Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture inventions 04/09

20090107611 - Weather-resistive barrier for buildings: We form a weather-resistive barrier on a building by applying a flexible and compressible latex foam comprising one or more polymer having a glass transition temperature of less than 25° C. on the gaps between adjacent sheets of construction sheathing and coating the sheets and the foam with an aqueous... Agent: Rohm And Haas Company Patent Department

20090107612 - Method for applying and monitoring an application structure comprising a repairing function and device therefore: A method for applying and monitoring an application structure comprising a repairing function and device thereof are provided. The method includes arranging automatically a first application structure on the substrate using the application device. The first application structure on the substrate monitored by the at least one camera such that... Agent: The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20090107613 - Tool and method for the application of wallpaper border: The present invention pertains to a tool for the application of wallpaper border that simplifies the process of applying wallpaper border. The border application tool is especially useful in situations where the border is applied to a wall at its juncture with a ceiling. The border application tool includes a... Agent: Brown & Michaels, PC 400 M & T Bank Building

20090107614 - Hygiene pants for single use: Disposable hygiene pants with a front portion (2), a rear portion (3) and a crotch portion (4) provided with two leg openings (5, 6), the longitudinal edge portions (21, 22) of the front portion being connected by longitudinal weld seams (7, 8) to the longitudinal edge portions (31, 32) of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090107615 - Cast art: A portfolio of components and a method for creating an embellishment for an orthopedic cast comprising a shrink-film in a sleeve like configuration that conforms to the cast in a substantially circumferential relationship and the shrink-film having at least one decoration.... Agent: Tracie Diane Wood

20090107616 - Manufacturing method of multi-layer ceramic substrate: Provided is a manufacturing method of a multi-layer ceramic substrate. The manufacturing method includes preparing an unsintered ceramic laminated body with a cavity, mounting a chip device within the cavity, filling the cavity, in which the chip device is mounted, with a ceramic slurry, attaching a constrained layer on top... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090107617 - Sports ball: A sports ball includes an inflatable bladder, and a ball carcass. The ball pocket is constructed to have a true roundness shape, having an interior cavity receiving the inflatable bladder therein, wherein when the inflatable bladder is inflated, the ball pocket retains a true roundness shape of the inflatable bladder.... Agent: David And Raymond Patent Firm

20090107618 - Methods of stretching wet wipes to increase thickness: Methods for stretching nonwoven substrate material to reduce the basis weight of the material while maintaining or increasing thickness is disclosed. Additionally, the stretched substrate materials provide the same or improved strength as compared to conventional nonwoven materials and provide a softer feel to the user's skin.... Agent: Christopher M. Goff (27839) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090107619 - Method and tool for forming an elongate, hollow article of a fiber-reinforced composite material: In a method and a tool for forming an elongate, hollow article of a fiber-reinforced composite material one end of an article laminate applied to a tool bar is placed in engagement with or is supported by an anvil of the tool so as to control the direction of longitudinal... Agent: Venable LLP

20090107620 - Manufacturing method for composite material structural component for aircraft and its structural component: A method for manufacturing a structural component includes a first step of attaching at least one conductive member to a surface of a base material made of a composite material and a second step of forming the base material by conducting electricity to part or the whole of the conductive... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20090107621 - Process for manufacturing a plastic-based cellular structure: m

20090107622 - Method of producing cut-and-stack labels: A method is provided of producing cut-and-stack labels from a web of printing stock. The method includes the steps of printing indicia on a first face of the web, laminating a protective film to the web over the printed first face, applying an antistat to the laminated web and drying... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20090107623 - Continuous venting of a covering sheet for an in-situ lamination process: A method of venting a rear facer sheet for lamination is accomplished by continuously drawing the rear facer sheet through a perforating device which creates conical apertures in the rear facer. Two metal rails affixed to opposing edges of a front facer are continuously drawn into a laminator after first... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20090107624 - Multi-layer circuit board and method of making the same: A method of making a multi-layer circuit board that has a first film and at least two more films, second and third films, each being made of a thermoplastic polymer capable of forming an optically anisotropic melt phase, the first film having a low melting point, the second and third... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090107625 - Anisotropic conductive film: An anisotropic conductive film is provided which can provide high bonding strength and good conduction reliability when anisotropic conductive bonding is made under the compression bonding conditions of a compression bonding temperature of at most 130° C. for a compression bonding time of at most 3 seconds. The anisotropic conductive... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090107626 - Adhesion improvement of dielectric barrier to copper by the addition of thin interface layer: Embodiments described herein provide a method of processing a substrate. The method includes depositing an interface adhesion layer between a conductive material and a dielectric material such that the interface adhesion layer provides increased adhesion between the conductive material and the dielectric material. In one embodiment a method for processing... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20090107627 - Method of manufacturing a laminated paperboard with an opaque plastic film for printing a color label thereon: In one embodiment a method of manufacturing a laminated paperboard includes feeding a reel of opaque plastic (e.g., PP, PVC, PET, or PE) film to a multiple color gravure device; activating the color gravure device to print a color label on the top surface of the plastic film by applying... Agent: Sam Chen

20090107628 - Resin adhesion method and resin adhesion apparatus in filament winding molding: A resin adhesion method and apparatus in an FW molding achieves high speed and facilitates maintenance. A resin is adhered to a fiber by injecting the resin towards a surface of the fiber through a droplet injection device including a plurality of base resin injection nozzles and curing agent injection... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090107629 - Process for pretreating formed article, bonded article and process for producing same, and coated article and process for producing same: The surface of a formed article that comprises a resin is finely roughened without damaging the surface. Particles with an average particle size of not more than 200 μm are projected onto at least a portion of the surface of the formed article that comprises a resin.... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090107630 - Mechanically decoupled opto-mechanical connector for flexible optical waveguides embedded and/or attached to a printed circuit board: Printed circuit boards that include optical interconnects include a flexible optical waveguide embedded or locally attached to the board having at least one end mechanically decoupled from the board during fabrication that can be fitted with a mechanical connector. Also disclosed are processes for fabricating the circuit board.... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Europe

20090107631 - Sheet laminating apparatus with jamming-detection mechanism: The present invention provides a sheet laminating apparatus with a jamming-detection mechanism. A sensing element is disposed beside the roller for detecting whether a plastic film is adhered onto the roller during the laminating operation. When the jamming phenomenon occurs, the roller is reversely rotated to eject the jammed sheet... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090107632 - Adhesive compositions for high temperature sensors and methods of making the same: An adhesive composition is provided which effectively bonds a sensor to a surface having a temperature up to approximately 250° C. The adhesive composition comprises an epoxy resin and a latent cationic cure catalyst effective to cure the epoxy resin. The invention also provides a method of preparing an adhesive... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090107633 - Apparatus and method for transferring, apparatus and method for peeling, and apparatus and method for laminating: An apparatus and method for peeling, and an apparatus and method for laminating which are preferable to reduce the overall size of the apparatus are provided. When a transport means 8 transports a wafer W with glass plate G, and a holding roller 2, in synchronization with the transportation, rotates... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20090107634 - Film peeling method and film peeling device: There is provided a film peeling device (100) for peeling a film (3) stuck onto a first portion (121) containing a peripheral portion of a wafer (20) and also stuck onto a second portion (122) located inward with respect to the first portion, comprising: a moving means (61, 62) for... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090107635 - Corrosion-resistant multilayer ceramic member: The present invention relates to a corrosion-resistant multilayer ceramic member consisting at least of: a ceramic support substrate; an electrode layer formed on the ceramic support substrate; a power-supply member connected to the electrode layer; an insulating protection layer formed on the ceramic support substrate to cover the electrode layer;... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090107636 - Two-side adhesive tape device: A two-side adhesive tape device comprises a two-side adhesive tape, a tape feeding member disposed therein for rotating and receiving the adhesive tape thereon, a tape collecting member mounted therein and actuated to rotate by an actuation disc so as to affix the adhesive tape and collect a base layer... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090107637 - Belt for a corrugator machine having a friction coefficiet reduced driven side: The invention relates to a belt for a corrugator machine for making corrugated board (50) wherein at least a middle layer (52) of corrugated material is joined under pressure to cover layers (51, 53) of smooth material to form the corrugated board (50). The belt (1) is made of a... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20090107638 - Adjustable micro device feeder: A micro device feeder is provided which is adjustable to accommodate micro devices supplied on tapes with different widths. A mounting plate has a movable drive plate slidably mounted thereto. An input mechanism on the movable drive plate receives micro devices contained in a tape and advances the tape under... Agent: Sadler, Breen, Morasch & Colby, Ps

20090101268 - Waterproof method and construction for a wire end joint portion: A waterproof method for a wire end joint includes expanding a heat shrinkable tube radially outwardly. The method then includes inserting the wire end joint and a melted thermosetting waterproofing agent through an opening at an end of the waterproof protection tube. A solidification starting temperature of the waterproofing agent... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090101269 - Adhesive tape: Adhesive tape, preferably for wrapping elongate material such as, more particularly, lines or cable looms, having a tapelike carrier composed of a weft insertion knit, and having a preferably pressure-sensitive adhesive coating applied at least to one side of the carrier, the weft yarn in the weft insertion knit being... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, Pa

20090101270 - Method and apparatus for the vulcanisation of tyres for vehicle wheels: A vulcanisation apparatus and method for tyres for vehicle wheels includes the steps of: placing a green tyre, arranged on a toroidal support, inside a vulcanisation mold; connecting a supply device of at least one pressurised primary working fluid and a supply device of at least one pressurised secondary working... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090101272 - Additive dispersing filter and method of making: A method of supplying an additive in an oil filter, the method including: forming a dispersement device housing with a first chamber and a second chamber, the second chamber being sealed from the first chamber by a pair of dividing walls; sealing a first metering opening with an oil soluble... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090101271 - Manufacturing method of three-dimensional structure and manufacturing device therefor: A manufacturing method of a three-dimensional structure includes (a) placing a second porous sheet on top of a first porous sheet that has a predetermined external shape and at least part of which contains a first functional liquid, (b) bonding at least a range surrounded by a predetermined shape of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090101273 - Movable contact unit with bumps and method of manufacturing the same: Disclosed is a method of efficiently bonding bump members of a small cylindrical shape punched out of a highly flexible plastic film without leaving considerable extent of cutting burrs. The method comprises steps of forming bump members 45 by carrying out a half-cut process on first substrate 56 comprising highly... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090101274 - Single or multi-layer printed circuit board with improved via design: A circuit board or each circuit board of a multi-layer circuit board includes an electrically conductive sheet coated with an insulating top layer covering one surface of the conductive sheet, an insulating bottom layer covering another surface of the conductive sheet and an insulating edge layer covering an edge of... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20090101275 - Cement-containing composition for use with alkali-resistant fiberglass and poles made therefrom: A cement-containing composition, and in particular to a sand free composition employing effective amounts of cement, a superplasticizer, a metakaolin clay, an acrylic based co-polymer, and water, and which is especially adapted for use in manufacturing poles.... Agent: Clark & Brody

20090101276 - Mold for compression molding in the preparation of a unitized membrane electrode assembly: The invention provides a mold for use in a compression molding apparatus that has a frame part with a hole through its center; a bottom plunger; and a top plunger; wherein the plungers are fabricated to fit substantially snugly in the hole in the frame part, and wherein at least... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090101277 - System and method for the rapid, automated creation of advanced composite tailored blanks: An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a composite preform from tape material, including feeding a tape section into a tape section guide that suspends the tape across a tooling surface, moving at least one of the tape section guide and the tooling surface relative to... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20090101278 - Methods for preparing freeform three-dimensional structures: There are provided methods for the real-time radiation-assisted fabrication of freeform three-dimensional structures. For example, one of these methods comprise depositing on a substrate, by means of nozzle, a filament comprising a curable polymer, while exposing the filament to a radiation so as to cure the curable polymer, and while... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20090101279 - Adhesive, method of connecting wiring terminals and wiring structure: A wiring structure having a wiring-terminal-connection adhesive that includes a curing agent capable of generating a free radical upon heating, a radically polymerizable substance and silicone particles.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090101280 - Method of producing flexible single-sided polyimide copper-clad laminate: w

20090101281 - Method and device for manufacturing a laser-inscribable smart label: A method and device for manufacturing a radio-frequency label on an article is provided. The method generally comprises the steps of fixing at least one transponder on a surface of the article, the transponder comprising at least one radio-frequency chip and at least one antenna and at least one carrier... Agent: Roche Diagnostics Operations Inc.

20090101282 - Apparatus and method for picking-up semiconductor dies: A die pick-up apparatus and method using a wiper that has a tip end moving in and out of an adherence surface of a die stage and a shutter that is moved with the wiper while blocking a suction window formed in the adherence surface. When picking up a semiconductor... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Koda & Androlia

20090101283 - Plasma processing apparatus: In a plasma etching apparatus, a first high frequency for plasma generation and a second high frequency for ion attraction are respectively applied from two high frequency supplies to a susceptor. Further, DC voltage is applied from a variable DC power supply to an upper electrode via a filter circuit.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090101284 - Table for plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing apparatus: An object of the present invention is to suppress damage of an electrostatic chuck, by controlling stress exerted on each part of a table, which includes an electrically conductive material, i.e., an electrode for generating plasma, a dielectric layer for enhancing the in-plane uniformity of a plasma process, and an... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090101285 - Wafer spin chuck and an etcher using the same: A wafer spin chuck and an etcher using the same are provided. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provide a wafer spin chuck device comprising: a spin body which spins a wafer; and a stationary body which holds the spin body and is under the spin... Agent: Grant J. Scott Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20090101286 - Tear seal moveable ground jaw for a tubing sealer: Tubing sealers, whether hand held or desk mounted, heat seal liquid filled plastic tubing on command to develop sealed liquid filled easily separable segments serially attached to one another. The sealer generates a source of RF energy to heat seal the plastic tubing on placement of the tubing between a... Agent: C. Robert Von Hellens Cahill, Von Hellens & Glazer P.L.C

20090095398 - Method and system for applying labels to armored cable and the like: Flexible indicia bearing labels are placed on armored electrical cable at spaced apart intervals while the cable is being moving continuously from an armoring station to a takeup reel or accumulator. A label dispenser places labels in a U shaped recess of a body which is moveable toward engagement with... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP

20090095400 - Articles and methods of masking or protecting a substrate: A protection sheet and method of protecting a substrate is disclosed. In an embodiment, the protection sheet comprises an adhesive coated nonwoven material. In an embodiment a surface of the protection sheet captures and retains paint overspray, dust, dirt and other contaminants so as to provide a cleaner paint job.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090095399 - Method for trimming a structure obtained by the assembly of two plates: A method for trimming a structure obtained by bonding a first wafer to a second waver on contact faces and thinning the first waver, wherein at least either the first wafer or the second wafer is chamfered and thus exposes the edge of the contact face of the first wafer,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090095401 - Rural and urban camouflaged structures: A method for constructing a camouflaged structure or site by spraying a foam material on a camouflage material is provided. The foam material adheres to camouflage materials and cures quickly to form a camouflaged structure. The foam material is lightweight and portable. Also provided is a kit for constructing a... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090095402 - Method and apparatus for controlling the power output of a radio frequency sealing machine: The present invention provides a radio frequency welding apparatus for joining multiple layers of thermoplastic materials. The apparatus includes an electrical voltage source that is electrically connected to a radio frequency energy generator. The apparatus also includes a first die and a second die that are configured to form a... Agent: Mcclure Law Firm, PLLC

20090095403 - Process for making disposable absorbent article: In a disposable absorbent article such as a disposable diaper including fastener elements by means of which front and rear waist regions are releasably connected with each other, the fastener elements are not affected by contraction of elastic members arranged in these waist regions. In this absorbent article, the front... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090095404 - Adhesive application process for roof covering materials:

20090095405 - Reuse method for utilising reject rolls being produced in paper and cardboard factories: A reuse method for utilising reject rolls being produced in paper and cardboard factories, wherein from the reject rolls (1) there are made straight roll cores (8) having the same size in their inner and external diameter and varying in length, the straight roll cores being defined by the width... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090095406 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels: In a method of manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels, a green tyre, once formed, is transferred into a vulcanisation mould and pressed against the holding walls of a moulding cavity. Concurrently with the pressing step, a fluid present between the green tyre and the holdling walls is evacuated through vent... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090095407 - Manufacturing method of pneumatic tire, and pneumatic tire: Reinforcing rubber which constitutes a reinforcing rubber layer in a pneumatic tire 10 is formed by winding a plurality of beltlike reinforcing rubber sheets adapted to have almost the same cross-sectional area and cross-sectional shape around a forming drum over its entire periphery while being shifted in the axial direction... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090095408 - Fabrication of cell cavities for electrooptic devices: This invention discloses methods to dispense adhesives for fabricating multiple electrooptic devices. In addition the invention also discloses on how the cavities of these electrooptic devices may be filled by an injection process. The Electrooptic devices of this invention may comprise liquid or solid electrolytes.... Agent: Lawrence R. Oremland, P.C.

20090095409 - Methods of manufacturing electrochemical cells: Methods of manufacturing electrochemical cells having a current collector which, at least in part, underlies a catalyst layer are discussed. A method comprises patterning a current collector to have at least one electrolyte opening, disposing an electrolyte into or through the at least one opening, and disposing a catalyst, at... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090095410 - Fiber placement machine platform system having interchangeable head and creel assemblies: A modular fiber placement machine head assembly and refrigerated creel assembly affixed to a cradle for an interchangeable platform system adapted for composite fiber manufacturing through an automated, computer controlled, fiber placement machine is described.... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20090095411 - Molding touch fastener elements: A product comprising a base layer and a multiplicity of protruding hollow formations, the protruding formations unitarily formed with and extending upward from an upper surface of the base layer, the hollow formations and base layer formed of thermoplastic applied under pressure against a forming surface having forming cavities and... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090095412 - Nanotube network and method of fabricating the same: A stamping device for stamping a nanotube network onto a target substrate is disclosed. The device comprises a template structure having a support structure formed on or attached to a substrate, and a plurality of nanotubes being supported by the support structure and engaging a plane which is spatially separated... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20090095413 - Composite reinforcement of metallic structural elements: A selectively reinforced hybrid metal-composite structural element can include a metal element and a composite material. The composite material can be bonded to the metal element by an adhesive layer including a polymer matrix using a radiation curing process, resulting in insubstantial or negligible residual stresses at the bond line... Agent: Baker & Hostetler, LLP For Boeing Company

20090095414 - Anodically bonded ultra-high-vacuum cell: The present invention discloses an anodically bonded vacuum cell structure with a glass substrate including a cavity, and a substrate deposited on the glass substrate, thereby enclosing the cavity to form a bonding interface. The bonding interface having silicon such that the substrate includes a layer of silicon or a... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler P.C.

20090095415 - Reinforced radio frequency identification device support and its manufacturing method: e

20090095416 - Method for manufacturing honeycomb structure: A method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure includes molding a raw material composition to manufacture a plurality of honeycomb molded bodies. Each of the plurality of honeycomb molded bodies has a number of cells longitudinally placed substantially in parallel with one another with a cell wall interposed therebetween. The plurality... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090095417 - Heat treatment method for an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene membrane: A method of heat treating an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) membrane to improve the hydrostatic strength of the membrane includes: a. heating the ePTFE membrane to a temperature of about 400° C. for about 2 minutes; and b. cooling the ePTFE membrane at a temperature of 0-5° C. or at about... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20090095419 - Method and apparatus for stripping a contact-limiting element from a pipette probe: An automated analyzer for performing multiple diagnostic assays simultaneously includes multiple stations, or modules, in which discrete aspects of the assay are performed on fluid samples contained in reaction receptacles. The analyzer includes stations for automatically preparing a specimen sample, incubating the sample at prescribed temperatures for prescribed periods, performing... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20090095418 - Ultraviolet irradiation method and apparatus using the same: The ultraviolet ray is applied on the surface of the protective tape from an ultraviolet ray generator. In addition, the ultraviolet ray having intensity higher than that from the ultraviolet ray generator is applied on spot on the wafer edge by an irradiation gun. In this case, the ultraviolet ray... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20090095420 - Processing apparatus, exhaust processing process and plasma processing process: There is disclosed an exhaust processing process of a processing apparatus for processing a substrate or a film, which comprises after the processing of the substrate or the film, introducing a non-reacted gas and/or a by-product into a trap means comprising a filament comprised of a high-melting metal material comprising... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090095421 - Etch amount detection method, etching method, and etching system: This invention accurately detects an etch amount of an etching target layer irrespective of a type of a mask layer. A light La is reflected by an upper surface of a photoresist mask layer 316 and a bottom of a hole H. Thereby a reflected light La1 and a reflected... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090095422 - Semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and substrate processing method: Provided are a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and a substrate processing method that can reduce a temperature difference along the circumference of a substrate and continue substrate processing even when a temperature sensor becomes defective. The semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a reaction tube configured to process a wafer, a heater configured... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20090095423 - Apparatus and method for plasma etching: A plasma processing apparatus for performing plasma processing on an object to be processed, including: a processing chamber for performing plasma etching on an object to be processed; a first gas inlet provided at an upper portion of the processing chamber for supplying gas to a center portion in the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090095424 - Showerhead electrode assemblies and plasma processing chambers incorporating the same: The present invention relates generally to plasma processing and, more particularly, to plasma processing chambers and electrode assemblies used therein. According to one embodiment of the present invention, an electrode assembly is provided comprising a thermal control plate, a silicon-based showerhead electrode, and securing hardware, wherein the silicon-based showerhead electrode... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP One Dayton Centre

20090095425 - Apparatus for the formation of a metal film: An apparatus for forming a metal film, including a reaction vessel for housing a substrate, a precursor feeding device for bubbling a carrier gas through a liquid organometallic complex, vaporizing the organometallic complex, producing a precursor from the vaporized organometallic complex, and feeding the precursor into the reaction vessel, a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090095426 - Tape sticking apparatus, mounting apparatus and mounting method: A raw sheet L, in which a strip-shaped tape base material TB having a die bonding sheet portion DS with a size of substantially corresponding to the shape of a semiconductor wafer W is temporarily stuck to a strip-shaped release liner S, is fed out, and the position of the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090095427 - Manufacturing method of tire forming mold and tire forming mold: A manufacturing method of a tire forming mold in which an annular mold portion is constituted by a combination of sectors includes a step of manufacturing a circular arc shaped inner segment provided with a concavo-convex shape, a step of dividing the inner segment by a non-flat surface division so... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090095428 - Hand-held device for unwinding an adhesive tape having a double-sidedly adhesively furnished carrier, at least one of the two adhesive sides of the carrier being lined with a release material: The invention relates to a hand-held device 100 for unwinding an adhesive tape 41 which is located in the form of an Archimedean spiral on a roll 4 and has a double-sidedly adhesively furnished carrier, at least one of the two adhesive sides of the carrier being lined with a... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus

20090095429 - Scissors with an integrated tape dispenser: A combined scissors and tape dispenser configured as a unitary construction. The combined scissors and tape dispenser apparatus includes a pair of blades. A first blade includes a first elongated cutting member integrated with a first looped handle portion. A second blade is pivotally connected to the first blade. The... Agent: Robert Z. Evora

20090090450 - Red white blue black camouflage system: A camouflage system that allows distinctly unnatural colors to be worn without comprising the ability of the user to blend into natural surroundings. Shading is used not only as borders between cells of color, but moreover, shading is used in various degrees to force commonality of color between colors that... Agent: Martin C. Boire

20090090451 - Protective tape separation method and apparatus using the same: A surface height of a protective tape joined to a wafer mounted and held on a separation table is detected, a lowering operation distance of a needle is calculated based on such detected information, and a lowering operation amount for approaching a joining member to the protective tape until the... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20090090452 - Process for producing nonflat ceramic substrate: In the production of a ceramic substrate (1) with a level difference (3), a surface of a fired substrate obtained by firing of a ceramic green sheet is honed to form the level difference (3). Alternatively, a level difference is first formed through processing of a ceramic green sheet, laminating... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090090453 - Speaker diaphragms, manufacturing methods of the same, and dynamic speakers: On one surface of a piece of wooden sheet, a cloth or paper is adhered to make an adhered sheet. An approximately V-shaped notch is provided on the adhered sheet, the adhered sheet is wetted to be softened, and a lubricant which acts to keep water is impregnated thereinto. Edge... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090090454 - Method for joining piping systems and piping to equipment, fixtures, devices, structures, and appliances: A method to join pipe is disclosed using a curable one or two part adhesive composition comprising an effective amount of a boron containing initiator compound such as an organoborate, a stabilized organoborane complex, or combinations thereof; one or more monomers, oligomers, polymers or mixtures thereof having olefinic unsaturation which... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20090090455 - Spring loaded tooling head and method for tire cord application: A tooling head for bidirectional tire cord application to an annular surface reciprocates in a forward and a reverse direction across the annular surface. The tooling head includes a housing; a nose block assembly coupled to the housing and reciprocating in an axial direction relative to the tooling head housing;... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20090090456 - Synchronous drive and method for tire cord application: A synchronous drive system and method for tire cord application to an annular core surface includes an arm that moves laterally about a first axis in a forward and a reverse direction across the annular surface. A cord application head is coupled to the arm and positions one or more... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20090090457 - Tire cord application station and method: A ply application station for applying a tire carcass cord ply to an annular surface includes a plurality of applicator heads disposed at respective spaced apart circumferential locations about the annular surface, each applicator head proximally positioned to a respective assigned region of the annular surface. The system coordinates the... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20090090458 - Method and apparatus for joining two webs of material: Method and device for bonding the outgoing end section (3) of a first material web (1), which extends in a horizontal transport plane (T) along a horizontal transport direction (t) over a web-processing machine, to the incoming starting section (4) of a second material web (2), which is located in... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090090459 - Method for producing liquid crystal display element without substrates: The present invention relates to a method for liquid crystal display element without substrates, which comprises applying a release agent to assisting substrates in the process of producing the liquid crystal display so that the assembled liquid crystal display element can be separated from the assisting substrates and the liquid... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090090460 - Tie-layer materials, articles and methods for making and using same: A composite article is provided that includes a polyolefin layer, a tie-layer, and a non-polyolefin. The tie-layer may comprise a silicon modified polyolefin. Methods are also provided for adhering a polyolefin to a non-polyolefin. Such articles may used, for example, in composite tubing.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20090090461 - Method of minimizing residue adhesion for thermo-reversible dry adhesives: One embodiment of the invention includes a method of joining two substrates with multilayer thermo-reversible dry adhesives and separating the two bonded substrates by completely thermally reversing the adhesion via heating.... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20090090462 - Electromagnetic wave shielding laminate and production method therefor: A production method for an electromagnetic wave shielding laminate comprising the step of forming a geometric-form electromagnetic wave shielding material on a releasable support, and the steps of separating the electromagnetic wave shielding material from the releasable support and transferring it onto a transfer support formed of at least one... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090090463 - Pattern forming method and method for forming multilayer wiring structure: One embodiment of the present invention is a pattern forming method including: (I) a graft polymer forming step of preparing a substrate whose surface is modified with a graft polymer directly chemically bonded to a base material; (II) a particle-dispersed liquid placing step of placing droplets including a dispersion liquid... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090090464 - Process for manufacturing a fuel tank: Process for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank provided with at least one accessory (14) connected to the internal space of the tank via at least one orifice (12) in the wall (10) of the tank, the accessory including a projecting element (24) extending to the outside of the tank, the... Agent: Solvay C/o B. Ortego - Iam-nafta

20090090465 - Printed wiring board with conductive constraining core including resin filled channels: Printed wiring boards and methods of manufacturing printed wiring boards are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, the printed wiring boards include electrically conductive constraining cores having at least one resin filled channel. The resin filled channels perform a variety of functions that can be associated with electrical isolation... Agent: Kauth , Pomeroy , Peck & Bailey ,llp

20090090466 - Process for the attachment of a volatizable active agent to a solid support material and for the controlled release of the agent to the environment: The invention relates to a method for attaching a volatizable active substance (4) to a supporting material (1) and for the controlled release of this active substance (4) into the surrounding area, during which the volatizable active substance (4) is introduced into a carrier material (2), which is solid at... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090090467 - Spin head: Provided is a spin head for supporting and rotating a substrate. The spin head includes a body, chuck pins disposed at the body and movable between supporting positions and rest positions, and a chuck pin moving unit configured to move the chuck pins straight. The chuck pins supports a substrate... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090090468 - Flip-chip mounting apparatus: A flip-chip mounting apparatus includes a variable-shape mirror 16 for receiving a laser beam emitted from a laser beam oscillating source 12, a sensor 18 for sensing a reflected laser beam from the variable-shape mirror 16, and a controlling portion 20 for controlling the variable-shape mirror 16 by comparing a... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090090469 - Continuous motion label trasferring apparatus: Continuous motion label transferring apparatus includes a non-stick surface between a peel point and a pinch point. A label unwinder continuously passes a first web along a path towards the pinch point. The first web includes a series of spaced labels having pressure sensitive self-adhesive on a surface to which... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090090470 - Coating film transfer tool and its tape transfer head: A coating film transfer tool formed of a housing and a tape transfer head is disclosed. The tape transfer head has a narrow elongated neck design, which keeps the coating film transfer tape is kept in a curved vertical status so that the user can see the area to be... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090090471 - Corner bead roller tool: A wallboard finishing roller having an elongated bracket with two ends is provided. Two roller assemblies are attached to the bracket such that the first roller assembly includes a center axis that is perpendicular to a center axis of the second roller assembly. Each roller assembly includes a wheel, a... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20090084486 - Optimized ordering of doubler plies in composite structures: The off-part motion of an automatic composite tape laydown head is optimized to increase the overall rate at which tape is laid down to form doublers in a composite structure layup. Starting and stopping gates for each doubler are determined based on ply data and course definitions for the doublers.... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20090084487 - Manufacturing method of laminated film and multilayer ceramic electronic device thereof: A laminated film of the invention comprises a core layer made of synthetic resin, and a conductive release layer formed on at least one side of the core layer, wherein the conductive release layer comprises condensation reaction type release binder and conductive polymer, and this laminated film of the invention... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090084488 - Method of preparing colorless and transparent f-doped tin oxide conductive film using polymer post-treatment process: The present invention provides a method of preparing a colorless and transparent FTO conductive film using a polymer post-treatment process, in which a polymer is coated or bonded to an FTO film having a low transmittance due to optical coloring, thereby increasing the transmittance.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090084489 - Method of manufacturing pneumatic tire: A steel cord S is continuously shaped in a helical manner or in a manner of a two-dimensional wave with at least one of amplitude and pitch of shaping of the steel cord varying in a phased manner or in a continuous manner just before winding of the steel cord... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090084490 - Device for turning up a tire-building component on a tire-building drum: An apparatus for upturning a tire-building component on a tire-building drum has a roller lever. To provide an apparatus which is capable of upturning a tire-building component on a tire-building drum, and which achieves the upturn of the tire-building component without defects, in particular unintended creasing in the side wall,... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090084491 - Cementless tibial tray: The present teachings provide a tibial tray and a method for making the same. According to one example, a substrate having a superior surface can be formed. Porous metal material can be attached onto the superior surface of the substrate. Selected areas of the substrate can be removed to form... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090084492 - Microscale patterning and articles formed thereby: The present invention is directed to a lithographic method and apparatus for creating micrometer sub-micrometer patterns in a thin film coated on a substrate. The invention utilizes the self-formation of periodic, supramolecular pillar arrays (49) in a melt to form the patterns. The self-formation is induced by placing a plate... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20090084493 - Method of manufacturing an article of fiber-reinforced composite material: A method and a tool component for forming in an article of fiber-reinforced composite material at least one locally placed, sharply curved portion. A separate, substantially rigid pressure-transferring element configured with a profile corresponding to the at least one curved portion is placed over the laminate at the location of... Agent: Venable LLP

20090084494 - Substrate manufacturing method: A substrate manufacturing method is disclosed. A substrate manufacturing method, comprising: providing a support body on which a first separation layer is formed; forming a second separation layer on the first separation layer; forming an adhesion layer which covers the first separation layer and the second separation layer; forming a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090084495 - Trimmable graphic decal: A vinyl graphic decal includes a vinyl member having a first side with an adhesive material applied thereto and a second side including an image printed thereon which imparts a theme having an aesthetically oriented sweet spot and a peripheral portion having an inner portion and an outer portion which... Agent: A Patent Lawyer Corp, PLC R William Graham

20090084496 - Method for fabricating a microfluidic component comprising at least one microchannel filled with nanostructures: A microfluidic component comprises at least one closed microchannel filled with nanostructures. The microchannel is produced by previously forming an opening delineating a bottom wall and two opposite side walls of the microchannel in a surface of a substrate. The nanostructures filling said microchannel are formed by in situ growth... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090084497 - Method of producing a multiplicity of incontinence pads having main part and front and rear side parts attached thereto: Method of producing an incontinence pad having a main part and front and rear side parts attached thereto, characterized in that the rear side parts can be expanded to a greater extent than the front side parts.... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20090084498 - Guide member, endless belt, method of producing endless belt, and image forming apparatus using endless belt: An endless belt 300 includes an endless belt substrate 10, and a guide member 100 having a rib member 20 and an abutment that is abutted against an edge of the endless belt substrate 10, wherein the abutment of the guide member 100 is abutted against at least one edge... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090084499 - Methods to prevent ecc (edge chipping and cracking) damage during die picking process: A method for preventing edge chipping and cracking damage encountered by semiconductor chips in a die picking operation during separation from an adhesive sheet. Also provided is a device for preventing potential edge chipping and cracking damage encountered by a semiconductor chip during die picking processes.... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20090084500 - Processing apparatus, exhaust processing process and plasma processing process: There is disclosed an exhaust processing process of a processing apparatus for processing a substrate or a film, which comprises after the processing of the substrate or the film, introducing a non-reacted gas and/or a by-product into a trap means comprising a filament comprised of a high-melting metal material comprising... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090084501 - Processing system for producing a negative ion plasma: A processing system for producing a negative ion plasma is described, wherein a quiescent plasma having negatively-charged ions is produced. The processing system comprises a first chamber region for generating plasma using a first process gas, and a second chamber region separated from the first chamber region with a separation... Agent: Tokyo Electron U.s. Holdings, Inc.

20090084502 - Plasma processing apparatus: A plasma processing apparatus includes a barrier wall member disposed between a plasma generation chamber and a processing chamber to separate the plasma generation chamber from the processing chamber. The barrier wall member assumes a fin structure achieved by disposing in a radial pattern numerous plate-like fin members extending from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090084503 - Sheet sticking apparatus: A first sheet S1 and a second sheet S2 are provided to be capable of feeding out through a first and a second feeding devices 11 and 15. The second sheet S2 is overlapped with an adhesive layer side of the first sheet S1 through a folding device 19 in... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090084505 - Apparatus for causing planar parts to be bonded onto a seat pad: An apparatus for mounting planar components onto a pad for a seat is disclosed. The apparatus includes a lower die for allowing the pad to be carried thereon in a condition where a section of the pad onto which the planar components are to be mounted faces upward, a support... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20090084504 - Case sealer tape applicator: This invention relates to a tape applicator or tape head formed from a combination of two separated apparatuses namely a detachable unit containing a front portion of the tape applicator and a stationary unit containing a rear portion of the applicator with snap-on engagement there between to obtain the interactive... Agent: C. A. Rowley