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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7326500 | Sensitization of photo-thermo-refractive glass to visible radiation by two-step illumination Photo-thermo-refractive (PTR) glass is a multi-component silicate glass having photosensitivity in rear UV region. A novel process is disclosed for PTR glass sensitization to visible region by means of two-step illumination followed by thermal development. This disc... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7288495 | Photorefractive glass and optical elements made therefrom The present invention provides an alkali alumino-silicate Na—F-containing glass material and a method of making the alkali alumino-silicate Na—F-containing glass material, with the glass material capable of being made photosensitive and thus formed into optical ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7129179 | Method for topographical patterning of a device The device of the present invention facilitates engaging mating elements, such as actuators used in disc drives, with a pattern on the device. The improved device includes arcuate edges between at least one of the sidewalls in the pattern and the surface of the devi... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6939502 | Method of making custom insoles and point of purchase display The present invention teaches a conformable device (20) including a light cure material (37) for customizing a portion of an article of footwear (53) in order to enhance conformance or fit, support, comfort, and cushioning, in partial or complet... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6807662 | Performance of integrated circuit components via a multiple exposure technique An initial layout of an integrated circuit device is separated into a set of definitions for use in a multiple exposure fabrication process. The separation begins with reading a portion of the initial layout and identifying one or more target features within the ini... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6767676 | Optical functional element and method of producing the same The optical functional element contains aggregates of developed silver grains obtained by developing silver halide grains arranged so as to constitute a periodical structure. The element includes a substrate and a medium layer. The aggregates of the developed silver... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6706353 | Image forming substrate An image-forming substrate has a sheet of paper, and a layer of microcapsules coated over the paper sheet. The microcapsule layer contains at least one type of microcapsules filled with a liquid dye, and a shell wall of each of the microcapsules is composed of resin... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6649311 | Color changing composition and coloring polymeric articles made therefrom A process is provided for producing a polymeric layer having a desired image thereon or a three dimensional article comprising a number of such layers in which a layer of a liquid photocurable composition which comprises photo colorable particles is cured... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6562523 | Direct write all-glass photomask blanks A narrowly defined range of zinc silicate glass compositions is found to produce High Energy Beam Sensitive-glass (HEBS-glass) that possesses the essential properties of a true gray level mask which is necessary for the fabrication of general three dimens... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6387481 | Electrophotographic overhead projector sheet An electrophotographic OHP sheet comprising a transparent support and a toner-receiving layer formed on one side of the support, with the toner-receiving layer having suitability for toner fixation at a temperature in the neighborhood of 160° C. to 200°... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6326109 | Two-sided imaging member The invention relates to a photographic member comprising a planar partitioning member having adhesively attached to each planar surface thereof a photographic image element comprising a polymer base and a photographic image wherein said element is a unit... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6232033 | Method for making paper emulsion cinematic film A paper emulsion film product and method for producing the same is shown. The film product includes a first layer of editing tape, a second layer of editing tape, and a layer of paper emulsion formed from a paper reproduction of a photograph sandwiched be... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6207330 | Formation of punch inspection masks and other devices using a laser Exposure masks and inspection masks for use in the electronics field may be made using laser beams wherein the mask comprises a substrate which is substantially unaffected by exposure to the laser beam and an opaque pattern forming layer on the substrate,... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6114077 | White toner composition A white toner composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a toner resin containing at least 50 parts by weight of a polyester resin and between 65 and 180 parts by weight of rutile type TiO2, 10 g/m2 of said non-magnetic toner part... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6096409 | Image bearing composite optical material An image bearing composite optical material is formed as a laminated flexible sheet having an image bearing photographic quality film layer variously bonded between outer and inner translucent layers of paper, fabric, or synthetic materials. The composite... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5972233 | Method of manufacturing a decorative article A method of manufacturing a decorative article, the method including: choosing a non-silicon substrate material which will form the substrate for the decorative article; coating the substrate with a photoresist material; forming a decorative graphic art i... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5906905 | Simulated photographic-quality prints using a transparent substrate containing a wrong reading image and a backing sheet containing an ultraviolet light absorber Simulated photographic-quality prints are created using non-photographic imaging such as xerography and ink jet. Reverse reading toner images are formed on a transparent substrate which is adhered to a coated backing sheet. The backing sheet is coated wit... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5614338 | Process for manufacturing backlit displays utilizing treated plastics and laser energy A method is provided for producing a graphic for a backlit component, such as a button for an illuminated graphic display of an automobile instrument panel. The method involves a process by which molded plastic backlit buttons are manufactured without the... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5541039 | Method for forming optically active waveguides Optically active (optically non-linear or electro-optically active) waveguides are formed by depositing a layer of organic material, typically polymeric material, comprising one or more opticaly active components, and subjecting predetermined regions of t... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5518843 | Optical Film An optical film with a pattern formed by applying a photosensitive composition to the surface of a transparent film and by irradiating the photosensitive composition. The transparent film is made of a thermoplastic resin having a retardation of 30 nm or l... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5503902 | Light control material A light control material for displaying black-and-white and color images by forming light traps in a layer of photopolymer at selected locations. The photopolymer layer constitutes a master from which embossments can be produced. An embossment which displ... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5474844 | Image-forming transfer material including a polyester film A polyester film for an image-forming transfer material, wherein a difference Ɗt between the maximum coefficient of thermal expansion and the minimum coefficient of thermal expansion in the film plane is not larger than 1.0×10-5 | 12/12/1995 |
| 5422230 | Slide blank, and process for producing a slide therefrom A slide blank comprises a support; a mask layer having a substantially transparent central portion and a non-transparent peripheral portion surrounding the central portion; and an imageable layer which is not substantially photosensitive but is imageable ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5304440 | Optical disk An optical disk having a greatly improved recording density. The disk has a transparent substrate provided with phase pits. A layer of a phase changeable material is formed on the substrate. This phase changeable material is a chalcogen or chalcogenide su... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5266427 | Display board and method for producing the same A display board has a substrate, a transparent photopolymerization resin layer formed on the substrate, and a picture layer formed in a surface of the transparent photopolymerization resin layer. The picture layer is composed of at least one dots-shaped c... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5178978 | Fabricating integrated optics Method for fabricating components for integrated optics are provided wherein a film of poly-4BCMU on a glass substrate, is masked, e.g. with one or more metallic strips on a glass plate and such film is irradiated with, e.g. a UV lamp, tuned within the ab... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5176971 | Color filter A technique related to color filters to be arranged on the light-receiving surface of a color liquid crystal display device, color video camera, and the like. The color filter consists of a substrate (10) and a colored filter layer (12) formed thereon. Th... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5147742 | Photomask and fabrication of the same A photomask for an ultraviolet light with a contrast of 10 or larger can be fabricated by generating a color center by irradiating a calcium fluoride crystal substrate with a KrF excimer laser (wavelength of 248 nm) with an energy of 10 J/cm2 t... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5145757 | Method of forming stable images in electron beam writable glass compositions A silicate glass article comprising an amount of SiO2 effective as a network former and, at least one surface of said article having a substantially continuous silver and hydration content over its area, effective to render said surface darkena... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5114813 | Method of forming stable images in electron beam writable glass compositions Silicate glasses are provided which when exposed to a silver ion exchange surface treatment are writable with electron beams. These glasses contain OD agents and do not require elements having 1-4 d-electrons in the atomic state.... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5098803 | Photopolymerizable compositions and elements for refractive index imaging Solid photopolymerizable compositions and photosensitive elements are provided that are useful in preparing optical elements, and especially holograms. The compositions contains a polymeric binder, a liquid ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and a photoin... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5087537 | Lithography imaging tool and related photolithographic processes An apparatus and method for characterizing lithography imaging to quickly optimize a lithography process is described. The apparatus consists of two lithography masks for use with an optical stepper, ion-beam or x-ray lithography tool. The first mask is u... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5087536 | Receiving sheet bearing a toner image embedded in a thermoplastic layer A toner image carrying thermoplastic layer on a receiving sheet is texturized from the back side of the sheet by positioning the sheet between a smooth hard surface and a texturizing surface with the texturizing surface contacting the back side. The therm... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5068166 | Method of displaying a photographic emulsion A method of producing a self-supporting film carrying a positive photographic image is provided, comprising splitting an image-carrying positive photographic film in a manner known per se and removing remaining adhering paper residues from the image part ... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5026606 | Film for thermal imaging Film suitable for thermal imaging comprising (1) a substrate formed from a flexible material, (2) a layer of thermally imageable material applied to at least one major surface of the substrate, and (3) a release coating overlying the layer of imageable ma... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4992130 | Process for the production of a laminate A laminate is produced by bonding together two hydrophobic thermoplastic resin sheets at least one of which carries at least one hydrophilic colloid layer containing a photograph and/or other information on its inner side, by the steps comprising: (1) tre... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4988599 | Electrophotographic color toner having selected index of refraction range A color toner forming a developed image to be transferred to a transparent sheet by a known electrophotographic method, the refractive index of said color toner being smaller than that of said transparent sheet, but greater than that of the air.... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4894110 | Identification card with a visible authenticity feature Information is provided in a multilayer identification card by means of a laser beam. This information is recorded by irreversibly changing (blackening) transparent synthetic material. Synthetic materials which blacked at different intensity values are us... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4894303 | High energy beam-sensitive glasses The invention relates to high energy beam-sensitive glass articles exhibiting insensitivity and/or inertness to artinic radiation, i.e., glass articles which are darkened and/or colored within a thin surface layer of, e.g., about 0.1-3 μm upon exposure t... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4882262 | Self-aligning aperture An apparatus and method for creating an aperture between the lenslets of a lenslet array, which lenslet array has been produced by a process that leaves at least partially opaque barriers between the lenslets, comprising utilizing a photoresist over the e... | 11/21/1989 |
