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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8110251 | Method for polymerizing a monomer solution within a cavity to generate a smooth polymer surface In preferred embodiments, the present invention relates to methods for polymerizing a monomer solution within a cavity covered by a porous membrane to generate a smooth polymer surface. More specifically, the method can be used to provide a medical device or sensor ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8053030 | Methods of applying a hydrophilic coating to a substrate, and substrates having a hydrophilic coating This invention relates to methods of applying to a substrate a hydrophilic coating that becomes lubricious when activated with water or water vapor, and to substrates having such a hydrophilic coating. ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7923071 | Photolithographic patterning of polymeric materials The invention comprises methods for the photolithographic patterning of features in a photo-curable polymer composition coated onto a plastic substrate. In one embodiment of this invention, the plastic substrate is coated with a reflective film such as a metallic ba... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7771792 | Method and apparatus for alkaline saponification of polymer film The present invention provides a method for alkaline saponification of a polymer film, comprising: an alkaline-solution coating step of coating a polymer film with an alkaline solution; a temperature keeping step of keeping the polymer film coated with the alkaline ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7435446 | Method of producing gas barrier multilayer body A method of producing a gas barrier laminate is disclosed that comprises: preparing a laminate comprising a plastic substrate, a gas barrier layer formed from a gas barrier layer-forming coating material comprising a polyvinyl alcohol and an ethylene-maleic acid cop... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7367264 | Method and apparatus for treating sheets including a vacuum roller for retaining sheets in curved configuration An apparatus and method for retaining individual sheets of substrate in a curved configuration during coating or printing is disclosed. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7353623 | Solvent removal apparatus and method A solvent removal apparatus and method is provided that can dry a coat on a workpiece in a uniform thickness. The solvent removal apparatus includes a support base for supporting a substrate provided with a liquid phase film-forming coat containing a film material a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354623 | Surface modification of a porous organic material through the use of a supercritical fluid An organic layer, such as a porous low-K dielectric in an IC, contains pores open at its surface. To close the pores, the organic layer is contacted by a supercritical fluid that is a solvent for the layer. After a small amount of the surface and the wall of the ope... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347792 | Decorative golf club grip A grip for the handle of a golf club having at least a polymerized region with two or more polymers. The first and second polymers cooperate to form a pattern on the top surface of the region. The region may be combined with a substrate to form a sheet. The sheet ma... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348039 | Method of making a newly installed plumbing system renewable A method of treating pipes to render the inner wall of the pipes resistant to corrosion and pre-mature deterioration. For new pipes, the inner wall is cleansed with a solvent, debris removed, and the inner wall dried. The inner wall is then coated with a corrosion-r... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7285320 | Preparation of images on a substrate surface utilizing an opaque coating composition that becomes transparent upon printing The present invention features processes and compositions for producing a metallic-looking image on a substrate having a reflective or luminescent surface. The process utilizes an opaque coating composition containing an opaque coating agent comprising a mixture of ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7270136 | Apparatus for cleaning the edges of wafers The invention concerns an apparatus for cleaning the edge of a wafer that may be relatively simply constructed with low cost, and prevent the wafer from being re-contaminated by the edge cleaning, thus resulting in increase of the yield rate of wafers. The apparatus... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267723 | Treating solution supply nozzle, a substrate treating apparatus having this nozzle, and a method of manufacturing a treating solution supply nozzle A resin block has a treating solution channel extending between and opening at front and back surfaces thereof. Heat conductive members are face-bonded to the front and back surfaces of the resin block, respectively, for closing the channel. Consequently, no air is ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7247209 | Dual outlet nozzle for the combined edge bead removal and backside wash of spin coated wafers An apparatus and method for the improved combined edge bead removal and backside wash of spin coated semiconductor wafers is disclosed. This is preferably accomplished by providing a nozzle having a plurality of outlets adapted for the ejection of a cleaning fluid o... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241472 | Method for producing antireflection film-coated plastic lens, and antireflection film-coated plastic lens The method produces a plastic lens with an antireflection film which have the advantages of good adhesion of the antireflection film to any type of hard coat film that underlies it and good abrasion resistance and provides a plastic lens with an antireflection film.... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7198822 | Method of applying silicone caulking compound A method of applying a silicone caulking compound. A first step involves applying a bead of silicone caulking compound to a seam or surface. A second step involves spraying a surfactant on the bead of silicone caulking compound. A third step involves wiping excess s... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195823 | Delivery system for supplemental wood preservative and/or metal corrosion inhibition treatment The present invention comprises a porous pad impregnated with wood preservative(s) and/or metal corrosion inhibitor(s) to which future maintenance treatments can be applied. These pads are designed to be placed within joints of wood, metal or combinations thereof fo... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192621 | Keypad and method of separating a crosslinked cured resin layer thereof The present invention related a keypad (1) in which a keypad main body (4) composed of a thermoplastic elastomer has formed thereon a cross-linked cured resin layer (5) of a cross-linked cured resin that is separable from the keypad main body ( | 03/20/2007 |
| 7147810 | Drapable diamond thin films and method for the preparation thereof Wetted thin diamond films which are drapable are described. The films are mounted on various substrates and used as windows for electromagnetic radiation or form a surface coating on an article of manufacture. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7115673 | Photosensitive resin composition, porous resin, circuit board, and wireless suspension board The present photosensitive resin composition 2 comprises a polyamic acid resin 4, a photosensitive agent, a dispersible compound 3 dispersible in the polyamic acid resin 4, and a solvent. The porous resin is obtained by removing the solve... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7115524 | Methods of processing a semiconductor substrate The invention includes methods of processing semiconductor substrates. In one implementation, a semiconductor substrate is provided which has an outer surface. Such surface has a peripheral region received about a peripheral edge of the semiconductor substrate. A la... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7105431 | Masking methods The invention includes masking methods. In one implementation, a masking material comprising boron doped amorphous carbon is formed over a feature formed on a semiconductor substrate. The masking material comprises at least about 0.5 atomic percent boron. The maskin... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7090890 | Modification of polymer optoelectronic properties after film formation by impurity addition or removal The methods of this invention involve modification of the properties of an organic film after it has been deposited by either adding new components into it from its top or bottom surface, or by causing components to leave the film from its top or bottom surface. In ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7052731 | Plasma processing apparatus, protecting layer therefor and installation of protecting layer The following plasma processing apparatus can suppress the production of contaminants from the plasma processing chamber of the apparatus and an article in the plasma processing chamber which are allowed to act as ground electrodes: a plasma processing apparatus in ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7022377 | Method for producing porous polyimide resin and porous polymide resin A method of producing porous polyimide resin that enables pores to be formed in a precursor of polyimide resin, with its form of microphase-separated structure wherein a dispersive compound is dispersed in the precursor of polyimide resin being kept unchanged, so as... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7008788 | Containers for supports comprising biopolymers Devices and methods are disclosed for containing and processing samples on the surface of supports. Biopolymer features are attached to the surfaces of the supports. A device in accordance with the invention comprises a housing and a support confined by the housing.... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7001435 | Leather treatment An improved method for dyeing leather wit propylene glycol monomethyl ether (PGME) systems comprising adding polyacrylate resins base, C-3 and C-4 alcohols, and n-butyl acetate and negating the need for aqueous compositions, Teflon dispersions, dibutyl phthalate, an... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6998012 | Hydraulic fixing agent and method for reducing the cohesion of a layer of bonded fixing agent Hydraulic fixing agent that is based on Portland cement, a sulphate and aluminum component that is usual in this system, and optionally other additives. This is characterized in that, according to DIN 18156 (Part 2, Sec. 5.2.2.2, 5.2.2.3a) and 5.2.2.4), the hydrauli... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6989172 | Method of coating microelectronic substrates A method of coating a substrate comprises the steps of: (a) providing a substrate in an enclosed vessel, the substrate having a surface portion; (b) at least partially filling the enclosed vessel with a first supercritical fluid so that said first supercritical flui... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6953654 | Process and apparatus for removing a contaminant from a substrate Contaminant removal from a substrate can be performed using a supercritical fluid. An apparatus can be configured to operate at conditions that take advantage of higher solubility of a contaminant in its supercritical state compared to its liquid state. The substrat... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6945299 | Terminal electrode forming method in chip-style electronic component and apparatus therefor The invention provides an electrode forming method with steps of arraying chip-style electronic components on an arraying flat bed thereby positioning and aligning the components, lowering a film coated with an adhesive in relative manner together with an adhering t... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942896 | Elastic nonwoven sheet This invention relates to stretchable nonwoven sheets prepared by substantially uniformly impregnating a necked nonwoven substrate with an elastomeric polymer by treatment with an elastomeric polymer solution. The nonwoven sheet is useful in the manufacture of diape... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6940692 | Magnetic recording head having a corrosion-protective layer of a metal salt of a perfluorinated polyether acid A process is provided for synthesizing metal salts of perfluorinated polyethers containing at least one carboxylic acid group. The polymeric salts so provided are effective as anti-wetting and corrosion-protective agents. The metal salts of perfluorinated polyether ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6924238 | Edge peeling improvement of low-k dielectric materials stack by adjusting EBR resistance A new method and structure is provided for the polishing of the surface of a layer of low-k dielectric material. Low-k dielectric material of low density and relatively high porosity is combined with low-k dielectric material of high density and low porosity whereby... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6899924 | Coating compositions and processes An undercoat composition comprises a film-forming synthetic resin and contains a non-volatile acidic aromatic polar organic compound in free acid or salt form, which compound facilitates the removal by a stripping composition of a top coat paint which is subsequentl... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6875467 | Crack resistant sol-gel wafer coatings for integrated optics A method of preparing a multi-layer, crack resistant sol-gel glass derived coating on a substrate by removing the outer periphery of each layer before curing the layer and depositing any succeeding layer. ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6869639 | Film coater and smoothing method and apparatus An improved film coater which utilizes one or more coater or applicators to transfer coating to the outer surfaces of at least one more rolls, which in turn transfers the coating from the roll surface to one or more sides of the web for coating paper is disclosed. T... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6808749 | Thin film forming method, solution and apparatus for use in the method, and electronic device fabricating method The present invention provides a method that is capable of crystallizing a very small amount of solution arranged on a substrate at a predetermined position. By ejecting a solution prepared by dissolving a thin film forming material in a solvent using an ink jet met... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6797325 | Permeable polyaniline articles for gas separation Immersion precipitation of solutions having 15%-30% (w/w) and various molecular weights of the emeraldine base form of polyaniline in polar aprotic solvents are shown to form integrally skinned asymmetric membranes and fibers having skin layers | 09/28/2004 |
| 6780469 | Nubuck-like artificial leather and a production process thereof The present invention relates to an artificial leather having nap very little oriented on the surface and having short fibers densely, and hence having a good nubuck-like look and hand, and also relates to a production process thereof. The present invention provides... | 08/24/2004 |
