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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7919152 | Method and apparatus for curing waste containing photopolymeric components Method and apparatus for polymerizing photoactive materials included in a liquid material by electromagnetic radiation, by dispensing the liquid material layer-wise into a container and irradiating the accumulated layers by a curing radiation, wherein a substantial ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7695773 | Radiation curable powder coating compositions The present invention relates to powder compositions curable by ultraviolet irradiation or by accelerated electron beams. These powder compositions comprise at least one ethylenically unsaturated resin, and lend to the production of paint and varnish coatings exhibi... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7632547 | Clearcoat insitu rheology control via UV cured oligomeric additive network system The present invention discloses a photocurable composition that is combinable with a thermally curable clearcoat composition to form a dual curable composition that is useful for forming clearcoats with improved sag resistance. The photocurable composition of the in... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7473444 | Method of forming coating film The present invention provides a method of forming a coating film on a substrate comprising the steps of: (i) coating the substrate with a thermosetting and photocurable coating composition to form a wet coating film, ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7419716 | Multiple gloss level surface coverings and method of making Methods for providing surface coverings with differential gloss, and surface coverings prepared by the method, are disclosed. The methods involve screen printing or rotogravure printing a relatively low gloss primer onto portions of a substrate surface covering. The... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7399982 | UV curing system and process with increased light intensity A special method is provided for more uniformly and quickly curing products with a scratch-resistant UV curable coating or UV curable printing thereon with high intensity UV light, such as for wires, cables, tubes, tubing, hoses, pipes, CDs, DVDs, golf balls, golf t... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7381776 | Crosslinked rubber moldings for golf balls and method of manufacture The invention provides crosslinked rubber moldings for golf balls obtained by spherically molding and crosslinking a rubber composition containing a base rubber, a co-crosslinking agent and a crosslinking agent, then impregnating the crosslinked rubber molding with ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378455 | Molding composition and method, and molded article A curable method useful for encapsulating solid state devices includes (A) an epoxy resin; (B) an effective amount of a cure catalyst comprising (B1) a first latent cationic cure catalyst comprising a diaryl iodonium hexafluoroantimonate salt; (B2) a second latent c... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7361421 | Lubricant, magnetic recording medium and production method of magnetic recording medium A lubricant is obtained by mixing at least one compound selected from specific fluorine-based diester dicarboxylic acid compounds having has two carboxyl groups, two ester bonds, terminal groups each of which is an alkyl group or an alkenyl group, and one fluoroethe... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357733 | Golf ball with vapor barrier layer and method of making same A golf ball with at least one moisture vapor barrier layer is disclosed. The moisture vapor barrier layer is formed from a composition comprising a filler dispersed in a liquid or solven-born polymer of multi-olefin, iso-olefin, or a combination thereof. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7341643 | Method of making packaging material A packaging material, a method of making such a material, and a package made from such material, are disclosed. A substrate comprises at least one sheet of plastic material. An energy-curable coating is applied to one side of the substrate, which will be the outside... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7329438 | Method of producing a high gloss coating on a printed surface The present invention is directed to a method for producing a high gloss coating on a printed surface. In the present method, an aqueous coating composition is deposited onto a surface to be printed using a blanket roller coating face which is a low energy, non-stic... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322122 | Method and apparatus for curing a fiber having at least two fiber coating curing stages The present invention provides a method and apparatus for curing a coated fiber, comprising either two fiber coating curing stages separated by a cooling stage, or two fiber coating curing stages separated by a distinct time interval, or both. One of the two fiber c... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317521 | Particle detection method A method for detecting on a substrate used in the fabrication of integrated devices comprises the steps of (1) contacting the substrate with a monomer, wherein the particle catalyzes the polymerization of the monomer, and (2) detecting the particle using a particle ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7309514 | Electron beam modification of CVD deposited films, forming low dielectric constant materials A process for forming low dielectric constant dielectric films for the production of microelectronic devices. A dielectric layer is formed on a substrate by chemical vapor depositing a monomeric or oligomeric dielectric precursor in a chemical vapor deposit apparatu... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309395 | System for forming composite polymer dielectric film A system for depositing a composite polymer dielectric film on a substrate is disclosed, wherein the composite polymer dielectric film includes a low dielectric constant polymer layer disposed between a first silane-containing layer and a second silane-containing la... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7297397 | Method for applying a decorative metal layer A method for applying a decorative metal finish to a substrate is provided which includes the following steps. The method employs depositing a thermally cured leveling layer overlying the substrate, and then subsequently a radiation-cured layer overlying the levelin... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294293 | Method for manufacturing diffraction optical element A method for manufacturing a diffraction optical element, according to the present invention, includes the steps of: supplying a photocurable resin onto a surface of a light-transmitting molding die in which a grating pattern is formed on the surface; irradiating th... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286257 | Graphic printing machine for card-type storage medium, method for printing said storage media and storage media A graphic printing machine and method for a card-type storage medium employs a jet printing head and a controller to perform ink jet printing on the medium. The invention is useful for printing plastic or cardboard or paper cards. ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7276265 | Method of making a surface covering having gloss-in-register Surface covering components that include a topcoat layer with different gloss levels in various regions on the top coat layer, and methods of manufacturing such surface covering components, are disclosed. The surface covering components include a coating layer that ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261926 | Solventborne coating substance that can be cured physically, thermally or thermally and by using actinic radiation and use thereof A solventborne coating material curable physically, thermally, or thermally and with actinic radiation, comprising A) at least one binder curable physically, thermally, or thermally and with actinic radiation, B) a... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7250216 | Lighter-weight reinforced decorative composite material A reinforced composite material includes a decorative layer, and a strengthening panel, preferably directly fused to each other. The decorative layer is preferably made of one to three layers of (preferably printed) paper impregnated with a resin such as polyester o... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7238961 | Organic field effect transistor with a photostructured gate dielectric, method for the production and use thereof in organic electronics The invention relates to an organic field effect transistor which is especially characterized by a cross-linked, structured insulating layer (4) on which the gate electrode (5) is arranged. The structure of the OFET ensures that the gate electrode (... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7229674 | UV-cure of coating for optical fiber assisted by ultrasound An improved method for curing coatings on optical fibers, without creating additional heat and compromising the manufacturing speed of optical fibers. The method of curing a coating on an optical fiber includes the steps of passing an optical fiber through a coating... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226651 | Article with composite hardcoat layer and method for forming composite hardcoat layer The present invention provides inexpensively an article with a hard coat excellent in anti-staining property, lubricity, scratch resistance and abrasion resistance. The present invention also provides a method for forming the hard coat. A hard coat agent composition... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220460 | Thin film forming method, optical film, polarizing film and image display method A method of forming a layer or layers are disclosed which comprises the steps of transporting a substrate having a first surface and a second surface on the side opposite the first surface to a gap formed between a first electrode and a second electrode opposing eac... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7211299 | UV curing method and apparatus A UV curing apparatus and method is provided for enhancing UV curing of inks, coatings and adhesives having UV photo initiators therein by subjecting the UV curable inks, coatings or adhesives to UV light at different wavelengths. Preferably, the UV LED assemblies a... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7202324 | Perfluorostyrene compound, and coating solution and optical waveguide device using the same Disclosed is a fluorine compound having perfluorostyrene introduced at a terminal thereof, as represented in the following Formula 1, and a coating solution and an optical waveguide device using the same, characterized in that the introduction of perfluorostyrene re... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198576 | Golf ball comprising UV-cured non-surface layer Golf balls including at least one non-surface layer that has been treated with a radiation source to effect a complete cure of the non-surface layer and methods for making same, wherein the radiation-curable non-surface layer includes a polymer component and, option... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7193005 | Radiation-curable aqueous dispersions Aqueous polymer dispersions comprising a) 50–70% by weight of polymer particles composed of at least two different (co)polymers having glass transition temperatures each above 50° C. and synthesized from at least 80% by weight of... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186453 | Resilient floor covering with regenerative, dirt-repellent surface A resilient floor covering with a regenerative, dirt-repellent surface contains a matrix based on natural and/or synthetic materials and at least one substance that is capable of migrating within the matrix and the amount of the substance is in excess of its compati... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182702 | Golf ball with vapor barrier layer and method of making same A golf ball with at least one moisture vapor barrier layer is disclosed. In accordance to one aspect of the invention, the moisture vapor barrier layer may comprise butyl rubber. The butyl rubber may also be a halogenated butyl rubber such as bromobutyl rubber or ch... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175712 | Light emitting apparatus and method for curing inks, coatings and adhesives A UV curing apparatus and method is provided for enhancing the distribution and application of UV light to UV photo initiators in a UV curable ink, coating or adhesive. The UV curing apparatus and method comprises UV LED assemblies in a first row with the UV LED ass... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7166922 | Continuous metal interconnects A method of forming an interconnection that includes introducing a barrier material in a via of a dielectric to a circuit device on a substrate in such a manner to deposit the barrier material on the circuit device, introducing a seed material into the via in manner... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7166322 | Optical waveguide and method for producing the same In the condition that an acrylic transparent vessel is filled with a curable resin solution capable of being cured by a light, a plastic optical fiber is immersed in the curable resin solution. A laser beam is applied on the curable resin solution through the plasti... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7160961 | Melt coating method using a polyester resin composition The invention relates to cast resins containing A) at least one solid unsaturated polyester and B) at least one oligomer and/or polymer cross-linking agent that can be copolymerised therewith, said cross-linking agent having at least one terminal and/or lateral prop... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7153892 | Environmentally friendly, actinic radiation curable coating compositions for coating thermoplastic olefin objects and methods, processes and assemblages for coating thereof Disclosed are environmentally friendly coating compositions for coating thermoplastic olefin objects and which are curable using ultraviolet and visible radiation. Even if the coating compositions are applied to an unprimed surface, the resulting cured compositions ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150390 | Flip chip dip coating encapsulant A method for underfilling and encapsulating a flip chip in one step is disclosed. The flip chip is immersed in a polymer bath to apply a coating of the polymer to the surface of the flip chip except for the distal end of the conductive projections on the flip chip e... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7144976 | Coumarin endcapped absorbable polymers The present invention includes photocurable, liquid polymers incorporating coumarin ester endgroups into their molecular structure, which polymers are crosslinked upon irradiation with ultraviolet light by photochemically allowed [2+2] cycloaddition reactions among ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 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 |
