Did You Know...
...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6924001 | Production device for DLC film-coated plastic container and production method therefor A production device for a DLC film-coated plastic container and a production method therefor, capable of forming DLC (diamond-like carbon) films simultaneously on the inner surfaces of a plurality of plastic containers, and reducing variations in film thickness. A p... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6572937 | Method for producing fluorinated diamond-like carbon films Fluorinated, diamond-like carbon (F-DLC) films are produced by a pulsed, glow-discharge plasma immersion ion processing procedure. The pulsed, glow-discharge plasma was generated at a pressure of 1 Pa from an acetylene (C2 H2) and he... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6171456 | Method for making improved long life bonding tools The present invention relates to post manufacturing operations for improving the working life of known bonding tools such as capillaries, wedges and single point TAB tools of the type used in the semiconductor industry to make fine wire or TAB finger inte... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6143142 | Composite coatings The invention describes composite coatings, in particular comprising carbon and another metallic element such as silicon or aluminium. These coatings have improved properties compared with pure tetrahedral amorphous carbon coatings, in that they have redu... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6110330 | Process for bonding lubricant to magnetic disk This invention relates to a process for forming a lubricant layer of differing thickness on distinct zones of a maonetic disk of a hard disk drive without heating, inert gas plasma and UV-radiation or E-beam exposition. According to the present invention.... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6015597 | Method for coating diamond-like networks onto particles A method for making particles coated with a diamond-like network, which can include additive components. The method comprises subjecting a multiplicity of particles to a carbon-based plasma in an evacuated radio frequency powered capacitively coupled reac... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6001431 | Process for fabricating a magnetic recording medium A process for depositing a diamond-like carbon film, which comprises providing a means for generating a sheet-like beam-type plasma region inside a vacuum vessel for depositing the diamond-like carbon film, and depositing the film on a substrate being mov... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5993919 | Method of synthesizing diamond In a method of synthesizing diamond on a substrate from plasma containing a carbon component, filaments containing tungsten as a thermoelectron-emitting material are arranged above a substrate in a chamber. An electrode is provided at a position separated... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5965216 | Method of producing diamond-like-carbon coatings A rf plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process is presented, wherein a precursor gas stream having a high helium content produces hard, wear resistant, hermetically sealing, high refractive index Diamond-Like-Carbon (DLC) coatings on numerous subs... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5965217 | Method of forming DLC films over inner surface of cylindrical member The present invention relates to a method of forming a two-layer intermediate film over the inner surface of a cylindrical member, such as a bushing or a cylinder, with a DLC film being formed on the intermediate film with a uniform thickness by using an ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5962071 | Diamond coated body and method of its production There is now provided a body coated with at least one diamond layer on a substrate of cemented carbide or cermets. The substrate is before the diamond coating process provided with spotwise occurring particles containing an element either being any of W, ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5912053 | Method of making a composite body coated with CVD diamond film At least the surface region of a cutting tool substrate made of tungsten carbide in a cobalt matrix is carburized to chemically passivate the cobalt prior to deposition of diamond film on it. The passivation improves adhesion by preventing reaction of the... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5900289 | Method of producing a colorating coating A method of producing a thin coating by plasma-assisted chemical vapor phase deposition from a carbonaceous and metalliferous gas phase of a predetermined composition on a substrate surface especially in the form of a diamond-like carbon-silicon-hydrogen ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5804259 | Method and apparatus for depositing a multilayered low dielectric constant film A method and apparatus for forming a multilayer insulating film on a substrate involves forming a number of carbon-based layers on the substrate, each interlaid with layers of organic material, such as parylene. Preferably, the carbon-based layers are for... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5795919 | Insulating paints An object of the present invention is to provide a method of recovering the insulation by means of simple steps rapidly and easily at low cost, and paints used therefor. For that purpose, the insulating paint of the present invention which comprises an el... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5677051 | Magnetic recording medium having a specified plasma polymerized hydrogen containing carbon film and lubricant A magnetic recording medium possessing excellent electromagnetic characteristics, corrosion resistance, durability, abrasion resistance and lubricity, has an undercoat layer, a ferromagnetic metal layer, a protective layer and a lubricating layer formed i... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5677015 | High dielectric constant material containing tantalum, process for forming high dielectric constant film containing tantalum, and semiconductor device using the same A high dielectric constant material containing tantalum expressed by chemical formula Tax Oy Nz, where x, y, and z are each a value which in total yield 1, z is 0.1 or higher but 0.625 or lower, y is 0 or higher but 0.6 or... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5674573 | Method of synthesizing diamond-like carbon thin films A method for synthesizing a hard diamond-like thin film on a rotating substrate, the method comprising the steps of: generating plasma of gas containing hydrocarbon gas, in a first vacuum vessel having an inflow portion and an outflow portion for the gas ... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5674638 | Fluorinated diamond-like carbon protective coating for magnetic recording media devices An improved wear-resistant protective coating for the surfaces of magnetic recording media devices that is formed of fluorinated diamond-like carbon and deposited by a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process or other suitable methods to provide ... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5667852 | Plasma jet CVD method of depositing diamond or diamond-like films The invention relates to electronics and optical industry technology. Deposition of diamond and diamond-like films is performed in a plasma flux at atmospheric pressure at a temperature T=104 ° K. A mixture of hydrocarbons and hydrogen is fed ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5643637 | Method of grading the electric field of an electrode A method is described for grading the electrical field at the surface of an electrode by depositing a semiconductive coating thereon. An electrode substrate is powered at a preselected temperature and power. A mixture of gases is then passed through an el... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5569501 | Diamond-like carbon films from a hydrocarbon helium plasma The present invention relates to an improved method of depositing a diamond-like carbon film onto a substrate by low temperature plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) from a hydrocarbon/helium plasma. More specifically, the diamond-like carbon... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5462776 | Conversion of fullerenes to diamonds A method of forming synthetic diamond or diamond-like films on a substrate surface. The method involves the steps of providing a vapor selected from the group of fullerene molecules or an inert gas/fullerene molecule mixture, providing energy to the fulle... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5427827 | Deposition of diamond-like films by ECR microwave plasma Hard amorphous hydrogenated carbon, diamond-like films are deposited using an electron cyclotron resonance microwave plasma with a separate radio frequency power bias applied to a substrate stage. The electron cyclotron resonance microwave plasma yields l... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5391409 | Low temperature method for synthesizing diamond with high quality by vapor phase deposition A diamond film deposited on a substrate heated at less than 400° C. in vapor phase from material gas including hydrogen gas and hydrocarbon gas often incurs low strength, low abrasion resistance, and opacity owing to high concentration of non-diamond ing... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5352493 | Method for forming diamond-like nanocomposite or doped-diamond-like nanocomposite films The present invention relates to the formation of a class of nanocomposite amorphous materials consisting of interpenetrating random networks of predominantly sp3 bonded carbon stabilized by hydrogen, glass-like silicon stabilized by oxygen and random net... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5302424 | Method for forming a film with plasma CVD process In plasma discharge to form a film on a magnetic tape of the like in a plasma CVD process, a hollow electrode 12 is arranged in a discharge tube 8 or arranged opposed to another electrode 34. A non-polymerizable gas is blown out from the inside of the hol... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5240749 | Method for growing a diamond thin film on a substrate by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition A method is provided for growing a diamond thin film on a selected substrate. First the substrate is prepared by scratching the surface thereof with diamond paste. The substrate is then confined in an enclosed space which includes high purity hydrogen and... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5198263 | High rate chemical vapor deposition of carbon films using fluorinated gases A high rate, low-temperature deposition of amorphous carbon films is produced by PE-CVD in the presence of a fluorinated or other halide gas. The deposition can be performed at less than 100° C., including ambient room temperature, with a radio frequency... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5182132 | Magnetic recording medium and method for making it In making a magnetic recording medium, a diamond-like carbon film is formed stably with high product efficiency such as 200 Å/sec, without occurrence of irregular discharge, and improved still durability and reduced head contamination are achieved by uti... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5165955 | Method of depositing a coating containing silicon and oxygen The present invention relates to the deposition of coatings containing silicon and oxygen from vaporized hydrogen silsesquioxane resin. The process comprises introducing the hydrogen silsesquioxane vapor into a deposition chamber containing the substrate ... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5114745 | Method of producing a thin carbide layer on a carbon substrate, growing a diamond or diamond-like film on the carbide layer, and removing the carbon substrate A method of producing a diamond or diamond-like film having a desired profile which involves providing a solid carbon substrate having a surface shaped to the desired profile, creating a thin carbide layer on the profiled surface growing a diamond or diam... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5064809 | Method of making a Josephson junction with a diamond-like carbon insulating barrier A Josephson junction consisting of high temperature ceramic superconductors layers, separated by an ultra-thin insulating barrier made of an non-oxide substance like diamond-like carbon. An integral part of this disclosure is the technique involving the u... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5015494 | Microwave enhanced CVD method for depositing diamond A cyclotron resonance chemical vapor deposition method of making a diamond or diamond-like material on a substrate characterized by the use of a higher pressure range of 0.1 to 300 torr, where the substrate is approximately positioned where a standing wav... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4961958 | Process for making diamond, and doped diamond films at low temperature A process and apparatus that may be used for the production of diamond and doped diamond films at high rates by activated reactive vapor deposition. Carbon is evaporated in a vacuum chamber in the presence of atomic hydrogen containing plasma to form diam... | 10/09/1990 |
