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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8158253 | Rainbow fibres Fibers (2, 14) having a plurality of colored regions printed on front and rear sides of said fiber are disclosed, wherein the colors are visible only under ultra-violet light. The regions may be in the form of stripes (4, 6, 8, 10 and 12) or may... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8110287 | Irrigation, erosion control, root growth control, and clean-up techniques The invention provides processes for coating the surface of substrates such as a sheet, film, foam, fiber, etc., with a curable liquid resin or solution of curable resin, then in one embodiment, stably attaching a superabsorbent polymeric powder to such resin, and t... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8053073 | Process for producing resin-coated metal particles, resin-coated metal particles, and toner for forming circuit A process for producing resin-coated metal particles includes coating surfaces of metal particles with silica; allowing a polymerizable group to adsorb onto the surfaces of the silica-coated particles by the use of a silane coupling agent; and coating the surfaces o... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7910207 | Islands-in-sea type composite fiber and process for producing same The islands-in-sea type composite fiber of the present invention comprises a sea part containing an easily soluble polymer and 100 or more island parts containing a hardly soluble polymer, per fiber. In a cross-sectional profile of the composite fiber, each of the i... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7858180 | High tenacity polyolefin ropes having improved strength A rope comprising a plurality of high tenacity polyolefin yarns aligned in a substantially uniaxial direction along the length of the rope. The rope yarns are substantially untwisted and are substantially parallel to each other. The yarns are formed from a plurality... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7803460 | Filament bundle type nano fiber and manufacturing method thereof A filament type nano-sized lone fiber and a method of producing the same are disclosed. In the method, a spinning solution or a spinning melt is electro-spun in drops using a spinneret to which a critical voltage is applied, and the spun drops are continuously colle... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7799424 | Resin composition, molded article and production method thereof A resin composition includes an aliphatic polyester resin. The resin has carboxyl groups at the end termini of the molecular chain and at least one compound represented by the general formula (I), the compound being added to the resin to cap a part or all of the car... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7767296 | High strength, long durability structural fabric/seam system A high strength, high modulus structural fabric product and the method of manufacturing the product are disclosed. The incorporation of a specific fiber/fabric treatment coupled with a resin impregnation and coating process produces a composite material. This compos... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7749600 | Microfiber core mop yarn and method for producing same A mop yarn formed with a core of microdenier synthetic filament fibers wrapped with a sheath. The sheath generally includes carded staple fibers spun around the core. ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7718259 | Composite yarn comprising a filament yarn and a matrix comprising a foamed polymer The invention relates to a composite yarn including a filament yarn of an inorganic or organic material and a matrix of polymer material, the filament yarn being coated, extruded, or incorporated in the polymer material matrix. The matrix includes at least one foame... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7713619 | Fiber for doll hair and doll hair comprising the same There is provided doll hair having an unprecedented curly hairstyle using a multifilament having a spiral structure with many random overlaps through a twisting step, a thermal fixing step, an untwisting step, and a thermal provisional fixing step. Specifically, the... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7670676 | Pharmaceutical raw material There are provided a pharmaceutical raw material capable of exhibiting a uniform functionality and producing magnetic particle-containing drugs for diagnosis and medical treatments with a high reproducibility. The pharmaceutical raw material comprises a monodisperse... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7618706 | Process for making high-performance polyethylene multifilament yarn The invention relates to a process for making high-performance polyethylene multi-filament yarn comprising the steps of a) making a solution of ultra-high molar mass polyethylene in a solvent; b) spinning of the solution through a spinplate containing at least 5 spi... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7579077 | Nanofiber surfaces for use in enhanced surface area applications This invention provides novel nanofiber enhanced surface area substrates and structures comprising such substrates, as well as methods and uses for such substrates. ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7572504 | Fibrous structures comprising a polymer structure Polymer structures and methods for making such polymer structures are provided. More particularly, polymer structures comprising a hydroxyl polymer structure, such as a fiber comprising a hydroxyl polymer are provided. Even more particularly, fibrous structures comp... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7501177 | Artificial hair fiber bundle and hair decorative product using the same An artificial hair fiber bundle comprising: a mixture of a synthetic acrylic base fiber (A) made of an acrylic base copolymer containing acrylonitrile, vinyl chloride and vinylidene chloride and a first vinyl monomer copolymerizable therewith, a synthetic acrylic ba... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7491442 | Fibers and ribbons for use in the manufacture of solar cells This invention is directed to a process for the fabrication of features on a silicon wafer utilizing ribbons comprising organic polymer and inorganic material. ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7482058 | Cellulose material with improved absorbency An absorbent cellulose material having an application of superabsorbent polymer adhered to the cellulose material. In particular, the cellulose material has an application of pre-superabsorbent polymer adhered to the material, wherein an aqueous solution of pre-supe... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7419719 | High strength, long durability structural fabric/seam system A high strength, high modulus structural fabric product and the method of manufacturing the product are disclosed. The incorporation of a specific fiber/fabric treatment coupled with a resin impregnation and coating process produces a composite material. This compos... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419720 | Conductive plastic molding material, the use thereof and moulded bodies produced therefrom The present invention relates to a plastics molding composition based on polyarylene sulfide and/or on liquid-crystalline plastic, where the molding composition comprises carbon black and graphite and/or metal powder, the carbon black has a specific surface area of ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416782 | Glass fiber roving A strand based on glass fibers with a τ/μ2 ratio greater than 9, where τ is the yardage of the strand in tex and μ is the filament diameter in μm. The strand has at least 6000 filaments with a yardage greater than 1200 tex and a filament diameter gre... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7371472 | Permanent magnet ring In a permanent magnet ring (1) formed by arranging a plurality of unit permanent magnets (21a, 21b, 21c . . . ), each of a plurality of the unit permanent magnets (21a, 21b, 21c | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371352 | Catalyst element having a thermal barrier coating as the catalyst substrate A combustion catalyst coating (36) applied to the surface of a ceramic thermal barrier coating (34) which is supported by a metal substrate (32). The microstructure of the thermal barrier coating surface provides the necessary turbulent flow and... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371337 | Zinc oxide powder aggregates present in circular, ellipsoidal, linear and branched form Pyrogenically prepared zinc oxide powder having a BET surface area of from 10 to 200 m2/g, which is in the form of aggregates, the aggregates being composed of particles having different morphologies, and 0-10% of the aggregates being in a circular form, ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365100 | Compositions of suspended non-aggregated carbon nanotubes, methods of making the same, and uses thereof The invention is directed, in part, to stable compositions of suspended carbon nanotubes, methods of making them, and uses thereof. The invention provides methods of producing high and low concentrations of highly dispersed carbon nanotubes suspended in a liquid. Th... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365101 | Dispersion of pyrogenically produced cerium oxide A dispersion of pyrogenically produced cerium oxide, which does not contain any particles larger than 1 μm, is produced by dispersing a pyrogenically produced cerium oxide in water by means of a dissolver, centrifuging it, separating the supernatant from the bottom... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364678 | Process for making and process for converting polyolefin fibres The invention relates to a process for making a multi-filament polyethylene yarn via a gel-spinning process, Wherein a spin finish is applied at least once in an amount of 0.1-10 mass % based on the filament, to a filament that contains less than 50 mass % of solven... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364793 | Powdered lithium transition metal oxide having doped interface layer and outer layer and method for preparation of the same The present invention provides a powdered lithium transition metal oxide useful as a major component for cathode active material of rechargeable lithium batteries, comprising a lithium transition metal oxide particle, a doped interface layer formed near the surface ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361626 | Supported catalyst The present invention relates to a Catalyst comprising a, preferably oxidic, core material, a shell of zinc oxide around said core material, and a catalytically active material in or on the shell, based on one or more of the metals cobalt, iron, ruthenium and/or nic... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361138 | Bioabsorbable casing for surgical sling assembly The invention provides a surgical sling assembly for implanting in tissue to provide anatomical support in a patient. The surgical sling assembly includes a sling and a biocompatible casing enclosing at least a portion of the sling. The biocompatible casing is absor... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361449 | Specific dye compound, optical information recording medium comprising specific dye, and information recording method using this optical information recording medium The present invention provides an optical information recording medium comprising a substrate having disposed thereon a recording layer, wherein the recording layer includes a recording dye represented by the following formula (I) or (II): | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361617 | Fire resistant composite material and fabrics therefrom The present invention relates to fire resistant composite materials and to fire resistant fabric materials and mattresses made therefrom. The composite materials include (a) a substrate selected from the group consisting of cotton, rayon, lyocell and blends thereof;... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357982 | Polybenzazole fiber and use thereof The present invention relates to polybenzazole fibers or filaments, staple fibers, spun yarns, and woven or knitted fabrics containing in themselves an organic pigment having heat resistance as high as a thermal decomposition temperature of 200° C. or higher, and s... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357984 | Polymer-coated carbon nanotube By coating the outer surface of carbon nanotubes with various polymers of different properties, such properties as insulation property, reactivity, optical visibility, solvent dispersion property and so on are given to the outer surface of the carbon nanotubes. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357883 | Conductive adhesive, method of producing the same, and bonding method A conductive adhesive is formed by mixing a plurality of conductive fillers into a thermosetting resin. The conductive filler includes a core material made of copper-based metal, a coating film made of silver and a plurality of particles made of silver. The coating ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354850 | Directionally controlled growth of nanowhiskers Nanowhiskers are grown in a non-preferential growth direction by regulation of nucleation conditions to inhibit growth in a preferential direction. In a preferred implementation, III-V semiconductor nanowhiskers are grown on an (001) III-V semiconductor substr... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354871 | Nanowires comprising metal nanodots and method for producing the same Nanowires methods for producing the nanowires are provided. The nanowires include a plurality of metal nanodots uniformly disposed therein, and a core portion, wherein each of the plurality of metal nanodots is coupled to the core portion. According to the method, m... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354648 | Electrically conductive non-stick coating A non-stick coating includes fluoropolymer and electrically conductive mica. The coating may be used on rollers in printing machines to help dissipate static electricity. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353820 | Warming device A warming device consisting essentially of a heat generating main body comprising a heat generating element and an air-permeable holding member having the heat generating element enclosed therein. The warming device has a receiving part for receiving a part of a bod... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351338 | Porous membrane of vinylidene fluoride resin and process for producing the same There is provided a porous membrane of vinylidene fluoride resin which has pores of appropriate size and distribution and also excellent mechanical strength represented by tensile strength and elongation at break and is useful as a microfiltration membrane or a sepa... | 04/01/2008 |
