Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture inventions 05/07

20070119535 - Bonding apparatus and bonding method: The present invention is a bonding apparatus which bonds a first object to be bonded and a second object to be bonded by bringing a bonding member into contact with an upper surface of the second object to be bonded placed on an upper surface of the first object to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070119536 - Production method and production device for laminated glass: A production method for laminated glass having a fired substance between an inner sheet 2 and an outer sheet 3 wherein a firing step for firing a fired substance in a state that the inner sheet 2 and the outer sheet 3 are kept away and a bend-forming step in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070119537 - Process allowing cylindrical-walled containers to be decorated at a fast rate: A method for decorating the cylindrical walls of receptacles, comprising the following steps: a) moveable mandrels are arranged in a loop and are displaced, keeping their axes parallel to a direction D; b) each receptacle is engaged by the cylindrical wall thereof on the mandrel; c) the mandrel is brought... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070119538 - Safety helmets: A low mass safety helmet is provided, containing a sandwich of polymer composite materials to produce an effective means of shock mitigation to a wearer's head. The sandwich comprises an inner and outer layer of fibre reinforced polymer which encapsulates a pre-formed energy dispersive material which is typically a high... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070119539 - Attachment of cables to flexible fabrics: A fabric body or textile comprising a cable or interconnect capable of transmitting data or power is secured to the fabric body or textile surface by a tape. Methods for securing the cable or interconnect system include, for example, garment taping processes. Fabric bodies having the taped cable or interconnect... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20070119540 - Low friction, abrasion-resistant bearing materials: A friction-reducing abrasion resistant bearing material is described. The material comprises a monolithic, porous polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) having dispersed therein a wear-resistant thermosetting or thermoplastic resin material.... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20070119541 - Multilayer circuit board and method for manufacturing the same: A multilayer circuit board comprises core layers 101 and 102 made of a core material impregnated with resin, resin layers 111 and 112 interposed between the core layers 101 and 102, a wiring pattern 140 embedded in the resin layers 111 and 112. The core layers 101 and 102 have... Agent: Wolff Law Office, PLLC

20070119542 - Labeling method and apparatus: A method and apparatus for continuously applying labels to containers, and a container including a label on a surface thereof which has been applied thereto by the method and/or apparatus. An activating solution is sprayed by a sprayer onto a label pallet or directly onto a surface of a label... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20070119543 - Method and apparatus for attaching a peeling tape: In a peeling tape attaching method for attaching a peeling tape (4) on a surface protective film (11) attached on the surface of a wafer (20), the wafer is supported on a movable table (31) with the surface protective film up and the peeling tape is supplied on the surface... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070119544 - Apparatus and method for single substrate processing using megasonic-assisted drying: In a method for treating a semiconductor substrate, a single substrate is positioned in a single-substrate process chamber and subjected to wet etching, cleaning and/or drying steps. The single substrate may be exposed to etch or clean chemistry in the single-substrate processing chamber as turbulence is induced in the etch... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070119545 - Method to improve profile control and n/p loading in dual doped gate applications: A semiconductor processing system is provided. The semiconductor processing system includes a chamber. The chamber includes a gas inlet, a top electrode configured to strike a plasma inside the chamber, and a support for holding a substrate. A controller configured to detect a passivation starved condition during an etching operation... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070119546 - Plasma immersion ion implantation apparatus including a capacitively coupled plasma source having low dissociation and low minimum plasma voltage: A plasma immersion ion implantation reactor for implanting a species into a workpiece includes an enclosure which has a side wall and a ceiling defining a chamber, and a workpiece support pedestal within the chamber for supporting a workpiece having a surface layer into which the species are to be... Agent: Robert M. Wallace Law Office Of Robert M. Wallace

20070113948 - Method for winding strips on a tire building machine: A strip member is wound by a tire building machine having a building drum for taking up a strip member of predetermined length without discrete ends and a transfer conveyor for feeding the strip member to the building drum. The winding-start end of the strip member transferred from the transfer... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070113949 - Paper laminates manufactured using foamed adhesive systems: Foamed, aqueous adhesive compositions are used to manufacture tissue laminate products including or especially as bathroom tissue, facial tissue, paper towels, and the like. Foaming typically occurs by introducing pressurized gas and adhesive flows in a nozzle chamber on demand, wherein the kinetic energy of the flows is used to... Agent: H.b. Fuller Company

20070113950 - Method and apparatus for providing uniaxial load distribution for laminate layers of multilayer ceramic chip carriers: An apparatus for providing uniform axial load distribution for laminate layers of multilayer ceramic chip carriers includes a base plate configured to support a plurality of green sheet layers thereon, the base plate having at least one resiliently mounted load support bar disposed adjacent outer edges of the base plate.... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Fishkill

20070113951 - Osteochondral composite scaffold for articular cartilage repair and preparation thereof: The present invention discloses a biomedical scaffold material for articular cartilage repair, which is a multi-layer composite scaffold in the cylindrical plug form. It includes a lower porous ceramic layer intimating the bone zone of the joint, and an upper porous ceramic layer intimating the bottom cartilage zone of the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070113952 - Thick film conductor composition(s) and processing technology thereof for use in multilayer electronic circuits and devices: The invention relates to thick film conductor compositions which are useful in application to both via-fill and/or line conductors to manufacture of Low Temperature Co-fireable Ceramic (LTCC) devices and other Multilayer Interconnect (MLI) ceramic composite circuits such as Photosensitive Tape On Substrates (PTOS); gold, silver and mixed metal multilayer circuits... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070113953 - Method for forming or curing polymer composites: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method for the forming or curing of polymer composites, the method including the step of: forming or curing the polymer composite in the presence of water vapour at about atmospheric pressure.... Agent: NeifeldIPLaw, PC

20070113954 - Method of manufacturing tire with turned down ply construction: A method of producing a tire having an outside-in ply construction is provided. The method includes the steps of: providing a tire building drum; laying an inner liner on said drum, applying a first layer of ply on the right hand side of the drum so that a first end... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20070113955 - Pneumatic tires: A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass comprised of at least one carcass ply containing a steel cord(s) arranged at a cord angle of 70-90° with respect to an equatorial plane of the tire and toroidally extending between a pair of bead cores and turned up around the bead core inward... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070113956 - Woven articles from synthetic yarns: A woven panel is formed from a plurality of elongated yarns, with and without a center core. The core yarns provide mechanical strength for the woven material in supporting the coreless yarns when used in load bearing articles such as the seat or back portions of an article of furniture.... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070113957 - Stretch label attaching device and method for attaching stretch label: A stretch label attaching device for attaching a stretch label on a good, including an adapter supporting the label from the inside thereof and has an opening into which the good is inserted; an adapter support member configured to support a lower portion of the adapter and has an opening... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070113958 - Method for producing pultruded components: A method for producing a pultruded component includes providing a plurality of fiber tows each formed of a plurality of fibers. The method also includes providing a first chamber and a second chamber for wetting the plurality of fiber tows with a polymeric resin precursor. The method further includes pulling... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070113959 - Containers and methods for containing pressurized fluids using reinforced fibers and methods for making such containers: Containers suitable for storing pressurized fluids at cryogenic temperatures of −62° C. (−80° F.) and colder are provided and comprise a self-supporting liner and load-bearing composite overwrap, whereby means are provided for substantially preventing failure of the container during temperature changes.... Agent: Brent R. Knight Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

20070113960 - Method of making a dunnage platform: A dunnage platform is in the general shape of a rectangular slab with legs extending form one side. The dunnage platform is made from an expanded polystyrene core. A chemical combination process is used to chemically combine portion of the core proximal to its surface with high impact polystyrene. In... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070113961 - Conductor-clad laminate, wiring circuit board, and processes for producing the same: In a roll-to-roll step, an adhesive solution is applied to a release film 1 including a polyethylene terephthalate film and this film 1 is passed through a drying oven 500 regulated to 60 to 150° C. to thereby form an adhesive layer 2. Subsequently, an insulating film 3 including a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070113962 - Method of manufacturing barrier rib structure for flat display panel: Provided is a method of manufacturing a barrier rib structure for a high-definition flat display panel by using a metal. The method includes preparing a base substrate, forming a photoresist layer on the base substrate, exposing a portion of the base substrate adhered to the photoresist layer, plating an upper... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070113963 - Method of making continuous rubber sheet with texture: A method of making a continuous rubber sheet with a texture thereon including the steps of: providing two rollers in front of a nozzle of a device for extruding a rubber material to form a rubber layer on the rollers. Provide a fabric to the rubber layer to form a... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070113965 - High speed labeling device and method: A high-speed labeling device (20) is provided for use on form, fill and seal packaging equipment or other types of thermoforming equipment. The device (20) includes a label dispensing unit (22) operable to sequentially and successively deliver a plurality of labels to a delivery location (56). A label transport assembly... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070113964 - Small water-repellant microphone having improved acoustic performance and method of constructing same: A water-repellent microphone and an improved method for constructing such a water-repellent microphone provides easy assembly and good acoustic performance. In one embodiment, a water-repellent membrane and a washer are pre-assembled. The surface of the washer opposite the membrane is covered by an adhesive, and the adhesive is covered by... Agent: Henricks Slavin And Holmes, LLP Advanced Bionics Corporation

20070113966 - Process for forming at least a portion of a package or an envelope bearing a printed indicia: A process for forming a portion of a package or envelope bearing printed indicia, a label bearing printed indicia or a sheet bearing printed indicia includes providing a substrate which constitutes a portion of the package, label or sheet to a printing apparatus, and utilizing the printing apparatus or an... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20070113967 - Radiation absorbing compositions, methods and articles made by applying such compositions: Infrared (IR) radiation absorbing compounds of metal or metalloids with ligands are beneficial for many applications. Schiff base biquinone (SBB) ligands surrounding a metal or metalloid center may be used for laser welding applications, as one example, wherein effective infrared radiation absorption and heat resistance are required. These compounds may... Agent: John E. Vick, Jr. Milliken & Company

20070113968 - Method for applying a pre-weakened line to an interior-trim part in a vehicle by means of a laser, said part being provided with a decorative leather layer: A method for producing an interior trim part in a vehicle having a decorative layer of leather, wherein the fiber structure of the leather is fixed by undercooling or by a fixing agent at least along a desired weakened line before the weakened line is produced by a laser and... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070113969 - Optical disk laminating method and optical disk laminating device: An optical disk laminating method and an optical disk laminating device capable of shortening tact time is provided. The method comprises the steps of placing lower disks (D2) on chucks installed on a rotating table (1), placing upper disks (D1) over the chucks to be spaced from the lower disks... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070113970 - Process for the manufacturing of decorative laminate: A process for the manufacturing of a decorative laminate having a base layer, a decorative layer and a wear layer wherein a decor is printed on a base layer. The decor printed comprises a printing ink and the wear layer comprises a thermosetting resin selected from the group consisting of... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070113971 - Longitudinally reinforced cured in place liner and reinforced coating: A longitudinally reinforced resin impregnated cured in place liner with at least an outer impermeable layer of a coated reinforcing scrim to limit longitudinal stretch is provided. A continuous length of resin impregnable liner is provided in lay flat condition and impregnated. The impregnated liner is then fed into a... Agent: Michael I. Wolfson Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070113972 - Method of manufacturing flexible laminate substrate: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a flexible laminate substrate having an improved appearance and dimensional stability after removal of a metal foil. Specifically disclosed is a method of manufacturing a flexible laminate substrate 5 wherein a metal foil 2 is bonded to at least one surface of a heat-resistant... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070113973 - Apparatus, system and method for securing a device and/or a detachable element of the device: An apparatus, a system and a method for securing a device and/or a detachable element of a device are provided. The apparatus and the system have a plunger which contacts the device and/or the detachable element. The plunger is connected to the device and/or the detachable element via a first... Agent: Patents+tms, P.C.

20070113974 - Process for continuous consolidation for obtaining a stratified material and device for its implementation: The object of the invention is a process for continuous consolidation of at least one fold (22, 24), whereby said process consists in unwinding a unit that consists of said at least one fold (22, 24) that is placed between two strips (26, 28) continuously along at least one curved... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070113975 - Plasma reaction chamber assemblies: The invention encompasses a method of enhancing selectivity of etching silicon dioxide relative to one or more organic substances. A material comprising one or more elements selected from Group VIII of the periodic table is provided within a reaction chamber; and a substrate is provided within the reaction chamber. The... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070113976 - Plasma chamber wall segment temperature control: A device and method for controlling the temperature of a plasma chamber inside wall or other surfaces exposed to the plasma by a plurality of temperature control systems. A plasma process within the plasma chamber can be controlled by independently controlling the temperature of segments of the wall or other... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070113977 - Revolution member supporting apparatus and semiconductor substrate processing apparatus: A revolution member supporting apparatus holds and rotates a disc-shaped object (object to be rotated) such as a semiconductor wafer. The revolution member supporting apparatus includes a rotatable member which rotates about an axis of rotation, and a plurality of holding members which are disposed along a circle having a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070113978 - Plasma processing apparatus and method: A plasma processing apparatus includes a stage (3) on which an object (4) to be processed is to be placed, a vessel (1) which houses the stage, a conductive plate (24) which is arranged to oppose the stage, an antenna element (27) which is formed on the conductive plate, a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070113979 - Slotted electrostatic shield modification for improved etch and cvd process uniformity: A more uniform plasma process is implemented for treating a treatment object using an inductively coupled plasma source which produces an asymmetric plasma density pattern at the treatment surface using a slotted electrostatic shield having uniformly spaced-apart slots. The slotted electrostatic shield is modified in a way which compensates for... Agent: Pritzkau Patent Group, LLC

20070113980 - Method for shaping a magnetic field in a magnetic field-enhanced plasma reactor: Methods for rotating a magnetic field in a process chamber is provided herein. In one embodiment, a method for rotating a magnetic field in a process chamber includes forming a magnetic field having a primary shape; changing the primary shape to at least two sequential transitional shapes; and changing the... Agent: MoserIPLaw Group / Applied Materials, Inc.

20070113981 - Etch system with integrated inductive coupling: An integrated capacitively-coupled and inductively-coupled device is provided for plasma etching that may be used as a primary or secondary source for generating a plasma to etch substrates. The device is practical for processing advanced semiconductor devices and integrated circuits that require uniform and dense plasma. The invention may be... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (tokyo Electron)

20070113982 - Large surface area geogrids with a high tensile strength, a method and apparatus for producing them, and their use as drain and reinforcement grids and as fences: The invention provides large surface area geogrids with a high tensile strength, a method and apparatus for producing them, and their use as drain and reinforcement grids and as fences. The method for the continuous production of geogrids which have a large surface area and comprise thermoplastic bars which cross... Agent: Horst M. Kasper

20070113983 - System for producing pultruded components: A system for producing a pultruded component includes a fixture for providing fibrous reinforcements, a system for providing a polymeric resin, and an impregnation die for coating the fibrous reinforcements with the polymeric resin precursor. The impregnation die includes a first chamber and a second chamber. The fibrous reinforcements include... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070113984 - Device for splicing web material: Described herein is a device for splicing the free end of a strip of web material to a homologous strip of web material being supplied. The device includes a first moving element and a second moving element, each of which is able to function alternatively as retention structure for the... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070113985 - Processing device and use thereof for the production of covers with a film which can be torn off: The invention relates to a processing device for covers (20), wherein processing stations are embodied as individual processing stations (47) provided with, respectively, one tool for one cover. Several of said stations work in parallel for the simultaneous processing of several covers. If need be, stations can also be used... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070113986 - High speed labeling device and method: A high-speed labeling device (20) is provided for use on form, fill and seal packaging equipment or other types of thermoforming equipment. The device (20) includes a label dispensing unit (22) operable to sequentially and successively deliver a plurality of labels to a delivery location (56). A label transport assembly... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070113987 - Coating film transfer tool: Provided is a coating film transfer tool capable of eliminating a sag when being used, while protecting the transfer tape when not being used. The coating film transfer tool includes: a slide mechanism which causes the transfer head to slide allowing the transfer head to contact with the transfer tape... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070107827 - Apparatus and method for pressure bonding and method for manufacturing semiconductor device: The substrate is placed over a pressure detection film, the element group is placed selectively over the substrate so that a conductive film functioning as an antenna formed over the substrate and a conductive film functioning as a bump formed over the element group overlap each other, the substrate and... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler, Ltd.

20070107826 - Method for avoiding air pockets in a joint between two structural components: When two structural components are to be joined, for example, when an aircraft skin section is to be secured to a stringer by an adhesive bonding, it is important that the joining surface areas are well-fitted to each other to avoid the formation of air inclusions in the joint because... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20070107825 - Tape monitoring system: The invention provides a tape monitoring system for use with a taping machine that is mounted independent of a taping head. The tape monitoring system includes a tape dispensing sensor for determining whether tape is being dispensed from the tape supply and capable of providing a signal relating to a... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070107828 - Tape pressure roller with patterned surface for tape applicator: A patterned pressure roller for tape applicators useful for reducing the pressure required to seat pressure-sensitive tape and methods of use thereof.... Agent: Huber Engineered Woods L.L.C. C/o J.m. Huber Corporation

20070107829 - Concurrent welding and severing belt forming process: Belt material is wrapped around a small diameter mandrel. Instead of cutting the belt to length, the material is then continued to be wrapped around the mandrel, forming a belt material overlap, and held under tension. An ultrasonic welding horn is then traversed across the width of the belt overlap.... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070107830 - Process for producing a multilayer plastic pipe protected from deterioration of its properties: A process for producing a multilayer plastic pipe protected from deterioration of its properties when being used and when being handled.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070107831 - Process for producing a multilayer plastic pipe protected from deterioration of its properties: A method for gluing cable trees to base structures of a passenger car, particularly roof liners, lateral door parts, luggage compartment lids, wherein individual cables are encompassed by a textile strip which is preferably provided with a self-adhesive coating on one side thereof, such that a cable harness is created,... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, Pa

20070107832 - Consolidation joining of thermoplastic laminate ducts: There is provided an apparatus and method for consolidation joining a thermoplastic preform to form a duct. The apparatus includes first and second longitudinally extending support structures. The first support structure at least partially defines a cavity for supporting the preform in a desired configuration of the duct. The second... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070107833 - Belt and method of making same: A method is disclosed that involves providing a sheet of thermoplastic belt material having a first end with a first radius of curvature, providing a mandrel having a second radius of curvature that is no more than 12% larger or smaller than the first radius of curvature, wrapping the sheet... Agent: Diana F. Covello Alix, Yale & Ristas, LLP

20070107834 - Method of making a polarizing sheet: This invention relates to a method of making a polarizing sheet or film. The invention starts with swelling an un-stretched PVA film in pure water. The swelled PVA film is dipped into an iodine-containing solution to adsorb iodine. The dyed PVA film is then dipped into a dicarboxylic acid-containing solution... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070107835 - Ethynyl containing electron transport dyes and compositions: Compounds, compositions, organic electronic devices, and methods for preparing organic electronic devices are described. The compounds of the invention contain at least two carbon-carbon triple bonds and a heteroaromatic ring having at least one —C═N— unit. The compounds can be used as electron transport agents in organic electronic devices such... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070107836 - Processes for the production of packaging materal for transporting and storing perishable goods: This invention relates to packaging materials comprising a water-impermeable outer layer bonded to a water-absorbent layer and having an inner layer that is water vapour-permeable, and to processes for the manufacture thereof. The invention also provides for the storage and/or transport of perishable goods, and in particular for the storage... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070107837 - Process for making high count multi-layered circuits: A method and apparatus for producing high layer count, multi-layer circuits which includes fabricating a fixture having an opening therein for placement within a press. A material stack, particularly a material stack having multiple layers of liquid crystalline polymer, is placed within the opening of the fixture before activating the... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20070107838 - Lamination press pad: A press pad for bonding substrates into a radio-frequency and/or intermediate-frequency module. The module has a plurality of channels, each of which has an adhesive film for bonding the substrate. The press pad has a pad body conformal to the substrate and pairs of lateral protrusions extending from central axes... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070107839 - Decorative board with surface structure: A process for the manufacturing of decorative boards with a surface structure. The decorative boards comprises a base layer, a decor layer and a wear layer, the wear layer comprising a sheet or web of cellulose impregnated with thermosetting resin. The base layer, the decor layer and the wear layer... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070107840 - Finishing method for manufacturing wetsuits non-stitch: An improved finishing method in the manufacture of wetsuits, can be used in the borders of collars, sleeves, and legs of a wetsuit. The inventive method includes the steps of melding fabric and rubber sponge using pressure and heat to make the fabric and rubber combine completely as one layer.... Agent: Leonard Tachner A Professional Law Corporation

20070107842 - Corrosion-resistant member: To provide a material for devices that require good corrosion resistance and a property of less liquid remaining, such as jigs to load an article to be treated in a wet process and spray chambers for ICP analysis. At least the surface of the devices that require good corrosion resistance... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070107843 - Plasma processing apparatus: In a film-forming apparatus for forming a thin film (15) on a substrate (6) by supplying a gas (13) through a gas nozzle (14) into a vacuum chamber (1) and transforming the gas (13) into a plasma by applying a current to a high-frequency antenna (7), a ceramic inner cylinder... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070107844 - Broadband techniques to reduce the effects of impedance mismatch in plasma chambers: A plasma generator system for reducing the effects of impedance mismatch. The system has a variable frequency source having an output for emitting an RF signal. A plasma chamber has an input for receiving the RF signal. The variable frequency source modulates at least one of the frequency and phase... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070107845 - Semiconductor processing system: A semiconductor processing system includes an intermediate structure disposed between an atmospheric pressure entrance transfer chamber and a vacuum common transfer chamber. The intermediate structure includes a transfer passage for a target substrate to pass therein. The transfer passage includes a first buffer chamber a middle transfer chamber and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070107841 - Ion implantation ion source, system and method: Limiting charge-exchange and low energy electron-induced fragmentation of B10Hx+; Operating the ion source without an arc plasma, which can improve the emittance properties and the purity of the beam; Operating the ion source without use of a strong applied magnetic field, which can improve the emittance properties of the beam;... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070107846 - Method and apparatus for an improved baffle plate in a plasma processing system: The present invention presents an improved baffle plate for a plasma processing system, wherein the design and fabrication of the baffle plate advantageously provides for a uniform processing plasma in the process space with substantially minimal erosion of the baffle plate.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070107847 - Printing arrangement with an adhesive application station: A printing arrangement includes a driving station configured to drive print media along a path. An adhesive application station is arranged to be in alignment with the path so as to apply adhesive to the print media. A printing station is arranged to be in alignment with the path so... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070107848 - Device to apply rubber tape: A device to apply a thin narrow rubber tape to a rotating object, which can be suitably utilized for making a rubber component of a pneumatic tire, is disclosed. The device comprises: a conveyer belt; a let-off roller on which the conveyer belt runs and from which the rubber tape... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070107849 - Device for placing a suspended label on a bottleneck: A device for placing suspended labels including a multiple-page information section onto a bottleneck. The device includes a bottle conveying device for conveying bottles into a work area, and an application device having a pair of essentially parallel cantilevers which define a horizontal distance therebetween and end in the work... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070107851 - Correction tape applicator tip with cylindrical projection: A transfer tape dispenser comprises a housing and a supply spool and a take up spool disposed within the housing. A carrier ribbon has a first end and a second end, with the first end connected to the supply spool and the second end connected to the take-up spool. An... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070107850 - Transferring device: In a transferring device (A) structured such that a paste (Tb) is transferred to a paper strip (P) by being slid in a predetermined transferring direction in a state in which the paper strip (P) is pinched between a transferring device main body (1) and a transferred object receiving cradle... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070102092 - Method for manufacturing multilayer flexible circuits: A method for manufacturing multilayer flexible circuits is disclosed. The cross-sectional area of an unoccupied signal layer volume is initially determined. The unoccupied signal layer includes multiple conductive elements, and the unoccupied signal layer volume is formed between two of the conductive elements. Next, the thickness of an adhesive layer... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070102093 - Flocked elastomeric articles: In one embodiment, a flocked article is provided that includes an elastomeric film and a plurality of flock fibers on a flocked surface of the film. The flock fibers are embedded in the film.... Agent: Douglas W. Swartz Sheridan Ross P.C.

20070102094 - Method for arranging a thermoplastic insert in a thermoplastic sandwich product: A method for arranging a thermoplastic insert unit (2) in a thermoplastic sandwich product (1) having at least one planar or virtually planar section by the application of ultrasonic energy (6, 8). A thermoplastic sandwich product (1) comprises at least one fibre-reinforced thermoplastic covering layer (7) and a thermoplastic core... Agent: Todd Deveau Thomas Kayden Horstemeyer

20070102095 - Method of joining members of a balustrade system: A method of joining individual rigid members in railings, fencing, balustrading or the like in which the ends of secondary members of smaller diameter are inserted through suitable apertures provided in the walls of primary members of larger diameter into the interiors of the primary members, the interiors then being... Agent: D'ambrosio & Associates, P.l.l.c.

20070102096 - Method of making a dunnage platform: A dunnage platform is in the general shape of a rectangular slab with legs extending form one side. The dunnage platform is made from an expanded polystyrene core. A chemical combination process is used to chemically combine portion of the core proximal to its surface with high impact polystyrene. In... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070102098 - Method for making shell for electric product: A method is used for manufacturing outer housings or shells for electric products or mobile communication devices and includes a base layer having an outer pattern and an inner peripheral portion, a cushioning layer is attached into the inner peripheral portion of the base layer to form a housing member... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070102097 - Method for manufacturing cross prism: For the purpose of depositing deviation-free dichroic coatings of high plane rectitude, there is disclosed a method starting with preparation of glass assembly units each composed of first and second glass members of different lengths. A first dichroic coating 10A is deposited on a lateral side of one glass member,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070102099 - Polymeric binders having specific peel and cure properties and useful in making creped webs: This invention is directed to alkylphenol ethoxylate (APE)-free polymer binders formed by aqueous free radical emulsion polymerization and having specific peel and cure properties. The APE-free polymeric binders have a peel value, when adhered to a heated metal surface, of 35% to 200% of the peel value shown by a... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20070102100 - Method of manufacturing vehicle front frame: A method of manufacturing a vehicle front frame includes wrapping a pre-preg around a mandrel and curing the pre-preg to form an upright tube. Secondly, winding two pre-pregs into two elongated tubes and connecting a middle portion of each of the two elongated tubes with an end of the upright... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070102101 - Apparatus and methods for forming filter sleeves having circumferential pleats for use in a bag-type filter assembly: Systems are provided for fabricating a plurality of possible pleat packs used in the formation of circumferentially pleated filter sleeves comprising a substantially horizontal contact surface, a pleating machine having cutting structure, operatively positioned proximate the substantially horizontal contact plane, for delivering continuous upstanding pleat packs of a predetermined pleat... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070102102 - Process and apparatus for folding and applying onserts onto consumer goods: A machine for folding and applying onserts onto consumer goods such as cigarette packs comprises a continuous roll of preprinted onserts and a transverse cutter assembly for cutting onsert segments from the continuous roll. Each onsert segment includes a pair of side-by-side preprinted onserts. A buckle folder receives each cut... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070102103 - Manufacturing method for printing circuit: A manufacturing method for a printing circuit uses an adhesive as a printing material to print a line pattern of a printing circuit on a carrier by means of printing, and then cause an adhesive to stick with a mother film with a release type metal to allow a part... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070102105 - Film-shaped adhesive application apparatus: A film-shaped adhesive application apparatus includes a supply reel retainer for mounting a film-shaped adhesive supply reel used to wind into a roll shape a film-shaped adhesive 1 comprising a base film and an adhesive layer formed thereon, thermocompression bonding means for thermocompression-bonding the film-shaped adhesive drawn from the film-shaped... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070102104 - Lamination of patch films on personalized cards through heat transfer: An apparatus and method for laminating personalized cards, which includes a frame that supports a supply spindle for delivering a patch film disposed on a web to a personalized card. The frame supports a platen structure for affixing a portion of the patch film to a portion of one side... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070102107 - Composite coated/encapsulated wood products and methods to produce the same: Composite coated wood products, and methods to produce such products, are described by embodiments of the invention. Composite layers may comprise polymer and fillers, such as organic fillers and inorganic fillers. The composite layers may also be foamed in some embodiments of the invention. Such composite coated wood products may... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070102106 - Medical wraps: A medical wrap includes a flexible, sheet-form substrate with a discrete medical function delivery region having a surface adapted to be placed against a patient's skin to provide a desired medical effect. The substrate carries a field of fibers exposed on one side thereof for engagement by fastener elements, and... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070102108 - Process for making wood laminates using fast setting adhesives at ambient temperature: A process to form a multilayer article comprising pressing a stack comprising two or more panels, wherein each panel comprises a surface layer and a substrate layer, wherein a side of the surface layer is contacted to a side of the substrate layer, and wherein the contacting sides of the... Agent: Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc.

20070102109 - Automated despensing system: An automated pharmaceutical dispensing system comprises a retrieval subsystem (4) for selecting and retrieving a pharmaceutical pack (38). The retrieval subsystem (4) is arranged to deliver the pack (38) to a labelling station (6). The labelling station (6) comprises a label printer (18) arranged to print a label (36) comprising... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070102110 - Casing formed from thermoplastic resin and method for fabricating the casing: The present invention relates to decoration techniques for providing smoothly changing iridescent color effects or glittering luster effects to resin casings. A thermoplastic resin casing having a protruding shape is fabricated by hot forming with a laminated plate made up of a thermoplastic resin plate and a polarizing film using... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070102111 - Controlled nanotube fabrication and uses: A method and apparatus are provided for the formation of nanotubes and nanotube related structures. Nanotubes, such as carbon nanotubes, can be prepared to exhibit various physical, chemical and electrical properties.... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070102112 - Self-forming structures: A process for the manufacture, storage and final assembly of self-erecting structures constructed from a plurality of materials and or articles, some or all of which may be flexible and some or all may be impregnated with a curable polymer compound. The structure is folded to reduce its volume and... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070102113 - Methods of manufacturing engineered wood products: Methods for manufacturing an engineered wood product are disclosed. The method includes orienting two or more sets of wood pieces to provide a blanket of oriented pieces, the blanket of oriented pieces including two or more layers, wherein at least one of the sets of wood pieces includes a first... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070102114 - Low stress to seal expanded ptfe gasket tape: A low stress to seal, unitary gasket tape is provided that is particularly suited for use in form-in-place gaskets. The gasket tape preferably comprises at least two joined porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) tapes aligned along tape side surfaces and a substantially air impermeable layer there between. The plane of expansion... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20070102115 - Adhesion between textile reinforcing materials and rubber: The present invention relates to a method for improving direct adhesion between an adhesive activated textile reinforcing material and an activated rubber. Moreover, the invention relates to a coating composition, a yarn, cord or fabric manufacturing process, a textile reinforcing material obtainable from said method having increased adhesion to rubber... Agent: Invista North America S.a.r.l.

20070102116 - Feedback control of chemical mechanical polishing device providing manipulation of removal rate profiles: A method of controlling surface non-uniformity of a wafer in a polishing operation includes (a) providing a model for a wafer polishing that defines a plurality of regions on a wafer and identifies a wafer material removal rate in a polishing step of a polishing process for each of the... Agent: Applied Materials, Inc.

20070102117 - Substrate processing system and substrate processing method: A substrate processing system is provided with an ozone generator capable of generating an ozone-containing gas by discharging electricity in an oxygen-containing gas, and a plurality of processing chambers each capable of holding substrates therein to process the substrates by the ozone-containing gas supplied thereto. A flow regulator control an... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20070102118 - Method and apparatus for controlling temperature of a substrate: A pedestal assembly and method for controlling temperature of a substrate during processing is provided. In one embodiment, the pedestal assembly includes a support member that is coupled to a base by a material layer. The material layer has at least two regions having different coefficients of thermal conductivity. In... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP Applied Materials Inc

20070102119 - Plasma processing system and plasma processing method: The plasma processing system comprises a chamber 31, a bell jar 32, a coil 42 disposed on the outside of the belljar 32, a Faraday shield 44 disposed between the belljar 32 and the coil 42, a susceptor 33, a conducting member 49 disposed upper of the belljar 32, a... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070102120 - Sheet member transfer device: A transfer device includes a transfer drum (11) and a receiver drum (12). Adhesion regions are provided on the outer periphery of the transfer drum, and arranged in the circumferential direction at intervals corresponding to the width of a narrow strip member (13). Each adhesion region is divided into a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070102121 - Apparatus for cutting to length a tire tread band: An apparatus is provided for cutting to length a tread band which is to be subsequently built up onto a tire carcass. The apparatus includes a transport device for transporting an extent of tread band material from which a tread band is to be cut, and a cutting device for... Agent: Robert W. Becker & Associates

20070102122 - Bonding mechanism of corrugated paper making machine: A bonding mechanism of corrugated paper making machine includes an endless loop-like band and an adjusting mechanism for adjusting position and configuration of the band with respect to a surface sheet of the corrugated paper pasted on a core sheet. The adjustment performed by the adjusting mechanism changes an area... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070095451 - Systems and methods for tape flaw and splice avoidance in manufacturing: Systems and methods for avoidance of tape flaw or splices in manufacturing are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of applying a tape onto a workpiece includes feeding the tape from a tape supply using a tape application assembly, and applying the tape onto the workpiece using the tape application... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070095452 - Printed border: A method of producing a floor panel for an elevated floor comprising the steps of printing a border along the edge of said floor panel then applying a protective wear surface over said printed surface.... Agent: Miller Thompson, LLP

20070095453 - Carpet, carpet backings and methods: The present invention pertains to carpet and method of making it. In one aspect, the carpet includes (a) a primary backing which has a face and a back surface, (b) a plurality of fibers attached to the primary backing and extending from the face of the primary backing and exposed... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20070095455 - Coated folded ultrasonically sealed yard sign: A single pass process and apparatus for manufacturing a folded yard sign from a pre-cut sheet previously coated on both sides with a fusible polymer includes the steps of printing an image on an outside of the sheet, curing the image, scoring the printed sheet, folding the scored sheet, ultrasonically... Agent: Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, PC

20070095454 - Ultrasonic joining of polymer mats to mechanical devices including electric appliances: A method is provided for securing a polymer blanket to a mechanical device. The method includes positioning the polymer blanket against a polymer surface of the mechanical device and ultrasonically joining the polymer blanket to that surface. The invention also relates to a mechanical device including a mechanical component and... Agent: Owens Corning

20070095456 - Method for manufacturing multilayer ceramic electronic element: A method for manufacturing a multilayer ceramic electronic element includes the steps of forming ceramic green sheets having superior surface smoothness and small variations in thickness at a high speed, in which defects such as pinholes are prevented from occurring, and providing internal electrodes and step-smoothing ceramic paste on the... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070095457 - Fast line maintenance repair method and system for composite structures: A fast line maintenance repair process for damaged composite structures includes the application of a pre-cured patch that uses a quick curing paste adhesive to bond the patch to the structure. The adhesive is cured at relatively low elevated temperatures provided by a chemical heat pack. The low temperature cure... Agent: Brosemer, Kolefas & Associates, LLC - (boeing)

20070095458 - Method of manufacturing pneumatic tire and tire building machine used therefor: A method of manufacturing a pneumatic tire having an innerliner formed of thermoplastic elastomer. The method comprises the steps of: heating a surface of a tire building drum in advance; placing the innerliner on the heated surface of the tire building drum, the innerliner being cylindrically shaped and having a... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070095459 - Sandwich panel with interior barrier: Composite sandwich panels that include a core having a permeable body that is sandwiched between two skins. An internal barrier is located between the skins and the core to provide an impermeable chamber surrounding the permeable core. The chamber is pressurized during formation of the panel to provide an interior... Agent: W. Mark Bielawski Hexcel Corporation

20070095460 - Method for applying elastic members on a pant-shaped absorbent article: A method for applying an elastic member on an elastic web of material includes providing an elastic web of material running in a travelling direction; applying adhesive in a predetermined adhesive pattern on the web of material; applying a continuous elastic member in an elastic pattern on the adhesive, wherein... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070095461 - Reduced ply separation tail seal: Easy starting rolls of perforated tissue product which have a reduced tendency to ply separate are formed with an adhesively secured doubled over tail tab folded against the roll. The strength and location of the bonds are controlled by controlling the penetration of the adhesive into the tissue. The dry... Agent: Patent Group Ga030-43 Georgia-pacific LLC

20070095462 - Image transfer medium and process for producing same: An image-transfer medium includes a transparent substrate and a transferable material formed on a first surface of the substrate. A selected portion of the transferable material can be transferred in an arbitrary shape to an article to form a personalized image by a cold transfer-printing operation. Moreover, the remaining hollowed... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070095463 - Method and apparatus for die cutting and making laminate articles: A method and apparatus that produces shaped and laminate articles and recovers the excess material or flash as a part of the manufacturing process. The apparatus uses a combination of rotary die and anvil roller assemblies in successive multiple stations to cut and separate each raw material into final product... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070095464 - Label application system: Techniques to apply a label to an object are described. In one embodiment, the label application system can include a magazine, an indexer, a separator, an applicator and an impressor. The magazine may hold one or more sets of contiguous labels. The indexer advances a label from the contiguous set... Agent: Ip Legal Department Tyco Fire & Security Services

20070095465 - Exposure station for film webs: The invention relates to an illuminating station (1) for the production of partially designed areas in one or more layers of a web of sheeting (3) and to optically variable elements produced with such an illuminating station (1) and possessing partially designed areas showing different optical properties. The illuminating station... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070095466 - Method of producing multilayer printed wiring board and photosensitive dry film used therefor: A method of producing a multilayer printed wiring board by attaching a photosensitive dry film onto an interlaminar resin insulating layer having a thin-film conductor layer and conducting a light exposure and development to form a plating resist and then forming a conductor circuit on a portion not forming the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070095467 - Method for joining tubular bodies with a connector: A method of coupling components in a fluid handling system is provided. A connector and a tubular body having both a metallic layer and a polymeric layer are coupled with a thermoplastic material. The thermoplastic material is positioned proximate a port of the connector and the tubular body and connector... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC Suite 300

20070095468 - Sealant dispensing apparatus, liquid crystal display panel manufactured using the same and method of manufacturing liquid crystal display panel: The present invention relates to a sealant dispensing apparatus, a liquid crystal display panel manufactured using the sealant dispensing apparatus, and a method of fabricating the liquid display panel. The sealant dispensing apparatus. Comprises a body having an injection nozzle, a partition plate for dividing the interior of the body,... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070095469 - Formation of self-assembled monolayers: A method of forming a SAM on at least one surface of a substrate by application to said surface of a 2-mono-, or 2,2-disubstituted 1,3-dithiacyclopentane so as to form a SAM prepared therefrom on said surface.... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070095470 - Method for producing a flexible leather laminate: A method for producing of a flexible heat and pressure consolidated leather laminate is provided that includes the steps of: a) stacking a flexible backing layer, a decorative layer comprised essentially of leather, and a release sheet; b) inserting the stacked layers in a thermosetting press; and c) exposing the... Agent: O'shea, Getz & Kosakowski, P.C.

20070095471 - Multilayered printed circuit board and method for manufacturing the same: A multilayered printed circuit board or a substrate for mounting a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor device, a first resin insulating layer accommodating the semiconductor device, a second resin insulating layer provided on the first resin insulating layer, a conductor circuit provided on the second resin insulating layer, and via... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070095472 - Apparatus for everting a lining material: An apparatus for everting and inserting a pipe-lining material to rehabilitate an underground pipeline comprises an everting nozzle that is disposed so that an opening thereof faces an opening of the pipeline. The pipe-lining material is brought un-everted up to the everting nozzle and attached to the nozzle opening thereof... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq.

20070095473 - Process for adhering a liner to the surface of a pipe by induction heating: The present invention relates to a process for adhering a preformed polymer liner to the surface of a pipe by induction heating the pipe. The liner may comprise a fluoropolymer. The liner may be applied either to the interior surface or the exterior surface of the pipe. The invention is... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070095474 - Thermal bonding method: A thermal polymer-bonding method includes initially placing into contact certain polymer-based first and second solid media at a first junction. A first superficial portion of the first solid medium is liquefying through the application of thermal energy to the first junction. The liquefied first superficial portion is superficially or topically... Agent: Charles F. Meroni, Jr.

20070095475 - Adhesive material and method of using same: An adhesive and/or activatable (e.g., heat expandable and/or curable) material and articles incorporating the same are disclosed. The material includes an epoxy resin, an epoxy/elastomer hybrid or reaction product or both; a blowing agent, a curing agent or both; and optionally, a filler.... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20070095476 - Plasma discharger: In a plasma discharger in which a pulse voltage is applied to a pair of rod-like discharge electrodes (6) (7) to produce a corona discharge between the discharge electrodes (6) (7), and the surface of a workpiece (W) is irradiated with excited species including plasma produced by the corona discharge,... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070095477 - Plasma processing apparatus: For a plasma processing apparatus that performs an etching process for the face of a wafer opposite the circuit formation face, ceramic insulating films having a ring shape are positioned on the mounting face of an electrode member in consonance with the location of a large wafer or a small... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070095478 - Sticking apparatus: A sticking apparatus 10 includes a label sticking unit 12 for holding a label L, a drive unit 13 that supports and moves the label sticking unit 12 in the direction away from/closer to the adherend C to be stuck with label and a space maintaining device 14 for ensuring... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070095479 - Device for permanently joining at least two components, comprising at least one power source: The invention relates to a device for permanently joining at least two components, comprising at least one power source for providing energy to bring about the joint.... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070095480 - Spiral-shaped lamp for uv curing of coatings and bonding for a digital versatile disk (dvd) or compact disk (cd): A spiral-shaped lamp (10) is used for disk manufacturing processes, such as curing of coating or bonding, to provide uniform intensity of UV energy to the circular disk without requiring relative motion between the disk and the lamp during the curing process.... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070095481 - Tyre belt drum: Belt drum, particularly for shaping a belt layer and/or a tread layer or another tyre component provided with metal parts and the like into a circumferential whole, wherein the drum is rotatable about a centre line, comprising a number of support members having a rigid support surface for the tyre... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070095482 - Label applicator: A label applicator includes a tamp applicator having a face plate for receiving a label moving in a first direction; and a barrier on the face plate to limit motion of the label along the first direction.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070095483 - Film transfer apparatus: A print finishing unit has an application system for applying an adhesive to some areas of a two-dimensional material, in particular sheet or web printing materials. The print finishing unit further has a transfer system for transferring a transfer layer, adhering to a carrier film by a release layer, under... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP