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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163155 | Sulfo or sulfamyl group-containing cathodic electrocoat resin A coating layer prepared from an aqueous electrodeposition coating composition comprising an electrodepositable binder, the binder comprising a sulfo or sulfamyl group-containing resin, provides corrosion protection to a metallic substrate. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7608178 | Active metal electrolyzer Electro-winning of active metal (e.g., lithium) ions from a variety of sources including industrial waste, and recycled lithium and lithium-ion batteries is accomplished with an electrolyzer having a protected cathode that is stable against aggressive solvents, incl... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7358189 | Copper clad laminate To reduce warping of a copper clad laminate coated with copper foils of different thicknesses on both sides, and thereby to improve production efficiency of the printed-wiring boards, there is provided a copper clad laminate coated with copper foils of different thi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351321 | Method for electrochemical fabrication An electroplating method that includes: a) contacting a first substrate with a first article, which includes a substrate and a conformable mask disposed in a pattern on the substrate; b) electroplating a first metal from a source of metal ions onto the first substra... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347572 | Telescope mirror for high bandwidth free space optical data transmission Optical mirror elements for high bandwidth free space optical communication are produced by an electroforming replication technique. Onto the precision surface of a mandrel that is a negative of the required optical surface a layer of metal is deposited forming an e... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341974 | Method for preparing a catalyst for partial oxidation of propylene The present invention relates to a method for preparing a catalyst for partial oxidation of propylene, particularly a method for preparing a catalyst for preparing an acrylic acid, using an organic acid such as a citric acid, maleic acid and oxalic acid. The complex... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7332259 | Aluminum support for planographic printing plate, its manufacturing process, and planographic printing plate material Disclosed is a process for manufacturing an aluminum support for a light sensitive planographic printing plate material, the process comprising the steps of surface-roughening an aluminum plate, anodizing the surface-roughened aluminum plate, surface treating the an... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329628 | Method for preparing catalysts for partial oxidation of propylene and iso-butylene The present invention relates to a process for preparing a catalyst for partial oxidation of propylene and iso-butylene, and more particularly to a process for preparing a catalyst for partial oxidation of propylene and iso-butylene that can stably prepare a catalys... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7323221 | Coating of objects The present invention relates to a process for the coating of objects made of valve metals or their alloys with a thin barrier layer consisting of the metal and an oxide ceramic layer provided thereon whose surface has been coated with fluoropolymers, characterized ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318963 | Composite chromium plating film and sliding member having the same and method for manufacture thereof A composite chromium plating film containing hard particles in network-shaped microcracks, a surface-occupying ratio of the microcracks being 10 to 20% by area, a distribution density of the microcracks being 1,200 to 2,500/cm, and the amount of the above hard parti... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7309412 | Compositions and coatings including quasicrystals Composite coating compositions, composite metallic coatings derived from these compositions, and methods of forming the composite coating compositions and composite metallic coatings, wherein the compositions and coatings comprise particles of at least one quasicrys... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7299749 | Lithographic printing plate support and production method thereof A lithographic printing plate support comprising a substrate having thereon a porous layer comprising metal oxide particles bound by a compound containing a metal atom and a phosphorus atom. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294404 | Graded photocatalytic coatings The invention provides graded photocatalytic coatings. In one aspect, the invention provides a substrate carrying a photocatalytic coating that includes a first graded film region and a second graded film region. The first graded film region has a substantially cont... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288327 | Plated structures or components Various structures or components can include plated surfaces or other parts. For example, an article can include a base and a plated part with a limit artifact that results from plating adjacent a non-plateable surface; the limit artifact can be disposed away from t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7282324 | Photoresist compositions, hardened forms thereof, hardened patterns thereof and metal patterns formed using them Photoresist compositions that demonstrate superior photolithographic performance and hardened resist films that show superior resistance to solvents, have excellent resistance to under plating during the electrodeposition of metals, and show excellent resist strippi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279412 | Parallel multi-layer printed circuit board having improved interconnection and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed are a multi-layer printed circuit board and a method for manufacturing the multi-layer printed circuit board. Circuit layers and insulating layers are alternately stacked so that via holes of the circuit layers provided with plated inner walls without appl... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276293 | Far-infrared radiator and method for producing method The present invention discloses a far infrared radiator used in various types of heating equipment. This far infrared radiator is comprised of a base material 1 composed of aluminum or aluminum alloy, and an electrolytic colored film 2 formed on this b... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267756 | Fine electroforming mold and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a mold for fine electroforming M having a simple structure. In order to improve the productivity of a metal product, an electrode portion can be arranged with a much higher density, and a metal thin film formed on the electrode portion... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7259680 | Personal property/animal identification and security system A property security system and method therefor assigns a property code uniquely associated with each property owning member. The property marker code includes an abbreviation for the state of residence of the property owner, a first numerical code identifying the co... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259640 | Miniature RF and microwave components and methods for fabricating such components RF and microwave radiation directing or controlling components are provided that may be monolithic, that may be formed from a plurality of electrodeposition operations and/or from a plurality of deposited layers of material, that may include switches, inductors, ant... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250189 | Increasing the hydrophilicity of carbon fiber paper by electropolymerization An electroconductive porous substrate such as carbon fiber paper with an electroconductive polymer deposited on the carbon fibers of the paper is used as a wicking material or diffusion medium in a fuel cell. The polymer may be deposited from a solution of monomers ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7229542 | Methods of and apparatus for molding structures using sacrificial metal patterns Molded structures, methods of and apparatus for producing the molded structures are provided. At least a portion of the surface features for the molds are formed from multilayer electrochemically fabricated structures (e.g. fabricated by the EFAB™ formation proces... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229569 | Etching reagent, and method for manufacturing electronic device substrate and electronic device The present invention provides an etching agent that is able to etch a Cu film by a simple chemical etching method such as an immersion method when the low resistance Cu film is used for a wiring material, while allowing time-dependent changes of the etching rate to... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226860 | Method and apparatus for fabricating metal layer A method of electrochemical deposition (ECD) provides a barrier and a seed layer on a substrate. The surfaces of the substrate are pre-treated before a metal layer is electrochemically deposited thereon in an electrochemical plating cell with a physical or a chemica... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7214418 | Structure having holes and method for producing the same A structure having a hole, including a substrate, a first layer including an alumina hole, and a second layer disposed between the substrate and the fist layer, wherein the second layer contains silicon, and has a smaller hole than the alumina hole. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204895 | Electropolymerization method for preparing nano-tube type conducting polymer using porous template, method for preparing electrochromic device, and electrochromic device prepared therefrom The present invention relates to an electropolymerization method for preparing a nanotube-type conducting polymer using a porous template, a method for preparing an electrochomic device using electrochromism of the conducting polymer, and an electrochromic device pr... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195701 | Electrochemical depositions applied to nanotechnology composites A method of improving the material properties of a composite by electrodepositing various polymers, organic compounds or inorganic compounds onto each individual carbon (graphite) fiber strand, whether individual fiber or as a fabric to form an homogeneous chemicall... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192673 | Electrode for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery An electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery which includes a thin film composed of active material that expands and shrinks as it stores and releases lithium, e.g., a microcrystalline or amorphous silicon thin film, deposited on a current collector, characterize... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192510 | Fluid control device and method of manufacturing the same A fluid control device has very fine pores with an average diameter not greater than 10 nm and provides a large flux. The fluid control device comprises an anodized alumina film having fine pores and a silicon based micro-porous film having very fine pores and made ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189317 | Semiconductor manufacturing system for forming metallization layer A method for forming a metallization layer. A first layer is formed outwardly from a semiconductor substrate. Contact vias are formed through the first layer to the semiconductor substrate. A second layer is formed outwardly from the first layer. Portions of the sec... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7172818 | Copper foil for chip-on-film use, plasma display panel, or high-frequency printed circuit board A copper foil for chip-on-film use, a plasma display panel, or a high-frequency printed circuit board obtained by rolling copper foil to smooth the surface to give a surface area of not more than 1.30 times an ideal smooth surface, the smoothed copper foil having de... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7160427 | In situ plating of electrical connector contacts A method of plating contacts in situ within an electrical connector, the connector having a plurality of contacts circumscribed by a skirt of a connector body. The method comprises. grounding the contacts and then applying a plate coating onto the contacts within th... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156973 | Process for preparing a conducting polymer electrode useful for electrocatalytic oxidation of alcohols This invention relates to increasing the electrocatalytic activity of conducting polymers so that the same may be useful for electro-oxidation of methanol which is important for fuel-cell technology. Conventional catalysts used for this process are based on Pt, Ru o... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153585 | Self-adhering powder paint based on polyamide and silane for metal coating The invention concerns to the use of a powder comprising 99.95 to 95% of at least one polyamide and 0.05 to 5% of at least one silane for coating metals. This powder may be prepared by simple dry blending of the constituents. The silane can also be added to the molt... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7142408 | Tantalum powders and methods of producing same Methods of forming tantalum powders and other valve metal powders are described. The method involves high impact milling a starting powder in a fluid medium and optionally a milling media using a high energy mill. The methods of the present invention have the abilit... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134395 | Acid inkjet imaging of lithographic printing plates The present invention includes a method of preparing an inkjet ink imaged lithographic printing plate by imagewise applying an acidic inkjet ink onto a substrate coated with an inkjet ink reactive coating composition which is acid-catalyzed, to produce an imaged coa... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7126205 | Devices having improved capacitance and methods of their fabrication A capacitor formed by a process using only two deposition steps and a dielectric formed by oxidizing a metal layer in an electrolytic solution. The capacitor has first and second conductive plates and a dielectric is formed from the first conductive plate. ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121304 | Low permeation hydraulic accumulator A hydraulic accumulator includes a rigid tank containing a flexible but non-elastic bladder formed of a metal foil and separating the interior of the tank into a gas space and a liquid space. The gas and liquid spaces respectively communicate with exterior sources o... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7095474 | Patterns of electrically conducting polymers and their application as electrodes or electrical contacts Electronic devices having patterned electrically conductive polymers providing electrical connection thereto and methods of fabrication thereof are described. Liquid crystal display cells are described having at least one of the electrodes providing a bias across th... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7094052 | Orthodontic brackets with temporarily visible marking features Self-ligating orthodontic brackets include a marking system for identifying which tooth or subset of teeth a specific bracket within a set of non-identical brackets pertains and/or for assisting in aligning a bracket on a tooth. The bracket includes a temporarily vi... | 08/22/2006 |
