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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8062715 | Fabrication of alloy variant structures using direct metal deposition Direct-metal deposition (DMD), preferably under closed-loop control, is used to fabricate alloy-variant material structures which provide a combination of desirable physical and mechanical properties. Use of the invention facilitates the production of high-strength,... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7399793 | Coating composition curable with ultraviolet radiation A clearcoat curable by ultraviolet radiation including at least one of A) acrylate or methacrylate monomers or mixtures thereof having from one to six free-radically polymerizable groups per molecule or B) compounds containing two or more ethylenically unsaturated, ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7374791 | Method for making and measuring a coating on the surface of a medical device using an ultraviolet laser This invention relates to a method for manufacturing an implantable medical device, having a surface covered with a coating that can include a desired amount of a biologically active material, using an ultraviolet (UV) laser. The invention also pertains to a method ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7318844 | Laser-irradiated metallized electroceramic The manufacturing method for an electroceramic component (1), for example a varistor (1), comprises a laser irradiation of a part (5; 6) of the surface of an electroceramic body (2) before a metallization (3; 4) is applied to the p... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311938 | Ultra low residual reflection, low stress lens coating A method is provided for coating optical lenses and other optical articles with anti-reflection (AR) coatings. The lenses have low reflectivity, provide a substantially white light reflection and have a low stress AR coating and are ideally suited for optical lenses... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7301726 | Banded LZT CSS zone A magnetic recording disk having a non laser zone texturing (LZT) band in the contact-start-stop (CSS) zone. The width of the non-LZT band in the CSS zone may be greater than the width of a read and/or write element of a head and less than the width of a center pad ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7238543 | Methods for marking a bare semiconductor die including applying a tape having energy-markable properties A method used for marking a semiconductor wafer or device. The method and apparatus have particular application to wafers or devices which have been subjected to a thinning process, including backgrinding in particular. The present method comprises reducing the cros... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7186601 | Method of fabricating a semiconductor device utilizing a catalyst material solution A very thin oxide film is formed on an amorphous silicon film that is formed on a glass substrate, and an aqueous solution such as an acetate solution added with a catalyst element such as nickel by 10 to 200 ppm (adjustment needed) is dropped thereon. After the str... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187396 | Low visibility laser marking additive Laser marking of plastic material is achieved by incorporating into the plastic a laser marking particulate additive having a particle size of less than 100 nm. A mixed oxide particle of tin and antimony having a particle size of 10–70 nm is useful as a laser mark... | 03/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7115209 | Method and installation for surface marking of a substrate A method for surface marking a solid substrate (1), according to which, during an exposure sequence, said substrate is exposed to coherent monochromatic light (2) in order to strip said substrate over an indented surface (3), wherein the exposur... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7094618 | Methods for marking a packaged semiconductor die including applying tape and subsequently marking the tape The present invention provides a method and apparatus for marking a semiconductor wafer or device. The method and apparatus have particular application to wafers or devices which have been subjected to a thinning process, including backgrinding in particular. The pr... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7082708 | Method for removing coating damages and/or erosion damages The invention relates to a method for repairing coating damage and/or erosion damage on the internal surface of a weapon barrel by overlaying the respectively damaged barrel region with a suitable coating material and, if necessary, reworking it mechanically. | 08/01/2006 |
| 7063747 | Coating control system for use on a spherical object A coating control system and method for monitoring and potentially adjusting system at least one spray property at various stages of the painting process, thereby also providing an efficient set-up and monitoring process involving less manual labor, less waste, and ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7048841 | Contact assemblies, methods for making contact assemblies, and plating machines with contact assemblies for plating microelectronic workpieces Contact assemblies, electroplating machines with contact assemblies, and methods for making contact assemblies that are used in the fabrication of microelectronic workpieces. The contact assemblies can be wet-contact assemblies or dry-contact assemblies. A contact a... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7038174 | Heating device for heating semiconductor wafers in thermal processing chambers A novel apparatus for heat treating semiconductor wafers includes a heating device which comprises an assembly of light energy sources for emitting light energy onto a wafer. The light energy sources can be placed in various configurations. The tuning devices adjust... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7018923 | Composite material for producing an electric contact surface, in addition a method for creating a lubricated, corrosion-free electric contact surface A modification of frictional state and surface condition of an electrical contact surface to reduce the insertion forces for establishment of an electrical plug connection and also to achieve protection from oxidation and fretting corrosion is provided. BY controlle... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7002779 | Thermal pole-tip recession/slide shape variation reduction A bond pad is elevated from a slider body by a conductive post. The bond pad is disposed atop the post, which typically possesses a cross-sectional area smaller than the surface are of the bond pad. Thus, rather than having the entire surface of the bond pad in cont... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6972249 | Use of nitrides for flip-chip encapsulation A hermetically-sealed semiconductor flip-chip and its method of manufacture are disclosed. The semiconductor flip-chip of the present invention is sealed with a silicon nitride layer on an active surface of the flip-chip. The silicon nitride layer covers the chip ac... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6951666 | Precursor compositions for the deposition of electrically conductive features A precursor composition for the deposition and formation of an electrical feature such as a conductive feature. The precursor composition advantageously has a viscosity of at least about 1000 centipoise and can be deposited by screen printing. The precursor composit... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6933061 | Thermal barrier coating protected by thermally glazed layer and method for preparing same A thermal barrier coating for an underlying metal substrate of articles that operate at, or are exposed to, high temperatures, as well as being exposed to environmental contaminant compositions. This coating comprises an inner layer nearest to the underlying metal s... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6923579 | Fiber optic component marking with fiber optic indicia This invention provides a method of marking a fiber optic indicia on the surface of a fiber optic component and the fiber optic component produced thereby. The fiber optic indicia is represented as a predetermined pattern marked on the fiber optic component and is a... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6881451 | Process and device for producing wear-resistant, tribological cylinder bearing surfaces A process for producing a wear-resistant cylinder bearing surface includes rotating a laser about its longitudinal axis and simultaneously advancing the laser in a direction of the longitudinal axis which is coaxial with a cylinder of a crankcase. A powdery material... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6858262 | Method for producing a surface-alloyed cylindrical, partially cylindrical or hollow cylindrical component and a device for carrying out said method The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a surface-alloyed cylindrical, partly cylindrical or hollow cylindrical structural member where in the zone of incidence of the energy beam there is formed a locally bounded melting bath with a heating and melting ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6852948 | High contrast surface marking using irradiation of electrostatically applied marking materials A method of radiantly marking substrates including metals, plastics, ceramic materials, glazes, glass ceramics, and glasses of any desired form, which comprises electrostatically applying to the material to be marked a variable thickness layer of marking material co... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6838157 | Method and apparatus for instrumenting a gas turbine component having a barrier coating A method (50) of instrumenting a component (10) having a barrier coating (14). A sensor (76) is embedded within or below the coating. Material forming the sensor is deposited within a trench (80) formed into the barrier coating. Th... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6835424 | Marking substrates A marking composition includes a polymerizable first material that comprises silicon and a second material capable of extending polymeric chains of the first material, wherein the marking composition is capable of undergoing a change that can be detected optically w... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6833154 | Method for optimization of radiant curing of surface coatings on three-dimensional objects The invention is a process for radiant curing of a coating on a three-dimensional object. The process includes (a) providing a model of a radiant output of at least two lamps to be used to provide the radiant curing of the coating; (b) providing a model of at least ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6821305 | Process of producing a colored area of desired depth in an anodized layer of metal article A process of coloring an anodized layer on a metal article comprising laser marking an area to be colored to a desired depth and applying a polymerizable ink to color the area to the desired depth. The ink may optionally include a volatile aqueous or non-aqueous sol... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6821575 | Electrode treatment The invention relates to a method for preparing a conductive electrode comprising applying a precursor for electrocatalytic or protective coatings on a conductive electrode substrate, irradiating the conductive electrode substrate and the precursor with near infrare... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6787198 | Hydrothermal treatment of nanostructured films The present invention involves the hydrothermal treatment of nanostructured films to form high k PMOD™ films for use in applications that are temperature sensitive, such as applications using a polymer based substrate. After a PMOD™ precursor is deposited and co... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6764016 | Identification method for dip galvanizing A method for identifying dip-galvanized parts commences with marking a tag (e.g., metal) with identification indicia for a galvanizable part. The markings and the tag are resistant to molten zinc. A temporary film is applied over the identification indicia. The temp... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6746724 | Dual paint coat laser-marking labeling system, method, and product The present invention is directed to a system for marking objects for their identification which marks survive elevated temperatures of, say, up to 600° to 800° F. or higher, for extended periods of time. The inventive system for marking workpieces for their ident... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6709720 | Marking method and marking material A method of marking materials, wherein the surface of a marking material and the surface of a material to be marked are matched, a laser beam is applied to the marking material while scanning the beam to form a mark, the material to be marked consisting a transparen... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6651335 | Method of producing an ink jet print head through a processing method of electroless plating A processing method of electroless plating in which a catalyst layer is absorbed on a surface of a substrate, a laser beam is selectively applied to the catalyst layer, processing of electroless plating is applied to the substrate, thereby a plating layer... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6623876 | Sintered mechanical part with abrasionproof surface and method for producing same The invention concerns a mechanical part with abrasionproof surface characterized in that it comprises a sintered metallic body obtained from metallic powders and a laser-deposited cermet coating. The coating has a certain thickness whereof a portion is m... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6616974 | Form for printing and a method of manufacturing such form The invention relates to a form for the rotary machine printing, coating or imprinting of web-shaped materials and a method of producing the form wherein at a carrier having a cylindrical surface area an elastomer layer is attached which after curing at t... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6582857 | Repair of masks to promote adhesion of patches The current invention performs short pulse laser ablation of clear defect regions on a mask prior to patching the clear defect regions. The short-pulse laser ablation removes any residue that absorbs light. Thus, the ablation completely cleans the surface... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6576302 | Method for producing a metal oxide and method for forming a minute pattern There is disclosed a method for producing a metal oxide, which comprises the steps of: dissolving a metal organic compound (e.g. a metal organic acid salt, a metal acetylacetonato complex, and a metal alkoxide having an organic group with 6 or more carbon... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6565927 | Method for treatment of surfaces with ultraviolet light A method using irradiation with optical light having a wavelength of 160 to 500 nanometers without higher wavelengths with cooling of the surface during the irradiation to modify the surface (12A, 104A, 202A, 304A, 402A, 502A) of a substrate (12, 104, 202... | 05/20/2003 |
