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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7718352 | Process for producing electroluminescent element There is provided a process for producing an EL element by photolithography, which process can produce an EL element having improved luminescence efficiency. The production process comprises the steps of removing a photoresist from photoresist layer-covered parts of... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7371511 | Polydiacetylene polymer blends Polymer blend compositions that include diacetylene segments are provided. The polymers containing diacetylene segments are capable of a calorimetric indication in response to stimuli, such as heat, an analyte or exposure to certain environmental factors, despite be... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7348110 | Thermally developable imaging material A photothermographic material having a Dmin and Dmax optical density. The material includes a support having hereon one or more thermally-developable imaging layers which are developable to produce an image when the photothermographic material is thermally processed... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7286270 | Optical reading document board and optical reader In an optical-reading document board, an anti-reflection layer is formed by a transparent film and an anti-reflection film is bonded on a document-resting surface of a transparent glass plate. The anti-reflection layer is structured by a transparent film and an anti... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285315 | Closure in synthetic material for containers The present invention relates to a closure which is made of synthetic material with characteristics similar to or even better than those of cork and which can therefore be used in all applications in which a cork closure is normally used. In particular, the closure ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278973 | Guide wire A guide wire is configured to have a less lossy marker formed at a desired position and providing a relatively high degree of contrastability under X-ray fluoroscopic guidance or the like. The guide wire includes a linear core member, a resin layer covering a main b... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270932 | Imaging composition and method Imaging compositions and methods of using the compositions are disclosed. The imaging compositions are sensitive to low levels of energy such that upon application of the low levels of energy the compositions change color or shade. The compositions may be used in me... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270919 | Use of transition metal compounds in imageable coatings A process for forming an image on a substrate, which comprises coating the substrate with an amine of molybdenum, tungsten or vanadium that changes colour on heating or irradiation as an aqueous dispersion or suspension or as a solution in an organic solvent. Also d... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270929 | Media for laser imaging A method and a medium for laser imaging is herein disclosed. The medium incorporates one or more types of microstructures having a predetermined heat or radiation modifiable optical characteristic such as color, scattering, diffusion, diffraction, interference and i... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7260127 | Dual layer color-center patterned light source A thin layer of ionic crystal is grown on a substrate. The crystal could be any type of ionic crystal, such as sodium chloride or potassium chloride. The crystal is a pure form of the chosen compound and may contain contaminants which would shift the wavelength of c... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7238543 | Methods for marking a bare semiconductor die including applying a tape having energy-markable properties A method used for marking a semiconductor wafer or device. The method and apparatus have particular application to wafers or devices which have been subjected to a thinning process, including backgrinding in particular. The present method comprises reducing the cros... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7227817 | Low profile optical head An optical head of a type useable in a optical disk reader/writer is provided. The optical head has a low profile, e.g., in a vertical direction parallel to the disk spin axis, such as less than about 5 mm preferably less than about 3 mm. Substantially all component... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227158 | Stick-on self-indicating instant radiation dosimeter A dual dosimeter system with (1) a stick-on, self-indicating, instant radiation dosimeter applied onto (2) a conventional radiation dosimeter and/or detector for monitoring high energy radiations, such as X-ray, electrons and neutrons. Radiation dosimeters, such as ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226719 | Limited play data storage media and coating formulations thereon The present invention provides a formulation for a reactive dye layer for a limited-play optical storage medium, the reactive formulation including at least one carrier material or curable acrylate monomer, at least one reactive material disposed within the carrier ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223519 | Imaging compositions and methods Imaging compositions and methods of using the compositions are disclosed. The imaging compositions are sensitive to low levels of energy such that upon application of the low levels of energy the compositions change color or shade. The compositions may be applied to... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7191153 | Content distribution method and apparatus Media which stores protected content is distributed to users without the need for payment at the time of media distribution. Payment can be performed at a later time in response to which content may be enabled, and/or users may selectively pay for, and receive enabl... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7167194 | Printing a code on a product A method for printing is described. The method includes providing a printing system for printing a code on a product moving in a direction. The code is constructed from a plurality of pixels in a first data set indicating the positions of the pixels and generates a ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7166415 | Phase-change recording material used for information recording medium and information recording medium employing it A phase-change recording material used for an information recording medium utilizing a crystalline state as a non-recorded state and an amorphous state as a recorded state, which has the composition of the following formula (1) as the main component: (Sb | 01/23/2007 |
| 7166408 | Image forming method using photothermographic material Provided is an image forming method including providing a photothermographic material having image forming layers containing at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder on both surfaces of a suppo... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163509 | Component of endoscope and endoscope provided with the component A component of an endoscope is a flexible tube which is composed of a helical coil, a reticular tube formed of a braided thin wires and provided over the helical coil, and an outer cover provided over the reticular tube. The outer cover is formed of a resin material... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7153574 | Surface grafted metal oxide particles and compositions comprising the same A composition includes a metal oxide particle, which can optionally be surface treated by a silane coupling agent, and an electron acceptor surface grafted to the metal oxide particle. ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144676 | Imaging compositions and methods Imaging compositions and methods of using the compositions are disclosed. The imaging compositions are sensitive to low levels of energy such that upon application of the low levels of energy the compositions change color or shade. The compositions may be applied to... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141361 | Thermally developable materials with improved conductive layer Buried backside conductive layers with increased conductive efficiency can be provided for thermally developable materials using a specific organic solvent mixture to coat a protective overcoat directly disposed over the conductive layer. This organic solvent mixtur... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7118684 | Treatment of fiber with water containing fine powder of noble metal dispersed therein Burn noble metal in high-pressure water using hydrogen and oxygen to produce noble metal micro-dispersion water in which super-fine noble metal particles are dispersed, and use the obtained noble metal micro-dispersion water to treat fiber products in order to provi... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7105284 | Thermally developable materials with narrow disperse amorphous silica Thermally developable materials including photothermographic and thermographic materials having an outermost backside layer that includes amorphous silica particles having a narrow particle size distribution. The narrower particle size distribution provides reduced ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7094517 | Recording layer with organic dye-in-polymer (DIP) medium for write-once-read-many (WORM) optical discs with fluorescent reading High sensitive organic dye-in-polymer (DIP) medium for write-once-read-many (WORM) optical discs with fluorescent reading. The medium consists of a fluorescent color means, capable of absorbing writing radiation produced by a laser, a compound capable of generating ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7094618 | Methods for marking a packaged semiconductor die including applying tape and subsequently marking the tape The present invention provides a method and apparatus for marking a semiconductor wafer or device. The method and apparatus have particular application to wafers or devices which have been subjected to a thinning process, including backgrinding in particular. The pr... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7067183 | Write once recording medium A write once recording medium comprising an inorganic material serving as a recording layer is disclosed. The inorganic material has a formula, A(1−y)My, wherein A is comprised of Si or Sn; M is comprised of Al, Ag, Au, Zn, Ti, Ni, Cu, Co, Ta... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7051054 | Method and apparatus for emulating read/write file system on a write-once storage disk A method and apparatus for storing, updating, adding, deleting, and locating file system objects on a WORM storage medium, wherein information can be written to, but not erased from, the storage medium. The WORM storage medium has a writeable area that includes a sy... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7049054 | Thermally developable materials containing ionic polymer interlayer Thermally developable imaging materials have an outermost protective layer that is composed of one or more hydrophilic film-forming components. Between the outermost protective layer and the underlying thermally developable imaging layers is an interlayer containing... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7001810 | Floating gate nitridation The floating gate, or the oxide between the floating and control gates, or both are nitrided before the control gate layer is deposited. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6980652 | Combination mastered and writeable medium and use in electronic internet appliance An optical medium uses a single structure or format (such as identical materials, layers and the like) for both a region for holding mastered data and a writeable area. In one aspect, a writeable region of a medium with mastered content is used in connection with pa... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6962773 | Thermographic recording material with improved developability A black and white thermographic recording material comprising a thermosensitive element and a support, the thermosensitive element containing at least one substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, a binder and optionally photosensitive silver halide, char... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6936410 | Marking substrates A method of marking a substrate includes contacting the substrate with a composition and contacting the composition with energy sufficient to produce a change in the composition that can be detected optically. In some embodiments, the change produces a white mark. | 08/30/2005 |
| 6933093 | Radiation sensitive coating composition useful for lithographic printing plates and the like The invention relates to a composition, which is primarily energy sensitive in the near infrared and infrared region, and which comprises a dual polymer system, an infrared absorbing material that absorbs at the desired wavelength, an acid generating compound, and, ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6924077 | Colored inscription and marking of plastics and surface coatings The present invention relates to the colored inscription or marking of plastics and surface coatings, including powder coatings, in which a colorant is transferred into the plastic or surface coating by laser radiation with the aid of a laser light-absorbent substan... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6914868 | Low profile optical head An optical head of a type useable in a optical disk reader/writer is provided. The optical head has a low profile, e.g., in a vertical direction parallel to the disk spin axis, such as less than about 5 mm preferably less than about 3 mm. Substantially all component... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6912189 | Skip list management for a write-once optical disk A method and system for managing a plurality of defects that may cause an error during a write operation in a write-once data storage disk is provided. A host system sends a write command to a disk drive that contains the storage disk. The process detects any errors... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908725 | Double-sided hybrid optical disk with surface topology An optical disk has a multi-layer tuned optical coating overlying both small bumps to store pre-recorded information and lands onto which information is written to and read. The optical coating includes a phase-change metal/alloy layer formed over the disk substrate... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6869755 | Elements for forming print-out images An element for forming a print-out image containing a substrate, which may be cellulose, having a first surface and a second surface; a dye forming composition on the first surface of the substrate; and a non-dye forming composition on the second surface of the subs... | 03/22/2005 |
