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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8007874 | Method and apparatus for curing coated film According to the method and the apparatus for curing a coated film of the present invention, since an ionization radiation is applied after the O2 concentration in the near-surface layer within 1 mm above the surface of the coated film is adjusted to 1000... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7291915 | Circuit board and method of manufacturing the same A circuit board includes an insulating substrate, a first conductive layer on the insulating substrate, a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer, and a third conductive layer covering the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The fir... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288323 | Vulcanized rubber composition and articles manufactured therefrom The rubber compositions described herein have been found to have an exceptionally long life as a spring-biased actuator diaphragm material that maintains its position compressed, e.g., bolted, between opposed flanges, while maintaining excellent compressibility, low... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288293 | Process for plasma surface treatment and device for realizing the process A process for plasma treatment of an object's surface to be treated comprising the creation of a plasma, the application of the plasma to the surface to be treated, and the excitation of the surface to be treated, such that it vibrates and undulates. The energy for ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7229674 | UV-cure of coating for optical fiber assisted by ultrasound An improved method for curing coatings on optical fibers, without creating additional heat and compromising the manufacturing speed of optical fibers. The method of curing a coating on an optical fiber includes the steps of passing an optical fiber through a coating... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7074548 | Apparatus and method for forming thin-film A method of forming a thin-film including a capability to remove contaminants from the formed thin-film and/or a substrate on which the thin-film is formed using alcohol. The method includes allowing a substrate holder to support a substract. A first mixture is prod... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7071006 | Carrier holding micro-substances, system suspending such carriers apparatus for manipulating such carriers and method of controlling positions of such carriers Carriers hold remote-acting bodies which can be manipulated by a remote force, and also hold a micro-substance which is a target substance of an assay. The remote-acting bodies are manipulated in order to control the positions of the micro-substances, so as to execu... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7045070 | Method of producing an electrode configuration and method of electrically contacting the electrode configuration The electrode configuration includes at least one structured layer. A mask is produced on the layer to be structured and the layer is dry etched. The mask is at least slightly etchable by dry etching. The mask contains a metal silicide, a metal nitride or a metal ox... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041350 | Polyester composition and articles with reduced acetaldehyde content and method using hydrogenation catalyst A polyester composition with reduced acetaldehyde concentration comprising polyester, at least one hydrogenation catalyst, and at least one source of reactive hydrogen. A method for making the polyester composition is also disclosed along with polyester articles mad... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6972244 | Marking semiconductor devices through a mount tape Wafer level techniques for marking the back surfaces of integrated circuit devices are described. The back surface of the wafer is laser marked while being supported by a mount tape. In some embodiments, the mount tape is sufficiently transparent that the laser ligh... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6942904 | Dry end surface treatment using ultrasonic transducers The method is for applying a coating on a paper substance. A paper moves over a set of rollers. A coating is applied with a coating applicator that has ultrasonic transducers to vibrate the coating to reduce the viscosity of the coating. A downstream blade has an ul... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6926926 | Silicon carbide deposited by high density plasma chemical-vapor deposition with bias A SiC-based layer is deposited on a substrate having an electrical resistivity between about 1 and 100 Ω cm. The substrate is disposed in a process chamber. A gaseous mixture having a silicon-containing gas and a hydrocarbon-containing gas is flowed to the process ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923979 | Method for depositing particles onto a substrate using an alternating electric field Uniform portions of fine powders are deposited on a substrate by electrostatic attraction in which the charge of the electric field and polarity of the charged particles are varied repeatedly to form a buildup of powder on the carrier surface. ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6913787 | Coating particles by colliding larger fluidized particles to smaller slurry particles This invention relates to coated particles used as phosphor particles for a phosphor screen of a display and a coating method for such particles. In the coating method of the present invention, first particles having a mean particle diameter of 3 to 10 μm are fluid... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6899914 | Method of applying a marker element to an implant and an implant provided with a marker element A method of applying a marker element (6; 6′; 6″; 25; 25′; 26; 28) to an implant (1; 1′; 1″; 1′″; 20; 20′), in particular a stent, intended for implantation in the human or animal body, comprising a main body and an opening (3; 3′;... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6893688 | Method and apparatus for fabricating electro-optical device and method and apparatus for fabricating liquid crystal panel A method for manufacturing an electro-optical device deposited with an insulating film or alignment layer on the surface of a substrate, the method is characterized by including the step of irradiating ultraviolet radiation onto the surface of the substrate (an ultr... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6827634 | Ultra fine particle film forming method and apparatus A ultra fine particle film forming apparatus is provided which is capable of forming a ultra fine particle film which has ultra fine particles sufficiently bonded together, sufficient density, flat surface and uniform density. A planarized ultra fine particle film f... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6723389 | Process for producing coated cemented carbide excellent in peel strength A coated cemented carbide excellent in peel strength includes a cemented carbide substrate comprising a hard phase containing tungsten carbide and a binder phase, and a hard film being provided on a surface of the substrate with a single layer or two or more laminat... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6716490 | Method for making enameled steel sheet A method for making an enameled steel sheet includes the steps of spraying a slurry to form a slurry layer onto a surface of a substrate and firing the slurry layer. In this method, the slurry has a static surface tension of 50 dyne/cm or less and an apparent viscos... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6645564 | Method for fabricating plated products A method for fabricating a plated product with a basecoat layer, a metal plating layer, and a topcoat layer that are formed on a surface of a base is provided. The method includes the step of forming the basecoat layer and the metal plating layer on the s... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6572916 | Coating method for use in a process for producing high-temperature superconductive strip conductors Coatings especially for superconductive strip conductors, as well as methods of applying the coatings, are addressed. Exemplary coatings include aluminum oxide in an aqueous suspension, with aluminum oxide particles contained in the suspension having size... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6531187 | Method of forming a shaped body of brittle ultra fine particles with mechanical impact force and without heating A method of forming a film or a micro structure having high density and high strength by bonding brittle ultra fine particles without heating them. The brittle ultra fine particles blown to a substrate are applied with a mechanical impact force to break a... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6503580 | Acoustically enhanced paint application The present invention is a method of coating a substrate. First, a layer of liquid polymeric coating having a pigment and a solvent is applied to the substrate. An ultrasonic acoustic source is then provided and operated at a frequency of from about above... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6488993 | Process for applying a coating to sheet metal A process for coating a moving length of sheet metal is disclosed that includes the steps of 1) cleaning the moving length of sheet metal to remove surface contaminants that may interfere with the coating adhering to the sheet metal; 2) applying an electr... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6348243 | Container stoppers A cork stopper for a wine bottle or the like is coated with, for example, silicone rubber to prevent impurities in the cork from contaminating the contents of the bottle. The coating may be applied by dipping or immersion preferably with ultrasonic agitat... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6315913 | Structuring method A method for structuring at least one layer to be structured. Initially, a mask is applied to the layer and the layer is structured using the mask. After the structuring step, the mask is then removed, while leaving behind redepositions of the material of... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6156114 | Treatment of deagglomerated particles with plasma-activated species A method for treating the surface of substantially each deagglomerated particle of an array of easily agglomerated particles by contacting deagglomerated particles with a plasma-activated gas species and modifying the surfaces of the deagglomerated partic... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6120856 | Coated, resuspendable magnetically responsive, transition metal oxide particles and method for the preparation thereof The invention relates to an improved method for the manufacture of magnetically responsive particles, also called ferrofluids. The improved method involves a heat treatment step, which may occur at various times during the preparation of the materials, in... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6110240 | Superhard article with diamond coat and method of manufacturing same The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a superhard article with diamond coat having an excellent resistance against breakaway or peeling off of its coat, in particular, a cutting tool. A carbide base material formed to a desired shape co... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6099919 | Method for manufacturing dielectric filter There is disclosed a method of manufacturing a dielectric filter in which the dielectric filter can be manufactured in a short time, machining accuracy is raised and a cutting tool is prevented from being easily damaged. First in a degreasing process (S1)... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6096377 | Process for coating sintered metal carbide substrates with a diamond film A method for coating a sintered metal carbide substrate with a diamond film is disclosed, which comprises subjecting the substrate to a selective tungsten carbide etching step; subjecting the substrate to a selective Co etching step; and subsequently coat... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6092937 | Linear developer The inventive dispenser mechanism uniformly develops a photosensitive layer on a substrate. The mechanism uses a developer head that moves in a substantially linear relative motion with respect to the substrate and dispenses a developer at a controlled ra... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6068883 | Process for forming diamond films by nucleation A diamond film of this invention is formed from growth nuclei distributed on a substrate at a density of at least 1×1010 numbers/cm2, the film is dense, having flat surface and great freedom in the thickness of the continuous film. ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6056994 | Liquid deposition methods of fabricating layered superlattice materials A precursor liquid comprising several metal 2-ethylhexanoates, such as strontium, tantalum, and bismuth 2-ethylhexanoates, in a xylenes/methyl ethyl ketone solvent is prepared, and deposited on a substrate. In one embodiement the substrate is placed withi... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6047246 | Computer-controlled ultrasonic cleaning system A computer-controlled ultrasonic cleaning system (10) that is designed to clean various articles ranging from integrated-circuit silicone wafers and hard disk platters to small mechanical components. The system (10) utilizes an electronic system which ope... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6004629 | Process for applying a coating to sheet metal A process for coating sheet metal is disclosed that comprises the steps of 1) cleaning the sheet metal to remove surface contaminants that may interfere with the coating adhering to the sheet metal; 2) pretreating the sheet metal to promote adhesion of th... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5939137 | Method for coating an optical fiber with a plurality of transducers in a bath of coating material An improved method of coating an optical fiber is disclosed. A transducer is submerged in a container of liquid coating material and activated so that it causes the formation of a wave of coating material within the container. The optical fiber is then dr... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5910345 | Method of coating bullets Deleterious effects of friction between bullets and the barrel of a firearm are reduced by improving the lubricity of the surface of the bullet by coating the same with molybdenum disulfide according to a method that includes heating the bullets to be coa... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5904560 | Cleaning step which improves electromigration performance of interlayer connection in integrated circuits An improved cleaning step for cleaning interconnects such as tungsten filed vias or contacts. After the tungsten plugs have been formed substantially coplanar with the surrounding dielectric surface (or adhesion or barrier layer surface), the wafers are c... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5879757 | Surface treatment of polymers A method of modifying at least part of the surface of a polymer or polymer matrix composite material including: (i) oxidising at least part of the surface of the polymer or polymer matrix material and (ii) subsequently treating the oxidised surface with a... | 03/09/1999 |
