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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7311974 | Concrete floor finishing system and method An initial surface is provided. An overlay of colored grout is provided. The colored grout is on the initial surface. In this manner an intermediate surface is created. An acid stain is provided. The acid stain is on the intermediate surface. A two part clear epoxy ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7294606 | Substrate and method for the formation of continuous magnesium diboride and doped magnesium diboride wire A chemically doped boron coating is applied by chemical vapor deposition to a silicon carbide fiber and the coated fiber then is exposed to magnesium vapor to convert the doped boron to doped magnesium diboride and a resultant superconductor. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7243003 | Substrate carrier handler that unloads substrate carriers directly from a moving conveyor In a first aspect, a substrate loading station is served by a conveyor which continuously transports substrate carriers. A substrate carrier handler that is part of the substrate loading station operates to exchange substrate carriers with the conveyor while the con... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238308 | Process for the infiltration of porous carbon composites A process form producing ceramic composites comprising metal carbides, which comprises the steps production of a porous carbon-containing intermediate body, infiltration of the intermediate body with the melt of a carbon-forming metal, reaction of at least part of t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7208721 | Controller for material dispensing nozzle control signal and methods A material dispensing system for dispensing material onto a moving substrate (110), including a material dispensing nozzle (102), a material dispensing control signal controller (130) coupled to the material dispensing nozzle, a material dispens... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204882 | Polyurethane resin coating device A polyurethane resin coating device includes a material mixing unit for mixing materials to have them reacted to form polyurethane resin liquid mixture. Subsequently, the polyurethane resin liquid mixture flows downward to a pressuring and sending unit to be mixed a... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7179328 | Color keeping slip-resisting solution An aqueous solution for treatment of colored concrete, glazed enamel or porcelain surfaces to increase the coefficient of friction of that surface, whether dry or wet, to about 0.8 without deteriorating the color of the surface comprises about 1.5 to 1.9 wt % of amm... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7138861 | Load mismatch adaptation in coupler-based amplifiers Coupler-based amplifiers provide a measure of load mismatch based on the difference between the two output signal amplitudes from the amplifiers. This measure can be used to control variable matching networks (VMNs) or amplifier supply voltages to maintain constant ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7101492 | Fluorinated surfactants for aqueous acid etch solutions Novel aqueous, acid etch solutions comprising a fluorinated surfactant are provided. The etch solutions are used with a wide variety of substrates, for example, in the etching of silicon oxide-containing substrates. ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7073890 | Thermally conductive thermal actuator and liquid drop emitter using same A thermal actuator for a micro-electromechanical device is disclosed. The thermal actuator includes a base element and a movable element extending from the base element and residing at a first position. The movable element includes a barrier layer constructed of a b... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7071153 | Method of enhancing a soiled porous surface and maintenance thereof The present invention is directed to a method of enhancing the appearance of a soiled porous surface. The inventive method includes applying a concentrated, alkaline, cleaning composition to the soiled porous surface. This concentrated, alkaline, cleaning compositio... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7067204 | Submerged plasma generator, method of generating plasma in liquid and method of decomposing toxic substance with plasma in liquid A method and apparatus for generating plasma in a liquid. The apparatus includes an ultrasonic wave generator for generating bubbles in the liquid, and an electromagnetic wave generator for continuously irradiating electromagnetic waves to the liquid from within the... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7045169 | Method of predicting optical properties and physical characteristics to formulate optimum coating system Method of predicting optical properties and physical characteristics of coated paper or other sheet products for the purpose of formulating enhanced coating or sheet forming systems, and in particular to a method, which uses a diffusion approximation model derived f... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7001640 | Apparatus and method for forming deposited film The object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for forming a deposited film which can repeatedly form a large amount of functional deposited films with good reproducibility without degradation in the characteristics of films formed even wh... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6995545 | Control system for a sputtering system A fault handling algorithm processes a plurality of fault status signals from a sputtering system in a period of time to generate at least one command signal for affecting the operation of a power generator. ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6984451 | Use of acylated polyamines for the modification of surfaces The present invention relates to a particulate, linear, sheet-like or three-dimensional structure comprising, at least on its surface, a hydrophilicizing amount of at least one acylated polyamine, where at least some of the polyamine nitrogen atoms bear acyl radical... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6958169 | Surface treatment of medical device A method for improving the wettability of a medical device involves: (a) providing a medical device formed from a monomer mixture comprising a hydrophilic device-forming monomer including a copolymerizable group and an electron donating moiety, and a second device-f... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6955516 | Single wafer dryer and drying methods In a first aspect, a module is provided that is adapted to process a wafer. The module includes a processing portion having one or more features such as (1) a rotatable wafer support for rotating an input wafer from a first orientation wherein the wafer is in line w... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6936134 | Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method A substrate processing apparatus comprises a heating process chamber in which a heating process is performed for a wafer, a load lock chamber, connected to the heating process chamber, for controlling at least oxygen concentration and pressure, a transferring arm tr... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6916864 | High internal phase polyelectrolyte emulsions for the manufacture of superabsorbent polymers and superabsorbent polymers made therefrom The present invention refers to a high internal phase polyelectrolyte emulsions which are useful for the manufacture of superabsorbent polymers having two phases: i) a continuous oil phase and the ii) a dispersed aqueous phase containing the aqueous monomer solution... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6908874 | Process for making metal oxide-coated microporous materials A process for making a catalytic rare earth metal oxide-coated microporous particulate material that has the rare earth metal oxide coated on outer surfaces of the microporous particulate material. The process comprises the steps of: i) combining an amount of a coll... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6905727 | Method for selecting a formulation for one or more layers of a multi-layer coating A method for selecting a formulation for one or more layers of a multi-layer coating for repair purposes, the multi-layer coating comprising a primer applied on a substrate, at least one base or top coat and, optionally, a clear coat, the method comprising the follo... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6884502 | Aluminum oxide coated honeycomb for S2S and S3S sealing system with extended oxidation life Oxidation resistant sealant system comprising a honeycomb component coated with an aluminum oxide layer. ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6835783 | Manufacture of superabsorbents in high internal phase emulsions The present invention refers to a high internal phase polyclectrolyte emulsions which are useful for the manufacture of superabsorbent polymers having two phases: i) a continuous oil phase and the ii) a dispersed aqueous phase containing the aqueous monomer solution... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6815011 | Alpha olefin monomer partitioning agents for drag reducing agents and methods of forming drag reducing agents using alpha olefin monomer partitioning agents A composition including a polyalphaolefin and at least one alpha olefin monomer partitioning agent that function as drag reducing agents and a process for the preparation of the drag reducing agents are disclosed. The process includes the steps of contacting alpha o... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6811816 | Method and apparatus for forming deposition film, and method for treating substrate A gas adsorptive member is disposed in a space communicating with film deposition chambers, and deposition films are deposited while continuously feeding gas components released from this member, thereby enabling the high quality and uniform deposition films to be f... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6793974 | Selecting a material for use as the expansive element The invention concerns thermoelastic designs incorporating and expansive element formed from material selected in accordance a procedure involving the derivation of an indicator of the material's potential effectiveness for each application. (FIG. 1 to accompany the... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6790482 | Arrangement for orienting the magnetization direction of magnetic layers An arrangement and method orients the magnetization direction of magnetic layers on a plate shaped substrate on a mounting. The mounting defines a positioning plane for the substrate and a magnet arrangement is on one side of the positioning plane. The magnet arrang... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6776887 | Method and apparatus for thin film center shielding A carrier (20) is used in the thin film coating of disks (35). The disks (35) are held in a disk tray (30). The disks (35) have a center (35a) through which the thin film coating can go through. The carrier (20... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6773763 | Method of manufacturing a permanent magnet using kinetic spray A method of manufacturing a permanent magnet by the steps of preparing an admixture of magnetic material and binder material, the admixture material having a particle size of less than 325 mesh. Then heating a carrier gas to a temperature substantially below the mel... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6762234 | Formulation for depositing a light-emitting polymer layer The present invention provides formulations which facilitate the direct deposition of patterned polymer films. In particular, the present invention provides a formulation with which polymer films which exhibit improved emission can be uniformly deposited, particular... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6756081 | Hollow cylindrical cathode sputtering target and process for producing it A hollow cylindrical target for a cathode sputtering unit with a hollow cylindrical sputtering material and a target holder is disclosed. The sputtering material has an annular cross section and concentrically surrounds a longitudinal segment of the target holder. T... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6749729 | Method and apparatus for workpiece biassing utilizing non-arcing bias rail A non-arcing bias rail assembly for supplying an electrical bias potential to a moving workpiece/substrate holder, comprising an elongated metal strip adapted for mounting along a wall of a workpiece/substrate treatment apparatus and having a surface bounded by firs... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6743296 | Apparatus and method for self-centering a wafer in a sputter chamber A wafer lifter for self-centering a wafer onto a wafer pedestal situated in a physical vapor deposition chamber and a method for self-centering a wafer onto the wafer pedestal are described. The wafer lifter is constructed by a lifter body of annular shape, at least... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6716323 | Coating glass A process for the production of a coated substrate, preferably glass, comprising depositing a reflective metal, especially a silver, layer by a low pressure deposition process performed in a coating atmosphere that contains a gasous oxygen scavenger. The presence of... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6716321 | Modified electrical properties of sputtered thermal coatings A system and method for sputter depositing a protective coating on a surface. The system includes a coating device, a first material for coating, a second material for coating and a surface to be coated. Preferably, the first material and the second material are spu... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6703080 | Method and apparatus for VHF plasma processing with load mismatch reliability and stability A radio frequency (RF) generator apparatus for a plasma processing system that is resistant to nonlinear load mismatch conditions is provided. The apparatus includes an RF oscillator configured to generate an RF signal, an RF amplifier responsive to the R... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6663737 | Core-crush resistant fabric and prepreg for fiber reinforced composite sandwich structures A core crush resistant prepreg for use in making a fiber reinforced composite panel structure is provided. The prepreg comprises a woven fabric consisting essentially of carbon fiber tow strands impregnated with a hardenable polymeric resin composition. T... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6656330 | Coating installation for disk-form workpieces A method for manufacturing a coated substrate disk, comprises linearly bringing the substrate on a mounting, into an evacuated transport chamber and rotating the mounting in the chamber. The mounting is then extended into a coating position and coating of... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6602555 | Tobacco extract composition and method A method of extracting corrosion inhibiting constituents from tobacco comprises the steps of soaking tobacco in an extraction solution under certain extraction conditions, followed by filtration to remove tobacco residue from the resultant aqueous tobacco... | 08/05/2003 |
