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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8173205 | Method for fabricating ZnO thin films Disclosed is a method for fabricating ZnO thin films using a ZnO precursor solution containing zinc hydroxide nitrate (Zn5(OH)8(NO3)2.2H2O) as a zinc supplier. The ZnO thin film is fabricated by using a simple a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8067058 | Method for producing battery electrode and apparatus for producing battery electrode The amount of a paint for forming a porous heat-resistant layer supplied to the outer surface of a gravure roll is adjusted by removing the paint with a blade that is disposed so as to contact the outer surface. A resin blade is used, and the position at which the r... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8029852 | Contact printing oxide-based electrically active micro-features Contact printing can be used to form electrically active micro-features on a substrate. An ink formulation containing an oxide precursor is used to form the micro-features, which are heat cured to form oxides. Various precursors are illustrated which can be used to ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8017179 | Coatings for implantable electrodes A method includes sandblasting an electrode surface, applying a conductive oxide precursor solution to the electrode surface, and heating the electrode for at least 5 minutes at a temperature between 350 degrees C. and 550 degrees C. to convert the precursor solutio... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8017178 | Coatings for implantable electrodes A method includes sandblasting an electrode surface, applying a conductive oxide precursor solution to the electrode surface, and heating the electrode for at least 5 minutes at a temperature between 350 degrees C. and 550 degrees C. to convert the precursor solutio... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7887879 | Coating solution for forming high dielectric constant thin film and method for forming dielectric thin film using the same Disclosed herein are a coating solution for the formation of a dielectric thin film and a method for the formation of a dielectric thin film using the coating solution. The coating solution comprises a titanium alkoxide, a β-diketone or its derivative, and a benzoi... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7838066 | Ferroelectric media with robust servo marks and storage areas with low leakage current A single annealing process simultaneously creates local areas of ferroelectric imprint that can be used as markers, and areas with low leakage current that exhibit ideal symmetric switching on ferroelectric recording media. ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7829137 | Fabricating dielectric layer A composition for forming a dielectric layer includes a liquid organometallic compound serving as a precursor with high dielectric constant, a photo-sensitive polymer or a non-photo-sensitive polymer and a solvent, wherein the liquid organometallic compound includes... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7704549 | Nanomaterials of composite metal oxides Exchangeable metal ions are removed from an amorphous composite metal oxide and different metal ions are introduced to manufacture a nanomaterial of composite metal oxide. Based on this method, it is possible to reliably form composite metal oxide nanomaterials over... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7662431 | Method of preparing a tin oxide layer Tin oxide having high mobility and a low electron concentration, and methods for producing layers of the tin oxide layers on a substrate by atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition (APCVD) are disclosed. The tin oxide may undoped polycrystalline n-type tin oxi... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7608294 | Transparent substrate with transparent conductive film, method of manufacturing the same, and photoelectric conversion element including the substrate The present invention provides a transparent substrate with a transparent conductive film that is thin but has a surface with concavities and convexities of increased height. A manufacturing method of the present invention includes a process of forming a transparent... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7527822 | Ferroelectric thin film formation composition, ferroelectric thin film and method of fabricating ferroelectric thin film Provided are a ferroelectric thin film formation composition, a ferroelectric thin film and a method of fabricating a ferroelectric thin film, the ferroelectric thin film formation composition being capable of effectively preventing occurrence of a striation and exp... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7431960 | Photocatalyst coating method and photocatalyst coated article produced by such method Occurrence of a powder dust explosion is prevented in a photocatalyst coating method of forming a titania layer by injection of titanium powder. Powder of titanium or titanium alloy is injected on a surface of a product to be treated composed of metallic product, ce... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431966 | Atomic layer deposition method of depositing an oxide on a substrate The invention includes atomic layer deposition methods of depositing an oxide on a substrate. In one implementation, a substrate is positioned within a deposition chamber. A first species is chemisorbed onto the substrate to form a first species monolayer within the... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427435 | Coating composition for adhering metallized layers to polymeric films A metallized film and a process for making the film are disclosed. In general, the metallized film includes a polymeric film layer that is coated with a polyester coating composition. A metal layer is then formed on top of the polyester coating. The polyester coatin... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7416688 | Transparent conductive pigments Disclosed are transparent conductive pigments of flake-form substrates coated with a conductive layer, where the number-weighted mean particle area F50 of the transparent conductive pigments is greater than or equal to 150 μm2, and processes f... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7407717 | Protective coating for substrates that are subjected to high temperatures and method for producing said coating A method is disclosed for producing a protective coating on a chromium oxide-forming substrate, which comprises the steps of: (a) applying on the chromium-oxide-forming substrate having at least one alloying addition selected from ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405143 | Method for fabricating a seed layer The present invention produces a seed layer for the deposition of copper for metallizing integrated circuits. A diffusion barrier is deposited upon the wafer. In one embodiment of the invention, a metal oxide layer is then formed on the diffusion barrier. The oxidiz... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7390731 | Method of depositing an oxide layer on a substrate and a photovoltaic cell using said substrate The process according to the invention makes it possible to deposit a transparent conductive oxide film on a toughened glass substrate placed inside a chamber. It consists in providing sources containing an oxygen-based liquid compound, a liquid compound of the meta... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390582 | Method for producing a protective coating for substrates that are subjected to high temperatures and form chromium oxide A method is disclosed for producing a protective coating on a chromium oxide forming substrate, in which on a surface of the chromium oxide forming substrate, a mixture of CoO, MnO, and CuO in suspension is applied, or a powdered CoO, MnO, and CuO is applied to said... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7368343 | Low leakage MIM capacitor Capacitor structures for use in integrated circuits and methods of their manufacture. The capacitor structures include a bottom electrode, a top electrode and a dielectric layer interposed between the bottom electrode and the top electrode. The capacitor structures ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368298 | Method of manufacturing ferroelectric semiconductor device An Ir film, an IrOx film, a Pt film, a PtO film and a Pt film are formed, and thereafter a PLZT film is formed. Then, heat treatment at 600° C. or lower is performed by the RTA method in an atmosphere containing Ar and O2 to thereby crystalliz... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7354733 | Method for sorting and separating living cells We disclose methods of sorting or separating mixtures of living cells (e.g., eukaryotic, prokaryotic, mammalian, pathogenic, bacterial, viral, etc.). We perform our methods by activating cell-selective photophoric labels, which photosensitize and chemically reduce a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352273 | Chip resistor The invention relates to a method of making a chip resistor using a material substrate for which are set a plurality of first cutting lines extending in a first direction and a plurality of second cutting lines extending in a second direction perpendicular to the fi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351285 | Method and system for forming a variable thickness seed layer A method and system for forming a variable thickness seed layer on a substrate for a subsequent metal electrochemical plating process, where the seed layer thickness profile improves uniformity of the electroplated metal layer compared to when using a constant thick... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349144 | Exterior electrochromic reflective mirror element for a vehicular rearview mirror assembly An exterior electrochromic reflective mirror element for a vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly comprises an electrochromic cross-linked polymeric solid film disposed between a first substrate and a second substrate. The electrochromic cross-linked polymeric ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343654 | Method of manufacturing a piezoelectric element and a liquid ink jet head Provided are a piezoelectric element, a method of manufacturing the same, and a liquid jet head, which can improve, and homogenize, characteristics of a piezoelectric layer. Included are: a step of forming a seed titanium layer interposed therebetween, the seed tita... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341757 | Polymer nanotechnology Size-confined nanocomposite powders and methods for their manufacture are provided by coating fine powders with a nanoscale powder of a different composition. The nanocomposite plastics offer performance characteristics approaching those of metals and alloys. The na... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338582 | Method for manufacturing manganese oxide nanostructure and oxygen reduction electrode using said manganese oxide nanostructure It is an object of the present invention to provide an oxygen reduction electrode having excellent oxygen reduction catalysis ability. In a method of manufacturing a manganese oxide nanostructure having excellent oxygen reduction catalysis ability and composed of se... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335620 | Photocatalytic powder, photocatalytic slurry, and polymer composition, coating agent, photocatalytic functional molded article and photocatalytic functional structure using the powder An object of the present invention is to provide a photocatalytic powder containing titanium dioxide fine particles containing an anionically active substance, where the electrokinetic potential of the fine particle is from about −100 to 0 mV in an aqueous environ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328490 | Method for manufacturing a liquid jetting head A method for manufacturing a liquid jetting head includes manufacturing a piezoelectric element having consistently high piezoelectric characteristics that obtains a degree of orientation that is suitable for a piezoelectric thin film, that is stable, and that has g... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330299 | Optical amplifying arrangement using carbon nanotubes A method of using a carbon nanotube assembly comprising: arranging a signal responsive array of nanotubes on a substrate, and heterodyning a signal processed by the array of nanotubes on the substrate. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326498 | Method for preparing positive active material for rechargeable lithium battery and positive active material prepared by same Disclosed is a method of preparing a positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery including adding first and second compounds to a solvent to prepare an acidic solution with a pH from 0.01 to 3, the first compound including an element that is capable ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318955 | Thermal barrier coating with modulated grain structure and method therefor Thermal barrier coating (TBC) and a method of depositing a TBC having a modulated columnar microstructure that exhibits increased impact resistance. The TBC is deposited to have a columnar microstructure in which columns extend from a substrate surface. The columns ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316865 | Active material for lithium secondary battery and method of preparing active material A process of manufacturing a positive active material for a lithium secondary battery includes preparing a coating-element-containing organic suspension by adding a coating-element source to an organic solvent, adding water to the suspension to prepare a coating liq... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315336 | Stress seal for touchscreen systems A touchscreen system is provided that incorporates a simplified sealing system around the bezel. The touchscreen system includes a planar touchscreen coupled to a display device having a planar display surface, the touchscreen having a touch sensitive region on a to... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310862 | Method for manufacturing a piezoelectric device A method is provided for effectively manufacturing a piezoelectric device equipped with a piezoelectric film with a crystal orientation that is aligned in a desired direction. An interlayer which partially has a layer formed by an ion beam assisted laser ablation me... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311840 | Inorganic ion exchangers for removing contaminant metal ions from liquid streams The invention relates to processes and compositions for at least partially removing cations of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of caesium, strontium, lead, silver, transition metals, lanthanides and actinides from a liquid containing the cation... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310874 | Method for manufacturing a potassium niobate deposited body A potassium niobate deposited body includes a substrate, an electrode layer formed above the substrate, and a potassium niobate layer formed above the electrode layer. The potassium niobate layer can include a domain that epitaxially grows in a (110) or (001) orient... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311947 | Laser assisted material deposition A method of forming a film on a substrate includes activating a gas precursor to form a material on the substrate by irradiating the gas precursor with electromagnetic energy at a frequency tuned to an absorption frequency of the gas precursor. ... | 12/25/2007 |
