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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6764735 | Metal alloys for the reflective or the semi-reflective layer of an optical storage medium A silver-based alloy thin film is provided for the highly reflective or semi-reflective layer of optical discs. Alloy additions to silver include gold, palladium, copper, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, iridium, and platinum. These alloys have moderate to high reflectiv... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6764730 | Resin-coated metal plate, metal can and can cap A resin-coated metal sheet comprising a metal substrate and a thermoplastic resin layer formed on the surface of the metal substrate, wherein the thermoplastic resin layer comprises a polyester consisting chiefly of a polyethylene terephthalate and an ethylene polym... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6761977 | Treatment of substrates to enhance the quality of printed images thereon using azetidinium and/or guanidine polymers Compositions and methods are provided for improving the quality of images printed on a substrate. The novel image-enhancing compositions contain as an image-enhancing agent (a) an azetidinium polymer, (b) a guanidine polymer, (c) a mixture of an azetidinium polymer ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6761962 | Microfluidic articles The present invention provides various microfluid processing architecture-bearing, polymeric articles. The articles may include microelectronic, microoptical or microchemical elements. The article also may include inorganic thin film coatings. ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6759129 | Adhesion and bonding of multi-layer articles including a fluoropolymer layer A multi-layer article includes a first polymer layer, a substrate, and a bonding layer on a surface of the first polymer layer and in contact with the substrate. ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6759140 | Injection-molded plastic part An injection-molded plastic part having a first thermoplastic component and a second thermoplastic component. Areas consisting of the first thermoplastic component are present at least on one surface of the injection-molded plastic part next to areas of the second t... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6756474 | Aqueous conductive dispersions of polyaniline having enhanced viscosity The present invention is generally directed to a polyaniline/high molecular weight polymeric sulfonic acid complex made by oxidative polymerization, and aqueous polyaniline dispersions, where the viscosity of the dispersion has been increased by the presence of the ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6756285 | Multilayer structure with controlled internal stresses and making same A multilayer structure with controlled internal stresses comprising, in this order, a first main layer (110a), at least a first constraint adaptation layer (130) in contact with the first main layer, at least a second stress adaptation layer ( | 06/29/2004 |
| 6756138 | Micro-electromechanical devices A device having electrical and mechanical components. The device comprises multiple layers in which: a first layer or set of layers arranged is to function as one or more electrodes or conductors; and a second layer is arranged to function as one or more pres... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6756132 | Joined structures of metal terminals and ceramic members, joined structures of metal members and ceramic members, and adhesive materials A joined structure includes a metal terminal, a ceramic member and a joining layer between the metal terminal and the ceramic member. The joining layer includes a metal adhesive layer containing at least indium metal. The invention further provides a joined structur... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6756128 | Low-resistance high-magnetoresistance magnetic tunnel junction device with improved tunnel barrier A low resistance magnetic tunnel junction device, such as a memory cell in a nonvolatile magnetic random access memory (MRAM) array or a magnetoresistive read head in a magnetic recording disk drive, has a titanium oxynitride (TiOxNy) layer as ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6756121 | Carbon barrier controlled metal infiltration layer for enhanced oxidation protection The invention provides for oxidatively resistant silicon carbide coated carbon/carbon composites, a method for the preparation of these materials, and their use in high temperature applications, preferably in brakes for airplanes. The silicon carbide coated C/C comp... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6753094 | Composite sheet material for brazing The invention relates to a composite sheet material for brazing, the composite sheet material having a structure comprising an aluminium or aluminium alloy substrate on at least one side coupled to a layer comprising a polyolefin/acrylic acid copolymer as a carrier ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6753075 | Infrared camouflaging system An infrared camouflaging system comprises a thermorefractive layer system or a thermorefractive material, whose thermal emissivity has a negative temperature coefficient. ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6753071 | Rate-reducing membrane for release of an agent A membrane that reduces the rate at which a therapeutic substance is released from an implantable medical device, such as a stent, is disclosed. ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6749953 | Whiskerless galvanized product having multi-layer rust prevention film and manufacturing method of whiskerless galvanized product having multi-layer rust prevention film A zinc whiskerless galvanized product has a multi-layer rust prevention film that provides excellent rust prevention, self-repair ability, and coating adhesion. A manufacturing method provides a zinc whiskerless galvanized product having the multi-layer rust prevent... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6749946 | Method and composition for metallic finishes An economical process for creating decorative and/or functional finishes on chrome, involves formation of a polyurethane film on the chrome substrate, wherein a strong and durable adhesion between the polyurethane film and the metal substrate is achieved by employin... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6749940 | Moistureproof multilayered film A moistureproof multilayer film, including a composite film having a non-moisture absorbing resin layer and a vapor deposited film of an inorganic oxide or a metal formed on at least one side of the non-moisture absorbing resin layer, the multilayer film having such... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6746778 | Metal substrate for a vehicle body The invention relates to a metal substrate with a corrosion-proofing bond coating containing adhesion-conferring polymers, based on organic compounds, as well as a method for applying the bond coating. The metal substrate may be that of a vehicle body. The bond coat... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6746777 | Alternative substrates for epitaxial growth A substrate including a base substrate, an interfacial bonding layer disposed on the base substrate, and a thin film adaptive crystalline layer disposed on the interfacial bonding layer. The interfacial bonding layer is solid at room temperature, and is in liquid-li... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6743499 | Metal filling method and member with filled metal sections In the formation of through wirings in a silicon substrate and so forth, there was a need for the development of a technology that would allow metal to be reliably filled particularly in the vicinity of openings of through holes and other fine holes. This invention ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6743841 | Heat-resistant composition A heat-resistant composition contains solvent-soluble polyimide resin (A) and a phosphazene compound (B) in relation to a polyimide resin composition having solubility in a low-boiling solvent, heat resistance, flame resistance, adhesiveness and mechanical propertie... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6742362 | Coating for tools used to process heat treated glass The invention relates to a coating for tools that are used to process heat treated glass, e.g., molten glass or the like, to reduce the adhesion of said glass. The coating consists at least partially of a system of carbon-based layers and/or hard materials containin... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6740421 | Rolling process for producing biaxially textured substrates A method of preparing a biaxially textured article includes the steps of: rolling a metal preform while applying shear force thereto to form as-rolled biaxially textured substrate having an a rotated cube texture wherein a (100) cube face thereof is parallel to a su... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6740399 | Multi-layered sealant A multi-layered article for establishing a seal between two substrates. The multi-layered article includes a bulk layer and an adhesive layer. The layers of the article are generally epoxy-containing, photo-activated materials. Upon photo activation, the bulk layer ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6740419 | Low temperature curable organopolysiloxane coatings A method of making a coated substrate which includes the steps of applying a layer of a coating composition, said coating composition comprising an alkenyl functional organopolysiloxane and a hydride functional organopolysiloxane, to the substrate, said substrate co... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6740415 | Powder paint binder composition The invention relates to a radiation curable powder paint binder composition comprising a radiation curable compound being a mono or multi valent carboxylic ester of a β, γ, δ, or ε-hydroxyalkylamide group containing compound, in which the carboxylic ester is de... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6740382 | Information recording medium An information recording medium having a substrate, a recording layer on which information is recorded in accordance with a change of atomic arrangement caused by irradiation of light, a first reflective layer, and a second reflective layer. The second reflective la... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6736908 | Composition and process for treating metal surfaces and resulting article A metal treating composition comprising at least a specific type of dissolved and/or dispersed organic resin, a dissolved vanadium compound in which the valence of vanadium is from 3 to 5, and a dissolved compound that contains at least one of the metals Zr, Ti, Mo,... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6733885 | Method for fabricating improved graphite-containing gaskets A gasket for an internal combustion engine having a bottom copper layer, a graphite layer overlying the bottom copper layer, an aluminum layer overlying the graphite layer, and a second graphite layer overlying the aluminum layer. The bottom copper layer is then fol... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6734276 | Polyimide and circuit substrate comprising the same The invention is a polyimide, random copolymer having repeating units of the formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 each represent a divalent group selected from | 05/11/2004 |
| 6733869 | Electromagnetic shielding sheet and method of producing the same A metallic foil and a transparent substrate film are laminated with an adhesive layer. The roughness of the adhesive-layer-side surface (lower surface) of the metallic foil is such that the maximum height Rmax is more than 0 and less than 4 μm. As long as the maxim... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6733890 | Integrated ceramic module and microwave dielectric composition An integrated ceramic module is formed of a first ceramic dielectric layer containing a glass as a sintering agent and having a high dielectric constant and high Q value, formed with an electronic component, and a second ceramic dielectric layer containing a glass a... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6730395 | Magnetic tunnel junction using nanoparticle monolayers and applications therefor A fundamentally new magnetic tunnel junction technology based on the use of magnetic nanoparticles is disclosed. The hard layer of the device is composed of the nanoparticles, while the junction insulating barrier is composed of a carbon-based coating on the nanopar... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6730409 | Promoting adhesion between a polymer and a metallic substrate A structure comprising a metallic surface, a layer of a polymeric material and a water soluble polymeric material located between the metallic surface and the layer of polymeric material, and process of fabricating such are provided. The structure exhibits enhanced ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6726993 | Carbon coatings, method and apparatus for applying them, and articles bearing such coatings Articles are disclosed which bear a carbon coating layer, wherein carbon-carbon bonding within the coating layer is mostly of the sp2 form: wherein the coating has a specific wear rate under wet conditions of less than 10−6 m3/Nm: wherein the... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6726994 | Structural member of fluorine-containing polymer having adhesive property at high temperature and sliding material produced by using same The structural member of the present invention comprises (A) a layer which comprises a fluorine-containing polymer and does not contain an adhesive material other than the fluorine-containing polymer substantially and (B) a substrate, in which the layer (A) is adher... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6727005 | PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF LOW-DENSITY COMPONENTS, HAVING A POLYMER OR METAL MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND CERAMICS AND/OR METAL-CERAMICS COATING AND LOW DENSITY COMPONENTS OF HIGH SURFACE STRENGTH THUS OBTAINED Manufacturing low density components of high surface strength having a polymer or metal matrix substrate and ceramics and/or metal-ceramics coating, wherein the low density substrate to be coated is subjected to: optionally, machining the surface in order to generat... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6723441 | Resin film laminated metal sheet for can and method for fabricating the same The present invention relates to a resin film laminated metal sheet for can, in which both faces of the metal sheet have resin film laminated layers, and a surface free energy γs of a face of the resin film is 10 dyn/cm or more to less than 30 dyn/cm, the face beco... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6723184 | Aluminum alloy and slide bearing An aluminum alloy which is able to use not only expensive TiC particles, but also inexpensive dispersed reinforcing particles and which is further raised in high temperature strength without requiring an increase in dispersed reinforcing particles, comprised of Sn: ... | 04/20/2004 |
