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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5714310 | Photographic support comprising a resin layer containing TiO2 pigments being coated with an alkaline earth metal-containing compound A photographic support consisting essentially of a substrate and a resin layer provided on the image forming side of the substrate, said resin layer comprising a specific titanium dioxide pigment and others. This photographic support is excellent in that ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5578375 | Granular magnetite particles and process for producing the same Granular magnetite particles useful as coloring pigments assuming a black color and containing elemental aluminum, 3 to 6 wt %, in the magnetite crystal lattice. The magnetite has a spinel structure with a lattice constant of 8.340 to 8.375 Å.... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5556691 | Biaxially oriented laminated polyester film and magnetic recording medium having the same as base film A biaxially oriented laminated polyester film comprising a first thin polyester layer containing large-diameter inert particles and small-diameter inert particles; a second polyester layer containing large-diameter inert particles; and a third thin polyes... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5549961 | Abrasive article, a process for its manufacture, and a method of using it to reduce a workpiece surface An abrasive article having a sheet-like structure having at least one major surface having deployed thereon a plurality of individual abrasive composites, each abrasive composite comprising a plasticizer and a plurality of abrasive particles dispersed in ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549973 | Metal, alloy, or metal carbide nanoparticles and a process for forming same A metal or alloy nanoparticle is provided which exhibits hysteresis at room temperature having a carbon coating. The nanoparticle has a diameter in the range of approximately 0.5 to 50 nm, and may crystalline or amorphous. The metal, alloy, or metal carbi... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5543209 | Surface coating for prosthesis system containing HA/TCP composition The coating for a prothesis system has a resorbability gradient in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the prothesis system, the internal layer being the least resorbable. It can consist of phospho-calcium material or of two or several successiv... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5538787 | Material and method for forming an underwater barrier layer A bead for forming a barrier layer over an underwater surface. Generally, a plurality of such beads are required to form an effective underwater barrier layer. Each of the beads comprises a core, preferably formed of a piece of gravel. A sealant layer is ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5536576 | Colored, thermoplastic resin pellets Disclosed are colored, shaping thermoplastic resin pellets prepared by mixing shaping thermoplastic resin pellets of polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, ABS resin, etc., a powdery colorant and a liquid thermoplastic adhesive of ethylene-vinyl acetat... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5536575 | Tetracalcium phosphate-based materials and processes for their preparation The invention provides (i) a process for preparing tetracalcium phosphate particles, the process comprising the steps of (1) sintering or fusing a powder mixture at a temperature of not lower than 1,400° C., the mixture comprising a powder of calcium sou... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5532040 | Multimaterial fully isotropic laminates and multimaterial quasi-homogeneous anisotropic laminates The present invention discovers the layup of i. a multimaterial fully isotropic laminate that exhibits a concomitant stiffness isotropy in extension, shear, bending, and twisting; and ii. a multimaterial quasi-homogeneous anisotropic laminate that has identica... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5530041 | Process of making acrylic-filled thermoformable acrylic sheet A monomer-rich acrylic syrup is cast including about 10% to about 20% ground acrylic particles. During curing, the particles absorb over half their weight in monomer, and a cured sheet is formed in which the matrix monomer and uncrosslinked polymer form a... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5525399 | Roofing composition and method There are disclosed novel polysulfide roofing compositions, combined with rubber particle mats, and bituminous-based roofing compositions containing crumb rubber and an elastomeric polysulfide to give improved impact resistance and the method of making su... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5523161 | Water repellent surface treatment with integrated primer A method and article are disclosed wherein a glass, plastic, metal, organic polymer coated substrate or inorganic coated substrate is provided with a durable non-wetting surface by treatment with a perfluoroalkylalkylsilane and a completely hydrolyzable s... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5523162 | Water repellent surface treatment for plastic and coated plastic substrates A method and article are disclosed wherein a plastic substrate is provided with a more durable non-wetting surface by deposition of a silica primer layer prior to treatment with perfluoroalkylalkylsilane and optionally a fluorinated olefin telomer on the ... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5518808 | Luminescent materials prepared by coating luminescent compositions onto substrate particles The present invention relates to a novel cost efficient luminescent composition comprising particles of a core material which have been coated with a luminescent material that is distributed in the form of a chemically homogeneous layer. The average diame... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5516445 | Fluid having magnetic and electrorheological effects simultaneously and A fluid having both magnetic and electrorheological effects contains electroconductive ferromagnetic particles, the surfaces of which are coated with a particular electrically insulating layer having a critical thickness and electrical resistance, dispers... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5514467 | Materials and structure for tape with enhanced release A MICR tape allows for the complete release of magnetic material from the tape substrate. This is accomplished by creating a tape with a layered structure including a magnetic layer coated on a polymer layer with a release layer therebetween.... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5506050 | Plastic film subjected to antistatic prevention and silver halide photographic light-sensitive material using the same A plastic film material comprising a layer is disclosed, the layer containing in admixture a binder and particles comprising a compound in an amount of 70% or more by weight of the particles, the particles having a volume specific resistance of not more t... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5506055 | Boron nitride and aluminum thermal spray powder A composite thermal spray powder, for producing abradable coatings, is substantially in the form of clad particles each of which has a core particle of boron nitride and subparticles of aluminum-silicon alloy. The subparticles are bonded to the core parti... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5506049 | Particulate filled composite film and method of making same A particulate filled fluoropolymeric matrix composite article and method of making the same is presented. Preferably, the article comprises an electrical substrate material. The method for making the particulate filled polymeric matrix composite film incl... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5506037 | Heat-reflecting and/or electrically heatable laminated glass pane A heat reflecting and/or electrically heatable laminated glazing system having two single glass panes bonded together by a thermoplastic film such as polyvinyl butyral is disclosed. One of these two panes includes a layered construction, preferably of a c... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5496618 | Polyester film for magnetic recording media, process for preparation thereof and magnetic recording medium A polyester film for magnetic recording media, a process for preparation thereof and a magnetic recording medium comprising the film having formed on the surface of a ferromagnetic metallic thin membrane, said polyester film being one wherein on the surfa... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5494738 | Sheet or web material having antistatic properties A sheet or web material being a subbed or unsubbed hydrophobic resin support or paper support coated with at least one hydrophobic resin layer and having at least on one side thereof an antistatic layer containing for at least 70% by weight colloidal sili... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5494752 | Composite microparticle of fluorine containing resins A composite microparticle of fluorine containing resin which is obtained by emulsion polymerization, having a core portion of a perfluoro resin which contains 80 to 100% by weight of TFE and 0 to 15% by weight of other copolymerizable fluorine containing ... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5494749 | Magnetic powder for magnetic recording and magnetic recording medium containing the same A magnetic powder for magnetic recording is disclosed which comprises composite magnetic particles (A), each of which contains hexagonal ferrite and spinel structure ferrite, and single phase magnetic particles of hexagonal ferrite (B). When the mixing ra... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5486420 | Hydrophobic silica powder, manufacturing method thereof and developer for electrophotography A hydrophobic silica powder, treated with an amino-substituted silane compound represented by the formula (1) and an organopolysiloxane, having an amount of triboelectrification relative to iron of from over +100 μC/g to up to +700 μC/g, and a hydrophob... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5478515 | Salt block release agents A water soluble dicarboxylic acid acts as a mold release agent for salt blocks when it is sprayed as a fine powder into the block press mold box just prior to a charge of salt. The acid has from 6 to 10 carbon atoms; adipic acid is a preferred release age... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5476696 | White thermal control surfaces containing ZrSiO4 The present invention resides in a white thermal control surface resistant to darkening due to exposure to X-rays and ultraviolet radiation. The surface comprises a substrate and a ceramic zirconium orthosilicate coating on said substrate. The zirconium o... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5476707 | Composite polyester films suitable in particular as supports for magnetic recording materials, and magnetic recording materials thus produced The invention relates to composite films consisting of a semicrystalline polyester substrate film, free from filler and with a roughness Ra lower than or equal to 0.01 μm, carrying on at least one of its faces a coating based on a modified polymer obtain... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475050 | Frosting agent for use with aqueous polyurethane and method for producing the same A frosting agent in which particulate silica suspends with high dispersibility without lowering the flow-out and formability of an aqueous polyurethane as a binder of frosting coating agent. Such a frosting agent for use in an aqueous polyurethane is obta... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5470643 | Polymer thick film resistor compositions A polymer thick film resistor composition is disclosed which comprises: (1) finely divided particles of a conductive metal having a surface area of 0.3 to 3.0 m2 /g; (2) finely divided particulate material having a surface area greater than 100... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5468539 | Precast surface paving overlay comprising rubber crumbs and clay particles A rubber tire recycling process comprises the steps of granulating black rubber tire side walls and treads and granulating white rubber tire side walls to form coarse rubber crumbs, mixing the coarse rubber crumbs with fine clay particles to form a closel... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5464696 | Particles for NMR imaging Magnetite particles suitable for injection into the blood stream of patients having enhanced resistance against agglomeration and uptake by the RES of the liver and spleen. The particles essentially consist of an iron oxide core and a phosphoric acid mono... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5460890 | Biaxially stretched isotropic polyimide film having specific properties An isotropic, biaxially stretched polyimide film prepared by casting a solution of a polyamic acid precursor in an organic solvent containing a cyclization catalyst and dehydrating agent onto the surface of a support, imidizing the polyamic acid to give a... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5458964 | Biaxially oriented film comprising organic particles Disclosed is a biaxially oriented film and a laminated film containing specified organic particles at a content of 0.001 to 20% by weight. The strength when deformed by 10% (S10) of the organic particles is in the range of 3 to 30 kgf/mm2 | 10/17/1995 |
| 5456986 | Magnetic metal or metal carbide nanoparticles and a process for forming same A magnetic metal or metal carbide nanoparticle is provided having a carbon coating. The nanoparticle has a diameter in the range of approximately 5 to 60 nm, and may be crystalline or amorphous. The magnetic metal or metal carbide nanoparticle is formed b... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5456977 | Magnetic recording medium and process for producing same A magnetic recording medium is disclosed, comprising a nonmagnetic support having thereon a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder and a binder, wherein the magnetic layer contains at least one of -Al2 O3 and Cr... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5453312 | Abrasive article, a process for its manufacture, and a method of using it to reduce a workpiece surface An abrasive article having a sheet-like structure having at least one major surface having deployed thereon a plurality of individual abrasive composites, each abrasive composite comprising a plasticizer and a plurality of abrasive particles dispersed in ... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5453313 | Elastomeric polysulfide composites and method An elastomeric polysulfide composite in which rubber particles, particularly crumb rubber, are distributed substantially uniformly through an elastomeric polysulfide layer, roofing made from such composites, and the method of forming roofing in which the ... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5447775 | Torchable roll roofing composition The present invention is a bituminous roofing composition which is especially useful to coat and/or saturate a roll roofing membrane. The composition comprises from 2 to 10 percent by weight, based on block copolymer plus bitumen, of a block copolymer of ... | 09/05/1995 |
