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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7704585 | Paper including watermarks and/or embossings The invention relates to improvements in paper, and in particular to the use of watermarks and/or embossings for strengthening paper sheets and documents made therefrom. The invention therefore provides a sheet of paper having at least three corners and three sides ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7399513 | Paper including watermarks and/or embossing The invention relates to improvements in paper, and in particular to the use of watermarks and/or embossings for strengthening paper sheets and documents made therefrom. The invention therefore provides a sheet of paper having at least three corners and three sides ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7189444 | Cladding resin composition The invention relates to a cladding resin composition curable by heat, ultraviolet radiation, an electron beam or the like. The composition comprises a polyoxyalkylene polyol phosphate ester (hydroxyl value: 10–2,000 mg KOH/g) and a polymerizable or reactive funct... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7078087 | Wipes with an edge treatment along a leading edge portion The invention provides a wipe. The wipes include at least one non-woven web. The web includes an edge portion adjoining a main portion. The web has a top surface and a spaced apart opposite bottom surface and is defined by a width of the web which is perpendicular t... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7064857 | Advertising method and apparatus A method for advertising, comprising the steps of generating a high-quality image; placing one or more advertising data in a predetermined location of the high-quality image; and fixing the high-quality image and advertising data to a utilitarian object. The adverti... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7026037 | Absorbent paper product such as napkin or handkerchief, methods for manufacturing such a product, and apparatus implementing such methods The invention relates to an absorbent paper product, such as a napkin or tissue, including at least two tissue paper plies which are superposed and joined, cut or precut into a desired format and connected to one another at least over a segment of a peripheral zone.... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6740607 | Substrate with stretch and heat sealing properties to make a multidirectional restraint module design The invention is directed to coating a plurality of polyurethane films onto a stretchable knit fabric substrate and heat sealing such substrates together to yield an air curtain or air bag having improved air-holding properties. ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6361639 | Method of manufacturing an index divider sheet assembly A method for manufacturing an index divider sheet assembly adapted for feeding into ink jet printers and the like for a printing operation on the sheet body and/or the index tab of the assembly. The assembly includes a divider sheet having a tab extending... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6254960 | Memo block A memo block in the present invention is composed by a pile of notepapers. In a proper section near the fore edge of each notepaper is provided with predetermined designs or advertisement. The fore surface of the memo block is cut by a predetermined mode ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6202250 | Wiping sheet A rectangular wiping sheet adapted to be attached to a plate-like head of a cleaner device used to clean a surface of house floor or the similar surfaces is provided adjacent a pair of sides thereof extending in parallel to each other with a plurality of ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6175022 | Alcohol-terminated ketene multimer sizing agents Nucelophilic group, such as alcohol, terminated 2-oxetanone multimers, process of making same by reacting e.g. alcohol and dicarboxylic acid chloride in the presence of triethylamine, and their use for sizing paper.... | 01/16/2001 |
| 5792297 | Method for printing on index divider sheet assemblies and the like The tabbed edge of a divider sheet has at least one strip releasably attached thereto. The strip helps the printer (or copier) sense the sheet when being fed strip end first or last (landscape direction) into the printer or copier. When fed in the portrai... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5468556 | Shaped loose-fill packaging particle and method for making the same A shaped particle for use as a loose fill material to surround and cushion an article packaged within a container includes a strip of stiff yet flexible material having a several convoluted regions for absorbing impact energy. The convoluted regions are a... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5464672 | Note pad A note pad of repositionable adhesive sheets in whcih one edge has an irregular design to facilitate removal of individual sheets from the pad.... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5286546 | Position marking and easy tearing-off for self-stick removable note pad or similar devices An improved note pad device is disclosed comprised of a plurality of sheets arranged in overlying and coextensive relation, wherein each of the sheets has a top, bottom and side edges, a means for removably binding said sheets at the top edges to form a b... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5230939 | Forming of pressed trays A product press formed from a paperboard and a method for forming the same is provided, wherein the product includes a press formed three-dimensional curvilinear region having a desired shape and containing a formation improvement structure for facilitati... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5026782 | Polymeric opaque particles and process for making same A core/shell polymer is capable of increasing a composition's whiteness or opacity. The core and shell polymers have either a crystalline structure or have a Tg of at least about 50° C. The core polymer has a different composition than the com... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4946728 | Adhesive paper for copying In an adhesive paper for copying prepared by laminating an overlying sheet with a release sheet so that an adhesive layer coated on the bottom surface of said overlying sheet is in contact with the releasing surface of said release sheet, the improvement ... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4798754 | Oil-absorbent floor mat A lightweight, disposable absorbent mat is adapted for placement beneath a motor vehicle or machine to catch oil, grease and other drippings and comprises a generally rectangular base layer which is made up of an oil-impervious material, and a plurality o... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4387130 | Tiles for forming sports ground coverings and in particular ski runs The tiles define a succession of vaults on which protrude fingers or piles. One side of each plate has eyelets at the top of the vaults while the other side forms lugs able to be slidably engaged under the vaults of the contiguous tile. The plates are bes... | 06/07/1983 |
| 3950580 | Means for displaying the address on letters and parcels with a view to their dispatch Transparent sheet having peripheral adhesive area designed to form enclosure enabling viewing of material upon adhesive engagement of the sheet with a substrate wherein a specifically defined section of the peripheral adhesive area is serially renewable e... | 04/13/1976 |