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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7887888 | Methods and systems for fabrication of graphene nanoribbons A method for fabricating graphene nanoribbons comprises the steps of providing a chamber with a first and a second cavity, which are separated by a divider that defines an opening to place the first cavity in fluid communication with the second cavity; positioning a... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7674501 | Two-step method of coating an article for security printing by application of electric or magnetic field A two-step method of making of a security printed image is disclosed and includes coating of the surface of a substrate with a predetermined image shape with an ink containing flaked magnetic pigment in a predetermined concentration, exposing a wet printed image to ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7416634 | Method and apparatus for processing nanoscopic structures The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for growing nanostructures in a controlled way, wherein the controlling comprises controlling the electron emitting tips used for the nanoscopic structure growth. Further, the present invention describes an int... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7405072 | Acoustic radiation for ejecting and monitoring pathogenic fluids The invention relates to methods and devices that use focused radiation to handle and/or monitor pathogenic fluids. In particular, a method is provided for dispensing one or more droplets of a fluid containing a pathogen. The method involves providing the pathogen-c... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7390524 | Method for electrostatic spraying of an abluminal stent surface A method for electrostatic spraying of an abluminal surface of a stent is provided. ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7374813 | Constructive nanolithography A patterned organic monolayer or multiplayer film self-assembled on a solid substrate, the pattern consisting in a site-defined surface chemical modification non-destructively inscribed in the organic monolayer or multilayer by means of an electrically biased conduc... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7365395 | Artificial dielectrics using nanostructures Artificial dielectrics using nanostructures, such as nanowires, are disclosed. In embodiments, artificial dielectrics using other nanostructures, such as nanorods, nanotubes or nanoribbons and the like are disclosed. The artificial dielectric includes a dielectric m... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7339715 | Processes for the production of electrophoretic displays A coating of an encapsulated electrophoretic medium is formed on a substrate (106) by dispersing in a fluid (104) a plurality of electrophoretic capsules (102), contacting at least a portion of a substrate (106) with the fluid (104... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7323228 | Method of vaporizing and ionizing metals for use in semiconductor processing Techniques for vaporizing and handling a vaporized metallic element or metallic element salt with a heated inert carrier gas for further processing. The vaporized metallic element or salt is carried by an inert carrier gas heated to the same temperature as the vapor... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7259109 | Electrospray and enhanced electrospray deposition of thin films on semiconductor substrates A method of forming a thin film on a substrate to fabricate a microelectronic device, a microelectronic device comprising a thin film deposited according to the method, and a system comprising the microelectronic device. The thin film may include on of a low k thin ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255769 | Method for splicing and coating webs as well as a web obtained with such methods The present invention relates to a method for splicing successive rolls of webmaterial to one endless web, in such way that during subsequent coating of the web, coating defects near the splices are reduced, preferably prevented. To that end at least part of the tra... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247206 | Medium application device A device (10) for the direct or indirect application of liquid or pasty application medium (16) to one or both sides of a material web (20), in particular of paper or board, comprises an applicator unit (12) which discharges the applicati... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7239444 | Display front plane, display lenticular lens, and display fresnel lens A display front plane having an anti-reflection film in thickness uniformity and good adhesion between the anti-reflection film and the base material is supplied. Each of a display lenticular lens and a display fresnel lens having a sophisticated anti-reflection fun... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7224110 | Starting element having ceramic component electrostatically coated with a dry glaze A method for manufacturing a starting element, in particular a sheathed-element glow plug, for the combustion process in an internal combustion engine having a ceramic element (1, 3) is proposed, which substantially improves the glazing of the ceramic element... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220115 | 3-D product printing system incorporating an electrical connection printhead A system that prints three dimensional products, the system including at least one printhead that prints electrical connections to at least one object incorporated in the products. ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7189435 | Nanofabrication Pathways to rapid and reliable fabrication of three-dimensional nanostructures are provided. Simple methods are described for the production of well-ordered, multilevel nanostructures. This is accomplished by patterning block copolymer templates with selective expos... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7153585 | Self-adhering powder paint based on polyamide and silane for metal coating The invention concerns to the use of a powder comprising 99.95 to 95% of at least one polyamide and 0.05 to 5% of at least one silane for coating metals. This powder may be prepared by simple dry blending of the constituents. The silane can also be added to the molt... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7095600 | Electrostatic charge neutralization using grooved roller surface patterns A method for coating a liquid composition from an applicator to a first surface of a moving web having opposite first and second surfaces, the web being conveyed along a path through a coating apparatus, the coating apparatus including a charge neutralization statio... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090898 | Coating process for producing products in web form having at least two layers by application of electrostatic charges followed by neutralization of same A process for producing products in web form comprising at least two layers, in which a composition emerging from an applicator is applied as a layer to a substrate in web form which is guided on a transport means, said application taking place with application of e... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7052736 | Method for depositing coatings on the interior surfaces of tubular structures A method is disclosed for substantially uniformly coating an interior surface of a ferromagnetic tubular structure such as a ferromagnetic tube having a high aspect ratio. The method entails inducing a magnetic field of a given magnitude within the tubular structure... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7045173 | Coating process for producing web form products involving application of electrostatic charges and subsequent charge neutralization A process for producing products in web form comprising at least two layers, in which a composition emerging from an applicator is applied as a layer to a substrate in web form which is guided on a transport means, the application taking place with application of el... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7045934 | Method for jet formation and the apparatus for the same The method of and the apparatus for the formation of a high-speed fluid or slurry jets of a desired geometry are invented. According to the present invention a fluid or slurry jet is formed by the expelling of a compressed fluid via a slot formed by two attached pla... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7029592 | Coated beads and process utilizing such beads for forming an etch mask having a discontinuous regular pattern A process for forming an etch mask having a discontinuous regular pattern utilizes beads, each of which has a substantially unetchable core covered by a removable spacer coating. Beads are dispensed as a hexagonally packed monolayer onto a thermo-adhesive layer. Fol... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6960373 | Continuous mode solder jet method A solder jet apparatus is disclosed. The solder jet apparatus is a continuous mode solder jet that includes a blanking system and raster scan system. The use of the raster scan and blanking systems allows for a continuous stream of solder to be placed anywhere on th... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6957748 | Viscous fluid metering device with quick change nozzle A fouling resistant fluid dispensing assembly including a metering device and a nozzle assembly. The nozzle assembly generally includes a nozzle holder including a body defining a cylindrical bore. The nozzle has a cylindrical portion proportioned to be inserted int... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6923979 | Method for depositing particles onto a substrate using an alternating electric field Uniform portions of fine powders are deposited on a substrate by electrostatic attraction in which the charge of the electric field and polarity of the charged particles are varied repeatedly to form a buildup of powder on the carrier surface. ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6861088 | Method for spray-coating a medical device having a tubular wall such as a stent A method for electrostatic spray-coating a medical device having a tubular wall, such as a stent, having an inner surface, an outer surface and openings therein. The tubular wall is grounded or electrically charged, and an electrically charged conductive core wire i... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6783796 | Method of manufacturing an electronic device An organic thin film device in which as a junction interface shape between an organic thin film and an adjacent layer, a sectional contour shape of a device interface having a Hausdorff dimension, as one fractal dimension, falling within the range 1.5≦D≦2.0 is f... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6783768 | Method and apparatus for the coating of substrates for pharmaceutical use Method of coating a substrate which is a belt, sheet, film, or tape, comprising applying an active coating material to the substrate to form an active coating layer, the active coating material comprising biologically active material. The active coating material is ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6743463 | Method for spray-coating a medical device having a tubular wall such as a stent A method for electrostatic spray-coating a medical device having a tubular wall, such as a stent, having an inner surface, an outer surface and openings therein. The tubular wall is grounded or electrically charged, and an electrically charged conductive core wire i... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6713238 | Microscale patterning and articles formed thereby The formation of self-assembled patterns in a substrate through deformation induce by a mask placed above the substrate are disclosed. Methods of the present invention may be used to form arrays of nanometer sized pillars as well as mesas from a thin deformable laye... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6682619 | Composite pre-preg ply having tailored dielectrical properties and method of fabrication thereof A structural dielectrically tailored prepreg panel includes structural materials having desired electrical qualities in one or more desired areas without loss of structural integrity or the addition of parasitic weight. In one method of manufacture an app... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6674630 | Simultaneous neutralization and monitoring of charge on moving material Simultaneous neutralization and monitoring of charge on a moving dielectric material is achieved with ionizing devices that supply ions in proximity to the material to thereby substantially neutralize charge on the material, and with circuitry that senses... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6673386 | Method and apparatus for forming pattern onto panel substrate A method for forming a pattern on a surface of a panel substrate, includes electrically charging pattern-forming material particles, jetting out the electrically charged pattern-forming material particles through a nozzle by applying electrostatic force t... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6670038 | Method of depositing particles with an electrostatic chuck The present invention is directed to electrostatic chucks, methods for their use, the electrostatic deposition of objects, such as particles in a dry powder, onto recipient substrates, and the recipient substrates themselves that have been subjected to el... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6652581 | Medical device with porous surface for controlled drug release and method of making the same The medical devices of the invention have a portion with a porous surface for release of at least one biologically active agent therefrom. The porous surface is made of a material such as a polymer having a plurality of voids. To load the porous surface w... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6598425 | Method for collecting soot A method and apparatus for manufacturing optical components. A burner generates soot, and a surface area collector collects the soot. The burner is disposed such that the soot collected within the surface area collector is substantially not reheated by su... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6592930 | Particle flow control A method and a device involving an electric iris diaphragm/shutter are disclosed for controlling particle transfer of electrically charged medication powder particles from a source to a defined target area, of a substrate. Spatial distribution of particle... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6579574 | Variable electrostatic spray coating apparatus and method A liquid coating is formed by spraying drops of liquid onto a substrate or a transfer surface from an electrostatic spray head that produces a mist of drops and a wet coating in response to an electrostatic field. During spraying, the electrostatic field ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6548104 | Apparatus and method for coating prosthetic components A physical vapor deposition apparatus and process are provided for providing a highly smooth shiny coating to a substrate. The apparatus includes a chamber with a fixture for mounting the components to be coated. The fixture is arranged such that the surf... | 04/15/2003 |
