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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187699 | Optical multilayer body, polarization plate using same, and image display An optical laminate is provided which has anti-dazzling properties and can realize excellent glare preventive properties and black reproducibility (gradation rendering of black at low brightness). The optical laminate includes a light transparent base material and a... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8182907 | Multi-ply disintegratable absorbent sheet, associated roll and associated manufacturing process The invention relates to a substantially rectangular multi-ply disintegratable absorbent sheet based on tissue which comprises at least three plies, and which has a coefficient KNOVE=RSM×RST×A×G×... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178194 | Clay film product The present invention provides a clay film and a member thereof, having low moisture permeability and gas permeability, having mechanical strength enabling use as a self-supporting film, having high flexibility and high heat resistance, being an electrical insulator... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178195 | Biaxially oriented film laminated board, electrical insulation board and machine part Disclosed is a biaxially oriented film laminated board having a thickness of 0.5 mm or more, wherein biaxially oriented films composed of a resin composition having a melting point of 240° C. or higher are laminated at a multi-layer condition without interposing an... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8173249 | Substrate structures applied in flexible electrical devices and fabrication method thereof A substrate structure applied in flexible electrical devices is provided. The substrate structure includes a carrier, a release layer overlying the carrier with a first area and a flexible substrate overlying the release layer and the carrier with a second area, whe... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8168290 | Fluoropolymer containing laminates The multilayer film serves as a laminate. The film is a multilayered structure that, in its base form, encompasses an intermediate layer with first and second outer layer affixed to opposing sides of the intermediate layer. The first outer layer is a semi-crystallin... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8158243 | Methods of preparing polymer-organoclay composites and articles derived therefrom A method for preparing a polymer-organoclay composite composition comprises combining a solvent and an unexfoliated organoclay to provide a first mixture, wherein the unexfoliated organoclay comprises alternating inorganic silicate layers and organic layers, and has... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8147950 | Method for coating a multilayer film and product having a multilayer coated film The invention provides a method of applying a mutilayer coating film, in which two or more layers of coating are applied to a flat plate, such as steel plate; and a product with multilayer coating film obtained by the method. The method includes discharging paint fi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142885 | Silicon wafer and method for manufacturing the same Silicon wafers and a process for their manufacture wherein both slip dislocation and occurrence of warpage are suppressed include heat treatment to provide wafers having plate-shaped BMDs, a density of BMDs whose diagonal lengths are in a range of 10 nm to 120 nm, o... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8133577 | Silicon-nitrogen compound film, and gas-barrier film and thin-film device using the silicon-nitrogen compound film A silicon-nitrogen compound film according to the first aspect of the present invention is made of a material expressed by a compositional formula Si3NxOyHz, where 10≦(3x+2y)≦12, 3.4≦x≦4.0, 0≦y, 0≦z | 03/13/2012 |
| 8129015 | Modified moldable urethane with tunable haptics The present invention relates to a slush moldable polymeric composition for forming a skin useable in interior trim components and methods of making the same. In at least one embodiment, the composition comprises a) from 50 to 99 wt. percent urethane elastomer, b) f... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124223 | Aramid filled polyimides having advantageous thermal expansion properties, and methods relating thereto The invention is directed to polyimide based adhesives having a coefficient of thermal expansion (“CTE”) equal to or below 50 ppm/° C. The adhesives of the present invention contain a polyimide base polymer present in the overall adhesive in an amount from 25 t... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119228 | Polycarbonate resin composition, optical molded body using the same, and illumination unit Disclosed are a polycarbonate resin composition obtained by blending a specific amount of an acrylic resin (B) having a specific viscosity average molecular weight or a specific amount of a polyorganosiloxane into a polycarbonate resin containing a polycarbonate cop... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119229 | Multiple-layer, multiple film having the same and electronic device having the same The present invention provides a multiple layer that comprises two or more first inorganic material layers; and one or more second inorganic material layers that are positioned between the two first inorganic material layers and have the thickness of less than 5 nm,... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8105681 | Composition, transfer sheet, melamine decorative board, and method for producing melamine decorative board A composition of the present invention includes an organosilica sol; and a siloxane graft-type polymer obtained by compositing fluorine resin or acrylic resin with siloxane and/or a cold glass coating agent. A melamine decorative board of the present invention inclu... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8092902 | Hard coat film and display using the same One embodiment of the present invention is a hard coat film having a hard coat layer and a function layer on a substrate film, wherein the hard coat layer is formed by irradiating an acrylic acid derivative with ionizing radiation, and wherein (a) a carboxylic acid ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8075986 | Opaque films for use in packaging An opaque polymer film is prepared by admixing high crystalline polypropylene with a microvoid causing filler and extruding to form a sheet that is then biaxially stretched to form an opaque film. End uses for these films include soda bottles, candy wrappers and syn... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8067085 | Gas barrier film, and display device comprising the same Disclosed is a gas barrier film having, on one surface of a substrate film, a gas-barrier layer comprising at least one organic region and at least one inorganic region, and having, as a barrier property-having layer, only a layer comprising a barrier property-havin... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8062740 | Polyamide based mixed resin film roll and process for producing the same The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a biaxially oriented polyamide based mixed resin film roll with which bag forming processing by lamination is able to be performed smoothly and with high yield ratio and at the same time with which pack... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8053067 | Data storage device and method of production therefor The present invention relates to a data storage device comprising: a data storage medium for storing data in the form of topographic features; and at least one probe for writing and/or reading the data stored in the data storage medium, wherein the data storage medi... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8053066 | Conductive paste and wiring board using same A conductive paste contains metal powder, an inorganic binder, and an organic vehicle as main ingredients. The organic vehicle includes a solvent having a boiling point of 270° C. or higher, and the proportion of the solvent with respect to the entire solvent inclu... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8053065 | Flexible layer composite comprising a support and a layer of curable surface coating composition applied thereto In a flexible layer composite comprising a support and at least one curable surface coating composition applied to the support, the layer of curable surface coating composition comprises a binder which contains double bonds and has... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8048513 | Flash-spun sheet material This invention relates to improved plexifilamentary sheet material useful in protective apparel and filtration media, which material is comprised of substantially continuous polyethylene plexifilamentary fiber strands and has a Frazier Permeability, normalized to 1.... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8043693 | Solution containing flame-resistant polymer and carbon molding A flame-resistant polymer excels in moldability capable of providing a flame-resistant molded item of novel configuration; a relevant flame-resistant polymer solution; a process for easily producing them; a carbon molding from the flame-resistant polymer; and a proc... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8039096 | Friction- and wear-reducing coating A coating includes a first layer of a ceramic alloy and a second layer disposed on the first layer and including carbon. The coating has a hardness of from 10 to 20 GPa and a coefficient of friction of less than or equal to 0.12. A method of coating a substrate incl... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8039095 | Laminate electrical insulation part This invention relates to a laminate electrical insulation part for an electrical device comprising a thermoplastic film positioned between, adjacent to, and attached to two nonwoven sheets. Each of the nonwoven sheets consists of multicomponent polymeric fibers com... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8029886 | Transparent conductive laminate and touch panel therewith A transparent conductive laminate comprising: a transparent film substrate; a transparent conductive thin film provided on one side of the transparent film substrate; and a transparent base substrate bonded to another side of the transparent film substrate with a tr... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8029887 | Optical articles and sol-gel process for their manufacture An optical article, having an almost complete isotropy and dimensions equal to or lower than 500 μm, is prepared by a sol-gel procedure comprising a preliminary step wherein the mould is filled cold with a sol containing the desired oxide precursors, sol gelation, ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8029888 | Preparation of transparent high density polyethylene sheets A transparent high density polyethylene (HDPE) sheet is disclosed. The sheet has a thickness greater than or equal to 0.05 mm and a bulk haze less than 2%. The HDPE resin is converted into a sheet by thermal processing and the sheet is then uniaxially oriented at a ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8021743 | Process chamber component with layered coating and method A substrate processing chamber component is capable of being exposed to an energized gas in a process chamber. The component has an underlying structure and first and second coating layers, the first coating layer comprising a first material having a first thermal e... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8007902 | Multilayer clear over color polyolefin sheets and layered backing structure A multilayer structure includes a clear polyolefin layer, a colored polyolefin layer, and a random polyolefin backing layer. The colored and backing layers are coextruded and are permanently bonded at a layer interface, which is exclusive of an adhesive. The structu... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8007901 | Optical article having an antistatic, antireflection coating and method of manufacturing same An antireflection, antistatic transparent coating for an optical article, comprising at least one electrically conductive layer, wherein said electrically conductive layer contains at least one metal and has a thickness lower than or equal to 1 nm. The invention als... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8003201 | Transparent molding composition A polyamide molding composition which can be used for production of a printable or printed item contains a) at most 90 parts by weight of a polyamide obtained from a lactam or from an amino carboxylic acid having at least 10 carbon atoms; and b) from 10 to 100 parts... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7993735 | Intermediate transfer member and method of manufacture The present teachings provide an intermediate transfer member. The intermediate transfer member includes a polyimide polymer having the formula: wherein R is alkyl or aryl and the like and mixtures thereof; and n and m are ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7989056 | Hydrophobic surface coating with low wetting hysteresis, method for depositing same, microcomponent and use A hydrophobic surface coating, preferably obtained by chemical vapor deposition, comprises at least an upper thin layer formed by a compound selected from the group consisting of SiCxOy:H with x comprised between 1.4 and 2 and y comprised betwe... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7968177 | Anti-glare optical multilayer body An anti-dazzling laminate formed from an optical laminate having a light transparent base material and an anti-dazzling layer provided on the light transparent base material. The optical laminate is produced by providing the light transparent base material and formi... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7960017 | Mixed ion ionomeric sheets and high strength laminates produced therefrom The invention describes a polymeric sheet that has at least one layer that comprises an ionomer or ionomer blend that incorporates a partially neutralized alpha, beta-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid component and is useful in glass laminate applications. T... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7947361 | Release film and process for producing the film A film having an antistatic releasing agent layer comprising fiber-shaped carbon and disposed on at least one of the faces of a substrate film, a release film having a releasing agent layer disposed on one face of a substrate and an antistatic layer which comprises ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947360 | Polyamide molding compositions with improved flowability This invention relates to thermoplastic molding compositions with improved flowabilty based on a thermoplastic polyamide and on a copolymer composed of at least one olefin with at least one methacrylic ester or acrylic ester of an aliphatic alcohol, the MFI of the c... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947359 | High tenacity nonwoven fabric The present invention provides a laminated nonwoven fabric wherein the nonwoven fabric is a laminated one formed by integrating, through compressive bonding, a stacked nonwoven fabric structure comprising an upper and a lower thermoplastic synthetic filamentary fibe... | 05/24/2011 |