Coating processes inventions

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.

20090258134 - Method for controlling thin-film forming velocity, method for manufacturing thin-film using the same and system for manufacturing a thin-film using the same: In a method for controlling thin-film forming velocity, a method for manufacturing a thin film and a system for manufacturing the thin film, the method for controlling the thin-film forming velocity includes measuring the thin-film forming velocity at a target substrate by sensing a depositing source gas generated from a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090258135 - Method of making nonvolatile memory cell containing carbon resistivity switching as a storage element by low temperature processing: A method of making a nonvolatile memory cell includes forming a steering element and forming a carbon resistivity switching material storage element by coating a carbon containing colloid.... Agent: Sandisk Corporation C/o Foley & Lardner LLP

20090258136 - Composite coating material and the production method of the same: The production method of the coating material comprising the steps of applying and drying liquid polyurethane (PU) material onto a release paper in order to form three polyurethane (PU) layers, rolling the composite layer and separating the release paper to form the composite coating material for covering the outer shells... Agent: Chung-ching Feng

20090258137 - Coating process for thermoplastics: Thermoplastic compositions containing certain salts of fluorinated sulfonic acids adhere especially well to coatings (paints) applied to the surface(s) of that composition. Useful parts that can be made include painted automotive body parts, appliance cases, and other parts with painted aesthetically pleasing surfaces.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090258138 - Nozzle and method for dispensing random pattern of adhesive filaments: A nozzle for dispensing a random pattern of liquid adhesive filaments generally comprises an adhesive shim plate positioned between first and second air shim plates. The first air shim plate includes air slots configured to direct pressurized process air along a first angle relative to the adhesive shim plate, and... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (nordson)

20090258139 - Coating process apparatus and coating film forming method: The resist coating unit (COT) has a spin chuck (41) which holds the wafer to be supplied with a resist liquid, and a process cup (50) which accommodates the spin chuck (41) and exhaustes an atmosphere around the wafer W from a bottom thereof. The process cup (50) comprises a... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090258140 - Method for coating the outer surface of a cylinder sleeve: The invention relates to a method for coating the outer surface of a cylinder bushing. A small segment of the cylinder bushing is immersed into a melt which consists of a zinc based alloy comprising alloy components of aluminium and copper and which extends in a continuous manner over the... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090258144 - Heteroleptic iridium precursors to be used for the deposition of iridium-containing films: wherein A is equal to 1 or 2 and i) when A is 1, X is a dienyl ligand and Y is a diene ligand; ii) when A is 2, a) X is a dienyl ligand and Y is selected from CO and an ethylene ligand, b) X is a... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property

20090258143 - Reagent dispensing apparatus and delivery method: This invention relates to a vapor or liquid phase reagent dispensing apparatus that may be used for dispensing vapor or liquid phase reagents such as precursors for deposition of materials in the manufacture of semiconductor materials and devices. This invention reduces the number of container designs required to support different... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20090258141 - Method and apparatus for coating surfaces: An apparatus includes a workpiece support, a source for emitting a plume of coating material that flows toward the workpiece support, and plume influencing structure between the source and the workpiece support. The plume influencing structure includes a shield with plural openings extending therethrough approximately parallel to a general direction... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090258142 - Organic deposition apparatus and method of depositing organic substance using the same: An organic material deposition system and method are provided. The organic material deposition apparatus may include a chamber having a processing space formed therein, a source supply device that generates an organic source and injects and diffuses the organic source into the processing space through a shower head provided in... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20090258145 - Ink jet ink, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit and ink jet recording apparatus:

20090258146 - Ink set, and ink jet recording method using the ink set: An ink set including two or more kinds of ink compositions including at least a black ink composition and a color ink composition, in which the black ink composition includes a self-dispersion type pigment having a hydrophilic group on the surface thereof, the color ink composition includes a self-dispersion type... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090258147 - Ink set, and ink jet recording method using the ink set: An ink set contains two or more ink compositions at least including a black ink composition and a color ink composition. The black ink composition includes a self-dispersing pigment having a hydrophilic group on the surface thereof and the color ink composition includes a self-dispersing pigment having a hydrophilic group... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090258148 - Method of producing ceramic spray-coated member, program for conducting the method, storage medium and ceramic spray-coated member: A ceramic spray-coated member capable of surely controlling adhesion and detachment of water is produced by spraying a given ceramic onto a surface of a base material, in which an organic matter adsorbed on a surface of the ceramic spray-coated member is removed and the surface of the ceramic spray-coated... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090258149 - Forming section: A forming section has a lower wire loop (11), which constitutes a single-wire section (T) following a breast roll (12). A first dewatering zone (Z1) has at least one stationary, first forming shoe (40) followed by a pulsating strip cover (50). The first forming shoe has leading and trailing edges... Agent: Stiennon & Stiennon

20090258150 - Polymerization of a reactive diluent in the presence of an epoxy-amine material, and coating compositions prepared thereby: A process including the polymerization of a reactive diluent, which is present in an aqueous dispersion that further includes an epoxy-amine material, is disclosed. The resulting composition is useful as a coating composition.... Agent: Mueting, Raasch & Gebhardt, P.A.

20090258151 - Method and apparatus for coating curved surfaces: A coating apparatus includes support structure supporting a workpiece support member for rotation about an axis, and a drive structure for rotating the support member. A source is spaced along an imaginary line from the support structure, and emits a plume of coating material that flows away from the source... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090258152 - Coating apparatus and coating method: A coating apparatus and a coating method that are suitable for manufacturing a MEMS or a substrate having a through electrode are provided. A nozzle 14 gradually moves in the X-axis direction while being moved back and forth in the vertical direction (Y-axis direction). When coating in the vertical direction... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090258153 - Apparatus and method for applying a film on a substrate: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an apparatus having a plurality of applicators, each applicator with an ingress opening to receive a liquid, and an egress opening to release the liquid, and a conductor positioned in a conduit of each of the plurality... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090258154 - Coatings and methods for improved adhesion to plastic: Compositions and methods are provided that increase adhesion of a primer, such as an adhesion promoter, to a plastic substrate and/or increase adhesion of a topcoat to the primer. Chemical properties at the interface of the substrate and the adhesion promoter coating and/or chemical properties at the interface of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey And Pierce, P.L.C

20090258155 - Curable overcoat compositions: A substantially colorless radiation overcoat composition suitable for overcoating ink-based images and xerographic-based images. The overcoat composition comprises at least one gellant, at least one monomer, at least one substantially non-yellowing photoinitiator, optionally a curable wax, and optionally a surfactant.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20090258157 - Field-aided preferential deposition of precursors: Lateral nano-scale pattern control for atomic layer deposition can be provided by using a scanning tunneling microscope (SPM) tip to locally influence chemical reaction rates. An electric field and/or charge transfer can significantly reduce the potential energy barrier that affects reaction kinetics, and thereby significantly enhance reaction rates. By operating... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm

20090258158 - Photo alignment material and method of manufacturing display substrate using the same: t

20090258156 - Photo-erasable ink for full color printing: An ink compatibility including a dye and surface functionalized photocatalytically active semiconductor nanoparticles is provided. This ink composition enables the reuse of a print substrate, because the surface functionalized photocatalytically active semiconductor nanoparticles bleach the dye under an activating radiation.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20090258159 - Novel treatment for mask surface chemical reduction: A method includes forming an absorption material layer on a mask; applying a plasma treatment to the mask to reduce chemical contaminants after the forming of the absorption material layer; performing a chemical cleaning process of the mask; and performing a gas injection to the mask.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090258160 - Method for producing organic thin film by using film physical property improving process: The object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing an organic thin film which film properties such as heat resistance or durability are improved. It is a method for producing an organic thin film for forming an organic thin film on a substrate surface, comprising at... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090258161 - Circuitized substrate with p-aramid dielectric layers and method of making same: A circuitized substrate including a dielectric layer having a p-aramid paper impregnated with a halogen-free, low moisture absorptivity resin and not including continuous or semi-continuous fiberglass fibers as part thereof, and a first circuitized layer positioned on the dielectric layer. A method of making this substrate is also provided.... Agent: Mark Levy Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP

20090258162 - Plasma processing apparatus and method: The present invention generally includes a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) processing chamber having an RF power source coupled to the backing plate at a location separate from the gas source. By feeding the gas into the processing chamber at a location separate from the RF power, parasitic plasma... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20090258164 - Carbon structure manufacturing device and manufacturing method: This invention relates to a carbon structure manufacturing device, which forms carbon structures on a substrate. This manufacturing device comprises a first chamber, which forms a first space accommodating the substrate; a raw material gas supply device, which supplies raw material gas for formation of the carbon structures to the... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090258163 - Method for manufacturing nickel silicide nano-wires: A method for making nickel silicide nano-wire, the method includes the following steps. Firstly, providing a silicon substrate and a growing device, and the growing device including a reacting room. Secondly, forming a silicon dioxide layer on a surface of the silicon substrate. Thirdly, forming a titanium layer on the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090258165 - Platinum-modified cathodic arc coating: A process for coating a part comprises the steps of providing a chamber which is electrically connected as an anode, placing the part to be coated in the chamber, providing a cathode formed from a coating material to be deposited and platinum, and applying a current to the anode and... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20090258166 - Device and method for patterning structures on a substrate: A device for patterning structures on a substrate includes an imaging device having a scanning tip, a light emitting device, and a space around the scanning tip. The space comprises a vapour of a material which is suitable for Chemical Vapour Deposition onto the substrate when decomposed. The light emitting... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20090258167 - Film deposition method and method for manufacturing light-emitting element: It is an object to provide a technique that enables transfer by laser irradiation without unevenness while a high degree of vacuum is maintained in the space between a substrate provided with a material layer and a transfer receiving substrate. The present invention relates to a deposition method including the... Agent: Cook Alex Ltd

20090258168 - Article and method of manufacture thereof: A particle damper is formed using a solid freeform manufacturing technique. A filler provides support for the closing wall of the cavity as it is formed. Apertures allow at least a portion of the filler to be removed. A particle fill of between 90 and 95% is achieved either by... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090258169 - Method for manufacturing a patterned metal layer: This invention provides a method for manufacturing a patterned metal layer, which forms a metal layer on a sacrificial layer having light-thermal conversion characteristic on a first substrate. The metal layer is patterned onto a second substrate by a laser transfer printing method to form a patterned metal layer on... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090252861 - New antimicrobial material: The present invention relates to an antimicrobial material comprising sheet of fabric and- metallic salt crystals embedded in an adhesive material covering the sheet of fabric.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090252862 - Method for producing optical element having multi-layered film: A method for producing an optical element, in which a multi-layered film is provided on a plastic substrate, having a resistance against lights in a wavelength range of 300 nm to 450 nm, is provided. The method for producing the optical element according to the invention, is an method for... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090252863 - Method of manufacturing protection film and method of manufacturing inorganic film: In the method of manufacturing a barrier film 12 and a sealing film 20 as protection films for protecting an organic EL element 100 and an organic TFT 50, a pre-oxidized inorganic film 120, being not completely oxidized, is formed and the oxidized inorganic film 120 thus formed is oxidized... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090252864 - Methods of preparing composite carbon-graphite-silicon particles and using same: A process for production of coated silicon-carbon composite particles includes providing a carbon residue-forming material, providing particles of a carbonaceous material, and coating in a liquid suspension mixture the particles of carbonaceous material with the carbon residue-forming material to form coated carbonaceous particles. Providing silicon particles added to the mixture,... Agent: Conocophillips Company -IPServices Group Attention: Docketing

20090252865 - Method for producing sintered ndfeb magnet: The present invention provides a method for producing a sintered NdFeB magnet having high coercivity and capable of being brought into applications without lowering its residual magnetic flux density or maximum energy product and without reprocessing. The method for producing a sintered NdFeB magnet according to the present invention includes... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090252866 - Method of producing glass forming mold: A steel base material is hardened to produce the base material having a martensite structure, a surface coating layer made of an amorphous Ni—P alloy is formed on the surface of the base material, and the base material is heat-treated to transform the structure of the base material into a... Agent: Dla Piper LLP Us

20090252867 - Topical polyurethane foam oxidative and photooxidative stabilizer: Compositions are disclosed for inhibiting oxidation and photooxidation in polyurethane foams. The compositions contain an antioxidant and a UV light inhibiting compound, along with an organic solvent or alternatively, water and an emulsifier.... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20090252868 - Curable colored inks for making colored silicone hydrogel lenses: The present invention provides an actinically or thermally curable ink for making colored silicone hydrogel contact lenses. The ink of the invention comprises at least one colorant, a solvent and a binder polymer including ethylenically unsaturated groups and segments derived from at least one silicone-containing vinylic monomer or macromer. The... Agent: Ciba Vision Corporation Patent Department

20090252869 - Powder coating composition: component (A) and component (C) are selected to provide the cured-powder coating composition with a low gloss of 1 to 20 gloss units at 60° angle according to DIN 67530 (ISO2813) and a surface structure having a value of Integral 1 in the range of higher than 8.00E+00 measured by... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090252870 - Apparatus and method for moistening envelope flaps: An apparatus for moistening flaps of envelopes has a liquid dispenser for dispensing liquid to the envelope flap of each envelope to be moistened. A liquid sensor is provided for sensing liquid carried by the dispenser and generating a humidity signal indicating an amount of the liquid held by the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090252871 - Method for producing a membrane comprising micropassages made from porous material by chemical mechanical polishing: A surface of a support comprising through micropassages is brought into contact with an aqueous solution comprising a plurality of particles in suspension and a pad. A pressure perpendicular to the plane of the support, between the pad and the surface of the support, and a relative movement of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090252873 - Apparatus and method for treating materials with compositions: An apparatus and method for treating subject materials with compositions includes a material treatment section for treating a subject material with a composition of a silane-containing material and a hydrocarbon solvent to form a treated material, and a neutralizing section for neutralizing the treated material such that the treated material... Agent: Bliss Mcglynn, P.C.

20090252872 - Method and device to prevent coating a dovetail of a turbine airfoil: A method and masking assembly for masking a dovetail portion of a turbine blade during coating of an airfoil portion of the blade. The masking assembly comprises at least two masking members, each having an exterior surface and an oppositely-disposed undulatory surface complementary to one of oppositely-disposed undulatory surfaces of... Agent: Hartman And Hartman, P.C.

20090252874 - Multiple sheath multiple capillary aerosol jet: Apparatus and method for depositing aerosolized material, wherein an aerosol flow is surrounded and focused by more than one consecutive sheath gas flows. The combined sheath and aerosol flows may consecutively flow through more than one capillary, thereby narrowing the flow further. Linewidths of less than one micron may be... Agent: Peacock Myers, P.C.

20090252875 - Water-insoluble colorant dispersion, production method thereof, and recording liquid, image-forming method and image-forming apparatus using the same: A water-insoluble colorant dispersion, containing fine particles of a water-insoluble colorant, a polymer dispersant having a cationic group and an acid group, an aqueous medium and a phase transfer base.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090252876 - Sheet for mounting polishing workpiece and method for making the same: The present invention relates to a sheet for mounting a polishing workpiece. The sheet comprises a substrate and a surface layer. The substrate has a surface. The surface layer is located on the surface of the substrate, with no hole structure existing in the interior thereof, and has a surface... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090252877 - Method for rendering color imitation on a baking tray: A method for rendering color imitation on a baking tray comprises steps of: cleaning an inner object-supporting surface and an outer surface of the baking tray and forming a crystalline protective film thereon; oven-drying the cleaned baking tray; spray-coating said surfaces of the oven-dried baking tray with a primer and... Agent: Wang Law Firm, Inc.

20090252878 - Coating method and coating apparatus: In the method in which a coating liquid is continuously supplied from a supply head to a surface of a continuously traveling sheet-like substrate to form a coat while controlling its thickness by a coating bar disposed above the sheet-like substrate, the coating liquid of which amount corresponds to an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090252880 - Apparatus and method for coating ears of corn: Apparatuses and methods for applying a coating to an ear of corn are disclosed. An enclosure having a user accessible workspace and a motor to turn an ear of corn therein to apply a coating to the ear of corn rotated by the motor is also disclosed. The method includes... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C Attn: Pioneer Hi-bred

20090252879 - Aqueous coating composition: The present invention provides an aqueous coating composition that can form a coated film having excellent appearance, in which a change in the color of the coating composition during the storage of the coating composition is prevented or suppressed, excellent storage stability is provided, and the generation of popping is... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090252881 - Method of spray application, and spray apparatus, for bentonite material: The present invention provides a spray method and spray apparatus for bentonite-based material that allow forming a bentonite layer of high dry density. A spray apparatus 1 comprises a supersonic nozzle 2, to which a compressor 5 and a bentonite container 6 are connected. The supersonic nozzle 2 is fed... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090252882 - Automotive tire dressing applicator: A tire dressing applicator comprises a support and one or more foam plastic elements mounted on the support so as to contact a tire sidewall and transfer dressing onto the tire sidewall. A distribution system drips or drizzles dressing onto the element(s) after which it is spread over and into... Agent: Young Basile

20090252883 - Method of preventing corrosion degradation using ni or ni-alloy plating: Disclosed herein is a method of preventing corrosion degradation in a defective region including an expansion transition region and/or an expansion region of a heat transfer tube of a steam generator in a nuclear power plant by using nickel (Ni) plating or nickel (Ni) alloy plating. The method can prevent... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20090252884 - Silica-containing uv-crosslinkable hardcoat coatings comprising urethane acrylates: The present invention relates to a UV-crosslinkable composition comprising a) unmodified, protonated silica nanoparticles; b) urethane acrylate; c) polar solvent; and d) UV initiator system, wherein the amount by weight of unmodified, protonated silica nanoparticles exceeds the content of urethane acrylate and is at least 50.1 wt. %, based on... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20090252885 - Photopolymer resins for photo replication of information layers: Photopolymer resins ate disclosed which includes metal and/or ceramic surface chelating agents to provide strong bonding of the photopolymer resin to the inorganic surface of the first information layer of an optical disc. The resins also include a fast surface cure and glass transition temperature controlling monomers that provides easy... Agent: Miller, Matthias & Hull

20090252888 - Fine particle-containing body, fine particle-containing body manufacturing method, storage element, semiconductor device and electronic equipment: A silicon oxide of a film thickness of about 50 nm is formed on a surface of a silicon substrate by thermal oxidation. Silver is implanted into the silicon oxide with implantation energy of about 30 keV by a negative ion implantation method. By subjecting the silicon oxide, into which... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090252887 - System and method for growing nanotubes with a specified isotope composition via ion implantation using a catalytic transmembrane: An ion source(s) is configured to generate ions from one or more elements including a plurality of different isotopes or unique molecular combinations of two or more different isotopes from at least one of the selected elements. A selection filter(s) directs a subset of the ions onto a catalytic transmembrane... Agent: Eric A. Gifford (raytheon Company)

20090252886 - System and method for nanotube growth via ion implantation using a catalytic transmembrane: Ion implantation is used to grow nanotubes out of carbon and other materials. Catalytic material is placed on or in a membrane that physically and possibly environmentally separates an implantation chamber or region from a growth chamber or region. High-energy ions are implanted into the catalytic material from one side... Agent: Eric A. Gifford (raytheon Company)

20090252889 - Nanopin manufacturing method and nanometer sized tip array by utilizing the method: Methods to manufacture metal nanopins and metal oxide nanopins are disclosed. Metal nanopins are fabricated on a metal foil by capillaritron plasma source dry etching. The aspect ratio and the density of metal nanopins are controlled by adjusting the temperature of the metal foil during ion beam dry etching. The... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090252890 - Method for producing anisotropic film: A simple method for producing an anisotropic film, which does not require a light irradiation device having a special mechanism or an advanced alignment adjustment system, is provided. A film containing a photoreactive material is arranged on a polarizing element, and an anisotropy is provided to the film containing a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090252891 - Structure matter of thin film particles having carbon skeleton, processes for the production of the structure matter and the thin-film particles and uses thereof: The present invention provides a structure matter composed of (a) oxidized form thin film particle(s) which are obtained by oxidizing graphite, have a thickness of 0.4 nm to 10 μm and a planar-direction size at least twice as large as the thickness, have lyophilic to a liquid having a relative... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090252892 - Processing chamber: A process apparatus for treatment of a substrate comprising a load chamber for loading the substrate, a process chamber for processing the substrate, a sealing plane separating the process chamber from the load chamber and means for vertically moving the substrate from the load chamber to the process chamber, and... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090252894 - Moisture barrier coatings for organic light emitting diode devices: A barrier assembly having a flexible or rigid substrate, an organic electronic device, and one or more layers of diamond-like film. The diamond-like film layers can be used to mount, cover, encapsulate or form composite assemblies for protection of moisture or oxygen sensitive articles such as organic light emitting diode... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090252893 - Plasma discharge treatment apparatus, and method of manufacturing gas barrier film: Provide is a method of preparing a highly-functional film capable of reducing surface failure and of improving the yield, and a manufacturing apparatus thereof. This is a plasma discharge treatment apparatus to plasma-discharge-treat for the surface of a substrate conveyed between a winder and an unwinder at atmospheric pressure or... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090252895 - Actinic ray curable composition, actinic ray curable ink and image formation method employing the ink: o