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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7887889 | Plasma fluorination treatment of porous materials The application discloses articles and methods of plasma fluorination treatment that employ a capacitively-coupled system to fluorinate porous articles. The methods include placing the article to be treated within an ion sheath adjacent to an electrode and placing t... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7434793 | Coating for a throttle body A throttle body for an air intake system of an internal combustion engine, which includes a combustion chamber. The throttle body includes a body, a throttle plate and a coating. The body defines a throat through which air flows to the combustion chamber. The thrott... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7393391 | Fabrication of an anisotropic super hydrophobic/hydrophilic nanoporous membranes Anisotropic hydrophobic/hydrophilic nanoporous membranes and methods of forming anisotropic hydrophobic/hydrophilic nanoporous membranes are disclosed. The method of forming the nanoporous membrane includes growing a nanoporous oxide film on a substrate. A nanoporou... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7354629 | Method of forming a protective film and a magnetic recording medium having a protective film formed by the method A method of forming a protective film that restrains gas adsorption while preserving durability and corrosion resistance of a plasma CVD carbon film is disclosed. A protective film of a slide-resistant member is deposited by means of a plasma CVD method using a raw ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7348041 | Antireflection film made of a CVD SiOfilm containing a fluoro and/or alkyl modifier A low refractive index SiO2 film is provided which uses a starting material for forming an SiO2 film and has a lower refractive index than the conventional SiO2 film. A starting material gas comprising a gas containing a fluorine ato... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342551 | Antenna systems for reliable satellite television reception in moisture conditions More reliable satellite television reception in moisture conditions is provided by recognizing the critical relationship between satellite signal transmissivity and the effects of superhydrophobocity. Instead of trying to use a hydrophobic or superhydrophobic coatin... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341764 | Gas for plasma reaction, process for producing the same, and use A gas for plasma reaction comprising a chainlike perfluoroalkyne having 5 or 6 carbon atoms, preferably perfluoro-2-pentyne. This plasma reaction gas is suitable for dry etching for formation of a fine pattern, for plasma CVD for formation of a thin film, and for pl... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7300662 | Drug/drug delivery systems for the prevention and treatment of vascular disease A drug and drug delivery system may be utilized in the treatment of vascular disease. A local delivery system is coated with rapamycin or other suitable drug, agent or compound and delivered intraluminally for the treatment and prevention of neointimal hyperplasia f... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294294 | Surface modified stamper for imprint lithography A method of performing imprint lithography of a surface substrate includes a stamper having a thin lubricant coating thereon to facilitate release of the stamper from the imprinted surface to reduce degradation of image replication. Embodiments of the invention incl... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7267847 | Hydrophobic coating of individual components of hearing aid devices For the liquid impervious sealing of smallest crevices, chinks, capillaries and/or openings within a housing wall, in particular of electronic or electrical devices, it is proposed to provide the housing wall at least in the area of the crevices, chinks, openings or... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7235490 | Method of manufacturing semiconductor device A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises preparing a working film to be processed, forming an adhesion improving region on the working film for increasing an adhesion between the working film and a mask material containing carbon, forming the mask ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229473 | Local delivery of rapamycin for treatment of proliferative sequelae associated with PTCA procedures, including delivery using a modified stent Methods of preparing intravascular stents with a polymeric coating containing macrocyclic lactone (such as rapamycin or its analogs), stents and stent graphs with such coatings, and methods of treating a coronary artery with such devices. The macrocyclic lactone-bas... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226869 | Methods for protecting silicon or silicon carbide electrode surfaces from morphological modification during plasma etch processing Methods for forming a protective polymeric coating on a silicon or silicon-carbide electrode of a plasma processing chamber are provided. The polymeric coating provides protection to the underlying surface of the electrode with respect to exposure to constituents of... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223286 | Local delivery of rapamycin for treatment of proliferative sequelae associated with PTCA procedures, including delivery using a modified stent Methods of preparing intravascular stents with a polymeric coating containing macrocyclic lactone (such as rapamycin or its analogs), stents and stent graphs with such coatings, and methods of treating a coronary artery with such devices. The macrocyclic lactone-bas... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7217286 | Local delivery of rapamycin for treatment of proliferative sequelae associated with PTCA procedures, including delivery using a modified stent Methods of preparing intravascular stents with a polymeric coating containing macrocyclic lactone (such as rapamycin or its analogs), stents and stent graphs with such coatings, and methods of treating a coronary artery with such devices. The macrocyclic lactone-bas... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7211290 | Surface-modified methyl methacrylate polymer based transparent sheet material A transparent, monolithic or laminated sheet material based on a methyl methacrylate homopolymer or copolymer, the laminated material having at least one of its two outer layers made of the methyl methacrylate homopolymer or copolymer, characterized in that the mono... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211708 | Exhaust processing method, plasma processing method and plasma processing apparatus A chemical-reaction inducing means is provided in an exhaust line connecting a processing space for subjecting a substrate or a film to plasma processing to an exhaust means, and at least either an unreacted gas or byproduct exhausted from the processing space are c... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7201935 | Plasma-generated coatings for medical devices and methods for fabricating thereof Coatings for implantable medical devices, such as stents, and methods of coating the devices are disclosed. The method includes forming a coating by plasma polymerization of a monomer or a blend of monomers. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201940 | Method and apparatus for thermal spray processing of medical devices The invention relates to devices for the treatment of heart disease and particularly to endo-arterial prostheses, which are commonly called stents. More particularly, the invention relates to methods of manufacturing and coating stents utilizing thermal spray proces... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7118984 | Method for fabricating semiconductor component Electrode layers (1, 2) are arranged on both sides of a dielectric layer (3) facing each other so as to configure a capacitor. Lead electrodes (4, 5) are formed in the electrode layers (1, 2). A penetrating electrode (6) that is in... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7105279 | Method for fabricating a patterned layer on a semiconductor substrate During the patterning of a semiconductor layer, an N-free SiOx layer is produced under an acid-forming photoresist layer in order to prevent a resist degradation. The Si content of the grown SiOx layer being varied in order to set a desired ext... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7067235 | Bi-layer photoresist dry development and reactive ion etch method A method for semiconductor device feature development using a bi-layer photoresist including providing a non-silicon containing photoresist layer over a substrate; providing a silicon containing photoresist layer over the non-silicon containing photoresist layer; ex... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7060323 | Method of forming interlayer insulating film A material containing, as a main component, an organic silicon compound represented by the following general formula: R1xSi(OR2)4-x (where R1 is a phenyl group or a vinyl group; R2 | 06/13/2006 |
| 7018643 | Pesticide delivery system In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a pesticide delivery system, containing a continuous film having a thickness from about 1 μm to about 1,000 μm and noncontinuous areas having sizes less than about 100 μm, the continuous film containing a partic... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7010837 | Method for manufacturing an electronic component A method for manufacturing an electronic component includes the steps of forming an electrode layer including α-tungsten on a substrate at a substrate temperature of about 100° C. to about 300° C. by a sputtering process, processing the electrode layer so as to h... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6998636 | Materials having low dielectric constants and method of making The invention relates to a material including carbon, oxygen, silicon and hydrogen and having a dielectric constant of from about 2.1 to about 3.0 where an FTIR scan of the material includes at least two major peaks signifying Si—CH3 bonding. The invent... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6949272 | Method for producing a permanent demoulding layer by plasma polymerization on the surface of a moulded-part tool, a moulded-part tool produced by said method and the use thereof A method of producing a permanent demoulding layer by plasma polymerisation on the surface of a mould, in which a gradient layer structure is created in the demoulding layer by varying the polymerisation conditions over time. ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6939808 | Undoped and fluorinated amorphous carbon film as pattern mask for metal etch A method for etching a metal layer formed on a substrate to form a metal line, using an amorphous carbon layer as a pattern mask. One embodiment of the method of the invention etches a metal layer formed on a substrate, for forming a metal line, by depositing an amo... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6916549 | In situ fluoropolymer polymerization into porous substrates The present invention relates to in situ polymerization of fluoropolymer into porous substrates, to improve resistance to degradation by wetting and staining, and wood, to improve resistance to degradation, staining and warping. ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6908865 | Method and apparatus for cleaning substrates Generally, a method for pre-cleaning native oxides and other contaminants from apertures on a substrate is provided. In one embodiment, a method for pre-cleaning apertures on a substrate includes disposing the substrate on a support member in a process chamber, cool... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6878418 | Method for making zone-bonded lubricant layer for magnetic hard discs A system and method for improving the durability and reliability of recording media used in hard drives is disclosed. A protective overcoat made by depositing a diamond like carbon (DLC) layer over a magnetic layer and then depleting a portion of the DLC protective ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6869541 | Epoxy resin composition, surface treating method, ink-jet recording head, and ink-jet recording apparatus An epoxy resin composition suitable for forming a film of excellent water repellency which comprises an epoxy resin having one or more water repellent groups and two or more cyclic aliphatic epoxy groups per molecule, a triazine-base catalyst for cationic polymeriza... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6861102 | Elastomeric lubricants for magnetic recording media Elastomeric fluoropolyether lubricant topcoats are formed on a protective overcoat of a magnetic recording medium. Embodiments include forming a an amorphous carbon layer having a thickness of no greater than about 25 Å as the protective overcoat and polymerizing ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6855370 | Fluoropolymer interlayer dielectric by chemical vapor deposition A process is disclosed for forming a fluoropolymer layer on a thin film device, comprising contacting said thin film device with a gas phase fluoromonomer, and initiating polymerization of said fluoromonomer with a free radical polymerization initiator whereby said ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6793960 | Medical device having surface modification with superoxide dismutase mimic A medical device comprising a substrate having a plasma polymerized functionally bonded to at least a portion of the substrate. A superoxide dismutase mimic agent having a complimentary functional group to the plasma polymerized functionality is bonded to the portio... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6787179 | Sterilization of bioactive coatings The invention provides a method for single-step surface modification, grafting and sterilization for bio-active coating on materials and biomaterials used in medical devices, such as catheters, tissue engineering scaffolds, or drug delivery carrier materials. This m... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6770332 | Method for forming film by plasma In a case where a CF film is used as an interlayer dielectric file for a semiconductor device, when a wiring of tungsten is formed, the CF film is heated to a temperature of, e g., about 400 to 450° C. At this time, F containing gases are emitted from the CF film, ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6764809 | CO2-processes photoresists, polymers, and photoactive compounds for microlithography A process of forming a resist image in a microelectronic substrate comprises the steps of contacting the substrate with a composition first comprising carbon dioxide and a component selected from the group consisting of at least one polymeric precursor, at least one... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6649222 | Modulated plasma glow discharge treatments for making superhydrophobic substrates A method for treating substrates including the steps of: providing a substrate; exposing said substrate to a plasma glow discharge in the presence of a fluorocarbon gas; maintaining said gas at a pressure between about 50 mTorr and about 400 mTorr;... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6642300 | Filler for crosslinkable elastomer and crosslinkable elastomer composition containing the same To provide the filler which is added to a composition for a sealing member, etc. for sealing of semi-conductor production equipment being apt to be damaged greatly by mixing of a foreign matter and is small in a change in weight in either of the oxygen pl... | 11/04/2003 |
