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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8017193 | Monomeric formulation for making polymer waveguides A monomeric formulation for creating self-propagating polymer optical waveguides and a system and a method of using the same. The monomeric formulation includes a plurality of unsaturated molecules, a molecule having a structure of R—X—H (e.g., X═O, S, N), and... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7989032 | UV-photopolymerizable composition for producing organic conductive layers, patterns or prints A composition comprising a polyanion and a polymer or copolymer of a substituted or unsubstituted thiophene as a solution or as a dispersion in a liquid medium and at least one compound with at least two vinyl groups, wherein said liquid medium comprises at least on... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7981482 | Methods of forming a doped semiconductor thin film, doped semiconductor thin film structures, doped silane compositions, and methods of making such compositions Methods for forming doped silane and/or semiconductor thin films, doped liquid phase silane compositions useful in such methods, and doped semiconductor thin films and structures. The composition is generally liquid at ambient temperatures and includes a Group IVA a... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7947336 | Resin composition, resin cured product, and liquid discharge head An epoxy resin composition, including: an epoxy resin (A) represented by Formula (1); an epoxy resin (B) having an epoxy equivalent of 220 or less and having twice or more epoxy groups in a molecule than epoxy groups of the epoxy resin (A); and a photocationic polym... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7943203 | Colored curable composition, colored pattern and color filter using the same A colored curable composition containing a pigment (A) made into fine particles in the presence of sodium chloride (NaCl), an alkali soluble resin (B), a polymerizable compound (C), a photopolymerization initiator (D), and a solvent (E), wherein the pigment is inclu... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7927669 | Method for applying coatings to surfaces A method and apparatus for applying coatings, such as in particular varnishes, to surfaces is provided. The apparatus includes a metering head that has at least one nozzle which can be actuated by a control signal. The method includes the steps of: moving a base hav... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7674503 | Oxime derivative, photopolymerizable composition, color filter, and process for producing the same There are provided a compound represented by the following formula (I), a photopolymerizable composition containing (A) a photopolymerization initiator represented by the formula (I) and (B) a radical polymerizable monomer, a color filter produced by using the photo... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7648738 | Oxime ester photoinitiators with heteroaromatic groups Compounds of the formulae (I), (II), (III) and (IV), wherein Ch1 is e.g. the formula (V) or (VI); Ch2 is the formula (VII) or (VIII); Het1 is for example furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, pyridyl, benzothienyl, quinolyl or bithienyl; each of... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7556844 | Radiation curable photochromic inks An ink that may be used in ink jet devices is a photochromic ink comprising an ink vehicle that includes at least one radiation curable component, at least one photochromic material and at least one photoinitiator. The ink is cured via exposure to radiation that cur... | 07/07/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7420743 | Optical elements and methods for making thereof Optical elements are made using micro-jet printing methods to precisely control the type, position and amount of polymer deposited onto a substrate. In preferred embodiments, the proportions of two or more different polymer compositions are varied over the course of... | 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 |
| 7396861 | Radiation curable compositions Radiation curable compositions with a polymeric co-initiator are disclosed comprising a dendritic polymer core with at least one co-initiating functional group as an end group. The dendritic polymeric core is preferably a hyperbranched polymer. Industrial applicatio... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7390840 | Active ray curable composition, active ray curable ink, image forming method and inkjet recording apparatus utilizing the same An active ray curable composition, including an epoxy compound which is represented by Formula (A) and an oxetane compound, The active ray curable compound exhibiting a viscosity of 1 to 500 mPa·s at 25° C.: ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387812 | Heat-curable resin composition The present invention relates to a resin composition comprising an at least bifunctional prepolymer (A) curable under the action of heat, a telechelic elastomer and a particulate material having an elastomeric core and a thermoplastic shell. Layers and patterns whic... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7372480 | Non-lithographic photo-induced patterning of polymers from liquid crystal solvents with spatially modulated director fields A liquid crystal device comprises a first and second cell wall structure; at least one liquid crystal material disposed within a space between the first and second cell wall structures; and polymer micro-structures, wherein the micro-structures are formed by polymer... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368148 | Fabrication process of color filters, inks, color filters, and image displays using the color filters Color filters can each be fabricated by printing a pixel pattern for the color filter on a flexible plastic film by a central impression cylinder press. The pixel pattern is formed of pixels of three primary colors consisting of red, green and blue or pixels of thre... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364622 | Method and apparatus for fabricating a device, and the device and an electronic equipment The invention provides an apparatus for fabricating a device, in which a high operation efficiency is maintained in a drying treatment for a multilayer-interconnection device. The device can also be fabricated inexpensively. An apparatus for fabricating a device has... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365105 | Radiation curable ink compositions and applications thereof Radiation curable ink compositions that include a curable component having a functionality that is greater than two, is present in the ink composition in an amount greater than 30 percent by weight, and has a molecular weight in the range of about 400 g/mole to abou... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7351660 | Process for producing high performance interconnects A method for fabricating high performance vertical and horizontal electrical connections in a three dimensional semiconductor structure. A dielectric film is imprinted with a stamp pattern at high vacuum and with precise temperature and stamping pressure control. Th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341784 | Light management film and its preparation and use A light management film includes a first layer with a thermoplastic resin and a particular phosphonium sulfonate salt, and a second layer formed from a curable composition and having a refractive index of at least 1.5. The light management film exhibits reduced stat... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335402 | Radiation curable putty compositions and methods for refinishing a substrate using such compositions Disclosed are radiation curable putty compositions that include (a) a radiation curable material, (b) a radiation cure initiator, and (c) a filler comprising a polymer, such as a polymer that is transparent to ultraviolet radiation. Also disclosed are methods for re... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329897 | Organic thin film transistor and method of manufacturing the same An organic thin film transistor and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The transistor has a threshold voltage that can be easily controlled without changing the material forming an organic semiconductor film. The organic thin film transistor includes a... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327925 | Photosensitive acrylate composition and waveguide device A photosensitive composition suitable for practical waveguide devices is provided. The photosensitive composition comprises at least one multifunctional acrylate prepared from a fluorinated multifunctional alcohol and at least one photoinitiator. The said compositio... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326164 | Apparatus for making window envelopes Disclosed are a method and an apparatus designed to make a window envelope rapidly using a water-soluble clarifying agent without causing an inconvenience in its window area. Upstream of an envelope making stage wherein a continuous paper while traveling along a con... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323499 | UV curable silver chloride compositions for producing silver coatings The present invention discloses an ultraviolet light curable silver chloride composition and method for making such a composition that may be used to produce an silver coating on a substrate. The disclosed composition does not contain any significant amount of volat... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320936 | Plating of multi-layer structures An insulating layer (5) and a conductive seed layer (6) are applied to a substrate (1) in a simple process. A photo resist with palladium chloride are provided in a bath for electrophoretic deposition onto the substrate. The photo resist is an i... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7314658 | Storage medium for data This disclosure relates to a data storage medium, and in particular to a data storage medium comprising at least one high modulus layer. In one embodiment, an asymmetric optical storage medium can comprise: a substrate layer comprising polyarylene ether, a high modu... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7306315 | UV curable coating composition Disclosed is a method of coating an inkjet print head using a UV curable coating composition containing a (methyl)acryloxy or vinyl functionalized silane, silica and acrylate oligomer containing at least two acrylate groups. ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303785 | Antireflective film material, and antireflective film and pattern formation method using the same It is an object of the present invention to provide a material for an antireflective film that has high etching selectivity with respect to the resist, that is, that has a faster etching speed than the resist, a pattern formation method for forming an antireflective... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303923 | Biochemical and immunochemical assay device We describe an assay device which comprises (a) a substrate comprising: (i) a porous material capable of chromatographically transporting a liquid and (ii) one or more test reagents for an assay provided on the porous material; and (b) a water-impermeable coating po... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300688 | Alignment layer comprising a first and second sublayer The invention pertains to an alignment layer capable of aligning liquid crystal material, the alignment layer comprising: a first sublayer having regions capable of aligning the liquid crystal material in a first alignment, a second sublayer having regions capable o... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300690 | Radial tilt reduced media A storage media having a radial deviation of less than or equal to about 1.15 degrees at a radius of 55 mm is disclosed. In one embodiment, the storage media comprises: a plastic substrate, an optical layer and a data storage layer disposed therebetween. A reflectiv... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300695 | Alignable diffractive pigment flakes Diffractive pigment flakes are selectively aligned to form an image. In one embodiment, flakes having a magnetic layer are shaped to facilitate alignment in a magnetic field. In another embodiment, the flakes include a magnetically discontinuous layer. In a particul... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297374 | Single- and multi-photon polymerizable pre-ceramic polymeric compositions A single- or multi-photon reactive composition comprises a liquid polysilazane precursor, a multifunctional acrylate additive, and a single- or multi-photon photocuring composition. The invention can be used to provide ceramic-based microstructures as, for example, ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294364 | Method for curing composite materials A curing light system useful for curing light activated composite materials is disclosed. Various configurations of light emitting semiconductor chips and heat sinks are disclosed, as well as various structures and methods for driving, controlling and using them. | 11/13/2007 |
| 7282241 | Patterned, high surface area substrate with hydrophilic/hydrophobic contrast, and method of use Nanoporous structures are constructed that have hydrophilic regions separated by hydrophobic regions. The porous, hydrophilic regions have reaction sites suitable for use in a bioassay application and have a higher density of reaction sites than that of a non-porous... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282243 | Pattern forming method and method of manufacturing ink jet recording head The present invention has as its object to provide a pattern forming method which, even if a pattern is formed by photolithography, can keep the edge of the opening portion of the pattern in a sharp state and yet, can make the wall surface of the recess of the patte... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279506 | Ink jettable overprint compositions Ink jettable, radiation curable overprint compositions containing at least one radiation curable oligomer/monomer, at least one photoinitiator, and at least one surfactant are disclosed. The overprint compositions are particularly well-suited for protecting ink-base... | 10/09/2007 |
| 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 |
