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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7335185 | Protective coatings for medical devices A dilatation balloon formed of a first material and further including at least one first plasma polymerized layer which forms the top most surface of the balloon, and a method of making the same. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332021 | Coating composition A coating composition comprising an aqueous mixture containing acid-stable particles and one or more fluoroacids. The amount of the acid-stable particles in the coating composition is from 0.005% to 8% by weight on a dry weight basis. The acid-stable particles can b... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332024 | Aluminizing composition and method for application within internal passages An aluminizing composition includes an aluminum-based powder, an inert organic pyrolysable thickener, and a binder selected from the group consisting of colloidal silica, at least one organic resin, and combinations thereof. A method for aluminizing an internal pass... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329462 | Reflective article and method for the preparation thereof A reflective article useful, for example, in automotive headlights includes a substrate, a reflective metal layer, and a haze-prevention layer between the substrate and the reflective metal layer. The substrate includes an amorphous thermoplastic resin having a heat... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328681 | V-roller bearing and engine A bearing has an inner race that has separable inner sections. The inner race has an inner male protrusion and an inner female receptacle, and each inner male protrusion is mated with one of the inner female receptacles to form a unitary inner race. The bearing furt... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328831 | Method of making a brazed metal article and the article formed thereby A method of making an article that is comprised of a metal foam in contact with a base metal by an intermediate braze composition, in particular, a method of brazing a metal foam to a base metal via a braze composition. In one preferred method, a polymeric foam is c... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329708 | Functionalized poly(arylene ether) composition and method A curable composition includes an olefinically unsaturated monomer and a poly(arylene ether) having two polymerizable groups and an intrinsic viscosity of about 0.05 to about 0.30 deciliters per gram. The composition exhibits an improved combination of high flow dur... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326473 | Organic electroluminescent devices An organic electroluminescent (EL) device comprising at least one luminescent layer of an organic compound, the luminescent layer being positioned between a cathode electrode and an anode electrode opposed to the cathode electrode, and an organic layer positioned ad... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320826 | Photochromic articles with reduced temperature dependency and methods for preparation Described are photochromic articles that include a substrate, a temperature dependent reducing amount of at least one organic photochromic material (b) that changes from more absorbing to less absorbing of radiation in its activating spectral absorbance as the tempe... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320832 | Fine-grained metallic coatings having the coefficient of thermal expansion matched to the one of the substrate Fine-grained (average grain size 1 nm to 1,000 nm) metallic coatings optionally containing solid particulates dispersed therein are disclosed. The fine-grained metallic materials are significantly harder and stronger than conventional coatings of the same chemical c... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318964 | Fluorene compounds containing various functional groups, polymers thereof and EL element using the same The present invention relates to fluorene compounds and polymers thereof, having various structures and functional groups, and capable of being used as a luminescent material for organic and polymer-based electro-luminescence (EL) element and other optical element, ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319568 | Magnetic recording media, magnetic recording apparatus, and stamper A magnetic recording media has a magnetic layer formed on a substrate and includes data regions including a magnetic pattern constituting a recoding track and servo regions including magnetic patterns used as address bits, the data regions and the servo regions bein... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316845 | Multifunctional polymeric tissue coatings Compositions for coating biological and non-biological surfaces, which minimize or prevent cell-cell contact and tissue adhesion, and methods of preparation and use thereof, are disclosed. Embodiments include polyethylene glycol/polylysine (PEG/PLL) block or comb-ty... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316844 | Spin-on protective coatings for wet-etch processing of microelectronic substrates New protective coating layers for use in wet etch processes during the production of semiconductor and MEMS devices are provided. The layers include a primer layer, a first protective layer, and an optional second protective layer. The primer layer preferably compri... | 01/08/2008 |
| RE39998 | Composite wear component Composite wear component produced by casting and consisting of a metal matrix whose working face or faces includes inserts which have a very high wear resistance, characterized in that the inserts consist of a ceramic pad, this ceramic pad consisting of a homogeneou... | 01/08/2008 |
| RE39987 | Coated turning insert A coated turning insert particularly useful for turning of forged components of stainless steel low alloyed steel. The insert is characterized by a WC-Co cemented carbide body having a highly W-alloyed Co-binder phase and a coating including an innermost layer of Ti... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311961 | Method of making coated articles and coated articles made thereby An article includes a first substrate, a functional coating deposited over at least a portion of the substrate, and a protective coating deposited over the functional coating. The functional coating and the protective coating define a coating stack. A polymeric mate... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309833 | Photovoltaic devices comprising layer(s) of photoactive organics dissolved in high Tg polymers A photovoltaic device having an anode, a cathode, and at least one photoactive layer between the anode and the cathode, wherein the at least one photoactive layer includes a composition containing a polymer having a glass transition temperature of at least 125° C.;... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309269 | Method of fabricating light-emitting device and apparatus for manufacturing light-emitting device In this embodiment, an interval distance between a desposition source holder 17 and an object on which deposition is performed (substrate 13) is reduced to 30 cm or less, preferably 20 cm or less, more preferably 5 to 15 cm, and a deposition source hol... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309533 | Substituted anthryl derivative and electroluminescence device using the same An anthryl derivative group substituted compound having a specific chemical structure is provided. This compound is used for producing an organic luminescent device which can emit luminescent hues with a very high purity and effect light emission with a high lumines... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7300703 | Heat-stabilised poly(ethylene naphthalate) film for flexible electronic and opto-electronic devices The use of a heat-stabilized, heat-set oriented film comprising poly(ethylene naphthalate) as a substrate in, or in the manufacture of, an electronic or opto-electronic device containing a conjugated conductive polymer, wherein said film has a shrinkage at 30 mins a... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299749 | Lithographic printing plate support and production method thereof A lithographic printing plate support comprising a substrate having thereon a porous layer comprising metal oxide particles bound by a compound containing a metal atom and a phosphorus atom. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297418 | Thermally treated carbide material The thermally treated carbide materials are made by placing a carbide within a thermal control apparatus and subjecting the carbide to one or more thermal cycles. The first thermal cycles involves introducing a cryogenic material into the thermal control apparatus d... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294362 | Aqueous agent for treating substrate, method for treating substrate and treated substrate Water-based, substrate treatment compositions contain (A) at least one chitosan selected from chitosan and a chitosan derivative, and (B) a metal compound containing at least one metal selected from Ti, Zr, Hf, Mo, W, Se, Ce, Fe, Cu, Zn, V and trivalent Cr. In parti... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295438 | Heat receiving sheet, electronic apparatus, and fabrication method for heat receiving sheet A heat receiving sheet for receiving heat from electronic components comprises a heat transfer part and a heat insulation part. A heat-generating component which is an electronic component having a high heat generation rate contacts with the heat transfer part of th... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294410 | Method of coating with lead-free electrodeposition coating composition and coated article The present invention relates to a cationic electrodeposition coating composition substantially free of lead compounds, and more specifically to a method of coating an alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel plate with the composition and a coated article obtained by the m... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293441 | Production of versatile channel letter coil A versatile system for producing channel letter coil of superior reflectivity and durability is described that includes providing a readily formable substrate. A first reflective material is disposed upon a first surface of the substrate. A second reflective materia... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291402 | Surface-treated steel sheets of good white rust resistance, and method for producing them The invention is to provide a surface-treated steel sheet of good white rust resistance with no chromium in its surface treatment film, and it has realized a surface-treated steel sheet of higher-level corrosion resistance by forming a reaction layer of plating meta... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291404 | Organic light emitting devices The present invention is an organic light emitting device (OLED) comprising an anode, a cathode and a luminescent region provided between the anode and the cathode. The luminescent region comprises an electron injection and transporting zone and at least one of a ho... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287370 | NOx-trap A NOx-trap composition comprises: (a) at least one first NOx storage component comprising at least one alkali metal supported on at least one first support material; and (b) a platinum oxidation catalyst and at least one second NOx storage component not being an alk... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288887 | Devices with multiple organic-metal mixed layers A display device composed of: (a) a cathode; (b) an anode; (c) a luminescent region between the cathode and the anode; and (d) an optional region adjacent to the cathode or the anode, wherein the device includes a plurality of metal-organ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287983 | Polymeric dental implant The present invention relates to a polymeric implant, especially useful for dental medicine. More specifically, the present invention relates to a polymerizable device comprising an artificial tooth's root and an abutment anchored therein and to a kit comprising int... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288607 | High solids primer composition based on epoxy ring opening curing reaction This invention relates to a primer composition having a low VOC content useful in the manufacture of automobiles and trucks in which the film forming binder contains: a) a cycloaliphatic or polycycloaliphatic epoxy compound; ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7285331 | Ultraphobic surface The invention relates to a structured surface with ultraphobic properties. Said surface as a surface topography in which the value of the integral of a function S: S(log f)=a(f)·f, which gives a relationship between the spatial frequencies f of the individual Fouri... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285320 | Preparation of images on a substrate surface utilizing an opaque coating composition that becomes transparent upon printing The present invention features processes and compositions for producing a metallic-looking image on a substrate having a reflective or luminescent surface. The process utilizes an opaque coating composition containing an opaque coating agent comprising a mixture of ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285334 | Material for packaging cell, bag for packaging cell, and its production method A lithium battery comprises a pouch (4) and a lithium battery module (2) packaged in the pouch (4). The pouch (4) is formed from a battery packaging laminated structure (10). The laminated structure (10) has an outermost lay... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279225 | Polymer-coated metal strip and method of production The present invention provides for a polymer metallic strip and an improved rapid process for the continuous extrusion coating layer of the surface of a metal strip. The present invention provides for moving a metal strip by a multiplicity of rolls, pre-treating at ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278639 | Edge coated gaskets and method of making same An edge coated gasket includes a base sheet made of compressible gasket material and having opposed faces and an interior edge surrounding and defining an aperture. An edge coating of polymer or other material is disposed on and seals the interior edge of the base s... | 10/09/2007 |
