Coating processes inventions 05/08

20080124450 - Methods for manufacturing amino acid mimetic copolymers and use of same: Biocompatible polymers are manufactured to include an amino acid mimetic monomer and one or more hydrophobic acrylate monomers. The amino acid mimetic monomers are selected to mimic the side chain of the amino acids asparagine or glutamine. The amino acid mimetic monomer can be a methacryloyl or acryloyl derivative of... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080124451 - Stent coating method: A system, nozzle assembly, and method for coating a stent with a solvent and polymer are provided. The polymer can include a therapeutic substance or a drug. The polymer and solvent can be discharged from separate tubes disposed within another tube carrying moving air. The polymer and the solvent mix... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080124452 - Method for reducing stent coating defects: A stent mandrel fixture and method for supporting a stent during the application of a coating substance is provided.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080124453 - In-situ detection of gas-phase particle formation in nitride film deposition: Systems and methods for in-situ monitoring of the formation of parasitic particles during the deposition of a III-V nitride film with, e.g., metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) are described. In accordance with certain embodiments, at least one light source capable of generating a light beam at a desired wavelength is... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP / Amat

20080124454 - Method of production of a magnetoresistance effect device: A magnetoresistance effect device including a multilayer structure having a pair of ferromagnetic layers and a barrier layer positioned between them, wherein at least one ferromagnetic layer has at least the part contacting the barrier layer made amorphous and the barrier layer is an MgO layer having a highly oriented... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080124455 - Organic light emitting compound, organic light emitting device comprising the same, and method of manufacturing the organic light emitting device: where CY1 and CY2 are each independently a fused C6-C50 aromatic ring, Ar1 is a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C50 arylene group, Ar2, Ar3, Ar4, and Ar5 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C50 aryl group, m and n are independently 0-3, and R1 and R2 are substituent groups. An... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080124456 - Inkjet ink and method for forming cured film using the same: The invention provides an inkjet ink including a compound (A) obtained by polymerizing an acid anhydride group-containing compound (a1), an amino-containing compound (a2), and a hydroxy compound (a3), and provides a method for manufacturing this inkjet ink.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20080124457 - Transparent conductive film: The present invention provides a transparent conductive film having: a transparent base film; a transparent SiOx thin film having a thickness of from 10 to 100 nm, a refractive index of from 1.40 to 1.80 and an average surface roughness Ra of from 0.8 to 3.0 nm, wherein x is... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080124458 - Method of producing gasket for fuel cells: An object of the invention is to provide a method of producing gasket for fuel cells, in which it is possible to prevent MPL from inhibiting an impregnation at a time of impregnating a GDL with a liquid rubber and thereby it is possible to form a sufficiently impregnated state.... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080124459 - Methods for forming a read sensor: A method of making a magnetic head comprises depositing first and second lead layers in first and second end regions which surround a central region; and forming a read sensor in the central region such that a first edge of the read sensor is disposed above an upper edge of... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC- Ibm

20080124460 - Methods of obtaining photoactive coatings and/or anatase crystalline phase of titanium oxides and articles made thereby: A method of making a photoactive coating includes depositing a first coating material containing zirconium oxide over at least a portion of a substrate and depositing a second coating material containing titanium oxide over at least a portion of the first coating material to provide a coated substrate. At least... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080124461 - Laminator and method of lamination: A laminator for multiplex entities comprising at least one pair of driven cylinders, the outermost surface of the cylinders being coated with a thermally conductive elastic material such that in operation the cylinders fail to make physical contact with one another for a period during each rotation, wherein each of... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080124462 - Pressure swing cvi/cvd: Method of chemical vapor infiltration of a deposable carbon material into a porous carbon fiber preform in order to densify the carbon fiber preform. The method includes the steps of: situating the porous carbon fiber preform in the reaction zone; providing a linear flow of a reactant gas comprising deposable... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Law Department Ab 2

20080124463 - System and method for depositing a gaseous mixture onto a substrate surface using a showerhead apparatus: A gaseous mixture is deposited onto a substrate surface using a showerhead. A first plenum of the showerhead has a plurality of channels fluidicly coupled with an interior of a processing chamber. A second plenum gas flows through a plurality of tubes extending from a second plenum of the showerhead... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP / Amat

20080124464 - Methods for printing of three-dimensional objects: A method to help control the quality of printed three-dimensional objects is provided. The method may include printing a carpet of building material on a printing tray below and/or around the base of an object prior to printing the object such that the carpet may include one or more layers... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080124465 - Process for producing optical multilayer film filter and optical multilayer film filter: The present invention relates to a process for producing an optical multilayer film filter comprising the steps of forming a resin layer on a substrate; forming a multilayer film on the resin layer; and detaching the multilayer film from an interface with the resin layer.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080124466 - Method for glazing ceramic articles obtained by slip-casting: Method of glazing ceramic articles, consisting of preparing a glaze compound in liquid suspension, preferably aqueous; feeding the glaze compound in liquid suspension, preferably aqueous, into the forming cavity of a porous mould, for the time required to create a glaze film of desired thickness on the surface of the... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080124467 - Modified surfaces and method for modifying a surface: A surface modified substrate includes a substrate having a surface and a layer of nanoscale inorganic oxide particles disposed on at least a portion of the surface.... Agent: Kevin E. Mc Veigh Rhodia Inc.

20080124468 - Plating method: Disclosed is a plating method which, includes preparing a plating base; printing a plating pattern on a plating surface of the plating base; and plating the plating surface of the plating base. During plating, a plating layer is formed on a portion where the plating pattern is not printed. The... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080124469 - Method for producing a component covered with a wear-resistant coating: The invention relates to a method for the production of a component, especially gas turbine component, coated with a wear-protection coating, especially a corrosion-protection coating or erosion-protection coating, with the following steps: a) providing a component (10) to be coated on a component surface (13); b) at least partially coating... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20080124470 - Susceptor with surface roughness for high temperature substrate processing: Susceptors plates are formed having a minimum surface roughness. The wafer contact surfaces of the susceptor plates have a surface roughness Ra value of about 0.6 μm or more. The contact surface is otherwise flat and lacking in large protrusions. In addition, the susceptors have a low transparency to more... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080124471 - Method for epoxy application control overpresses: A method for placing a resin layer or shim on a frame member uses an overpress. The overpress has an inner surface with protruding nubs. The operator places a bead of liquid resin on the inner surface of the overpress, then clamps the overpress to the frame member. The clamps... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20080124473 - Biodegradable biopolymers, method for their preparation and functional materials constituted by these biopolymers: A biodegradable biopolymer material consists of silk fibroin from domesticated silkworm; silk fibroin from wild silkworm; a composite material comprising silk fibroin from domesticated silkworm and silk fibroin from wild silkworm; or a composite material comprising either silk fibroin from domesticated silkworm or silk fibroin from wild silkworm and at... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080124472 - Clearcoating composition with unblocked acid catalyst: A two-component solvent-borne clearcoat composition comprising an unblocked acid catalyst, a film-forming binder, and an aminoplast crosslinking agent (e.g., a melamine formaldehyde crosslinking agent) surprisingly provides enhanced appearance when compared to a one-component clearcoating composition containing blocked acid catalyst cured at temperatures above 121° C. (250° F.).... Agent: Basf Corporation Patent Department

20080124474 - Coating composition: t

20080124475 - Method for printing of three-dimensional objects: A method to help control the quality of printed three-dimensional objects is provided. The method may include depositing building materials to print a three-dimensional object with an adjacent support construction such that the object and the support construction are separated by a barrier and the barrier includes vacant pixels, where... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080124476 - Recording liquid and recording method: A recording liquid containing C.I. Pigment Yellow 128 as a yellow pigment, a water-soluble resin containing at least a (meth)acrylic acid monomer component as a dispersant and a sulfonated isoprene resin is disclosed.... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20080124477 - Apparatus and method for bar coating: In a bar coating apparatus which applies a coating liquid to a continuously running web using a columnar bar which rotates by being supported by a bar receiving member, the bar to be used is determined based on D*, where A is a deflection value of a difference between a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080124478 - Two-part borate, silicate and zinc compositions, and methods for treating wood products: Systems and methods are provided for treating products containing wood fibers to provide protection against wood destroying organisms and fire, and resistance against leaching of the preservative from the wood by water in exposed environments such as exterior applications. The methods involve applying to a substrate a first aqueous composition... Agent: U.s. Borax Inc.

20080124479 - Processes for preparing corrosion resistant coating systems for silicon-containing substrates: Process includes providing a silicide-containing bond coat layer overlying a silicon-containing substrate, optionally forming a silica scale layer adjacent to and overlying the bond coat layer by preoxidizing the bond coat layer, and providing an environmental barrier coating overlying the bond coat layer. The environmental barrier coating includes a corrosion... Agent: General Electric Company

20080124480 - Free layer blade damper by magneto-mechanical materials: A coating for an article is provided to enhance vibration damping and fatigue strength, without diluting resistance to erosion, wear, and corrosion for metallic components such as blades, blisks, shafts and bearings of a gas turbine engine operating in a hostile environment. The invention includes a metallic substrate and a... Agent: James C. Eaves Jr. Greenebaum Doll & Mcdonald PLLC

20080124481 - Aqueous ink, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit, and ink jet recording apparatus: The invention provides an aqueous ink that can prevent clogging at an orifice due to drying of the ink though the ink contains a pigment, and can achieve high-level ejection stability required in recent years. The aqueous ink contains at least water, a water-soluble organic solvent and carbon black particles,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080124482 - Method and apparatus for producing single-wall carbon nanotubes: There is provided a method for producing single-wall carbon nanotubes comprising condensing a plasma comprising atoms or molecules of carbon and atoms of a metal suitable for catalyzing the formation of single-wall carbon nanotubes in an oven at a predetermined temperature so as to provide a temperature gradient, thereby forming... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080124483 - Active ray curable ink-jet ink set, image forming method and ink-jet recording apparatus: An active ray curable ink-jet ink set comprising an active ray curable yellow ink, an active ray curable cyan ink, an active ray curable black ink, and further one or more active ray curable color inks other than yellow, cyan and black, wherein each of the active ray curable inks... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080124484 - Method of forming ru film and metal wiring structure: A method of depositing a ruthenium (Ru) thin film on a substrate includes: (i) treating a surface of the substrate with a metal-organic precursor; (ii) adsorbing a ruthenium precursor onto the treated surface of the substrate; (iii) treating the adsorbed ruthenium precursor with an excited reducing gas; and (iv) repeating... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080124485 - Method of successively depositing multi-film releasing plasma charge: Method of successively depositing a multi-film is disclosed. An electric charge removing process is performed after a deposition process of the last film of the multi-film or between the two neighboring film deposition processes. The electric charge removing process includes introducing an inert gas into a reaction chamber of the... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080124486 - Method for enhancing adhesion of thin film: Adhesion of a thin film can be enhanced by irradiating the surface of a parent material with a laser beam at a fluence in the vicinity of the machining threshold, scanning the irradiated part while overlapping to form a grating structure, and then forming a solid thin film in the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080124487 - Apparatus and method for applying alignment liquid and spacers: An apparatus for spraying spacers with an alignment liquid, including a container for transporting the alignment liquid mixed with the spacers therein and a plurality of nozzles provided on a bottom of the container. The alignment liquid with spacers mixed therein is sprayed through the plurality of nozzles under a... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt LLC

20080124488 - Method and apparatus for plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition: The invention is based on the object of reducing the heating of substrates during plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. For this purpose, a method and an apparatus for coating substrates by means of plasma enhanced vapor deposition are provided, in which at least part of the surroundings of the substrate... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20080124489 - Coating film forming apparatus and method: A coating film forming apparatus includes a process section including one or more coating units and one or more thermally processing units; a pre-coating cleaning unit configured to perform cleaning on a back surface and an edge portion of a substrate; and a pre-coating check unit configured to check a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080124490 - Coating solution for forming wettability-varied pattern and method of producing pattern-formed body: The main object of the present invention is to provide a coating solution for forming a wettability-varied pattern, which solution does not allow metals to be dissolved thereinto and thus can be used for producing a pattern-formed body, and a method of producing a pattern-formed body by using the coating... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080124491 - Kit for providing an image on a substrate: A kit for producing optically variable images is disclosed wherein the kit includes a special effect pigment having particles that are magnetically alignable, a magnet for aligning the particles and a scribing tool for personalizing an image. Alternatively or in addition the kit can include e-field responsive flakes in a... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080118628 - Method and apparatus for coating a carrier: This invention relates to a method and a corresponding apparatus for coating open-pored bodies with at least one coating suspension. In particular, the coating suspension has solids and solutes in a liquid medium in a quantity in wet state which is to correspond to at least a required target quantity.... Agent: Kalow & Springut LLP

20080118630 - Apparatus and method for forming thin film: Apparatus and a method for forming a thin film including a vacuum chamber, a substrate holder located on the inner upper side of the vacuum chamber to secure a substrate, an evaporation source located on the inner lower side of the vacuum chamber to evaporate a deposition material, an evaporation... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080118631 - Real-time system for monitoring and controlling film uniformity and method of applying the same: A real-time system adapted to a PVD apparatus for monitoring and controlling film uniformity is described. The system includes a shielding plate, a monitoring device, and a data processing program. The shielding plate is disposed on an inner wall of a reaction chamber above a wafer stage. An opening in... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080118632 - Painting device to produce decorative appearance: A painting device is disclosed that is simple and easy to use to produce a faux brick appearance on domestic and commercial walls. The painting device has a base plate with a handle. An absorbent layer is attached to the base plate to absorb and hold paint that is to... Agent: Curtis D. Kinghorn Sirius Strategic, Llc

20080118629 - Solution spray apparatus and solution spray method: A solution spray apparatus includes a nozzle which sprays a droplet of a solution such as EL solution, a heater is provided on the nozzle to heat the solution in the nozzle to a temperature lower than a boiling point of the solution in the nozzle, so that the droplet... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080118633 - Methods for creating electronic circuitry comprising phenolic epoxy binder compositions: The invention relates generally to methods for creating circuitry components from binder materials having a hydrophobic phenolic component and a hydrophobic epoxy component. The phenolic/epoxy based liquids, solutions, suspensions and/or pastes can generally be screen printed or otherwise formed on an electronic substrate, pattern or device, to provide an electronic... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080118634 - Method for manufacturing transparent conductive film: A method for manufacturing a transparent conductive film on a glass structure, the method including the steps of: preparing a carbon nanotube slurry; applying a carbon nanotube slurry layer onto the glass structure; drying the carbon nanotube slurry layer on the glass structure; and solidifying the carbon nanotube slurry layer... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080118635 - Method for producing a reversible solid oxide fuel cell: The present invention provides a method for producing a reversible solid oxide fuel cell, comprising the steps of: —providing a metallic support layer; —forming a cathode precursor layer on the metallic support layer; —forming an electrolyte layer on the cathode precursor layer; —sintering the obtained multilayer structure; —impregnating the cathode... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080118636 - Method of forming phase change layer using a germanium precursor and method of manufacturing phase change memory device using the same: A method of forming a phase change layer using a Ge compound and a method of manufacturing a phase change memory device using the same are provided. The method of manufacturing a phase change memory device included supplying a first precursor on a lower layer on which the phase change... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080118637 - Ultra high strength asphalt: The present invention relates to method for the preparation of a dry material for use as an ultra high strength pavement as well as the dry granular pavement material manufactured by the method, and furthermore the present invention also relates to a method for applying the ultra high strength pavement... Agent: James C. Wray

20080118638 - Colorless thermal mass transfer compositions and articles: Retroreflective sheeting articles comprising a colorless thermal mass transferred image, methods of thermal mass transfer printing substrate such as polymeric films with a colorless thermal mass transferable composition, and thermal mass transfer ribbon articles comprising a colorless thermal mass transferable composition are described. The thermal mass transfer composition comprises a... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080118639 - Process for forming unidirectionally oriented fiber structures: A process for forming a unidirectionally oriented fiber structure formed of high tenacity fibers. A plurality of yarns of high tenacity fibers are supplied, with the yarns being unidirectionally oriented. The yarns are coated with a liquid having a viscosity of about 5 to about 600 centipoises and tension is... Agent: Virginia Szigeti, Esq. Honeywell International Inc.

20080118640 - Roofing products including mixtures of algae-resistant roofing granules: Roofing granule mixtures include multiple classes of algae-resistant granules, with each class of algae-resistant granules including at least one algaecide. One class of granules provides immediate algae resistance, while release of algaecide from other granules is delayed.... Agent: Paul And Paul

20080118641 - Compensation techniques for substrate heating processes: Methods for compensating for a thermal profile in a substrate heating process are provided herein. In one embodiment, a method of processing a substrate includes determining an initial thermal profile of a substrate resulting from a process; imposing a compensatory thermal profile on the substrate based on the initial thermal... Agent: Moser Ip Law Group / Applied Materials, Inc.

20080118642 - Ni catalyst, process for making catalysts and selective hydrogenation process: More selective and efficient Ni hydrotreating catalysts are those which contain more than about 60% of the Ni content on the peripheral surface of porous supports, such as extruded alumina, which may be obtained by spraying an atomized solution of a Ni compound onto the support and drying it at... Agent: Osha Liang LLP / Cdtech

20080118643 - Multilayer nitride-containing coatings: This invention relates to erosion resistant coatings comprising at least 2 sublayer systems in which each sublayer system is separated from another by an interlayer, wherein (i) each sublayer system is the same or different and comprises at least 4 layers, (ii) said layers comprise alternating layers of a nitride-containing... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20080118644 - Templated monolayer polymerization and replication: A self-replicating monolayer system employing polymerization of monomers or nanoparticle ensembles on a defined template provides a method for synthesis of two-dimensional single molecule polymers. Systems of self-replicating monolayers are used as templates for growth of inorganic colloids. A preferred embodiment employs SAM-based replication, wherein an initial monolayer is patterned... Agent: Norma E Henderson Henderson Patent Law

20080118645 - Method and system for tone inverting of residual layer tolerant imprint lithography: A method (and apparatus) of imprint lithography, includes imprinting, via a patterned mask, a pattern into a resist layer on a substrate, and overlaying a cladding layer over the imprinted resist layer. A portion of the cladding layer is used as a hard mask for a subsequent processing.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080118646 - Siloxane oligomer treatment for metals: A method of applying to a clean metal surface an aqueous solution comprised of a small percentage of organofunctional siloxane oligomers. The organofunctional siloxane oligomers used in this method include silsesquioxanes. The organofunctional siloxane oligomers are applied to a metal surface prior to the application of a topcoat and function... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080118647 - Process for producing ink jet recording material: The present invention relates to a process for producing an ink jet recording material, comprising sequentially forming an ink-receptive layer and a glossy layer on a low air-permeable or air-impermeable support or a solvent-absorptive layer superimposed on the support, characterized in that the glossy layer is formed by applying a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080118648 - Method for the production of group iii nitride bulk crystals or crystal layers from fused metals: With the method a solvent additive is added to the fused metal which increases the conversion rate of group III metal to group III nitride in the fused metal. The fused metal runs through at least one temperature cycle with a first and a second process phase in which cycle... Agent: Andrew B. Morton Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber

20080118649 - Method for coating substrates with a carbon-based material: The present invention relates to a method for coating substrates with a carbon-based material, comprising the steps of at least partially coating a substrate with a polymer film on at least one outside surface of the substrate and carbonizing the polymer film in an atmosphere that is essentially free of... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080118650 - Photochromic material and process for its preparation: A curable composition which has photochromic properties and is based on an amine-cured epoxy resin, a cured product which is obtained by thermal curing of this curable composition on a substrate, e.g. polycarbonate glass with triplex formation (three-layered structure), and a process for the preparation of an optical material are... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, Pa

20080118651 - Method for producing a permanent protective layer on precious metal surfaces by coating with solutions based on polysilazane: A method used to produce a permanent support layer on precious metal surfaces by coating solutions which are based on polysilazane. Said method is used to coat surfaces made of precious metal or precious metal alloys with a solution containing a polysilazane of formula (I), wherein n is measured in... Agent: Clariant Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080118653 - Apparatus for forming alignment layer and auto-calibration method thereof: An apparatus for forming alignment layer includes a printing stage for supporting a substrate thereon, at least one inkjet head having at least one spray hole above the printing stage, the spray hole spraying an alignment material onto the substrate, a head support supporting the inkjet head, a pitch measuring... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080118652 - Automotive paint applying installation and method using same: An automotive paint installation providing additionally to standard paint application, automated application of small rare color shade paint volumes. The installation includes at least a secondary rare color shade paint dispensing and recovery circuit, wherein scrapers are circulated in the part of the circuit supplying painting stations, and including a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080118654 - Liquid crystal dispensing system and method of dispensing liquid crystal material using same: A liquid crystal dispensing system includes a container to contain liquid crystal to be dispensed, a discharge pump to receive the liquid crystal from the container and to discharge the liquid crystal, a nozzle to dispense the liquid crystal discharged from the discharge pump onto a substrate, and a control... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080118655 - Apparatus and method for printing of three-dimensional objects: An apparatus and a method for printing of three-dimensional objects are provided. The method may include printing a three-dimensional object using a printing head having a plurality of nozzles through which building materials are dispensed in layers; detecting defective nozzles in the printing head using a controller; processing a map... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080118656 - Masking article: An elongate masking article (3), suitable especially for removable-attachment to a vehicle for masking a gap (15) between two relatively-movable parts (16, 18) of the vehicle, has an elongate transverse cross-section and is so constructed that an enclosed space (10) can be opened up within the article by applying pressure... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080118657 - Rapid drying, water-based ink-jet ink: The present invention is drawn to ink compositions and methods for ink-jet recording. The ink-jet ink can comprise water and at least 20 wt % solids. The solids can include pigment particulates and silica particulates dispersed in the ink-jet ink, as well as solid humectant substantially dissolved in the ink-jet... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080118658 - Photocurable composition for forming an anti-fogging coating: The present invention discloses a photocurable composition for forming an anti-fogging coating, comprising: (A) a urethane compound containing at least two (meth)acryloyl groups and a polyoxyalkylene chain in a molecule thereof, (B) a compound having at least two (meth)acryloyl groups and at least two hydroxyl groups in a molecule thereof,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080118659 - Corrosion-resistant, chromium-free, self-priming coatings curable by ultraviolet light: Corrosion-resistant, self-priming coatings that are curable by ultraviolet energy and methods for coating surfaces using such coatings have been provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a method for coating a surface includes formulating a chromium-free, self-priming coating, applying the chromium-free, self-priming coating to the surface, and curing the chromium-free, self-priming coating... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.c. (boeing)

20080118660 - Method of fabricating wire grid polarizer: Provided is a method of fabricating a wire grid polarizer, including: forming a photoresist having a striped pattern on a substrate, wherein a plurality of grooves are periodically formed in the photoresist; and forming a wire grid by filling a solution including dispersed nano metal particles in the grooves and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080118661 - Thin film producing method: The present invention is made to provide a method of producing a ZnO thin film in which the c-axis is oriented in-plane over a large area. A ZnO target 28 as the material of the thin film is sputtered by using a magnetron sputtering system, and a flow of material... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080118662 - Method for fabricating crystalline silicon thin films: An amorphous silicon (Si) film is taken to form a metal silicide of Si—Al(aluminum) under a high temperature. Al atoms is diffused into the amorphous Si film for forming the metal silicide of Si—Al as nucleus site. Then through heating and annealing, a microcrystalline or nano-crystalline silicon thin film is... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080118663 - Contamination reducing liner for inductively coupled chamber: A method and apparatus for depositing a film through a plasma enhance chemical vapor deposition process is provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a processing chamber having a coil disposed in the chamber and routed proximate the chamber wall. A liner is disposed over the coil and is protected... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20080118664 - Discharge surface-treatment method and discharge surface-treatment apparatus: In a discharge surface-treatment apparatus a discharge pulse current of a high current value and a short pulse width at least having rising speed equal to or higher than 40 A/μs is applied between an electrode and a workpiece.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080118665 - Method of making a layered component with vector discrimination in a variable deposition rate process: A method of making a layered component with an improved surface finish by a shape metal deposition process is provided. The method comprises the steps of discriminating a first set of vectors on an exterior portion of the component from a second set of vectors on an interior portion of... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080118666 - Radiation curable resin composition for making colored three dimensional objects: A radiation curable resin composition suitable for making three dimensional objects comprises at least one epoxy compound, and a cationic photoinitiator, wherein the resin composition has a first color or no color before cure and wherein a three dimensional object made from the resin by subjecting the resin to radiation... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080113083 - Medical devices having adherent polymeric layers with depth-dependent properties: According to one aspect of the invention, a method of forming a medical device is provided, which includes: (a) contacting a substrate with a solution that contains (i) one or more types of polymers, (ii) a solvent that contains one or more types of solvent species, and (iii) one or... Agent: Mayer & Williams Pc

20080113082 - Method for making air-laid structures: A method for forming air-laid fibrous articles. The method includes the steps of providing a stream of loose air-entrained fibers, providing a core pocket assembly comprising a central foraminous forming surface and an edge foraminous forming surface, applying a first pressure to the central foraminous forming surface, applying a second... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080113085 - Polyfluoroether-based phosphates: m

20080113087 - Method for quantifying over-etch of a conductive feature: The invention provides a method for quantifying over-etch of a conductive feature. In one embodiment, this method includes forming a conductive feature over a substrate, the conductive feature having a sheet resistance test structure associated therewith, the sheet resistance test structure having a first sheet resistance value. This method may... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080113086 - Nanosize heater-mounted nozzle and method for manufacturing same and method for forming micro thin film: A nanosize heater-mounted nozzle is configured of a nozzle for locally supplying a source gas toward a substrate W; a pair of electrodes located on a side face of the nozzle; and a nanosize heater formed of carbon nanotube or the like, in which the nanosize heater is connected between... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080113089 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing electrode for fuel cells: A method and apparatus for manufacturing an electrode for fuel cells that are capable of manufacturing an electrode in which micro catalyst particles are uniformly dispersed through a simple manufacturing process. The electrode manufacturing method includes disposing at least one heating unit to heat a material, evaporating the material using... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080113088 - Water adhesive, preparation method thereof and application in manufacture of positive plate of lithium ion battery: A water adhesive, being a hybrid solution containing gelatin, a water-soluble polymer and water, or comprising gelatin, a water-soluble polymer and water, is disclosed. The preparation method of the water adhesive and application of the water adhesive in manufacture of a positive plate of a lithium ion battery are also... Agent: Jacobson Holman Pllc

20080113081 - Methods for modifying balloon of a catheter assembly: Methods for modifying a balloon of a catheter assembly are disclosed.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080113084 - Process of electrostatically coating a stent on a catheter: A process for electrostatically coating a stent on a catheter. A conductor which is permanently affixed to the catheter contacts a stent mounted on the catheter. Conductive ink applied to the catheter may be used as the conductor. An electrical charge is applied to the conductor. The stent is then... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20080113090 - Anti-reflective seed layers for the fabrication of wrap around and trailing shields: Methods and structures for the fabrication of wrap around and trailing shield structures are disclosed. Seed layers having anti-reflective properties are utilized, eliminating the need to deposit, then remove, traditional inorganic anti-reflection coatings prior to shield plating.... Agent: D'arcy H. Lorimer

20080113091 - Method of applying automotive primer-surfacer using a squeegee: A method for refinishing a damaged area of a substrate, such as an existing finish on a vehicle which includes the steps of preparing a damaged area for refinishing, by cleaning and/or sanding, providing a multi-component coating composition which includes at least two components having functional groups reactive with each... Agent: The Sherwin-williams Company

20080113092 - Thermal sublimation card printers and associated method for printing image onto card: Thermal sublimation card printers and associated method for printing image onto a card are disclosed. One proposed method includes receiving target image data; moving a card; transferring dyes of a ribbon onto the card according to the target image data while moving the card; detecting the movement of the card;... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080113093 - Moulded plastic components with anti-reflective and anti-glare properties and method for their manufacture: The present invention relates to improvements in or relating to moulded plastics components. In particular, it relates to components with anti-reflective and anti-glare properties and methods for making the same. We describe a method for manufacturing a moulded plastic component comprising: applying an anti-reflective coating (12) to a first plastic... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080113094 - Compositions with improved adhesion to low surface energy substrates: Acrylic-based pressure sensitive adhesives are modified with a telechelic hydrocarbon oligomer. The oligomer comprises a hydrocarbon polymer chain or backbone and a functional end group, e.g., an oligomer prepared from a mono hydroxyl polybutadiene polymer and toluene diisocyanate. The oligomer attaches to the acrylic backbone of the polymer as a... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S C

20080113095 - Process for forming thermal barrier coating resistant to infiltration: A process for protecting a thermal barrier coating (TBC) on a component used in a high-temperature environment, such as the hot section of a gas turbine engine. The process applies a protective film on the surface of the TBC to resist infiltration of contaminants such as CMAS that can melt... Agent: Hartman And Hartman, P.c.

20080113096 - Method of depositing catalyst assisted silicates of high-k materials: A high-k silicate atomic layer deposition method is disclosed. To produce a hafnium silicate layer, a substrate may be exposed to a pulse of a hafnium precursor, a pulse of an oxidizer, a pulse of a silicon precursor, and a pulse of another oxidizer. A catalyst may additionally be co-flowed... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20080113097 - Low temperature ald sio2: The present invention generally comprises a silicon dioxide atomic layer deposition method. By providing pyridine as a catalyst, water may be utilized as the oxidization source while depositing at a low temperature. Prior to exposing the substrate to the water, the substrate may be exposed to a pyridine soak process.... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20080113098 - Ink composition and pattern forming method: An ink composition includes a metal microparticle, a dispersion medium having water as a main ingredient, a dispersant for dispersing the metal microparticle into the dispersion medium, and a water-soluble polyhydric alcohol that is trivalent to hexavalent and solid under normal conditions, and whose concentration is 5 to 20 weight... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080113099 - Nanolithography methods and products therefor and produced thereby: In one aspect, a method of nanolithography is provided using a driving force to control the movement of a deposition compound from a scanning probe microscope tip to a substrate. Another aspect of the invention provides a tip for use in nanolithography having an internal cavity and an aperture restricting... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080113100 - Method and apparatus for producing coated molded product: A hollow coated molded product is easily produced whose interior is coated, by using first and second moldings injection-molded through a first injecting step. Against first and second moldings injection-molded through a first injecting step, a coating device provided on a robot hand is butted and forms coatings thereon at... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080113101 - Organic-electroluminescence-material-containing solution, method for forming thin film of organic electroluminescence material, thin film of organic electroluminescence material and organic electroluminescence device: h

20080113102 - Agents for the surface treatment of zinc or zinc alloy products: Agents for surface treatment which can impart excellent corrosion resistance to zinc or zinc alloy products at low cost. The agents for the surface treatment of zinc or zinc alloy products of this invention include at least one water-soluble compound which contains antimony, bismuth, tellurium or tin. Ideally, a nickel... Agent: Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.a.

20080113103 - Halogen treatment of polymer films using atmospheric plasma: A method of treating a surface coating with a halogen-containing plasma generated at atmospheric pressure is disclosed.... Agent: Carol A. Marmo Ppg Industries, Inc.

20080113104 - Processing apparatus and processing method: The present invention provides a processing apparatus and a processing method, both of which can carry out a low-temperature process to allow active gas species to react with an oxide film on an object to be processed to form a product film and a heating process to heat the object... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080113105 - Coating formed by thermal spraying and methods for the formation thereof: The invention provides a coating formed by thermal spraying of a feed-composition, said feed-composition comprising: discreet micron-scale particles and discreet agglomerates of nano-scale particles.... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080113106 - Surface modification process: Provided is a surface modification process in which the mixture molar ratio of air/hydrocarbon gas in a fuel gas including a reforming agent modifying compound containing a silane molecule silicon atom, titanium atom or aluminum atom, air and a hydrocarbon gas is set to a value in valu within a... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080113109 - Coating system and method for coating, as well as coated articles: In the case of CVD methods, comprising PECVD and PICVD methods, the aim of the invention is to improve the impurity-free and, as far as possible, temporally and quantitatively precise feeding of process gases for the targeted layer systems. To this end, the invention provides a coating system and a... Agent: Demont & Breyer, Llc

20080113107 - System and method for containment shielding during pecvd deposition processes: A system and method for plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition is described. One embodiment includes a process chamber; a substrate support positioned inside the process chamber, the substrate support configured to support a substrate on which a film will be deposited; an antenna located inside the process chamber; a radical... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080113108 - System and method for control of electromagnetic radiation in pecvd discharge processes: A system and method for coating a substrate with a film is described. One embodiment includes a process that provides a substrate on which to deposit a film; generates a plasma to produce radicals from a support gas; produces the radicals from the support gas; disassociates a precursor gas using... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080113110 - Plasma-enhanced deposition of metal carbide films: Methods of forming a metal carbide film are provided. In some embodiments, methods for forming a metal carbide film in an atomic layer deposition (ALD) type process comprise alternately and sequentially contacting a substrate in a reaction space with vapor phase pulses of a metal compound and one or more... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olsen & Bear LLP

20080107794 - System and method for coating a medical device: A method and device for coating a medical device, such as a stent, including rolling the stent against a ribbon or gravure roll impregnated with coating material. The ribbon and gravure roll may include a recessed pattern matching a strut pattern of the stent. The stent may also be rolled... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080107796 - Apparatus for and method of dispensing chemical solution in spin-coating equipment: A chemical solution is uniformly dispensed from a nozzle by N2 in spin-coating equipment. The dispensing apparatus includes a canister configured to receive a bottle containing the chemical solution, gas supply piping connecting a source of N2 to the inside of the canister, a pressure control valve disposed in the... Agent: Volentine & Whitt Pllc

20080107797 - Antifouling coating for sensor transducers used for monitoring fluid properties: A coating for sensor transducers that transmit a signal to—and/or receive a signal from—a fluid, either liquid or gas, in contact with the transducer. In particular the coating minimizes or eliminates fouling of the transducer surface by the fluid, reducing the need for transducer maintenance, while not interfering with the... Agent: The Lubrizol Corporation Attn: Docket Clerk, Patent Dept.

20080107799 - Front electrode including transparent conductive coating on patterned glass substrate for use in photovoltaic device and method of making same: This invention relates to a photovoltaic device including an electrode such as a front electrode/contact. In certain example embodiments, the front electrode of the photovoltaic device includes a multi-layered transparent conductive coating which is sputter-deposited on a textured surface of a patterned glass substrate. In certain example embodiments, a maximum... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080107801 - Method of making a variable resistance memory: A method of making a variable resistance material (VRM), the method comprising providing a precursor comprising a metallorganic or organometallic solvent containing a metal moiety suitable for forming the VRM, depositing the precursor on a substrate to form a thin film of the precursor, and heating the thin film to... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20080107795 - Method for coating stents: An apparatus for coating implantable medical devices, such as stents, and a method of coating stents using the apparatus is also disclosed. The apparatus includes a barrier or barriers for isolating an area of the stent on which a composition for coating a stent is applied. Two coating compositions can... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080107798 - Organic electroluminescent device: An organic electroluminescent device comprises a substrate that supports a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light emitting structure that is disposed between the first and second electrodes. A protective structure comprising a layer of boron oxide and an inorganic barrier layer cooperates with the substrate to encapsulate the... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080107800 - C0g multi-layered ceramic capacitor:

20080107802 - Flex-rigid wiring board: In a flex-rigid wiring board in which a rigid substrate formed from a rigid base material and a flexible substrate formed from a flexible base material are stack-joined and electrically connected to each other, the flexible substrate including a conductive layer having interconnecting electrode pads provided on at least one... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080107803 - Method of manufacturing multilayer electrolyte reinforced composite membrane: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a multilayer electrolyte reinforced composite membrane that is mechanically stable and cost-efficient and has superior hydrogen ion conductivity even when exposed to low humidity and high temperature conditions. The method of the invention involves a stretching process and a series of... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080107804 - Deposition method for oxide thin film or stacked metal thin films using supercritical fluid or subcritical fluid, and deposition apparatus therefor: What is provided is a method and an apparatus for easily forming a multilayer structure of conductive metal thin films while forming a metal oxide thin film regardless of the conductivity of a substrate. A thin film of conductive metal is laminated by: dissolving metal precursors for a metal oxide... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080107805 - Fine-grained metallic coatings having the coefficient of thermal expansion matched to the one of the substrate: Fine-grained (average grain size 1 nm to 1,000 nm) metallic coatings optionally containing solid particulates dispersed therein are disclosed. The fine-grained metallic materials are significantly harder and stronger than conventional coatings of the same chemical composition due to Hall-Petch strengthening and have low linear coefficients of thermal expansion (CTEs). The... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080107806 - Method for coating a wall flow filter with a coating composition: Wall-flow filters can be reproducibly provided with a catalytically active coating by providing a defined quantity of a coating composition and sucking this coating composition through the openings of the entry passages into the filter body. The coating composition is sucked in by applying a subatmospheric pressure to the openings... Agent: Kalow & Springut LLP

20080107807 - Device for distributing glue on an end edge of a log, on a log or on a core for logs and relative mathod: A device for distributing glue on an end edge of a log, on a log or on a core for logs comprising a feed surface (16) of logs or cores (15) towards a glue distribution area, wherein the device comprises a container (13) containing glue (12), wherein disposed inside the... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.c.

20080107808 - Method and an apparatus for the coating of a base body: A method is proposed for coating a base body which has at lest one inner passage (101, 102), in which method the coating takes place by means of chemical deposition from the vapour phase, with the base body (10) being arranged on a holding device (3) in a reaction space... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080107809 - Vortex chamber lids for atomic layer deposition: Embodiments of the invention relate to apparatuses and methods for depositing materials on substrates during atomic layer deposition processes. In one embodiment, a chamber for processing substrates is provided which includes a chamber lid assembly containing an expanding channel extending along a central axis at a central portion of the... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20080107810 - Method for forming anti-corrosion and anti-oxidation coating layer on high-temperature components of gas turbine fuel additive: In a method for effectively depositing an anti-corrosion and anti-oxidation material, such as silicon dioxide, on high-temperature components of a gas turbine, including blades rotating at a high speed during the operation of the gas turbine, an organic compound including a metal ingredient, such as silicon, is added to a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080107812 - Precursors having open ligands for ruthenium containing films deposition: Ruthenium containing precursors for ruthenium containing films deposition comprising a ruthenium precursor selected from the group essentially consisting of Ru(XOp)(XCp), Ru(XOp)2, Ru(allyl)3, RuX(allyl)2, RuX2(allyl)2, Ru(CO)x(amidinate)y, Ru(diketonate)2X2 Ru(diketonate)2 (amidinate)2, their derivatives, and any mixture thereof.... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property

20080107811 - Apparatus for vacuum deposition with a recharging reservoir and corresponding process for vacuum deposition: A vacuum deposition apparatus comprising an enclosure adapted to receive a substrate to be treated and placed under a vacuum; at least one injector that generates a molecular beam of vapor of an organic material the injector comprising a conduit located inside the enclosure and traversing an injection wall of... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper Us LLP

20080107813 - Composition and method for coating thermoplastic resin beads for imitation pearls: The coating composition comprises pyroxylin, ethyl acetate, amyl acetate, camphor, and a pigment in an optimal ratio. The coating method comprises the steps of surface-treating resin beads with a surface-treating agent and coating the surface-treated resin beads with the coating composition. The surface-treated resin beads sequentially undergo first coating, second... Agent: Park Law Firm

20080107815 - Preparation of aqueous dispersions of organopolysiloxanes: (d) optionally adding of further materials which do not take part in reaction (a), with the proviso that no metal-containing catalysts are used and that the organopolysiloxanes and silanes are used in such amounts that the organopolysiloxanes form elastomeric films insoluble in toluene on removal of water.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20080107814 - Treatment of fiberfill fibers with aqueous dispersions of organopolysiloxanes: where R6 is a divalent C2-18 hydrocarbyl radical and Z is an amino or aminoalkylamino, epoxy, or (meth)acryloyloxy radical, and x is 1, 2 or 3, and optionally further materials which do not take part in the reaction, wherein no metal-containing catalysts are used and that the organopolysiloxanes and silanes... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20080107816 - Coating composition and coating method for producing imitation pearls: The coating composition comprises pyroxylin, camphor, an ester-based solvent and a pigment wherein the ester-based solvent consists of a mixture of acetone and ethyl acetate and a mixture of butyl acetate and amyl acetate or is a mixture of ethyl acetate and butyl acetate. The coating method is carried out... Agent: Park Law Firm

20080107817 - Coating composition: A coating composition for in-situ coating of a surface comprises calcium carbonate, an acrylic or vinylacetate-based binder, a thickening agent, and a rheology modifier, the weight ratio of the calcium carbonate to acrylic-based binder being from 5:1 to 15:1. The coating may be applied directly to a plasterboard wall or... Agent: Jacobson Holman Pllc

20080107818 - Method, system and apparatus for scraping a roll surface in a molten metal coating process: An apparatus for scraping the surface of a sink roll in a molten metal coating process comprises a support member having a pair of linearly movable arms supported thereon. The support member depends from a bridge structure spanning a continuous metal coating line, and a pair or arms, the arms... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick Llc

20080107819 - Ink-jet inks for neutral gray and black printing: Ink, ink sets, and methods of printing are provided. The inks can include a plurality of dyes such that upon printing on a print medium, the printed ink or inks can maintain a neutral color, defined by an a* value from about −1 to about 3 and having a b*... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080107820 - Deposition rate plasma enhanced chemical vapor process: A process for depositing a layer of a plasma polymerized organosiloxane, siloxane or silicon oxide onto the surface of an organic polymeric substrate by atmospheric pressure glow discharge deposition from a gaseous mixture comprising a silicon containing compound and an oxidant, characterized in that the oxidant comprises N2O.... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20080107821 - Polymerizable actinic radiation curable composition, polymerization method, actinic radiation curable ink and image formation method, and ink jet recording apparatus and epoxy compound: wherein X represents a divalent group selected form the group consisting of —O—, —S—, —SO—, —SO2—, —CBr2—, —C(CBr3)2—, and —C(CF3)2—; R1 to R18 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 1-8 carbon atoms, provided that the hydrocarbon group may contain an oxygen atom or... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080107822 - Treatment of fibrous materials using atmospheric pressure plasma polymerization: An apparatus and method for plasma finishing of fibrous materials including paper and knitted, woven and non-woven fibrous substrates such that desired characteristics are imparted are described. The method includes depositing a monomer comprising at least one fluorocarbon monomer with chemical additives, as required, at atmospheric pressure onto the paper... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young Llc

20080107823 - Organic electro-luminescent device, manufacturing method for the same, and electronic equipment: The present invention provides a manufacturing method for forming an organic electro-luminescent device by forming a homogeneous light emitting layer which does not incur the phase separation. The light emitting layer is formed by discharging ink compositions composed of at least two electro-luminescent materials on the substrate following the order... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080107824 - Film formation method and apparatus for semiconductor process: An oxide film is formed on a target substrate by CVD, in a process field to be selectively supplied with a first process gas including a source gas containing a film source element and no amino group, a second process gas including an oxidizing gas, and a third process gas... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080107825 - Film-forming method and recording medium: A film deposition method by a film deposition apparatus having a process container provided with a holding table to hold a substrate to be processed therein and a showerhead part to which a radio frequency electric power for exciting plasma in the process container is applied, the method including: a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080107826 - Method and apparatus for fabricating nanostructure multi-element compound: A method and an apparatus for fabricating a multi-element compound nanostructure are provided. The method includes steps of providing a substrate in a chamber, providing a particle-beam having plural first particles, providing a particle source having plural second particles to fill the chamber therewith and focusing the particle-beam on the... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.c.

20080102192 - Masking method for coating a microneedle array: A method of coating a microneedle array comprising: providing a microneedle array having a substrate and at least one needle; providing a removable masking layer on the microneedle array such that the substrate is at least partially covered by the masking layer and the at least one needle remains at... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080102194 - Method and apparatus for coating a medical device by electroless plating: Methods and apparatus for coating surfaces of medical devices by electroless plating are disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention includes a coating method in which a therapeutic agent and a plating material are plated onto the surface of the medical device by an electroless plating chemical reaction. In another embodiment,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080102195 - Compolwax: A liquid formulation suitable for dispensing in a spray bottle for use in detailing an exterior surface of a vehicle. The liquid formulation comprises at least one predetermined rubbing compound for aiding in removal of sanding marks, paint defects and hairline scratches, such at least one predetermined rubbing compound is... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080102193 - Method for coating implantable devices: A method of forming a coating for an implantable medical device, such as a stent, is provided which includes applying a composition to the device in an environment having a selected pressure.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080102196 - Method of producing electrode and method of producing nonaqueous electrolyte battery: A method of producing an electrode including decreasing a yield stress of a slurry containing an active material to two-thirds or less, and applying the slurry to a current collector.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080102197 - Art glass birdfeeder with melted-in-glass glow-in-dark fluorescence: A Glow-in-dark art glass birdfeeder with melted-in-glass fluorescence is made by applying the fluorescence powder on the glass surface, and then heating the glass inside a high temperature furnace to blend the fluorescence powder with the glass. As the result, the glow-in-dark fluorescence powder can be hidden under or become... Agent: David Chen

20080102198 - Bonding structure and fabrication thereof: A bonding structure and the method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The bonding structure of the invention includes a copper-based pad formed in an insulator layer and a protection layer substantially covering top surface of the copper-based pad. The protection layer is self-aligned formed and the material thereof is... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080102199 - Multi-wafer rotating disc reactor with wafer planetary motion induced by vibration: A system and method for uniform deposition of material layers on wafers in a rotating disk chemical vapor deposition reaction system is provided, wherein a plurality of wafers are rotated on a susceptor at a first rate around a first axis by a first motor, and the plurality of wafers... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080102200 - Substrate processing system, substrate placing position adjusting method and storage medium: In a substrate processing system for processing a substrate, such as a wafer W, held by a substrate holding device rotatable about a vertical axis, such as a spin chuck 2, a jig 12 is placed on the substrate holding device, and centrifugal acceleration imparted to a predetermined measuring position... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080102201 - Method for dispersing nanoparticles and methods for producing nanoparticle thin films by using the same: Methods for producing nanoparticle thin films are disclosed. According to one of the methods, a nanoparticle thin film is produced by modifying the surface of nanoparticles to allow the nanoparticles to be charged, controlling an electrostatic attractive force between the charged nanoparticles and a substrate and a repulsive force between... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080102202 - Mask etch plasma reactor with variable process gas distribution: A plasma reactor for processing a workpiece such as a mask or wafer includes a vacuum chamber having a cylindrical side wall, a ceiling overlying the side wall and a ring supported on a top edge of the side wall and supporting the ceiling, the ring comprising an external surface... Agent: Robert M. Wallace Law Office Of Robert M. Wallace

20080102203 - Vortex chamber lids for atomic layer deposition: Embodiments of the invention relate to apparatuses and methods for depositing materials on substrates during atomic layer deposition processes. In one embodiment, a chamber for processing substrates is provided which includes a chamber lid assembly containing an expanding channel at a central portion of the chamber lid assembly, wherein an... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20080102204 - Vapor deposition of metal carbide films: Methods of forming metal carbide thin films are provided. According to preferred embodiments, metal carbide thin films are formed in an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process by alternately and sequentially contacting a substrate in a reaction space with spatially and temporally separated vapor phase pulses of a metal source chemical,... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olsen & Bear LLP

20080102205 - Ald of metal-containing films using cyclopentadienyl compounds: Atomic layer deposition (ALD) type processes for producing metal containing thin films comprise feeding into a reaction space vapor phase pulses of metal containing cyclopentadienyl precursors as a metal source material. In preferred embodiments the metal containing cyclopentadienyl reactant comprises a metal atom that is not directly bonded to an... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080102207 - Gas delivering system for in situ thermal treatment and thin film deposition and use of the same: A gas delivering system for an in situ thermal treatment, a thin film deposition and a use of the same are provided. The gas delivering system integrates a thermal treatment system therein so that a thin film deposition and a by rapid thermal annealing can be performed alternatively on a... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20080102208 - Vortex chamber lids for atomic layer deposition: Embodiments of the invention relate to apparatuses and methods for depositing materials on substrates during atomic layer deposition processes. In one embodiment, a chamber for processing substrates is provided which includes a chamber lid assembly containing a centrally positioned gas dispersing channel, wherein a converging portion of the gas dispersing... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20080102206 - Multilayered coatings for use on electronic devices or other articles: A method for forming a multilayered coating over a surface is disclosed. The method comprises providing a single source of precursor material and transporting the precursor material to a reaction location adjacent a surface to be coated. A first layer is deposited over the surface by chemical vapor deposition using... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080102209 - Method for diagnosing electrostatic chuck, vacuum processing apparatus, and storage medium: A method for diagnosing temporal deterioration of temperature controlling performance of an electrostatic chuck includes the steps of performing vacuum processing on the substrate wherein the substrate is adsorbed by the electrostatic chuck while a temperature control gas for controlling a temperature of the substrate is supplied between the substrate... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080102210 - Apparatus and method for substrate electroless plating: A body structure has an inner region shape that defines a cavity within the body structure. The cavity within the body structure is designed to hold a fluid. A chuck includes a top that is capable of holding a substrate, and a body portion that has a complementary shape with... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080102211 - Polysilazane-treating solvent and method for treating polysilazane by using such solvent: The present invention provides a polysilazane-treating solvent which has excellent dissolving power and stability, has no influence on a substrate as an underlying layer and the properties of a polysilazane, is excellent in shape of cut edge, and further has high safety to the human body. The treating solvent comprises... Agent: Az Electronic Materials Usa Corp. Attention: Industrial Property Dept.

20080102212 - Chromium-free rust inhibitive treatment method for metal products having zinc surface and metal products treated thereby: Provided is a chromium-free surface treatment method which imparts practical rust inhibitive performance to a metal product having a zinc surface to which it was difficult to impart rust inhibitive performance of practical level. A conversion-coated film of zinc phosphate etc. is formed on the zinc surface of the metal... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080102213 - Selective placement of carbon nanotubes through functionalization: The present invention provides a method for selectively placing carbon nanotubes on a substrate surface by using functionalized carbon nanotubes having an organic compound that is covalently bonded to such carbon nanotubes. The organic compound comprises at least two functional groups, the first of which is capable of forming covalent... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080102214 - Method of producing a coating having metal coordinating and film-forming materials: Film-forming materials include nonionic metal coordinating structures. Nonionic metal coordinating structures can coordinate metals, such as metal catalysts and metal substrates. Example film-forming materials can be the product of a poly-functional epoxide and a nucleophilic ligand having a nonionic metal coordinating structure, or the product of a poly-functional alcohol and... Agent: Basf Corporation Patent Department

20080102215 - Coated films: The invention relates to novel coated post-formable films, to surface-coating compositions for such films, to a combined method for curing the surface-coating compositions and for post-forming, as well as to moulded bodies produced from the coated films.... Agent: Bayer Material Science LLC

20080102216 - Method for producing fiberglass materials and compositions resulting from the same: A method for reducing the amount of binder or resin used in glass fiber manufacturing while improving processing and product performance is disclosed. The method generally reduces the amount of binder or resin used in a manufacturing process by adjusting other factors in the manufacturing process. Specifically, ramp moisture and... Agent: Johns Manville

20080102217 - Process for anti-microbial textiles treatment: A process for anti-microbal textile treatment which provides durable and anti-microbial textiles and methods for preparing same. Such textiles can be readily prepared using a wet curing process to covalently attach a Complex Formula Compounds to a cellulose based material or other polymeric material. Once prepared, the textiles of the... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080102218 - Silicon-containing layer deposition with silicon compounds: Methods for depositing a silicon-containing film are described. The methods may include delivering a silicon compound to a surface or a substrate, and reacting the silicon compound to grow the silicon-containing film. The silicon compound may be one or more compounds having a formula selected from the group Si4X8, Si4X10,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP / Amat

20080102219 - Thin metal film system to include flexible substrate and method of making same: A flexible thin metal film system is made by directly depositing an electrically-conductive metal onto the metal surface of a self-metallized polymeric film.... Agent: National Aeronautics And Space Administration Langley Research Center

20080102220 - Cold sprayed porous metal seals: Methods are described for applying abradable material onto a seal backing material to form an abradable seal between rotating and stationary components of turbines using cold spray deposition technology to control the density, porosity and thickness of the sealing layer.... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20080102221 - Mold-spraying apparatus of molding system: Disclosed is a method of a mold-spraying apparatus for use with a molding apparatus. The mold-spraying apparatus has: (i) a spray nozzle, (ii) a rotatable shaft being supportive of the spray nozzle, and (ii) a camming surface. The method includes: (a) engaging the rotatable shaft with the camming surface, and... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20080102222 - Plasma apparatus and plasma processing method: The plasma apparatus includes a conveying unit for conveying a substrate in a conveying direction while being situated at a processing position, an elongated electric field forming unit for forming an induction electric field by a coil, opposed to the processing position, a power supply for supplying high frequency power... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080102223 - Hybrid layers for use in coatings on electronic devices or other articles: A method for forming a coating over a surface is disclosed. The method comprises depositing over a surface, a hybrid layer comprising a mixture of a polymeric material and a non-polymeric material. The hybrid layer may have a single phase or comprise multiple phases. The hybrid layer is formed by... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080102224 - Protective layer for charged particle beam processing: A protective layer is applied to a work piece to protect the surface during charged particle beam processing by directing a fluid toward the surface. The surface is preferably not touched by the applicator. Ink jet print-type print heads are suitable applicators. Ink jet-type print heads allow a wide variety... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20080102225 - Method for manufacturing a device using imprint lithography and direct write technology: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a device, as well as a method for manufacturing an integrated circuit. The method for manufacturing the device, among others, may include forming one or more devices of a first type over a substrate using imprint lithography, and forming one or more... Agent: Hitt Gaines, PC Lsi Corporation