outer coating for combustor components and coating method therefor A coating and method for overcoating a TBC on a component used in a high-temperature environment, such as the combustor section of an industrial gas turbine. The coating defines the outermost surface of the component and is formed of at least two layers having diffe... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7354733 | Method for sorting and separating living cells We disclose methods of sorting or separating mixtures of living cells (e.g., eukaryotic, prokaryotic, mammalian, pathogenic, bacterial, viral, etc.). We perform our methods by activating cell-selective photophoric labels, which photosensitize and chemically reduce a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354625 | Gas barrier film The invention provides a gas barrier film having a support including a hydrophilic surface or a non-ionic hydrophobic surface on which a graft polymer chain having a polar group is present, and an inorganic thin film formed on the surface. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351447 | Method of producing anti-reflection film A method of producing an anti-reflection film includes forming a first layer on a transparent substrate, forming a second layer on the first layer, and forming the third layer on the second layer. When an optical admittance Y at a surface of the second layer is repr... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7344757 | Method for treating or pretreating containers A process for the treatment or pretreatment of containers made of aluminum, aluminum-containing alloys, magnesium-containing alloys, iron-containing materials such as steel, coated iron-containing materials such as galvanized steel, or aluminum alloys, tinplate, bra... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7335341 | Method for securing ceramic structures and forming electrical connections on the same A new kinetic spray process is disclosed that enables one to secure a plurality of ceramic elements together quickly without the need for glues or other adhesives. The process finds special utilization in the formation of non-thermal plasma reactors wherein the kine... | 02/26/2008 |
