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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8101263 | Cooling systems using coatings with surface energy gradient A cooling system comprising a plurality of coolant channels comprising a fluid-impervious surface comprising a base surface, at least one distinct region of the base surface covered by a mixed monolayer, the mixed monolayer comprising a species having a functional g... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8097327 | Touch panel with an anti-highlight structure Anti highlight structure for a touch panel includes a touch film of a flexible transparent thin film, a substrate of a rigid transparent plate, and a touch sensing unit has two sheets of transparent conductive film arranged with a predetermined gap between the touch... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8062730 | Light diffusion film with uniform surface roughness and low retardation value, display including the same, and associated methods A light diffusion film includes a thermoplastic resin, a surface of the light diffusion film has a roughness (Ra) of about 0.5 to about 3 μm and a height distribution index (HDI) of about 3 to about 8 μm, and the light diffusion film has a retardation of not more ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8062729 | Polymeric material with surface microdomains A polymeric material may be prepared by reacting a composition that includes polyol, polyisocyanate, and polyorganosiloxane having functional groups capable of reacting with the polyisocyanate, wherein the polymeric material has a surface which includes raised micro... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057881 | Fungi resistant asphalt and asphalt sheet materials A fungi resistant asphalt is combined with a base sheet to form a fungi resistant asphalt containing sheet material. Typically, the base sheet is a fibrous base sheet that, by itself, may or may not be fungi resistant. The fungi resistant asphalt is at least partial... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8053058 | Spray-coated member having an excellent resistance to plasma erosion and method of producing the same A spray coated member having an excellent resistance to plasma erosion is produced by irradiating an electron beam to an outermost surface layer portion of a ceramic spray coated portion covering a surface of a substrate to form an electron beam irradiated layer. | 11/08/2011 |
| 8053057 | Material with improved adhesion surface An apparatus for improving and increasing sustainable shear force capabilities at an interfacing surface between a rigid material and a flexible material is disclosed. The interface includes at least two superimposed components having different surface roughnesses. ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8012563 | Large-size substrate A large-size substrate adapted for light exposure is of a plate shape having a diagonal length or diameter of 500-2,000 mm, a thickness of 1-20 mm, and a peripheral surface with a roughness Ra of 0.05-0.4 μm. The number of particles released from the substrate peri... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8007896 | Textured window film A textured window film has a prismatic effect that allows a substantial amount of incoming light to pass through a window while refracting the light at random or semi-random angles in a manner that distorts viewed images. The result is a window film that is brighter... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8007895 | Transparent film The present invention provides a novel technology and a novel transparent material having high thermal stability, excellent pliability, surface smoothness, dimensional stability and gas barrier properties, for the technical fields of packaging materials, sealing mat... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7998552 | Dicing/die bonding film A dicing die-bonding film in which the adhesive properties during the dicing step and the peeling properties during the pickup step are controlled so that both become good, and a production method thereof, are provided. The dicing die-bonding film in the present inv... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7998553 | Copper-clad laminate A copper-clad laminate is composed of a copper foil and an aromatic polyimide film placed thereon, in which the copper foil is bonded to the polyimide film at a bonding strength of ≧500 N/m and the polyimide film shows a light transmittance of ≧40% for a light o... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7964264 | Adhesion-enhancing surfaces for marking materials The present invention provides signage articles and methods of making, wherein the signage articles have adhesion-enhancing surfaces for marking materials. The signage articles include a substrate that includes a noncellulosic organic polymeric surface, preferably, ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964265 | Biaxially oriented polyester film and metallic laminated film A biaxially oriented polyester film includes at least three polyester resin layers A1/B/A2, and has a melting point in the range of 246 to 270° C. The major component of the layers A1 and A2 is polyethylene terephthalate and the stress at 100% elongation in the fil... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7960010 | Antimicrobially modified, biaxially oriented polyester film The invention relates to a multilayer, antimicrobially modified, biaxially oriented polyester film that includes at least one base layer (B) and an outer layer (A) that has been applied to the base layer and that has also been antimicrobially modified, wherein the a... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7955686 | UV resistant multilayered cellular confinement system The present disclosure generally relates to a polymeric cellular confinement system which can be filled with soil, concrete, aggregate, earth materials, and the like. More specifically, the present disclosure concerns a cellular confinement system characterized by i... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955685 | Cellulose acylate film and method for producing same Disclosed is a cellulose acylate film produced according to a melt casting process and having an Re unevenness of from 0 to 10%. When built in a liquid-crystal display device, the film significantly solves the problem of display unevenness and humidity-dependent vis... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7939160 | Antiglare film and image display The present invention provides an antiglare film having the reflectance at an angle of reflection of 30° for incident light 13 at an incident angle of 30° of not more than 2%, and the reflectance of not more than 0.003% at an angle of reflection of 40° in ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7914877 | Ceramic thin plate member A thin plate member has a uniform thickness of not less than 5 μm and not more than 100 μm, includes at least a ceramic sheet, formed by sintering. The thin plate member has plural convex portions protruding from one plane P of the thin plate member, and plural co... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7906196 | Blocking strip for die storage media A die storage method and apparatus comprising a cover tape and a strip coupled to the cover tape wherein the strip comprises a material that is: flexible or compressible, or combinations thereof. ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7897242 | Injection molded article A plurality of undulations are continuously formed on a front surface and a back surface of at least a beam portion in an injection molded article, and warpage generated by molding is prevented. Injection molding of the present invention is effective for, for exampl... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7883761 | Multiple layer polymer interlayers having an embossed surface The present invention provides multiple layer interlayers having a relatively soft inner layer and relatively stiff outer layers that can be laminated without unacceptable optical distortion and used in various multiple layer glass panel type applications. Multiple ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7875335 | Method of fabricating polishing pad having detection window thereon The present invention provides a polishing pad. The polishing pad comprises a transparent part and a high molecular weight layer. The transparent part has an uneven side surface and the profile of the uneven side surface is selected from a group consisting of a serr... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7871691 | Oriented polyester film An object of the invention is to provide such an oriented polyester film that has a constant thickness, and is excellent in dimensional stability at a high temperature and dimensional stability to temperature change in a working temperature range. The invention rela... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7871690 | Thermoplastic resin film comprising a scratch-resistant surface coating formed from polyurethane and olefin resin particles protruding from an outer surface of the coating A thermoplastic resin film capable of ensuring ink adhesion in a printed matter having an oxidative polymerization-type ink or ultraviolet-curable ink, and imparting scratch resistance to the printed matter, contains on at least one surface thereof a coating layer c... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7851045 | Transparent textured substrate and methods for obtaining same The invention concerns a transparent substrate whereof part at least of the outer surface has the form of a web comprising protuberances, 80% of them at least, having heights ranging between 40 and 250 nm, mean diameters between 1 and 500 nm, 80% at least of the dis... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7851046 | Cylindrical internal surface with thermally spray coating Before a thermally sprayed coating is deposited onto a cylindrical internal surface of a cylinder bore 3a rough surface 13 is formed to increase the adhesion of the thermally sprayed coating. After forming the rough surface is completed, an inte... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7829175 | Multilayer, white polyester film The invention relates to a multilayer, white, biaxially oriented polyester film, which has a base layer B and at least one outer layer (A), where a) the base layer (B) includes, as sole whitening pigment, a concentration of from 5 to 25% by weight of ba... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7803449 | Optical film and process for production the same, antireflection film and process for production the same, polarizing plate including the film, liquid crystal display device including the polarizing plate, and liquid crystal display device An optical film comprising a transparent support and a layer having internal scattering properties, wherein the optical film has an image sharpness, as measured in an optical comb width of 0.5 mm in conformity to JIS K7105, of from 30.0% to 99.9%, a haze value as ca... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7790265 | Surface-energy gradient on a fluid-impervious surface and method of its creation using a mixed monolayer film A surface energy gradient on a fluid-impervious surface and method of its creation comprising the steps of a) Exposing a base surface having a proximal and a distal portion to a first solution comprising at least one molecule of the formula X-J-M1 wherein... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7781045 | Electrolyte sheets for solid oxide fuel cell and method for manufacturing same The present invention provides electrolyte sheets for solid oxide fuel cells, the electrolyte sheets being able to improve their adhesion to electrode films formed on both surfaces thereof and being also able to improve electric power generation characteristics of f... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7767287 | Method of manufacturing optical element, and optical element A method of manufacturing an optical element having a good reflection preventing characteristic is provided in which an irregularity structure having a reflection preventing function can be formed at low temperature. The method includes forming a film on the optical... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7763340 | Dust-proof, light-transmitting member and its use, and imaging apparatus comprising same A dust-proof, light-transmitting member disposed on a light-receiving surface of an imaging device, comprising a light-transmitting substrate, at least a light-entering surface of which is provided with a dust-proof coating having fine roughness on the surface. ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7763339 | Nonwoven fabrics with high fluid absorption capacity and a regular structure, process for their production, and their use A three-dimensionally structured fiber fabric has a high fluid absorption capacity of at least 5 g fluid per g of fiber fabric and elevations and depressions that occur alternately and regularly with reference to the fabric plane, which includes at least one nonwove... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7727616 | Scratch-resistant thin film The invention pertains to a scratch-resistant thin film comprising a transparent substrate wherein the substrate comprises at least one micro structured layer on the lower side and at least one scratch-resistant layer on the upper side, wherein said scratch-resistan... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7718247 | Sliding member, sliding member manufacturing method, and coating for sliding member A coating film (43) in which a plurality of fluoric resin particles (45) are dispersed in a matrix resin (44) is formed on the surface of a base material (41). Each exposed part (45a) of the fluoric resin particles (45 | 05/18/2010 |
| 7682684 | Covering material, for instance for floorings A stratified-structure laminar covering material, which can be used for example as a flooring for sports facilities, comprises an outermost layer, a bottom layer, and an intermediate layer set between the outermost layer and the bottom layer. The aforesaid layers co... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7678441 | Interlayers for laminated safety glass with superior de-airing and laminating properties and process for making the same This invention relates to thermoplastic interlayer sheets or films for laminated safety glass with superior vacuum de-airing at elevated temperatures and superior tacking and edge sealing properties. The sheeting has an embossed surface pattern on at least one of th... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7670667 | Biaxially oriented polyester film which comprises silicon dioxide and titanium dioxide The invention relates to a biaxially oriented polyester film having at least one base layer (B) which includes from 0.25 to | 03/02/2010 |
| 7670666 | Cloth A fabric for clothes that has a decreased flow resistance shows a compression ratio of a micro-area in the fabric surface, on the surface side opposite to a body, of from 8 to 90%, and has streaky protruded portions on the surface side opposite to body. The protrude... | 03/02/2010 |
