Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128830 | Labeling an imprint lithography template Embodiments herein provide relatively permanent labeling of an imprint lithography template. The imprint lithography template generally has first and second sides, one side having a pattern to imprint a substrate and the other being optically smooth to unobstructabl... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123966 | Piezoelectric electronic component, process for producing the same, and communication apparatus A piezoelectric electronic component for use in a cellular phone or the like and capable of achieving reductions in size and profile is provided. A piezoelectric element oscillating in response to application of an input signal and outputting an output signal corres... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123967 | Method of producing an article having patterned decorative coating A method for producing an article having a decorative coating includes depositing at least a first coating layer onto at least a portion of a substrate using a physical or chemical vapor deposition method in a vacuum chamber at sub-atmospheric pressure, the first co... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7846344 | Method and device for modulating light Light in the visible spectrum is modulated using an array of modulation elements, and control circuitry connected to the array for controlling each of the modulation elements independently, each of the modulation elements having a surface which is caused to exhibit ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7807064 | Halogen-free amorphous carbon mask etch having high selectivity to photoresist In one embodiment of the present invention, a halogen-free plasma etch processes is used to define a feature in a multi-layered masking stack including an amorphous carbon layer. In a particular embodiment, oxygen (O2), nitrogen (N2), and carbo... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7632418 | Method for forming note pads with shaped edges A paper pad having a three dimensional image is disclosed wherein the faces or sides of the pad comprise a plurality of paper sheet edges formed into three dimensional surfaces extending from the common planar surface of the side or indenting into said surface. Acco... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7384568 | Method of forming a darkfield etch mask Susceptibility of darkfield etch masks (majority of the mask area is opaque) to pinhole defects, transferred pattern, non-uniformity, etc. due to ejector dropout or drop misdirection, and long duty cycles due to large-area coverage, when using digital lithography (o... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7375012 | Method of forming multilayer film This disclosure describes system(s) and/or method(s) enabling contacts for individual nanometer-scale-thickness layers of a multilayer film. ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7363705 | Method of making a contact Embodiments of the present invention are directed to the formation of microprobe tips elements having a variety of configurations. In some embodiments tips are formed from the same building material as the probes themselves, while in other embodiments the tips may b... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354521 | Method of fabricating inkjet print head using photocurable resin composition A method of fabricating an inkjet print head includes forming at least one energy generating element to eject ink on a substrate. A chamber layer and a nozzle layer are formed on the substrate, wherein the nozzle layer has a nozzle corresponding to the energy genera... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7334317 | Method of forming magnetoresistive junctions in manufacturing MRAM cells A method of forming a magnetoresistive junction in a process of manufacturing a magnetoresistive memory cell includes providing a semiconductor substrate having at least one via contact layer on a main surface thereof, depositing a layered structure of magnetoresist... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7326446 | Method for coating metal surfaces and substrate having a coated metal surface A process for producing a coated substrate or a product having a coated substrate is provided. The process includes coating at least one metallic surface with a glass, the substrate being coated with an evaporation-coating glass at least on the metallic surface.... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326097 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing image displaying apparatus A method and an apparatus of manufacturing an image displaying apparatus including an electron source substrate and a phosphor substrate. The electron source substrate is provided with an electron emitting element formed by covering with a container and by applying ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323249 | Methods of obtaining photoactive coatings and/or anatase crystalline phase of titanium oxides and articles made thereby A method of making a photoactive coating includes depositing a first coating material containing zirconium oxide over at least a portion of a substrate and depositing a second coating material containing titanium oxide over at least a portion of the first coating ma... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323408 | Metal barrier cap fabrication by polymer lift-off A new method is provided for the creation of copper interconnects. A pattern of copper interconnects is created, a protective layer of semiconductor material is deposited over the surface of the created copper interconnects. The protective layer is patterned and etc... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323699 | Apparatus and method for modifying an object A method and apparatus includes positioning a reactant on a surface in specific location and then directing an energy source from a device at the reactant such that it modifies the surface to either remove material or add material. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323113 | Pattern transfer with self-similar sacrificial mask layer and vector magnetic field sensor A method is provided for producing a lithographic pattern using a mask that includes the same materials as the material to be etched, allowing the pattern to be transferred and the etch mask to be removed in one step. In accordance with features of the invention, th... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320283 | Nanoprinting method Patterns of nanometer and micrometer dimensions are printed on a substrate by first forming a solution or suspension of a liquid and a printing material and then applying a layer of the solution or suspension to the substrate. Then, without applying pressure, a stam... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316783 | Method of wiring formation and method for manufacturing electronic components A method of wiring formation includes forming a feeder film partially on a substrate, forming on the substrate a plating base film via a physical film making method so that the plate base film partially overlaps the feeder film, forming a plated wiring on the platin... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316784 | Method of patterning transparent conductive film, thin film transistor substrate using the same and fabricating method thereof A method of patterning a transparent conductive film adaptive for selectively etching a transparent conductive film without any mask processes, a thin film transistor for a display device using the same and a fabricating method thereof are disclosed. In the method o... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313857 | Method of manufacturing a magneto-resistive device A method of manufacturing a magneto-resistive device is provided for reducing a degradation in device characteristics due to annealing. The method includes the steps of depositing constituent layers, which make up a magneto-resistive layer on a base, patterning one ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311850 | Method of forming patterned thin film and method of fabricating micro device In a method of forming a patterned thin film, first, an etching stopper film and a film to be patterned are formed in this order on a base layer. Next, a patterned first film is formed on the film to be patterned. Next, a second film is formed over an entire surface... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7291282 | Method of fabricating a mold for imprinting a structure The present invention provides a method of fabricating an imprint mold for molding a structure. The method includes directing a first and a second flux for forming a first material and a second material, respectively, to a substrate to form a layered structure havin... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7273812 | Microprobe tips and methods for making Embodiments of the present invention are directed to the formation of microprobe tips elements having a variety of configurations. In some embodiments tips are formed from the same building material as the probes themselves, while in other embodiments the tips may b... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270758 | Method to improve ability to perform CMP-assisted liftoff for trackwidth definition A method is presented for fabricating a read head having a read head sensor and a hard bias/lead layer which includes depositing a strip of sensor material in a sensor material region, and depositing strips of fast-milling dielectric material in first and second fas... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7256435 | Multilevel imprint lithography A mold with a protruding pattern is provided that is pressed into a thin polymer film via an imprinting process. Controlled connections between nanowires and microwires and other lithographically-made elements of electronic circuitry are provided. An imprint stamp i... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7244368 | Manufacturing process of a magnetic head, magnetic head, pattern formation method A manufacturing method of a magnetic head includes a process for forming a lift-off mask pattern on a magnetoresistance effect element, such that the upper part of the lift-off mask pattern is larger in size than the lower part, a process for forming a couple of ele... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7235141 | Lift-off method and chemical liquid tank A lift-off procedure is provided which enables prevention of damage to a wiring pattern caused by contact of a metal being peeled off from a wafer with a wiring pattern at a time of lift-off procedure. A wafer having a surface on which a pattern is formed which cont... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234985 | Method for manufacturing an electric emitting device with first and second carbon films An electron-emitting device comprises a pair of electrodes and an electroconductive film arranged between the electrodes and including an electron-emitting region carrying a graphite film. The graphite film shows, in a Raman spectroscopic analysis using a laser ligh... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7226331 | Electron source manufacturing apparatus and electron source manufacturing method In an electron source manufacturing apparatus, the quantity of heat generated from an electron source substrate is measured. A temperature of a support member for the electron source substrate is controlled based on the measured quantity of heat generated. A variati... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220604 | Method and apparatus for repairing shape, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device using those The invention relates to a method for enabling repair of a defect in a substrate, particularly the invention provides a method and apparatus for enabling repair of a pattern shape in a semiconductor device, which has not been able to be practiced because of lack of ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7195715 | Method for manufacturing quartz oscillator A method for manufacturing quartz oscillators is provided which permits quartz oscillators having an oscillation frequency, as designed, to be obtained with small variation of individual oscillation frequency and with high reliability. The method for manufacturing q... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192890 | Depositing an oxide A dielectric deposited on a substrate may be exposed to a salt solution. While exposed to the salt solution, an oxide is deposited on the dielectric. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189638 | Method for manufacturing metal structure using trench A method for manufacturing a metal structure using a trench includes etching a semiconductor substrate to form a trench, depositing a seed layer over the semiconductor substrate including in the trench, stacking an insulating layer over the seed layer, removing a po... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189427 | Manufacturing method of an image forming apparatus This invention provides an electron source manufacturing apparatus which can be easily downsized and operated. The electron source manufacturing apparatus includes a support member for supporting a substrate (10) having a conductor (11), a vessel (1... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7178222 | Method of manufacturing a tunneling magnetoresistive element Insulating layers are formed on both sides of a multilayer film, and bias layers are formed in contact with at least portions of both end surfaces of a free magnetic layer. The bias layers are formed so as not to extend to the upper surface of the multilayer film. I... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168155 | Method of manufacturing an integrated thin film head A method of manufacturing an integrated thin film head comprises, in order to prevent short-circuit among the lead layer, upper lead layer and shield layers, a lower shield layer formed on a substrate, a lower readgap layer formed on the lower shield layer, an MR se... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7151005 | Electrifying method and manufacturing method of electron-source substrate A method according to the present invention is for electrifying a plurality of electric conductors arranged on a substrate including the step of setting an average temperature difference during electrifying processing between a region S0 in that the plura... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7129590 | Stencil and method for depositing material onto a substrate A stencil and method for depositing a coupon of underfill material onto a substrate that is to receive an integrated circuit die. ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7118680 | Self-alignment scheme for enhancement of CPP-GMR A method for fabricating a current-perpendicular-to-plane (CPP) giant magnetoresistive (GMR) sensor of the synthetic spin valve type is provided, the method including an electron-beam lithographic process employing both primary and secondary electron absorption and ... | 10/10/2006 |
