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Coating processes June archive of inventions by patent app class 06/07

20070148325 - Multi-nozzle for granulation and method for manufacturing granular product: The present invention provides a granulation method with increased drying effect while assuring the pressure for spraying the aqueous solution and the necessary number of nozzles equivalent to those of conventional design. Specifically, the granulation method uses a granulator structured by a fluid bed which fluidizes the granulating-particles, an air... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070148327 - Method for determining solvent permeability of films: A method is disclosed to measure the permeability of films or coatings towards solvents (e.g. water). First a substrate comprising an absorption or container layer is provided, preferably the material is a porous material. To study water permeability, the porous material is hydrophilic or is made hydrophilic by means of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070148332 - Method of forming phosphor film and method of manufacturing light emitting diode package incorporating the same: The invention relates to a method of forming a phosphor film and a method of manufacturing an LED package incorporating the same. The method of forming a phosphor film includes mixing phosphor and light-transmitting beads in an aqueous solvent such that the nano-sized light-transmitting beads having a first charge are... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070148326 - Syringe: The present invention relates to a syringe including a barrel and a plunger. The barrel, the plunger, or both the barrel and the plunger can be made from or coated with a material that provides advantageous function and/or durability of these components. In certain embodiments, the barrel, the plunger, or... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070148328 - Photoalignment of liquid crystals using poly(vinylstilbazolium) polymers: Zb is a stilbazole unit, and n varies from 4 to 10,000. The present invention also relates to a display using a layer of the photoaligned material and methods for aligning the orientation layer as well as orienting a liquid crystal layer applied to the photoaligned orientation layer.... Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff

20070148329 - Method of making a superconducting conductor: A method of forming a superconducting conductor is disclosed. The method provides translating a substrate tape through a deposition chamber and along a helical path, where the helical path has multiple windings of the substrate tape and each winding of the substrate tape extends along a feed path and a... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20070148330 - Superconducting article and method of forming a superconducting article: A superconducting article and a method of making a superconducting article is described. The method of forming a superconducting article includes providing a substrate, forming a buffer layer to overlie the substrate, the buffer layer including a first buffer film deposited in the presence of an ion beam assist source... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20070148331 - Printing process and method for improving side-bottom ratio: A printing screen, printing process and method for improving side-bottom ratio are provided. The printing screen mainly comprises a plurality of printing units, wherein each of the printing units comprises a body and a protrusion structure. The body has an ink aperture, and the protrusion structure extends from a surface... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070148333 - Manufacturing equipment of display device and manufacturing method of display device: A manufacturing method of a display device, which has a display pixel having a light emitting element including a carrier transporting layer, includes a material fixing step of coating a solution containing a carrier transporting material on a pixel forming region for forming the display pixel and drying the solution... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070148334 - Organometallic light-emitting material: wherein E=Group 16 elements (including sulphur); M=Group 10 metal (including platinum); R1-R14 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; halogen; alkyl; substituted alkyl; aryl; substituted aryl, with substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, lower alkyl and recognized donor and acceptor groups. R1 can also be... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070148335 - Method of manufacturing electrode for electrochemical capacitor and apparatus for manufacturing electrode for electrochemical capacitor: An apparatus comprises a coating portion which forms, on a collector, a coated film comprising porous particles, a binder which binds the porous particles, and a solvent which dissolves the binder, a hot-air drying portion which forms a polarizable electrode layer by hot-air drying of the coated film, and an... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070148336 - Photovoltaic contact and wiring formation: A method and apparatus for fabricating a solar cell and forming metal contact is disclosed. Solar cell contact and wiring is formed by depositing a thin film stack of a first metal material and a second metal material as an initiation layer or seed layer for depositing a bulk metal... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070148337 - Flame-perforated aperture masks: An aperture mask is provided comprising an elongated web of flexible film having at least one deposition mask pattern formed in the film, wherein the deposition mask pattern defines deposition apertures that extend through the film that define at least a portion of one or more electronic circuit elements, and... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070148338 - Repair of natural damage during the production of wood comprising articles: The present invention relates to a process for repairing one or more damaged spots in a wooden part during the production of a wood-comprising article, which repair process comprises the steps of: filling in at least one damaged spot in the, preferably uncoated, wooden part with a radiation-curable composition, placing... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070148339 - Water-resistant vegetable protein powder adhesive compositions: Water-resistant, protein-based powder adhesive compositions and methods for preparing them are provided. The adhesives are prepared by denaturing a vegetable protein, such as soy flour to the “preferred adhesive state”, co-polymerizing with one or more reactive cross-linking agents and spray-drying or freeze-drying the composition to preserve the preferred adhesive state.... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070148340 - Algae resistant roofing system containing silver compounds, algae resistant shingles, and process for producing same: Algae-resistant roofing granules include inert base particles with an exterior coating including high-surface area silver as a biocide.... Agent: Paul And Paul

20070148341 - Electronic circuit device and manufacturing method thereof: The manufacturing method for an electronic circuit device comprises attaching an electronic circuit assembly including a circuit substrate with electronic circuit elements attached to a base, joining lead terminals integrally with the base via frames before molding the lead terminals composed of a different material from that of the base... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070148342 - Controlled time-release algae resistant roofing system: Time-release algae-resistant roofing granules have a base particle including an algaecide and an outer coating layer including another algaecide. The at least two algaecides are released over different predetermined periods. The outer layer protects the base particle from exposure to the environment for a predetermined period, then fails catastrophically so... Agent: Paul And Paul

20070148343 - Composition for opaque coating, lamp with coating, and method of manufacture: A composition for the manufacture of an opaque silvery coating on a glass surface is provided. The composition comprises a mixture of at least two metal powders. The metal powder mixture contains carbonyl iron and aluminum, and a carrier liquid for forming a suspension of the metal powder mixture. A... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070148344 - Spin-coating method, determination method for spin-coating condition and mask blank: A spin-coating method according to the present invention includes a uniforming step of rotating a substrate at a predetermined main rotation speed for a predetermined main rotation time so as to primarily make a resist film thickness uniform, and a subsequent drying step of rotating the substrate at a predetermined... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070148348 - Evaporation source and method of depositing thin film using the same: An evaporation source and method for depositing a thin film, including a crucible having a predetermined space for placing a deposition material and at least one baffle, the baffle positioned inside the crucible and parallel to the predetermined space to divide the crucible into a plurality of channels, a heating... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070148347 - Process for producing oxide films: Processes are provided for producing bismuth-containing oxide thin films by atomic layer deposition. In preferred embodiments an organic bismuth compound having at least one monodentate alkoxide ligand is used as a bismuth source material. Bismuth-containing oxide thin films can be used, for example, as ferroelectric or dielectric materials in integrated... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070148345 - Process for the deposition by cvd of a silver film on a substrate: The invention relates to the deposition of thin silver films on various substrates, particularly superconductor substrates. The method consists of CVD deposition of silver on a substrate with the aid of a silver precursor solution. The silver precursor is an RCO2Ag silver carboxylate, wherein R is a linear or branched... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070148349 - Showerhead, film forming apparatus including showerhead and method for manufacturing ferroelectric film: A showerhead used for forming a ferroelectric film includes: a first gas chamber that is charged with a first gas including at least a metal element composing the ferroelectric film; a second gas chamber that is charged with at least a second gas that reacts with the first gas; a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070148346 - Systems and methods for deposition of graded materials on continuously fed objects: Embodiments of the invention include a deposition machine that allows for continuous deposition of an object or substrate with a coating having a graded composition. The deposition machine includes a deposition chamber separated into a plurality of chamber areas by a baffle having an opening. The opening allows for migration... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070148350 - Enhanced thin film deposition: Methods of producing metal-containing thin films with low impurity contents on a substrate by atomic layer deposition (ALD) are provided. The methods preferably comprise contacting a substrate with alternating and sequential pulses of a metal source chemical, a second source chemical and a deposition enhancing agent. The deposition enhancing agent... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070148352 - Antireflective film and production method thereof: An antireflective film comprising a transparent film substrate and an antireflective layer present on at least one surface of the substrate. The antireflective layer consists of three layers, i.e., a first layer which is closest to the substrate layer, a second layer, and a third layer which is farthest from... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070148351 - Manufacturing apparatus: The present invention provides an evaporation apparatus, which is one type of film formation apparatus and provides superior uniformity in EL layer film thickness, superior throughput, and improved utilization efficiency of EL materials and an evaporation method. The present invention is characterized in that an evaporation source holder, in which... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070148353 - Ink for screen printing, method for producing same, and method for manufacturing edge and damper of speaker using same: A screen printing ink includes micelle structural particles formed by aggregating molecules of ammonium acrylate to dispersed particles containing phenol resin, and a dispersion medium for dispersing the micelle structural particle.... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070148355 - Apparatus and methods for deoxidizing metal surfaces: Methods for deoxidizing metallic surfaces are disclosed. Such a method may include contacting a surface of a metal strip with one or more chemical solutions until a potential drop across a thickness of the metal strip is less than a pre-selected value. To process a metal strip such that it... Agent: Henkel Corporation

20070148354 - Methods for improving coating adhesion: Methods for improving adhesion between a coating and a substrate using compositions comprising chlorinated polyolefin and a compound comprising ethylene vinyl acetate are disclosed.... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070148356 - Method to use an emulsified material as a coating: The invention relates to a novel method to use an emulsified material as a surface coating comprising the steps of: (a) applying an emulsified material to a surface of a substrate and (b) drying or allowing to dry the emulsified material as a surface coating on the substrate. The method... Agent: The Lubrizol Corporation Attn: Docket Clerk, Patent Dept.

20070148358 - Apparatus and method for manufacturing surface protection film with a topcoat: A method of manufacturing a surface protection film for protecting an exposed surfaces from harsh environments weathering may comprise coating a carrier film with a topcoat layer, extruding a polyurethane layer directly onto an exposed surface of the topcoat layer such that the polyurethane film and the topcoat layer bond... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070148357 - Fast hardening aqueous coating composition: A high build, fast drying and fast hardening aqueous coating composition comprising: (a) a latex binder comprising: (i) 35 to 65% by weight, based on said latex binder weight, of at least one hard monomer; (ii) 25 to 55% by weight, based on said latex binder weight, of at least... Agent: The Sherwin-williams Company

20070148360 - Low temperature bumping process: A method for low temperature bumping is disclosed. A resin capable of being cross-linked by free-radical or cationic polymerization at low temperature is provided. Electrically conductive particles are then added to the resin to form a mixture. The mixture is then activated by heat or exposure to light to polymerize... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070148359 - Method and apparatus for on-site mixing of liquid deicer: An apparatus and method for preparing and dispensing a liquid deicer. The apparatus and method allow deicer ingredients or precursors to be combined in an exothermic reaction to produce a heated deicer at the location where it will be used. In one implementation, potassium hydroxide and acetic acid are combined... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070148361 - Method of treating graphite for making hydrophilic articles: An exemplary method of making a hydrophilic article includes controlling a rate of precipitation of titania from a titanate to allow coating at least a selected portion of the article with the titanate before the precipitation is complete.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070148362 - Spay coating unit and method of spray coating: The object of the invention is a spray coating unit (1) for treating a moving paper or board web (3) with a treating agent, the spray coating unit comprising an application chamber (P2), through which the web (3) to be treated is arranged to move, the application chamber (P2) containing... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070148363 - Method for manufacturing a photocatalytically active layer: A process for manufacturing metallic objects such as films, sheet metal or moldings, with a photocatalytically active surface through the application or introduction of photocatalytically active material by means of cold-gas spraying technology is disclosed. To increase the durability of the layer, the spray material contains oxide ceramics and a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070148364 - Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method: An RF power (Bottom RF) from a radio-frequency power source 12 is turned off (t5) and the supply of a He gas 14 to a back face of a wafer W is stopped (t5) when an end point detector 17 (EPD) detects an end point (t5), and a high-voltage DC... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070148365 - Process and apparatus for coating paper: A method for forming paper or paperboard includes applying a plurality of nanofibers to a web of cellulose paper fibers using an electrospinning device comprising a plurality of meniscus initiators. The paper or paperboard may also be coated with a top coating to provide desired print properties.... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P.

20070148366 - Side-specific treatment of textiles using plasmas: An apparatus and method for generating gas-phase active chemical species suitable for selectively processing one side of a textile or nonwoven material are described. Processing includes etching or stripping coatings, as examples. A low-temperature plasma is used to produce an ionized gas containing radical species, atoms, ions, and electrons, some... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC

20070148368 - Apparatus for plasma treatment of dielectric bodies: In order to allow a continuous production process for the plasma treatment of workpieces, an apparatus for plasma treatment of workpieces is provided which comprises a transport device and a plasma generating device which injects electromagnetic energy into an area of the apparatus during operation, in which the transport device... Agent: M. Robert Kestenbaum

20070148367 - Chemical vapor deposition apparatus and methods of using the apparatus: A chemical vapor deposition apparatus comprises a heating element capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation; a retort positioned relative to the heating element to receive the electromagnetic radiation; an encasing member at least partially disposed around the retort, the encasing member comprising a material that is at least partially transparent to... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070141231 - Method of making a plastic colorimetric resonant biosensor device with liquid handling capabilities: Methods of producing liquid handling biosensor devices are provided. The liquid handling biosensor devices allow detection of biomolecular interactions in liquid. The use of labels is not required and the methods can be performed in a high-throughput manner.... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070141232 - Selectively coating luminal surfaces of stents: With abluminal side of a stent masked, the luminal side of the stent is selectively coated with a substance, such as an anti-coagulant, a platelet inhibitor and/or a pro-healing substance. The stent can be masked by inserting it into a rigid mandrel chamber or by compressing a masking sleeve onto... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20070141233 - Eb-pvd system with automatic melt pool height control: A system for applying a coating to a part has a crucible configured for receiving an ingot, a drive for feeding the ingot into the crucible, and an energy source for heating the ingot and melting a portion of the ingot such that it forms a molten pool and then... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070141234 - Method of fabricating organic light emitting diode array: The present invention discloses a method of fabricating organic light emitting diode array, which adopts a directional spin coating technology to grow different organic light-emitting materials on the same plane so as to control the color of the emitted light and accomplish monochrome or full color organic light emitting diodes.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070141236 - Manufacturing method of electroluminescent device: An electroluminescent element which is superior in luminescence properties and lifetime can be provided by forming a thin film with high controllability according to the invention. An electroluminescent layer is formed over a first electrode by applying a current density of from 0.4 to 1.5 mA/cm2 for from 0.8 to... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070141235 - Method for forming multi-layer cathode in organic light-emitting devices: A method for manufacturing an organic light-emitting device includes forming an anode over a substrate, at least one organic light-emitting layer over the anode, a buffer layer over the organic light emitting layer, and a cathode over the buffer layer. The cathode is formed of first, second and third cathode... Agent: Mark J. Marcelli Duane Morris LLP

20070141237 - Method for producing membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cell: Disclosed is a method for removing a solvent (41) in an electrolyte membrane (24) as a constituent of a membrane-electrode assembly (12) used in a fuel cell. The membrane-electrode assembly is arranged in a water vapor, and the water vapor is introduced into the electrolyte membrane by being transmitted through... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070141238 - Nanoparticle coating process for fuel cell components: A process including coating a fuel cell component using a coating solution including nanoparticles.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070141239 - Magnetic recording medium and method of fabricating the same: In order to attain a magnetic recording medium compliant with the AIT4 format and capable of accomplishing a block error rate of 1×10−4 or below, there is provided a magnetic recording medium having a magnetic layer composed of a metal magnetic thin film formed on a non-magnetic substrate composed of... Agent: David R. Metzger Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal

20070141240 - Mould-stripping method: This invention relates to a method for improving the unmoulding of concrete, plaster or clay-based parts, involving the application to the mould of a composition, the water concentration of which is less than 0.2%, comprising an ester of a fatty acid having between 4 and 24 carbon atoms and of... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070141241 - Method for bonding prepared substrates for roadways using a low-tracking asphalt emulsion coating: A method for bonding together an existing substrate layer and a pavement layer, such that a strong adhesive bond is formed by using a tack coat, provided by an asphalt emulsion, in between the layers as the bond coat. The tack coat layer is a low-tracking coating which cures quickly... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070141242 - Method for refurbishing lamp surfaces: A method for refurbishing a surface of a lamp having surface damage includes the steps of removing the lamp from the motor vehicle. An original clear coat finish is removed from the surface of the lamp. The surface of the lamp is evened. Swirls and scratches are grinded out of... Agent: Clark Hill, P.C.

20070141243 - Method of making a polarizer plate: This invention relates to polarizing plates and their manufacturing process. More particularly, this invention provides a method of making a polarizing plate comprising, providing a polarizing film, coating at least one optical film solution to both sides of the polarizing film simultaneously or near simultaneously, and drying the optical film... Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff

20070141244 - Method of making a polarizer plate: This invention relates to a method of making a polarizing plate comprising providing a polarizing film; coating the polarizing film with at least two coating solutions using a multilayer coating method; and drying the coating solutions to form an optical film or an optical film stack.... Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff

20070141245 - System and method for coating filaments: System and method for coating a suture line are disclosed. The system includes a first guide positioned to orient the suture line for entry into a coating tube. The system also includes a coating tube having an inlet opening to admit the suture line and an outlet opening through which... Agent: United States Surgical, A Division Of Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20070141247 - Method to incorporate pigment into paint by formation of resin beads: A coating composition is prepared by polymerizing an addition polymer with a Tg of at least about 60° C. in the presence of a particulate pigment having substantially primary aggregate particles to form encapsulated pigment particles, isolating and drying the encapsulated pigment product, and combining the dried encapsulated pigment product... Agent: Basf Corporation Patent Department

20070141246 - Method for coating a metal surface with an ultrafine layer: The present invention relates to a method for continuously coating a substrate in motion such as a metal strip made of steel, the coating formed being an ultra-fine film of a thickness between 10 and 100 nm, deposited on the substrate: from a solution containing nanoparticles of oxides, in conditions... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070141248 - High-reach insulation application system and method: This invention relates generally to the application of a sprayed insulation mixture, and more particularly to an apparatus and method for applying the sprayed mixture in high reach areas of extended elevation and removing any excess mixture therefrom. In one embodiment of a system for spraying an insulation mixture into... Agent: Johns Manville

20070141249 - Apparatus and method for producing two-sided patterned webs in registration: An apparatus for casting a patterned surface on both sides of a web. The apparatus includes a first patterned roll; a second pattered roll; and a means for rotating the first and second patterned rolls such that their patterns are transferred to opposite sides of the web while it is... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070141250 - Liquid silicone rubber composition for textile coating: The present invention relates to a liquid silicone rubber composition useful for textile coating, in particular for textile coating by screen-printing. The LSR composition of the present invention shows better film appearance and better physical properties such as softness, low-tackiness, and elongation.... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070141251 - Method of forming thin metal films on substrates: A solution containing a metal component of composite ultrafine metal particles each having a core substantially made of metal component and a covering layer made of an organic compound chemically bonded to the core having an average diameter ranging from 1 to 10 nm, uniformly dispersed in a solvent, forms... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070141252 - Method of making a newly installed plumbling system renewable: A method of treating pipes to render the inner wall of the pipes resistant to corrosion and pre-mature deterioration. For new pipes, the inner wall is cleansed with a solvent, debris removed, and the inner wall dried. The inner wall is then coated with a corrosion-resistant primer and allowed to... Agent: Frank G Morkunas

20070141253 - Method of stopping leaks from rubber airbags of air spring/strut suspension systems using aerosol inflator systems in all motor vehicles: A method for repairing an air spring/air strut includes the steps of puncturing an airbag of the air spring/air strut, releasing sealant into the air bag of the air spring/air strut, massaging the air bag of the air spring/air strut to distribute the sealant and pressurizing the air bag of... Agent: Wilson Daniel Swayze, Jr

20070141254 - Apparatus for coating a photoresist layer: Embodiments relate to an apparatus for coating a photoresist layer and a photolithography method using the apparatus. In embodiments, the apparatus may include a rotatable wafer support for supporting a wafer to be coated with a photoresist layer, a beam nozzle for performing WEE (Wafer Edge Exposure) with respect to... Agent: Sherr & Nourse, PLLC

20070141255 - Method and apparatus for strengthening a porous substrate: A process is provided for strengthening a porous substrate. The process includes providing a substrate having intersecting fibers, where the intersecting fibers cooperate in the final substrate product to form an open pore network. Pathways are opened into the fibrous substrate structure, which enable a flow of gas into the... Agent: Geo2 Technologies

20070141256 - Methods for elimination or reduction of oxide and/or soot deposition in carbon containing layers: One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for the deposition of a Carbon containing layer on a Silicon surface wherein a (i) substantially Silicon-oxide-free or reduced oxide interface results between Silicon and the Carbon containing layer during the deposition. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a method... Agent: Baker Botts, L.L.P.

20070141257 - Method and apparatus for forming metal silicate film, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device: An HTB gas and a disilane gas are introduced into a process chamber (1), and a hafnium silicate film is formed on a silicon substrate (W) by CVD. The film is formed while controlling the substrate temperature by a heater (5) embedded in a susceptor (2) supporting the substrate. The... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070141258 - Methods of growing nitride-based film using varying pulses: Nitride-based film is grown using multiple precursor fluxes. Each precursor flux is pulsed one or more times to add a desired element to the nitride-based film at a desired time. The quantity, duration, timing, and/or shape of the pulses is customized for each element to assist in generating a high... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20070141259 - Jet printing of patterned metal: An article comprising a substrate and a patterned electrically conductive metal phase, wherein the electrically conductive metal phase is selectively deposited on the substrate via sequential or simultaneous ink jetting of combinations of a reducible soluble metal salt, a reduction catalyst and a reducing agent. On substrates having layered structures,... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20070141261 - Method and apparatus for fabricating turbine engine components: An assembly includes a mask including a body and an opening within the body. The assembly also includes a component including a rotor and an extension extending radially outward from the rotor. The mask body is positioned with respect to the component such that at least a portion of the... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070141260 - Method and article for masking portions of a vehicle by adherent appliques: The present invention is a system and method for creating and applying a plurality of masking sections to portions of a vehicle to mask the same during painting of other and adjacent portions of the vehicle. Each of the plurality of individual sections being constructed of a plasticized material having... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070141262 - Coating apparatus and method having a slide bead coater and liquid drop applicator: A coating apparatus and coating method include a device for conveying an object to be coated; a coating device which is disposed in a vicinity of a conveyed surface of the object, and which discharges a coating liquid, and which forms a bridge of the liquid between the device and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070141263 - Process and an apparatus for coating printed circuit boards with laser-structurable, thermally curable solder stop lacquers and electroresists: Disclosed are a method and a device for coating printed boards (1) with solder stop lacquers and galvanoresists that can be laser-structured and thermally hardened. The device used for carrying out said method comprises at least one roller-type coating plant (2) with an application roller (4), a dosing roller (5)... Agent: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070141265 - Process for controlling the density, conformation and composition of the hydrophilic layer of a polyurethane composite: A process of making a foam composite of desired pore size and conformation is provided. An emulsion of a hydrophilic polyurethane prepolymer which upon curing forms a substantially open cell hydrophilic polyurethane polymer foam is prepared and contacted with an open cell hydrophobic polyurethane foam having a plurality of surfaces... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070141264 - Stain resistant urethane-vinyl aqueous coating compositions: An aqueous coating composition, which when in the form of a film exhibits an MVTR of ≦500 g/m2/24 h comprising 20 to 80 wt % of a polyurethane A with an acid value of 8 to 40 mg KOH/g and a hard segment content ≧40 wt %, a ring structure... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070141266 - Construction hardware and method of reducing corrosion thereof: A method of reducing corrosion in an article of construction hardware resulting from exposure to ACQ treated lumber and an article of construction hardware treated in accordance with such method.... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070141267 - Aqueous-based adhesive for bonding low surface energy substrates: The present invention relates to a 2-part adhesive formulation comprising, in the first part, water, a surfactant, and a protected alkylborane complex, and an acrylic monomer and a trialkylborane-displacing initiator in the second part. The formulation can be applied to a low surface energy substrate to make an effective adhesive... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20070141268 - Composite meterial for printed circuit board applications: The invention is a novel process for producing composites, for Printed Circuit Board substrates, which are resistant to Conductive Anodic Filamentation (CAF). The method is based on using a pressurized fluid as a medium to deposit coating layers uniformly and at high density on fiber or particle surfaces, where the... Agent: Mark Rodgers

20070141269 - Smooth outer coating for combustor components and coating method therefor: A coating and method for overcoating a TBC on a component used in a high-temperature environment, such as the combustor section of an industrial gas turbine. The coating defines the outermost surface of the component and is formed of at least two layers having different compositions. An inner layer of... Agent: Hartman And Hartman, P.C.

20070141270 - Heterogeneous composite bodies with isolated lenticular shapped cermet regions: A heterogeneous body having ceramic rich cermet regions in a more ductile metal matrix. The heterogeneous bodies are formed by thermal spray operations on metal substrates. The thermal spray operations apply heat to a cermet powder and project it onto a solid substrate. The cermet powder is composed of complex... Agent: Bruce A. Jagger

20070141271 - Method for controlling distribution of fluid components on a body: The present invention provides a method of controlling the distribution of a fluid on a body that features compensating for varying distribution of constituent components of a composition that moved over a surface of a substrate. To that end, the method includes generating a sequence of patterns of liquid upon... Agent: Molecular Imprints

20070141272 - Methods and apparatus for coating gas turbine components: Methods and apparatus for forming a metal coating on a surface of a workpiece are provided. The method includes positioning the workpiece in a microwavable chamber, positioning a coating material in the microwavable chamber, and heating at least the workpiece and the coating material using microwave range electromagnetic energy such... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070141274 - Barrier metal film production apparatus, barrier metal film production method, metal film production method, and metal film production apparatus: A Cl2 gas plasma is generated at a site within a chamber between a substrate and a metal member. The metal member is etched with the Cl2 gas plasma to form a precursor. A nitrogen gas is excited in a manner isolated from the chamber accommodating the substrate. A metal... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070141273 - Method of forming organosilicon oxide film and multilayer resist structure: A method of forming an organosilicon oxide film by plasma CVD includes: (i) adjusting a temperature of a susceptor on which a substrate is placed to lower than 300° C.; (ii) introducing at least tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) and oxygen into a reactor in which the susceptor is disposed; (iii) applying high-frequency... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070134405 - Method of manufacturing organic light emitting device and vapor deposition system: Provided is a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting device including the step of forming an electron injection layer. The step of forming the electron injection layer includes the steps of: vaporizing in a container a dopant material as a raw material of a dopant; causing the vaporized dopant... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070134406 - Method of using ultrasonics to plate silver: A method of reducing solder mask interface attack in a process of fabricating printed circuit boards. The method comprises the steps of providing a printed circuit board with a solder mask applied thereon and treating the printed circuit board with an immersion plating solution, wherein the immersion plating solution is... Agent: John L. Cordani Carmody & Torrance LLP

20070134407 - Fabrication methods for catalyst coated membranes: This invention relates to fabrication methods for catalyst coated membranes, including the steps of: exposing a micro-porous membrane to a catalyst dispersing solution to form a catalyst containing micro-porous membrane; exposing said catalyst containing micro-porous membrane to a resin dispersing solution to form a catalyst layer; and placing a proton... Agent: Emil Chang Law Offices Of Emil Chang

20070134408 - Field repairable high temperature smooth wear coating: A chemical composition and method for repairing a thermal barrier coating on a component designed for use in a hostile thermal environment, such as turbine, combustor and augmentor components of a gas turbine engine. The method repairs a thermal barrier coating on a component that has suffered localized damage to... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070134409 - Light-pipe arrangement with reduced fresnel-reflection losses: A solid light pipe arrangement with reduced Fresnel-reflection losses includes a light pipe with a solid core comprising a polymer. An optically clear substrate has first and second sides with an anti-reflective coating on at least one side. The substrate is adhered to an end-face of the core of the... Agent: Bruzga & Associates

20070134410 - Preparation of particles by hydrolysis of a metal cation in the presence of a polymer: A subject matter of the invention is a process for the preparation of particles comprising at least one metal ion, which comprises the stage of bringing into contact a precursor a metal cation, optionally partially hydrolyzed, with at least one water-soluble comb copolymer. The invention also relates to the use... Agent: Rhodia Inc. Legal Department

20070134411 - Method for making compositions containing microcapsules and compositions made thereof: In the process of the invention, a composition is made by mixing a plurality of microcapsules containing at least an additive such as lubricants, oils, fragrances, colorants, etc., with a dispersing polymeric material to form a first blend, and compounding the first blend into a base containing at least a... Agent: Geam - Lnp-ce 08ceIPLegal

20070134412 - Flow-through dip-spin coating method and system therefor: A process and system for continuous flow-through dip-coating of a workpiece requires the introduction of the workpiece in a porous coating basket at a first side of a coating chamber and the removal of the coated workpiece in the coating basket from a second side of the coating compartment different... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070134416 - Cleaning method used in removing contaminants from the surface of an oxide or fluoride comprising a group iii b metal: Disclosed herein is a cleaning method useful in removing contaminants from a surface of a coating which comprises an oxide or fluoride of a Group III B metal. Typically the coating overlies an aluminum substrate which is present as part of a semiconductor processing apparatus. The coating typically comprises an... Agent: Shirley L. Church, Esq.

20070134417 - Method of fabricating iridium-based materials and structures on substrates, and iridium source reagents therefor: A method of forming an iridium-containing film on a substrate, from an iridium-containing precursor thereof which is decomposable to deposit iridium on the substrate, by decomposing the precursor and depositing iridium on the substrate in an oxidizing ambient environment which may for example contain an oxidizing gas such as oxygen,... Agent: Intellectual Property / Technology Law

20070134415 - Oxidation treatment apparatus and method: An oxidation treatment apparatus for oxidizing a surface of a substrate includes a process chamber for performing a process, a boat supporting the substrate and disposed in the process chamber during the process and a first ozone supply unit supplying ozone to the process chamber. The first ozone supply unit... Agent: Frank Chau, Esq. F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070134414 - Surface-treatment method and equipment: An object of the present invention is to make it possible to uniformly supply of a gas onto a base material in a way simpler and lower in cost, and thus, to realize a high-quality surface treatment. For that purpose, in surface treatment of a base material (12) by supplying... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070134413 - Vapor deposition method and vapor deposition apparatus: A vapor deposition method is provided that can form a highly uniform epitaxial layer even under different growth conditions. The vapor deposition method uses an apparatus including the process chamber, a flow channel for supplying the reactant gas onto the substrate and discharging the reactant gas, a substrate holding portion... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070134418 - Method for depositing an aluminum-containing layer onto an article: A method for preparing a protected article includes the steps of furnishing an article to be protected, wherein the article is a component of a gas turbine engine, thereafter depositing a precious-metal-containing layer onto the article, and thereafter depositing an aluminum-containing layer by vapor-phase aluminiding onto the article overlying the... Agent: Mcnees, Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070134419 - Density-matching alkyl push flow for vertical flow rotating disk reactors: In a rotating disk reactor for growing epitaxial layers on substrate or other CVD reactor system, gas directed toward the substrates at gas inlets at different radial distances from the axis of rotation of the disk has both substantially the same gas flow rate/velocity and substantially the same gas density... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070134420 - Methods for modifying surfaces: The present invention is directed to methods for coating monolayer films of surface-active polymers onto substrates of arbitrary shape. The present invention also provides molecular-based methods and processes that can be used to control the chemical and physical nature of surfaces and interfaces. The present invention is directed to methods... Agent: Wilmerhale/columbia University

20070134421 - Surface relief ornament coating method, template and coating device used therein, and ornamental plate made therefrom: Disclosed is a new surface coating method, by which a clear-cut relief ornament can be formed on a surface, comprising: i) providing a template having a patterned surface, wherein the pattern on the surface is a three-dimensional pattern; ii) covering the patterned surface of the template with a coating slurry;... Agent: Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson PC

20070134422 - Carbon fiber reinforced coke from the delayed coker: A number of properties of polygranular carbon bodies can be improved by small quantities of carbon fibers being incorporated in the formulations for production of such bodies. However, it has proven difficult for carbon fibers to be introduced into the green mixture. Therefore, a high-grade coke, preferably needle coke, in... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070134423 - Silicone emulsion composition and wood treatment: A silicone emulsion composition for wood treatment is prepared by emulsifying and dispersing (A) an organopolysiloxane having at least two SiH groups, (B) a surfactant, and (C) a curing catalyst in water to form a silicone emulsion, and adding (D) a boron compound to the silicone emulsion.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070134425 - Method of manufacturing a layered silicone composite material: A method of manufacturing a layered silicone composite material comprising the steps of: applying a second addition-curable organopolysiloxane composition that contains a second adhesion promoter onto a first silicone layer that is formed by curing a first addition-curable organopolysiloxane composition containing a first adhesion promoter and where the first silicone... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070134424 - Silicon-containing polymer, process for producing the same, heat-resistant resin composition, and heat-resistant film: (In the formula, A1 is a phenyl group having either a hydroxyl group or an alkoxy group; R1 is an alkylene group of 1-4 carbons; m is 0 or 1; R2 is an alkyl group of 1-4 carbons; each of s and u is a positive number; t is 0... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070134427 - Methods and apparatus for deposition of thin films: A method for depositing a thin film includes the steps of providing a vapor including at least one selected vapor phase component into an evacuated chamber and condensing the vapor onto a heated substrate to form a liquid phase deposit wherein a temperature of the substrate is lower than the... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070134426 - Vacuum evaporation deposition method of the winding type and vacuum evaporation deposition apparatus of the same: The invention provides a vacuum evaporation deposition method of the winding type and a vacuum evaporation deposition apparatus of the winding type which can form a metal film on a base film made of a single layer of insulating material such as plastic film without thermal deformation, and which is... Agent: Floyd B Carothers Carothers & Carothers

20070134428 - Smooth surface morphology chlorate anode coating: The present invention relates to an electrocatalytic coating and an electrode having the coating thereon, wherein the coating is a mixed metal oxide coating, preferably ruthenium, titanium and tin or antimony oxides. The coating uses water as a solvent that provides for a smoother surface than alcohol based solvents. The... Agent: Michele M Tyrpak Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar

20070134429 - Painting method: A panel (9) is conveyed by using a conveyer (3), and the coating surface of the panel (9) is divided into two coating areas (CAa, CAb). Further, the coating areas (CAa, CAb) are coated by reciprocating sprayer units (6, 7) parallel to a conveying direction. At this time, at a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070134430 - Painting method: Two sprayer units (8, 9) are arranged along a conveyer (3). A coating surface of a panel (11) conveyed by the conveyer (3) is divided into four coating areas (CAa to CAd). Then, the sprayer units (8, 9) reciprocate parallel to the conveying direction and coat the individual coating areas... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070134431 - Electroless plating apparatus and electroless plating method: An electroless plating apparatus performs electroless plating on a wiring portion with a plating solution using a reducer having low reduction power. The electroless plating apparatus includes a support member with a conductive portion, which supports a substrate; a plating-solution feeding mechanism which feeds the plating solution to a top... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070134433 - Methods for producing silicon nitride films and silicon oxynitride films by thermal chemical vapor deposition: Silicon nitride film is formed on substrate (112) by feeding trisilylamine and ammonia into a CVD reaction chamber (11) that contains a substrate (112). The ammonia gas/trisilylamine gas flow rate ratio is set to a value of at least about 10 and/or the thermal CVD reaction is run at a... Agent: Air Liquide

20070134432 - Methods of making duplex coating and bulk materials: A contiguous duplex microstructured material comprises a nanostructured material having two structural states, for example, a duplex microstructured coating. One state comprises substantially nanostructured features, while the second state substantially comprises microstructured features. A duplex nanostructured coating can be made by thermal spraying a reconstituted nanostructured material onto a substrate... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP

20070134434 - Method for forming solder pattern on board: The present invention provides a method which enables to save the trouble to prepare alloys having required particular compositions responding to the purposes and to prepare solder ink made from the alloys, and which enables to produce various forms of solder pattern on the board by adjusting the composition freely... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070134435 - Method to improve the ashing/wet etch damage resistance and integration stability of low dielectric constant films: A method for depositing a low dielectric constant film on a substrate in a chamber from a mixture including two organosilicon compounds is provided. The mixture may further include a hydrocarbon compound and an oxidizing gas. The first organosilicon compound has an average of one or more Si—C bonds per... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070134436 - Method for forming a superhard amorphous carbon coating in vacuum: A method for forming a superhard amorphous carbon coating in vacuum, comprising the steps of: placing an article in a vacuum chamber, evacuating the chamber, treating a surface for the article with accelerated ions; applying, on the treated surface, a layer of a material that provides adhesion for subsequent layers,... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070134437 - Surface treatment method for material with surface microstructure: A surface treatment method for material with surface microstructure includes the steps of subjecting the material surface to a dry-type free-radical oxidation treatment, and using a supercritical fluid to purge the surface of the material with surface microstructure, so as to remove oxidized and bond-broken small molecules from the material... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070128343 - Apparatus and methods for applying coatings: The invention relates to systems and methods for forming coatings that can elute active agents and coating produced by the same. In an embodiment, the invention includes an apparatus for applying a coating to a medical device including a first spray nozzle, a first coating composition supply conduit, a second... Agent: Pauly, Devries Smith & Deffner, L.L.C.

20070128342 - Method and system for coating a medical device: A method and device for coating a medical device including the step of heating the medical device and applying frozen ground up particles of coating material to the heated medical device such that the coating material flows on the surface of the medical device and forms a coating thereon.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070128345 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing a display, such as, for instance, a polymer oled display, a display and a substrate for use in the method: Described is a method for manufacturing a display including a substrate on which a structure, such as, for instance, a matrix structure in relief, is provided, which structure bounds a number of areas, wherein, with the aid of an inkjet printhead, substantially in each area an amount of liquid is... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070128344 - Monitor system for coating apparatus: A spray monitoring device analyzes images obtained from a beam passing through a spray pattern applying a spray to a substrate, and identifies discontinuities in the image as indicative of a discontinuity in a spray pattern. The spray pattern is produced by a plurality of nozzles spaced apart across the... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

20070128346 - Methods for fabricating organic electroluminescent device and carbon-enriched film: A method for fabricating an organic electroluminescent device (OLED) includes the following steps. First, a substrate is provided. Next, an anode layer is formed on the substrate. Next, a buffer layer is formed on the anode layer, wherein the buffer layer include a CFx film (fluorinated carbon films) containing carbon-fluoride... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070128347 - Method for preparing thin film and method for manufacturing electron-emitting device: To provide a method of forming a thin film comprising steps of: applying on a substrate a liquid containing a component for forming a thin film; drying the liquid to form a precursor of the thin film; and heating the precursor to form the thin film, wherein the heating step... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070128348 - Method of producing a patch tape showing stripes of anisotropic magnetic field: A method for manufacturing a magnet patch tape to facilitate blood circulation in a restricted area of a human body is provided. The patch tape shows a number of stripes of anisotropic magnet field with 2 to 5 mm width and spaced 1 to 3 mm apart from each other... Agent: Eugene Oak, Ph.d., J.d., M. Div., Patent Attorney Law Office Of Jane Oak And Associates, P.C.

20070128349 - Process for preparing ink-jet recording material: The present invention discloses a process for preparing an ink-jet recording material which comprises an ink-receptive layer (A) containing fine inorganic particles having an average secondary particle size of 500 nm or less and a resin binder having a keto group on a support, and on the above-mentioned support, (1)... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070128350 - Method for manufacturing fine composite particles, apparatus for manufacturing fine composite particles, and fine composite particles: In the present invention, the fine particle composite process is carried out with the step of reacting fine core particles and a raw material for coating layer by mixing them and continuously supplying a resulting mixture into a micro flow path. The micro flow path is specified to 1-4000 in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070128351 - Magnesium rich coatings and coating systems: Disclosed are methods of treating a metal to improve the metal's corrosion resistance. The method includes applying, to the surface of the metal, a coating which comprises magnesium powder and a binder. The present invention also relates to a coating composition that includes magnesium powder and a silane modified epoxy... Agent: Peter Rogalskyj Roglskyj & Weyand

20070128352 - Electrophoretic particles and processes for the production thereof: In electrophoretic media, it is advantageous to use pigment particles having about 1 to 15 per cent by weight of a polymer chemically bonded to, or cross-linked around, the pigment particles. The polymer desirably has a branched chain structure with side chains extending from a main chain. Charged or chargeable... Agent: David J Cole E Ink Corporation

20070128353 - Methods and systems for coating and sealing inside piping systems: Methods and systems for cleaning, coating and sealing leaks in existing pipes, in a single operation. A piping system can be cleaned in one pass by dry particulates forced and pulled by air throughout the piping system by a generator and a vacuum. Pipes can be protected from water corrosion,... Agent: Law Offices Of Brian S. Steinberger

20070128354 - Substrate coating method: A method of coating a catalyst substrate by coating a plurality of flow channels of the substrate with a slurry uniformly and reliably to improve the catalyst quality the method comprising a step of storing a predetermined amount of slurry in a slurry container to which the end of the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070128355 - Method for coating photoresist material: A method for coating photoresist material comprises loading a substrate onto a spin chuck in a spin coater. Thinner is injected onto the substrate being in rest during a first period of time. The substrate is spun with a first speed for a second period of time less than the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070128356 - Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method: On top of respective areas divided by partition plates, that is, a cassette station, a processing station, and an interface section in a coating and developing processing system, gas supply sections for supplying an inert gas into the respective areas are provided. Exhaust pipes for exhausting atmospheres in the respective... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070128358 - Chemical vapour deposition apparatus: Chemical vapour deposition apparatus comprises a process chamber, a bubbler for supplying a volatile precursor to the chamber, a vacuum pump for drawing an exhaust gas from the process chamber, an abatement device for treating the exhaust gas, and a bypass line for conveying the precursor from the bubbler to... Agent: The Boc Group, Inc.

20070128357 - Lift-off patterning processes employing energetically-stimulated local removal of solid-condensed-gas layers: The invention provides a method for forming a patterned material layer on a structure, by condensing a vapor to a solid condensate layer on a surface of the structure and then localized removal of selected regions of the condensate layer by directing a beam of energy at the selected regions,... Agent: Theresa A. Lober T. A. Lober Patent Services

20070128359 - Production apparatus for producing gallium nitride film semiconductor and cleaning apparatus for exhaust gas: There are disclosed a production apparatus for producing a gallium nitride film semiconductor by HVPE process, a cleaning apparatus for cleaning exhaust gas coming from the above apparatus and an overall production plant for producing a gallium nitride film semiconductor by HVPE process. Therein exhaust piping for exhaust gas in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070128360 - Bond coat with low deposited aluminum level and method therefore: A method for applying a NiAl based bond coat and a diffusion aluminide coating to a metal substrate comprises, in part, coating a portion of the external surface of the superalloy substrate, by physical vapor deposition with a layer of a NiAl based metal alloy, wherein the deposited NiAl based... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070128361 - Cd1-xznxs high performance tcr material for uncooled microbolometers used in infrared sensors and method of making same: A Cd1-xZnxS film material, with a high value of thermal coefficient of resistance, in the range of 1.5% to 3.7%. The Cd1-xZnxS material has excellent characteristics for use in a microbolometer-type uncooled infrared sensor. The film material can be deposited on microbolometer membranes or any other wafer for different applications.... Agent: Edward Langer C/o Shiboleth Yisraeli Roberts Zisman & Co.

20070128362 - Use of protective colloids-stabilized polymers for double dot coatings: The use of a protective colloid-stabilized polymer is described, comprising a protective colloid and a polymer, for coating of a substrate, said coating being a double dot coating.... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070128363 - Platinum plated powder metallurgy turbine disk for elevated temperature service: Apparatus and compositions for a turbine disk capable of sustained operation at turbine disk rim temperatures in excess of 1300° F., wherein the turbine disk comprises a superalloy substrate, and a ductile oxidation barrier coating disposed on at least an outer portion of the turbine disk. The oxidation barrier coating... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070128364 - Substrate treatment apparatus and substrate treatment method: A substrate treatment apparatus is disclosed. The substrate treatment apparatus has an electrostatic chuck mechanism, a grounding mechanism, and an electron beam radiating mechanism. The electrostatic chuck mechanism electrostatically sucks and holds a substrate under treatment. The grounding mechanism freely contacts a predetermined film of a plurality of films formed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070128365 - Radiation-curable, electrically conductive coatiing mixture: The present invention relates to electrically conductive and electrically weldable anti-corrosion compositions for coating metal surfaces, a process for coating metal surfaces with electrically conductive organic coatings, as well as the correspondingly coated and optionally painted metal strips, sheets or parts, the coatings comprising: an organic binder, an anti-corrosion pigment,... Agent: Henkel Corporation

20070128366 - Metallization of dielectrics: A composition and method are disclosed. The composition both conditions and activates a dielectric material for metal deposition. The metal may be deposited on the dielectric by electroless methods. The metallized dielectric may be used in electronic devices.... Agent: John J. Piskorski Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials LLC

20070128367 - Method to adhere an expandable flexible polyurethane to a substrate: Foam-in-place, one component polyurethane compositions are useful to produce foams that adhere to various substrates such as certain vehicle parts and assemblies. The polyurethane composition contains a heat-activated blowing agent. The composition is based on a polyurethane resin that is expandable. The resin is a heat-softenable material, or a low... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20070128368 - Method for production of functional film, substrate conveyance apparatus, and functional film produced with the method: A method for producing a functional film having the steps of: (a) forming a coated layer with a coating solution onto a substrate, and (b) drying the coated layer while the substrate is conveyed in a floating state by blowing a gas to an uncoated surface of the substrate from... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070128369 - Method of forming luster coating film: The present invention provides: luster coating film forming method I comprising (1) applying an aqueous luster thermosetting base coating composition (A) to a substrate in three to five stages, in such a manner that the thickness of the base coating composition (A) applied in each of the second and subsequent... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070128370 - Coating material, method for manufacturing optical film using the coating material, optical film, polarizing plate and image display apparatus: The present invention provides a coating material for forming a coating layer that can achieve excellent adhesion to a transparent film. The coating material is prepared so that it contains a thermosetting resin, an inorganic filler, and a mixed solvent containing cyclohexanone. The content of the thermosetting resin is in... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070128371 - Method and use of a device for applying coatings to band-like structures during the production of semiconductor components: In a device (35) and a method a thin organic or inorganic layer is applied to individual component positions of band-like structures (1). The layer can effect improved or optimized adhesion between a coated surface and a plastic housing compound. Furthermore, the layer can be used as a corrosion prevention... Agent: Baker Botts, L.L.P.

20070128372 - Process and device for producing coated moldings: Molded articles comprising at least one layer of polyurethane are produced in a batch process by mixing polyurethane-forming components to form a reactive mixture that is flowed through a channel having at least one opening through which a gas is introduced and sprayed on a substrate surface. The device suitable... Agent: Bayer Material Science LLC

20070128373 - Electroless plating apparatus and electroless plating method: An electroless plating apparatus which supplies a plating solution to a top surface of a substrate to effect electroless plating, comprises a substrate support section which supports a substrate, a plating-solution retaining section which retains the plating solution to be supplied to the top surface of the substrate, a plating-solution... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070128374 - Paint product and method of manufacture: The present invention discloses a new paint coating product produced by the combination of paint residue separated from a waste stream of wash solvents and combined with a hardening agent and other additives as desired for specific applications. The present invention also discloses a process of producing a surface coating... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070128375 - Method and device for continuously treating the surface of an elongate object: The method and device relate to the continuous surface treatment of the surface of an elongate filamentary object by means of a plasma created by an electric discharge under ambient pressure. The device (100) comprises a tubular body (2) in which there is provided a channel (1) that is at... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP