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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7560143 | Aqueous non-ionically stabilized epoxy resins Aqueous radiation curable binders comprising non-ionically stabilized epoxy resins ABC. Resins ABC are an adduct mixture of: adducts formed by the reaction of polyethylene glycol-modified epoxy resins A with olefinically unsaturated acids C, and adducts formed by th... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7365408 | Structure for photolithographic applications using a multi-layer anti-reflection coating A bi-layer anti-reflective coating for use in photolithographic applications, and specifically, for use in ultraviolet photolithographic processes. The bi-layered anti-reflective coating is used to minimize pattern distortion due to reflections from neighboring feat... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7338573 | Magnetic substrates with high magnetic loading A method of forming a magnetic assembly having at least one magnetic layer having dimensions of thickness, width and length, and at least one printable substrate layer having dimensions of thickness, width and length, including the steps of providing a molten magnet... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7294673 | Method of modifying polymeric material and use thereof A method of modifying a polymeric material whereby the polymeric material is modified to give a highly durable surface without decreasing its strength. Namely, a polymeric material is modified by the method comprising a combination of an impregnation step, an activa... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7223309 | Display manufacturing apparatus and display manufacturing method A carriage 5 is provided with an injection head 7 to discharge an amount of liquid drops according to the supplied driving pulses and a liquid material sensor 17 to detect the ink amount hit at a filter substrate at each pixel region. A main con... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7199444 | Memory device, programmable resistance memory cell and memory array A method of metal doping a chalcogenide material includes forming a metal over a substrate. A chalcogenide material is formed on the metal. Irradiating is conducted through the chalcogenide material to the metal effective to break a chalcogenide bond of the chalcoge... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198829 | Conductive organic thin film, process for producing the same, electronic device employing the same, electrical cable, electrode, pyrrolyl compound, and theienyl compound It is an object to provide a conductive organic thin film having organic molecules that include at one end a terminal bonding group that is covalently bonded to a substrate surface, a conjugate bonding group that is located at any portion of the organic molecules an... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7180706 | Magnetic heads and semiconductor devices and surface planarization processes for the fabrication thereof A magnetic head according to one embodiment includes a pole piece made of a magnetic material; one or more magnetic pedestals formed over the pole piece; an insulator material formed over the pole piece adjacent the magnetic pedestals; and one or more polymer layers... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7179847 | Polymer electrolytes crosslinked by e-beam A method of making a crosslinked polymer is provided as well as the polymer so made, the method comprising the steps of: providing a highly fluorinated fluoropolymer, typically a perfluorinated fluoropolymer, comprising pendent groups which include a group according... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7071154 | Azeotrope-like compositions and their use Azeotrope-like compositions comprising C2F5CF(OCH3)CF(CF3)2 (1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5-decafluoro-3-methoxy-4-trifluoromethyl-pentane) and an organic solvent, and uses thereof, are described. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7022555 | Methods of forming a semiconductor memory device A method of metal doping a chalcogenide material includes forming a metal over a substrate. A chalcogenide material is formed on the metal. Irradiating is conducted through the chalcogenide material to the metal effective to break a chalcogenide bond of the chalcoge... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015494 | Assemblies displaying differential negative resistance The invention includes a device displaying differential negative resistance characterized by a current-versus-voltage profile having a peak-to-valley ratio of at least about 9. The invention also includes a semiconductor construction comprising a substrate, and a fi... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7006175 | Color filter and method for manufacturing the same A color filter and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The color filter includes a polarizer matrix (202), which is patterned in accordance with the pixel arrangement of a liquid crystal display device. The polarizer matrix (202) is made ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6955940 | Method of forming chalcogenide comprising devices A method of forming a non-volatile resistance variable device includes forming a first conductive electrode material on a substrate. A metal doped chalcogenide comprising material is formed over the first conductive electrode material. Such comprises the metal and A... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6951805 | Method of forming integrated circuitry, method of forming memory circuitry, and method of forming random access memory circuitry A method of forming memory circuitry sequentially includes forming a plurality of metal interconnect lines over a semiconductive substrate. A plurality of memory cell storage devices comprising voltage or current controlled resistance setable semiconductive material... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6949402 | Method of forming a non-volatile resistance variable device A method of metal doping a chalcogenide material includes forming a metal over a substrate. A chalcogenide material is formed on the metal. Irradiating is conducted through the chalcogenide material to the metal effective to break a chalcogenide bond of the chalcoge... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6849563 | Method and apparatus for controlling coating thickness The coating thickness and uniformity of spin-on deposition layers on semiconductor wafers is controlled through the in situ control of the viscosity and homogeneity of the mixture of precursor material and solvent material. The thickness of the deposited material is... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6821631 | Method and composition for treating substrates A method of treating substrates, such as wood, including the steps of applying an alkali silicate solution to one or more substrates and applying an alkali borate solution with boric oxide (B2O3) content to the substrates. Substrates that have ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6764758 | Surface-modified layer system The invention relates to a surface-modified layer systems, a method for the production and use thereof. The invention in particular relates to surface-modified layer systems, comprising a substrate and a mono-layer at least partially arranged on said substrate. Said... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6764718 | Method for forming thin film from electrically insulating resin composition A method for forming an electrically insulating thin film coating the surface of an electronic device with an electrically insulating thin-film-forming resin composition and crosslinking the composition by a method selected from the group consisting of heating and i... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6756074 | Methods for the deposition and curing of coating compositions Systems and methods for creating a combinatorial coating library including a coating system operatively coupled to at least one of a plurality of materials suitable for forming at least one coating layer on a surface of one or more substrates. The systems and method... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6743469 | Adhesive coating method Disclosed is a method for making a substrate coated with an adhesive, comprising applying an electron beam modifiable adhesive layer onto a repeatably reusable transfer surface, irradiating the adhesive layer with an electron beam to chemically modify the adhesive l... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6652902 | Gels and multilayer surface structures from boronic acid containing polymers Boronic acid containing polymers are used to form bioinert gels and multilayer surface structures. These polymers form crosslinked hydrogels, which are highly swollen in water. The crosslinking can either be chemical or physical. Water soluble polymers co... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6652920 | Method for meniscuscoating a substrate with a polymeric precursor A method of coating a substrate comprises immersing a surface portion of a substrate in a first phase comprising carbon dioxide and a coating component comprising a polymeric precursor; then withdrawing the substrate from the first phase into a distinct s... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6610464 | Process for patterning a membrane A process for patterning a non-rigid membrane in a closed gap environment including the optional step of applying a solvent to the non-rigid membrane, applying a layer of an energy-sensitive composition to the non-rigid membrane, spinning the non-rigid me... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6514573 | Method for reducing crazing in a plastics material A method for reducing crazing in a plastics material characterised in that it comprises the steps of: (1) cleaning the surface of the material; and (2) exposing the cleaned surface to plasma of a monomer vapour so as to produce a substantially non-oxidising pl... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6509098 | Poly(ethylene oxide) coated surfaces Methods are provided for the fabrication of hydrophilic coatings on hydrophobic surfaces. In one embodiment, a polyethylene oxide (PEO) coating is fabricated on the surface of a polymeric material by contacting the surface with a methacrylic acid or acryl... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6506459 | Coating compositions containing alkoxy substituted perfluoro compounds A process for removing contaminants from the surface of a substrate comprises contacting the substrate with a cleaning composition comprising at least one mono-, di-, or trialkoxy-substituted perfluoroalkane, perfluorocycloalkane, perfluorocycloalkyl-cont... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6497921 | Method for meniscus coating with liquid carbon dioxide A method of coating a substrate comprises immersing a surface portion of a substrate in a first phase comprising carbon dioxide and a coating component comprising a polymeric precursor; then withdrawing the substrate from the first phase into a distinct s... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6461689 | Method of controlling specular gloss characteristics The specular gloss of a polyurethane wear layer of a surface covering is controlled by controlling the thermal conditions of a substrate before and after it is coated with a liquid polyurethane and by controlling the termal conditions of the liquid polyur... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6455111 | Impregnating, casting and coating compounds for electrotechnical and/or electronic components and for carrier materials for plane insulating materials The subject of the present invention is the use of a resin composition (A) comprising A1) at least one unsaturated polyester resin, A2) at least one vinyl ether having a viscosity of less than 4000 mPa.multidot.s at 25° C., A3) if desired, at least one furthe... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6413630 | Decorative film A decorative film having an excellent decorative effect, excellent three-dimensional curvature emulating properties, three-dimensional curvature formability, long-term weather resistance and stain resistance. The decorative film comprises one or more tran... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6387379 | Biofunctional surface modified ocular implants, surgical instruments, medical devices, prostheses, contact lenses and the like A method for modifying the surface of a material adapted for contact with tissue of a human or non-human animal to impart biofunctional, bioactive or biomimetic properties to the surface comprising: (a) exposing the surface to a solution comprising (1) an ethy... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6358571 | Method for coating metal substrate A method for coating a metal substrate in which a coating film is applied reliably and strongly on a surface processed film on a metal matrix material. The coating method for the metal substrate includes an immersion step of immersing a surface-processed ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6358570 | Vacuum deposition and curing of oligomers and resins The present invention is the formation of solid polymer layers under vacuum. More specifically, the present invention is the use of "standard" polymer layer-making equipment that is generally used in an atmospheric environment in a vacuum, and degassing t... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6355310 | Screen coating composition and method for applying same A substantially water-free, water-washable, energy-curable composition includes an epoxy oligomer and/or urethane oligomer having at least two ethylenically unsaturated moieties, at least one alkoxylated polyol monomer having at least two ethylenically un... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6316044 | Process for the preparation of antimicrobial articles Antimicrobial activity is imparted to the surface(s) of an apparatus or article by polymerizing tert-butylaminoethyl methacrylate in the presence of the apparatus or article by which adhesion of the polymer to the surface(s) is achieved. In a preferred em... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6245392 | Coater apparatus and method The invention provides a mobile coating and curing apparatus for applying and curing an ultraviolet or an electron beam curable material. The apparatus includes a housing containing a first compartment containing a coater, a second compartment containing ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6214422 | Method of forming a hybrid polymer film A hybrid film, comprising a first polymer film having a plasma-treated surface and a second polymer film having first and second surfaces, with the first surface of the second polymer film being disposed along the first plasma-treated surface of the first... | 04/10/2001 |
