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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6537658 | Film-based dressing material with imprint Film-based dressing material lined on the side remote from the wound with a backing material of the same size as the film, which in particular is transparent, the wound-facing side of the film bearing an imprint.... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6421563 | Solid-state multiphasic defibrillation circuit A solid-state defibrillation circuit for applying a multiphasic defibrillation pulse to a patient is disclosed. The circuit eliminates the need for a mechanical relay, and provides for a current limiting circuit for limiting leakage currents that would ot... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6296926 | Embossed sound track The invention relates to a device for manual, mechanical reproduction of short audio information, consisting of a flat, multilayered material (1) in which a longitudinal profile (2) is embossed. The embossing die is produced by means of a milling process.... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6238785 | Thermoplastic resin film with excellent printability This invention relates to a thermoplastic resin film permitting excellent paper feed and discharge and excellent transfer of offset printing ink and ink adhesion even under high humidity conditions in the summertime.... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6234079 | Reusable digital printing plate A reusable printing plate for recess or relief printing. The reusable printing plate features a number of adjacent printing cells, each of which can be independently alternated between a printing mode and a non-printing mode. In the printing mode the prin... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6120062 | Coated plastic receipt A sales receipt for displaying transaction and/or advertising indicia. The sales receipt consists of a coated plastic film with one or more layers. The surfaces of the plastic film may be treated and coated so that they can be provided with printed charac... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6048627 | Biaxially oriented polyethylene naphthalate copolymer film A biaxially oriented film which is made substantially of (1) a polyethylene naphthalate copolymer comprising an ethylene naphthalate unit in an amount of 92 to 99.5 mol % based on all recurring units and at least one copolymer component selected from the ... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6025017 | Photopolymerizable coating formulation for thermal transfer media A coating formulation suitable for use in preparing thermal transfer ribbons is provided which is curable by UV radiation or visible light. The coating formulation forms thermal transfer layers that produce printed images when used in a thermal transfer p... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5714213 | Securtiy element A security element for the authentication of a substrate has a pattern comprising optical diffraction elements which are embossed in a carrier material of plastic material and unembossed neutral areas. On the embossing side of the carrier material a refle... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5680720 | Illuminated signboard An illuminated sign board which comprises a film having printing, a frame, and a light source is described. The film is a semi-transparent film made of a stretched resin film containing a finely divided powder of a white inorganic material. The semi-trans... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5516576 | Small cylindrical article having film wrap covering An apparatus and method for applying labels onto small cylindrical articles such as dry cell batteries is disclosed. A label transport drum has a substantially smooth surface. Cut labels are applied to the surface and an adhesive applicator applies a pref... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5512352 | Small cylindrical article having film wrap covering with solvent seal bond An apparatus and method for applying labels onto small cylindrical articles such as dry cell batteries is disclosed. A label transport drum has a substantially smooth surface. Cut labels are applied to the surface and an adhesive applicator applies a pref... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5466319 | Method for making optically readable media containing embossed information A method for making an optically readable medium containing a relief information track comprising the sequential steps of (a) laminating a dry photohardenable film to a surface of a transparent dimensionally stable substrate; (b) embossing the exposed surface ... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5452658 | Pad transfer printing pads for use with contact lenses A room temperature vulcanized silicone pad which is used in pad transfer printing on contact lenses with a special opaque ink which has been approved by the FDA and which results in a longer life span, better print quality, improved adhesion of the ink, m... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5348811 | Recording medium and method of performing recording/producing on the recording medium A recording medium and method of performing recording/reproducing on the recording medium. The recording medium includes a multi-layer structure wherein at least two kinds of atomic layers are alternately laminated on a support. The elements of the atomic... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5272006 | Matrix board material and mold and a method for making printing plates therefrom A low fiber, high filler content matrix board is provided. The matrix board is characterized by a total mold shrinkage of not more than 0.002 "/", wherein the shrinkage is substantially non-directional. In addition to the fibers and fillers, the board fur... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5217769 | Tubular woven fabric comprising PVA warp yarns The method of providing an impression fabric in which the fill yarns do not protrude from the plane of the fabric. The impression fabric is a tubular woven fabric in which a plurality of warp yarns is woven in one edge thereof and dissolved by washing aft... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5178926 | Hydrogenated vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon polymer composition and optical disc substrate Disclosed herein are a hydrogenated vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon polymer composition comprising: (a) 5-90% by weight of a hydrogenated vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon-conjugated diene block copolymer obtained by hydrogenating the substantially whole double bonds... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5158818 | Conductive die attach tape A conductive die attach tape is described which allows for mounting of diced semiconductor chips thereon, followed by removal of the chip with an adherent conductive adhesive, and the mounting of the chip/adhesive combination in a chip carrier preparatory... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5124187 | Adhesive sheet materials for signmaking machines Adhesive sheet material (10) for signmaking machines including a carrier tape (20), a release liner (16) and a sign tape (21,21') between the carrier tape (20) and release liner (16). Either the carrier tape (20) or release liner (16) has a high degree of... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5122411 | Electrostatic recording material An electrostatic recording material comprising a conductive having on at least one side thereof an electroconductive layer and a recording layer in this order is disclosed, wherein said support is made of fabric having a weaving density of at least 30 yar... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5091239 | Methods and adhesives for bonding polyolefin film A method for wrapping a label about a container by employing a solvent activated adhesive composition. The method includes either a shrink wrap method, a mandrel wrapping method or a method employing a preformed roll of flat seamed tubular film. The roll ... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5089314 | Carrier tape for electronic circuit elements and method of manufacturing an electronic circuit element series A carrier tape for electronic circuit elements adapted to be provisionally held on printed circuit boards prior to fixing of them on said printed circuit boards by soldering, comprises a flexible tape body extending in a longitudinal direction, and adhesi... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5082702 | Tamper-indicating tape Tamper-indicating tape comprising a light transmissive monolayer film having opposing first and second major surfaces. On each surface is printed colored indicia, preferably identical, such that the colored indicia on each surface obscure the colored indi... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5061549 | Substrate attach adhesive film, application method and devices incorporating the same A heat activated adhesive film is disclosed, 2-15 mil thick, for bonding a circuit-printed substrate to its support. The adhesive's main constituent is a thermoplastic organic high polymer containing the elements of carbon and hydrogen, and one or more of... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5004645 | Barrier products A porous material, e.g. a paper, has pores with a range of sizes. A pore modifying agent comprising particles of a narrow size range is selectively incorporated within the larger pores to provide zones of high surface area. These greatly reduce the penetr... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4978568 | Flexible writing surface A flexible writing surface including a coated flexible substrate having a dust collecting cuff around the perimeter thereof to prevent the scattering of chalk dust during use.... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4943467 | Printing plates for corrugated board The invention relates to a printing plate for corrugated board which comprises a rubber or plastic foam sheet having a smooth skin layer on its surface, the thickness of the skin layer being 0.3 to 2.0 mm and the surface hardness of the printing plate is ... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4933222 | Process for producing information recording medium A process for producing an information recording medium such as an optical disc comprises the steps: putting a disc-shaped flexible resin film having a hole at its central part upon a surface of the recording layer-side of a disc-shaped resin substrate; p... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4911075 | Lithographic plates made by spark discharges A lithographic plate for printing without dampening comprising a strong stable substrate, an oleophobic surface layer on the substrate and an oleophilic surface underlying the surface layer, the surface layer being decomposable by spark discharges origina... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4897300 | Security paper The invention relates to a security paper having a security thread embedded therein, running from edge to edge, that is printed with luminescent colors in such a way that they are invisible in normal lighting. The luminescent colors are provided along the... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4877666 | Magneto-optic substrates A method for molding a substrate for use in supporting a magneto-optic recording structure includes the steps of providing a mold having a cavity that defines a plane and that is designed to form a thin disk-like magneto-optic substrate and mounting such ... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4837063 | Optical recording material An optical recording material comprising a recording layer containing a substance with its optical properties changeable by irradiation with light in which information is recorded by irradiating the recording layer with light, said substance being an ethy... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4795676 | Electrostatic recording material In an electrostatic recording material being composed of a multi-layered sheet support having an electroconductive layer and a dielectric layer formed successively thereon, the number of projections having a height of 10 μm or more from the flat surface ... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4731300 | Perpendicular magnetic recording medium and manufacturing method thereof A perpendicular magnetic recording medium comprises a recording medium base, a low coercivity layer formed on the recording medium base and having a low coercivity in an in-plane direction thereof, and a high coercivity layer formed on the low coercivity ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4713280 | Receptor sheet for impact printers Transparent sheet capable of receiving oil-based inks from impact ink transfer printers that use fabric ribbons. The sheet of this invention is non-tacky, and comprises a backing bearing on at least one major surface thereof an ink-receptive layer, capable of ... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4575838 | Sandwich-type capacitive electronic discs At least one layer of a conductive organic polymer, formed by electropolymerization on the anode in a two electrode cell, is bonded to a plastic substrate by compression with sufficient heat and pressure to cause it to bond to the substrate and release fr... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4515739 | Matrix coating system and method of manufacture thereof A matrix coating system and method of manufacture thereof is presented wherein the matrix coating contains chemical blowing agents which permit low pressure molding and also the formation of printing plates having deep relief. The method of manufacture is... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4474842 | Lumber wrap An improved, waterproofed, non-slip, non-skid kraft lumber wrap for covering milled lumber as stacked for shipment on flatbed railroad cars and having a printed application of a high friction material which is applied in the form of a plurality of groups ... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4452843 | Security paper Security papers with luminescing authenticity characteristics built in or printed thereon which absorb in the visible region of the optical spectrum but in the infrared have a transparent region in which the luminophore also emits. By the absorption in th... | 06/05/1984 |
