Coating processes inventions

20090280236 - Liquid crystal alignment agent and liquid crystal alignment film formed therefore and manufacturing method thereof: The present invention provides a free radical polymerizable liquid crystal alignment agent having superior coating ability, a manufacturing method, which comprises the process of coating the liquid crystal alignment agent onto a substrate, and processing the liquid crystal alignment agent with dehydration/ring-closure reaction and free radical polymerization, enables obtaining a... Agent: Huai-pin Hsueh

20090280235 - Tools and methods for processing microelectronic workpieces using process chamber designs that easily transition between open and closed modes of operation: Strategies for tool designs and their uses wherein the tools can operate in either closed or open modes of operation. The tools easily transition between open and closed modes on demand. According to one general strategy, environmentally controlled pathway(s) couple the ambient to one or more process chambers. Air amplification... Agent: Kagan Binder, PLLC

20090280237 - Coating mass: The present invention relates to coating compositions for flat assemblies, hybrids, SMD assemblies, comprising at least one binder or binder mixtures which are curable at 60° C.-120° C., preferably at 70° C.-110° C., more particularly at 80° C.-90° C., and also to a process for preparing them and to their... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20090280238 - Method for separating high aspect ratio molecular structures: A method for moving high aspect ratio molecular structures (HARMS), which method comprises applying a force upon a dispersion comprising one or more bundled and individual HARM-structures, wherein the force moves the bundled and/or the individual HARM-structure based on one or more physical features and/or properties for substantially separating the... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20090280239 - Method of manufacturing printed circuit board: First, a catalyst for performing electroless plating in a subsequent step is caused to adhere to surfaces of uneven portions of a matrix. Next, an insulating layer made of a resin material is prepared. Then, the insulating layer is heated to be softened while the uneven portions of the matrix... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090280240 - Gas sensor and method for manufacturing the same: A gas sensor including a gas sensor element having a first measurement chamber (16); a first pumping cell (11); a second measurement chamber (18) into which a gas to be measured having a controlled oxygen partial pressure is introduced; and a second pumping cell (13) having a second inner pump... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090280241 - Method for manufacturing glass substrate for magnetic disk and method for manufacturing magnetic disk: This invention provides a method for manufacturing a glass substrate for a magnetic disk comprising a chemical strengthening step. The method provides a glass substrate for a magnetic disk that can suppress the occurrence of very small waves in cooling a glass substrate after the chemical strengthening step, and, while... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090280242 - Orientation of carbon nanotubes containing magnetic nanoparticles in a magnetic storage medium: A magnetic storage medium is formed of magnetic nanoparticles that are encapsulated within carbon nanotubes, which are arranged in a substrate to facilitate the reading and writing of information by a read/write head. The substrate may be flexible or rigid. Information is stored on the magnetic nanoparticles via the read/write... Agent: Tyson York Winarski

20090280243 - Photoresist-free metal deposition: Selectively accelerated or selectively inhibited metal deposition is performed to form metal structures of an electronic device. A desired pattern of an accelerator or of an inhibitor is applied to the substrate; for example, by stamping the substrate with a patterned stamp or spraying a solution using an inkjet printer.... Agent: Thomas Swenson

20090280244 - Method and apparatus for supporting workpieces in a coating apparatus: One aspect involves: supporting a workpiece with workpiece support structure that includes spaced support parts, a support section supporting the support parts, and a workpiece holding adhesive on each support part, where the adhesives engage respective regions of a surface portion on the workpiece; and supplying a coating material toward... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090280245 - Decomposable vehicles in printing or coating compositions: A printing or coating composition has a non-volatile liquid vehicle carrying a conductive polymer to be deposited on a substrate and is cleavable by heat or acidification without decomposition of said material, cleavage of said vehicle producing decomposition products that are more volatile than said vehicle and which can be... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090280246 - Mesoporous membranes with complex functional architectures and methods for making: In some embodiments, the present invention is directed to methods of making structures with complex functional architectures, where such structures generally comprise at least two mesoporous regions comprising different chemical activity, and where such methods afford spatial control over the placement of such regions of differing chemical activity. In some... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090280248 - Porous substrate holder with thinned portions: A substrate support system comprises a substrate holder for supporting a substrate. The substrate holder comprises a central portion sized and shaped to extend beneath most or all of a substrate supported on the substrate holder. The central portion has one or more recesses defining thinned portions of the central... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP

20090280249 - Process and apparatus for flash evaporation: A flash evaporation apparatus includes: a reaction chamber; a drum to support a continuously conveyed film; a plurality of evaporators; monomer tanks which are connected to the respective evaporators and hold different kinds of liquid monomers therein; liquid feeding pumps for feeding the monomers from the monomer tanks to the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090280247 - Apparatus and method for deposition for organic thin films: The invention provides apparatus and methods for organic continuum vapor deposition of organic materials on large area substrates.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090280250 - Heat transfer materials and methods of making and using the same: A heat transfer paper configured to reduce the amount of stray toner on a heat transfer material, especially when the image is formed via a laser printer or laser copier, is generally disclosed. The heat transfer material includes an image-receptive coating overlying a splittable layer and a base sheet. The... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090280252 - Method for extending and improving the functionality of a hard surface: A method for cleaning hard surfaces at the micro level incorporates a two-phase process that initially cleans a surface and then seals the surface. The cleaning phase implements a cleaning solution that penetrates the surface of equipment and removes dirt and debris at the micro or nana level of the... Agent: Darcell Walker

20090280251 - Mitigation of biomolecular adsorption with hydrophilic polymer additives: Molecular adsorption to the microfluidic device surfaces can be passively and actively mitigated by mixing certain hydrophilic polymers (organic polymers with repeating hydrophilic groups—the preferred polymers being amphipathic surfactants—with the sample liquid during or prior to relevant microfluidic operations. Nonionic surfactants such as polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate and polyoxyethylene octyl phenyl... Agent: Stefan Kirchanski

20090280253 - Process and composition for treating metal surfaces using trivalent chromium compounds: An acidic, aqueous composition contains a trivalent chromium compound, an organo-functional silane, and a compound of a group IV-B element. The composition protects metal surfaces, preferably aluminum and aluminum alloys, against corrosion and improves their paint adhesion. The trivalent chromium compound may comprise chromium fluoride and optionally others, such as... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090280254 - Method for coloring solder: A method of coloring solder is provided. The method includes providing an aqueous coloring agent solution essentially containing 31-32% wt of copper sulfate, 64-65% wt of water and 3-4% wt of salt and an anti-caking agent, drying a solder seam with a dry cloth to remove excess flux, applying the... Agent: Baker & Rannells, Pa

20090280255 - Method for making sulfonated block copolymers, method for making membranes from such block copolymers and membrane structures: The present invention relates to an improved method for making sulfonated block copolymers and to methods for making membranes from such block copolymers. In particular, the present invention relates to an improved method for making sulfonated block copolymers having at least two polymer end blocks that are resistant to sulfonation... Agent: Kraton Polymers U.s. LLC

20090280256 - Aqueous metallic coating composition and method for forming a multilayer coating film: The present invention provides an aqueous metallic coating composition comprising: (A) an aqueous film-forming resin; (B) a curing agent; (C) a phosphoric acid group-containing resin having an acid value of 10 to 200 mg KOH/g and obtained by copolymerizing a phosphoric acid group-containing polymerizable unsaturated monomer (a) represented by formula... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090280257 - Method for forming interphase layers in ceramic matrix composites: A method for forming interphase layers in ceramic matrix composites. The method forms interphase layers in ceramic matrix composites thereby enabling higher matrix densities to be achieved without sacrificing crack deflection and/or toughness. The methods of the present invention involve the use fugitive material-coated fibers. These fibers are then infiltrated... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090280258 - Methods and compositions for coating aluminum substrates: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for coating aluminum substrates. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of applying a coating on an aluminum substrate including contacting the aluminum substrate with a first solution. The first solution can include a zinc metal salt, a sugar acid or... Agent: Pauly, Devries Smith & Deffner, L.L.C.

20090280259 - Composition and application process of non-aqueous liquid unmolding product: A non-aqueous liquid un-molding composition is provided for use in the baking industry and an application method for this composition. The composition of the present application includes oil, wax and an emulsifying agent but no water. As a result the dough excess in the mold edges do not burn resulting... Agent: Richard B. Klar

20090280260 - Low solar absorptance, high emissivity, inorganic electrostatic dissipative thermal control coating: wherein the value of x is a value from about 0 to 1, y is a value from about 0 to 0.04 and δ is in the range of about 0 to about 0.03. An electrostatic dissipative coating system, a method for making an electrostatic dissipative coating, and a method... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20090280261 - Use of a material resistant to attacks by xylophagous insects: Use of a material based on lignocellulose materials, in particular a piece of wood or sawdust, subjected to a process of chemical treatment of said lignocellulose materials, consisting in subjecting said materials to a treatment with a chemical agent comprising hydrocarbon-based chains, this agent being chosen from mixed carboxylic anhydrides,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090280262 - Method for forming composite membrane with porous coating layer and apparatus thereof: The present invention discloses a method for forming a composite membrane with a porous coating layer. At first, a filling process is carried out to fill the pores of a porous substrate with a liquid. Next, a raw material is transformed into melt or incomplete melt droplets by a heating... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090280263 - Fine-grained polyarylene ether ketone powder: A milling process for the preparation of fine-particled polyarylene ether ketone comprises milling a porous polyarylene ether ketone having a BET surface area of more than 1 m2/g.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090280264 - Method for selective immobilization of macromolecules on self assembled monolayer surfaces: Disclosed is a method for selective chemical binding and immobilization of macromolecules on solid supports in conjunction with self-assembled monolayer (SAM) surfaces. Immobilization involves selective binding of peptides and other macromolecules to SAM surfaces using reactive landing (RL) of mass-selected, gas phase ions. SAM surfaces provide a simple and convenient... Agent: Battelle Memorial Institute Attn:IPServices, K1-53

20090280265 - Ink-jet recording method and ink composition set: An ink composition set including an ink composition. A containing at least a colorant and an interior curable photopolymerization initiator, and an ink composition B containing at least a polymerizable compound, a surface curable photopolymerization initiator and a polymerization accelerator, and an ink-jet recording method using the ink composition set.... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20090280266 - Barrier film and laminated material, container for wrapping and image display medium using the same, and manufacturing method for barrier film: An object of the present invention is to provide a barrier film having the extremely high barrier property and the better transparency, a method for manufacturing the same, and a laminated material, a container for wrapping and an image displaying medium using the barrier film. According to the present invention,... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090280267 - Plasma-enhanced pulsed deposition of metal carbide films: Methods of forming a metal carbide film are provided. In some embodiments, a substrate is exposed to alternating pulses of a transition metal species and plasma-excited argon. The transition metal species is reacted with a carbon species to deposit a metal carbide film. The substrate is exposed to the carbon... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP

20090280268 - Method and apparatus for application of thin coatings from plasma onto inner surfaces of hollow containers: A method and an apparatus are proposed for simultaneously coating the inner walls of a plurality of hollow containers, such as bottles, with fluid-impermeable barrier layers applied by a PECVD method with the use of transversal antennas capable of creating plasma having density increased in the vicinity of the inner... Agent: Tatiana Kerzhner

20090280269 - Niobium silicide-based turbine components, and related methods for laser deposition: A turbine component formed from a niobium silicide-based composition is described. The component can be compositionally-graded through at least a portion of its structure. A turbine blade formed from a composition which includes a niobium silicide alloy is also described. The blade includes an airfoil; an airfoil tip region; a... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090280270 - Method and device for the hot dip coating of a metal strip: The invention relates to a method for the hot dip coating of a metal strip (1), in particular a steel strip, according to which the metal strip (1) is fed vertically through a container (3) that holds the molten coating metal (2) and a guide channel (4) that is connected... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20090274826 - Coating apparatus capable of controlling mixing ratio and method thereof: A coating apparatus capable of controlling a mixing ratio includes a spindle motor unit having a spindle with which an upper end portion of a mixing ratio control shaft is engaged, the upper end portion of the control shaft being moved on the spindle in accordance with rotation of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090274827 - Color formulation selection process with visual display: A computer-implemented method of repairing a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes steps of estimating the cost of performing repairs to a damaged vehicle and determining a refinish paint formulation for refinishing a vehicle by conducting a computer-based search for a refinish paint formulation that best matches the vehicle's original... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20090274828 - Photoresist-coating and photoresist-coating method using the same: A photoresist-coating apparatus includes a substrate on which a particle-detecting area and an invalid particle-detecting area are defined, a nozzle discharging photoresist to the substrate and moving along a direction, and a particle-detecting sensor controlling on and off of the nozzle in the particle-detecting area according to presence of particles,... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090274829 - Method of resisting dust and dirt with nanotechnology: A method of resisting dust and dirt with nanotechnology applied to electronic products is described hereinafter. Firstly, make an initial reactant into a metal oxide gel of nanometer by way of a sol-gel method. Secondly, dilute the metal oxide gel of nanometer with a diluent to form a coating solution,... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090274831 - Process of manufacturing luminescent device: A method of forming a film consisted of an organic compound material at low cost using an organic compound material having the high luminescence efficiency is provided. The present invention is characterized by the fact that a layer containing an organic compound is formed on the substrate under the inactive... Agent: Eric Robinson

20090274830 - Roll to roll oled production system: The present invention generally relates to a method and an apparatus for processing one or more substrates on a roll to roll system. The one or more substrates may pass through several processing chambers to deposit the layers necessary to produce an OLED structure. The processing chambers may include ink... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20090274832 - Lithium ion secondary battery and a method for manufacturing same: A lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a thin film solid electrolyte including lithium ion conductive inorganic substance. The thin film solid electrolyte has thickness of 20 μm or below and is formed directly on an electrode material or materials for the positive electrode... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20090274833 - Metallic ink: A metallic ink including a vehicle, a multiplicity of copper nanoparticles, and an alcohol. The conductive metallic ink may be deposited on a substrate by methods including inkjet printing and draw-down printing. The ink may be pre-cured and cured to form a conductor on the substrate.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090274834 - Bimetallic nanoparticles for conductive ink applications: A method of forming conductive features on a substrate from a solution of metal nanoparticles by providing a depositing solution and liquid depositing the depositing solution onto a substrate. The depositing solution is then heated to a temperature below about 140° C. to anneal the first and second nanoparticles and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20090274835 - Diffuser/shutter design for vapor phase lubrication process: This invention relates to an apparatus for vapor lubrication comprising a chamber, a diffuser plate having an array of orifices, a shutter plate having substantially the same pattern of orifices as that of the diffuser plate, a holder for holding an object to be vapor coated in the chamber, and... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.

20090274836 - Systems and methods for protecting a sensitive device from corrosion: A method in one embodiment includes applying an organic coating to a magnetic head for reducing exposure of the head to oxidation promoting materials; and storing the magnetic head. A method in another embodiment includes applying an organic coating to a magnetic head for reducing exposure of the head to... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC- Ibm

20090274837 - Method of producing the magnetoresistive device of the cpp type: The invention provides a process for the formation of a sensor site of a magnetoresistive device in which the first ferromagnetic layer and a nonmagnetic intermediate layer are formed in order, then surface treatment is applied to the surface of the nonmagnetic intermediate layer, and thereafter the second ferromagnetic layer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090274838 - Method for modifying carbon nanotube: A method for modifying CNT is disclosed. The modified CNT by the above-mentioned method mixed with a resin is provided with an enhanced diffusibility; therefore the electronic property and mechanical property of resin are enhanced obviously with lower quantity of CNT.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090274839 - Ink jet ink, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit and ink jet recording apparatus: An ink jet ink including at least a compound represented by the following general formula (I) and organic solvents. When the organic solvents are classified by MOH/MW indicating a proportion of the molecular weight of hydroxyl group to the molecular weight of the organic solvents into an organic solvent A... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090274840 - Ink jet ink, ink set, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit and ink jet recording apparatus: An ink to be applied to a recording head having a common liquid chamber, pressure chambers developing pressure applied to the liquid, individual channels through which the liquid is introduced into the pressure chambers from the common liquid chamber, and a group of nozzles which communicate with the pressure chambers... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090274841 - Process for coating and cleaning metal surfaces: This invention relates to process for coating a metal surface, wherein said process comprises contacting the metal surface with a barrier coating comprising (a) an amine salt of a fatty acid or an amine salt of a derivative of a fatty acid, (b) a salt of a non polymeric aromatic... Agent: David L. Hedden Ashland Inc.

20090274843 - Methods for producing resin film and layered article: Methods for producing a resin film or a layered article which are excellent in gas barrier properties under high humidity conditions are disclosed. In the methods, a precursor film of a resin composition composed of alkali metal ions and a resin component having both hydroxyl groups and carboxyl groups is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090274842 - Organic-inorganic hybrid free standing film, and its production method: A free standing film having excellent mechanical strength and flexibility as well as sufficient area is provided. The organic-inorganic hybrid free standing film includes an organic polymer having a constitutional repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by general formula (1) and a hydrolytic condensate of a metal alkoxide.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090274844 - Method for the establishment of a crack resistant epoxy paint coat and paint compositions suitable for said method: The present invention relates to a method for the establishment of a crack resistant epoxy paint coat and paint compositions suitable for said method. The method is developed for use in ballast tanks e.g. a ballast tank of a vessel. The method involves the steps: (i) applying a paint composition... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090274845 - Addition curable silicone adhesive composition and cured product thereof: An addition curable silicone adhesive composition that can be cured at room temperature, exhibits favorable adhesiveness, and yields a cured product upon curing that exhibits excellent transparency and a suitable degree of hardness. The addition curable silicone adhesive composition of the present invention comprises: (A) a diorganopolysiloxane containing at least... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090274846 - Aqueous two-package type clear coating composition and process for the formation of multilayer finish coating film: The present invention provides an aqueous two-package type clear coating composition comprising: (A) an aqueous dispersion of a hydroxyl group- and acid group-containing acrylic resin having a hydroxyl value of 30 to 200 mg KOH/g, an acid value of 5 to 50 mg KOH/g, a weight average molecular weight of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090274847 - System, method and apparatus to prevent the formation of lubricant lines on magnetic media: A system for preventing the accumulation of excess lubrication in the form of lubricant lines on magnetic media disks for hard disk drives uses a mandrel design that produces negligible surface waves when the disks are dipped in lubricant baths. The mandrel has inverted tear drop shaped supports for the... Agent: Larson Newman Abel & Polansky LLP

20090274848 - Impingement part cooling: This disclosure relates to a thermal spray coating system including a table that is configured to support a component. A spray torch is configured to direct a thermal spray at a component surface. A cooling device is arranged adjacent to spray torch and configured to be in close proximity to... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20090274849 - Formation process for lithium-ion batteries: A method for producing a battery includes providing a battery having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte that includes a solvent and a salt. The capacity of the negative electrode is less than that of the positive electrode and the negative electrode includes an active material having... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090274850 - Low cost non-line-of -sight protective coatings: Non-line-of-sight processes for coating complex shaped structures such as metal and ceramic based gas turbine components are disclosed. The processes rely on slurry based methods of coating application, and microwave or plasma arc lamp heating.... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090274851 - Method of forming a high transparent carbon film: A method of forming a transparent hydrocarbon-based polymer film on a substrate by plasma CVD includes: introducing a main gas consisting of a hydrocarbon gas (CαHβ, wherein α and β are natural numbers) and an inert gas at a flow ratio (R) of CαHβ/inert gas of 0.25 or less into... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090274852 - Method for fabricating high compressive stress film and strained-silicon transistors: A method for fabricating strained silicon transistors is disclosed. First, a semiconductor substrate is provided, in which the semiconductor substrate includes a gate, at least a spacer, and a source/drain region formed thereon. Next, a precursor, silane, and ammonia are injected, in which the precursor is reacted with silane and... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090263566 - Reduced pressure deposition apparatus and reduced pressure deposition method: In a deposited thin film for use in a semiconductor device or the like for which a high integration degree and ultrafine machining are required, adsorption of contaminant, and particularly, of organic substances on the deposited thin film has become a problem. A phenomenon has been found out that, in... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090263567 - Methods of manufacturing opto-electrical devices: A method of fabricating an opto-electrical device, the method comprising the steps: depositing, on a substrate comprising a first electrode for injecting charge carriers of a first polarity, a composition comprising a conductive or semi-conductive organic material, a solvent, and a first additive; and, depositing a second electrode for injecting... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20090263568 - Rapid generation of carbon filament structures of controlled geometries at low temperatures: Exemplary embodiments provide methodologies for generating structures of filamentous carbon (or carbon filaments) with controlled geometries. In one exemplary embodiment of forming the carbon filament structure, a metal template can be exposed to a fuel rich gaseous mixture to form a carbon filament structure at an appropriate gas flow and/or... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group, LLP

20090263569 - Method of forming an electrode including an electrochemical catalyst layer: A method of forming an electrode having an electrochemical catalyst layer is disclosed, which comprises providing a substrate with a conductive layer formed on the surface of a substrate, conditioning the surface of the substrate, immersing the substrate in a solution containing polymer-capped noble metal nanoclusters dispersed therein to form... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090263570 - Plating method for processing electrical connector: A plating method is adapted for applying a layer of metal to an electrical connector (1) The plating method includes the steps of: (1) providing a barrel (2) defining an internal room (21) and an insulative member (4); (2) inserting the insulative member into the internal room of the barrel... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090263571 - Separator with long-term stability for an electrochemical cell: A separator for an electrochemical cell, comprising (A) a flexible perforate support, (B) a porous first ceramic material which fills the perforations in the support and which (i) has a pore structure which is characterized by an average pore size, and (ii) is suitable for receiving an ion-conducting electrolyte, wherein... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090263572 - Carbon reinforced concrete: A structure may include a plurality of first fiber bundles, a plurality of second fiber bundles, and a plurality of connecting threads. The first fiber bundles may extend substantially parallel to each other. The second fiber bundles may extend substantially parallel to each other and substantially perpendicular to the first... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090263573 - Leather-surface repair-composition and the method for surface repair of leather surfaces: s

20090263574 - Method of restoring an article: A method for restoring an article includes removing an outer portion of a metallic substrate of an initial article having an original design weight to produce an intermediate article. A protective coating has been deposited on the intermediate article to produce a restored article having a restored article weight that... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20090263575 - Powder pump with vacuum filling: A powder supply system for a powder-coating installation, especially a parts painting installation using electrostatic powder, according to the invention, comprises a tank designed to contain the powder, means for feeding powder into the tank, means for injecting compressed air into the bottom of the tank in order to fluidize... Agent: Factor & Lake, Ltd

20090263576 - Finish for acrylic fiber processed into carbon fiber, and carbon fiber manufacturing method therewith: A finish for acrylic fiber to be processed into carbon fiber includes an ester compound having at least three ester groups in its molecule and a silicone compound, wherein the silicone compound constitutes 10 to 50 weight percent of the whole of the nonvolatile matter of the finish. A method... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090263577 - Liquid processing apparatus and liquid processing method: In a liquid processing apparatus for forming a coating film on a polygonal substrate by spin coating in an ambient with a descending clean air flow, a spin chuck includes a support plate for substantially horizontally supporting the substrate thereon. Air flow control members are provided on the spin chuck... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090263578 - Apparatus and methods for deposition reactors: An apparatus, such as an ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition) apparatus, including a precursor source configured for depositing material on a heated substrate in a deposition reactor by sequential self-saturating surface reactions. The apparatus includes an in-feed line for feeding precursor vapor from the precursor source to a reaction chamber and... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20090263579 - Dry composition, its use, layer system and coating process: Coating processes are often only intended to be applied locally. At the same time, local coating processes cannot always be used, so that frequently masking has to be used. A protective layer contains a binder and titanium oxide and can be used as a diffusion barrier, so that, in a... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090263580 - Apparatus for manufacturing a quantum-dot element: An apparatus for manufacturing a quantum-dot element is disclosed. The apparatus includes a reaction chamber for evaporating or sputtering at least one electrode layer or at least one buffer layer on the substrate. The substrate-supporting base is located inside the reaction chamber for fixing the substrate. The atomizer has a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090263581 - Method and apparatus to coat objects with parylene and boron nitride: The present inventions relates to an improved and novel Parylene compositions with has improved heat transfer and durability qualities, as well as a methods and apparatus to coat objects with the novel Parylene compositions, and objects coated with the novel Parylene compositions. The novel Parylene composition of the invention comprises... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090263582 - Digital manufacturing with amorphous metallic alloys: A method for building a three-dimensional object in a layer-by-layer manner, the method comprising heating a build chamber of a digital manufacturing system, feeding a solid feedstock of a modeling material comprising an amorphous metallic alloy to a liquefier assembly of the digital manufacturing system, heating the modeling material of... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090263583 - Scratch off document and method of printing same: A scratch-off document may include a substrate. The substrate may include a front side and a backside with an information layer on the front side. An information layer may include an indicia component and a noise component. The noise component together with the indicia component may include a plurality of... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20090263584 - Image quality improvement treatment liquid, image quality improvement processing method, image forming method, and image forming apparatus: An image quality improvement treatment liquid is disclosed that improves quality of an image formed on a medium by reacting with color materials in ink and agglutinating the color materials upon contact with the ink including water and color materials to be ionized in water or color materials to be... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090263585 - Cold-forming of polymers comprising styrene: The invention relates to a process for conversion of polymers selected from the group (A) of the polymers comprising styrene, with the exception of homopolystyrene, or from the group (B) of the polymers comprising maleimide to a condition of ductile deformability, which comprises the action of a force on the... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090263586 - Method of producing a self-cleaning surface: e

20090263587 - Method of producing a self-cleaning surface: The desiccant material is pre-hydrated to reach its saturation level of moisture absorption. The process of pre-hydration can be done by exposing the desiccant in a normal temperature/humidity environment of for example, 25° C. and 50-60% RH. For 24 to 48 hours or up to the time when weight gain... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090263588 - Photocurable coating composition, and overprint and process for producing same: A photocurable coating composition is provided that includes (A) a fluorine-containing polymer having a cationically polymerizable group, (B) a cationic photopolymerization initiator, and (C) a cationically polymerizable compound. There is also provided a process for producing an overprint, the process including a step of coating a printed material with a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090263589 - Method for producing raised structures on the surface of a pencil: p

20090263590 - Method of manufacturing polysilane-modified silicon fine wire and method of forming silicon film: A method of forming a silicon film capable of forming an excellent high-crystalline silicon film without heat treatment at high temperature is provided. A method of manufacturing a polysilane-modified silicon fine wire includes a step of: irradiating a mixed liquid including a silicon fine wire and a polysilane with light... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090263591 - Multi-component composite film method for preparing the same: The present invention provides a multi-component composite film comprising a) polymer support layer, and b) porous gellable polymer layer which is formed on one side or both sides of the support layer of a), wherein the support film of a) and the gellable polymer layer of b) are unified without... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20090263593 - Method for manufacturing carbon film: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a hard carbon film having a high sp3 bond ratio and excellent film quality. In one embodiment of the present invention, CH3 ions and CH3 radicals in plasma are irradiated to a substrate at an energy of 10 to 50 eV, thereby... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090263592 - Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition of advanced lubricant for thin film storage medium: A magnetic recording medium including a solid lubricant film containing a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposited perfluoropolyether is disclosed. Preferably, the solid lubricant is formed in the presence of oxygen and longer fluorocarbon chain to form perfluoropolyether, thereby enhancing the chain flexibility perfluoropolyether and in the presence of a hydrocarbon to... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.

20090263594 - Low-frequency bias power in hdp-cvd processes: A substrate processing system has a housing that defines a process chamber. A substrate holder disposed within the process chamber supports a substrate during substrate processing. A gas-delivery system introduces a gas into the process chamber. A pressure-control system maintains a selected pressure within the process chamber. A high-density plasma... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20090263595 - Method for producing an element, including a multiplicity of nanocylinders on a substrate, and use thereof: A method for producing an element including a substrate having a plurality of nanocylinders deposited thereon includes providing the substrate. The substrate is covered with a nanoporous Al2O3 membrane so as to provide a covered substrate. The covered substrate is alternately vapor-deposited, at a vapor-deposition temperatures from 250° C. to... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.