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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8012676 | Process for preparing conductive material It is to provide a process for preparing a conductive material in which transparency and conductivity are both high, and storage stability is high, and further, in a process for preparing a conductive material utilizing ultra fine silver particles, to provide a proc... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7829270 | Photosensitive material, method of manufacturing conductive metal film, conductive metal film and light-transmitting film shielding electromagnetic wave for plasma display panel A photosensitive material includes a support and an emulsion layer containing a silver salt emulsion, the photosensitive material is capable of forming a conductive metal film by exposing and developing the emulsion layer, wherein the emulsion layer has a swelling r... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7366358 | Method of and system for generating image signal An original image including therein a predetermined periodic pattern is read out by sampling the original image at a frequency higher than a desired sampling frequency, and an initial image signal is thus obtained. The initial image signal is then re-sampled at the ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7323538 | Polymer having unique optical property and polymerizable monomer therefor A polymer compound having a functional group containing a cyclic part with aromatic properties comprising C, H and/or C, H, X (X is a hetero atom) in the side-chain, and a number average molecular weight of 250-1,000,000. The molar optical absorption due to the cycl... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318862 | Stabilized BiOCl pigments The present invention relates to stabilized BiOCl pigments in which BiOCl is coated with one or more polymers and oxides, oxide hydrates or hydroxides of silicon, to a process for the production of the stabilized BiOCl pigments, and to the use thereof. ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311933 | Packaging material for inhibiting microbial growth A packaging material used for wrapping foodstuffs and for inhibiting the growth of micro-organisms in foodstuffs, the packaging material having a metal-ion sequestering agent capable of removing designated metals ions from the surfaces of the foodstuffs and from liq... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309388 | Jet ink composition for low surface energy substrates Disclosed are jet ink compositions suitable for printing on substrates such as plastics and oil contaminated metals messages having excellent adhesion, for example, scratch resistance. The jet ink composition comprises one or more organic solvents, a rosin resin, an... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7300535 | Magnetically readable card and a method of making a magnetically readable card The present invention includes a process for making a magnetically readable card. The process includes providing a polymeric extrudable substrate material and one or more magnetic strips. The substrate is extruded in an extruder. The magnetic strips are aligned and ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7291447 | Print medium with one side defined by a rib-like structure A print medium includes a planar film. A rib-like structure is arranged on one side of the film to define a series of columns that extend a length of the film to facilitate rolling of the print medium in one direction as opposed to an opposite direction. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7282310 | Radiographic image conversion panel and production method thereof A radiographic image conversion panel containing a substrate having thereon a phosphor layer formed by a vapor-accumulating method, wherein the phosphor layer has a thickness distribution of not more than ±20%, the thickness distribution being defined by the formul... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7267936 | Photographic element The invention provides a photographic element, comprising a support, a photographic emulsion layer and, an antihalation underlayer and/or a pelloid layer, the antihalation underlayer and/or pelloid layer being present in an amount of 1 g/m2 or less and co... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262048 | Biochemical analysis unit A biochemical analysis unit comprises a base plate, which has holes, and a porous adsorptive material, which is filled in each of the holes and forms each of adsorptive regions. Each of the adsorptive regions is provided with a layer, which has pores having a compar... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262001 | Heat-developable photosensitive material and an image forming method A heat-developable photosensitive material comprising a support, providing thereon, an organic silver salt, silver halide, a binder and a reducing agent, wherein a value of Rz(E)/Rz(B) is from 0.1 to 0.7 in which Rz(E) is the ten-point average roughness of the outer... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7250614 | Radiation image conversion panel A radiation image conversion panel comprising a phosphor sheet having a stimulable phosphor layer and a protective layer provided so as to cover the surface of the phosphor layer, wherein mean slope Δa of an outer surface of the protective layer not adjacent with t... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7244945 | Scintillator panel, radiation detector and manufacture methods thereof A scintillator panel having a wavelength conversion member has some problems: lowered durability to be caused by an area not covered with a protective layer around a projection formed on the wavelength conversion member surface; lowered resolution response and CTF c... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241488 | Decorative paper comprising a yellow cellulose-based substrate A decorative paper which has the yellowing be inconspicuous even if the surface resin layer comprising the cross linked coating layer of the ionizing radiation curable resin is provided on the decorative paper is provided. The decorative paper of the present inventi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7226499 | Cellulose acylate film, cellulose acylate film with functional thin film, and method for preparation thereof The present invention relates to a cellulose acylate film having a high modulus of elasticity and a high surface hardness. The cellulose acylate film of the present invention is characterized by containing 1 vol % to 99 vol % of a metal oxide having an average parti... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223991 | Radiation image storage panel A radiation image storage panel has a phosphor layer composed of a phosphor matrix compound and an activator in combination, a subbing layer composed of the phosphor matrix compound, and a support, in which both of the subbing layer and phosphor layer have been form... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7207645 | Printer color correction Techniques are disclosed for performing color correction in a color printer. An RGB test image is printed to produce a printed calibration image. Colors in the printed calibration image are measured and compared to expected color values. A color corrector generates ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7199444 | Memory device, programmable resistance memory cell and memory array A method of metal doping a chalcogenide material includes forming a metal over a substrate. A chalcogenide material is formed on the metal. Irradiating is conducted through the chalcogenide material to the metal effective to break a chalcogenide bond of the chalcoge... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7192696 | Image forming method using photothermographic material A method of forming an image using a photothermographic material containing a support having thereon an image forming layer which contains an organic silver salt, silver halide grains, a binder and a reducing agent, the method including the steps of: imagewise expos... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186499 | Print medium with anisotropic bending properties A print medium includes a sheet. A plurality of parallel rib elements extend along the sheet and are configured to provide the sheet with anisotropic bending properties. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178778 | Portable easel This invention is a collapsible panel assembly having a front panel, a back panel, and at least one dry erase sheet carried by said front panel. The invention can have a first position where the collapsible panel assembly is generally a triangular shape and a second... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175953 | Short-warp peptide-dye conjugate as contrast agent for optical diagnostic The description herein includes cyanine dyes and analogs of the vaso-active intestinal peptide. These are useful to provide peptide-dye conjugates for use as contrast media in optical diagnoses. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170077 | Binderless storage phosphor screen An image storage screen or panel, suitable for use in applications related with computed radiography comprises, on a support, a binderless needle-shaped stimulable CsBr:Eu phosphor layer, wherein, besides low amounts of a europium activator or dopant in favor of hom... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160675 | Coated base paper for photographic printing paper The invention is directed to a paper support for photographic printing paper having a topside and a backside, at least said topside being provided with a pigmented coating based on clay and/or other pigment, said coating having a clay content of less than 3.3 g/m | 01/09/2007 |
| 7153620 | Transparent invisible conductive grid The present invention relates to an antistatic article comprising a substrate or support having thereon at least one antistatic layer, wherein the antistatic layer comprises a conductive material having areas of patterned coverage. The present invention also relates... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7153636 | Thermally developable materials with abrasion-resistant backside coatings Thermally developable materials including photothermographic and thermographic materials have an outermost backside layer that includes a combination of a polysiloxane and a smectite clay that has been modified with a quaternary ammonium compound. The resulting oute... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147982 | Ultrahigh speed imaging assembly for radiography A radiographic imaging assembly comprises a symmetric radiographic silver halide film has an overall system speed of at least 1100 to provide images with improved contrast and sharpness and reduced fog. The imaging assembly includes a symmetric radiographic film hav... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7138223 | Photothermographic material A photothermographic material including, on one side of a support, an image forming layer containing at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, and, on the other side of the support, a non-photos... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7135258 | Imaging member adhered to vacuous core base This patent relates to an imaging member comprising a vacuous polymer base having adhered thereto an image formed on a transparent polymer sheet, wherein said vacuous polymer base has a density of less than 0.7 grams/cc and a modulus to density ratio of between 1500... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7129030 | Image forming method using photothermographic material A method of forming an image using a photothermographic material containing a support having thereon an image forming layer which contains an organic silver salt, silver halide grains, a binder and a reducing agent, the method including the steps of: imagewise expos... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7091271 | Core shell nanocomposite optical plastic article A nanocomposite optical plastic article has a plastic host material with a temperature sensitive optical vector (x) and a core shell nanoparticulate material dispersed into the plastic host material. The core shell nanoparticulate material is characterized by a core... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086529 | Packaging material for photographic light-sensitive material and photographic light-sensitive material package using same There is provided a packaging material for a photographic light-sensitive material, the packaging material being formed from a resin composition that contains a compound having an unsaturated double bond or that contains a poly(conjugated diene) component, a metal i... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083885 | Transparent invisible conductive grid The present invention relates to an antistatic article comprising a substrate or support having thereon at least one antistatic layer, wherein the antistatic layer comprises a conductive material having areas of patterned coverage. ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081333 | Radiation image conversion panel and preparation method thereof A radiation image conversion panel exhibiting improved resistance to peeling or shock as well as enhanced sharpness is disclosed, comprising on a support a stimulable phosphor layer composed of columnar phosphor crystals formed through gas phase deposition, wherein ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7075725 | Lenticular card and processes for making A process for making a lenticular card including: providing an imaged transparent sheet having a first smooth side and a second side with a lenticulated region, the transparent sheet optionally having at least one printed image area on the first smooth side and a mo... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070916 | Radiation image conversion panel and production method thereof A radiation image conversion panel comprising a support and a stimulable phosphor layer provided on the support, in which the stimulable phosphor layer is formed by a gas-phase growing method so that the layer thickness of not less than 50 μm and the surface of the... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063925 | Expansion of color gamut for silver halide media The invention relates to a photographic article comprising a base material carrying at least one layer comprising a photographic image formed by combination of dyes formed from couplers wherein areas of said photo image are colored without dyes formed by couplers. | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063940 | Curl resistant media A curl-resistant planar media comprises a plurality of fibers embedded in the media and configured such that the media has a stiffness in a first direction that exceeds the stiffness in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. ... | 06/20/2006 |
