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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6287675 | Transparent substrate provided with a stack of thin layers An insulated double glazing having the following layers in the following order: first dielectric layer, first layer with infrared reflection properties, second dielectric layer, second layer having infrared reflection properties, and third dielectric laye... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6284362 | Absorbent compositions, methods for producing thereof and absorbent products An absorbent composition is produced by drying a mixture obtained by mixing a micro-filler (B) with a hydrogel having a water absorptive resin (A) and water. The hydrogel is produced by performing polymerization to produce the resin (A) and not drying the... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6284350 | Optical card comprising an imaged layer According to the present invention there is provided an imaged element comprising an optical card and underneath a layer package comprising in the order given an optional image receiving layer, a prelayer, an interlayer and a transparent support, at least... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6284354 | Heat ray screening transparent resin structure and heat ray screening film laminate A heat ray screening film laminate comprises a heat ray screening film and a transparent resin film formed on at least one side of the heat ray screening film and is characterized in that the ratio of the melting point of the transparent resin film to the... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6284708 | Intermediate transfer recording medium and method for forming image The present invention provides an intermediate transfer recording medium which is used to form an image on a transfer-receiving member and a protective layer on the image to thereby impart durability to the image perfectly and which can simply transfer th... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6280838 | Optical element, a display device provided with said optical element, and a method of manufacturing the optical element An optical element comprising a substrate which is provided with a transparent coating (9) containing a photochromic material, the transmission of said optical element varying in the visible region in response to a variation in light. The optical element ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6280810 | Phase-change information recording medium and optical recording method to make higher rotation rates feasible An information recording medium includes a substrate, a first protective layer formed on the substrate, a recording layer formed on the first protective layer, and a second protective layer formed on the recording layer. The first protective layer has a t... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6280811 | Metal alloys for the reflective or the semi-reflective layer of an optical storage medium A copper-based or 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, beryllium and platinum. Alloy a... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6280808 | Process and apparatus for forming plastic sheet Disclosed is an apparatus for formation of high quality plastic sheet in a continuous fashion. Also disclosed are a variety of optical and electronic display applications for high quality plastic sheet produced in a continuous fashion.... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6280809 | Luminous disk A luminous disk is disclosed in this invention. The luminous disk comprises a disk lamination and a light emitting lamination. The disk lamination at least comprises a substrate and a metallic reflecting layer. The light emitting lamination at least compr... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6280812 | Optical recording medium having dual information surfaces The optical recording medium of this invention includes: a first substrate having a first information surface; a semitransparent reflection film formed on the first information surface of the first substrate; a second substrate having a second information... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6280822 | Cube corner cavity based retroeflectors with transparent fill material Retroreflective sheeting includes a body layer having a structured surface with recessed faces forming cube corner cavities. A reflective film is disposed at least on the recessed faces, and a fill material fills the cube corner cavities. The fill materia... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6277479 | Microporous films having zoned breathability Breathable microporous films are provided having controlled regional breathability with thick high WVTR regions and thinner low WVTR regions. The zoned breathable microporous films can be made by selectively applying heat and/or pressure to specific regio... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6277460 | Optical recording medium In the optical recording medium including a substrate having pregrooves, and a metal recording thin film, a buffering layer and a reflecting layer which are stacked in sequence on the substrate, the buffering layer is formed of one or more dyes having a r... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6277462 | Optical recording medium and method for manufacture thereof In an optical recording medium in which at least a heat diffusion layer, a first dielectric layer, an information recording layer and a second dielectric layer are formed in this order on a substrate and signals are recorded and/or reproduced by the light... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6277461 | Optical recording medium There is provided an optical recording medium provided with at least an optical recording layer, further comprising a cured layer provided on/over outer surface of the optical recording layer and a receiving layer provided on at least a part of the cured ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6277471 | Brightness enhancement film A brightness enhancement film essentially comprises a base and a brightness layer. A brightness layer is molded to create a plurality of prisms in the molding process. Then the brightness layer is adhesively attached to the top surface of the base before ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6274218 | Topsheet for body fluids absorbent article A topsheet for body fluids absorbent article having a plurality of liquid-pervious apertures, the topsheet including an upper fibrous layer having a relatively low density and a lower fibrous layer having a relatively high density. Around each of the aper... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6271461 | Antireflection coated refractory metal matched emitters for use in thermophotovoltaic generators Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) electric power generators have emitters with infrared (IR) outputs matched with usable wavelengths for converter cells. The emitters have durable substrates, optional refractory isolating layers, conductive refractory metal or int... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6268058 | Security card comprising a thin glass layer A security card is disclosed which comprises a laminate of a flexible glass layer and a support, characterised in that the glass layer has a thickness of not more than 350 μm. The thin glass layer has sufficient flexibility to allow substantial bending o... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6268071 | Organic electroluminescent device An organic EL device comprises a substrate, an organic EL structure stacked on the substrate, a sealing plate located on the organic EL structure with a predetermined space therebetween, and a sealing adhesive agent for fixing the sealing plate on the sub... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6268034 | Optical information recording medium and method for producing the same, method for recording and reproducing information thereon and recording/reproducing apparatus An optical information recording medium of the present invention includes a transparent substrate and a multi-layered film formed on the transparent substrate. The multi-layered film includes a lower protective layer, a recording layer that changes revers... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6265345 | Thermal transfer sheet A thermal transfer sheet is provided for use in a sublimation thermal transfer recording method. A thermal transfer sheet of the present invention includes a specific combination of dyes and being capable of producing a picture image having an improved li... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6265072 | UV-stabilized polymeric structures Weatherable multi-layer structures that are ultraviolet stabilized contain a substrate layer of a polymer which degrades upon exposure to UV radiation and at least one ultraviolet protective layer based on a 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol-based p... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6261661 | Optical information recording medium and method for producing the same An optical information recording medium includes a first substrate; at least a first dielectric layer and a recording layer for signal recording provided on a surface of the first substrate; and a second substrate. The first substrate and the second subst... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6261665 | Anti-reflection material and method for producing the same The present invention provides an anti-reflection material and a polarizing film which can exhibit excellent anti-reflection properties and can obtain a visible image without glittering and without reducing an image contrast while exhibiting an excellent ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6261660 | Preparation of a recording carrier The invention relates to a process for preparing molded discs suitable for use in optical information recording carriers and to the optical information recording carriers thereby obtainable. The process comprises plasticating a homopolymer or a copolymer of me... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6258432 | Optical information recording medium and production method thereof An optical information recording medium comprising a thin plastic substrate of 0.6 mm or thinner, wherein the substrate is protected against strain without being limited by a film structure and a film formation condition. A single-layer or multilayer thin... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6258433 | Optical recording medium A half-transmissive film of an optical disk is formed using a Cu oxide instead of Au, while achieving similar reflectivity characteristics to those of Au. Alternatively, the half-transmissive film may comprise a compound of Cu with a corrosion-resistant m... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6258426 | Ultraviolet curing pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet An ultraviolet curing pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet prepared by forming an ultraviolet curing pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on at least one surface of a substrate film and adhering a separator to the surface of the ultraviolet curing pressure-sens... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6258443 | Textured retroreflective prism structures and molds for forming same Retroreflective prism sheeting is formed in a mold with textured facets and/or windows thereon. Smaller prisms are formed adjacent larger prisms. Optionally, the optical axis of the prisms may be tilted with respect to one another, preferably in a negativ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6254957 | Rewritable optical information medium A rewritable optical information medium includes a substrate coated with two carbide layers, a phase-change recording layer between two carbide layers, and a light-absorptive layer of a material like Si, Ge, Mo, or W to slow the cooling when scanned with ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6254970 | Substrates for heat transfer labels A heat transfer label system is disclosed. The invention is characterized in that it employs a carrier substrate and transfer release agent that minimizes or eliminates the transfer of the transfer release agent to the label during the process in which th... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6251824 | Thermal transfer image receiving sheet Disclosed is a thermal transfer image receiving sheet comprising a substrate sheet, an intermediate layer provided on at least one surface side of the substrate sheet and a dye receptor layer provided on the surface of the intermediate layer, wherein the ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6251825 | Re-transfer intermediate sheet for thermal transfer printing A new re-transfer intermediate sheet comprising a supporting substrate having on one side an imageable layer and on the other a backcoat, is provided for thermal transfer printing of an article having a dye-receptive surface, by thermal retransfer. This m... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6251492 | Optical recording medium An optical recording medium comprising, in the following order, a substrate, a reflecting layer, a lower dielectric layer, an optical recording layer, the optical recording layer recording information by means of change in a physical property of the optic... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6251491 | Luminous sticker having ornamental effect A method of manufacturing a luminous sticker having heterogeneous pasteboard 1, double-faced adhesive paper 2, and a luminous layer 3, wherein the sticker has a luminous layer 3 by adding light condensing material, which has good brightness and has long l... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6245416 | Water soluble silicone resin backcoat for thermal transfer ribbons A thermal transfer ribbon comprised of a flexible substrate, a thermal transfer layer on one surface of the substrate and a backcoat on the opposite surface of the substrate comprised of a water-soluble silicone block copolymer with blocks of silicone res... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6245710 | Imaging transfer system and process for transferring a thermal recording image to a receptor element The present invention relates to an imaging system, which comprises a support having a front and rear surface, at least one transfer layer coated on the front surface of the support, and at least one thermal recording layer coated on top of the outermost ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6245404 | Optical Disc The present invention provides an optical disc capable of effectively reducing a reproduction signal jitter value and obtaining a wider record power margin assuring a reproduction limit jitter value to obtain a preferable recording/reproduction characteri... | 06/12/2001 |
