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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7355663 | Polarizing plate and liquid crystal display using the same A polarizing plate excellent in polarization performance in all wavebands from a short wavelength region to a long wavelength region and a liquid crystal display using such a polarizing plate. The polarizing plate including a polarizer has a portion having a polariz... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350687 | Tamper resistant envelope In accordance with one embodiment, a tamper resistant envelope comprises a first panel with an interior and an exterior side. The envelope further comprises a second panel attached to the first panel to define an interior portion having opposite side edges, a closed... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7306844 | Labels and labeling process This invention relates to labels. In one embodiment, the labels comprise (A) a polymer film comprising a styrenic polymer, said film having an upper surface and a lower surface, and an MVTR of from about 15 to about 150 g/m2/day, and (B) a water-based adh... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7250205 | Backing sheet, and system and method of fabrication thereof A backing sheet, and a system and method of manufacturing a backing sheet with stapling tabs. The system includes a roller device configured to apply an adherent material to a first side of the backing sheet continuously fed from a feed roll. The sheet is then fed t... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7229684 | Light-stable colored transparent composite films Composite film structures exhibit a predetermined finished color tone comprised of a transparent film layer which exhibits a color deficiency as compared to the finished color tone, and a pigment which is visually associated with, and satisfies the color deficiency ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7132144 | Fastener tapes Cooperative touch fasteners have a sheet-form base with an upper face and a lower face. Extending outwardly from, and integral with the upper face of the base is a plurality of fastener elements. Additionally, the lower face of the sheet-form base has a pressure adh... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7122597 | Wall papering adhesive Compositions for securing pre-pasted and non-pre-pasted wall coverings to a surface that is to be decorated are provided. The present compositions are aqueous colloidal dispersions or polymeric solutions comprising from about 3% to about 30% solids. The present comp... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123317 | Liquid crystal display with fluorescent material A liquid crystal display device such as a clock which is battery operated has enhanced color for its pixels under ambient light by the use of a fluorescent layer on the reflective backing of the display. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7090740 | Techniques for labeling of plastic, glass or metal containers or surfaces with polymeric labels The invention provides a method for fastening a polymeric label to a glass, plastic or metal container or surface by means of a water based adhesive composition by the following steps: (a) applying a layer of a hydrophilic solid material to a polymeric ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7087278 | Adhesive tape for a continuous roll change An adhesive tape for flying splice, having a) two long edges (14, 16) of a top side and of a bottom side, b) a cleavable backing system (7), c) a self-adhesive composition (8) on the top side of the cleavab... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7060362 | Labels and labeling process This invention relates to labels. In one embodiment, the labels comprise a polymer facestock layer, a nano-porous layer underlying the facestock, and a metal layer overlying the facestock or underlying the facestock between the facestock and the nano-porous layer. I... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7012746 | Polyvinyl butyral films prepared by coating methods A method of film fabrication is taught that uses a coating and drying apparatus to fabricate resin films suitable for optical applications. In particular, polyvinyl butyral films are prepared by simultaneous application of multiple liquid layers to a moving carrier ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6972151 | Magic slate capture and display device A device for forming erasable images on a reusable medium, comprising: an erasing portion; and a writing portion; wherein the erasing portion comprises a separator for separating at least two layers of the reusable medium; and wherein the writing portion comprises a... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6964805 | Tack labels and plastic containers with such tack labels A tack label difficult to peel from a container in a processing environment with normal temperature water and easy to peel from the container in a processing environment with hot water and a plastic container. The tack label according to this invention includes a la... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6958371 | Method of making blends of poly(vinyl alcohol) and poly(ethylene oxide) The present invention discloses water-soluble compositions comprising a blend of poly(ethylene oxide) and poly(vinyl alcohol) that have improved ductility over water-soluble compositions comprising poly(vinyl alcohol) alone. In one desirable embodiment of the presen... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6926960 | Adhesive cleaning sheet Disclosed is an adhesive cleaning sheet comprising a supporting sheet, an active ingredient member comprising a mold removing ingredient, and an adhesive member comprising an adhesive, wherein an isolating layer is provided for separating the active ingredient membe... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923543 | Latent effects projection system Latent effects projection systems that allow a latent effects projector to be used in connection with various materials, such as wall pieces, floor tiles, signage, hangings, and the like; use reflective polarizers having various looks and/or which allow for the deve... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6921574 | Hydrogel adhesives for use on hair or fiber-populated surfaces The present invention relates to the use, for adhesion on hair or fiber-populated surfaces, of hydrogel adhesive characterized by a G′25, (1 rad/sec) or below 1000 Pa, resulting in embedding of the hair of fiber and good adhesion properties on the surfa... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6803100 | Rewettable adhesive systems The invention relates to new rewettable adhesive systems containing colloidal dispersion mixtures obtained by copolymerization of at least one water-soluble monomer with at least one non-water-soluble comonomer in the presence of a micelle-forming emulsifier. The in... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6767629 | Pressure sensitive tape roll with intermediate divider A transparent tape roll includes a plurality of windings of tape around a central core and further includes an intermediate non-transparent divider placed mid-way between the core and the outermost winding of tape such that the transparent tape is clear to the divid... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6740607 | Substrate with stretch and heat sealing properties to make a multidirectional restraint module design The invention is directed to coating a plurality of polyurethane films onto a stretchable knit fabric substrate and heat sealing such substrates together to yield an air curtain or air bag having improved air-holding properties. ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6663746 | Techniques for labeling of plastic, glass or metal containers or surfaces with polymeric labels The invention provides a method for fastening a polymeric label to a glass, plastic or metal container or surface by means of a water based adhesive composition by the following steps: (a) applying a layer of a hydrophilic solid material to a polymeric lab... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6638613 | Therapeutically enhanced saliva-activatable cellulosic product Therapeutically Enhanced Saliva-Activatable Cellulosic Product comprising a conventional flexible cellulosic paper item having parallel horizontal broad surfaces including an upper-surface and a lower-surface and which surfaces are intersected by an uprig... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6554940 | Method of transferring a print pattern composed of a fluoropolymer resin and an inorganic pigment onto an objective body using liquid pressure A pattern-transferring film having a print pattern provided on an upper surface thereof is floated on a liquid surface within a transferring bath and an objective body is immersed into a liquid within the transferring bath together with the pattern transf... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6544637 | Porous inorganic material having pore walls of crystalline titanium oxide and method of producing same An inorganic porous material, having uniform pores defined by pore walls of crystalline titanium oxide. The inorganic porous material may be produced by heating an organic inorganic mesostructured material containing titanium and having a hexagonal crysta... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6506445 | Image transfer sheets and a method of manufacturing the same A versatile method for the manufacturing of image transfer sheets which provide users with cold transferring images without using supplemental heat in the course of image transfer to a wide variety of substrates includes printing an image with water-based... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6482481 | Heat insulating paper cups A heat insulating paper cup having an improved seal. The cup can include a body member having an inside surface and an outside surface, and a bottom panel member having a upper surface and a bottom surface. The body member is coated (or in some instances ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6368687 | Low trauma adhesive article A low trauma pressure-sensitive adhesive coated substrate comprising a sheet material, tape or laminate structure designed to adhere to skin or like surfaces. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of this adhesive coated substrate is a fibrous adhesive la... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6324811 | Covering an interior surface Method and apparatus for interior decorating an extended-area surface in which a lightweight non-fabric sheet stock is permanently preprinted and sealed on its entire outwardly-disposed surface, and coated on its inwardly-disposed surface with a dry prepa... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6322867 | Bookbinding structure and method A bookbinding structure and method. The bookbinding structure is, used to bind pages together in existing, commercially available binding machines. The bookbinding structure has a heat activated adhesive matrix for binding the pages. To attach a wrap-arou... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6306242 | Techniques for labeling of plastic, glass or metal containers or surfaces with polymeric labels The invention provides a method for fastening a polymeric label to a glass, plastic or metal container or surface by means of a water based adhesive composition by the following steps: (a) applying a layer of a hydrophilic solid material to a polymeric label ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6280562 | Contact adhering method A contact adhering method comprising the steps of: (1) applying a layer of a moisture curable adhesive to at least one of two adherends; (2) maintaning the two adherends in non-contact with each other for a period of time until the surface of the layer of mois... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6203900 | Pressure sensitive adhesive sheet for detection of microorganism and method for detection of microorganism A pressure sensitive adhesive sheet for the detection of microorganisms, which comprises a laminate of an adhesive layer mainly composed of a water-soluble polymer and a water-permeable membrane which does not allow passage of the microorganisms; a pressu... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6071833 | Method of repairing walls and ceilings A patch for repair or finishing of surfaces, such as drywall or plaster walls and ceilings, wherein the patch includes a liquid-hardenable material (such as a water-hardenable material) coated on and/or impregnated in a substrate or carrier. The patch is ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6063067 | Disposable diaper and method of folding and fastening the same as waste A disposable diaper has a pair of first surface fastener members supported by a rear flap of a diaper body and a second surface fastener member supported by a front flap of the diaper body. The first and second surface fastener members have first and seco... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6060160 | Pressure sensitive adhesive tape for golf and sport grip binding A pressure sensitive adhesive tape for bonding a golf grip to a shaft of a golf club. The tape construction includes a carrier or substrate having a pressure sensitive adhesive on one side and an activatable adhesive on the other side. A release liner may... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5985406 | Separable fastener Disclosed is a separable fastener which can be appropriately used as a fastening means for disposable products. In a separable fastener composed of a base part and a multiplicity of engaging elements raised from the obverse side of the base part, a water-... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5919562 | Repositionable mouse pad A repositionable mouse pad (20) for a computer having an input device (30) operatively connected to the computer. The mouse pad includes a tracking surface (22) having upper and lower surfaces (26) and (28). The upper surface being textured for precise tr... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5901919 | Adhesive tape and method of using it Adhesive tape for flying reel change in paper finishing machines or the like, having a paper backing and a water-soluble self-adhesive composition, characterized in that the paper backing (2) is coated on one side with a water-soluble self-adhesive compos... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5851661 | Water vapor permeable film The present invention relates to polyurethane hot melt adhesives that are hardened by the action of moisture and which contain at least one reaction product from a component that contains NCO groups and an essentially linear hydroxypolyester, hydroxypolye... | 12/22/1998 |
