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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7354733 | Method for sorting and separating living cells We disclose methods of sorting or separating mixtures of living cells (e.g., eukaryotic, prokaryotic, mammalian, pathogenic, bacterial, viral, etc.). We perform our methods by activating cell-selective photophoric labels, which photosensitize and chemically reduce a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347617 | Mixing in microfluidic devices Mixing of liquids in a microfluidic device is accomplished by dispensing the liquids into a first chamber to produce combined liquid. The liquids are thereafter discharged through at least one capillary from the first chamber into a second chamber for complete mixin... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7229675 | Protective coating method for pieces made of heat resistant alloys The invention relates to metallurgy and mechanical engineering, in particular to the development of methods for providing metallic pieces with protective coatings with a view to improving the performance characteristics thereof. In accordance with the inventive meth... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223534 | Diffraction-based diagnostic devices A biosensor includes a substrate with a layer of receptive material disposed thereon. The receptive material is specific for an analyte of interest. A pattern of active and deactivated areas of the receptive material are defined in the receptive material layer by a ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7211300 | Method and apparatus for performing laser CVD An element is deposited by flowing a gas through a solid donor compound that includes the element, and over a substrate. The flow of gas deposits a film of a few monolayers of donor compound on the substrate. An optical radiation source (e.g., a femtosecond laser) w... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7195797 | High throughput high-yield vacuum deposition system A vacuum deposition system has been designed to produce thin film based demultiplexers with high throughput and production yields of greater than 25% for use in Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexer (DWDM) systems. The system employs a dense array of high yield fixt... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191522 | Cutting blade and cutting blade assembly for electric shaver In a cutting blade assembly for an electric foil shaver, a first cutting blade of the assembly has a generally planar first face, a generally planar second face opposite the first face, and a peripheral cutting edge. The first cutting blade has at least one bump dis... | 03/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7138335 | Method of forming electrode for flat display panel A reducing agent is discharged by an ink-jet method into a groove between partition walls of a glass substrate formed by sandblasting, that is, a desired region where an electrode is to be formed. After fixing the reducing agent to the glass substrate, the entire su... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128943 | Methods for fabricating lenses at the end of optical fibers in the far field of the fiber aperture A microlens is affixed in the far field of an optical fiber to spatially transform a beam either entering or exiting the fiber. In a first embodiment, a droplet of photo polymer is placed on the end of an optical fiber and the fiber is spun to create an artificial g... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125711 | Method and apparatus for splitting of specimens into multiple channels of a microfluidic device A microliter liquid sample, particularly a biological sample, is analyzed in a device employing centrifugal and capillary forces. The sample is moved by capillary forces into one or more metering wells which define the amount of the sample to be analyzed in subseque... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7094354 | Method and apparatus for separation of particles in a microfluidic device A microfluidic device provides separation of particles in a liquid sample, particularly, separation of a sample of whole blood into its components for further analysis. Separation into red blood cells and plasma occurs within a few seconds after the blood sample has... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7094451 | Chemical functionalization of material surfaces using optical energy and chemicals A method using irradiation with optical light in the presence of a chemical dissolved in a solvent which chemical reacts with the surface in the presence of the irradiation to modify the surface (12A, 104A, 202A, 304A, 402A, 502... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7062135 | Method for fabricating curved elements The present invention provides methods for forming convex and concave elements on the ends of supporting members. A convex element may be formed by forming a droplet on the end of the supporting member, then curing the droplet. The size of the droplet may be control... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6998219 | Maskless photolithography for etching and deposition The present invention relates to maskless photolithography using a patterned light generator for creating 2-D and 3-D patterns on objects using etching and deposition techniques. In an embodiment, the patterned light generator uses a micromirror array to direct patt... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6828406 | Method of producing organic semiconductors having high charge carrier mobility through π-conjugated crosslinking groups The organic polymers of the invention have electrical semiconductor properties. The compounds have a backbone of phenylene groups to which side groups with semiconductor properties, or which impart semiconductor properties to the polymer, are bonded. The polymers ar... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6802985 | Method for fabricating metal wirings There is provided a method for fabricating electrical wirings capable of being manufactured with low cost and easily applied to large-scale substrates. A photosensitive ground resin film is formed on an insulating substrate by coating process. The ground resin film ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6730370 | Method and apparatus for processing materials by applying a controlled succession of thermal spikes or shockwaves through a growth medium A method and apparatus for locally raising the temperature of a material in order to facilitate chemical reactions or processes related to growth or removal of the material utilizes an electrode to apply, in the presence of a growth or removal medium, a controlled s... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6689426 | Solid surface modification method and apparatus A liquid compound or a compound solution is kept in contact with the surface of a solid material (synthetic resin, glass, metal, or ceramic), radiation selected from ultraviolet, visible, and infrared is irradiated on the interface between the surface of ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6589716 | Microoptical system and fabrication method therefor Microoptical systems with clear aperture of about one millimeter or less are fabricated from a layer of photoresist using a lithographic process to define the optical elements. A deep X-ray source is typically used to expose the photoresist. Exposure and ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6580143 | Thin-film circuit substrate and method of producing same A surface modification layer having a surface modification coefficient of 0.1 to 0.5 is formed on the surface of an organic insulating film on a substrate. A metal wiring is provided on the surface of the organic insulating film having the surface modific... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6551698 | Method for treating a silicon substrate, by nitriding, to form a thin insulating layer Method for preparing a silicon substrate to form a thin electric insulating layer (24), characterized in that it comprises: a deoxidation step of at least one part of the silicon substrate (10), then a heat treatment step of the substrate at a temperature of 750° ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6497925 | Surface treatment on solgel coated substrate to improve glide height performance A substrate for ultra high-density GMR recording is produced by patterning a solgel layer on the substrate. The resulting recording medium is capable of providing a controlled movement of the head on the substrate of a magnetic disk and exhibits improved ... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6483596 | Method of calibrating an apparatus for producing a three-dimensional object, calibration apparatus and method and apparatus for producing a three-dimensional object The invention refers to a method for calibrating the control of a radiation device producing electromagnetic radiation or particle radiation in a rapid prototyping system. The method comprises the steps of arranging a calibration plate at a defined positi... | 11/19/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6458431 | Methods for the lithographic deposition of materials containing nanoparticles A method for depositing nanoparticles in a thin film through the dispersion of such nanoparticles in a precursor solution which is deposited on a substrate and converted into a metal or metal oxide film. The resulting metal or metal oxide film will contai... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6410107 | Methods for manufacturing an electrostatic actuator Methods for manufacturing an electrostatic actuator that comprises electrode members having opposing surfaces with a gap disposed therebetween. In an ink jet head, a bottom surface of a diaphragm may be one of the electrodes (common electrode) of an eletr... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6368658 | Coating medical devices using air suspension Methods and apparatuses for coating medical devices and the devices thereby produced are disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention includes a method comprising the steps of suspending the medical device in an air stream and introducing a coating materia... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6365220 | Process for production of actively sterile surfaces A process for production of an actively antimicrobial surface for a substrate and for use in a biologically dynamic environment, such as for treating and preventing microbial infections, including a film consisting of at least an antimicrobial element and... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6268025 | Method of producing integrated electrodes in plastic dies, plastic dies containing integrated electrodes and application of the same Patterned dies made of non-conductive resins may be equipped with integrated electrodes in different manners. It is proved to be difficult to produce high-quality electrodes especially in microstructured dies. A patterned plastic die arranged on a carrier... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6248658 | Method of forming submicron-dimensioned metal patterns Submicron-dimensioned metallization patterns are formed on a substrate surface by a photolytic process wherein portions of a metal-compound containing fluid layer on the substrate surface which are exposed through a pattern of submicron-sized openings in ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6162745 | Film forming method A film forming method includes the steps of forming a solution film, by dropwise supplying a solution containing solid contents in a solvent and volatilizing the solvent, and selectively forming a film of the solid contents on a to-be-processed substrate ... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6162278 | Photobiomolecular deposition of metallic particles and films The method of the invention is based on the unique electron-carrying function of a photocatalytic unit such as the photosynthesis system I (PSI) reaction center of the protein-chlorophyll complex isolated from chloroplasts. The method employs a photo-biom... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6117497 | Solid surface modification method and apparatus A liquid compound or a compound solution is kept in contact with the surface of a solid material, such as a synthetic resin, glass, metal, or ceramic, radiation selected from ultraviolet radiation, visible radiation, and infrared radiation is irradiated o... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6117487 | Process for forming metal oxide film by means of CVD system A process for forming a metal oxide film by means of a chemical vapor deposition system, which comprises using a complex of a ଲ-diketone compound and a group IV metal glycolate, the complex being represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherei... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6077617 | Rare-earth boride thin film system Disclosed is a system made by a method for depositing rare-earth boride onto the surface of a substrate which is submerged in an organic solution of borane and a rare-earth halide. Application of electromagnetic radiation, preferably in the visible wavele... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6033784 | Method of photochemical immobilization of ligands using quinones A method of immobilizing a ligand (L) to the surface (P) of a carbon-containing substrate material; said method comprising: a photochemical step of linking of one or more photochemically reactive compounds (Q) to a carbon-containing material surface (P); ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6022596 | Method for photoselective seeding and metallization of three-dimensional materials A method is provided for selectively metallizing one or more three-dimensional materials in an electronic circuit package comprising the steps of forming a layer of seeding solution on a surface of the three-dimensional material of interest, exposing this... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6013338 | CVD apparatus An improved CVD apparatus for depositing a uniform film is shown. The apparatus comprises a reaction chamber, a substrate holder and a plurality of light sources for photo CVD or a pair of electrodes for plasma CVD. The substrate holder is a cylindrical c... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6007876 | Method for producing polymer articles with a modified surface There is disclosed a method for producing polymer articles having highly functionalized surfaces excellent in biocompatibility, by irradiating the surfaces of a polymer article with an ultraviolet laser beam in a solution containing a biopolymer. Accordin... | 12/28/1999 |
