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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8039047 | Coating for permanent hydrophilization of surfaces, and its use A coating for permanent hydrophilization of surfaces and its use are provided. The coating is made of nano-scale particles having hydrophilic side chains, which can be sintered. The coating may be made of 10 to 90% inorganic structures, 5 to 70% hydrophilic side cha... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8003164 | Method of making a scratch-and etch-resistant coated glass article A method of making a scratch resistant coated article which is also resistant to attacks by at least some fluorine-inclusive etchant(s) for at least a period of time is provided. In certain example embodiments, an anti-etch layer(s) is provided on a glass substrate ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7964238 | Method of making coated article including ion beam treatment of metal oxide protective film A method of making a heat treated (HT) coated article to be used in shower door applications, window applications, or any other suitable applications where transparent coated articles are desired. For example, certain embodiments of this invention relate to a method... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7939129 | Deposition of iron oxide coatings on a glass substrate A method is defined for producing an iron oxide coating on a glass article. The article is preferably for use as an architectural glazing. The method includes providing a heated glass substrate having a surface on which the coating is to be deposited. Ferrocene and ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7846492 | Photocatalytic window and method of making same Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to a photocatalytic coated article and a method of making the same. In certain example embodiments, a coated article includes a zirconium nitride and/or oxide inclusive layer before heat treatment (HT). The coated... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7842338 | Methods of obtaining photoactive coatings and/or anatase crystalline phase of titanium oxides 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... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7833574 | Method of making heat treated coated article using diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating and protective film A method of making a heat treated (HT) coated article to be used in shower door applications, window applications, or any other suitable applications where transparent coated articles are desired. For example, certain embodiments of this invention relate to a method... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7758915 | Low-emissivity coating having low solar reflectance The invention provides low solar reflectance, low-emissivity coatings. The invention also provides a pane bearing a low solar reflectance, low-emissivity coating. Further, the invention provides an insulating glass unit comprising first and second panes held in a sp... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7736692 | Process for applying an adhesion primer to a window A process for applying an adhesion primer to a window. The process includes the steps of directing light (11) onto the window (10) to illuminate a portion (13) of the window and then applying an adhesion primer along the illuminated portion of t... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7670641 | Coatings having low emissivity and low solar reflectance The invention provides low solar reflectance, low-emissivity coatings. The invention provides a monolithic pane bearing a low solar reflectance, low-emissivity coating. Further, the invention provides an insulating glass unit bearing a low solar reflectance, low-emi... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7537801 | Heat treatable coated article with diamond-like carbon (DLC) and/or zirconium in coating In certain example embodiments, a coated article includes a zirconium nitride inclusive layer before heat treatment (HT). The coated article is heat treated sufficiently to cause the zirconium nitride based layer to transform into a zirconium oxide based layer that ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7501148 | Method of making heat treatable coated article with diamond-like carbon (DLC) and/or zirconium in coating In certain example embodiments, a coated article includes respective layers including hydrogenated diamond-like carbon (DLC) and zirconium nitride before heat treatment (HT). During HT, the hydrogenated DLC acts as a fuel which upon combustion with oxygen produces c... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7488511 | Method of manufacturing tetrafluorethylene perfluoromethyl vinyl ether copolymer coated glass A method for coating glass, and specifically for manufacturing perfluoroalkoxy copolymer coated glass and tetrafluoroethylene perfluoromethyl vinyl ether copolymer coated glass. The method includes placing a glass substrate on an electrically grounded support and cl... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7413768 | Protective layers for sputter coated article and method for making sputter coated articles The present invention provides is a method of making an infrared reflective coated article, including the steps of: providing a substrate; depositing a first dielectric layer over at least a portion of the substrate, the layer comprising a first zinc stannate film d... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7413832 | Method of producing a glass substrate for a mask blank, method of producing a mask blank, and method of producing a transfer mask In a method of producing a glass substrate for a mask blank, a surface of the glass substrate is polished by the use of a polishing liquid having a pH value between 7.0 and 7.6 that contains abrasive grains, and the abrasive grains include colloidal silica abrasive ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7413600 | Composition for opaque coating, lamp with coating, and method of manufacture A composition for the manufacture of an opaque silvery coating on a glass surface is provided. The composition comprises a mixture of at least two metal powders. The metal powder mixture contains carbonyl iron and aluminum, and a carrier liquid for forming a suspens... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7399498 | Material composition for producing optical waveguide and method for producing optical waveguide A transparent vessel is filled with a mixture solution containing a first photo-curable resin of a low refractive index and a second photo-curable resin of a high refractive index different in curing mechanism. When light at a wavelength capable of curing the first ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7393557 | Flexible electrically conductive film An electrically conductive film contains electrically connected first and second visible light-transmissive metal or metal alloy layers separated by a visible light-transmissive crosslinked polymeric layer. The film can be joined or laminated into glazing (especiall... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390531 | Method for producing a tool which can be used to create surface structures in the sub-μm range The invention is a method for producing a tool which can be used to create optically active surface structures in the sub-μm range, having a support surface onto which relief surface structures are applied over the support surface by means of material deposition. T... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390533 | Automated priming station The automated system includes a fluid dispenser having an applicator tip which is used to apply a fluid to an object. A compliance mechanism is utilized to assist in maintaining the applicator tip of the fluid dispenser in contact with the object during the coating ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7381444 | Color filter manufacturing method and apparatus, ink-jet device, color filter, display device, and apparatus having display device A color filter manufacturing apparatus of this invention includes a plurality of ink-jet heads (120a, 120b, 120c) each having a first ink discharging nozzle group (108) in which the pitch of a plurality of ink dischar... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378150 | Process for preparing polymeric films useful for blocking the transmission of near infra red light The present invention is an infra red (IR)-blocking coating and a process for applying the IR-blocking coating onto the surface of a polymer. The process comprises the steps of dispersing an IR-blocking material in a mixture of solvent comprising a dissolved polymer... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7361404 | Coated article with removable protective coating and related methods A coated article is disclosed. The coated article of the invention includes a substrate having a surface and a removable protective coating comprising up to 100 weight percent of a carbon-containing material deposited over at least a portion of the substrate, where ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7329433 | Shippable heat-treatable sputter coated article and method of making same The present invention provides a method of making a coated article, including the steps of: (A) providing a substrate; (B) depositing one or more dielectric layers over the substrate, the dielectric layers comprising: (i) a first dielectric film having at least one ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7323088 | Glazing panels A method of manufacturing a glazing panel comprises the steps of: a) taking a glazing panel having on one of its surfaces (i) a substantially transparent coating layer having a transformable portion, and (ii) an enamel material associated with the transformable port... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323217 | Method for making an optical interference type reflective panel An optical-interference type reflective panel and a method for making the same are disclosed, wherein the display panel has a substrate on which multiple supporting layers are firstly formed. Then, a plurality of first conductive optical film stacks, spacing layers ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7307772 | Hybrid process for depositing electrochromic coating A method of producing an electrochromic device, includes the steps of: providing a first electron conducting layer on a substrate, providing a working electrode in communication with the first electron conducting layer, providing an ion conducting layer in communica... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7294365 | Method for photocatalytically rendering a surface of a substrate superhydrophilic, a substrate with superhydrophilic photocatalytic surface, and method of making thereof A method of preventing or reducing fogging of a surface of a composite when subjected to humid conditions includes providing a composite with a surface. The composite includes a substrate and a photocatalytic surface layer. The photocatalytic surface layer includes ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288346 | Color filter and production method thereof The main object of the present invention is to provide a production method of a color filter for producing a color filter with the defects generated in the colored layer repaired highly precisely, and a high quality color filter with the defects generated in the col... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270846 | Color filter manufacturing method and apparatus, ink-jet device, color filter, display device, and apparatus having display device A method of manufacturing a color filter having a plurality of colored pixels on a substrate by discharging an ink from an ink-jet head having a plurality of ink discharging nozzles while performing relative movement of the ink-jet head and the substrate, includes t... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264741 | Coater having substrate cleaning device and coating deposition methods employing such coater A coater having a substrate cleaning device is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of processing substrates in a coater equipped with a substrate cleaning device. The substrate cleaning device comprises an ion gun (i.e., an ion source) that is positioned beneath a... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258894 | Apparatus and method for dispensing liquid crystal material A liquid crystal material dispensing apparatus includes a spacer height measuring unit for measuring a height of a spacer on a substrate, and a liquid crystal material dispensing system for determining an amount of the liquid crystal material to be dispensed on the ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7247350 | Solvent-poor sol-gel-systems The invention relates to a method for the production of low solvent sol-gel systems, comprising the following steps: (a) hydrolysis or condensation of a silane and/or an alkoxide and/or several alkoxides of Al, Ce, Ga, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb and Ta, (b) addition ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241480 | Laminate improving slippage of hardcoat layer There is provided a laminate comprising a hard coat layer having the outermost surface to which slipperiness has been imparted. The laminate comprises a transparent substrate and a hard coat layer provided on said transparent substrate. The hard coat layer is... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241506 | Corrosion-resistant low-emissivity coatings A corrosion-resistant low-emissivity coating is provided. The low-emissivity coating comprises, in sequence outwardly, a corrosion-resistant inner infrared-reflective layer, a transparent dielectric middle coat, and an outer infrared-reflective layer. The outer infr... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238262 | System and method of coating substrates and assembling devices having coated elements A system and method of coating curved substrates and assembling devices having coated elements. The system and method are of particular utility in the manufacture of lamps having a coating formed on the hermetically sealed light emitting chamber of the lamp. The sys... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235340 | Method of producing a touch panel First a display panel having a pixel region and a controlling circuit region is formed. Then a plurality of pixels arranged in array is formed in the pixel region. A plurality of orientation patterns that do not overlap the pixels is formed. Finally an input device ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232615 | Coating stack comprising a layer of barrier coating A coating composition that contains at least one degradable coating layer and at least one layer of barrier coating is disclosed. The coating composition can be used to make a coated substrate having improved performance over conventional coated substrates after exp... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229520 | Method for manufacturing spandrel glass film with metal flakes A film laminating adhesive is formed by admixing a polyester resin and encapsulated metallic flakes. The metallic flakes are encapsulated with a silane in a hydrolyzed condition modified with a surfactant or dispersion agent. A mounting adhesive is applied to an out... | 06/12/2007 |
