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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8043550 | Manufacturing method of display device and mold therefor A method of manufacturing a display device in which a film deposited on a substrate through openings in a covering layer is easily removed from the covering layer, is described herein, includes forming a master layer having a predetermined pattern of openings on a b... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7976765 | System and methods of laser assisted field induced oxide nanopatterning A method of forming a nanoscale pattern on a substrate surface. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of providing a substrate having a surface; providing a nanoscale pattern forming device, comprising an elongated cantilever that has a tip portion proxim... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7416692 | Process and apparatus for microreplication A method of embossing a sheet material includes: heating at least a portion of the sheet directly or indirectly with radiant energy from a radiant energy source; pressing a tool against the heated portion of the sheet, thereby patterning a surface of the sheet; and ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7328497 | Incremental tuning process for electrical resonators based on mechanical motion A method is provided for adjusting the resonant frequency of a mechanical resonator whose frequency is dependent on the overall resonator thickness. Alternating selective etching is used to remove distinct adjustment layers from a top electrode. One of the electrode... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326381 | Applications of photocurable pre-ceramic polymers A process for fabricating ceramic composites employs a thermoplastic photo-curable pre-ceramic polymer in which the component is shape by a variety of standard composite fabrication techniques, such as filament winding, tape winding, and woven cloth winding. The pro... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7279346 | Method for packaging a light emitting device by one dispense then cure step followed by another Methods of packaging a semiconductor light emitting device positioned in a reflective cavity are provided. A first quantity of encapsulant material is dispensed into the reflective cavity including the light emitting device therein and the first quantity of encapsul... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7232540 | Radiation-curable coatings for plastic substrates from multifunctional acrylate oligomers The present invention relates to radiation-curable coating formulations specifically for plastic substrates. The present invention specifically relates to resinous Michael addition products of β-dicarbonyl compounds and Lewis-functional multifunctional acrylate est... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7211214 | Laser assisted direct imprint lithography In accordance with the invention, features can be directly imprinted into the surface of a solid substrate. Specifically, a substrate is directly imprinted with a desired pattern by the steps of providing a mold having a molding surface to imprint the pattern, dispo... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7191901 | Substrate container that does not degrade substrate surface Packages and methods for containing slides adapted for the attachment of biomolecules. The containers do not degrade the ability of biomolecules to attach to the surface when the slides are stored or shipped in the container. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186457 | Cellulosic composite component A component such as a siding panel comprised of a PVC/wood flour composite. Another embodiment is a component such as a siding panel that is made from a PVC/CPE/wood flour composite. The cellulosic composite may be extruded through a die and then bent into the shape... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7147967 | Cathode for metal-oxygen battery Disclosed is a cathode material for a metal-oxygen battery such as a lithium-oxygen battery. The material comprises, on a weight basis, a first component which is an oxide or a sulfide of a metal. The first component is capable of intercalating lithium, and is prese... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7094451 | Chemical functionalization of material surfaces using optical energy and chemicals A method using irradiation with optical light in the presence of a chemical dissolved in a solvent which chemical reacts with the surface in the presence of the irradiation to modify the surface (12A, 104A, 202A, 304A, 402A, 502... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7087269 | Multi-component composite membrane and method for preparing the same The present invention relates to a multi-component composite separate membrane and a method for preparing the same, and to a multi-component composite membrane comprising a support layer and active layers, wherein the support layer is located between the active laye... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7056567 | Fiber-reinforced composite structure A fiber-reinforced composite structure has two molded outer polymeric layers spaced apart from each other and defining a cavity therebetween. Each molded outer polymeric layer defines a sealing surface extending about a periphery of the respective layer, and the opp... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052762 | Low Tg multilayer optical films Multilayer optical films are comprised of materials with glass transition temperatures below room temperature ( | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048965 | Surface-covering article and methods of installing the same A surface-covering article and method of installing the same are described. The surface-covering article includes a top layer, a bottom layer, and reinforcing layer. The top layer is made of a first type of resin. The bottom layer is made of a second type of resin. ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7017352 | Cooling of extruded and compression molded materials The present invention relates to a system and a method for cooling extruded and molded materials. The present invention is especially useful to thoroughly cool an extrudate by directing a cooling fluid toward a surface of the extrudate (e.g., an interior surface tha... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7018582 | Method and apparatus for forming an article and an article formed thereby A method for forming an article in which thermoplastics materials are used as the binding agent. Materials (21) are shredded in a shredder (1), compressed in a compressing chamber (15) and moulded in a moulding chamber (16, 17, 19, 20, 26, 27... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016655 | Surface acoustic wave filter packaging A system that provides packaging for a surface acoustic wave filter in such a way that the surface acoustic wave filter is capable of integration with a number of additional electronic devices on an integrated substrate. The surface acoustic wave filter is mounted i... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6972068 | Method for the surface treatment of a fluorine resin, method for making a laminate, and a laminate The invention relates to a laminate, which has at least a portion where a fluorine resin and a crosslinking elastic adhesive body such as of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer or the like are directly bonded together and which is used as a window material of buildi... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6971211 | Cellulosic/polymer composite material The present invention is a component such as a siding panel that may be comprised of various formulations of cellulosic/polymer composite materials. One embodiment of the present invention is a siding panel that is comprised of a cellulosic/PVC composite material. T... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6971166 | Method of manufacturing a nonreciprocal device A method of manufacturing a non-reciprocal component including a casing having an input/output terminal and a ground terminal formed therein, a ferrite plate, a line conductor, and a magnet disposed in the casing, and an upper yoke and a lower yoke provided at the t... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6958185 | Multilayer synthetic wood component A multilayer synthetic wood component comprised of a layer of a first synthetic wood composition that is secured to a layer of a second synthetic wood composition. As a result, the present invention may provide a component that utilizes the beneficial characteristic... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6949217 | Use of infrared radiation in molding of protective caps The invention is a method of a sheet (134) of thermoplastic material between upper and lower molds (102, 104), heating the sheet to a plastic state using electromagnetic radiation and molding the sheet. The molds (102, 104) are preferably formed... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6893601 | Surface hardened carbon material and process of manufacturing A carbon material is formed by heat-treating a carbonaceous material in a reaction mix of oxides of boron and boron nitride in a nitrogen atmosphere to temperatures of 1600 to 2000° C. The surface of the carbonaceous material is transformed into a carbon material t... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6881373 | Windshield wiping system manufacturing method This invention relates to windshield wiper system and method which utilizes a flexible member to account for compression loads in excess of a predetermined load, such as 30 percent, greater than a maximum load for the flexible member. The system utilizes a flexible ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6866810 | Treatment of plastics containers A treatment method for the internal surface of a molded polyethylene plastics material container such as a drum, including the steps of: introducing an ionizable gas, such as argon, into the container; generating a plasma of the introduced gas by applying electric f... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6852266 | Ultrasonic assisted deposition of anti-stick films on metal oxides A method and apparatus for ultrasonic assisted deposition of a release agent onto a workpiece is disclosed. The release agent can be any fluorinated or non-fluorinated phosphorous-containing organic acid. The workpiece can be any workpiece desired to be coated with ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6838156 | Method for linking two plastic work pieces without using foreign matter The invention relates to a method for linking two adjacent plastic work pieces (2, 3). The inventive method is characterized in that the intended contact zone (K) of at least one of the two work pieces (2) with which the latter adjoins to the other wor... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6824728 | Electron beam crosslinking of polyacrylates A process for crosslinking polyacrylate compositions, wherein, by selective irradiation of the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition with electron beams, the polymer is cured only in certain structures and, as a result, structured pressure-sensitive adhesive compo... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6821446 | Removal method for coating of polymer coated glass capillary tubing and polymer coated glass capillary tubing The present invention provides a method for producing a high-quality capillary tube used in an electrophoresis apparatus in a safe and inexpensive manner. A polymer coating on a capillary tube is converted into gas and removed through an oxidative reaction with oxyg... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6814919 | Sealing device and process for manufacturing the same A radially inner surface of a sealing lip of an oil seal, is irradiated to induce a chemical reaction in the material of the sealing lip, to form hard helical portions. The hard helical portions act like a helical groove or rib to pump oil back to an oil-side for ex... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6780519 | Flame-treating process The present invention provides a method of modifying the surface of a polymeric substrate, e.g., to improve the wettability of the polymer film surface and/or alter the metal adhesion properties of the surface of the substrate by exposing the substrate to a flame. T... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6780371 | Process for inline producing biaxially oriented releasing film There is disclosed a process for inline producing a biaxially oriented releasing film by consecutively orienting a non oriented film (polyethylene terephthalate or polypropylene) in the machine or transverse direction one by one which comprises coating at least one ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6774155 | Method for treating polymer materials and products produced therefrom The invention is directed to methods for fabricating devices from polymer precursors, along with devices so fabricated. The methods of the invention include the steps of plasma treating a polymer based resin, paste, preform billet, or extrudate, and employing the tr... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6749779 | Precision integral articles This disclosure describes a processing approach for the rapid and efficient in-situ polymerization of specially prepared precursor mixtures to achieve near-net-shape production of objects/articles with exact dimensions. The process relies on the use of polymerizable... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6709714 | Method and apparatus of producing high-density polyidimide (HPI) film The present invention relates to a method of producing high-density polyidimide (HPI) films and its production equipment. The production equipment comprises a raw material supplying means, a vacuum cavity, an energy supplier, a clad laminator, and a baked solidified... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6689542 | Process for making and an article marked using a laser A process for marking which enables a colored pattern formed by at least two different and contrasting colors to be created on a dark or black surface of a rubber article, which process includes preparing a light-colored rubber composition having at least... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6646022 | Photocuring resin compositions, photocuring sheets and molded article using the same, and processes of production thereof A photocuring resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin (a-1) having a radical polymerizing unsaturated group at its side chain and a photopolymerization initiator (a-2) and substantially not including a crosslinking compound other than (a-1), a ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6605245 | Apparatus and method for continuous formation of composites having filler and thermoactive materials A method for forming a product from cellulosic material and thermoactive material is described. A mat is formed from a mixture having cellulosic material and thermoplastic material. The mat is consolidated and pressed to a final thickness. At least a port... | 08/12/2003 |
