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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7648740 | Method of making improved net-shaped components by hybrid metal deposition processing The invention is directed to a method of making improved net-shaped components by a hybrid metal deposition process for either hot or cold metals. The method involves using a metal deposition machine to deposit at least one layer of a metal alloy onto a top surface ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7588803 | Multi step ebeam process for modifying dielectric materials According to one embodiment of the invention, a method of modifying a mechanical, physical and/or electrical property of a dielectric layer comprises exposing the dielectric layer to a first dose of electron beam radiation at a first energy level; and thereafter, ex... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7435353 | Patterning by energetically-stimulated local removal of solid-condensed-gas layers and solid state chemical reactions produced with such layers The invention provides a method for forming a patterned material layer on a structure, by condensing a vapor to a solid condensate layer on a surface of the structure and then localized removal of selected regions of the condensate layer by directing a beam of energ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431759 | High elongation vacuum formable digital ink The present invention includes a curable ink composition for digitally printing onto plastic substrates and three dimensional objects comprising an ink composition comprising a pigment, an oligomeric component, a diluent, additives and a mono-functional monomer havi... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427317 | High elongation vacuum formable digital ink The present invention includes a curable ink composition for digitally printing onto plastic substrates and three dimensional objects comprising an ink composition comprising a pigment, an acrylic polymer or copolymer having an acid number below about 20 component, ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7422776 | Low temperature process to produce low-K dielectrics with low stress by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) Low K dielectric films exhibiting low mechanical stress may be formed utilizing various techniques in accordance with the present invention. In one embodiment, carbon-containing silicon oxide films are formed by plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition at low tempe... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422774 | Method for forming ultra low k films using electron beam The present invention generally provides a method for depositing a low dielectric constant film using an e-beam treatment. In one aspect, the method includes delivering a gas mixture comprising one or more organosilicon compounds and one or more hydrocarbon compound... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7404990 | Non-thermal process for forming porous low dielectric constant films Low dielectric materials and films comprising same have been identified for improved performance when used as interlevel dielectrics in integrated circuits as well as methods for making same. In certain embodiments of the invention, there is provided a low-temperatu... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7390527 | Method for manufacturing a nanostructure at a predetermined point on supporting carrier A method is for manufacturing a nanostructure in-situ, at least one predetermined point on a supporting carrier. The method includes choosing a suitable material for a substrate in the carrier, creating the substrate, and preparing a template on the substrate so tha... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7374798 | Method and apparatus of forming alignment film In a method of manufacturing an LCD device, an atomic beam is irradiated onto a thin film including a carbon-carbon double bond to form a polarized functional group by transforming the carbon-carbon double bond into a carbon-carbon single bond and a radical state. T... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371432 | Process for making a metal-polymer composite having an irradiated polymer coating A process for making a metal-polymer composites suitable for shaping into container end panels having improved resistance to feathering and angel hair formation. A polymer coating is applied to a metal sheet. The polymer coating includes at least one cured polymer s... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364806 | Thermal barrier coating system method of manufacturing the same A thermal barrier coating system comprising a metal substrate, a metal bonding layer and a ceramics thermal barrier layer wherein the ceramics thermal barrier layer has a columnar structure of a stabilized zirconia containing a stabilizer or a stabilized ZrO2 | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361724 | Self assembling monolayer compositions A surface coating composition for providing a self-assembling monolayer, in stable form, on a material surface or at a suitable interface, as well as a method of preparing such a composition and a method of using such a composition to coat a surface, such as the sur... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354617 | Fixing belt and method for evaluating it A method for evaluating a fixing belt includes forming a fixing belt which includes a substrate, an elastic layer laminated on the substrate, and a mold releasing layer laminated on the elastic layer. A universal hardness test for the fixing belt is performed. The f... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7348129 | Electron beam processing method and apparatus An organic material film formed on a surface of an object to be processed is cured by electron beams irradiated thereon through a hydrocarbon radical generating gas. By employing the electron beams and the hydrocarbon radical generating gas, a deterioration of a k v... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7329934 | Smooth metal semiconductor surface and method for making the same A method for reducing the surface roughness of a metal layer is provided. In some embodiments, the method may include polishing the metal layer to a level substantially above any layers arranged directly beneath the metal layer. In some cases, the semiconductor topo... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318514 | Low-friction sliding member in transmission, and transmission oil therefor A low-friction sliding member in a transmission is at least one of sliding members which are in slidable contact with each other in presence of a transmission oil composition. The low-friction sliding member includes a base material having a sliding section. A hard ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316933 | Method for producing an annular microstructure element An annular microstructure element, in particular an annularly arranged monolayer or multilayer thin film, is formed over a substrate (S), e.g., for use in a magnetoresistive memory. To that end, a masking layer is applied over the substrate. An opening (C) is etched... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7309514 | Electron beam modification of CVD deposited films, forming low dielectric constant materials A process for forming low dielectric constant dielectric films for the production of microelectronic devices. A dielectric layer is formed on a substrate by chemical vapor depositing a monomeric or oligomeric dielectric precursor in a chemical vapor deposit apparatu... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7288292 | Ultra low k (ULK) SiCOH film and method The present invention provides a multiphase, ultra low k film which exhibits improved elastic modulus and hardness as well as various methods for forming the same. The multiphase, ultra low k dielectric film includes atoms of Si, C, O and H, has a dielectric constan... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7276561 | Processes for producing nano-space controlled polymer ion-exchange membranes A polymer film substrate is irradiated with ions to make a large number of nano-sized through-holes and the substrate is further irradiated with an ionizing radiation so that a functional monomer is grafted or co-grafted onto a surface of the film and within the hol... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7252856 | Blood gas syringe having improved blood barrier A process for fabricating a water-swellable porous plastic plug is provided, the process including the steps of: providing a porous substrate having a plurality of passageways therethrough, disposing into the passageways a hydrophilic polymer, irradiating the substr... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252828 | Polysaccharide vaccine for infections The invention relates to compositions of the capsular polysaccharide/adhesin (PS/A) of staphylococci. The PS/A may be isolated or synthesized and includes various modifications to the structure of native PS/A based on the chemical characterization of PS/A. Th... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7244335 | Substrate processing system and substrate processing method A substrate processing system is provided with an ozone generator capable of generating an ozone-containing gas by discharging electricity in an oxygen-containing gas, and a plurality of processing chambers each capable of holding substrates therein to process the s... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241490 | Metallized polyimide film and manufacturing method therefor A metallized polyimide film includes: a polyimide film; an intermediate layer formed in the polyimide film, the intermediate layer extending 20 nm or less from a surface of the polyimide film, and the intermediate layer including at least one element selected from t... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7226312 | Micro coated electrical feedthru A method and apparatus for electrically interfacing between two or more distinct environments. The method and apparatus are directed to an electrical feedthru with one or more electrical transmission lines coated with one or more thin dielectric layers of material t... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7214410 | Process for selecting solvents for forming films of ferroelectric polymers Disclosed herein is a process of forming a ferroelectric polymer film from a solution, wherein the solvent composition is selected so as to adjust the properties of the film. Films formed by this method have improved properties, particularly with respect to roughnes... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7208191 | Structure with heat dissipating device and method A structure comprises a thermal energy generating component and a thermal dissipating device in thermal conductive contact with the component, the device comprising a substrate with a fullerene coating. A method of producing a computer comprises applying a layer of ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7175878 | Cold antireflection layer deposition process The invention concerns a method for making an antiglare stack by vacuum evaporation on an organic substrate (1) at a temperature lower than 150° C., comprising steps which consist in depositing at least a layer of material having a refractive index different... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175879 | Carbonization of cellulosic fibrous materials in the presence of an organosilicon compound The subject of the present invention is a method of obtaining fibrous carbon materials by carbonization of cellulosic fibrous materials carried out continuously or batchwise in the presence of at least one organosilicon compound. Characteristically, said organosilic... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175887 | Method of coating a fluorocarbon resin A first member is configured to undergo sliding contact with a surface of a second member. The surface of the first member is roughened by irradiating the surface of the first member with a laser to form first recesses in the surface of the first member. The surface... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7166352 | Impact-resistant film for flat display panel, and flat display panel An impact-resistant film for a flat display panel, which is an impact-resistant film to be bonded to a front glass of a flat display panel main body and which comprises a first layer on the front glass side of the flat display panel, made of a transparent thermosett... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7147900 | Method for forming silicon-containing insulation film having low dielectric constant treated with electron beam radiation A silicon-containing insulation film is formed on a substrate by plasma reaction using a reaction gas including (i) a source gas comprising a silicon-containing hydrocarbon compound containing multiple cross-linkable groups, (ii) a cross-linking gas, and (iii) an in... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7131768 | Extended temperature range EMF device A sensor and method of manufacturing an extended temperature range EMF sensor that is cost effective and highly reliable, with a stable EMF output and with an operating range of up to 1700° C. in hostile environments. The sensor is formed of highly stable dispersio... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121642 | Drop volume measurement and control for ink jet printing A system and method is presented for measuring the volume of an ink-jet droplet or the relative volumes of a plurality of ink-jet droplets using their electrical properties. In a preferred embodiment a single small capacitor or an array of capacitors is used to meas... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7112354 | Electron spin mechanisms for inducing magnetic-polarization reversal An apparatus includes a low magnetic-coercivity layer of material (LMC layer) having a majority electron-spin-polarization (M-ESP), an energy-gap coupled with the LMC layer, wherein a flow of spin-polarized electrons having an electron-spin-polarization anti-paralle... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7107125 | Method and apparatus for monitoring the position of a semiconductor processing robot A robotic positioning system that cooperates with a sensing system to correct robot motion is provided. The sensing system is decoupled from the sensors used conventionally to control the robot's motion, thereby providing repeatable detection of the robot's true pos... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097501 | Micro coated electrical feedthru A method and apparatus for electrically interfacing between two or more distinct environments. The method and apparatus are directed to an electrical feedthru with one or more electrical transmission lines coated with one or more thin dielectric layers of material t... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7091126 | Method for copper surface smoothing An improvement in a copper damascene process is disclosed. The improvement comprises the step of projecting an electron beam on to a chemical mechanically polished material surface having copper filled etched trenches at a known angle of incidence with respect to th... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7081277 | Magnetic disk drive having a surface coating on a magnetic disk A magnetic disk is produced with improved yield by forming a DLC protective film by a d.c. magnetron sputtering process conducted in a sputtering atmosphere containing oxygen. The magnetic disk carries a lubricating film on the DLC film wherein a fluorocarbon resin ... | 07/25/2006 |
