Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8158204 | Method of producing thin, poorly soluble coatings For making ceramic or oxidic layers (CL/OL) on substrates (S), the method according to the invention therefore provides that following application (I) and drying (II) of a suitable precursor (P) the formed precursor layer (PLD) is gassed (III) with a moist reactant ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8088443 | Emulsification of concentrated dispersions of colloidal and nanoparticles A process to coat a shear thickening fluid onto a material which comprises emulsifying dispersions of a shear thickening fluid (STF) dissolved in a miscible carrier fluid or a partially miscible carrier fluid to form an emulsion and applying said emulsion to the mat... | 01/03/2012 |
| 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 |
| 7314512 | Treatment of surfaces to stabilize heavy metals A reactive coating composition and method for treating a surface including heavy metals by applying the reactive coating composition to the surface. The surface can be, for example, a paint layer containing heavy metals. The reactive coating composition includes a s... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7291185 | Method of manufacturing both-side metallized film with reduced blocking of metallized film and metallized film capacitor using the same A method of manufacturing a both-side metallized insulation film comprises steps of: depositing zinc or a blend of zinc and aluminum onto both sides of an insulation film; and winding this metallized film into a product roll. The method is characterized in spraying ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7169195 | Capacitor, circuit board with built-in capacitor and method of manufacturing the same In a capacitor 10, a first electrode 21, a dielectric layer 23, a solid electrolytic layer 50 and a second electrode 31 are provided. In a manufacturing process, the dielectric layer 23 and a first solid electrolytic layer | 01/30/2007 |
| 7157147 | Gas-barrier film and gas-barrier coating agent, and method for production thereof Provided are a gas-barrier film which is a laminate comprising a substrate layer comprising a thermoplastic resin film and a gas-barrier layer comprising a hydrolysate of a silicon alkoxide, a stratified silicate and a polyvinyl alcohol base resin, wherein a radius ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7094441 | Low temperature interconnection of nanoparticles A polymeric linking agent enables the manufacture of photovoltaic cells on flexible substrates, including, for example, polymeric substrates. Photovoltaic cells may be fabricated by a relatively simple continuous manufacturing process, for example, a roll-to-roll pr... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7011888 | Process for protecting fiber-reinforced carbon-containing composites against oxidation Process for protecting fiber-reinforced, carbon-containing composites whose matrix comprises, at least in the outer layer, silicon carbide (SiC) and also silicon (Si) and/or silicon alloys against oxidation, which comprises the steps a) impregnation of the composite... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6987063 | Method to reduce impurity elements during semiconductor film deposition A metal-containing semiconductor layer having a high dielectric constant is formed with a method that avoids inclusion of contaminant elements that reduce dielectric constant of metals. The metal-containing semiconductor layer is formed overlying a substrate in a ch... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6933417 | Process for vinyl chloride manufacture from ethane and ethylene with partial CHl recovery from reactor effluent A process for producing vinyl chloride monomer from ethylene and ethane having input of significant quantities of both ethane and ethylene in input streams to the affiliated reactor where hydrogen chloride in the reactor effluent is only partially recovered from the... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6920968 | Clutch plate, friction clutch, and coupling device A friction clutch has a plurality of iron inner clutch plates and a plurality of iron outer clutch plates. Both the clutch plates have sliding surfaces which are friction-engaged each other. A thin carbon film in a diamond form, which functions as a solid lubricant,... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6909024 | Process for the conversion of ethylene to vinyl chloride and novel catalyst compositions useful for such process This invention is a process for producing vinyl chloride from an ethylene-containing feed, oxygen, and a chlorine source in the presence of a catalyst. The process permits direct production of vinyl chloride in a single reactor system, and further permits ethane to ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6905587 | Method for enhancing the solderability of a surface A method for enhancing the solderability of a metallic surface is disclosed where the metallic surface is plated with an immersion silver plate prior to soldering, which immersion silver plate is treated with an additive selected from the group consisting of fatty a... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6896927 | Method of preventing organic contamination from the atmosphere of electronic device substrates and electronic device substrates treated therewith An electronic device substrate, such as a semiconductor silicon wafer or a liquid crystal glass substrate, with a surface which has just undergone cleaning treatment and which is covered with a clean oxide or nitride film which will readily adsorb organic contaminan... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6887321 | Corrosion resistant surface treatment for structural adhesive bonding to metal A metal substrate is anodized in a phosphoric acid anodizing solution. The anodized metal substrate is thereafter contacted with a hexavalent chromium free, trivalent chromium containing acid solution to coat the anodized metal substrate. The coated anodized metal s... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6884470 | Application method for abradable material A method for applying a highly porous alumina material that is useful in the hot section of a jet aircraft engine. In order to apply the porous alumina, an aluminum-based metal/alumina material known in the art is first placed onto an aircraft engine component subst... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6861098 | Polycrystalline diamond partially depleted of catalyzing material A method for forming a superhard polycrystalline diamond or diamond-like element with greatly improved resistance to thermal degradation without loss of impact strength. Collectively called PCD elements, these elements are formed with a binder-catalyzing material in... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6849298 | Method for forming diffusion barrier film of semiconductor device A method for forming a diffusion barrier layer of a semiconductor device by using an Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) is disclosed, which, in a method for forming a diffusion barrier layer on an entire surface of a semiconductor substrate before forming a metal pipe co... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6838117 | Film production method and film-element production method A method for producing a lead ferroelectric film having high relative dielectric constant and low dielectric loss by a hydrothermal process is disclosed. The method includes the step of hydrothermally forming a ferroelectric layer on a substrate, followed by the ste... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6797326 | Method of making polycrystalline diamond with working surfaces depleted of catalyzing material Griffin, Nigel, et al78.1081-1.3-29 Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a polycrystalline diamond or diamond-like element with greatly improved wear resistance without loss of impact strength. These elements are formed with a binder-catalyzing material in a high... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6787192 | Process for producing part made of magnesium and/or magnesium alloy A process for preparing a treated magnesium and/or magnesium alloy component comprising (A) treating the magnesium and/or magnesium alloy component with a surface treating agent containing a phosphate, (B) treating the component with a pre-treating agent used... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6784121 | Integrated circuit dielectric and method A xerogel aging system includes an aging chamber (190) with inlets and outlet and flows a gel catalyst in gas phase over a xerogel precursor film on a semiconductor wafer. Preferred embodiments use an ammonia and water vapor gas mixture catalyst. ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6780499 | Ordered two-phase dielectric film, and semiconductor device containing the same A porous, low-k dielectric film that has good mechanical properties as well as a method of fabricating the film and the use of the film as a dielectric layer between metal wiring features are provided. The porous, low-k dielectric film includes a first phase of mono... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6773757 | Coating for silver plated circuits A method for enhancing the solderability of a metallic surface is disclosed where the metallic surface is plated with an immersion or electroless silver plate prior to soldering, after which immersion silver plate is treated with an alkaline polymer coating comprisi... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6767625 | Method for making a charge of moldable material A method for making moldable material comprises the initial step of providing a composite material comprised in part of an epoxy. A high performance strand is then distributed in the composite material to form a moldable material. Lastly, the moldable material is he... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6737116 | Method for fabricating plated products A method for fabricating a plated product including a basecoat layer, a metal plating layer, and a topcoat layer that are formed on a surface of a base is provided. The method includes the step of forming the basecoat layer and the metal plating layer successively o... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6716370 | Supramolecular oxo-anion corrosion inhibitors A corrosion inhibitor is described which includes several supramolecular oxo-anion compositions useful for preventing the propagation of pit corrosion on aluminum and aluminum alloys. The oxo-anion compositions preferably include soluble polymeric oxidic acids compr... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6709707 | Removal of Ormosil films from metal substrates A process for chemical removal of organically-modified silicate (Ormosil) coatings from aluminum alloy substrates without degradation of the underlying metal. An Ormosil film is treated with a zincate solution. The zincate solution dissolves the Ormosil film and dep... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6668984 | Oxidation protection for carbon/carbon composite and graphite friction materials The invention provides for oxidatively resistant surface coated carbon/carbon composites and other graphite-like material, a method for the preparation of these materials, and their use in high temperature applications, preferably in brake for airplanes. ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6652669 | Method for producing an ultraphobic surface on an aluminum base The invention relates to a method for producing an ultraphobic surface on aluminium as the supporting material and to the resulting surface and its use. According to said method, the surface of an aluminium support is anodized, especially by anodic oxidat... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6645550 | Method of treating a substrate A method of treating a substrate. The method comprises forming a metal-containing layer on at least a selected portion of the substrate during a substrate cleaning process.... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6599587 | Organometallic precursor for forming metal pattern and method of forming metal pattern using the same Disclosed is an organometallic precursor for forming a metal pattern, having a structure defined by the following Formula 1, and a method of forming the metal pattern using the same, in which the conductive metal pattern is readily formed through an expos... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6592929 | Method of exposing and developing a fingerprint from the surface of an oxidized metal object A method is used to expose a fingerprint on the surface of a metallic object which is covered with a layer of a metallic oxide such as rust. The metallic oxide is dissolved with a reagent which reacts with the metallic oxide. The dissolved metallic oxide ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6589900 | Ceramic product based on lithium aluminum silicate A ceramic product containing at least 70% lithium aluminium silicate of 100% total mass weight percent; and a non-wetting agent in the form of barium sulphate. Most preferably, the lithium aluminium silicate includes petalite in finely divided form which ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6589611 | Deposition and chamber treatment methods The invention encompasses a method for sequentially processing separate sets of wafers within a chamber. Each set is subjected to plasma-enhanced deposition of material within the chamber utilizing a plasma that is primarily inductively coupled. After the... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6565922 | Method of decorating a ceramic substrate The present invention provides a method of decorating a ceramic substrate. The method according to the invention includes applying a slurry that includes solid particles of at least one color-contributing metal salt dispersed in a saturated solution of at... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6548227 | Protective layer for corrosion prevention during lithography and etch Forming a protective layer such as chromium, chrome alloys, nickel or cobalt as a cap over an aluminum film protects an underlying ITO layer from corrosion during the fabrication of flat panel displays such as field emission devices and the like. The pres... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6531047 | Surface modification method for an aluminum substrate A surface modification method for an aluminum substrate, which comprises treating a Ni--P plated aluminum substrate with a functional water having a plus or minus oxidation-reduction potential for a predetermined period of time in a washing step after a p... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6527938 | Method for microporous surface modification of implantable metallic medical articles A process for creating surface microporosity on a titanium (or other metal) medical device includes creating a surface oxide layer on the device; placing the device, which is connected to a negative terminal of an electrical power supply, into a calcium c... | 03/04/2003 |
