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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7588826 | Particle containing a graphite based nucleus with at least one continuous or discontinuous layer, processes for preparing the same and their uses Process for preparing by crushing, a homogenous mixture of particles containing a conductive nucleus including at least one graphite and continuously or discontinuously coated with at least one material that is different from the one constituting the nucleus, the si... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7582354 | Material composition A material composition comprises, on the one hand, a particulate material and, on the other hand, a binder which is provided as a coating on the material particles. The binder has at least two solid phases (13, 14), of which one harder phase (14) is co... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7579080 | Modified pigment-based inks and method of making modified pigment-based inks Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include chemicals, modified pigments, and methods of preparing a modified pigment. ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579079 | UV-stabilised particles The present invention relates to UV-stabilised particles which are distinguished by the fact that they reflect or absorb light having wavelengths of from 290 to 500 nm. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the production of the particles according to t... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7575804 | Coarse-particle microcapsule preparation The present invention relates to a coarse-particled microcapsule preparation comprising microencapsulated latent heat accumulators and one or more polymeric binders, the ratio of surface area to volume of the particles obeying the following relationship: | 08/18/2009 |
| 7572505 | Black magnetic iron oxide particles having high breakdown voltage The present invention relates to black magnetic iron oxide particles comprising core particles and a surface layer formed on a surface of the respective core particles which is made of a compound of at least one alkali earth metal element selected from the group con... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7569274 | Impregnated powder improving bioavailability and/or solubility and method of production This invention relates to an impregnated powder for increasing the bioavailabilty and/or the solubility of at least one active principle comprising a solid, inert support in a particle form impregnated by a liquid medium comprising a hydrophobic phase and optionally... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7566500 | Surface modified corundum and resin composition Corundum coated with a silicone compound containing a silicone resin, a resin composition containing the corundum, and an electronic device using an electronic part or semiconductor element, which transmits heat through the resin composition, by which a good affinit... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7566499 | Light interference multi-layered film-coated powder design method, manufacturing method, and light interference multi-layered film-coated powder Optically coherent multilayered film-coated powder having weather resistance and a clear intended color, and processes for designing and producing the same are provided. A substance of the base particles providing an intended function and an intended color are selec... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7560161 | Inorganic material surface grafted with charge transport moiety A surface-grafted material having an inorganic material, a linking group, and a charge transport moiety capable of transporting holes or electrons, and the charge transport moiety is grafted to a surface of the inorganic material via the linking group. ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7556858 | Substrate with attached dendrimers Articles and methods of making articles are provided. The articles have a dendrimeric material attached to a substrate. The dendrimeric material, an attachment group connecting the dendrimeric material to the substrate, or both the dendrimeric material and the attac... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7553542 | Functionalized magnetizable microspheres and preparation thereof The present invention discloses a two-stage process for preparing functionalized magnetizable microspheres. The first stage includes forming an inner shell of styrene polymer or styrene copolymer around magnetizable nano particles having a monolayer of a non-water-s... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7550203 | Compartmentalized resin pellets This invention discloses a process and a necessary article to simultaneously thermally treat at least two thermoplastics. The process utilizes the necessary compartmentalized or zoned pellet construction wherein the major amount of each thermoplastic component is lo... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7550202 | Insulation board made of a mixture of wood base material and binding fibers The invention relates to an insulation material board composed of a wood material/binder fiber mixture and to a method for producing an insulation material board, in which an additive (3, 4) with a thermally resistant core (4) and with a thermally acti... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7550201 | Lanthanide (III)—doped nanoparticles and their applications A photonic material comprising a core and an envelope is provided for use in telecommunications, diagnostics, imaging and other applications. In its simplest form, the core comprises at least one nanoparticle. The nanoparticle comprises an inorganic material and at ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7547474 | Lubricious coatings for pharmaceutical applications The invention provides pills and tablets having lubricious coating deposited over the outer surface of the pills and the tablets. ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7547473 | Magnetic nanoparticles and method for producing the same Magnetic nanoparticles and a method for producing the same are disclosed. A carboxylated polysaccharide with various functions such as chelating and ion exchange is covalently bound on the surfaces of magnetic nanoparticles. The polysaccharide-bound magnetic nanopar... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7544417 | Soft magnetic material and dust core comprising insulating coating and heat-resistant composite coating A soft magnetic material includes a plurality of composite magnetic particles (30), wherein each of the plurality of composite magnetic particles (30) includes a metal magnetic particle (10), an insulating coating (20) covering the surfac... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7544416 | Thermally reflective encapsulated phase change pigment This invention pertains to particulate thermally reflective phase change material that includes an encapsulated phase change material coated with a thermally reflective layer. ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7541091 | Compartmentalized resin pellets for oxygen scavenging Disclosed is a process and article to simultaneously thermally treat at least two thermoplastics when one of the thermoplastics is an oxygen inert material and the other is an oxygen sensitive material, and the article also contains a promoter that converts the oxyg... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7541090 | Dual-phase hard material comprising tungsten carbide, process for the production thereof and its use The invention relates to tungsten carbide powder consisting of powder particles, which have a core comprised of tungsten cast carbide and a covering comprised of tungsten monocarbide, to the production thereof by heating a tungsten cast carbide powder in the presenc... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7537834 | Particle composite having irregular surface, method for the production and use thereof A particle composite including carrier particles having an average diameter of less than 5 μm. The particle composite is surrounded by a layer made of oxidic material having an irregular surface. Particles, which are made of an active material and which have an ave... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7527859 | Enhanced boron nitride composition and compositions made therewith A boron nitride composition having its surface treated with a coating layer comprising at least an organosilicon compound. In one embodiment, the boron nitride powder surface is first treated by either a calcination process, or by coating with at least an inorganic ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7524560 | Enhanced boron nitride composition and compositions made therewith A boron nitride composition having its surface treated with a coating layer comprising at least one of a silane, a siloxane, a carboxylic derivative, and mixtures thereof, wherein the coating layer adheres to at least 10% of the surface of the boron nitride. The bor... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7510766 | High performance magnetic composite for AC applications and a process for manufacturing the same A magnetic composite for AC applications with improved magnetic properties (i.e. low hysteresis losses and low eddy current losses) is disclosed. The composite comprises a consolidation of magnetizable metallic microlamellar particles each having a top and bottom su... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510765 | Reducing pigments The present invention relates to platelet-shaped pigments that comprise a layer obtained by calcining TiO2/SiOy or TiO2/metal, especially TiO2/AI (0.03≦y≦1.95, especially 0.03≦y≦1.8, more especially 0.70≦y≦1.8)... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7507476 | Multilayered pellet comprising ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin composition The present invention provides a multilayered pellet having a core-shell structure, wherein the core of the core-shell structure is made of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin composition (A), and the shell of the core-shell structure is made of an ethylene-vi... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7507477 | Conductive microparticle, process for producing the same and anisotropic conductive material It is an object of the present invention to provide a conductive fine particle having excellent conductivity, furthermore high adhesiveness with a core particle and little cohesion, a method for producing the conductive fine particle where the plating bath is highly... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7507475 | Pulverulent polymers crosslinked on the surface The present invention relates to a pulverulent polymer post-crosslinked on the surface and absorbing water or aqueous liquids, synthesised from polymerised, optionally pre-crosslinked monomers containing partially neutralised carboxyl groups. The present invention a... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7501180 | Nanoparticles confined in polyelectrolytes Methods of producing stabilized composite nanoparticles comprising a nanoparticle and a multiple polyelectrolyte stabilizing moiety layer, a method of producing a multilayer stabilized composite nanoparticle, and such nanoparticles. ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7498081 | Core-shell composite inorganic pigments and method of preparation for crystallizable glass frit compositions Aqueous chemical routes and finished compositions of a core-shell particulate material for application in crystallizable glass enamel are disclosed. A composition of particles containing a shell of inorganic oxides or mixed-metal inorganic oxides and a core material... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7498082 | Dielectric ceramic composition having specific dispersion of diffusion depth, electronic device, and multilayer ceramic capacitor A dielectric ceramic composition including dielectric particles comprising a main ingredient phase having barium titanate as its main ingredient and a diffusion phase present at the periphery of said main ingredient phase, wherein when an average value of the depth ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7494711 | Coated plastic beads and methods of using same to treat a wellbore or subterranean formation Plastic beads, including polyamides and polystyrene beads crosslinked with divinylbenzene, having a curable resin coating are highly useful for sand control and/or hydraulic fracturing of subterranean. The curable resin coated plastic beads preferably have an appare... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7491445 | Electroconductive fine particle and anisotropically electroconductive material comprising non-crystal and crystal nickel plating layers and method of making thereof It is the object of the present invention to provide a conductive particle which has excellent adhesion between a base particle and a conductive layer, a conductive layer being resistant to breaking, impact resistance being improved, and an anisotropic conductive ma... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7488535 | Absorbent cores for absorbent diapers having reduced thickness and improved liquid handling and retention performance and comprising a super absorbent polymer The present invention relates to absorbent cores for absorbent articles, which are intended to receive and retain bodily discharges such as urine. Such articles are disposable hygiene articles like baby diapers, training pants, adult incontinence articles, feminine ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7488534 | Organic-inorganic composite particle and process for preparation thereof An organic-inorganic composite particle containing an inorganic particle having a plurality of polymer particles attached to the inorganic particle and a polymer layer encapsulating the attached polymer particles. A process is provided for the organic-inorganic comp... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7485365 | Copper-based metal flakes, in particular comprising zinc and method for production thereof The present invention relates to highly lustrous gold-colored metal effect pigments comprising a copper-based alloy and additional metallic alloy components, preferably zinc, and which are produced by means of stripping and comminuting metal films deposited in vacuo... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7485366 | Thick film magnetic nanoparticulate composites and method of manufacture thereof Thick film magnetic/insulating nanocomposite materials, with significantly reduced core loss, and their manufacture are described. The insulator coated magnetic nanocomposite comprises one or more magnetic components, and an insulating component. The magnetic compon... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7485369 | Sodium hydrogencarbonate crystal particles having low caking property and process for producing them Sodium hydrogencarbonate crystal particles, which comprise sodium hydrogencarbonate crystal particles having an average particle size of from 50 to 500 μm based on the mass, and anhydrous sodium carbonate, and sodium carbonate monohydrate and/or Wegscheider's salt,... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7485368 | Electrophoretic particles, production process thereof, and electrophoretic display device using electrophoretic dispersion liquid Electrophoretic particles are constituted by core particles comprising a first polymer, and a pigment dispersed in the core particles. To the pigment, a second polymer is grafted, and at the surface of core particle, a shell layer for suppressing agglomeration of th... | 02/03/2009 |
