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| 7052771 | Electrically conductive covering material A covering material comprising a first layer, which forms the wearing layer of the structure and contains an ionomer, as well as a second layer next to the first layer. According to the invention, the first layer contains a wear-resistant and electrically conductive... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052621 | Bilayered metal hardmasks for use in Dual Damascene etch schemes A metal hardmask for use with a Dual Damascene process used in the manufacturing of semiconductor devices. The metal hardmask has advantageous translucent characteristics to facilitate alignment between levels while fabricating a semiconductor device and avoids the ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7053294 | Thin-film solar cell fabricated on a flexible metallic substrate A thin-film solar cell (10) is provided. The thin-film solar cell (10) comprises a flexible metallic substrate (12) having a first surface and a second surface. A back metal contact layer (16) is deposited on the first surface of the flex... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052772 | Material for packaging electronic components The present invention provides a material for packaging electronic components. In one embodiment, the packaging material comprises (a) a puncture resistant film having opposed first and second major surfaces; (b) a substantially continuous metal free light transmiss... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052527 | Thermal spray composition and method of deposition for abradable seals A thermal spray composition and method of deposition for abradable seals for use in gas turbine engines, turbochargers and steam turbines. The thermal spray composition comprises a mixture of metal-clad solid lubricant particles and unclad solid lubricants particles... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052780 | Coated roll or cylinder and machine having same The invention provides a coated composite cylinder and a machine for making paper including a coated composite cylinder. On top of said composite cylinder (1) is drawn or extruded a metal casing (2), whose metal surface is modified with a metal treatme... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047699 | Sandwich plate stepped risers A two-tired seating riser for a sports stadium comprises upper and lower metal plates bonded together by a solid elastomer core. The elastomer core has different thicknesses in the treads and rises. The lower tread has a lip portion in which the metal plates are fla... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7049741 | Organic light emitting diode with improved light emission through substrate Bottom-emitting organic light-emitting diode device includes a semitransparent, reflective and conductive anode including a metal or metal alloy or both formed over a transparent substrate, a plurality of hole-injecting layers including a bilayer structure having a ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7049007 | Composite foil and its manufacturing process A peelable composite foil includes a metallic carrier foil, a first barrier layer on one side of the metallic carrier and a second metallic layer on the first barrier layer. The second metallic layer includes a combination of a metal selected from the group includin... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7045217 | Plated component for use in an outdoor environment A plated component used in an outdoor environment comprises a component main unit, a metal coating formed over at least a part of the component main unit, and an oxide coating formed over at least a part of the component main unit. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7045954 | Organic light-emitting device with reduction of ambient-light-reflection by disposing a multilayer structure over a semi-transparent cathode An organic light-emitting device capable of reducing ambient-light-reflection from a cathode includes a light-transmissive substrate, a light-transmissive anode, an organic light-emitting structure, a semi-transparent cathode having a work function below 4.0 eV and ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041385 | Composite sheet material for brazing The invention relates to a coiled composite sheet material far brazing, the composite sheet material having a structure comprising a substrate, the substrate including an aluminium substrate and/or an aluminium alloy substrate, on at least one side coupled to a carr... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037576 | Polyester or copolyester/polyolefin laminate structures and methods of making the same The invention relates to polyester/polyolefin laminate materials having improved properties. The invention also relates to copolyester/polyolefin laminate materials having improved properties. The laminates herein exhibit improved results in flammability studies. Th... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037594 | Electromagnetic wave shielding member and process for producing the same There is provided an electromagnetic wave shielding member which has see-through properties and electromagnetic wave shielding properties, is free from a change in color of an adhesive at the time of the formation of a mesh by etching, is improved in etchability, an... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037595 | Thin hafnium oxide film and method for depositing same A thin layer of hafnium oxide or stacking of thin layers comprising hafnium oxide layers for producing surface treatments of optical components, or optical components, in which at least one layer of hafnium oxide is in amorphous form and has a density less than 8 gm... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033730 | Silver-reactive metal alloys for optical data storage and recordable storage media containing same An optical data recording and storage medium that includes a reflective layer formed from a silver alloy that contains, in addition to silver, about 0.2 to about 1.0 wt. %, based on the total weight of alloy, of samarium (Sm), about 0.2 to about 2.0 wt. % of copper ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034169 | Volatile metal β-ketoiminate complexes Metal complexes, containing copper, silver, gold, cobalt, ruthenium, rhodium, platinum, palladium, nickel, osmium, and/or indium, and methods for making and using same are described herein. In certain embodiments, the metal complexes described herein may be used as ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7033850 | Roll-to-sheet manufacture of OLED materials A method for making organic light-emitting diodes on a flexible substrate includes supplying a flexible substrate, forming a plurality of thin-film layers on the flexible substrate to produce an organic light-emitting diode, disposing the flexible substrate above a ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7033674 | Electrical devices employing molten compositions of biomolecules Compositions of biomolecules such as nucleic acids that form molten salts are provided. These compositions molten compositions that have useful electrical properties. Such compositions include a salt of (i) an organic polymer ion such as a polynucleic acid anion, an... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7033675 | Polyarlketone resin film and a laminate thereof with metal A film of a resin composition comprising total 100 parts by weight of a crystalline polyarylketone resin (A) and a noncrystalline polyetherimide resin (B), and 5 to 50 parts by weight of a filler, said film satisfies the following relation Tc(A | 04/25/2006 |
| 7033672 | Static dissipation treatments for optical package windows An optically transparent conductive material is used for static dissipation of a cover material for an optical switching device. The optically transparent conductive material is deposited directly or indirectly on the cover material. The optically transparent conduc... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7033724 | Method for producing organically developable, photopolymerizable flexographic printing elements on flexible metallic supports A process for the manufacture of organically developable, photopolymerizable flexographic elements on flexible metallic supports by coating a flexible metallic support with a tack-free adhesive coating composition which is insoluble and non-swelling in printing inks... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7033465 | Clamshell apparatus with crystal shielding and in-situ rinse-dry Certain mechanisms of a plating apparatus address problems associated with interaction between plating solutions or other processing solutions and the components of the plating apparatus (such as the electrical contacts). For example, a circumferential spray skirt a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028634 | Worklight with thermal warning An enhanced built-in visual warning mechanism to caution a user when the surfaces of a worklight are hot. A worklight is shown that has a housing that includes an interior portion for holding a light source such as one or more quartz halogen bulbs. The light source ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029522 | Rust prevention coating agent and method of rust-proofing A rust prevention coating agent which can be used even in uses requiring high corrosion-resistant performance because of having corrosion resistance superior to a conventional surface treatment agent, and is excellent in the adhesion to a coating film, and a method ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028431 | Fire-resistant door A fire-resistant, aluminum, cementitious-material-free, insulation-free door adapted to prevent the spread of fire and heat passing therethrough, consists of: a door frame, a door hingedly mounted on the door frame, the door having a bottom wall, a top wall, and sid... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029762 | Inorganic-organic composite-treated zinc-plated steel sheet The present invention provides an inorganic-organic composite-treated zinc-plated steel sheet whose treated coatings do not contain any chromium and which is excellent in corrosion resistance after degreasing, coating adhesion and electrodeposition coating performan... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029761 | Bonding layer for bonding resin on copper surface A bonding layer for bonding resin is provided that is formed on a copper surface, and contains an alloy of: (a) copper; (b) tin; and (c) at least one type of metal (third metal) selected from the group consisting of: silver, zinc, aluminum, titanium, bismuth, chromi... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029727 | Patterned substrate and liquid crystal display provided therewith A thin film transistor (TFT) is formed on an insulating substrate, and a photosensitive resin film as an interlayer insulating film is formed so as to cover the TFT. Contact holes are formed in the photosensitive resin, and smooth concave and convex portions are pro... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029769 | Insulation film, powder for magnetic core and powder magnetic core and processes for producing the same An insulation film whose requisite constituent elements are first elements and a second element. The first elements include B, P, O and Fe. The second element can generate cations whose hexa-coordinated ion radius, defined by Shannon, R. D., is 0.073 nm or more, and... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7026036 | Single coat non-stick coating system and articles coated with same Single coat coating systems (22), as well as articles coated with such non-stick coating systems, are provided. The single coat system includes a fluoropolymer copolymer (14a), such as fluoropolymer terpolymer including tetrafluoroethylene, hexa... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026046 | Component comprising submicron hollow spaces An optical component or an analytical platform includes a substrate, an array of microstructures on the substrate and microchannels formed by side walls of adjacent microstructures, a width of the microchannels varies as a function of distance to the substrate, the ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026055 | Metal bond strength in polypropylene films The present invention relates to the improvement of metal bond strength in polypropylene films surface treated at higher levels through the addition to the basic isotactic polypropylene (iPP) polymer of an amount of syndiotactic polypropylene (sPP) in an amount no m... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026054 | Laminate utilizing a metal layer activated by nitrogen plasma treatment A laminate includes a metal layer which is formed on and covers a surface of an insulating substrate activated by a plasma treatment by any method selected from a sputtering method, a vacuum depositing method and an ion plating method. The substrate is obtained by m... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025826 | Methods for surface-biaxially-texturing amorphous films Methods for biaxially-texturing a surface-region of an amorphous material are disclosed, comprising depositing an amorphous material onto a substrate, and supplying active oxygen near the substrate during ion beam bombardment of the amorphous material to create an a... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026370 | Water compatible energy curable compositions containing malemide derivatives A method for controlling the cure rate of a water compatible non emulsion, non dispersing, actinic radiation curable composition containing a maleimide derivative ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022198 | Microwave assisted reactive brazing of ceramic materials A method for joining similar materials to create multi-component assemblies so the joint materials share similar physical, chemical, and electrical characteristics with the base materials. The method includes aligning the materials, applying joining material, focusi... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022867 | Silicon compound and method for making the same A silicon compound having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R is a hydrogen atom, a straight or branched alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022768 | Thermoplastic polyesters with improved shock-proof properties and impact modifying composition The invention concerns thermoplastic polyesters (such as PET or PBT) comprising, by weight, the total being 100%: 60 to 99% of thermoplastic polyester; 1 to 40% of impact modifier comprising: (a) a core-shell copolymer (A), (b) an ethylene copolymer (B) selected amo... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022400 | Method of providing flow control of heat activated sealant using a combination sealant/flow control agent A method of controlling the flow of a heat activated expandable sealant is provided in which a heat activated sealant is coated with a flow control agent having a melt flow rate which is lower than that of the sealant. The combination sealant/flow control agent is p... | 04/04/2006 |
