Coating processes inventions 03/07

20070071879 - Polymer coating for medical devices: Coatings are provided in which surfaces may be activated by covalently bonding a silane derivative to the metal surface, covalently bonding a lactone polymer to the silane derivative by in situ ring opening polymerization, and depositing at least one layer of a polyester on the bonded lactone. Biologically active agents... Agent: Cv Therapeutics, Inc.

20070071880 - Radiation resistant silicone formulations and medical devices formed of same: The disclosure is directed to a method of treating a medical device. The method includes providing the medical device. The medical device has an opening defined by two contacting surfaces in a polyalkylsiloxane based portion of the medical device. The method further includes irradiating the medical device free of externally... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20070071881 - Method of making a polymer device: A method of making a transistor having first and second electrodes, a semiconductive layer, and a dielectric layer; said semiconductive layer comprising a semiconductive polymer and said dielectric layer comprising an insulating polymer; characterised in that said method comprises the steps of: (i) depositing on the first electrode a layer... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070071882 - Flexible el device and methods: A method of incorporating EL particles includes preparing target areas to receive EL particles and providing EL particles to the target areas. The method may include spot-heating target areas of a flexible substrate to form molten receiving areas adapted to receive an EL particle. EL particles may be provided to... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20070071883 - Method of fabricating organic light emitting display device with passivation structure: A method of fabricating an organic light emitting display device is provided. First, an organic light emitting display unit having an organic luminous layer and a driving circuit is formed on a substrate. Then, a passivation structure covering the substrate and the display unit is formed. The passivation structure is... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070071885 - Display device and method of manufacturing the same: An object of the present invention is to provide a display device that has carrier transport layer with relatively uniform film thickness, at pixel forming region of display pixel, and a manufacturing thereof. A manufacturing method of a display device provided with a luminescent element that has a carrier transport... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070071884 - Electroluminescent element and a method of manufacturing the same: An organic luminescent layer of an organic electroluminescence element can be formed by relief printing using a plastic plate comprised a metal base material. A manufacturing method of an organic electroluminescent element including a substrate, a first electrode, an organic luminescent layer and a second electrode is provided, the method... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070071886 - Board-level emi shield that adheres to and conforms with printed circuit board component and board surfaces: An electrically continuous, grounded conformal EMI protective shield and methods for applying same directly to the surfaces of a printed circuit board. The EMI shield adheres and conforms to the surface of the components and printed wiring board. The shield takes the shape of the covered surfaces while adding little... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070071888 - Method and apparatus for forming device features in an integrated electroless deposition system: Embodiments of the invention generally provide a cluster tool that is configured to electrolessly fill features formed on a substrate. More particularly, embodiments of the invention are used to integrate the filling of an interconnect or contact level feature using an electroless fill process and material removal steps. A typical... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070071887 - Methods of inhibiting corrosion of a metal surface: Among the methods provided is a method comprising: providing a corrosion inhibitor composition, the corrosion inhibitor composition comprising a group 15 metal source and a cinnamaldehyde compound: contacting the metal surface with the corrosion inhibitor composition: and allowing the corrosion inhibitor composition to interact with the metal surface so as... Agent: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

20070071889 - Lithographic apparatus and method for conditioning an interior space of a device manufacturing apparatus: A lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes a first gas shower configured to supply a first gas flow to an interior space of the apparatus, and a second gas shower configured to supply a second gas flow to the interior space of the apparatus, the gas showers configured to direct... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070071890 - Apparatus and method of forming an applied film: There is provided an apparatus including: a processing cup having an opening opened upward to allow a substrate to be loaded and unloaded, an exhaust port for exhausting an unnecessary atmosphere produced in forming a film applied on the substrate, and an aspiration port for aspirating external air; and an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070071891 - Cooling unit and method for cooling and coating wafer by using the same: A cooling unit in a photolithography equipment may comprise a spin chuck module including a spin chuck configured to suction and fix a wafer. The cooling unit may also include a spin motor configured to rotate the spin chuck, the spin motor being located below the spin chuck. The cooling... Agent: Volentine Francos, & Whitt PLLC

20070071894 - Method for atomic layer deposition of materials using a pre-treatment for semiconductor devices: A method for forming atomic layer deposition. The method includes placing a semiconductor substrate (e.g., wafer, LCD panel) including an upper surface in a chamber. The upper surface includes one or more carbon bearing species and a native oxide layer. The method includes introducing an oxidizing species into the chamber.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070071893 - Organic aluminum precursor and method of manufacturing a metal wiring using the same: m

20070071892 - Organic-metal precursor material and method of manufacturing metal thin film using the same: Provided are an organic-metal precursor material that can be readily decomposed without reacting with an oxidant, a method of manufacturing a metal thin film using the organic-metal precursor material, and a metal thin film prepared using the organic-metal precursor material. The organic-metal precursor material is an organic molecule having lone-pair... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070071895 - Method for making carbon nanotube-based device: A method for making a carbon nanotube-based device is provided. A substrate with a shadow mask layer formed thereon is provided, to define an unmasked surface area on the substrate. The substrate is rotated around an axis. A catalyst layer including at least one catalyst block is formed on the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070071896 - Alkyl push flow for vertical flow rotating disk reactors: In a rotating disk reactor (1) for growing epitaxial layers on substrate (3), gas directed toward the substrates at different radial distances from the axis of rotation of the disk has substantially the same velocity. The gas directed toward portions of the disk remote from the axis (10a) may include... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070071897 - Method for forming glossy and matt zones during printing of a can body: Method for forming glossy and matt surface zones during printing of a can body in a production line comprising: a priming varnishing machine for applying a priming layer to the can body, a printing machine for applying printing colours including at least one glossy printing colour to the can body... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070071898 - Overspray shield: An overspray shield for protecting areas behind and above a structure to be sprayed includes a pair of elongate support members to be disposed in separated parallel positions behind the structure to be sprayed with the upper end of the support members extending at an angle above and forward over... Agent: Ronald B. Sefrna

20070071899 - Method for increasing moisture content in extrusion coated paperboard: A method for forming an extrusion coated paperboard including the steps of providing an uncoated paperboard, providing at least one extrusion device and at least one moisture application device on a single extrusion process line, extruding a material onto a first side of the paperboard with the extrusion device and... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P.

20070071900 - Methods for protecting metal surfaces: Methods for protecting metal surfaces against oxidation are provided. The methods can comprise a plasma treatment, a sintering treatment or a combination of the plasma and sintering treatment. Also provided is a method for bonding a wire on a metal bond pad using the methods for protecting a metal surface.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070071901 - Process for the production of multi-layer coatings: A process for the production of multi-layer coatings comprising the successive steps: 1) applying an 8 to 20 μm thick coating layer from an aqueous coating composition A onto a substrate provided with an EDC primer, 2) applying a 5 to 15 μm thick base coat layer from an aqueous... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070071902 - Rapid part fabrication employing integrated components: A part having an integrated, discrete component is produced by direct digital manufacturing and rapid, solid free-form fabrication techniques. A CAD file representing the part is modified to include an opening in the body of the part in which the component is to be inserted. The fabrication is performed by... Agent: Tung & Associates

20070071903 - Method for mixing and applying a multi-component coating composition: A method of applying a multi-component coating composition to a substrate is disclosed. The coating composition comprises a polymeric component containing reactive functional groups and a hardener component comprising a curing agent having coreactive functional groups. The composition is applied with a spray applicator and the rheological profile of the... Agent: Ppg Industries, Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20070071904 - Electroless copper plating solution and electroless copper plating method: An object is to provide an electroless copper plating solution that realizes uniform plating at lower temperatures, when the electroless copper plating is performed on a semiconductor wafer or other such mirror surface on which a plating reaction hardly occurs. An electroless copper plating solution, wherein, along with a first... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070071905 - Water jet surface treatment of aluminized surfaces for air plasma ceramic coating: A method of coating a substrate comprising (a) applying a first coating to the substrate; (b) roughening an outer surface of the first coating using a high pressure water jet; and (c) applying a second coating over the first coating.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20070071906 - Heating process of the light irradiation type: A light irradiation heating process in which, even in the case of an asymmetrical physical property of an article to be treated, uniform heating is possible, or in which heating can be performed such that the article acquires a desired physical property after heat treatment. Based on the measured value... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070071907 - Diamond hard coating of ferrous substrates: The present invention relates to hard coating of ferrous metal substrates using a laser beam with diamond particles in a metal matrix produced from precursor powders of metals which bond to the diamond particles and to the ferrous substrate. The hard coating is particularly useful for white iron castings for... Agent: Ian C. Mcleod Mcleod & Moyne, P.C.

20070071908 - Staggered in-situ deposition and etching of a dielectric layer for hdp-cvd: A method and apparatus for depositing a conformal dielectric layer employing a dep-etch technique features selectively reducing the flow of deposition gases into a process chamber where a substrate having a stepped surface to be covered by the conformal dielectric layer is disposed. By selectively reducing the flow of deposition... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP / Amat

20070065570 - Method of producing a substrate having areas of different hydrophilicity and/or oleophilicity on the same surface: The present invention relates to substrates having wetting contrasts wherein the surface area of at least one part of the wetting contrast is rough because it is derived from a surface polymer layer comprising particles embedded therein. This surface roughening is important because it affects the surface properties of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070065571 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing a pixel matrix of a color filter for a flat panel display: Apparatus and methods are provided for forming a pixel matrix. The methods include coating a substrate with a pixel matrix material, coating the pixel matrix material with an ink-phobic material, and forming pixel wells in the pixel matrix material and the ink-phobic material. A system for forming a pixel matrix... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20070065572 - Information storage medium with laterally magnetised dot array, and process for producing said medium: Each dot (2) contains at least one magnetic domain formed by a thin layer (4) of at least a magnetic material laterally covering this flat material and deposited at oblique incidence relative to the normal (z) to the plane (6) of the array. The invention applies in particular to computer... Agent: Thelen Reid & Priest, LLP

20070065573 - Method for fabricating optical compensatory films: A method for fabricating optical compensation films includes providing PAR polyarylate; dissolving the PAR polyarylate in an solvent to obtain a polyarylate solution; applying the polyarylate solution on a substrate; and substantially removing the solvent from the polyarylate solution under a predetermined temperature to form an optical compensation film having... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070065574 - Process for printing adhesives, adhesive articles and printing equipment: The present invention relates to a process for printing specific adhesives onto articles, such as absorbent articles or release paper, using a specific transfer tool and/or a specific adhesive, having a specific peel force, viscosity, elastic loss modulus, elastic modulus, surface energy and loss tangent modulus; the invention also relates... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070065575 - Method for in situ photoresist thickness characterization: An in situ photoresist thickness characterization process and apparatus characterizes a photoresist process used for processing a semiconductor wafer. Photoresist is dispensed on a spinning semiconductor wafer as part of the characterization process. The thickness of the photoresist is monitored at a plurality of locations on the spinning semiconductor wafer... Agent: Trask Britt, P.C./ Micron Technology

20070065577 - Directed reagents to improve material uniformity: A method for locally controlling the stoichiometry of an epitaxially deposited layer on a semiconductor substrate is provided. The method includes directing a first reactant gas and a doping gas across a top surface of a semiconductor substrate and directing a drive gas and a second reactant gas against the... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.A.

20070065580 - Method for forming transparent thin film, transparent thin film formed by the method and transparent substrate with transparent thin film: The present invention provides a method for forming a transparent thin film by a chemical vapor deposition method using a gaseous raw material. In the method, a film growth rate is at least 8 nm/s, and the transparent thin film contains at least one selected from carbon (C) and oxygen... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070065576 - Technique for atomic layer deposition: A technique for atomic layer deposition is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized by an apparatus for atomic layer deposition. The apparatus may comprise a process chamber having a substrate platform to hold at least one substrate. The apparatus may also comprise a supply of... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070065578 - Treatment processes for a batch ald reactor: Embodiments of the invention provide treatment processes to reduce substrate contamination during a fabrication process within a vapor deposition chamber. A treatment process may be conducted before, during or after a vapor deposition process, such as an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. In one example of an ALD process, a... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070065582 - Method of coating a substrate for adhesive bonding: A method for depositing a coating onto a glass substrate for adhesive bonding. The process comprises depositing a coating where the surface is cleaned during a first time period, and depositing a high-velocity impact polymer reaction coating on the surface at ambient air pressure during a second time period using... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20070065581 - Substrate processing system and method: A substrate processing system includes: a processing chamber where a substrate is processed; and a carrier device carrying the substrate to/from the processing chamber, wherein the carrier device includes at least two arms each capable of holding a substrate and is capable of switching a state of making the two... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070065583 - Method for making decorative sealing strips: A method for making decorative sealing strips comprises the steps of material preparation, material feeding, thickness adjustment, drying, cooling, stereo pattern making, shaping and protective surface treatment, whereby an aluminum plate or a metallic plate will be firstly wholly coated by a layer of solvent-based thermal plastic resin, a second... Agent: C.t. Chiou

20070065585 - Reducing electrical resistance in electrolessly deposited copper interconnects: A method of forming an electrolessly deposited copper interconnect while reducing its electrical resistance comprises providing a substrate having a dielectric layer, wherein a trench portion including at least two sidewall surfaces and a bottom surface is etched into the dielectric layer, depositing a copper seed layer onto the substrate... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070065584 - Spray-on paint protection film and method of applying same: A method of protecting the paint on a vehicle from being chipped, scratched or corroded, comprising the steps of: (a) masking off those parts of the vehicle that are not to be coated; (b) spraying the remaining parts of the vehicle with a clear, protective coating to a thickness of... Agent: Antoinette M. Tease

20070065587 - Method for removal of surface contaminants from substrates: A method is disclosed for preparing a substrate for coating. The method uses a step of applying an acidic solution to the substrate to break down visible and non-visible layers of surface material. The method also uses a step of applying a treatment solution to decontaminate the substrate. The method... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers P.C.

20070065586 - Methods for coating conducting polymer: Polypyrrole (PPy) is one of the most commonly studied conducting polymers due to its good stability, high conductivity, ease of preparation and non-toxicity. The stability of the conductivity of polypyrrole films depends on the choice of dopant anion, the method of preparation, and the conditions of aging. Most of the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070065588 - Method of forming patterns using imprint material: A method of forming patterns includes coating a toroidal substrate having a center hole with an imprint material containing a precursor of a metal oxide film, selected from the group consisting of a metal alkoxide and a metal oxide, and an ether type nonionic surfactant containing fluorine or silicon, imprinting... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070065589 - Method for the passivation of the surface of coated metal bands and device for the application of the passive layer on a metal coated steel band: The invention provides a method for the passivation of the surface of metal bands covered with a coating, particularly tin-coated steel bands (S), which move at a band speed (v) through a coating installation. To allow an efficient passivation of the metal band surface even at high band speeds and... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco

20070065590 - Latent doping of conducting polymers: Latent doping is provided wherein a conducting polymer is mixed with a dopant in solution without the doping reaction occurring unless solvent is removed. Regioregular polythiophenes are a particularly important embodiment. A composition comprising (i) at least one polymer comprising conjugation in the polymer backbone, (ii) at least one dopant... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070065591 - Methods of preventing protein fouling and compositions therefor: Methods and compositions for preventing protein fouling on surfaces are described. Such methods are particularly, but not exclusively, of use in treatment of stainless steel present in processing equipment such as in the dairy industry.... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20070065592 - Ultrasonically-assisted bonding of plastics to surfaces of solid material and product formed thereby: A method of bonding plastic or polymer to a lignocellulosic material, such as wood, flax, sisal or kenaf fibers, having voids disposed across the surfaces thereof utilizes an ultrasonic radiator to induce ultrasonic vibrations throughout a mixture or layup of the material and molten plastic or polymer during formation of... Agent: Michael E. Mckee Attorney At Law

20070065593 - Multi-source method and system for forming an oxide layer: A method for preparing an oxide film on a substrate. A surface of a substrate is oxidized to form an oxide film. The surface is exposed to oxygen radicals formed by ultraviolet (UV) radiation induced dissociation and plasma induced dissociation of a process gas comprising at least one molecular composition... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20070065594 - System for depositing a film by modulated ion-induced atomic layer deposition (mii-ald): The present invention relates to an enhanced sequential atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique suitable for deposition of barrier layers, adhesion layers, seed layers, low dielectric constant (low-k) films, high dielectric constant (high-k) films, and other conductive, semi-conductive, and non-conductive films. This is accomplished by 1) providing a non-thermal or non-pyrolytic... Agent: Patent Law Group LLP

20070065595 - Micro-structure formed of thin films: A substrate on which a plurality of thin films having a plurality of cross-sections corresponding to the cross-section of a micro-structure are formed is placed on a substrate holder. The substrate holder is elevated to bond a thin film formed on the substrate to the surface of a stage, and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070065596 - Plasma thin-film deposition method: A plasma thin-film deposition method for depositing a thin film on the surface of an object, wherein a plasma is generated in one or more inert plasmagenic gases and precursor gases, and the plasma is sprayed onto the surface being treated. The one or more precursor gases include at least... Agent: Clifford W. Browning Krieg Devault LLP

20070065597 - Plasma cvd film formation apparatus provided with mask: A plasma CVD apparatus for forming a thin film on a wafer having diameter Dw and thickness Tw, includes: a vacuum chamber; a shower plate; a top plate; a top mask portion for covering a top surface peripheral portion of the wafer; and a side mask portion for covering a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070065598 - Plasma processing device: A plasma processing device includes at least one process chamber for receiving an article, for example a wafer, that is to be processed using a plasma. The process chamber has a prescribed chamber construction. A flow-influencing apparatus is arranged in the process chamber and set in such a manner that... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20070065599 - Method and apparatus for chemical vapor deposition capable of preventing contamination and enhancing film growth rate: Disclosed relates to a method for CVD comprises steps of injecting a purge gas, which doesn't either dissolve or generate byproducts by itself, into a reaction chamber where substrates are located; and supplying a source material of vapor phase participating directly in forming a film on the substrates to an... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070059434 - Rate limiting barriers for implantable devices and methods for fabrication thereof: A method of coating an implantable medical device, such as a stent, is disclosed. The method includes applying a formulation on a first polymer layer containing a therapeutic substance to form a second layer. The formulation can contain a highly hydrophobic polymer or a solvent which is a poor solvent... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20070059435 - Stent with drug coating: Coatings for stents that include a polymer and a drug are provided. A method of forming the coatings is also provided.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20070059436 - Method for surface processing, method for surface preparation for subsequent coating and devices for carrying out said methods: The inventions relate to processing product surfaces in order to provide them with properties like an increased resistance to the action of different surface breaking natural or technogenic factors. Said invention can be used for the ship repair industry, building engineering, the machine-building and oil-gas industries. The inventive method for... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070059437 - Mineralization and biological modification of biomaterial surfaces: Disclosed are advantageous methods for patterning and/or mineralizing biomaterial surfaces. The techniques described are particularly useful for generating three-dimensional or contoured bioimplant materials with patterned surfaces or patterned, mineralized surfaces. Also provided are various methods of using the mineralized and/or patterned biomaterials in tissue engineering, such as bone tissue engineering,... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070059438 - Thin alignment layers for liquid crystal displays: A method to form alignment layers on a substrate of an LCD is disclosed. The substrate is placed in a vacuum chamber and undergoes a purging process. The purging process heats the substrates and removes water vapor from the vacuum chamber. Specifically, The vacuum chamber is evacuated to a low... Agent: Silicon Valley Patent Group LLP

20070059439 - Electron emitting device manufacture method and image display apparatus manufacture method: A method for manufacturing electron emitting devices each having electrodes formed on a substrate and an electroconductive thin film connected between a pair of electrodes and having an electron emitting region is provided which can manufacture electron emitting devices having an excellent uniformity of electron emitting characteristics by improving the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070059440 - Method for manufacturing plasma display panel: A method for manufacturing a plasma display panel is disclosed. The plasma display panel manufacturing method includes forming an electrode material on a dielectric sheet, and transcribing the dielectric sheet and electrode material on a substrate simultaneously.... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070059441 - System, method, and composition for adhering performed thermoplastic traffic control signage to pavement: The present invention relates to a method for adhering detectable warning devices, pavement markings and preformed traffic control devices (turn arrows, stop bars) that are hydrocarbon or alkyd thermoplastic in nature to an uncured or “green” concrete substrate providing permanent adhesion for detectable warning devices, pedestrian and traffic control markings.... Agent: Guerry Leonard Grune

20070059442 - Method & system for color matching: A method and system for determining the color characteristics of a paint sample. The paint sample having at least one data carrier having data related to the color characteristics; an interrogator operable in a magnetic and/or electrical mode to emit interrogation signals to the data carrier, the data carrier being... Agent: Sabeta Ip

20070059443 - Mask forming method and information recording medium manufacturing method: A mask forming method forms a concave/convex pattern in a mask when the mask is formed over a substrate. A coating film forming process forms a coating film by applying a radiation-curing coating composition onto the substrate. A radiation irradiating process then irradiates the coating film with radiation. Finally, a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070059444 - Faux photobase: An exemplary method for forming a high gloss base includes providing a paper base stock, coating the base stock with a vacuolated particulate plastic pigment, and calendering the coated base stock with a calendering apparatus applying over 1000 pounds per lineal inch (pli) and substantially no thermal energy.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070059445 - Method of treating fluoropolymer particles and the products thereof: Fluoropolymer particles are subjected to high energy treatment so as to change the chemical functionality of the particle surfaces and thereby change the surface characteristics of the particles. These characteristics improve the usefulness of these particles and can make them highly dispersible, even in water. The surface treated fluoropolymer particles... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

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20070059447 - Method of fabricating lanthanum oxide layer and method of fabricating mosfet and capacitor using the same: Methods of fabricating a lanthanum oxide layer, and methods of fabricating a MOSFET and/or a capacitor especially adapted for semiconductor applications using such a lanthanum oxide layer are disclosed. The methods include a preliminary step of disposing a semiconductor substrate into a chamber. Tris(bis(trimethylsilyl)amino)Lanthanum as a lanthanum precursor is then... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20070059448 - Method of applying silane coating to metal composition: Organofunctional silanes are applied to metal surfaces using an oil bath. Metal is immersed in an oil bath containing approximately 2% silane. In a preferred embodiment, the metal is a tire cord. The silane can either be hydrolyzed or unhydrolyzed. The hydrolyzed silanes can be in combination with a water... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070059449 - Plating method of metal film on the surface of polymer: The present invention relates to a method for plating the surface of polymer materials with a metal film by treating the surface of polymer materials with cold plasma method to introduce hydrophilic functional groups and then plating the surface of polymer materials with a metal film according to the electroless... Agent: Maria Parrish Tungol

20070059450 - Ed's baby powder glaze polish: This invention relates to the creation of a paste for polishing an auto vehicles body cleaning windows and mirrors derived from mixing body powder and water together changes the dry body powder into a wet pliable paste, suitable for applying onto vehicles bodies, windows, mirrors, chrome wheels, aluminum, plastic or... Agent: Edward Marlin Bryant

20070059451 - Clearcoat paint composition: A coating composition including an aqueous dispersion of a copolymerization product of a mixture of monomers including carbamate-functional and (meth)acrylic monomers, some having carboxylic acid-functionality. The monomer mixture is essentially free of hydroxyl monomer. The coating can be applied on a polycarbonate substrate. The coating composition may be a clearcoat... Agent: Basf Corporation

20070059452 - Formation of nanostructured layers through continued screw dislocation growth: Processes for extending the length of nanostructured support elements of thin film layers are described. The processes involve the initial formation nanostructured support elements during a first annealing step. A coating of material is deposited on the nanostructured support elements. During a second annealing step the initially formed nanostructured support... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070059453 - Method of making opaque printed substrate: A method of making an opaque printed substrate. First a first application is applied to a substrate, wherein the first application is selected from the group consisting of metallic ink and ink, forming a first unit having a first and second side. A second application is applied on the first... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070059454 - Products for treating and preventing chronic diseases: eliminating the autoimmune triggers that underly chronic disease: Long term exposure to volatile organic components (VOCs) has been linked to chronic diseases, conditions and symptoms such as diseases of the blood vessels, heart and/or lung: psychiatric disorders, diseases of the nervous system and genetic diseases, among others. Methods and products are disclosed to treat chronically ill patients as... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070059455 - Lasermarkierung nahe der oberflache bei innenbearbeiteten transparenten korpern: This invention concerns a method of producing subsurface marking in a transparent body. According to the invention, the marking is done less than 500 μm below the surface by applying a layer system with a high destruction threshold, compared to the substrate, to the surface of the substrate. If the... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070054032 - Method of impregnating a carrier a matrix with solid and/or liquid compounds using compressed gases, and materials thus impregnated: The invention relates to a method for impregnating a support matrix with solid and/or liquid compounds using a compressed gas or a compressed mixture of gases at densities ranging from 0.15 to 1.3 kg/l and at least two unsymmetrical pressure changes (pulsations). The method is further characterized in that both... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070054033 - Master mold for offset process and pattern formation method using the same: A master mold for an offset process is disclosed which enables formation of electrodes with a complex pattern or a very-fine pattern. A pattern formation method using the master mold is also disclosed. The master mold includes a plate having a predetermined thickness, and an intaglio pattern formed in a... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070054034 - Method for fabricating dielectric layers of a plasma display panel: A method of fabricating dielectric layers of a plasma display panel is disclosed. First, a substrate is provided, in which the surface of the substrate further comprises a plurality of parallel electrodes. Next, a first dielectric layer is formed over the surface of the substrate to cover the electrodes and... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070054035 - Method for preparing radiation image storage panel: A radiation image storage panel composed of a substrate and a layer of stimulable phosphor is prepared in an evaporation chamber kept at a pressure of 0.1 to 10 Pa by the steps of heating a source of the stimulable phosphor in the chamber so that the source is evaporated... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20070054036 - Oxygen getters for anode protection in a solid-oxide fuel cell stack: In a fuel cell assembly, nickel-based anodes are readily oxidized when exposed to oxygen as may happen through atmospheric invasion of the assembly during cool-down following shutdown of the assembly. Repeated anode oxidation and reduction can be destructive of the anodes, leading to cracking and failure. To prevent such oxygen... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070054037 - Electrically conductive elastic composite yarn, methods for making the same, and articles incorporating the same: An electrically conductive elastic composite yarn comprises an elastic member that is surrounded by at least one conductive covering filament(s). The elastic member has a predetermined relaxed unit length L and a predetermined drafted length of (N×L), where N is a number preferably in the range from about 1.0 to... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070054038 - Complex oxide laminate, method of manufacturing complex oxide laminate, and device: A complex oxide laminate including: a substrate; a first complex oxide layer represented by a general formula ABO3 formed above the substrate; and a second complex oxide layer represented by a general formula AB1−xCxO3 formed above the first complex oxide layer, an element A including at least Pb, an element... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070054039 - Method for manufacturing magnetic recording medium: A method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium with high reliability is provided, which can form a thin magnetic layer having a dry film thickness of, for example, 60 nm or less while the occurrence of defects on the surface is suppressed. In this method, a magnetic paint having a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20070054040 - Method of supporting and/or applying particulate materials: Masses of particles are structurally supported by the application of vacuum through a support surface having holes thereon that are smaller than the average diameter of the particle mass that is to be supported. The reduced pressure structurally supports particles on the support surface. The mass of particles tends is... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.a. York Business Center

20070054041 - Fusible quilt batt: A fusible quilt batt. The fusible batt includes a non-woven fibrous web and a heat sealable and releasable adhesive. The adhesive is coated on the outer surface of the web and insinuates between the fibers of the web internally. The adhesive thus binds the fibers of the web and provides... Agent: Conley Rose, P.c.

20070054042 - Method of srcu2o2 spin-on precursor synthesis and low temperature p-type thin film deposition: A method of SrCu2O2 spin-on precursor synthesis and low temperature p-type thin film deposition, includes preparing a wafer to receive a spin-coating thereon; selecting metalorganic compounds to form a SrCu2O2 precursor, mixing and refluxing the metalorganic compounds to form a precursor mixture; filtering the precursor mixture to produce a spin-coating... Agent: Robert D. Varitz

20070054043 - Gelled biopolymer based foam: Gelled biopolymer based foams are disclosed. The gelled foams comprise a cross-linked biopolymer, preferably alginate; optionally, a foaming agent such as hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose; and a plasticizer, preferably glycerin sorbitol, or a mixture thereof, that forms the predominant portion of the gelled foam. The foams are soft and pliable... Agent: Patent Administrator Fmc Corporation

20070054051 - Deposition device: A deposition device provided with an evaporation source which is opposite to a substrate over which a film is deposited and is provided to be capable of moving in accordance with a surface of the substrate and a means for supplying an evaporation material to the evaporation source (evaporation material... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler, Ltd.

20070054048 - Extended deposition range by hot spots: A catalytic reactant with a low activation energy barrier for oxide formation can be used to facilitate atomic layer deposition type reactions at reduced temperatures, thus increasing the quality of the deposited films. An initial reaction with a catalytic reactant provides localized heat at the substrate surface in the vicinity... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070054045 - Method for conditioning chemical vapor deposition chamber: A method for conditioning a heater of a CVD chamber by forming a pre-coating layer on the surface of the heater is provided. Hence, the surface condition of the heater is improved for better thermal efficiency and the surface of the heater is protected from the possible damages of the... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070054044 - Method for forming metal oxide coating film and vapor deposition apparatus: A photocatalytic composite material having a photocatalytic titanium oxide film on the surface of a substrate is produced by a CVD method in which TiCl4 vapor is reacted with water vapor. The TiCl4 vapor and the water vapor are injected into a vapor deposition chamber (9) through nozzles (5) and... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20070054046 - Method of forming a tantalum-containing layer from a metalorganic precursor: A method and precursor for forming and integrating a Ta-containing layer in semiconductor processing. The tantalum precursor has the formula (CpR1)(CpR2)TaH(CO), where Cp is a cyclopentadienyl functional group and R1 and R2 are H or alkyl groups. The method includes providing a substrate in a process chamber of a deposition... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070054047 - Method of forming a tantalum-containing layer from a metalorganic precursor: A method and precursor for forming and integrating a Ta-containing layer in semiconductor processing. The tantalum precursor has the formula (CpR1)(CpR2)TaH(CO), where Cp is a cyclopentadienyl functional group and R1 and R2 are H or alkyl groups. The method includes providing a substrate in a process chamber of a deposition... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070054049 - Method of growing a thin film onto a substrate: A method of growing a thin film onto a substrate placed in a reaction chamber according to the ALD method by subjecting the substrate to alternate and successive surface reactions. The method includes providing a first reactant source and providing an inactive gas source. A first reactant is fed from... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070054050 - Photoresist coating apparatus and method: A photoresist coating apparatus and method for solving an edge bead problem occurring in photoresist coating. An edge bead is prevented from occurring by forming a solvent vapor layer from ionized solvent vapor on a wafer through the use of a magnetic field generator, spraying a liquid photoresist on the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070054052 - Fluoropolymer coating compositions for threaded fasteners: A method of manufacturing a coated threaded fastener wherein the coating acts as a contaminant mask and the coating is applied as a dry powder mixture including a fluoropolymer resin, an inert filler and a coloring pigment.... Agent: Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro

20070054053 - Thermosetting paint, methods for making and using the same: m

20070054055 - Gloss paint and method for using the same: The present invention discloses a gloss paint, the gloss paint includes: a fluoro acryl-silicon resin in an amount by weight from 20% to 60%, pigment particles in an amount by weight from 5% to 40%, an additive in an amount by weight of less than 5%, the remainder being a... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070054054 - Process for coating gravel pack sand with polymeric breaker: A process for making a coated substrate that includes treating a proppant with a coating agent, wherein the coating agent comprises at least one of monomeric alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acids, alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acid polymers, and combinations thereof, reacting the treated proppant to form a polymer coated proppant, and recovering the polymer coated proppant... Agent: Osha Liang/mi

20070054056 - Composition for coating metals to protect against corrosion: The present invention relates to a composition for coating metals to protect against corrosion, comprising (i) a sol based on silicon compounds, (ii) at least one aminoalkyl-functional alkoxysilane and/or (iii) at least one reaction product of components (i) and (ii), the amount of aminoalkyl-functional silane component from (ii) and (iii)... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070054057 - Durable bn mould separating agents for the die casting of non-ferrous metals: The invention relates to corrosion-resistant, temperature-stable, durable mould release layers, suitable for the die casting of non-ferrous metals, comprising boron nitride and slips for production thereof, a method for production of the slips, a method for production of the mould release layers and the use of the mould release layers.... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070054058 - Surface treatment system: A surface treatment system for preparing a natural or artificial stone surface for a spray application and applying a protective barrier to the surface. The surface treatment system includes a conveyor that transports product past a plurality of spray activation switches that control spray heads which apply a liquid spray.... Agent: Neustel Law Offices, Ltd.

20070054059 - Spraying material and spray technique employing the same: To provide a spraying material having an excellent quick-setting property and excellent adherability, a small alkali amount and excellent initial strength development, and a spraying method using it. The spraying material comprises a liquid quick-setting admixture containing an aluminum source, a sulfur source and a fluorine source, one or more... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070054060 - Droplet applying method and droplet applying device, and device and electronic equipment: Exemplary embodiments enable formation of a uniform film and a pattern with a minute line width and generate no or substantially no quality defects, such as disconnection. A droplet is discharged from a droplet discharging head to apply in a predetermined region on a surface of a substrate while relatively... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20070054061 - Steel tube having improved corrosion-resistance and method for manufacturing the same: Disclosed is a steel tube with superior corrosion-resistance treated with plating and a manufacturing method of the same. The manufacturing method of the steel tube includes the steps of: preheating a steel tube formed through a milling process; maintaining the temperature of the preheated steel tube above a predetermined temperature,... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.l.p

20070054062 - Method of thermal spraying: In the application of plasma spraying to a metal body, it is intended to attain reduction of spraying cost and improvement of working efficiency in roughening operation while maintaining anticorrosive effects. An adhesion strength of spray coating comparable to that obtained in the conventional combination of blast treatment and gas... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20070054063 - Vapor deposition system: An arrangement for controlling the deflection of an electron beam in a vapor deposition system includes a control unit to which are assigned deflection modules (23, 27) which can be driven in accordance with respective selected functions. By driving these deflection modules, the electron beam can be deflected in two... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20070054064 - Microwave plasma processing method, microwave plasma processing apparatus, and its plasma head: A microwave plasma processing method and, in which a linear plasma is produced by means of a microwave, and an object to be processed is subjected to processing under atmospheric pressure or under a pressure near atmospheric pressure when the object is moved, while a surface of the object is... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070048433 - Coating of surgical devices: The invention provides a method for the coating of a surgical device, wherein the coating is carried out by electrostatic Powder deposition. The device may be a device used in a surgical or diagnostic procedure, including interventional devices as well as implantable devices. Because the coating is applied electrostatically, it... Agent: Robert C Klinger Jackson Walker

20070048434 - System and method for distributing multiple materials from an agricultural vehicle: A system and method for distributing multiple types of seed, fertilizer or other materials from an agricultural vehicle is disclosed. The system includes first and second sources holding the first and second materials, respectively, a plurality of distribution units, and a nurse distribution mechanism coupled between the sources and the... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070048435 - Fabrication processes for electrodes for electrochemical devices, and electrochemical device fabrication process: According to the present invention, when the electrode for electrochemical devices is fabricated, the treating method for removing off a binder solvent adsorbed to pores in an electrode-constituting activated charcoal or the like, using carbon dioxide in a supercritical state, is used or a method wherein the supercritical-state treating method... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070048436 - Mask for liti and liti method using the same: A mask for LITI and a LITI method using the same wherein the mask includes patterns arranged in a direction perpendicular to a beam scanning direction and are arranged so that increasingly longer patterns are located towards the edge of the mask than in or near the center.... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070048437 - Display element and method for producing the same: Disclosed are a production process of a display device, which can prevent the oxidation of a lower electrode and can maintain luminescence efficiency, high contract, and durability, and a display element. The display element comprises a first electrode, a luminescent layer, a second electrode, and a transparent substrate. The first... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070048438 - Thermochromic coatings: The present invention provides the use of atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition (APCVD) for producing a film of thermochmmic transition metal-doped vanadium (iN) oxide on a substrate. Specifically, the invention prevides a method of producing a film of thermochromic transition metal-doped vanadium (IV) oxide on a substrate by atmospheric pressure... Agent: Crutsinger & Booth

20070048439 - Method of producing film and method of producing ink-jet head: A method of producing a film includes: a heating treatment step of performing a heating treatment for ceramic particles; a film-forming step for forming the film by jetting, onto a substrate, an aerosol containing the ceramic particles which have been subjected to the heating treatment so as to make the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070048440 - Ferrite thin film for high-frequency devices and production method thereof: The present invention provides a Y-type hexagonal ferrite thin film suitable for high frequency devices, having a crystal structure with the c-axis oriented perpendicular to the surface of the thin film. The present invention also provides a method of producing the Y-type hexagonal ferrite thin film, comprising the steps of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070048441 - Radiation curable clearcoat repair system and method for obtaining film build in thin film areas using the system: A composition for repairing a coated substrate and a method for repair of a coated substrate using clearcoat and blender compositions cured by ultraviolet radiation. The repair clearcoat composition includes a clearcoat component and a blender component. The composition and method provide improved cure in thin film blend areas of... Agent: Basf Corporation

20070048442 - Method of retrofitting a finished shoe to provide additional cushioning material: A method of retrofitting a finished shoe to provide additional cushioning material. The method includes: providing a curable composition; providing the finished shoe; placing the curable composition directly on at least a portion of the finished shoe that is configured to contact a wearer's body when the finished shoe is... Agent: Garcia-zamor Intellectual Property Law Attn: Ruy Garcia-zamor

20070048443 - Method of retrofitting a finished shoe to provide additional cushioning material: A method of retrofitting a finished shoe to provide additional cushioning material. The method includes: providing a curable composition; providing the finished shoe; placing the curable composition directly on at least a portion of the finished shoe that is configured to contact a wearer's body when the finished shoe is... Agent: Garcia-zamor Intellectual Property Law Attn: Ruy Garcia-zamor

20070048444 - Manufacturing method of optical disk and its manufacturing apparatus: A manufacturing method of an optical disk in which information recording layers are formed onto a resin layer laminated on a substrate surface. The substrate surface is coated with the resin layer. The substrate and a stamper are arranged into a vacuum chamber so that the resin layer surface and... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070048445 - Methods for applying sound dampening and/or aesthetic coatings and articles made thereby: A method for providing a coated vehicle transparency, includes the steps of: (a) providing a vehicle transparency having a vision area and a non-vision area; and (b) applying a sound dampening coating composition to at least a portion of the non-vision area of the transparency. The coating composition can an... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070048446 - Gas delivery system for semiconductor processing: The present invention is directed to improving defect performance in semiconductor processing systems. In specific embodiments, an apparatus for processing semiconductor substrates comprises a chamber defining a processing region therein, and a substrate support disposed in the chamber to support a semiconductor substrate. At least one nozzle extends into the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP / Amat

20070048447 - System and method for forming patterned copper lines through electroless copper plating: A method for forming copper on a substrate including inputting a copper source solution into a mixer, inputting a reducing solution into the mixer, mixing copper source solution and the reducing solution to form a plating solution having a pH of greater than about 6.5 and applying the plating solution... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070048448 - Patterning method using coatings containing ionic components: Disclosed is a method of forming a pattern by means of coatings containing an ionic component having a positive or negative electric charge using electrostatic attraction force and/or repulsion force. In the method, it is possible to significantly improve precision and efficiency of the pattern formation.... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070048449 - Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method: In the present invention, a holding table incorporating a heater is provided, for example, in a treatment container of a planarization unit. A pressing plate having a lower surface formed flat is disposed above the holding table. The pressing plate is movable in the vertical direction and can lower to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070048450 - Nickel-base superalloy having an optimized platinum-aluminide coating: A nickel-base superalloy substrate includes a surface region having an integrated aluminum content of from about 18 to about 24 percent by weight and an integrated platinum content of from about 18 to about 45 percent by weight, with the balance components of the substrate. The substrate is preferably a... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070048451 - Substrate movement and process chamber scheduling: A method for depositing tree or more layers on two or more substrates using various chambers in a substrate processing system is provided. In addition, the invention provides substrate transfer methods and suitable substrate processing systems to maximize the throughput of the substrate processing systems and minimizing system footprint. The... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070048452 - Apparatus and method for field-injection electrostatic spray coating of medical devices: An apparatus and method for field-injection electrostatic spray deposition of medical devices like stents. The apparatus includes a medical device holder, which applies a first electrical potential to the medical device, and an electrically insulative electrostatic spray dispensing device having an electrically conductive electrode, which applies a second electrical potential,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070048453 - Systems and methods for plasma doping microfeature workpieces: Systems and methods for plasma doping microfeature workpieces are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of implanting boron ions into a region of a workpiece includes generating a plasma in a chamber, selectively applying a pulsed electrical potential to the workpiece with a duty cycle of between approximately 20... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070048454 - Method for manufacturing a mold core: An exemplary method for manufacturing a mold core includes steps of: providing a mold core preform having a molding surface; ultrasonically cleaning the molding surface of the mold core preform; cleansing the molding surface of the mold core preform using plasma; forming a silicon carbide film on the molding surface... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070048456 - Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition apparatus and method: A substrate processing system includes a deposition chamber and a plurality of tubular electrodes positioned within the deposition chamber defining plasma regions adjacent thereto.... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20070048455 - Thin film forming method: A method for forming thin films of a semiconductor device is provided. The thin film formation method presented here is based upon a time-divisional process gas supply in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method, where the process gases are supplied and purged sequentially, and additionally plasma is generated in synchronization... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP