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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8052880 | Method for manufacturing light reflecting metal wall A method for manufacturing a light reflecting metal wall including a step (a) forming a cavity structure on a metal plate on which back surface a substrate is laminated, the cavity structure including on its side wall a light reflecting wall, the step (a) including ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7625493 | Method for manufacturing display device In order to achieve low cost of manufacture of a display device by reducing the use of primary material used in a manufacturing process of a display device and saving labor taken for a vacuum process, according to the invention, liquid droplets containing conductive... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7373180 | Method and apparatus for accentuating graphical elements on a mobile handset housing A transparent mobile handset housing with graphical elements such as alphanumeric characters, icons, and logos positioned directly onto the housing with visibility enhanced through backlighting. The transparent housing is covered with an opaque coating and omitted p... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354520 | Method of manufacturing optical element An optical element comprising at least a plurality of pixels formed on a substrate and partition walls arranged respectively between adjacent pixels is manufactured by a method comprising steps of forming partition walls of a resin composition on a substrate, perfor... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354698 | Imprint lithography An imprinting method is disclosed which involves irradiating a photo-curable imprintable medium in a flowable state on a substrate with radiation to initiate curing of the medium, after the irradiating, contacting the medium with a template to form an imprint in the... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7344900 | Laser scribe on front side of semiconductor wafer Disclosed are a semiconductor wafer (10) having a front side laser scribe (22) and the methods for manufacturing the same. The methods of the invention include the formation of a scribe foundation (12) on the front side of the semiconductor wafe... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7335395 | Methods of using pre-formed nanotubes to make carbon nanotube films, layers, fabrics, ribbons, elements and articles Methods of Using Preformed Nanotubes to Make Carbon Nanotube Films, Layers, Fabrics, Ribbons, Elements and Articles are disclosed. To make various articles, certain embodiments provide a substrate. Preformed nanotubes are applied to a surface of the substrate to cre... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7310075 | Plasma display panel and driving method thereof A PDP and a driving method thereof are disclosed in which luminous efficiency can be improved. The PDP includes: a pair of sustain electrodes formed at a peripheral portion of an upper substrate; and a trigger electrode formed at the center of the upper substrate. | 12/18/2007 |
| 7235924 | Plasma display panel A plasma display panel that is capable of improving a contrast as well as reducing the power consumption. In the plasma display panel, a distance between the sustaining electrode pair at a display region is different from that a non-display region. A width of the ba... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7185453 | Label having improved aesthetic appearance A label includes indicia disposed on a facestock comprising cellophane. In one embodiment, the indicia are screen printed onto the facestock. In another embodiment, the label may further include layers of tactile coating selectively applied to discrete areas of the ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7176505 | Electromechanical three-trace junction devices Three trace electromechanical circuits and methods of using same. A circuit includes first and second electrically conductive elements with a nanotube ribbon (or other electromechanical elements) disposed therebetween. An insulative layer is disposed on one of the f... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7147534 | Patterned carbon nanotube process A patterned carbon nanotube process adopted for an electronic device is described. A negative photoresist layer is coated on a cathode substrate. A mask layer is formed with a carved cavity therein during a development process. A carbon nanotube spray is sprayed the... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143495 | Backlight etching process A backlight etching process, and more particularly the etching of a solid, semi-translucent base material, to form an exact image within the material. The base material is preferably translucent and most preferably an acrylic-based product, such as DuPont Corian®. ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7120047 | Device selection circuitry constructed with nanotube technology A memory system having electromechanical memory cells and decoders is disclosed. A decoder circuit selects at least one of the memory cells of an array of such cells. Each cell in the array is a crossbar junction at least one element of which is a nanotube or a nano... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7118982 | Emitter and method of making An emitter includes an electron source and a cathode. The cathode has an emissive surface. The emitter further includes a continuous anisotropic conductivity layer disposed between the electron source and the emissive surface of the cathode. The anisotropic conducti... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6979590 | Methods of making electromechanical three-trace junction devices Methods of producing an electromechanical circuit element are described. A lower structure having lower support structures and a lower electrically conductive element is provided. A nanotube ribbon (or other electromechanically responsive element) is formed on an up... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6936965 | Plasma display panel A plasma display panel that is capable of improving a contrast as well as reducing the power consumption. In the plasma display panel, a distance between the sustaining electrode pair at a display region is different from that at a non-display region. A width of the... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6919592 | Electromechanical memory array using nanotube ribbons and method for making same Electromechanical circuits, such as memory cells, and methods for making same are disclosed. The circuits include a structure having electrically conductive traces and supports extending from a surface of the substrate, and nanotube ribbons suspended by the supports... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6911682 | Electromechanical three-trace junction devices Three trace electromechanical circuits and methods of using same are described. A circuit includes first and second electrically conductive elements with a nanotube ribbon (or other electromechanical elements) disposed therebetween. The nanotube ribbon is movable to... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6905901 | Method of manufacturing a cover of a backlit display using fluorescing materials A backlit display allowing one or more colors to be properly illuminated. Included in the backlit display is a light source that emits light upon a backside of a substrate. A selectively applied opaque layer prevents light from a light source from passing through at... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6673255 | Plasma treatment apparatus and method for operating same An apparatus for plasma treating workpieces in vacuum comprises a stack of plasma chambers (20). Handling of workpieces to and from the plasma chambers of the stack is performed in parallelism by one handling device and through lateral handling openings o... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6596183 | Cutting-free method for making a hologram sticker and the structure of the sticker A cutting-free method for making a hologram sticker includes the steps of adding a releasing layer on a base; plating a metal layer on the releasing layer; printing an epoxy layer with a holographic pattern on the metal layer; chemically etching the metal... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6579463 | Tunable nanomasks for pattern transfer and nanocluster array formation A method of manufacturing an array of nanostuctures, such as quantum dots, having a controlled diameter and a substrate with an ordered array of nanostructures having a controlled diameter. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, nanoscale features ar... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6337028 | Process of forming a pattern on a substrate A process for forming an inorganic material layer pattern on a substrate. The process includes the steps of transferring an inorganic powder dispersed paste layer supported on a support film to the surface of the substrate to form the inorganic powder dis... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6299785 | Electrode formation process A process for the preparation of an electrode, which comprises: (1) transferring a conductive paste layer supported on a base film to a substrate to form the conductive paste layer on the substrate; (2) forming a resist film on the conductive paste layer ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6277312 | In-mold decorating with laser etching An in-mold decorating and laser etching method prints a plurality of layers on a flat thin sheet plastic substrate, including combinations of opaque and colored, including translucent and smoked, forms the substrate into a contoured three dimensional work... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6254791 | Multicolored control panel A method of making an illuminate, multicolored panel, comprising the steps of fixing together an opaque layer to a clear layer to form a panel, etching a well into the opaque layer of the panel, and depositing tinted translucent material into the well.... | 07/03/2001 |
| 5916450 | Method of balancing a display panel substrate A method of balancing a display panel substrate for a backlit illuminated display includes providing a transparent display panel substrate having a front surface, a back surface, and side surfaces, the substrate being coated with a diffuse reflective laye... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5779919 | Porcelain enamel sign and method of manufacture A porcelain coated sign comprises a steel plate reverse etched to form raised indicia, including Braille, against an etched background area. The plate is coated with a porcelain slurry and fired to form a porcelainized surface. The raised indicia may be t... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5723843 | Method of forming and balancing an illuminated display panel The present invention concerns a novel method for balancing an illuminated display panel to achieve a predetermined level of illumination uniformity from indicia formed on the panel. One embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of first fabr... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5580604 | Method of manufacturing a hot-stamped decal A method of manufacturing a hot-stamped decal includes step A: preparing a metalized polyester film including a metalized layer disposed on a top surface thereof, a clear polyester sheet disposed to an under side of the metalized layer, an adhesive layer ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5405494 | Method for manufacturing discharge cathode device According to the present invention there is provided a discharge cathode device comprising: a substrate, an Al layer formed on the substrate, and a layer of hexaboride of lanthanoid or yttrium formed on the Al layer. There are also provided a method for m... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5041187 | Oximeter sensor assembly with integral cable and method of forming the same An oximeter sensory assembly (40) includes a thin elongated flexible sheet-like strip (42) having an integral end portion (44) flexibly wrapping at least partially around a human body part (26), a plurality of electrical conductors (46-50) on the strip, a... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5006212 | Methods enabling stress crack free patterning of chrome on layers of organic polymers There is disclosed a method to enable one to deposit a thin layer of chrome to a thicker layer of an organic polymer. The surface of the organic polymer has a thin layer of silicon dioxide deposited thereon and then a thicker layer of chrome is sputtered ... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4941687 | Security paper for currency and bank notes A metallized plastic strip containing security indicia is incorporated within currency paper to deter counterfeiting. The plastic strip is made difficult to detect under reflected light by selective pigmentation to match the currency inks. The presence of... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4775549 | Method of producing a substrate structure for a large size display panel and an apparatus for producing the substrate structure A method of producing a substrate structure for a large size display panel. The method involves conveying a transparent substrate from a transparent substrate storage means in a conveying path through a vacuum chamber, and while conveying the substrate, f... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4767477 | Method for manufacturing "neon look" lighting A method for manufacturing a decorative sign which simulates the appearance of neon lighting is described in which a polymeric fluorescent gel is cast upon and bonded to a panel in a "neon" shape and is luminated by exposure to an activating lamp.... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4588471 | Process for etching composite chrome layers Chrome/copper/chrome conductor arrays deposited on glass plates are etched with an aqueous acidic composition which contains an acid and a thiourea compound.... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4505685 | Method of manufacturing display structures In the manufacture of display structures--including fluorescent material displays--by means of a print process, a base material (glass or plastic material), prior to the print process, is coated with an electrically conductive layer. During the print proc... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4436776 | Process for customizing glass greeting cards and glass greeting card product A process and the resulting article for fabricating a customized glass greeting card wherein two sheets of glass with a design etched there on are each placed in a frame and hinged together on one side thereof to resemble a folded card. Unetched areas of ... | 03/13/1984 |
