Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture inventions 04/08

20080093004 - Electronic device handler for a bonding apparatus: A large electronic device having a bonding area on one side that comprises first and second portions may be bonded by first locating the first portion but not the second portion of the electronic device for bonding by a bonding tool. After the first portion of the electronic device has... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080093009 - Carbon filament ignition of combustion synthesis materials: This invention generally pertains to self propagating high temperature synthesis or combustion synthesis as a way of bonding materials. The present invention provides methods and an apparatus for bonding, preferably carbon-carbon composite materials, by combustion synthesis. Generally, the invention involves providing at least two carbon-carbon composite parts to be bonded... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080093005 - Arrangement and method for heating an electrical conductor: The invention relates to an arrangement for inductively heating an electrical conductor after the extrusion head in a process of manufacturing electrical cables (8) having insulation layer on the electrical conductor. The arrangement comprises a first distinctive part having induction means (5), and a second distinctive part having guide means... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080093006 - Fuel cell devices, systems, and methods: Certain exemplary embodiments comprise devices, systems and methods associated with making and/or using a fabric. The fabric can comprise a hydrophobic coating. The fabric can comprise a microporous sub-layer. Certain exemplary embodiments comprise fuel cells and/or fuel cell structures adapted to utilize the fabric for one or more gas permeable... Agent: Michael N. Haynes

20080093007 - Textile backed pile article and method for making same: A pile article is provided having a band of textile material, and a plurality of fiber loops defining a pile having sides from ends extending longitudinally along the band. The band is ultrasonically welded to the ends and a portion of the sides of the pile, and is sufficiently wide... Agent: Kenneth J. Lukacher, Esq. South Winton Court

20080093008 - Method of manufacturing ceramic filter: There is disclosed a method of manufacturing a thin and uniform ceramic filter formed with less membrane formation times and having less defects. A ceramic sol whose average pore diameter after the sol itself has been formed into a membrane is larger than that of a ceramic separation membrane and... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080093010 - Method for designing the fundamental pitch for a tire tread pattern with variable lug count by rib: The invention provides a method for balancing tire performance with both increased and decreased numbers of lugs on the ribs while also having desirable tire noise performance. This method allows the tire designer to take advantage of the benefits of both high and low pitch count patterns while minimizing undesirable... Agent: Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc.

20080093011 - Method for building green tire and green tire cooling device used therefor: SOLVING MEANS There is provided a method for building a green tire wherein at least during a period from start to finish of winding the unvulcanized rubber ribbon R, a cooling gas is continuously sprayed on an entire region of a surface of the rotating green tire under the process... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080093012 - Method of manufacturing pneumatic tire: Provided is a method of manufacturing a pneumatic tire, in which the uniformity of a tire can be improved. The method of manufacturing a pneumatic tire of the present invention is a method in which a green tire is deformed by a building drum in a tire building process. The... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080093013 - Methods for the production of components using veneer-film composite: A method for the production of a component with a decorative and a face layer is provided. A decorative layer and a face layer are joined to create a composite. The composite is then bonded to a substrate in order to produce a finished component.... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080093014 - Pleated corrugated media and method of making: A filter comprising a single length of filter material with a longitudinal axis wherein the length of filter material has a contour of elongated depressions and swells or apices substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, the filter material further has folds substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the filter... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20080093015 - Elastic composite, and a system and method for making the elastic composite: A method of making an elastic composite is provided. The method entails conveying a first web of material along a web plane path. The method also entails applying a first section of a first elastic strand onto the first web and generally transversely to the web plane path and applying... Agent: Alberto Q. Amatong, Jr.

20080093017 - Warp-free decorative article of manufacture and method of making same: The present invention is directed to warp-free decorative articles of manufacture and methods for making the same. Specifically, the present invention is directed to a method of producing a warp-free architectural decorative article of manufacture using cold casting techniques. The method includes pre-applying a substrate with adhesive; bonding the substrate... Agent: Intellectual Property Department Dewitt Ross & Stevens S.c.

20080093016 - Advanced gel sheet production: The present invention provides various methods for producing gel sheets in a continuous fashion. The embodiments of the present invention help reduce the time of producing gel sheets that is suitable for industrial manufacturing. Such gel sheets are used in manufacturing aerogel blankets used in a variety of applications including... Agent: Aspen Aerogels Inc.IPDepartment

20080093018 - Rotary bag machine with skirtless seal: A machine and method for making bags is described and includes a web traveling from an input section to a rotary drum, to an output section. The rotary drum includes at least one seal bar, having a single sealing zone, and an weakening zone disposed within the single sealing zone.... Agent: George R Corrigan

20080093019 - Electrical interconnect using locally conductive adhesive: An anisotropic electrically conducting interconnect is disclosed in which an adhesive comprising particles having a breakable coating of at least one electrically nonconductive material is compressed between a first contact and a second contact. Compression to two contacts breaks the breakable coating exposing an electrically conducting material which makes contact... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.c.

20080093020 - Rfid applicator roller having ic relief and rfid applicator incorporating same: A roller (300) for a radio frequency identification (RFID) label (102) applicator (100) and an RFID label applicator including the same. The roller includes an IC relief (328) for avoiding application of undue stress to the ICs of RFID labels carried on a web of material to items to which... Agent: Ip Legal Department Tyco Fire & Security Services

20080093021 - Two-component adhesive for fabrication of semifinished products and sandwich composites: Two-component adhesives (K), which includes two components K1 and K2. Component K1 includes at least one epoxy resin A with more than one epoxy group per molecule on average; at least one epoxy adduct B with more than one epoxy group per molecule on average that is an epoxy adduct... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080093022 - Method for sequencing substrates: Methods for transferring substrates in a system with a factory interface robot between at least one FOUP, a buffer coupled to a parasitic device and an inbound and outbound transfer station coupled to a processing tool are provided. In one embodiment, a method for transferring substrates includes transferring a first... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20080093023 - Semiconductor processing apparatus and method for using same: A method for using a semiconductor processing apparatus includes supplying an oxidizing gas and a reducing gas into a process container of the processing apparatus accommodating no product target substrate therein; causing the oxidizing gas and the reducing gas to react with each other within a first atmosphere that activates... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080093024 - Plasma treating apparatus: A plasma treating apparatus adapted to provide a predetermined plasma treatment to an object W to be treated comprises a processing chamber 12 configured to be capable of being vacuumed, an object holding means 20 adapted to hold the object to be treated, a high frequency power source 58 adapted... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080093025 - Adhesive tape cutting method and apparatus using the same: A strip-shaped supporting adhesive tape is joined to a ring frame, and then is stuck with a cutter blade such that the cutter blade penetrates the adhesive tape. In a state where a cutting edge of the cutter blade is brought into contact with a tape joined side of the... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20080093026 - Device for pressing a tape: A device is disclosed for pressing a tape, in particular a thermoplastic, carbon-fiber reinforced tape, for a fiber/tow placement method. A portion of the tape can be pressed by means of a pressure roller on a variable surface contour of a laminating device. An elastomer coating for even pressing of... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080093027 - Apparatus for producing rfid label and editing apparatus for label: There are provided a cartridge to which a first roll around which a base tape with a plurality of RFID circuit elements arranged is wound can be detachably attached, an antenna for transmission/reception of information with the RFID circuit element, a signal processing circuit and a transmitting portion that generate... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080093028 - Laminator assembly: A laminator assembly comprising a pair of rollers, the rollers defining a compression zone therebetween for compressing a substantially flat lamination pouch as the pouch is fed between the rollers and advanced through the compression zone for exit on the exit side of the rollers, a heat source being provided... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080093029 - Apparatus for nondestructively removing layout pattern from wafer surface: An apparatus for removing layout pattern from a top metal layer of a defective wafer includes a removal device including horizontal sand spraying units and a blowing unit having a first sub-unit above the sand spraying units and a second sub-unit aligned with the first sub-unit and below the sand... Agent: Sam Chen

20080087366 - Fire-resistant gypsum panel: A method of continuously forming a multilayer panel includes making a gypsum slurry, then dividing the gypsum slurry into at least a primary gypsum slurry and a secondary gypsum slurry. An additive slurry having water and an intumescent material is created, then added to the secondary gypsum slurry to make... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20080087367 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels: In the field of tyre building, underbelt inserts are applied to an expandable support associated with an auxiliary drum on which the belt structure is made, simultaneously with manufacture of a carcass structure on a primary drum. Following expansion of the expandable support, the underbelt inserts are applied to the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080087368 - Method for manufacturing pneumatic tire: A method for manufacturing a pneumatic tire with a noise damper on the inside of the tread portion, comprises the steps of: building a raw tire on an annular tire building core; placing the raw tire within a vulcanizing mold together with the core; and heating the raw tire in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080087369 - Method and apparatus for forming annular concentric-lay bead cord: A system for producing an annular coaxial stranded bead cord in which speedy winding operation, good winding performance and good shaping performance causing no disturbance in the arrangement of a siding wire (2) are ensured. A reel (21) is made to reciprocate on the core surface of an annular core... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080087370 - Splicing tape: A splicing tape for making a running splice is disclosed. A running splice is needed for web-fed type continuous processes involving rolls of material. Materials are typically paper or thermoplastic rolls to be printed or coated. The layered splicing tape includes three central layers or films with a controlled breaking... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20080087371 - Fiber reinforced resin polymer mortar pole: Poles of this invention have an annular body with a wall structure comprising a number of fiber reinforced resin layers, which can be positioned to form an inside and/or outside portion of the wall structure. A portion of the layers are oriented longitudinally within the wall structure, and the wall... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20080087372 - Solid ink stick fabrication by fiber extrusion: A method of manufacturing an ink stick for use in a phase change ink jet imaging device comprises heating phase change ink material to an extrusion temperature at which the phase change ink material is in a malleable state. The ink is then extruded through an extrusion orifice to form... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080087373 - Polymer polyol-containing polyurethane pultrusion formulations and processes: The present invention provides a reaction system for the preparation of a fiber reinforced composite according to the pultrusion process made from continuous fiber reinforcing material and a polyurethane formulation made from a polyisocyanate component containing at least one polyisocyanate and an isocyanate-reactive component containing at least one polymer polyol... Agent: Bayer Material Science LLC

20080087374 - Polymeric material having a texture or appearance simulating the texture or appearance of cloth: A decorative cover positionable about a flower pot or floral grouping is formed of a polymeric material or a laminated polymeric material. The decorative cover has a texture or appearance simulating the texture or appearance of cloth on at least a portion of one surface thereof while maintaining the structural... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080087375 - Method and apparatus for applying indicia to a curved surface: A method and apparatus for applying indicia to a curved surface, including a compound curved surface having multiple axes of curvature. The curved surface is deformed to eliminate one axis of curvature. The invention is usable with hourglass or barrel shaped surfaces, as occur with containers, and to apply labels... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080087376 - Method of making a photographic print with an adhesive composite: A method for making a photographic print having an adhesive is provided. The method includes the steps of (a) providing a roll of dual coated adhesive tape, (b) providing a roll of photographic print having two substantially parallel edges and having opposing first and second surfaces, the first surface containing... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080087377 - Method for coating a substrate using a paint intensifier and method for bonding coated parts: The invention relates to a method for coating a substrate by means of a paint system, said system comprising at least two paint layers, which are applied in succession to the substrate. After said application, a paint enhancer or strengthener is applied to the surface of at least one of... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080087378 - Apparatus and method for optical switching with liquid crystals and birefringent wedges: An optical switch includes an optical waveguide to route an input optical beam. At least one polarization switch receives the input optical beam from the optical waveguide. At least one birefringent wedge is associated with the at least one polarization switch. The at least one polarization switch and at least... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080087379 - Repositionable adhesive-backed photographs and photo media and methods of making: A method of making a repositionable adhesive backed photo media is provided. The method includes the steps of (a) providing an imageable substrate or providing a photograph; (b) providing an attachment mechanism having a carrier film with opposing first and second surfaces; a thermally activating adhesive disposed on the first... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080087380 - Reactively-coupled articles and related methods: The useful articles of the present invention include shoe outsoles and midsoles, paints, overmolded articles, weather stripping, gaskets, profiles, durable goods, tires, construction panels, leisure and sports equipment foams, energy management foams, acoustic management foams, insulation foams, other foams, automotive parts (including bumper fascias, vertical panels, soft thermoplastic polyolefin skins,... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20080087381 - Matching network characterization using variable impedance analysis: Embodiments of a method of calculating the equivalent series resistance of a matching network using variable impedance analysis and matching networks analyzed using the same are provided herein. In one embodiment, a method of calculating the equivalent series resistance of a matching network includes the steps of connecting the matching... Agent: MoserIPLaw Group / Applied Materials, Inc.

20080087382 - Substrate stage and plasma processing apparatus: A substrate stage capable of reducing the running cost of a plasma processing apparatus and improving the operation rate of the apparatus. A lower electrode as a substrate stage is disposed in a chamber of the apparatus, and an electrostatic chuck is incorporated in the lower electrode. An oxide film... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080087383 - Method and apparatus for serially applying an adhesive onto members of one or more wood stacks: Serial application of adhesive onto members of one or more wood stacks has controllable supply of pressurized adhesive dispensed onto one face of the member from the adhesive supply, and a mechanism operable to advance stacked supply of members to a platform for adhesive application and a conveyor operable to... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080083480 - Fixing device and method for producing the same: The invention relates to a fixing device for securing components, such as fan devices, heating devices and other air-conditioning devices, to padding foams of vehicle seats, and to a method for producing the said fixing device. Owing to the fact that the component has at least one adhesive fastening part... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.l.p.

20080083481 - Method and apparatus to create electrical junctions for information routing in textile structures: Disclosed are systems or apparatuses and methods for forming a junction between conductive fibers that are incorporated into a fabric. Briefly, one method includes the steps of removing insulation from two intersecting individually insulated conductive fibers to expose the individually conductive fibers, bringing the exposed individually conductive fibers into contact... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080083482 - Method for adhering an electronic device to a tire inner liner: A method for attaching an object against a tire inner liner by means of an adhesive, including: applying uncured adhesive between the tire inner liner and the object; selecting at least one adhesion enhancing agent from the group: air pressure, steam, moisture, heat, radiation; adding the adhesion enhancing agent to... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20080083483 - Polymeric material having a texture or appearance simulating the texture or appearance of cloth: A decorative cover positionable about a flower pot or floral grouping is formed of a polymeric material or a laminated polymeric material. The decorative cover has a texture or appearance simulating the texture or appearance of cloth on at least a portion of one surface thereof while maintaining the structural... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.c.

20080083484 - Method to form a pattern of functional material on a substrate: The invention provides a method to form a pattern of a functional material on a substrate. The method uses an elastomeric stamp having a relief structure with a raised surface and having a modulus of elasticity of at least 10 MegaPascal. A liquid composition of the functional material and a... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080083485 - Method for making a shoe: A method for making a shoe includes the steps of: a) placing a foamed sole blank and an upper in a mold, the upper being superimposed on the sole blank and having a last inserted therein; b) heating the mold to a temperature ranging from 110 to 150° C. so... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080083486 - Method of making silicon rubber product with adhesive layer on the back thereof: A method of making a silicon rubber product with an adhesive layer on a back thereof includes the steps of: providing silicon rubber in a cavity of a mold, and then providing a solid adhesive film on the silicon rubber. After that, the mold is treated by hot molding to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080083487 - Automatic tape dispenser: An automatic tape dispenser for automatically dispensing and cutting a length of adhesive tape or other spooled material having adhesive on one or both sides stored on a roll by a user operating the dispenser single-handedly is provided, the dispenser comprising a housing including a cylindrical post for loading and... Agent: Grimes & Battersby, LLP

20080083488 - Surfboard, kiteboard, and other floatation devices manufacturing process: A method of manufacturing a blank for a floatation device is disclosed. Polystyrene material is introduced into an extruder and heated. The molten polystyrene is then blown with carbon dioxide to form a polystyrene foam that is extruded into a sizing tunnel to create a desired cross-section for a floatation... Agent: Quickpatents, Inc.

20080083489 - Method and apparatus for making article having side seams: A method for forming an undergarment comprises providing a web, cutting the web to form a pre-form, the pre-form comprising the first and the second transverse edges and two longitudinal edges, each longitudinal edge having two waist sections and a crotch section located intermediate the waist sections, a sealing area... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080083490 - Fusing multiple sheets of polymeric film: A method of forming a bladder for use in an occupant sensor includes positioning first and second sheets of polymeric film onto a bed. The method further includes positioning a laser beam generator above the bed. The laser beam generator is provided information to describe a path of movement over... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080083491 - Method for joining a stringer to a structural component of an aircraft or spacecraft: The invention relates to a method for joining an uncured stringer to a structural component of an aircraft or spacecraft. The uncured stringer is supplied with at least one joining section and at least one web section. A rapidly curing low-temperature auxiliary material is deposited on web flanks of the... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080083492 - Profile of recycled plastic agglutinated with natural fibers and reinforced with rigid rods and the process of producing said profile: A profile of recycled plastic agglutinated with natural fibers and reinforced with rigid rods in conjunction with a process producing the said profile. The profile composed of a geometric shape predetermined by its applied use which could be as a profile for a signpost, for a utility pole crossarm, for... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.a.

20080083493 - Reusable mechanical fastener and vacuum seal combination: A vacuum sealing system comprising a first member having a surface defining, at least in part, an operating area; a flexible cover, having a sealing surface, configured to envelop the operating area of the first member; means for applying negative pressure to the operating area; a sealing component located between... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080083494 - Method for joining precured or cured stringers to at least one structural component of an aircraft or spacecraft: The invention relates to a method for joining precured stringers to at least one structural component of an aircraft or spacecraft. A vacuum arrangement necessary for the joining is produced in two parts. In a first step, each precured stringer is covered in advance with a covering vacuum film. The... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080083495 - Method of manufacturing structured release liner: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a structured release liner. The method includes providing a base; providing a ridge-forming material; coating the ridge-forming material on the base; forming the ridge-forming material into at least one ridge using a coating bar having a profile; and solidifying the ridge-forming material. Coating... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080083496 - Method for the dimensionally controlled bonding of surfaces: This invention introduces an improved method for bonding two surfaces using silk-screen printing technology. The method according to the invention reduces possible occlusion of the screen, thus improving the print quality of the deposited cement film. This is accomplished by adding particles to the print medium. In addition, by selecting... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080083497 - Process for producing a reinforced acoustically resistive layer, resistive layer thus obtained and panel using such a layer: The object of the invention is a process for the production of a reinforced acoustically resistive layer, in which there is produced a layer of structural reinforcement from fibers pre-impregnated with a thermosetting or thermoplastic resin, said layer having a given quantity of open surface relative to the acoustic waves... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080083498 - Method of making a motor vehicle part: In a method of making a motor vehicle part, a metal sheet is hot formed to form a first structural component. Adhesive is applied upon a second structural component, and the first structural component, while still being warm, is joined with the second structural component by effecting an adhesive joint... Agent: Henry M. Feiereisen Henry M. Feiereisen, Llc

20080083499 - Process for production and apparatus for production of laminate:

20080083500 - Method for detecting an end point of resist peeling, method and apparatus for peeling resist, and computer-readable storage medium: A method for detecting an end point of a resist peeling process in which a resist is gasified to be peeled off by producing hydrogen radicals by catalytic cracking reaction where a hydrogen-containing gas contacts with a high-temperature catalyst, and contacting the produced hydrogen radicals with a resist on a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080083501 - Substrate processing apparatus: A substrate processing apparatus of the invention includes: a substrate holding unit that holds a substrate almost in a horizontal posture; a rotating unit that rotates the substrate held by the substrate holding unit about a vertical shaft line; and an etching liquid nozzle disposed oppositely to a bottom surface... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080083502 - De-fluoridation process: A feature in a layer is provided. A photoresist layer is formed over the layer. The photoresist layer is patterned to form photoresist features with photoresist sidewalls, where the photoresist features have a first critical dimension. A fluorine-containing conformal layer is deposited over the sidewalls of the photoresist features to... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080083503 - Press apparatus: A press apparatus includes upper and lower heating plates arranged in a vertical direction to hot-press the product therebetween, a fixed platen to which the upper heating plate is fixed, a movable platen to which the lower heating plate is fixed, a movable platen driving unit configured to move the... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080083504 - Labelling machine: A rotary labelling machine comprises a carrousel that can be pivotally driven by a carrousel motor and a plurality of container stations supported by said carrousel, wherein each container station comprises a container-holder plate and a plate motor suitable to rotate the plate about its own axis, carrousel sensor means... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20080083505 - Tape placement head for applying thermoplastic tape to an object: A tape placement head for applying thermoplastic tape to an object includes a heated feeder which guides the tape/tow to a heated zone. The heated zone has a line compactor having a single row of at least one movable heated member. An area compactor is located in the heated zone... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080083506 - Feeding mechanism for continuous processing of elongate base material, processing apparatus and thin film forming apparatus using the same, and elongate member produced thereby: A feeding mechanism, having a base station to which an elongate base material is continuously fed to be physically or chemically processed at a prescribed speed and from which the processed base material is continuously recovered, wherein tensile force T1 in a direction opposite to a feeding direction is applied... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080078492 - Tamper evident and resisting informational article and method of producing same: A method of protecting an informational article including providing an informational article substrate having a zone for inserting variable information within the zone, and securing a transparent tape, preferably see-through holographic layer having a write-resistant exposed surface over the information.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20080078493 - Fabricating method of ceramic thin plate: A fabricating method of a ceramic thin plate includes the steps of providing at least one first pre-mold plate and at least two second pre-mold plates; stacking up the first pre-mold plate and the second pre-mold plates so that the first pre-mold plate is disposed and sandwiched between the two... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080078491 - Method for manufacturing wiring substrate having sheet: A method for manufacturing a wiring substrate having a sheet, including: (a) arranging a wiring substrate and a sheet between a board and a tool in a manner that a resin layer comes between the wiring substrate and the sheet, one surface of the wiring substrate being a concave/convex surface... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080078494 - Window skin panel and method of making same: A lightweight, structurally strong skin panel having one or more optically transparent areas forming see-through windows, and a method of making same. A plurality of layers of pre-preg fiber tape comprised of a plurality of optically transparent fibers pre-impregnated with an optically transparent resin is positioned over a plurality of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080078495 - Web fluting apparatus and method of forming open core web elements: A continuous, fully automated and highly productive system for the production of open core elements utilizes a fluting method and related apparatus effective for providing large pitch flutes for the input webs used in forming the core elements. A wide variety of core elements can be produced for uses ranging... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080078496 - Masking of and material constraint for depositing battery layers on flexible substrates: The present invention relates to masking techniques and apparatuses, and in particular, to a method and apparatus for masking a flexible substrate to be coated with one or more material layers. The method involves flexing a substrate to provide a curved surface and providing a flexible sheet on the curved... Agent: Dewey & Leboeuf LLP (previously Dewey Ballantine LLP)

20080078497 - Method and means of applying adhesive tape: Apparatus for applying adhesive tape to an article having first and second surfaces to be securely joined together by the adhesive tape. The apparatus includes a gripper (11) which draws tape T from a reel R. A cutter assembly (14) is operable to cut the tape T to a required... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080078498 - Articles and methods for applying color on surfaces: A decorative dry color laminate includes a dry color layer, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on one side of the dry color layer, and a carrier in releasable contact with the dry color layer on a side opposite from the pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA). In use, the adhesive layer adheres the dry... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080078499 - Device for performing consolidation and method of use thereof: A preforming device and method of use thereof, the device including a rack, a pinion, belt, belt tensioning feature, and mechanism for supporting a variably appliable enhanced pressure, such as may be applied using a bladder or bladders having one or more valves, the device capable of engaging a mandrel... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080078500 - Method of manufacturing structured release liner: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a structured release liner. The method includes providing an extrudable material; extruding the extrudable material through a die having a profile thereby forming a base and at least one rail. The rail has a height over the base of less than 100 micrometers.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080078501 - Method of joining a porous silicon carbide body and a silicon carbide-silicon composite: A method of joining a silicon carbide body and a silicon carbide-silicon composite, including a step of applying an adhesive paste 3 consisting of silicon carbide powder and a binder component to either or both of a porous silicon carbide body 1 and a silicon carbide-silicon composite 2 formed by... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080078502 - Laminate: The invention relates to a method for preparing a laminate comprising providing an aluminum foil inner layer, a paper middle layer, and an aluminum foil outer layer; laminating the inner aluminum foil layer to the middle layer by a process selected from the group consisting of adhesive lamination with polyurethane,... Agent: Bristol-myers Squibb Company - Mead Johnson

20080078503 - Mechanical pump operating well for a long term and method of manufacturing the same: A mechanical pump of the present invention is applied to, for example, a screw pump A for exhausting a gas from a processing chamber. The screw pump comprises a gas-exposed region exposed to the gas and an yttria (Y2O3) film formed on the gas-exposed region.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080078504 - Self-calibrating optical emission spectroscopy for plasma monitoring: A plasma processing system and plasma monitor therefor is provided in which a plasma monitor housing is coupled to a plasma processing chamber such that a line-of-sight monitoring path extends through the housing to an optical sensor outside of a window. A separate reference signal path extends through the housing... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (tokyo Electron)

20080078505 - Plasma etching apparatus and plasma etching method: The invention provides a method for overcoming the drawbacks of deteriorated throughput, deteriorated reproducibility and plasma discharge instability when continuous discharge is performed during multiple steps of plasma etching. The present invention provides a gas switching method for switching from gas supply source 101 to gas supply source 111, wherein... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080078506 - Rf coil plasma generation: Apparatus comprising a plasma chamber, a radio frequency (RF) power source, and a coil centrally disposed in the plasma chamber. The plasma chamber is configured to generate plasma that feeds a vacuum chamber adjacent the plasma chamber, and a first end of the coil is electrically coupled to the RF... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080078507 - Apparatus and method for affixing adhesive tape: An apparatus affixes an adhesive tape to a workpiece having a cylindrical portion and an outer peripheral surface. The apparatus comprises a tape-feeding device for feeding an adhesive tape below the outer peripheral surface such that the adhesive surface faces upwardly in a direction approximately perpendicular to an axis of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC