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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7527921 | Method of treating and removing a photoresist pattern and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using the same Example embodiments of the present invention relate to methods of treating and removing a photoresist pattern and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using the same. Other example embodiments of the present invention relate to a method of treating a pho... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7449286 | Method of forming conductive tracks A patterned electrical conductor having improved conductivity and controllably high resolution track and gap widths is obtained by exposing, to a desired conductive pattern, a pressure-sensitive or photosensitive element comprising a support and a pressure-sensitive... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7410752 | Method of producing organic silver salt dispersion, and photothermographic material A method of producing an organic silver salt dispersion, the method comprising: mixing a first aqueous solution including a water-soluble silver ion supplier and a second aqueous solution including an alkali metal salt of an organic acid to form an organic silver sa... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7390434 | Method and apparatus for producing film from polymer solution, and optical polymer film A dope containing cellulose acylate as a main content of polymer is cast on a front surface of a moving belt in a method of producing a film from a solution. A drying apparatus is confronted to a back surface of said belt to evaporate a solvent in the gel-like film.... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7384731 | Method for forming color image and silver halide color photosensitive material used for the same A method for forming color images comprising subjecting a silver halide color photosensitive material to a development processing in the presence of a compound (A) defined below, wherein the silver halide color photosensitive material having a blue-sensitive unit, a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381349 | Process for producing liquid crystal of desired properties by mixing together at least two rigid rodlike helical polymers with narrow molecular weight distributions and different weight-average molecular weights with chiral side chains A process to produce a polymer liquid crystalline composition having temperature dependency of desired circular polarization selective reflection wave length property by only mixing two or more kinds of starting materials having different weight-average molecular we... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371454 | Imageable element comprising sulfated polymers Sulfated polymers, imageable elements containing these polymers, and methods for preparing images useful as lithographic printing plates from these imageable elements are disclosed. The sulfate groups are attached either to aryl groups that are pendent to the polyme... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7351522 | Concentrated processing composition for silver halide color paper and method of processing An object of the present invention is to provide a method of processing silver halide color paper that ensures (a) promptness such that finished prints can be handed at shop to customers, (b) small installation area for mini-labs, (c) processing solution stability c... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338756 | Method of preparation of direct dispersions of photographically useful chemicals A process for making a direct dispersion of a photographically useful material comprising: mixing (i) an aqueous phase and (ii) a liquid organic phase under conditions of shear or turbulence to form a dispersion of the organic phase dispersed in the aqueous phase; w... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332265 | Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, and image-forming method A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, having at least one yellow dye image-forming layer, at least one magenta dye image-forming layer, and at least one cyan dye image-forming layer, each provided on a transparent support, | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316895 | Method for precipitating separation of photosensitive silver halide particle dispersion and silver salt photothermographic dry imaging material using thereof A method for separating photosensitive silver halide particles by precipitation from a dispersion comprising the silver halide particles and a protective colloid of a natural polymer, the method comprising the step of mixing the dispersion with an organic polymer ha... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7288358 | Phosphor panel A radiation image storage panel comprises a substrate, a stimulable phosphor layer, which is constituted of a stimulable phosphor, and a transparent water vapor proof film, which is constituted of a water vapor proof layer and a transparent thin film. The substrate,... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7230040 | Fabricating polymers for optical devices High concentrations of dye may be prepared in combination with thermoplastic polymers and used in optical polymers as monomeric and dimeric molecular solutions. The method of preparing high concentration levels allows the control over the aggregation of dye molecule... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7160674 | Photographic chemicals bundle A bundle for simultaneous refilling of chemicals for processing color photography silver halide materials in an automatic processing apparatus, wherein the bundle comprises at least one bottle with the refilling solution for a color developer and at least two bottle... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7153639 | Silver halide color photographic lightsensitive material Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic lightsensitive material comprising a support and, superimposed thereon, a blue-sensitive layer unit, a green-sensitive layer unit and a red-sensitive layer unit, each of these layers comprising at least two silver hali... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147996 | Method of processing silver halide materials Photographic silver halide materials containing an incorporated black-and-white developing agent can be quickly and simply processed using unique processing compositions and methods. In a “two-step” method, the exposed material is contacted with an alkaline acti... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144663 | Method and apparatus for liquid preparation of photographic reagent In the apparatus for liquid preparation, the silver halide emulsion contained in a dedicated pot is transferred as liquid by a mohno pump via a piping into a measuring tank. The silver halide emulsion transferred into the measuring tank is measured with a load cell ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7135276 | Photothermographic material and method for preparing photosensitive silver halide emulsion The invention provides a photothermographic material containing a tabular photosensitive silver halide having an average silver iodide content of 40 mol % or higher, 50% or more of a total projected area of the photosensitive silver halide being occupied by tabular ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7132228 | Developer dispersions for thermally developable materials Solid particle dispersions of certain ascorbic acid esters are prepared in the presence of at least 0.5 and less than 50 weight % of a particle growth modifier based on the weight of the ascorbic acid ester. The particle growth modifier is an alkyl carboxylic acid h... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7125656 | Method for preparation of organic silver salt and photothermographic imaging material Organic silver salt particles are manufacture by mixing an aqueous solution containing silver ions with an aqueous solution containing an organic acid alkali salt to form organic silver salt particles, using a mixing device in which plural supply tubes are connected... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122299 | Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material A silver halide photographic photosensitive material, containing at least one residual-color-reducing agent having at least one aromatic ring or aromatic heterocycle in its molecule; a processing method thereof; and an image-forming method. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7008761 | Process for the preparation of high bromide cubical grain emulsions A process for the preparation of a radiation-sensitive silver halide emulsion comprised of high bromide cubical silver halide grains, the process comprising: (a) providing in a stirred reaction vessel a dispersing medium and high bromide silver halide grain cores, t... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6967251 | Reagents for labeling biomolecules having aldehyde or ketone moieties Novel fluorescent derivitization reagents are described that are suitable for coupling to biomolecules that contain aldehyde or ketone functional groups. In one embodiment is provided reagents that have the following formula: | 11/22/2005 |
| 6949332 | Silver halide emulsion and method of preparing the same A silver halide emulsion containing water, dispersion medium comprising modified gelatin whose amino group is chemically modified, and silver halide grains comprising spectrally sensitized silver halide grains each having a multilayer adsorption of dye chromophores ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6921576 | Active energy ray-curable antistatic coating composition An active energy ray-curable antistatic coating composition contains (A) inorganic oxide fine particles having a side chain having a molecular weight of at least 300 and having a functional group and (B) an antistatic agent containing at least a quaternary ammonium ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6893657 | Solid dose delivery vehicle and methods of making same The present invention encompasses a solid dose delivery vehicle for ballistic administration of a bioactive material to subcutaneous and intradermal tissue, the delivery vehicle being sized and shaped for penetrating the epidermis. The delivery vehicle further compr... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6878511 | Process of producing silver halide photographic emulsions A process of producing a silver halide photographic emulsion containing tabular silver halide grains having an aspect ratio of 5 or more, which comprises using silver halide fine grains as prepared by the following method in at least one of a nucleation step and a g... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6844147 | Silver halide emulsion and method for producing same The invention provides a silver halide emulsion, comprising: silver halide grains containing silver chloride as a primary component and further containing silver bromide; wherein, when an average value of a silver bromide content of the silver halide grains is repre... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6838231 | Production process of silver halide photographic emulsion and silver halide photographic light-sensitive material A process for producing a spectrally sensitized silver halide photographic emulsion having high sensitivity. A process for producing a silver halide photographic emulsion comprising as a sensitizing dye at least one connection dye having two or more chromophores con... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6838232 | Production method of silver halide photographic emulsion and production apparatus thereof At least one of a nucleus forming process, a nucleus growing process, a chemical sensitizing process, and a spectral sensitizing process for producing a silver halide photographic emulsion is performed by using a microreactor. A minute region of the microreactor is ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6824967 | Method of preparing dye solution, and methods of producing silver halide emulsion and silver halide photographic material A method of preparing a dye solution having a high concentration and high stability, wherein a counter ion-free dye and a base having a pKa value of from 6.6 to 9.0 are dissolved in a solvent having a relative dielectric constant of at least 10 at 20° C., and a sil... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6821719 | Process for producing a deformed image without significant image degradation A process for producing a deformed image comprising the steps of: digitally exposing a color photographic silver halide material, said color photographic silver halide material comprising on a deformable plastic support at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emul... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6794121 | Method of making a silver halide photographic material having enhanced light absorption and low fog and containing a scavenger for oxidized developer This invention relates to a method of spectrally sensitizing a silver halide emulsion comprising the following steps in the following order a) providing a silver halide emulsion comprising tabular silver halide grains having an inner dye layer adjacent to the... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6790602 | Method of making a silver halide photographic material having enhanced light absorption and low fog This invention relates to a method of spectrally sensitizing a silver halide emulsion comprising the following steps in the following order a) providing a silver halide emulsion comprising tabular silver halide grains having an inner dye layer adjacent to the... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6783805 | Gelatin nanocomposites Scratch-resistant nanocomposite materials contain at least one film-forming hydrophilic colloid and at least one ceramic nanoparticle material. In particular, the film-forming hydrophilic colloid may be a gelatin, and the ceramic nanoparticle material may be alumina... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6750002 | Process for the preparation of concentrated dye-water compositions A process for preparing a concentrated photographic spectral sensitizing dye-water composition which comprises adding an anionic sensitizing dye to an aqueous medium in the substantial absence of organic solvent, and agitating the combined dye and aqueous medium, wh... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6706467 | Coating fluid for imaging element comprising solubilized collagen gelatin colloidal dispersion An aqueous coating fluid is described comprising gelatin at a concentration of at least 1 wt % and a colloidal particle dispersed material phase at a volume fraction of at least 0.01, wherein at least 20% of the gelatin comprises a gelatin prepared from hydrolysis o... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6703194 | Silver halide grains, silver halide emulsion, and silver halide color photographic photosensitive material The present invention provides silver halide grains in which a difference in ionic conductivity between a region exhibiting highest ionic conductivity and a region exhibiting lowest ionic conductivity is at least 100 times. The invention also provides a s... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6589326 | Coating fluid for imaging element comprising solubilized collagen gelatin and hardener An aqueous coating fluid is described comprising gelatin at a concentration of at least 1 wt % and gelatin hardener at a level from 1-200 effective μmole hardener per gram of coating fluid, wherein at least 20% of the gelatin comprises a gelatin prepared... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6521389 | Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material and processing method thereof A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, which contains at least one compound of the formula (1): Formula (1) ##STR1## wherein PUG represents a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group which is bonded to the adjacent carbonyl group through a n... | 02/18/2003 |
