Coating processes inventions 04/07

20070092634 - Method and device for decorating fingernails with multicolored designs: The present invention relates to a body painting method mainly used in nail beautifying for simultaneously creating a plurality of patterns, and a specialized computer-controlled body-painting machine for realizing the method. In use, a plurality of target body parts to be painted are simultaneously placed onto the clamp of the... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070092635 - Apparatus and method for depositing thin films: An apparatus and method for depositing a thin film, including a processing chamber having a film forming part and a deposition preventing part, the deposition preventing part being peripheral to the film forming part, an evaporation source in fluid communication with the processing chamber for accommodating a deposition material, and... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070092636 - Method of making light emitting device having a molded encapsulant: Disclosed herein is a method of making a light emitting device comprising an LED and a molded silicon-containing encapsulant. The method includes contacting the LED with a photopolymerizable composition containing a silicon-containing resin having silicon-bonded hydrogen and aliphatic unsaturation and a metal-containing catalyst that may be activated by actinic radiation.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070092637 - Forming holes using laser energy: A method for generating via-hole interconnections by laser ablation, wherein the layers to be removed and ablated from the substrate are essentially transparent to the laser radiation, but the laser light is absorbed in an underlying absorbing layer with a sufficiently high optical density at the laser wavelength.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070092638 - Method for the structured metal-coating of polymeric and ceramic support materials, and compound that can be activated and is used in said method: The invention is directed to a method for producing highly adhesive conductive structures on nonconductive substrates, in particular for application in electric circuits, and to a surface-activating compound for use in the method. The method comprises the following method steps: application and selective irradiation of a surface-activating compound, and subsequent... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070092639 - Method for manufacturing magnetoresistive element: There is provided a method for manufacturing a magnetoresistive element having a magnetization pinned layer, a magnetization free layer, and a spacer layer including an insulating layer arranged between the magnetization pinned layer and the magnetization free layer and current paths passing through the insulating layer. The method includes, in... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070092640 - Process for applying organophosphorus-based layers on substrates: A process for applying an organophosphorus-based layer on a substrate, utilizing a solution of an at least partially amine-neutralized organophosphorus acid, is disclosed.... Agent: William J. Uhl

20070092641 - Optical mirror for lenses: A mirrored lens of a plano or ophthalmic type using hardcoats and a topcoat to provide a more durable and easily cleaned.... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, P.l.l.c.

20070092642 - Resist coating method and resist coating apparatus: A resist coating method supplies a resist solution to substantially the center of a target substrate to be processed while rotating the target substrate at a first rotational speed, then decelerates the rotation of the substrate to a second rotational speed lower than the first rotational speed, or until rotational... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070092643 - Resist coating method and resist coating apparatus: A resist coating method supplies a resist solution to substantially the center of a target substrate to be processed while rotating the target substrate at a first rotational speed, then reduces a rotational speed of the target substrate to a second rotational speed lower than the first rotational speed, reduces... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070092644 - Uv curable coating composition: Disclosed is method of coating an inkjet print head using a UV curable coating composition containing a (methyl)acryloxy or vinyl functionalized silane, silica and polyurethane acrylate oligomer containing at least two acrylate groups.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070092645 - Delivering particulate material to a vaporization zone: It is an object of the present invention to provide an effective way of replenishing particulate material for vaporization. This object is achieved by a method for delivering material into a deposition chamber having a vaporization zone to vaporize such material to form a layer. The improvement includes providing a... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070092646 - Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method: A substrate treatment apparatus that treats a substrate under treatment has an interface section, a substrate loading/unloading section, a reduced pressure atmosphere conveyance chamber, and an exposure treatment chamber. The interface section has a conveyance mechanism that can freely load and unload the substrate under treatment from another device into... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070092647 - Boron doped diamond: A layer of single crystal boron doped diamond produced by CVD and having a total boron concentration which is uniform. The layer is formed from a single growth sector, or has a thickness exceeding 100 μm, or has a volume exceeding 1 mm3, or a combination of such characteristics.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070092648 - Chalcogenide solar cells: A precursor material for forming a film of a group IB-IIIA-chalcogenide compound and a method of making this film are disclosed. The film contains group IB-chalcogenide nanoparticles and/or group IIIA-chalcogenide nanoparticles and/or nanoglobules and/or nanodroplets and a source of extra chalcogen. Alternatively, the film may contain core-shell nanoparticles having core... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20070092649 - Functional film and method of pattern formation: A pattern forming method for forming a functional film with a prescribed pattern on a substrate using a droplet discharge method, the pattern forming method includes: a sub region configuration process for: configuring, in a design pattern of the functional film, a plurality of sub regions which divide the designing... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070092650 - Apparatus, method and system for fabricating servo patterns on high density patterned media: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for utilizing a “shadow mask” approach to fabricate servo patterns on high density patterned media. The apparatus may include a deposition mask having a plurality of apertures generated by a conventional lithographic process. Material may be deposited onto a substrate through the deposition... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20070092651 - Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method: A substrate treatment apparatus that treats a substrate under treatment has an interface section, a substrate loading/unloading section, a reduced pressure atmosphere conveyance chamber, and an exposure treatment chamber. The interface section has a conveyance mechanism that can freely load and unload the substrate under treatment from another device into... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070092652 - Screen printing using nanoporous polymeric membranes and conductive inks: Screen printing methods, processes, apparatuses, and techniques using nanoporous polymeric membranes, and electrical components, such as traces, transistors, circuits, assemblies, and the like additively printed utilizing nanoporous membranes. In one embodiment, the invention includes creating a nanoporous membrane through a chemical process. The membrane is patterned and pores are etched... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070092653 - Method for improving application consistency for waterborne effect coating compositions: Waterborne effect coating compositions comprising carboxyalkyl cellulose esters have been demonstrated to yield improved and more consistent appearance than control compositions when applied under a wide range of temperature and humidity conditions.... Agent: Polly C. Owen Eastman Chemical Company

20070092654 - Methods and apparatuses for fluidic self assembly: Methods and apparatuses for assembling a structure onto a substrate. A method according to one aspect of the invention includes dispensing a slurry onto a substrate wherein the slurry includes a first plurality of elements, each of which is designed to mate with a receptor region on said substrate and... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070092655 - Apparatus and method for applying coating solution, die and method for assembling thereof: A die of a coating apparatus for applying a coating solution includes down- and upstream blocks in a feeding direction of a web, which respectively have a first lip and a second lip. A lip land of the first lip is shorter than a lip land of the second lip... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070092656 - Reactive cyclic carbonates and ureas used for modifying biomolecules, polymers, and surfaces: Disclosed are reactive cyclic carbonates and ureas of formula (I) or (II), wherein R and X have the meaning indicated in the description. Said carbonates and ureas allow functional groups to be specifically introduced into biomolecules, polymers, and surfaces in mild conditions.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20070092657 - Spray booth: The present application is directed to a spray booth comprising a first enclosure for applying spray material and a second enclosure for drying spray material. An exhaust system is in fluid connection with the first and second enclosures. A fire suppression system is in fluid connection with at least one... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20070092658 - Electroless plating apparatus and electroless plating method: An electroless plating apparatus can form a protective film on exposed surfaces of embedded interconnects stably with good selectivity for thereby protecting the interconnects. The electroless plating apparatus includes a magnetic removal portion for magnetically removing small magnetic suspended solids in an electroless plating solution which have not been removed... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070092659 - Method for creating a smooth coating transition zone: Disclosed herein is a method comprising inclining a spray gun of a high velocity oxygen fuel device at an angle of 15 degrees to a perpendicular to a substrate; incrementally displacing the spray gun to an angle of 35 degrees to the perpendicular to the substrate; spraying a surface of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070092660 - Method and device for forming wiring: The present invention provides the method for forming a fine wiring quickly by using magnetic ink. Also the present invention provides wiring forming method and device by which the coffee stain and the migration are not caused due to the ink with the uniformly dispersed metal nanoparticles so that the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070087114 - Microstamping activated polymer surfaces: Methods of attaching a ligand to a surface are described that include contacting a surface with a substrate containing an amphiphilic comb polymer. The substrate is configured to provide a pattern of the amphiphilic comb polymer on a selected region of the surface. The substrate can be separated from the... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070087113 - Surface-modified medical devices and method of making: A medical device having a reduced affinity for bacterial attachment comprises a coating polymer that is attached to a surface thereof, the coating polymer providing a plurality of charges at a physiological condition. The medical device is produced by contacting the coating polymer with the medical device such that the... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20070087115 - Method for applying a paste-like mass: A method and device for applying a paste-like mass having an adhesive or sealant that can cure and consists of at least two components, onto a work piece. The mass is formed in a mixing chamber of an application head by mixing at least one first and one second adhesive... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070087116 - Use of nanomaterials in secondary electrical insulation coatings: Use of the barrier property effect of nanomaterials to improve the electrical insulation resistance, corrosion protection and bond strength properties of electromagnetic devices. The beneficial effects are realized with nanomaterial loadings of 1-20%, and preferably between 1-5%, parts by weight of coating resins. Nanomaterials include, but are not limited to,... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070087117 - Process for protecting openings in a component during a treatment process, preventing penetration of material, and a ceramic material: In the process according to the invention for protecting openings in a component made from an electrically conductive base material, in particular from metal or from a metal alloy, during a treatment process, preventing penetration of material, prior to the treatment process the openings are closed up using a filling... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070087118 - Method and compositions with nonexpandable or expanded beads for coating ceramic substrates: A curable composition including a curable organic binder and organic particles that are not expanded or expandable is disclosed. The particles are rigid at or below a first temperature and become soft at temperatures at which the organic binder is cured. Methods for printing substrates are also disclosed.... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070087119 - Rapid, thermally cured, back side mar resistant and antireflective coating for ophthalmic lenses: Disclosed is a process to rapidly spin-apply an AR coating system to a backside of a prescription lens. The AR coating system comprises a polyurethane primer layer, a siloxane thermally cured scratch resistant coating layer, a two-layer sol-gel AR coating, and a hydrophobic layer. The process comprising steps of spin-applying... Agent: Inskeep Intellectual Property Group, Inc

20070087120 - Fluid diffusion layers: Fluid diffusion layers with favorable mechanical, physical and structural properties are prepared for fuel cell electrodes by: impregnating a porous carbonaceous web with a matrix comprising a polymer having pyrrolidone functionality and a high carbon char yield resin, such as activated aramid fiber pulp, lignins, phenolics, benzoxazines and phthalonitriles; and... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070087121 - Apparatus and method for synthesizing chiral carbon nanotubes: An exemplary apparatus facilitating the synthesis of chiral carbon nanotubes includes a reaction chamber, and a first electrode and a second electrode disposed in the reaction chamber. The first electrode and the second electrode are spaced apart from each other and define a space therebetween. The space is configured for... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070087122 - Semiconductor device, mounting substrate and method of manufacturing mounting substrate, circuit board, and electronic instrument: There is provided a semiconductor device comprising: a first plating layer formed on one surface of an interconnect pattern; a second plating layer formed within through holes in the interconnect pattern; a semiconductor chip electrically connected to the first plating layer; an anisotropic conductive material provided on the first plating... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070087123 - Photocurable adhesive composition and its use in the optical field: The invention concerns a photocurable adhesive composition comprising, based on total weight of photopolymerizable monomers and/or oligomers of the composition: 5 to 60 wt % of at least one mono or polyacrylate monomer or oligomer thereof (A); 5 to 50 wt % of at least one thio(meth)acrylate monomer or oligomer... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070087124 - Composition for forming porous film, porous film and method for forming the same, interlevel insulator film, and semiconductor device: e

20070087126 - Method for making a decorative laminate: Disclosed is a method for making an ultra thin decorative laminate. In the method, there is provided releasing paper with three-dimensional texture. A substrate is coated on the releasing paper. The releasing paper and the substrate are dried. An elastomer layer is coated on the substrate. The releasing paper, the... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070087125 - Process for producing top coat film used in lithography: The present invention relates to a process for producing a top coat film used in a lithography. This process includes the steps of (a) providing a polymer that dissolves in an alkali developing solution, the polymer having in the molecule at least one group that is optionally protected and that... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070087127 - Manufacturing method of column and board articles: A manufacturing method of column and board articles comprises various types of recycled materials densely bonded onto the outer surfaces of a tough plate material of appropriate size and thickness to form a base board that, depending on the demand for the sizes and different shapes thereof, can be synchronically... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070087128 - Shielded system with a housing having a high atomic number metal coating applied by thermal spray technique: A radiation-shielded system and method of producing a radiation-shielded system having at least one component susceptible to disruption upon exposure to ionizing radiation, wherein the susceptible component is protected by a rigid housing having a metallic layer of high atomic number that is deposited on the surface of the housing... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070087129 - Methods for repairing a workpiece: A method for repairing a workpiece includes the steps of providing an unstripped, coated workpiece comprising a surface having a localized damage site; masking the workpiece about the localized damage site; generating a microplasma stream; and applying a first powdered material to the localized damage site using the microplasma stream;... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20070087130 - Deposition device: It is an object of the present invention to provide a deposition device that can selectively form a thin film without using a shadow mask with respect to a substrate having a large size. In the deposition device, an evaporation source is provided with a cylinder cell, a heater for... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler, Ltd

20070087131 - Methods of forming multilayer articles by surface treatment applications: Coated articles may comprise one or more coating layers, including water resistant coatings. A method comprises applying such coating layers by treating the article substrate by one or more methods selected from flame treatment, corona treatment, ionized air treatment, plasma air treatment and plasma arc treatment and dip, spray or... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070082120 - Method and apparatus for loading a beneficial agent into an expandable medical device: The present invention relates to method and apparatus for dispensing a beneficial agent into an expandable medical device. The method includes the step of placing an expandable medical device on a mandrel, the medical device forming a cylindrical device having a plurality of openings and dispensing a beneficial agent into... Agent: Cindy A. Lynch Conor Medsystems, Inc.

20070082121 - Processes for texturing the surface of a hearing instrument: The physical fit, comfort, and appearance of a hearing instrument that resides in the ear can be improved by providing the shell of the instrument with a textured finish. A variety of textured finishes can be imparted during the fabrication process or applied after fabrication.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070082122 - Method of controlling chemical solution applying apparatus, chemical solution applying apparatus, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device: A method for controlling a chemical solution applying apparatus is disclosed. The method includes setting at least two dummy dispense rates for dummy dispensation which is periodically carried out by the chemical solution applying apparatus, and switching the dummy dispense rates so that the amount of chemical solution dispensed during... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070082123 - Method of producing an electroluninescent display: A method of producing an electroluminescent display is provided. A medium is obtained from a stream of commerce. The medium is activated to form a pattern such that the medium emits light by electroluminescence according to the pattern in response to electrical energization.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070082124 - Methods and equipment for depositing high quality reflective coatings: Methods and equipment for depositing coatings on glass and other substrates. In some embodiments, methods and equipment are provided for depositing reflective thin film coatings, such as low-emissivity coatings that are particularly reflective of infrared radiation, optionally by a downward coating operation. In some embodiments, such a downward coating operation... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20070082125 - Fuel cell manufacturing method and fuel cell: The manufacturing method of the invention is applied to manufacture a unit fuel cell 20, which has a hydrogen-permeable metal layer 22 of a hydrogen-permeable metal and an electrolyte layer 21 that is located on the hydrogen-permeable metal layer 22 and has proton conductivity. The method first forms the electrolyte... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070082126 - Method and apparatus for efficient application of prime background shingle granules: A method and apparatus for making shingles includes discharging blend drop granules onto first sections of a moving sheet, and discharging background granules onto second sections of the sheet where the second sections are different from the first sections.... Agent: Owens Corning

20070082127 - Process for producing a structured metal layer on a substrate body: Process for producing a structured metal layer on a substrate body, in which either a structured bonding layer is applied to the substrate body, in order for a metal foil or a metal powder to be fixed on this bonding layer, or in which a metal foil or a metal... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070082128 - Method for coating a substrate: The invention relates to a method for coating a substrate with a metal or a metallic compound. According to said method, a metallo-organic parent compound and a substrate to be coated are introduced into a receptacle. Before the coating process, an organic solubilizer for the metal-organic parent compound is applied... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070082129 - Metal composite diamond-like carbon (dlc) film, method and apparatus for forming the same, and slide member: A DLC film that has a low friction coefficient and that is superior in adhesion and wear resistance, and a method for forming the film are provided. A slide member having a protective film that has a low friction coefficient and that is superior in wear resistance and adhesion, and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070082130 - Method for foming metal wiring structure: A method for forming a metal wiring structure includes: (i) providing a multi-layer structure including an exposed wiring layer and an exposed insulating layer in a reaction space; (ii) introducing an —NH2 or >NH terminal at least on an exposed surface of the insulating layer in a reducing atmosphere; (iii)... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070082131 - Optimized high purity coating for high temperature thermal cycling applications: The invention is directed to a blended material and method for obtaining thermal barriers for high temperature cycling applications that have both high sintering resistance to achieve a high service lifetime and low thermal conductivity to achieve high operating temperatures. These materials are additionally suited for use in high temperature... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20070082132 - Method for forming metal wiring structure: A method for forming a metal wiring structure includes: (i) providing a multi-layer structure including an exposed wiring layer and an exposed insulating layer in a reaction space; (ii) introducing an —NH2 or >NH terminal at least on an exposed surface of the insulating layer in a reducing atmosphere; (iii)... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070082133 - Method of metallizing a silicone rubber substrate: A method of metallizing a silicone rubber substrate, the method comprising the steps of (i) depositing a primer layer of aluminum on a surface of a silicone rubber substrate, and (ii) depositing a layer of a ductile metal on the primer layer of aluminum, wherein the ductile metal is selected... Agent: Dow Corning Corporation Co1232

20070082134 - Method of processing a substrate and apparatus processing the same: A spin chuck rotatably holds a semiconductor wafer, while resist is dropped on a surface of the semiconductor wafer through a resist application nozzle and thus applied thereon, and before the resist applied on the wafer dries, a cleaning liquid is supplied through a bevel cleaning nozzle to a portion... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070082135 - Coating glass containers and labels: A method is disclosed herein for uniformly coating the exterior surface of a glass bottle and the label affixed thereon to enhance the aesthetic appeal of the bottle and the label affixed thereon, to waterproof the label, and to allow the reuse of the label when the bottle is recycled... Agent: Ashok Tankha Lipton, Weinberger & Husick

20070082136 - Buffer brush stain applicator: A improved method of applying stain to wood-floors by combining the elements of carpet as the carrier and brush that applies the stain though its shape and texture along with the mechanical assistance of a buffers performance, weight and (178)RPM cannot be consistently matched by a worker applying the stain... Agent: Edward Thomas Biernot

20070082137 - Catalytic coatings, method for forming the same, and their application: The present invention discloses a method for forming a catalytic coating. First, at least one alcohol is provided. Then, at least one alcohol and a solvent are mixed to form a middle solution. Next, a heating process is performed to heat the middle solution, and during the heating process, adding... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070082138 - Surface treatment method of fiber reinforced plastic substrate: A surface treatment method of an FRP substrate is provided. According to the method, an FRP substrate that is less deformed than a conventional flexible substrate material is used, and surface roughness, which is a drawback of the FRP substrate, is improved so that it may be applied to the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070082139 - Process for the flame-retardant treatment of fiber products: In the case of fiber products which contain from 20 to 100% by weight of cellulose fibers, flame-retardant properties can be achieved by applying a polyethylenimine and a phosphonic acid to the fiber products or to precursors thereof. The precursors of the fiber products may be aqueous fiber suspensions which... Agent: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation Patent Department

20070082140 - Manufacturing method of laminated body, manufacturing organic device and organic thin-film solar cell using same, and organic device and organic thin-film solar cell: A main object of the invention is to provide a manufacturing method of a laminated body which can make the following matters possible: when two or more layers are formed to be laminated by coating, constituents of an underlying layer are restrained from eluting into a solvent in a coating-solution... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20070082141 - Composite membrane for separating organic solvents and the method for fabricating the same: This invention discloses a composite membrane for separating organic solvents that comprises a carrier layer, a support layer and a separation layer. The material of the separation layer is chitosan containing nano-inorganic particles, wherein the nano-inorganic particles are uniformly embedded in the the chitosan separation layer. This invention also discloses... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070082142 - Superabsorbent polymers having radiation activatable surface cross-linkers and method of making them: The present invention relates to superabsorbent polymer particles with improved surface cross-linking and their use in absorbent articles. The superabsorbent polymer particles of the present invention comprise a water-absorbing resin and the reaction product of a radiation activatable surface cross-linker wherein the reaction product of the radiation activatable surface cross-linker... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070082143 - Coating material supply installation and associated operating procedure: A coating means supply device, in particular for a paint facility, having a coating means meter that meters coating means to be applied to application equipment. The coating means supply device includes a coating means reservoir for holding the coating means and for supplying the coating means meter with the... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070082144 - Method for forming thin film pattern, thin film manufacturing device, conductive thin film wiring, electro-optic device, electronic apparatus, and non-contact card medium: A contact angle for a liquid on a substrate is set by a surface treatment process such that defects do not occur in a thin film pattern. In particular, the contact angle is set in a range of 15° to 45°. By doing this, it is possible to provide a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070077346 - Medical prosthetic devices and implants having improved biocompatibility: Disclosed are medical prosthetic device or medical implants which exhibit improved biocompatibility. The devices or implants include a metal material, e.g., titanium, in which the metal surfaces are coated with a corresponding hydride material that contains one or more biomolecule substance. The biomolecule substance may contain one or more biologically... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070077347 - Flat process of drug coating for stents: A drug-coated stent and a method for fabricating the stent are disclosed. The stent has an originally flat pattern and connection points where the sides of the flat pattern are joined. The method includes the steps of a) cutting a stent pattern into a flat piece of metal thereby to... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070077348 - Process for providing antimicrobial surfaces: Processes for providing durable antimicrobial surfaces are disclosed that comprise treating a polymer substrate surface with formaldehyde followed by treatment with an antimicrobial peptide. Further embodiments include articles, including medical devices, characterized by a durable antimicrobial surface provided by the processes of the invention.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070077349 - Patterning oled device electrodes and optical material: A method of making an OLED display having a plurality of OLED devices includes providing a plurality of OLED devices on a substrate, such OLED devices sharing a common light-transmissive electrode; forming a patterned conductive layer structure over the common light-transmissive electrode to define wells in alignment with emissive areas... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070077350 - Process for manufacturing a catalyst-coated polymer electrolyte membrane: The present invention relates to a process for manufacture of a catalyst-coated polymer electrolyte membrane (CCM) for electrochemical devices. The process is characterized in that a polymer electrolyte membrane is used which is supported on its backside to a first supporting foil. After coating of the front side, a second... Agent: Kalow & Springut LLP

20070077351 - Coated particles and method of making and using: A coated particle, as well as a method of making a coated particle are described. The coated particle includes a core and a coating. The coating at least partially covers the core. The method of making a coated particle includes i) providing a colloidal solution having a core; ii) providing... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070077352 - Photoresist coating system and method: A photoresist coating system and method solving an edge bead problem that occurs in photoresist coating by adding at least one of high boiling point solvent, which may generate a film on the surface of a solvent having a higher boiling point than a solvent contained in a liquid photoresist... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070077358 - Apparatus for depositing an organic layer and method for controlling a heating unit thereof: An apparatus for depositing an organic layer and a method for controlling the heating unit thereof are provided. The apparatus includes a crucible positioned in a deposition chamber and containing materials for evaporation. The apparatus also includes a heating unit having first and second heat sources for heating the crucible.... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070077355 - Film formation apparatus and methods including temperature and emissivity/pattern compensation: A film formation system 10 has a processing chamber 15 bounded by sidewalls 18 and a top cover 11. In one embodiment, the top cover 11 has a reflective surface 13 for reflecting radiant energy back onto a substrate 19, pyrometers 405 for measuring the temperature of the substrate 19... Agent: Diehl Servilla, LLC

20070077356 - Method for atomic layer deposition of materials using an atmospheric pressure for semiconductor devices: A method for atomic layer deposition. The method includes providing a substrate having a surface region and exposing the surface region of the substrate to an atmospheric pressure. The method also maintains at least the substrate at about the atmospheric pressure and forms a film overlying the surface region using... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070077353 - Plasma-assisted vapor phase treatment of low dielectric constant films using a batch processing system: A method and system for treating a dielectric film on a plurality of substrates includes disposing the plurality of substrates in a batch processing system, the dielectric film on the plurality of substrates having a dielectric constant value less than the dielectric constant of SiO2. The plurality of substrates are... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070077357 - Source for inorganic layer and method for controlling heating source thereof: A deposition source for an inorganic layer and a method for controlling a heating source thereof capable of improving a deposition efficiency, preventing condensation of a nozzle, and/or precisely controlling the temperature by minimizing the time that is needed to reach a stabilization of a deposition rate. The deposition source... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070077354 - Thermal conditioning plate with gas gap leak: Methods and apparatus enable thermal conditioning of a substrate in a vacuum chamber that is evacuated to a high vacuum pressure. The substrate rests on a thermally controlled support that defines a cavity area between an underside of the substrate and a recessed section of the support. A fence of... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070077359 - Method and apparatus for controlling nucleation in self-assembled films: A method of forming a self-assembled film on a substrate includes the steps of providing film precursors on the substrate, wherein the film precursors are maintained in an amorphous state. A dispensing member containing a pH adjusting medium is provided and the pH adjusting medium is dispensed onto the substrate... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20070077360 - Method of reducing surface tackiness of silicone rubber cured product, liquid silicone rubber composition for sealing semiconductor, silicone rubber-sealed semiconductor device, and method of producing semiconductor device: A method of reducing surface tackiness of a silicone rubber cured product is provided. The method includes coating the surface of a cured product of a curable silicone rubber composition, which has a molar ratio within the composition of hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms relative to alkenyl groups bonded... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070077361 - Roofing articles with reflective thin films and the process of producing the same: A roofing article is prepared by applying a thin metal or metal oxide film to a base substrate. The thin film has greater than about 80 percent transmission of incident radiation having a wavelength between 300 nm and 700 nm and greater that about 60 percent reflectance of incident radiation... Agent: Paul And Paul

20070077362 - Methods for preparing and testing a thermal-spray coated substrate: A method for fabricating and testing an article having a thermal-spray coating thereon. The method includes providing a substrate article having a surface, thermally spraying a coating material onto the surface of the substrate article, wherein a surface of contact between the coating material and the substrate article is a... Agent: John S. Beulick Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070077363 - Thermal spray powder and method for forming a thermal spray coating: A thermal spray powder includes granulated and sintered yttria particles obtained by granulating and sintering a raw material powder in air or oxygen. The primary particles constituting the granulated and sintered yttria particles have an average particle size between 0.5 and 1.5 μm inclusive, and 1.11 times or more as... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070077364 - Method to coat insulation film on aluminum body of electrolytic capacitor: A method to coat insulation film on aluminum body of electrolytic capacitor, which is to produce ion beam according to the high potential difference between anode and cathode, or microwave controlled electric field with microwave generator; this ion strikes polytetrafluoroethylene so as to strike out fluorine atom, then gaseous ion... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070077365 - Thin-film forming method, magnetic recording medium manufacturing method, and thin-film forming apparatus: A thin-film forming method feeds out a belt-shaped web from a roll produced by winding the web and causes the web to run around a cooling drum while simultaneously forming a thin film on the web by vapor-phase deposition. A roll with a rebound hardness of no greater than 691L... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070077366 - Plasma doping method and plasma doping apparatus for performing the same: A method of doping ions into an object using plasma, including providing a doping gas between a first electrode and a second electrode, where an object is disposed between the first and the second electrodes, applying a first power to the first electrode and grounding the second electrode, exciting the... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070077367 - Method for forming a pattern and liquid ejection apparatus: A nozzle surface capable of reflecting a laser beam is formed on a surface of a liquid ejection head opposed to a substrate. A reflection preventing film is provided on the nozzle surface. The laser beam reflected by a reflective surface and the nozzle surface is attenuated through interference between... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070077368 - Ion beam method for removing an organic light emitting material: A method of removing an organic, preferably polymeric, light-emitting material (4) from defined areas of a substrate (1) comprises the steps of arranging a shadow mask (5) to overlie the organic material other than in the defined areas, and applying a beam of ions (7) to the defined areas through... Agent: Howson And Howson

20070077369 - Ferrite thin film, method of manufacturing the same and electromagnetic noise suppressor using the same: A ferrite film is formed by regularly arranging constituents such as magnetized grains or one analogous to that. In the ferrite film, the constituents have at least one of the uniaxial anisotropy and the multiaxial anisotropy. The ferrite film has the magnetic anisotropy or the magnetic isotropy. The ferrite film... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070077370 - Gasoline-impermeable coatings: A coating that can be adhered to a polyethylene gasoline container to substantially reduce its gas permeability, and a gasoline container treated with such a coating. A single-component cationic curing composition with increased impermeability to gasoline vapor uses a bis “F” epoxy in combination with a catalyst and oxetane. The... Agent: Trask Britt