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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187519 | Process for making a die by laser engraving and using the die for the production of a surface-structed coating The invention relates to a process for the production of a die for the production of a surface-structured coating which can be bonded to a sheet-like substrate, in particular a leather or a textile material, and which is formed by application of a liquid plastic mat... | 05/29/2012 |
| RE43400 | Laser segmented cutting, multi-step cutting, or both UV laser cutting throughput through silicon and like materials is improved by dividing a long cut path (112) into short segments (122), from about 10 μm to 1 mm. The laser output (32) is scanned within a first short segment (122) for a p... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178028 | Laser patterning of nanostructure-films A novel nanostructure-film patterning method is discussed, wherein a laser is employed to etch a nanostructure-film. The laser may be a solid state UV laser, and the nanostructure-film may be patterned while mounted and moving on a roll-to-roll apparatus. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8124000 | Substrate manufacturing method including protrusion removing step A method for removing and modifying a protrusion by using a short pulse laser is provided for modifying a color filter. In a color filter modifying method, a transparent substrate (2) is scanned with a beam in a parallel direction, while irradiating a protrus... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8105526 | Method for making a forming structure A method for making a forming structure. The steps of the method include providing a forming unit, providing a backing film, providing a foraminous element, employing liquid photosensitive resin to form the forming structure, and laser machining a plurality of gener... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8092739 | Retro-percussive technique for creating nanoscale holes A method of forming extremely small pores in glass or a similar substrate, useful, for example, in patch clamp applications, that employs a backer plate to contain energy of a laser-induced ablation through the front surface of the substrate so as to create a rear s... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8057729 | Method for making a forming structure A method for making a forming structure. In one embodiment the method comprises the steps of (a) providing a base material having a thickness; (b) providing a laser source; (c) laser etching a plurality of spaced-apart apertures, each aperture extending through the ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7985367 | Method for producing active glass nanoparticles by laser ablation A method for producing active glass nanoparticles that exhibit upconversion is described. The method employs pulsed-laser ablation of an active glass substrate using, for example, a high repetition rate ultra-short pulse duration laser under normal atmospheric condi... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7976764 | Invisible laser weakening in composite material A method for the introduction of at least one locally limited weakening into a decorative composite, in particular for use in an automotive vehicle, by way of a plurality of laser beams, is disclosed. The decorative composite includes at least one decorative substra... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972552 | Method to locate and eliminate manufacturing defects in a quartz resonator gyro A method for locating and eliminating defects on a substrate wafer includes illuminating a top surface of the substrate wafer with a first illumination source, illuminating a bottom surface of the substrate wafer with a second illumination source, forming an image o... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7968039 | Method of producing pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet To produce a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet according to which air entrapment and blistering can be prevented or eliminated through through-holes, and yet the through-holes are not readily visible at a substrate surface, a pressure-sensitive adhesive surface of a... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7931849 | Non-destructive laser optical integrated circuit package marking A method is provided for laser optically marking integrated circuit (IC) packages in a non-destructive manner. The method provides an IC die encapsulated as a package in a compound of glass spheres and epoxy. An acute angle is defined between a laser optical path an... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931850 | Nanometer-scale ablation using focused, coherent extreme ultraviolet/soft x-ray light Ablation of holes having diameters as small as 82 nm and having clean walls was obtained in a poly(methyl methacrylate) on a silicon substrate by focusing pulses from a Ne-like Ar, 46.9 nm wavelength, capillary-discharge laser using a freestanding Fresnel zone plate... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7919036 | Process for producing a preweakened automotive interior trim piece for covering an air bag installation in an automotive vehicle A process for preweakening the inside of an automotive trim piece cover layer of various constructions by use of a laser beam so as to enable formation of an air bag deployment opening in the trim piece formed at the time the air bag deploys. The laser beam impinges... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7842223 | Plasma process for removing excess molding material from a substrate A method for removing thin layers of a two-component molding material from areas on a substrate. The method includes using a plasma formed using a first gas mixture for removing one component of the molding material and a plasma formed using a different second gas m... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7837925 | Method for laser drilling a component made of a ceramic matrix composite, the method including a step of trepanning and a step of removing slag by enlarging the laser beam, hold obtained by this method, component made of a ceramic matrix composite containing it, and turbojet comprising such a component A method of drilling holes in a component made of a ceramic matrix composite with a laser beam. The method includes: a percussion first step during which an initial hole having an initial diameter and a hole axis is drilled; a trepanning second step during which an ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7833463 | System and method for removing an organic film from a selected portion of an implantable medical device using an infrared laser In one embodiment, a method of removing an organic film from a selected portion of an implantable medical device includes: selecting a portion of an implantable medical device from which to remove an organic film comprising a silane primer and a polymer of para-xyly... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7790092 | Flow fill manufacturing of solid ink sticks with top surface conditioning A system is provided for forming solid ink sticks comprising a molten ink delivery station for introducing molten ink material into a forming tub to form a solid ink stick. The forming tub includes an open top for receiving the molten ink material and a cavity defin... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7771646 | Laser-markable molding compositions, moldings prepared using the same and methods of marking such moldings Laser-markable molding compositions, molding produced therewith and method of marking the same, wherein the molding compositions comprise: (a) at least one semicrystalline thermoplastic; and (b) at least one particulate additive selected from the group consisting of... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7736576 | Surface modified expanded polytetrafluoroethylene devices and methods of producing the same Improved processes for surface treating expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is disclosed and improved surface-treated devices made from the processes. The processes employ a laser to surface-modify an expanded PTFE structure to create a macro-roughened surface t... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7700032 | Formation of microspheres through laser irradiation of a surface A laser ablation process is applied to a semiconductor substrate causing the semiconductor material surface and subsurface to be superheated to the point where material is ablated from the material substrate. Optional subsequent laser pulse(s) liquefy the particles,... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7670540 | Apparatus for manufacturing balloon catheter and method the same Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for manufacturing a balloon catheter in which a non-contact type laser perforator and printer are separately provided above a primary extruder such that inflation apertures can be uniformly perforated through a non-vulcan... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7622070 | Method of manufacturing an implantable polymeric medical device A polymeric tube is positioned on a polymeric mandrel and then laser cut to form an implantable medical device, such as a stent. The method reduces contamination of the inner surface of the stent, which would be caused if conventional glass or metal mandrels are use... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7608214 | Laser beam machining method To provide a laser processing method which can highly accurately cut a planar object to be processed having an irregular surface as an entrance surface for processing laser light. This laser processing method irradiates a planar object to be processed with la... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7473387 | Method of and apparatus for forming nozzles A nozzle in a nozzle plate for an inkjet printhead is formed by directing a laser beam at a nozzle plate. Accurate control of the divergence of the beam is achieved by splitting the beam into sub-beams, each sub-beam having divergence with an origin lying apart from... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7442303 | Microporous filter membrane, method of making microporous filter membrane and separator employing microporous filter membranes A filter membrane, methods of making such filter membrane and apparatus employing such filter membrane are disclosed, in which the filter membrane is a monolithic polymeric membrane that includes a polymeric filter layer including a micron-scale precision-shaped por... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7429349 | Method of perforating a flat film based on collagen The object of the invention is a multi-perforated collagen film provided on rolls or in the form of sheets, for use as a food wrapping in food industry, comprising perforations by means of laser of substantially circular shape with an average ellipticity of less tha... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7396494 | Oriented graphite film, methods of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same Disclosed herein is a composite film comprising an organic polymer film; the organic polymer film having an elastic modulus of less than or equal to about 105 gigapascals when measured at room temperature; and a bundle of carbon fibers disposed in the org... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7371562 | Guided mode resonant filter biosensor using a linear grating surface structure Methods and compositions are provided for detecting biomolecular interactions. The use of labels is not required and the methods can be performed in a high-throughput manner. The invention also provides optical devices useful as narrow band filters. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365941 | Optical recording head including an optical resonant cavity An optical recording head including a media heating device to write and read data to a heat sensitive optical media disk. The media heating device includes an optical energy resonant cavity that produces a high intensity near-field optical spot of subwavelength dime... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361204 | Generator for flux specific bursts of nano-particles Methods, systems and apparatus for producing a variable, known number of nanoparticles of various materials in an expanding mist in a vacuum or enclosure. The configurations allow for this mist of small particles to be produced in bursts, at repetition rates over a ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361015 | Clamp device and clamp method for heat-treated article A heat treatment operation can be executed, suppressing a wave-shaped deformation at a non heat-treatment region of an article to be heat treated. To an elongated-shaped article to be heat treated to which a raised portion extending in the longitudinal direct... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7348517 | Laser cutting apparatus with a high quality laser beam A laser cutting apparatus capable of properly cutting a workpiece having a large thickness with a laser beam. The laser cutting apparatus includes a gas laser oscillator; and an optical system including a collective lens and transmitting and collecting a laser beam ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344671 | Optical sealing clamp and a method for sealing and cutting polymeric sheets with a laser The invention is specially directed towards intermittent motion packaging machines where the packages are momentarily immobilized at a forming station for the time duration of the package sealing and cutting. The polymeric sheets or films are sealed and cut after be... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7335391 | Method for coating implantable devices A method of forming a coating for an implantable medical device, such as a stent, is provided which includes applying a composition to the device in an environment having a selected pressure. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329363 | Method of forming a hydrophobic coating layer on a surface of a nozzle plate for an ink-jet printhead A method of forming a hydrophobic coating layer on a surface of a nozzle plate for an ink-jet printhead includes preparing a nozzle plate having a nozzle, forming a metal layer on a surface of the nozzle plate, forming a material layer covering the metal layer, sele... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329413 | Coatings for drug delivery devices having gradient of hydration and methods for fabricating thereof Coatings for implantable medical devices, and methods for fabricating thereof, are provided. The coatings include a first polymer layer and a second polymer layer, where the second polymer has a higher degree of hydration than the first polymer. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328080 | Manufacturing methods and systems for rapid production of hearing-aid shells Methods, apparatus and computer program products provide efficient techniques for designing and printing shells of hearing-aid devices with a high degree of quality assurance and reliability and with a reduced number of manual and time consuming production steps and... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325916 | Method and apparatus for making signs An apparatus for digitally generating an image includes a printer for generating a desired image either on a final substrate or a carrier sheet with the image then being transferred from the carrier sheet onto the final substrate. The generated image is “built upâ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327454 | Method and apparatus for detecting biomolecular interactions Method and apparatus for detecting biomolecular interactions. The use of labels is not required and the methods may be performed in a high-throughput manner. An apparatus for detecting biochemical interactions occurring on the surface of a biosensor includes a light... | 02/05/2008 |
