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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178169 | Methods of leveling ink on substrates using flash heating and apparatuses useful in printing Methods of leveling ink on substrates and apparatuses useful in printing are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the methods includes irradiating ink disposed on a first surface of a porous substrate with radiation emitted by at least one flash lamp. The radiation ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8043667 | Method to improve mechanical strength of low-K dielectric film using modulated UV exposure Methods and apparatus for improving mechanical properties of a dielectric film on a substrate are provided. In some embodiments, the dielectric film is a carbon-doped oxide (CDO). The methods involve the use of modulated ultraviolet radiation to increase the mechani... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7858157 | Absorbent articles comprising hydrophilic nonwoven fabrics A process for treating fibers to render the fibers more hydrophilic. The process includes contacting the fibers with a solution of hydrophilic monomers and radical polymerization initiators and exposing the fibers to UV radiation. ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7811640 | Methods for fabricating polymer optical waveguides on large area panels This invention describes methods for fabricating polymer optical waveguides, and polymer optical waveguides themselves wherein at least one of the optical layers is deposited by a two-stage deposition process. In particular, the two-stage deposition process comprise... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7767273 | Apparatus and method for producing two-sided patterned web in registration An apparatus for casting a patterned surface on both sides of an opaque web. The apparatus includes a first patterned roll, a second pattered roll, and a means for rotating the first and second patterned rolls such that their patterns are transferred to opposite sid... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7695775 | Controlled vapor deposition of biocompatible coatings over surface-treated substrates We have developed an improved vapor-phase deposition method and apparatus for the application of layers and coatings on various substrates. The method and apparatus are useful in the fabrication of biofunctional devices, Bio-MEMS devices, and in the fabrication of m... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7632548 | Remote identification of explosives and other harmful materials The present invention is for a process of sensing chemicals with nanoparticles, particularly nanoparticles whose bandgap has been altered from that of their corresponding bulk material by reducing their particle size below their quantum confinement threshold. The ph... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7622163 | Method for identifying articles and process for maintaining security The invention is directed to a method by exposing at least a portion of a luminescent coating disposed on a surface of an article to ultraviolet light at one or more preselected wavelengths causing said luminescent coating to exhibit a luminescence spectrum, the lum... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7611757 | Method to improve mechanical strength of low-K dielectric film using modulated UV exposure Methods and apparatus for improving mechanical properties of a dielectric film on a substrate are provided. In some embodiments, the dielectric film is a carbon-doped oxide (CDO). The methods involve the use of modulated ultraviolet radiation to increase the mechani... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7517564 | Method for identifying articles and process for maintaining security The invention is directed to a method by exposing at least a portion of a luminescent coating disposed on a surface of an article to ultraviolet light at one or more preselected wavelengths causing said luminescent coating to exhibit a luminescence spectrum, the lum... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7498065 | UV printing and curing of CDs, DVDs, Golf Balls And Other Products A special method is provided for more uniformly and quickly curing products with a scratch-resistant UV curable coating or UV curable printing thereon, such as for CDs, DVDs, golf balls, golf tees, eye glass lenses, contact lenses, string instruments, decorative lab... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7438950 | Metallic pattern forming method and conductive pattern material The invention provides a metallic pattern forming method comprising: forming a region in which a graft polymer, that directly bonds to a surface of a base material that includes a polyimide and has a functional group that interacts with either an electroless plating... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7405034 | Polymeric structures, particularly microstructures, and methods for making same Methods of adhering polymeric materials to a substrate, either directly or through linker molecules, are disclosed. Structures, for example, microstructures, including microwells and arrays of microwells, may be readily formed using the methods. In some embodiments,... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7399504 | Method of preparing an insoluble polymer film on a substrate from a soluble polymer containing labile solubilizing groups The present invention relates to a method for preparing polymeric films, preferably electroactive films, with enhanced physical properties by the steps of applying to a substrate a solution of a polymer containing pendant labile solubilizing groups, then removing th... | 07/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7396562 | Optical information-recording medium manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus A method of manufacturing an optical information recording medium that has a substrate having a signal recording layer formed on one principal surface thereof; and an optically transparent layer formed on the signal recording layer and made from a radiation cure typ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7374707 | Method for producing adhesive closing parts A method forms adhesive closing parts from a plastic material. To produce at least one adhesive closing element (3) without a form tool in at least one partial area, the plastic material is deposited in the form of drops. The drops are successively delivered ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7374701 | Organometallic precursor composition and method of forming metal film or pattern using the same A composition of (i) an organometallic precursor containing a hydrazine compound coordinating with a central metal thereof and (ii) an organometallic compound of a main group metal and a method of forming metal film or pattern using this composition. ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7374706 | Method for producing adhesive closure parts A method produces adhesive closure parts, where a partial segment of the surface of a support element (10) is provided with adhesive closure elements (3) which stand out from its plane by applying a plastic material that forms adhesive closure elements... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371474 | Advanced lubricant for thin film storage medium A magnetic recording medium comprising a lubricant film comprising a photosynthesized lubricant having a single phase composition of at least a lubricant moiety and an additive moiety is disclosed. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372511 | Device for controlling spreading of liquid crystal and method for fabricating an LCD Device for controlling spreading of liquid crystal including a stage, and variable temperature controlling means in the stage for controlling spreading of the liquid crystal, wherein the variable temperature controlling means is formed of a heating wire, and control... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354624 | Multi-layer coatings and related methods Multi-layer coatings are disclosed that include (a) a first layer deposited from at least one composition that includes a polymeric composition, and (b) a second layer applied over at least a portion of the first layer in which the second layer is deposited from at ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354666 | Photo process to improve tribological performance of thin lubricant film A system and method for improving the durability and reliability of recording media used in hard drives is disclosed. A protective overcoat made of diamond like carbon (DLC) is first deposited over a magnetic layer. A lubricant layer, typically containing Moresco lu... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354650 | Multi-layer coatings with an inorganic oxide network containing layer and methods for their application Multi-layer coatings are disclosed that include (1) a first layer comprising an inorganic oxide network, and (2) a second layer applied over at least a portion of the first layer, wherein the second layer is deposited from at least one liquid composition that is hyd... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341788 | Materials having predefined morphologies and methods of formation thereof A material and an associated method of formation. A self-assembling block copolymer that includes a first block species and a second block species respectively characterized by a volume fraction of F1 and F2 with respect to the self-assembling ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341784 | Light management film and its preparation and use A light management film includes a first layer with a thermoplastic resin and a particular phosphonium sulfonate salt, and a second layer formed from a curable composition and having a refractive index of at least 1.5. The light management film exhibits reduced stat... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341643 | Method of making packaging material A packaging material, a method of making such a material, and a package made from such material, are disclosed. A substrate comprises at least one sheet of plastic material. An energy-curable coating is applied to one side of the substrate, which will be the outside... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341761 | Methods for producing low-k CDO films Methods of preparing a carbon doped oxide (CDO) layers having a low dielectric constant are provided. The methods involve, for instance, providing a substrate to a deposition chamber and exposing it to one or multiple carbon-doped oxide precursors having molecules w... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7311947 | Laser assisted material deposition A method of forming a film on a substrate includes activating a gas precursor to form a material on the substrate by irradiating the gas precursor with electromagnetic energy at a frequency tuned to an absorption frequency of the gas precursor. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7303788 | Method for manufacturing solar cell module having a sealing resin layer formed on a metal oxide layer The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a solar cell module having photovoltaic elements in each of which a metal oxide layer made of a metal oxide forms an outermost surface part thereof at a light incident side, and a sealing resin layer formed o... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7294656 | UV curable coating composition The present invention is directed to a non-aqueous composition curable by UV radiation broadly comprising a mixture of two UV curable urethane acrylates. The invention is also directed to a coating process using such composition. One of the urethane acrylates is the... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7279205 | Packaging material A packaging material, a method of making such a material, and a package made from such material, are disclosed. A substrate comprises at least one sheet of plastic material. An energy-curable coating is applied to one side of the substrate, which will be the outside... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279765 | Transparent electrode made from indium-zinc-oxide and etchant for etching the same A pixel electrode employs a transparent electrode made from indium-zinc-oxide (IZO) that is capable of preventing damage and bending thereof. In a liquid crystal display device containing pixel electrodes, the transparent electrode is made from indium-zinc-oxide (IZ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267913 | Recording material and image forming method An image forming method is disclosed, comprising (a) imagewise exposing a recording material comprising on a support an image forming layer containing colored electrophoretic particles and a photopolymerizable compositon to light to perform photocuring and (b) apply... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268172 | Radiation curable compositions The present invention is directed to a composition curable by radiation having a wavelength of 300 nm or more, a method of producing a coated substrate using such composition and the coated product so-produced. More particularly, the composition of the present inven... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264530 | Method of driving electron-emitting device, electron source, and image-forming apparatus Provided is a manufacturing method capable of manufacturing an electron-emitting device in which a variation in device current at the time of manufacturing is suppressed and thus uniformity thereof is high. The electron-emitting device includes a substrate, a first ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261916 | Method of manufacturing thin-film antenna A method of manufacturing a thin-film antenna is disclosed. A substrate is provided and coated with an organic material layer. After both of the substrate and organic material layer have been dried, a conductive layer is formed on both the substrate and the organic ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259100 | Nanoparticles and method for making the same A method for making nanoparticles, nanoparticle inks and device layers therefrom is disclosed. In accordance with the present invention, nanoparticles are isolated from a composite material that is formed by treating a metal oxide precursor to form the metal nanopar... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259101 | Nanoparticles and method for making the same A method for making nanoparticles, nanoparticle inks and device layers therefrom is disclosed. In accordance with the present invention, nanoparticles are isolated from a composite material that is formed by treating a metal oxide precursor to form the metal nanopar... | 08/21/2007 |
