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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187693 | Surface for controlling liquids A liquid-controlling surface, comprising a formation comprising a plurality of individual open topped, closed bottomed cells for containing liquid, each of the cells having a cell wall integral with the closed bottom and defining a well; a plurality of distribution ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8182900 | Injection molded product An injection molded product is provided that does not require any separate processes after the injection molding and has beautiful patterns on a surface thereof. The injection molded product includes an irregular prominent surface on which irregular prominences are ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178186 | Slipsheet, divider sheet and method for making the same The present invention provides a slipsheet and/or divider sheet and a method for making the same, the sheet having an imprint or an embossing that provides a raised planar surface. The raised planar surface preferably comprises a plurality of ridges, crowns or crest... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8168285 | Joined component, in particular a pilot boss for a force transfer device, method for manufacture of a continuous material connection and a force transfer device A joined component, in particular a rotation symmetrical component for connecting to another second joined component into a unit for creating a continuous material, non-disengageable connection through compression welding, comprising a joined surface and a joint por... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8153235 | Molded thermoplastic articles An injection molded foam article including a structure and a projection projecting from the structure. The thickness of the projection is greater than 40% of the thickness of the structure and the front surface of the structure opposite the projection is free of sin... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8105677 | Anti-counterfeit hologram A microstructure area (201) providing a first diffractive visual effect is produced on the surface layer (240) of a paper or cardboard substrate (230) of a product (200). In addition, a bulge (206) or a recess (207) having a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8088471 | Paper product with enhanced emboss and background pattern contrast A ply of fibrous structure product comprises a background pattern and a repeating pattern disposed on a portion of the background pattern. The repeating pattern comprises a master pattern comprising a first individual embossment comprising a major axis and a minor a... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8075979 | Non-fibrous high modulus ultra high molecular weight polyethylene tape for ballistic applications A non-fibrous ultra high molecular weight polyethylene tape having a width of 1-inch or greater and a modulus of 1,400 grams per denier or greater. The non-fibrous UHMWPE tape is obtained by compression molding ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene powder at a tem... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8067081 | Screen, projection system, front projection television receiver, and screen manufacturing method A screen includes: a reflection surface which reflects projection light, wherein a plurality of convexes are disposed on the reflection surface, and each of the convexes contains a spherical surface having a ¼ spherical shape, a curved surface having curvature larg... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8017218 | Micro and nano structures in an elastomeric material The invention relates to an elastomeric device (105), wherein the elastomeric device contains a relief structure with indentations with respect to the base (110), (102) and wherein selected ones of said indentations comprise at least two indenta... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8012565 | Lyocell nonwoven webs Absorbent structures with nonwoven meltblown lyocell fiber webs are described which have excellent liquid distribution properties. The absorbent structures comprise at least two nonwoven meltblown lyocell fiber webs with superabsorbent polymer intermediate the two w... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7998555 | Beam, ink jet recording head having beams, and method for manufacturing ink jet recording head having beams A beam having a base material of silicon monocrystal and at least one projection which is integrally formed so as to be supported at least at one end thereof and which has two surfaces having an orientation plane (111), includes a bottom surface in a plane which is ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7976932 | Ballistic-resistant panel including high modulus ultra high molecular weight polyethylene tape A ballistic resistant panel including a strike face portion and a backing portion. The strike face portion includes a plurality of interleaved layers of non-fibrous ultra high molecular weight polyethylene tape. The backing portion includes a plurality of interleave... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7976929 | Surface mat for controlling liquids A liquid-controlling surface, comprising a formation comprising a plurality of individual cells for containing liquid, each of said cells having a cell wall; a plurality of distribution channels, one connecting each cell to each adjacent cell, each distribution chan... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7976930 | Non-fibrous high modulus ultra high molecular weight polyethylene tape for ballistic applications A non-fibrous ultra high molecular weight polyethylene tape having a width of 1-inch or greater and a modulus of 1,400 grams per denier or greater. The non-fibrous UHMWPE tape is obtained by compression molding ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene powder at a tem... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7976931 | Multi-layer film, injection molded article decorated therewith and process for the production of the decorated injection molded article The invention concerns multi-layer films for back-molding with a liquid plastic material in an inmold process for the production of a decorated injection molded article of high optical quality and utilitarian suitability, in particular having curved surfaces, wherei... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972679 | Ballistic-resistant article including one or more layers of cross-plied uhmwpe tape in combination with cross-plied fibers A ballistic-resistant molded article having a sandwich-type structure including two outer portions of a first high modulus material surrounding an inner portion of a second high modulus material. The outer portions are comprised of a plurality of interleaved layers ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7964266 | Wide ultra high molecular weight polyethylene sheet and method of manufacture A wide sheet of highly oriented ultra high molecular weight polyethylene comprising a plurality of strips of highly oriented ultra high molecular weight polyethylene partially overlapped or abutted longitudinally to define joints between adjoining strips wherein the... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964267 | Ballistic-resistant panel including high modulus ultra high molecular weight polyethylene tape A ballistic-resistant panel in which the entire panel or a strike-face portion thereof is formed of a plurality of sheets of high modulus high molecular weight polyethylene tape. The sheets of high modulus polyethylene tape can be in the form of cross-plied laminate... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7927685 | Laser engraving methods and compositions, and articles having laser engraving thereon The invention provides a composition having laser engraving properties, comprising a host material and an effective amount of a laser enhancing additive. The laser enhancing additive comprises a first quantity of least one of copper potassium iodide (CuKI3 | 04/19/2011 |
| 7923094 | Laminated ballistic sheet A non-woven ballistic material that demonstrates exceptional ballistic properties which ballistic material is fabricated by the lamination or angular lamination of a plurality of wide sheets of UHMWPE comprising a plurality of strips of highly oriented ultra high mo... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7897244 | Sealing band The joint-sealing tape of flexible foam material (2) capable of recovery after compression is saturated with an impregnate and provided with a plurality of notches or recesses (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d), which ser... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7897243 | Structure having specific surface shape and properties and (meth)acrylic polymerizable composition for formation of the structure A surface shape and physical properties required for a structure having an antireflection performance of light and an improved performance of light permeability have been found, particularly the structure having surface scratch resistance is provided, a composition ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7887901 | Article made from a poly(arylene ether)/polyamide composition An article comprising a paint film disposed on at least a portion of a thermoplastic section. The thermoplastic section is made of a thermoplastic composition. The thermoplastic composition has a compatibilized blend of a poly(arylene ether) and a polyamide, an elec... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7867601 | Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape which comprises a resin film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on at least one side of the film, and which has a concave-convex form containing plural grooves arranged at given intervals in a face of the pressure-sensi... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7867602 | Scratch-resistant optical film The invention pertains to an optical film comprising a reflective substrate, characterized in that at least one of the surfaces of the substrate has a scratch-resistant layer which possesses anti-static properties, wherein the scratch-resistant layer has a surface r... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7846533 | Molded thermoplastic articles An injection molded foam article including a structure and a projection projecting from the structure. The thickness of the projection is greater than 25% to 40% of the thickness of the structure, depending on the material of the article, and the front surface of th... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846532 | Sound reducing wedge shaped polymer interlayers The present invention is in the field of polymer interlayers and multiple layer glass panels comprising polymer interlayers, and, more specifically, the present invention is in the field of wedge shaped polymer interlayers. ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7842374 | Retroreflective article comprising a copolyester ether composition layer and method of making same A retroreflective article that includes a first layer that includes a copolyester ether composition, and a second layer that includes a retroreflective structure juxtaposed in at least a partially overlying relationship to the first layer is disclosed. Also disclose... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7833608 | Beam, ink jet recording head having beams, and method for manufacturing ink jet recording head having beams A beam having a base material of silicon monocrystal and at least one projection which is integrally formed so as to be supported at least at one end thereof and which has two surfaces having an orientation plane (111), includes a bottom surface in a plane which is ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7829177 | Web materials having offset emboss patterns disposed thereon A web substrate comprising a plurality of embossment regions and an embossment pattern for a web substrate are disclosed. Each of the embossment regions is bounded by a first axis and a second axis orthogonal thereto. Each of the first axis are collectively elongate... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7824756 | Oriented polymer composition with a deoriented surface layer Prepare an oriented polymer composition that is cavitated, has cross sectional dimensions all at least three millimeters and at least one de-oriented surface layer having a thickness of at least 80 microns and at least 50 microns less than half the thickness of the ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7820270 | Methods for forming improved self-assembled patterns of block copolymers A method for forming self-assembled patterns on a substrate surface is provided. First, a block copolymer layer, which comprises a block copolymer having two or more immiscible polymeric block components, is applied onto a substrate that comprises a substrate surfac... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7820269 | Transfer film Described is a transfer film, in particular a hot embossing film, which includes a carrier film (22) and a transfer layer portion having a structure layer (14), the transfer layer portion being arranged on the carrier film (22) and being detacha... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7811654 | Gate-processed moldings In gate-processed moldings fabricated by cutting off a gate 5 formed on resin moldings 1 during molding of the resin moldings 1, an introducing section 4 for cutting off the gate is formed thereon. ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7799406 | Method and use of stretchable nonreinforced TPO building materials In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a membrane for use as an outdoor building material comprising a non-reinforced TPO outdoor building material membrane composed of a single ply embossed thermoplastic polyolefin polymer wherein the embossed membrane... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7794818 | Shaped interlayer for heads-up display windshields and process for preparing same A self-supporting adhesive web 10 having a uniform thickness profile across at least 20% of its width as shown by areas A and B and a wedge-shaped thickness profile in areas C and D. As shown in FIG. 2, a laminate comprises sheets of glass 12 an... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7785696 | Embossed product including discrete and linear embossments A web product including one or more plies, the web product having a first side and a second side, the web product including a plurality of discrete embossments extending from the first side to the second side; and at least one linear embossment extending from the se... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7771814 | Former for pavement-like sites A former, process for making same, process for using same, and resulting pavement-like site, where the former is a one-time use structure made of wood fiber or paper pulp molded into a rigid shape and defining a plurality of hollow peak-like structures extending fro... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7763342 | Tear-resistant thin film methods of fabrication A thin film device and fabrication method providing optimum tear resistance. A thin film layer is formed with a first and second of rows of holes. The holes in each row are spaced-apart along an axis which extends along an edge of the layer. The holes in one row are... | 07/27/2010 |
