Coating processes inventions 10/07

20070248744 - Method for the determination of process parameters in a thermal spraying process: A method is proposed for the determination of process parameters in a thermal spraying process, in which particles are melted or made plastic or vaporized by means of a thermal spraying apparatus (1) and are transported by a flow of fluid (G) to a substrate (6). In said method an... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20070248746 - Manufacturing method of organic electroluminescence element: A main object is to provide a manufacturing method of an organic EL element having excellent light emission characteristics, and capable of facilitating the organic EL layer patterning operation and obtaining preferable wettability change. To attain the object, the present invention provides a manufacturing method of an organic EL element... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070248745 - System and method for controlling coating width of electrode plate: A system for controlling the coating width of an electrode plate, The system includes; a coating device which ejects a paste at a predetermined width from each of a plurality of slit nozzles toward a fed core substrate to form a coating layer on the surface of the core substrate;... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070248747 - Glass circuit board and manufacturing method thereof: A method of manufacturing a glass circuit board includes the steps of: providing a glass substrate; forming a patterned metal layer on a surface of the glass substrate to expose a part of the surface; forming an insulating layer, with at least one opening, on the surface of the glass... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070248748 - Method and plant for the introduction of a liquid into a molten mass under pressure: A method and plant for the introduction of a liquid into a molten mass under pressure. Such a method and plant are particularly, but not exclusively, suitable for the formation of a coating layer on a cable element having at least one conductor, the layer having an extruded thermoplastic polymer... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070248749 - Reducing pad burnish damages on magnetic recording media with mixed low molecular weight free lubricant: The present invention provides a novel method for reducing pad burnish damages on magnetic recording media. The method of the present invention reduces burnish damage and increases glide yield without compromising disk flyability, durability and general quality.... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20070248750 - Cold spray method for producing gas turbine blade tip: A quantity of particles (28) may be cold-sprayed toward the distal surface (22) of a turbine blade (6) at a temperature below a melting point of the particles at a velocity sufficiently high to cause at least a portion of the particles to adhere to the surface to form squealer... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070248754 - Metal complexes of polydentate beta-ketoiminates: wherein M is a metal such as calcium, strontium, barium, scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, titanium, zirconium, vanadium, tungsten, manganese, cobalt, iron, nickel, ruthenium, zinc, copper, palladium, platinum, iridium, rhenium, osmium; wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, fluoroalkyl, cycloaliphatic, and aryl, having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms;... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20070248751 - Dynamic film thickness control system/method and its utilization: A dynamic film thickness control system/method and its utilization consisting of a minimum of one mask plate arranged between a substrate and a vapor source. A film thickness control device is utilized for real-time control over deposited film thickness and gradually moves the mask plate according to the film thickness... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070248752 - Method for making oxygen-reducing catalyst layers: An oxygen-reducing catalyst layer, and a method of making the oxygen-reducing catalyst layer, where the oxygen-reducing catalyst layer includes a catalytic material film disposed on a substrate with the use of physical vapor deposition and thermal treatment. The catalytic material film includes a transition metal that is substantially free of... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070248753 - Vapor deposition of a layer: A method of depositing a layer onto a substrate, comprising heating an evaporator to a temperature capable of completely evaporating the evaporant to be deposited, dispensing into the evaporator one or more quantized units of the evaporant where the evaporant is completely vaporized, providing an area vapor dispenser having a... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070248755 - Method of manufacturing optical fiber base material and apparatus therefor: In a method of manufacturing an optical fiber base material including depositing soot generated by flame hydrolysis, the fluctuation band of the surface temperature of a burner fixing section including a burner holder and its fixture for burners for compounding the optical fiber base material is kept equal to or... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070248756 - Opposed functional coatings having comparable single surface reflectances: A sheet-like pane bearing a low-maintenance coating on one surface and a low-emissivity coating on the opposite surface, wherein one of the low-maintenance coating and the low-emissivity coating has a single surface reflectivity of less than 3 times, and more than one-third, that of the other coating.... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20070248757 - Processes for producing materials containing reduced abrasion titanium dioxide pigment: Processes for producing titanium dioxide pigment are provided. The processes provide pigments having reduced abrasiveness as compared to titanium dioxide pigments made using conventional processes. The processes include heating titanium dioxide in a non-oxidizing atmosphere to 800 to 1200° C. to produce a reduced abrasion pigment.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070248758 - Methods of using pre-formed nanotubes to make carbon nanotube films, layers, fabrics, elements and articles: Methods of Using Preformed Nanotubes to Make Carbon Nanotube Films, Layers, Fabrics, Ribbons, Elements and Articles are disclosed. To make various articles, certain embodiments provide a substrate. Preformed nanotubes are applied to a surface of the substrate to create a non-woven fabric of carbon nanotubes. Portions of the non-woven fabric... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070248759 - Processes for producing articles containing titanium dioxide possessing low sinterability: Provided are processes for producing articles containing low sinterability titanium dioxide pigment. A low sinterability titanium oxide (powder) is desirable as an ingredient in moisture resistant printed circuit boards, ceramic substrates with high dimensional stability and ceramic layers which resist sintering with adjacent layers. According to the processes disclosed herein,... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070248760 - Mesostructured inorganic materials prepared with controllable orientational ordering: Mesostructured inorganic-organic materials, in the form of patterned films, monoliths, and fibers, can be prepared with controllable orientational ordering over macroscopic length scales. They are synthesized by controlling solvent removal rates across material interfaces, in conjunction with the rates of surfactant self-assembly and inorganic cross-linking and surface interactions. A method... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20070248761 - Method for decorating articles: A method of decorating a ceramic article, said method including the steps of mixing a metallic pigment with a resin to form a first coating mixture, applying the first coating mixture directly onto a part or substantially the whole outer surface of the ceramic article, and once the first coating... Agent: Thomas M. Galgano, Esq. Galgano & Associates, PLLC

20070248762 - Process for coating synthetic resin compositions: Synthetic resins, such as thermoplastics and thermosetting resins, which have certain specified surface resistivities and static dissipation voltage values, are advantageously used as substrates to be coated in electrostatically assisted coating processes. Thus less of an electrically conducting additive, which is often deleterious to the substrate physical properties, may be... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070248763 - Method for applying a multiple layer directly to a paper, board or other moving web of fibrous material: The individual application media or liquid streams (Q1-Qn) are discharged onto the fibrous web without respective previous drying, without excess quantities, without mixing with one another, and without contact. The application medium which has a lower specific weight (p1 to pn) and/or a lower viscosity (η1 to ηn) and/or a... Agent: Todd T. Taylor & Aust, P.C.

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20070248765 - Ultraviolet-resistant fabrics and methods for making them: Embodiments of the invention can provide a protective fabric includes a plurality of inherently flame resistant fibers, and at least one ultraviolet-resistant additive incorporated into the inherently flame resistant fibers through a dye process using a carrier, wherein the ultraviolet-resistant additive significantly increases at least one of the strength retention... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20070248766 - Method and apparatus for thermal spray coating: A method of supplying a coating to a substrate by spraying heated particles of a coating material onto the substrate. The particles are heated to a temperature and sprayed at a velocity such that the total energy of the particles is less than the energy necessary to melt the particles.... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070248767 - Method of self-cleaning of carbon-based film: A method of self-cleaning a plasma reactor upon depositing a carbon-based film on a substrate a pre-selected number of times, includes: (i) exciting oxygen gas and/or nitrogen oxide gas to generate a plasma; and (ii) exposing to the plasma a carbon-based film accumulated on an upper electrode provided in the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070248768 - Coated substrates and methods for their preparation: Coated substrates containing a barrier layer comprising hydrogenated silicon oxycarbide having a density of at least 1.6 g/cm3 and methods of preparing the coated substrates.... Agent: Dow Corning Corporation Co1232

20070248769 - Cover film for organic electroluminescence devices, organic electroluminescence device using the cover film and process for producing the device: A cover film for organic electroluminescence (EL) devices which comprises polymers of decomposition products of a perfluoroolefin and has an average light transmittance of 70% or larger in a wavelength band of 400 to 800 nm; an organic EL device which comprises at least an electrode layer (an anode), a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070243312 - Microstructure applique and method for making same: A method is described for forming a porous coating on the surface of a substrate such as an implantable prosthesis wherein a microstructure appliqué is made in the shape and depth of the area to be coated, adhesively attached to that area and subsequently bonded to the substrate through the... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070243314 - Image processing apparatus and method: A color region in which the difference of a bronzing between different colors is to be decreased is set in accordance with preset printing conditions, and a bronzing of a printing medium with a predetermined chromaticity is measured. The measured bronzing measurement value is held, and color separation data to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070243313 - Method of manufacturing radiographic image conversion panel: There is provided a method of manufacturing a radiation image conversion panel in which a stimulable phosphor layer is formed on a substrate by performing film deposition through vacuum evaporation. The thickness of the stimulable phosphor layer is measured during the film deposition with a layer thickness measurement device or... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070243316 - Method for conditioning a microelectronics device deposition chamber: The present invention provides, in one aspect, the present invention provides, in one embodiment, a method of conditioning a deposition chamber 100. This method comprises placing an undercoat on the walls of a deposition chamber 100 and depositing a pre-deposition coat over the undercoat with a plasma gas mixture conducted... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070243315 - Methods for manufacturing electrochemical cell parts comprising material deposition processes: The present invention relates to the resultant products, the method and apparatus to produce electrochemical cell parts using a material deposition process or processes and specially developed inks appropriate to the specific application requirements at each location on the bipolar plate and can include the gas diffusion layer and the... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070243317 - Thermal processing system and configurable vertical chamber: An apparatus (100) and method are provided for thermally processing substrates (108) held in a carrier (106). The apparatus (100) includes a vessel (101) having a top (134), side (136) and bottom (138), and a heat source (110) with heating elements (112-1, 112-2, 112-3) proximal thereto. The vessel (101) is... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070243318 - Method for producing coated electrical wires: The present invention relates to a method for producing coated electrical wires for which coating is carried out using UV-curable baking enamels which comprise a) one or more oxirane-based binders, b) one or more UV crosslinking catalysts, c) if desired, reactive diluents, d) chain transfer agents, and e) further customary... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070243319 - Photo-patterned carbon electronics: A system is provided for the manufacture of carbon based electrical components including, an ultraviolet light source; a substrate receiving unit whereby a substrate bearing a first layer of carbon based semiconductor is received and disposed beneath the ultraviolet light source; a mask disposed between the ultraviolet light source and... Agent: Maine & Asmus

20070243320 - Enclosed nickel-zinc primary battery, its anode and production methods for them: A high-capacity enclosed nickel-zinc primary battery excellent in characteristics such as capacity maintenance factor, energy density, and high-efficient discharge characteristics, an anode using it, and a production method for them. An enclosed nickel-zinc primary battery which uses as an anode an anode active material of nickel hydroxide compound, such as... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070243321 - Aqueous bitumen emulsion: The invention relates to an aqueous bitmen emulsion, comprising bitumen and a surfactant agent, made from esters or amides of glycine betaine, produced by reaction of glycine betaine with a sulphonic acid and an alcohol or amine with a fatty chain derived from vegetable oils. Said bitmen emulsion may be... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070243322 - Production of image elements: The present invention can increase the number of instances where foils can be fed into a coating module for transferring imaging layers from a transfer foil onto a material that is to be printed. A transfer foil is provided that carries image elements to the foil-guiding mechanism. The image elements... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070243323 - Method for manufacturing a cube-corner typed retroreflective element and the said retroreflective element: The object of this invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a cube-corner type retroreflective element and a cube-corner type retroreflective element manufactured thereby. The method of the current invention includes (a) laminating a thermosetting resin having a predetermined thickness on an upper surface of a base film (200),... Agent: Adam K. Sacharoff Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament&rubenstein,pc

20070243324 - Composite porous membrane and method for producing the same: An object of the present invention is to provide a composite porous membrane, which has not only excellent filtration capacity, but also excellent adhesion between a porous membrane and a braid and mechanical properties, and a method for producing the composite porous membrane. The present invention relates to a composite... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery

20070243325 - Ald method and apparatus: A method and an apparatus for executing efficient and cost-effective Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) at low temperatures are presented. ALD films such as oxides and nitrides are produced at low temperatures under controllable and mild oxidizing conditions over substrates and devices that are moisture- and oxygen-sensitive. ALD films, such as... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20070243326 - Synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes: Systems and methods for synthesizing ultra long carbon nanotubes comprising one or more metal underlayer platforms that allow the nanotube to grow freely suspended from the substrate. A modified gas-flow injector is used to reduce the gas flow turbulence during nanotube growth. Nanotube electrodes are formed by growing arrays of... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070243327 - Film forming method and apparatus: In the film forming method of the present invention, a substrate is first received in a processing vessel. Then, a film-forming gas including an organic silicon and an additive gas including a paraffin hydrocarbon gas and/or a hydrogen gas are introduced into the processing vessel, and the film-forming gas and... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070243328 - P-type semiconductor zinc oxide films process for preparation thereof, and pulsed laser deposition method using transparent substrates: A p-type semiconductor zinc oxide (ZnO) film and a process for preparing the film are disclosed. The film is co-doped with phosphorous (P) and lithium (Li). A pulsed laser deposition scheme is described for use in growing the film. Further described is a process of pulsed laser deposition using transparent... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070243329 - Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method: An immersion lithographic apparatus has a barrier member surrounding a space between the projection system and the substrate so as to at least partly confine liquid in the space. A jet of liquid is directed radially inwardly in a gap between the barrier member and the substrate and/or between the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Eric S. Cherry - Docketing Supervisor

20070243330 - Manufacturing method of liquid discharge head: Disclosed is a manufacturing method of a liquid discharge head having a discharge port which discharges a liquid, a flow path which communicates with the discharge port, a heating portion which is disposed correspondingly to the flow path and which generates heat energy for use in discharging the liquid from... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070243331 - Heat sealable compositions from aqueous dispersions: A dispersion that includes (A) an ethylene-acid copolymer; (B) a neutralizing agent; and (C) water, wherein the neutralizing agent is present in an amount sufficient to neutralize greater than 55% by weight of the carboxyl groups in component (A) is disclosed. Also, a dispersion that includes (A) an ethylene-acid copolymer;... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070243332 - Composition and process for the sealing of microcups in roll-to-roll display manufacturing: The invention relates to a novel sealing composition for the manufacture of an electrophoretic or liquid crystal display, and a sealing process using the composition. The composition allows electrophoretic or liquid crystal cells to be seamlessly sealed and the sealing layer free of any defects.... Agent: Howrey LLP

20070243333 - Method of forming film stack having under layer for preventing pinhole defects: A method is provided for forming a film stack in which a first film including a first polymer is formed on a substrate. A second film, which can include a second polymer other than the first polymer, is formed to have an inner surface disposed on the first film. The... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20070243334 - Allophanate modified polyisocyanates: A composition that includes isocyanate group containing compounds that include on average i) a NCO functionality less than or equal to 3.5; and ii) from 1.5 to 8 percent by weight, based on the isocyanate containing compound, of allophanate groups; and which is substantially free of uretdione groups. The composition... Agent: Bayer Material Science LLC

20070243335 - Deposition system, method and materials for composite coatings: A composite powder for a deposition of a composite coating comprises a nonmetallic component and a metallic component, the metallic component having an amorphous structure or a nanocrystalline structure. The metallic component may include an amorphous metallic alloy. The metallic alloy may include constituents having the amorphous structure. The metallic... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070243336 - Uv-radiation-curable precious-metal preparation, transfer pictures containing said preparation, and process for decoration: The invention relates to a radiation-curable precious-metal preparation, in particular a bright-gold preparation, that contains—in addition to a gold compound, which in particular is soluble in the printing medium, and further customary organometallic compounds—a radiation—curable, in particular UV-curable, printing medium, the polymerisation being initiated by the UV radiation and proceeding... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark, LLP

20070243337 - Process for producing metal oxide flakes: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a plane-parallel structure (a platelet-shaped body, or flake), comprising at least one dielectric layer consisting of oxides of one or more metal selected from groups 3 to 15 of the periodic table, which method comprises: (a) optionally applying a... Agent: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation Patent Department

20070243338 - Plasma deposition apparatus and method for making solar cells: A plasma deposition apparatus for making solar cells comprising a conveyor having a longitudinal axis for supporting at least one substrate; at least two modules each having at least one plasma torch for depositing a layer of a reaction product on the at least one substrate, the at least one... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20070237887 - Varnishing device and method for the application of varnish: A varnishing device and a procedure for the application of varnish with such a varnishing device, wherein the varnishing device has a varnish repository, a dosing pump connected with the varnish repository, a varnish output device which is connected to the dosing pump via a hose line, and a control... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070237888 - Methods to make sidewall light shields for color filter array: Methods of forming color filters having a light blocking material therebetween. A color filter is formed such that a trench is defined between a color filter and an adjacent color filter. The trench may be formed by exposing the color filter to polymerizing conditions such as, for example, ultraviolet radiation... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070237889 - Method of fabricating full-color oled arrays on the basis of physisorption-based microcontact printing process wtih thickness control: A direct and effective method of fabricating full-color OLED arrays on the basis of microcontact printing process is disclosed. The key of the method lies in a physisorption-based microcontact printing process capable of controlling thickness of the printed films. The organic EL materials involved can be of either small or... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070237886 - Imprint lithography: An imprint lithography apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has a substrate table configured to support a lithographic substrate and a plurality of nozzles arranged to eject fluid onto the lithographic substrate, the plurality of nozzles extending over a distance which is substantially equal to or greater than a width of... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070237890 - Bilayer laminated film for bump formation and method of bump formation: A negative radiation-sensitive two-layer laminated film for forming bumps includes a lower layer that includes a composition including a polymer (A) with a specific structural unit and an organic solvent (B). A process for forming bumps uses the laminated film. The negative radiation-sensitive two-layer laminated film for forming bumps permits... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070237891 - Pattern forming apparatus and pattern forming method: A pattern is formed by applying a coating composition containing magnetic particles to an article so that a coating film is formed, and a plurality of sheet form magnets are placed along the front surface of this coating film. Adjacent sheet form magnets are arranged in such a state that... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20070237892 - Bar coating method and apparatus: The present invention provides a bar coating method comprising the step of: weighing and applying a coating liquid by the bar with bringing the bar into contact with a continuously running web and supplying the coating liquid to an feed side of the web with respect to the bar to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070237893 - Tumble drum design and method for coating objects: A method of impregnating surfaces of objects with particulates comprising optionally, applying a liquid or semi-fluid binder to the objects to form pre-coated objects; adding the objects and particulates to a rotatable drum having at least an inlet, a length (L) and a diameter (D), the drum comprising at least... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. And Attorneys For Client No. 006943

20070237894 - System and method for transport: A deposition system and method includes a deposition source, a roll conveyor and at least one shield positioned at a location proximate to the deposition source.... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070237895 - Method and system for initiating a deposition process utilizing a metal carbonyl precursor: A method and system for initiating a deposition process utilizing a metal carbonyl precursor and CO as a delivery gas is described. Prior to a deposition process in a deposition chamber, a flow of delivery gas comprising CO is established through a vaporization system to transport a precursor vapor to... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (tokyo Electron)

20070237896 - Recyclable protective cover for a heat-conductive medium: A protective cover with a heat-conductive medium of a heat sink apparatus is provided, which is used to cover and protect the heat-conductive medium placed at the bottom surface of a base of the heat sink apparatus. It includes a sheet-like board, an elastic wall, and an accommodation chamber, wherein... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070237897 - Device and method for coating a microstructured and/or nanostructured structural substrate: The present invention relates to a device (1) and a method for coating a microstructured and/or nanostructured structural substrate (8). According to the present invention, the coating is performed in a vacuum chamber (3). The pressure level in the vacuum chamber (3) is elevated during or after the charging of... Agent: Kusner & Jaffe Highland Place Suite 310

20070237898 - Device and method for coating a microstructured and/or nanostructured structural substrate: A method for producing a multilayer system on a substrate, wherein a first and a second layer are applied on the substrate, in each case by means of a vacuum coating process, provides adherence of the layers on each other, even if at least one of the layers of the... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070237899 - Process for creating a pattern on a copper surface: A process for printing inks or organic resists using a droplet discharge printing mechanism onto a copper or copper alloy surface with increased resolution is described. The increased resolution is achieved by first preferably microetching the surface and then treating the copper surface with an organic substance which is capable... Agent: John L. Cordani, Carmody & Torrance LLP 50 Leavenworth Street

20070237900 - Controlling surface characteristics of an image forming device component: The present invention relates to controlling the surface characteristics of an image forming device component. The device may include photoconductive elements or non-photoconductive elements such as rollers or blades. The surface characteristics such as texture may be controlled by introducing a coating to the surface of a component or modifying... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070237901 - Water-stabilized antimicrobial organosilane products, compositions, and methods for using the same: The present invention relates to water-stable compositions and compounds formed by mixing an organosilane, optionally having a non-hydrolyzable organic group, but having one or more hydrolyzable groups, and an acidified stabilizing solution prepared from at least one acid, at least one glycol ether, and at least one cationic surfactant, preferably... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20070237902 - Adhesion-promoting compositions and methods of promoting adhesion between a coating and a substrate: Compositions comprising the reaction product of a polymer comprising a polyol, a polyisocyanate and/or a polyamine and a compound comprising a chlorendate group are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of improving adhesion between a coating composition and a substrate by applying the adhesion promoting compositions of the present invention to... Agent: Ppg Industries, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20070237903 - Thermosetting water-based coating composition and method of forming coating film: The present invention provides an thermosetting aqueous coating composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a hydroxy- and carboxy-containing water-soluble resin having a weight average molecular weight of 500 to 200,000, a hydroxy value of 1 to 200 mg KOH/g, and an acid value of 10 to 100 mg... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070237904 - Powered painting pad: The present invention is directed to a battery powered paint pad having a platen orbitally driven by the motor. The oscillatory distance and speed of the platen is optimized to achieve superior painting results. This is because high platen distance can cause wandering or lurching, while high orbital speed can... Agent: John Yun Black & Decker Corporation

20070237905 - Surface treatment method for plate material, and radiating fin for heat exchanger: The present invention reduces the expense of treating the surfaces of a plate material. This surface treatment method treats the surfaces of a plate material that is rolled with rolling oil and employed as a cooling fin of a heat exchanger, and includes a preparation step and a coating application... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070231459 - Change rate prediction method, storage medium, and substrate processing system: A change rate prediction method according to which there can be eliminated the need for experimentally determining electron beam intensities for making a change rate of a specification value of a predetermined film on a substrate uniform. The distribution of the shrinkage rate of a low-k film on a wafer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070231460 - Film formation method: When a multiple-panel forming process for producing a plurality of panels on a large-size substrate is employed, when production thereof is continued over a long period, or in other cases, a predetermined film thickness distribution can be stably obtained according to a method of the present invention. Vapor deposition on... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070231464 - Method and apparatus for forming electrode for battery: A plurality of gravure rolls are rotated while being allowed to abut against a surface of a moving electrode hoop, thereby applying a coating fluid serving as a precursor of porous layers onto a plurality of linear mixture layers. In this way, a plurality of linear porous layers are formed... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070231465 - Method and apparatus for forming electrode for battery: A method for forming an electrode for a battery includes the step of rotating a gravure roll while allowing the gravure roll to abut against the surface of an electrode, thereby applying a coating fluid serving as a precursor of a porous layer on the surface of the electrode. In... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070231469 - Printed circuits prepared from filled epoxy compositions: Compositions and processes for the preparation of printed circuits from epoxy compositions are provided. The epoxy compositions exhibit low viscosity in the uncured state and low coefficient of thermal expansion in the cured state. The low dielectric constant compositions of the invention are well-suited for use in multi-layer printed circuit... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070231457 - Method for spray coating a medical device using a micronozzle: The present invention provides for a method for spray application of a coating material onto a medical device by spraying coating material from a micronozzle fabricated from a plurality of sheets that are etched with holes or openings. The openings are aligned to form fluid channels and the sheets are... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070231458 - Spotting device and method for high concentration spot deposition on microarrays and other micorscale devices: Disclosed is a spotter device and methods for the formation of microassays, biochips, biosensors, and cell cultures. The spotter may be used to deposit highly concentrated spots of protein or other materials on a microarray a slide, wafer, or other substrate. The spotter uses microfluidic conduits and orifices to deposit... Agent: Trask Britt

20070231463 - Aqueous self-adhesive coating for electrical steel and its uses: The present invention relates to a self-adhesive coating for electrical steel and its uses. The coating comprises 81-99.9 weight parts of aqueous epoxy resin emulsion, 0.07-17 weight parts of curing agent, and optionally 0.3 weight parts of accelerant. If required, said coating can optionally contain additives selected from diluent, filler,... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070231461 - Method and apparatus for producing stuctures from functional materials: Method and apparatus for producing structures from functional materials, in particular electrical functional materials, in which in a first method step first of all a homogeneous surface tension of the substrate is produced which is higher relative to the normal state of the substrate and then the surface tension of... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070231466 - Method for catalytic surface protection: A method for protecting catalytic metal-based sensor for sensing the presence of hydrogen in an environment comprising, depositing a protective layer on said sensor, said protective layer being permeable to hydrogen.... Agent: Paul J White, Senior Counsel National Renewable Energy Laboratory (nrel)

20070231462 - Method of forming ferroelectric thin film: There is provided a method of forming a ferroelectric thin film of vinylidene fluoride homopolymer having crystal form I which is applicable to various substrates in relatively easy way (coating conditions, application method, etc.). The method of forming a ferroelectric thin film comprising vinylidene fluoride homopolymer comprises the step (i)... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070231467 - Method for manufacturing light emitting device and method for manufacturing electronic apparatus: A method for manufacturing a light emitting device includes :forming a first coated film including a light emitting compound and a carrier transporting compound on a surface of a first electrode, the light emitting compound including a light emitting moiety that has luminescent characteristics emitting light of a first color... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070231468 - Method and apparatus for forming electrode for battery: A method for forming an electrode for a battery includes the step of forming a porous layer on the surface of an electrode hoop formed at its surface with a mixture layer containing an active material. The porous layer is formed in the following manner: A gravure roll is rotated... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070231470 - Methods of producing composite material, filter and diffusion layer of fuel cell: The composite material is constituted by a substrate and a carbonized nanofiber layer and capable of being widely applied. The method of producing the composite material comprises the steps of: disposing an electrically conductive substrate on an electrode plate of an electro spinning apparatus; spraying a polymer solution or a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070231471 - Method for manufacturing magnetic recording medium: A method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium is provided which has high recording density and which is less likely to cause problems of a magnetic tape such as inappropriate contact with a head, unstable running, and damage. A back-coat layer containing plate-like inorganic pigment (plate-like inorganic pigment-containing layer) is... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070231472 - System and method for improving corrosion resistance of magnetic media: A system and method for corrosion problems in magnetic media resulting from moisture penetrating through the carbon layer into the magnetic layer by diffusion or other methods are overcome by processing the carbon overcoat to stop and/or inhibit the moisture penetration. The process involves removing moisture channels from protective overcoats... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C. Suite 250

20070231473 - Method for manufacturing magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording medium: A magnetic recording medium and a method for manufacturing the same are provided, which provide high surface recording density and high recording/reading performance. The magnetic recording medium is manufactured by forming an intermediate protective layer between a continuous recording layer and a mask layer, dividing the continuous recording layer to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070231474 - Method of repairing an article having a bondcoat and a topcoat: The invention provides a method for locally repairing a coated article having a bondcoat and a topcoat by removing a first portion of the topcoat and a second portion of the bondcoat and adding new bondcoat and topcoat material such that the new topcoat material overlies the new bondcoat material... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070231476 - Printing method: A printing method wherein a lay out composition for a print sheet is defined as a hierarchical set of cells, independent of characteristics of a printing device. A printing model is generated for at least one image to be printed and/or associated annotation data by means of this lay out... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20070231475 - Conductor structure on dielectric material: In some embodiments, conductor structure on dielectric material is presented. In this regard, a substrate in introduced having a conductive paste layer to adhere to dielectric material without a micro-anchor. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070231479 - Coating apparatus, coating method, and method for manufacturing optical film: The coating apparatus includes a base for supporting a slot die, wherein the base has a height of not more than 5 m from a ground level, and a mean cross sectional area of not less than 3 m2 in terms of a horizontal direction.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070231477 - System and method for manufacturing liquid crystal display panel, and liquid crystal display panel using the same: A method of processing substrates for a liquid crystal display panel includes providing a first loader having a first port and a second port, concurrently inputting and outputting first substrates between a cassette at the first port and a processing assembly, and, processing the first substrates in the processing assembly.... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070231478 - Production method of optical film, optical film and image display: A method for producing an optical film is provided and includes: simultaneously coating at least two coating solutions over a transparent support, the at least two coating solutions each containing a solvent and a solute; and drying the solvent in each of the at least two coating solutions to provide... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070231480 - Film-forming apparatus, film-forming method and particle-supplying apparatus: A film-forming apparatus includes a mixing section which mixes material particles and core particles having a large particle size than that of the material particles; a separating section which separates the material particles and the core particles; an aerosol-generator which generates aerosol by dispersing the separated material particles in a... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070231481 - Method for manufacturing decorative stone: A method for manufacturing a decorative stone comprises steps of: non-through cutting a stone tile to a predetermined depth according to a predesigned pattern by the ultrasonic or water jet; mixing a color material for filling the cutting lines; and filling the mixed color material into the cutting lines, then... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070231482 - Interference fit assembly: An interference fit assembly (10) is made of a first metal part (12), which has a recess (14) with an inner contact surface (16) and a second metal part (18) arranged in the recess (14) of the first metal part (12), wherein the second metal part has an outer contact... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070231483 - Liquid processing apparatus and liquid processing method: A liquid processing apparatus is arranged to planarize a film on a substrate by supplying onto the film a process liquid for dissolving the film while rotating the substrate. The apparatus includes a substrate holding member configured to rotatably hold the substrate in a horizontal state, a rotation mechanism configured... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070231484 - Method and apparatus for processing polysilazane film: A method of processing a polysilazane film includes a first heat process and a subsequent second heat process performed on a target substrate with a polysilazane coating film formed thereon. The first heat process is performed by supplying water vapor into a process area within a reaction container, which accommodates... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070231485 - Silane process chamber with double door seal: A process chamber for the coating of substrates with silanes with a double door seal. The double door seal may have a cavity between the seals which may be evacuated or pressurized, including with an inert gas. An apparatus for the coating of substrates comprising a process oven, a gas... Agent: Michael A. Guth

20070231487 - Method of forming a metal carbide or metal carbonitride film having improved adhesion: A method for forming a metal carbide or metal carbonitride film on a substrate using a vapor deposition process. The method includes comprises introducing a first process material, such as a film precursor, to the substrate followed by introducing a second process material, such as a film reducing agent, to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070231486 - Carbon nanotube device and process for producing the same: A carbon nanotube device has a substrate (1), a layer (3) having a space (5) which penetrates in the vertical direction of the substrate (1), and carbon nanotubes (7) formed on the surface of the substrate facing the space (5) in such a manner as to have number density distributions... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070231488 - Method for producing virtual ge substrates for iii/v-integration on si(001): Relaxed germanium buffer layers can be grown economically on misoriented silicon wafers by low-energy plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, in conjunction with thermal annealing and/or patterning, the buffer layers can serve as high-quality virtual substrates for the growth of crack-free GaAs layers suitable for high-efficiency solar cells, lasers and field effect... Agent: Moetteli & Associates Sarl

20070231489 - Method for introducing a precursor gas to a vapor deposition system: A method for introducing a precursor vapor to a processing chamber configured for forming a thin metal on a substrate is described. The vapor delivery method includes introducing a dilution gas to the precursor vapor and adjusting the spatial distribution of the dilution gas addition in order to affect improvements... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (tokyo Electron)

20070231490 - Uniformly vaporizing metals and organic materials: A method for mixing and depositing first and second separate vaporized materials onto a substrate surface to form a layer wherein the first material includes a metal and the second material is non-metallic, including providing a mixing manifold disposed so that vaporized materials are deliverable onto the substrate surface; providing... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070231491 - System and method for printing a pattern on footwear: The invention provides a method for applying a pattern onto the upper of a shoe or other footwear. The footwear is preferably made by injection molding where raw materials are injected into a mold to form the shape of a footwear.... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070231492 - Polymer film producing apparatus and method: A polymer film producing apparatus has a moving support on which dope containing polymer and solvent is cast to form a cast film. The cast film is stripped from the support to obtain a polymer film containing the solvent, and the polymer film is dried. A first gas flow duct... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070231493 - Method for forming a patterned array of carbon nanotubes: A method for forming a patterned array of carbon nanotubes (11) includes the steps of: forming an array of carbon nanotubes on a substrate (10); imprinting the array of carbon nanotubes using a molding device (12) with a predetermined pattern; and removing the molding device, thereby leaving a patterned array... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070231494 - Writing instruments with eradicable inks and eradicating fluids: Improved eradicating fluids and eradicable inks are disclosed. A color changing eradicating fluid is disclosed which includes a volatile base, a pH sensitive dye and an eradicating agent whereby the dye changes color as the volatile base evaporates thereby provided a visual indication to the user when the eradicating fluid... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070231496 - Method for coating of metallic coil or sheets for producing hollow articles: A method for coating of a metallic coil or of metallic sheets with an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of zirconium compounds, titanium compounds and hafnium compounds whereby the such treated metallic coil or metallic sheets is/are shaped by cold extruding, by... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070231495 - Method of forming multi-layer films using corona treatments: A method and system for forming a multi-layer film, comprising corona treating a surface of a substrate in a processing environment having a positive pressure and an oxygen concentration of about 100 parts-per-million by volume or less, and coating the corona-treated surface of the substrate with a coating material while... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070231497 - Apparatus and method for coating polyimide layer: An apparatus for coating polyimide layer includes a print table, an inkjet head, and a polyimide liquid supply tank, wherein the inkjet head is configured to jet the polyimide liquid in a scan-coating and be shifted by a predetermined shift pitch in a direction until 2N times of scan-coating occurs... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw, LLP

20070231498 - Method and apparatus for two dimensional assembly of particles: A method and an apparatus (10) for making thin layers from particles, wherein the particles are deposited on a carrier fluid flowing by gravity along a ramp (12) leading to a dam (18). The particles are held back at the bottom of the ramp (12), thereby causing the particles to... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070231499 - Apparatus and method for electrostatic spray coating of medical devices: An apparatus and method for electrostatic spray deposition of small targets, such as medical devices like stents. The apparatus includes a target holder which applies a first electrical potential to the target, and an electrostatic dispensing nozzle which applies a second potential sufficient to attract the coating fluid from the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070231500 - Silica microspheres, method for making and assembling same and possible uses of silica microspheres: The invention concerns silica microspheres (M) having an outer diameter between 50 and 125 μm, preferably between 60 and 90 μm, a wall thickness not less than 1 μm, preferably between 1 and 3 μm and a density between 0.3 and 0.7/cm3, a manufacturing method by injecting silica microsphere precursors... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070231501 - Substrates coated with mixtures of titanium and aluminum materials, methods for making the substrates, and cathode targets of titanium and aluminum metal: Titanium and aluminum cathode targets are disclosed for sputtering absorbing coatings of titanium and aluminum-containing materials in atmospheres comprising inert gas, reactive gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, and mixtures thereof, which can further comprise inert gas, such as argon, to form nitrides, oxides, and oxynitrides, as well as metallic films.... Agent: Intellectual Property Department Ppg Industries, Inc.

20070231502 - Method for incorporating additives into polymers: This invention is a method for incorporating additives into a polymeric materials such as coatings and plastics, which comprises treating the polymeric material with light prior to applying a removable coating of a composition comprising the additives to the surface of the polymeric material and allowing the coating to remain... Agent: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation Patent Department