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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7303853 | 3-D structures with smoothly-varying topographical features in photo-sensitive epoxy resists 3-D structures which are fabricated by gray-tone exposure of a class of thick negative photo-sensitized epoxy resists from the substrate side of a transparent substrate, using development methods that rely upon a physical distinction between polymerized (solid) and ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303806 | Combination writing board/reflecting screen sheet A sheet for a writing board and a reflection type screen has excellent writability and erasability when used as a writing board and excellent anti-glare property without hot spots when used as a reflection type screen. This sheet includes a resin layer presenting a ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7300535 | Magnetically readable card and a method of making a magnetically readable card The present invention includes a process for making a magnetically readable card. The process includes providing a polymeric extrudable substrate material and one or more magnetic strips. The substrate is extruded in an extruder. The magnetic strips are aligned and ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300714 | Magnetic recording medium A magnetic recording medium is provided, in which a high recording density is realized, and an electromagnetic transducing characteristic and an error rate are improved. The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic layer containing a non-magnetic powder and... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300715 | Magnetic recording medium A magnetic recording medium is provided, in which a high recording density is realized, and an electromagnetic transducing characteristic and an error rate are improved. The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic layer containing a non-magnetic powder and... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297386 | Antireflection structure An antireflection structure (10) comprises a base (1), and a finely roughened antireflection part (2) formed in a surface of the base (1). The finely roughened antireflection part (2) includes a plurality of projections and depress... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294831 | MALDI sample plate A MALDI sample plate 1 is disclosed which comprises a metallic substrate 2 having a circular groove or moat 3. A hydrophobic polytetrafluoroethylene layer 4 is applied to the substrate 2 and a central portion 5 of the substr... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294298 | Functional film for transfer having functional layer, object furnished with functional layer and process for producing the same The present invention provides a functional film for transfer in order to furnish a surface of an article, even an article poor in flexibility, such as a board material, with a functional layer having a uniform thickness and a higher function, e.g. a transparent con... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294281 | Optical information recording medium, original disc for optical information recording medium, and method of manufacturing the same An optical information recording medium, which includes both of a land surface and a groove surface as a recording track and presents high signal quality. The optical information recording medium includes both a land and a groove as the recording track on a substrat... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294395 | Transparent electroconductive laminate A transparent electroconductive laminate comprising an organic polymer film having stacked on at least one surface thereof an optical interference layer and a transparent electroconductive layer in this order, the optical interference layer comprising a high refract... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294388 | Friction material with nanoparticles of friction modifying layer A friction material which includes a base material, at least one type of resin material, and at least one type of nanoparticle-sized friction modifying particle is disclosed. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294419 | High density magnetic recording medium having uniform local coercivity distribution and grain size distribution and fine grains and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed is herein a magnetic recording medium useful for high density magnetic recording, which contains an optimum composition of Pt so as to have a uniform local coercivity distribution and grain size distribution, and fine grains, and a method of manufacturing ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290802 | Second surface micromotion display A second surface micromotion display includes a see-through base having a first surface, defined in the art as a front surface facing a viewer, and a second surface, defined in the art as a rear surface opposite to the front surface and facing away from the viewer, ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292820 | Integrated media input tray including electronics A removable media tray for an image forming apparatus includes a housing, an exit port in the housing, a primary media stack, and a multi-purpose tray (MPT) input. Within the tray are first and second pick mechanisms operative to select a media sheet from the primar... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289602 | Portable, digital X-ray apparatus for producing, storing, and displaying electronic radioscopic images A portable, self-contained, electronic radioscopic imaging system uses a pulsed X-ray source, a remote X-ray sensor, and a self-contained, display and controller unit to produce, store, and/or display digital radioscopic images of an object under investigation. The ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288618 | Biodegradable thermoplastic polyesters Biodegradable aliphatic thermoplastic polyesters useful for the production of several types of articles such as films, sheets, nets, expanded molded products, and the like, and process for their production. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288587 | Poly(phenylene oxide) resin composition, prepreg, laminates sheet, printed wiring board, and multilayer printed wiring board The poly(phenylene oxide) resin composition of the invention is a poly(phenylene oxide) resin composition containing poly(phenylene oxide) and triallyl isocyanurate, wherein the poly(phenylene oxide) has a number average molecular weight in a range from 2,000 to 12,... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288289 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing sheet flooring by simultaneous multi-layer die coating Surface coverings and surface covering components and methods for forming them using slot die coating are disclosed. The methods involve applying a plurality of wet layers to a substrate simultaneously or in sequence using a slot die coater, wherein a plurality of w... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288309 | Microstructured substrates with profile-preserving organometallic coatings A method of making a polymer coating on a microstructured substrate. The method may be performed by vaporizing a liquid monomer or other pre-polymer composition and condensing the vaporized material onto a microstructured substrate, followed by curing. The resulting... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285327 | White film for surface light source reflecting members A white film for a reflecting structure for surface light sources, which contains voids inside it and has a light stabilizer-containing coating film formed on at least one surface of it, is aged little with time and its brightness lowers little even when used for a ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285587 | Flame retardant polyester compositions for calendering Flame retardant polyester compositions suitable for calendering may be prepared from polyesters having crystallization half time of at least 5 minutes, a plasticizer, a phosphorus-containing flame retardant miscible with the plasticized polyester, and an additive ef... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285322 | Multilayer, transparent film made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) for producing packaging composites with UV protection The invention relates to an at least two-layer polyester film with a total thickness of from 5 to 200 μm which comprises, alongside polyethylene terephthalate, from 2 to 20% by weight—based on the weight of the entire film—of polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), whe... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285185 | Wet paper web transfer belt A wet paper web transfer belt comprises a base body, a wet paper web side layer, and a machine side layer. The wet paper web side layer is formed of a high molecular weight elastic section, and fibers and filler particles are exposed at its surface. The fibers and f... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284432 | Acceleration sensitive switch An acceleration sensitive switch arrangement (208) includes an acceleration sensitive variable capacitor (200), a detection circuit (202) for detecting a capacitance value of the variable capacitor (200), and a switching circuit (204 | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281917 | Extrusion/reaction injection molding system A method of manufacturing an extruded part having an exterior shell and a core foam material. The method includes extruding the exterior shell from an extrusion die, and reaction injection molding the core foam material within an interior of the exterior shell using... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283320 | Magnetic recording medium including servo and data bands in the magnetic layer A magnetic recording medium having a magnetic layer containing magnetic powder provided on a support is disclosed. The magnetic layer possesses a servo band in which a servo signal for controlling tracking of a magnetic head, and a data band on which a data is recor... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282272 | Polymerizable compositions comprising nanoparticles Polymerizable compositions comprising nanopartilces particularly useful for brightness enhancing films. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282279 | Magnetic recording medium including a radiation-cured material layer having a specified structure and composition A magnetic recording medium is provided that includes a non-magnetic support and, in order, above the non-magnetic support, a radiation-cured material layer cured by exposing a layer that includes a radiation curable compound to radiation, and a magnetic layer that ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281358 | Roofing shingle A roofing system having shingles. The shingles include a front side, a back side, a pair of spaced-apart side edges, and spaced-apart top and bottom edges, an adhesive, and a backing material. The adhesive is applied to a portion of the shingle for affixing the back... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279793 | System and method for manufacturing semiconductor devices using an anti-reflective coating layer An anti-reflective coating layer for the manufacturing of semiconductor devices is disclosed. In one example, a partial semiconductor device includes a substrate; a bottom anti-reflective coating (BARC) layer over the substrate, and the BARC layer is transformed fro... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279074 | Paper machine clothing The invention refers to a paper machine clothing, in particular a forming wire or dryer felt, having a paper side and a machine side, the paper side being constituted by plastic elements (1, 11, 21, 31), for example in the form of a belt layer, yarns, coils o... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276265 | Method of making a surface covering having gloss-in-register Surface covering components that include a topcoat layer with different gloss levels in various regions on the top coat layer, and methods of manufacturing such surface covering components, are disclosed. The surface covering components include a coating layer that ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276302 | Magnetic tape A magnetic tape comprising a substrate having on one side thereof a magnetic layer serving as a recording surface and on the other side thereof a resin layer serving as a non-recording surface, wherein said magnetic tape has a region on the side of the non-recording... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273650 | Weatherable multilayer resinous articles and method for their preparation Substantially solvent-free multilayer articles characterized by excellent color retention and gloss retention, solvent resistance and recyclability comprise a substrate layer which may be at least one of polycarbonates, polyesters and ABS and ASA copolymers, and a r... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7273667 | Longitudinal multi-layer magnetic recording medium A magnetic recording medium capable of attaining high in-plane recording density of 100 Mbits or more per 1 mm2 is provided. Magnetic recording medium is provided in which underlayers, a first magnetic layer, a first intermediate layer, a second magnetic ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270897 | Magnetic recording medium, method of manufacturing the same medium and magnetic disc drive A higher value of an anistropic magnetic feild can be acquired by using a magnetic material where Cr is not added as a material of a magnetic layer on which magnetic data is recorded. A magnetic recording medium can be manufactured through the processes of laminatin... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267882 | Ceramic/metal material and method for making same An improved ceramic/metal composite material is disclosed which is fully reacted with aluminum. The composite is made from a ceramic preform, such as silicon carbide, having a binding agent, such as silica, that is contacted with a metal mixture or alloy, such as al... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268646 | Temperature controlled MEMS resonator and method for controlling resonator frequency There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a temperature compensated microelectromechanical resonator as well as fabricating, manufacturing, providing and/or controlling microelectromechanical reso... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263816 | Omnidirectionally reflective horse halter A flexible omnidirectionally reflective horse lead has a central portion, and mechanical attachment means to accommodate a bridal bit ring. The lead reflects an incoming light beam from a walker or horseback rider back in the direction from which it emanated, preven... | 09/04/2007 |
