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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8097308 | Protective layer for charged particle beam processing A protective layer is applied to a work piece to protect the surface during charged particle beam processing by directing a fluid toward the surface. The surface is preferably not touched by the applicator. Ink jet print-type print heads are suitable applicators. In... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8043669 | Composite material and process for the production thereof This invention is to provide a process for producing a composite material that contains a thermoplastic resin as a matrix and is reinforced with electrically conductive fibers. This invention is to provide a process for producing a composite material that has a smal... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7959988 | Coating film forming apparatus and method A coating film forming apparatus includes a process section including one or more coating units and one or more thermally processing units; a pre-coating cleaning unit configured to perform cleaning on a back surface and an edge portion of a substrate; and a pre-coa... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7875324 | Biological laser printing via indirect photon-biomaterial interactions A method of laser forward transfer is disclosed. Photon energy is directed through a photon-transparent support and absorbed by a polymer interlayer coated thereon. The energized interlayer causes the transfer of a biological material coated thereon across a gap and... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7682670 | Method for controlling the volume of a molecular beam A molecular beam source for use in thin-film accumulation, which enables the adjustment of the volume of a molecular beam, which is discharged per hour by using a needle valve, to be constant irrespective of a decrease in a thin-film element-forming material remaini... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7579052 | Method of making gold thiolate and photochemically functionalized microcantilevers Highly sensitive sensor platforms for the detection of specific reagents, such as chromate, gasoline and biological species, using microcantilevers and other microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) whose surfaces have been modified with photochemically attached organi... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7494697 | Substrate of artificial leather including ultrafine fibers and methods for making the same There is provided a method for splitting a split type conjugate fiber. The method includes four steps. Firstly, there is provided a first polymer with crystallization of 40% to 95% and a second polymer with crystallization of 1% to 25%. Secondly, a conjugate fiber i... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7438950 | Metallic pattern forming method and conductive pattern material The invention provides a metallic pattern forming method comprising: forming a region in which a graft polymer, that directly bonds to a surface of a base material that includes a polyimide and has a functional group that interacts with either an electroless plating... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431987 | Core-shell particles having non-polar outer surface and methods for producing a three-dimensional object from the particles The invention relates to particles for producing a three-dimensional object by using layer-building methods (powder-based generative rapid prototyping methods), to methods for producing a three-dimensional object therefrom, and to an object that can be produced by u... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7396562 | Optical information-recording medium manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus A method of manufacturing an optical information recording medium that has a substrate having a signal recording layer formed on one principal surface thereof; and an optically transparent layer formed on the signal recording layer and made from a radiation cure typ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7390536 | Method for fabricating composite gas separation modules The present invention relates to a method for fabricating a composite gas separation module and to gas separation modules formed by the method. In one embodiment, the method for fabricating a composite gas separation module includes depositing a first material on a ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7368145 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing organic EL display and color filter by ink jet method A method and apparatus for manufacturing an EL layer of uniform thickness, causing effective light emission of pixel openings and manufacturing an organic EL display showing sufficient brightness and excellent in practicability, by an ink jet method. A method and ap... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357875 | Hybrid coating for magnetic heads A system and method for providing corrosion protection for a magnetic read/write head is disclosed. A monolayer surface coating is applied to cover those portions of the under layer of a magnetic read/write head not already covered by a previously applied diamond-li... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7352501 | Electrophoretic caps prepared from encapsulated electrophoretic particles Articles and methods for making capsules that include a cap of electrophoretic material suspended in a dielectric fluid are disclosed. The cap of electrophoretic material and dielectric fluid are encapsulated in a shell that forms the capsule. The cap may be moved t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348129 | Electron beam processing method and apparatus An organic material film formed on a surface of an object to be processed is cured by electron beams irradiated thereon through a hydrocarbon radical generating gas. By employing the electron beams and the hydrocarbon radical generating gas, a deterioration of a k v... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338683 | Superconductor fabrication processes A method of forming a superconductive device is provided, including providing a substrate having a dimension ratio of not less than about 102, depositing a buffer film to overlie the substrate by ion beam assisted deposition utilizing and ion beam, monito... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334325 | Apparatus and method for improving coupling across plane discontinuities on circuit boards The invention relates to an apparatus and method for improving coupling across plane discontinuities on circuit boards. A circuit board includes a discontinuity, e.g., a split, slot, or cutout, formed on a voltage reference plane. A conductive layer overlies the dis... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332195 | Chemical vapor deposition method Method for densifying a porous carbon preform (5). The method includes the steps of: (a) providing the apparatus (11); (b) charging the apparatus (11) with a plurality of stacks of annular porous carbon preforms (5), the preforms being se... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326445 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing ultra fine three-dimensional structure A method is adopted for deposition technology using a focused ion beam device, characterized by enabling structures to be formed by using phenanthrene as a source gas and using ions of gallium or gold, silicon or beryllium etc. of energies of 5 to 100 keV from a liq... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327535 | Hybrid coating for magnetic heads A system and method for providing corrosion protection for a magnetic read/write head is disclosed. A monolayer surface coating is applied to cover those portions of the under layer of a magnetic read/write head not already covered by a previously applied diamond-li... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7294367 | Biological laser printing via indirect photon-biomaterial interactions A method of laser forward transfer is disclosed. Photon energy is directed through a photon-transparent support and absorbed by an interlayer coated thereon. The energized interlayer causes the transfer of a biological material coated thereon across a gap and onto a... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7282454 | Switched uniformity control A component delivery mechanism for distributing a component inside a process chamber is disclosed. The component is used to process a work piece within the process chamber. The component delivery mechanism includes a plurality of component outputs for outputting the... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7270713 | Tunable gas distribution plate assembly A gas distribution plate assembly and a method for distributing gas in a processing chamber are provided. In one embodiment, a gas distribution plate assembly includes a tuning plate coupled to a diffuser plate. The tuning plate has a plurality of orifice holes form... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267848 | Method of fabricating a protective film by use of vacuum ultraviolet rays In a method of fabricating a protective film, a vacuum ultraviolet radiation CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) system is used. The method includes providing a vacuum ultraviolet rays generator, a reactor provided with a platform for supporting a substrate, a heat reta... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258901 | Directed growth of nanotubes on a catalyst A nanostructure is fabricated using charged particle deposition to deposit a catalyst on a substrate. A charged particle beam is directed to location on the substrate where the catalyst is to be deposited, with a beam-activated precursor gas also being directed to t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7246954 | Opto-electronic housing and optical assembly An opto-electronic housing and an opto-electronic assembly. The housing includes an enclosure defining a cavity. An opening through a wall of the enclosure is adapted to receive a substrate. A mount projects into the cavity opposite the opening. The mount is adapted... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7212308 | Interactive photo kiosk A digital imaging kiosk, comprising an imaging device adapted to electronically capture an image of an object, a display device adapted to display at least one of a captured image, a user interface adapted to display information to a user and to receive information ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7192622 | Process of masking cooling holes of a gas turbine component Process of masking cooling holes of a gas turbine component with an external surface, comprising a cavity and a plurality of cooling holes before coating the gas turbine component, comprising the steps of first applying a mask material to the cooling holes so that t... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189344 | Method for producing a synthetic material part A method for producing a synthetic material part such as, for example, a dental restorative part, is provided and includes spray applying with a spray device a material having at least a polymerizable synthetic material onto a base in succeeding layers. Each layer o... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186630 | Deposition of amorphous silicon-containing films Chemical vapor deposition methods are used to deposit amorphous silicon-containing films over various substrates. Such methods are useful in semiconductor manufacturing to provide a variety of advantages, including uniform deposition over heterogeneous surfaces, hig... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7175733 | Fluoropolymer bonding composition and method A multi-layer structure includes a fluoropolymer bonded to a substrate. The structure is prepared by exposing a bonding composition to actinic radiation, such as ultraviolet radiation, to form the bond. The bonding composition includes a light-absorbing compound and... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7157120 | Method for treating wood having a high extractive content A method for treating wood having a high extractive content is disclosed. The method generally comprises applying to the wood a coating comprising a water-based polyurethane dispersion and a crosslinker. The dispersion can be cured and one or more additional coating... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7128950 | Electron beam physical vapor deposition process An electron beam physical vapor deposition (EBPVD) process performed with a coating apparatus to produce a coating material (e.g., a ceramic thermal barrier coating) on an article. The EBPVD apparatus generally includes a coating chamber operated at an elevated temp... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7109024 | Biomolecule-bound substrates This invention features a biomolecule-bound substrate that includes a support made of an organic polymer and having an unmodified surface; and a plurality of unmodified biomolecules immobilized on the unmodified surface. The organic polymer is acrylic resin, polypro... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105208 | Methods and processes utilizing microwave excitation The invention includes methods and processes in which microwave radiation is utilized to activate at least one component within a reaction chamber during deposition of a material over a substrate within the reaction chamber. ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101593 | Method for producing a disk-shaped substrate and method for producing an optical disk A method for producing a disk-shaped substrate 10 used for producing an optical disk includes: (a) forming a protective layer 12a that is larger in area than the disk-shaped substrate 10 on a surface of a transparent plate 11a | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097884 | Stability of ion beam generated alignment layers by surface modification A method for preparing an alignment layer surface provides a surface on the alignment layer. The surface is bombarded with ions, and reactive gas is introduced to the ion beam to saturate dangling bonds on the surface. Another method for preparing an alignment layer... | 08/29/2006 |
| 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 |
