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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8137804 | Epoxy-based electrocoating composition An electrocoating composition and a coating formed from the composition, where the electrocoating composition comprises an epoxy-functional compound, an isocyanate-functional compound, a polyethylene wax, and aluminum oxide. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8017230 | Ceramic powders and thermal barrier coatings made therefrom This invention relates to ceramic powders comprising a zirconia-based component, e.g., yttria-stabilized zirconia, and an (alumina+silica)-based component, e.g., mullite. The ceramic powders are useful for forming thermal shock resistant coatings having the same com... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7476440 | Alumina particle, alumina particle manufacturing method, resin composition, and resin composition manufacturing method An alumina particle (1) of the present invention has an alumina body with a short axis length (b) of 1 to 10 nm, a long axis length (a) of 20 to 400 nm and an aspect ratio (a/b) of 5 to 80. The alumina body is expressed by a Formula I, and n is not less than ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7438968 | Roadway and vehicular-mounted reflectors incorporating a field of discrete crystal reflectors and retroreflectors Roadway and vehicular-mounted safety reflectors include a reflective field that incorporates a plurality of discrete crystals that internally reflect light and return the light in a desired directional pattern determined by the internal reflection characteristics an... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7427436 | Oxygen-absorbing resin compositions The invention provides oxygen-absorbing resin compositions which are reduced in the quantity of by-product oxides and are excellent in oxygen-absorbing capacity, more specifically, an oxygen-absorbing resin composition which comprises a styrene resin, a thermoplasti... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425366 | Tape member or sheet member, and method of producing tape member or sheet member The invention aims to provide a highly heat conductive tape member or sheet member and a method for easily producing a highly heat conductive tape member or sheet member. The mica tape member or mica sheet member of the invention includes a mica-containing layer and... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7425365 | Optical film and fabrication method thereof An optical film and fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The optical film comprises a substrate and an anti-static layer disposed thereon. The anti-static layer comprises a resin layer and a plurality of anti-static particles, wherein the bottom half portion of... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7410690 | Ultrafine mixed-crystal oxide, production process and use thereof An ultrafine mixed-crystal oxide, wherein the oxide has a change in absorbance of about 5 (/hr) or less when measured in such a manner that said oxide is dispersed at a concentration of 0.067% in a solvent of a 98% glycerin in which Sunset Yellow is dissolved at a c... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7399516 | Long-life workpiece surface influencing device structure and manufacturing method A top layer comprises a flexible support and a plurality of hard elements anchored in a binder over the flexible support, and a method of forming the same is provided. In one embodiment, certain ones of the hard elements have a contact surface adapted to contact the... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7399523 | Spinel ferrimagnetic particles and magnetic recording medium Provided is a magnetic material with excellent magnetic properties to be used for recording media, which contains small ratio of superparamagnetic fine particles while maintaining high coercivity. It is spinel ferrimagnetic particles, a composition equation of which... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396587 | Black film comprised of thermoplastic polyester This invention relates to a single- or multilayer, oriented film formed from polyester and at least one inorganic black pigment. The inventive films include at least one layer which has, alongside polyester, an amount of from 0.5 to 75% by weight of particles incorp... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7384690 | Biaxially oriented thermoplastic resin film In order to provide a film having excellent heat resistance, thermal dimensional stability, and mechanical properties, in particular, a film capable of satisfying required properties, e.g., higher strength in accordance with the reduction in thickness of a base film... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7378150 | Process for preparing polymeric films useful for blocking the transmission of near infra red light The present invention is an infra red (IR)-blocking coating and a process for applying the IR-blocking coating onto the surface of a polymer. The process comprises the steps of dispersing an IR-blocking material in a mixture of solvent comprising a dissolved polymer... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7364790 | Highly-opaque layered sheet and the production method thereof This invention relates to an ultra opaque coated sheet, characterized by the fact that it comprises a colored support made from a single ply of material, the said support being coated on at least one of its faces with one or more white pigmented coats. This i... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363827 | Torque sensor system including an elliptically magnetized shaft A torque sensor includes a shaft and a magnetic sensor. The shaft may have at least one active region having an elliptical magnetization. The magnetic sensor may be configured to sense a magnetic field about the shaft, where the magnetic field is representative of a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362209 | Zinc oxide resistor and its manufacturing method Disclosed are a zinc oxide resistor structure, and methods of forming a glass layer and a resistor, which are required for producing the resistor structure. The zinc oxide resistor comprises zinc oxide grains and an oxide glass layer which contains bismuth and boron... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358316 | Process for preparing organic silicate polymer The present invention relates to a low dielectric material essential for a next generation electric device such as a semiconductor device, with a high density and high performance. In detail, the present invention provides: a process for preparing an organic silicat... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357980 | Nonmagnetic powder comprising acicular iron and having specific porosity for a magnetic recording medium, method of manufacturing same, and magnetic recording medium using same A nonmagnetic powder, used for the nonmagnetic layer of a coated type magnetic recording medium having a multilayer structure, has good dispersibility in the binder in which it is dispersed to prepare a coating material that is applied to the nonmagnetic layer. The ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355822 | Superparamagnetic field sensing device A ferromagnetic thin-film based magnetic field sensor having an electrically insulative intermediate layer with two major surfaces on opposite sides thereof with an initial film of an anisotropic ferromagnetic material on one of those intermediate layer major surfac... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351475 | Coating compositions suitable for use as a wood stain and/or toner Coating compositions are disclosed that include a film-forming resin, a radiation cure initiator, a colorant, and a diluent. These compositions are substantially free of radiation curable material. Also disclosed are substrates at least partially coated with such co... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353490 | Power network synthesizer for an integrated circuit design A plan for a power network for an integrated circuit device is automatically preparing in two stages. In a first stage, a number of simplified plans are prepared on a global scale, without regard to design rule checking constraints and routing blockages. Next, the s... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7326897 | Clip on tubing welder A clip on welder includes two pairs of opposed grippers defined by pivotally attached upper and lower frames for latching the welder to heat weldable material, such as a length of tubing, upon actuation of a start button by an operator; thereafter, the welder operat... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311967 | Thermal interface material and electronic assembly having such a thermal interface material A thermal interface material is described for thermal coupling of an electronic component to a thermally conductive member. The thermal interface material includes a viscoelastic polymer matrix material, fusible solder particles in the matrix material, and filler pa... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309526 | Diamond like carbon coating on nanofillers In one embodiment the present invention provides for a diamond like coating on small particles. This comprises small particles 10 in the size range of approximately 1-1000 nm and a diamond like coating on the small particles. The diamond like coating is distr... | 12/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7297423 | Printed circuit board A PCB that can transmit a high frequency signal of a GHz band with a low loss includes an insulator and magnetic nanoparticles dispersed in the insulator. ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294667 | Coated abrasive articles containing graphite Coated abrasive articles comprise a composition comprising binder and at least about 25% by weight graphite particles, based on the total solids content of the composition. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291409 | Magnetic recording medium using magnetic powder having a core portion and an outer layer portion including a rare earth element and magnetic recording cassette A magnetic recording medium comprising a non-magnetic support, at least one primer layer formed on one surface of the non-magnetic support, comprising a non-magnetic powder and a binder resin, at least one magnetic layer formed on the primer layer, comprising a magn... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288871 | Solid-in-hollow polymer fiber electrochemical devices A linear electrochemical actuator is described where at least one electrically conductive (between 400 and 1000 S/cm), doped polyaniline solid fiber or a yarn produced from such fibers is disposed in an electrolyte inside of a electrically conductive polyaniline hol... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285314 | Steam barrier film A steam barrier film comprising at least one inorganic gas barrier layer on a polyalkylene naphthalate resin substrate film in which the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the polyalkylene naphthalate resin is from 70 to 150° C. and the steam barrier film compris... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7261934 | Polyester film There is provided a white polyester film which retains practically satisfactory reflectivity with respect to the visible light range, can undergo stable film production even when inorganic fine particles are added in high concentration and is stable against a dimens... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258819 | Voltage variable substrate material The present invention provides an improved voltage variable material (“VVM”). More specifically, the present invention provides an improved printed circuit board substrate, an improved device having circuit protection an improved data communications cable having... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255901 | Recording medium for ink and method for producing the same A recording medium for ink, capable of rapidly absorbing large amounts of ink, showing excellent color forming ability and capable of suppressing image deterioration caused by dye displacement that occurs when an image is stored in humid conditions and image deterio... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253128 | Ceramics comprising AIO, YO, ZrOand/or HfO, and NbOand/or TaOand methods of making the same Ceramics comprising (i) at least one of Nb2O5 or Ta2O5 and (ii) at least two of (a) Al2O3, (b) Y2O3, or (c) at least one of ZrO2 or HfO2. Embodiments of cer... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250216 | Lighter-weight reinforced decorative composite material A reinforced composite material includes a decorative layer, and a strengthening panel, preferably directly fused to each other. The decorative layer is preferably made of one to three layers of (preferably printed) paper impregnated with a resin such as polyester o... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7244478 | Recording medium having ink-receiving layer and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a recording medium with an excellent productivity is provided. The method provides a recording medium having excellent ink absorbency and coloring property and includes an ink-receiving layer in which a binder is restricted and controlled. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244299 | Ink jet recording ink, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, and ink jet recording apparatus An ink jet recording ink comprising at least a copper phthalocyanine dye represented by the following general formula (1) and a compound represented by the following general formula (2): ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244494 | Antireflection film and object having undergone antireflection treatment The present invention provides an antireflection film for transfer that can be transferred to the surface of plates or other less-flexible articles to form an antireflection layer with a uniform thickness that not only provides a high antireflection effect on a ligh... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238343 | Cosmetic method and composition for enhancing attractiveness Hair removal, especially from armpits damages skin, for example by irritating it, and this can be exacerbated by the application of antiperspirants to control body odour generation. In the present invention, the deleterious effects of hair removal, eg shaving, and a... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238438 | Powder for underlayer of coating-type magnetic recording medium A powder for an underlayer of a coating-type magnetic recording medium, which powder comprises flat-acicular iron oxide particles having an average major axis length of 20–200 nm, a short axis cross-section taken perpendicularly to the long axis that has a long wi... | 07/03/2007 |
