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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7501160 | Apparatus for coating outer peripheral surface of pillar structure and method for coating outer peripheral surface of pillar structure An apparatus for coating an outer peripheral surface of a pillar structure 1 comprising a smoothing means, and a nozzle 12b having an opening 12c for supplying a coating material; the opening 12c being disposed nearly... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7429407 | Process for coating small bodies, including tablets A process for coating bodies comprising: producing an upward spray of coating fluid by means of a two-fluid nozzle to create a coating zone, and contacting the bodies with the spray of coating fluid in the coating zone; wherein, before contacting the bodies w... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7402329 | Method of using support device to coat a stent A support device for a stent and a method of coating a stent using the device are provided. ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7396562 | Optical information-recording medium manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus A method of manufacturing an optical information recording medium that has a substrate having a signal recording layer formed on one principal surface thereof; and an optically transparent layer formed on the signal recording layer and made from a radiation cure typ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7371434 | Liquid film forming method and solid film forming method A method of forming a liquid film characterized by dropping a liquid on a substrate from a dropping unit while rotating the substrate, moving the dropping unit in the radial direction from the inner periphery of the substrate to the outer periphery of the substrate ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368149 | Display device having a color filter A device and a method are provided to form a film by discharging a liquid material with a liquid discharge head or the like, such as an ink jet head, and which can reduce the unevenness resulting from variation of the amount of the discharged liquid material. To pro... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364771 | Method and apparatus for production of fluorine-containing polyimide film A method for producing a fluorine-containing polyimide film excelling in heat resistance, resistance to chemicals, water repellency, dielectric properties, electrical properties, and optical properties and a spin coater suitable for the method are to be provided. A ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7335604 | Thin-film coating apparatus To provide a thin-film forming device and a thin-film forming method, a liquid crystal display and a device and method for manufacturing the same, and a thin-film structure and a device and method for manufacturing the same, in which material losses are reduced by u... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335391 | Method for coating implantable devices A method of forming a coating for an implantable medical device, such as a stent, is provided which includes applying a composition to the device in an environment having a selected pressure. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7326437 | Method and system for coating polymer solution on a substrate in a solvent saturated chamber A method and apparatus of coating a polymer solution on a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer. The apparatus includes a coating chamber having a rotatable chuck to support a substrate to be coated with a polymer solution. A dispenser to dispense the polymer solu... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323212 | Method and system of controlling dummy dispense A dummy dispense of liquid is controlled by recording a time at which a substrate is processed; recording a time at which a liquid is dispensed; comparing the time at which the substrate is processed and the time at which the liquid is dispensed to generate a dummy ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7284312 | Method for manufacturing a dynamoelectric stator A method for varnish application to a dynamoelectric stator is disclosed. The method includes a varnish treatment process and application by preheating the stator; adjusting a viscosity of the varnish; dripping the varnish onto a coil end of the stator from radially... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7258891 | Stent mounting assembly and a method of using the same to coat a stent A stent mounting device and a method of coating a stent using the device are provided. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258437 | Photochromic multifocal optical article Describes a multifocal optical article, e.g., an ophthalmic article such as a lens, in which the article includes (1) a rigid optical substrate, e.g., a transparent polymeric substrate, such as a thermoset or thermoplastic substrate, adapted to possess at least one ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250194 | Metal sprayed composite part A method of making an article having both a polymeric substrate and a metallic spray deposited layer is disclosed. The coefficients of thermal expansion of the polymeric substrate and the metallic layer are preferably similar. ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7226637 | Manufacturing method for multilayer fluorescent information carriers An information layer for an optical information storage medium is formed in a centrifuge. A photopolymerizable composition is applied to a solid base having a relief pattern, and a flexible, transparent film layer is applied on top of the composition. The three are ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7208115 | Method of fabricating a polymer matrix composite electromagnetic shielding structure An exemplary method of manufacturing a polymer matrix composite electromagnetic shielding structure includes pretreating a dry fiber reinforcement with a composition including a carrier and a conductive element, laying out the pretreated reinforcement to form a pre-... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205038 | Optical recording medium and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing an optical recording medium of the present invention includes the steps of forming an underlying layer having a brightness of 8 or more and a chroma of 4 or less on a label surface of a disk body by a spin coating process, and forming an i... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7192484 | Advanced coating apparatus and method A coating apparatus for coating a rollable device including a device rotator having a pair of rollers and spray nozzle is described. The spray nozzle produces a spray of coating material that is directed towards a gap that is between the rollers of the pair. The maj... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7175877 | Film, optical memory material with the film, and method for producing the film Disclosed is a film comprising PMMA and a fluorescent substance having a xanthene skeleton and a lactone ring and/or a fluorescent substance having a xanthene skeleton and a group —COOR, where R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, capable of forming an in... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7147893 | Method of and apparatus for forming transparent layer on disc substrate, and disc therefrom A disc is produced using a method of and an apparatus for forming a transparent layer on a disc substrate. The method for forming the transparent layer on the disc substrate includes covering an axial hole formed at a center of the disc substrate with a cover elemen... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144598 | Rapid, thermally cured, back side mar resistant and antireflective coating for ophthalmic lenses Disclosed is a process to rapidly spin-apply an AR coating system to a backside of a prescription lens. The AR coating system comprises a polyurethane primer layer, a siloxane thermally cured scratch resistant coating layer, a two-layer sol-gel AR coating, and a hyd... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7132125 | Processes for coating photoconductors A process including: providing a cylindrical substrate rotating about the long axis; applying at least one coating layer with a direct writing applicator on the outer surface of the rotating substrate; and curing the resulting coated layer or layers. The use of a di... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7118628 | Method and apparatus for covering areas of damaged protective coating, and a transport system The invention relates first of all to a method for covering areas of damaged protective coating on containers or the like, in which, according to the invention, protective coating material is stamped on to the zone in which the damaged areas occur. The invention als... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7081278 | Method for protection of adhesives used to secure optics from ultra-violet light A method for reducing the scattered light emitted through an optical element is provided that protects adhesive used to hold the optical element in place from light induced deterioration. In one embodiment, the method includes applying a thin coating of an organoxy ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7048963 | Layered aligned polymer structures and methods of making same This invention includes a method of producing a thin, oriented layer of polymer material. The material is preferably produced by the method of introducing a shearing flow to a free surface in a predominantly monomeric solution of the self-assembling polymer sub-unit... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048962 | Stent coating device The present invention is a method and device, which is suitable for use in an operating theater just prior to implantation, for selectively applying a medical coating to an implantable medical device, for example a stent. Disclosed is a device for use with a stent d... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7026015 | Device and method for the surface treatment of workpieces The invention relates to a device for the surface treatment of workpieces (12) such as vehicle bodies. One such device has a plurality of successive treatment stations (1–9), a guiding system (16, 17) having a first guiding section (16)... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7011863 | Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method A substrate which has been subjected to heat processing in any of hot plate units is transferred to a normal cooling unit by a transfer device and subjected to cooling processing to some extent, and then transferred to a high accuracy cooling unit and subjected to c... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011864 | Film forming apparatus and film forming method An apparatus for forming a film on a wafer comprising, a first coating apparatus coating a foaming insulation film material on the wafer, a second coating apparatus coating a non-porous insulation film material on the wafer, a low oxygen heating temperature regulati... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7001086 | Developing method, substrate treating method, and substrate treating apparatus A developing method comprises determining in advance the relation of resist dissolution concentration in a developing solution and resist dissolution speed by the developing solution, estimating in advance the resist dissolution concentration where the resist dissol... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6998147 | Method for simultaneously coating and measuring parts A method and apparatus for simultaneously coating and measuring a part. The apparatus includes a part support, a sprayer and a part measurer positioned adjacent to the part support and a display device positioned adjacent to the part support. The sprayer applies a c... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6984411 | Method for roll coating multiple stents An improved method for high-volume production of coated stents with highly uniform stent coatings using a roll coating technique is provided. In a first embodiment, uncoated stents are placed onto rotating stent holders with automated stent handling equipment. The h... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6984421 | Encapsulation for an electrical component and method for producing the same Encapsulating a component structure includes applying a fluid, light-sensitive first reactive resin layer to a surface of a component substrate containing the component structure, exposing and developing the first reactive resin layer so as to form a frame structure... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6977098 | Method of uniformly coating a substrate A method of and an apparatus for coating a substrate with a polymer solution to produce a film of uniform thickness, includes mounting the substrate inside an enclosed housing and passing a control gas, which may be a solvent vapor-bearing gas into the housing throu... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6969538 | Method for heat processing of substrate The present invention relates to a method for heat processing a substrate. After a coating film is formed on the substrate, the substrate is baked at a predetermined high temperature. The baking step is performed by first increasing the substrate temperature from a ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6946032 | Installation for powder painting objects An installation for powder coating articles, in particular vehicle bodies, comprises a coating booth, in which a plurality of application devices for the powder coating may be arranged. The articles to be coated are located during the coating process on a rotating r... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6932870 | System and process for dispensing an adhesive onto a core during the formation of rolled products A process and system for applying an adhesive to a core during the production of rolled paper products is disclosed. The system of the present invention is generally directed to the use of pumping devices that meter out constant volumetric amounts of an adhesive ont... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931302 | Method for a robot Method for synchronizing a robot where a target is arranged on the movable part of the robot at the respective robot axles. The movable part rotates back and forth and at the same time a sensor reads at least two distinct detectable changes on the target. The center... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6916503 | Base material to be coated, coating apparatus, coating method and element producing method A method of coating a coating liquid on a base material having a curved surface portion, includes processes of: a coating process of coating a coating liquid on a base material; and a rotating process of rotating the base material coated with the coating liquid.... | 07/12/2005 |
