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Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes January USPTO class patent listing 01/07

20070018345 - Nanoimprint lithograph for fabricating nanoadhesive: A nanoimprint lithography method of fabricating a nanoadhesive includes steps of (a) preparing a substrate and a transfer stamp, said transfer stamp having a transfer face and nanometer-scale features formed on said transfer face, said nanometer-scale features having a plurality of convexities and concavities, said substrate having an etched layer;... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070018346 - Light curing system and method: A method for light-curing polymerizable materials to form a dental device is provided. A light-curing apparatus having at least one integrated lighting and heating source, a curing volume, and a temperature controller, preferably a fan, is used in the method. The light source and temperature controller are used to heat... Agent: Dentsply International Inc

20070018347 - Method for manufacturing glass-like carbon molded body, and glass-like carbon molded body: A method for manufacturing a glass-like carbon molded body is provided which can obtain an excellent glass-like carbon molded body without cracks from a thermosetting resin molded body having a large thickness exceeding, for example, 10 mm, unlike in the conventional method in which an upper limit of the resin... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070018348 - Aligned mold comprising support: Molds, methods of making molds, as well as methods of making microstructured (e.g. barrier rib) articles such has display panels are described.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070018350 - Method of producing a part: A method of producing a part is performed by initially defining a desired model of the part having a first configuration. The desired model is mathematically manipulated to provide a distorted model defining a second configuration that is different from the first configuration. A mold assembly is produced having a... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070018349 - Tire mold and tread: The present invention is a process for making an entire truck tire tread comprising the steps of securing tread mold segments comprising plates to a flat backing, placing a blank tread on the mold segments, and pressing the blank tread against the mold segments. The invention also comprises this process... Agent: Michelin North America, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20070018351 - Method of forming film on molded body, method of producing molded body with film formed thereon, mold for producing molded body with film formed thereon: When integrally producing a lamp holder, which is provided with a lamp body and a lens portion, by using a mold-sliding injection system, a lamp holder having a reflection surface formed on the interior surface thereof is produced. A fixed mold is provided with a vacuum deposition apparatus, wherein a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070018352 - Process and apparatus for the production of articles made of plastic material with at least one overmoulded component: Described herein is a process and apparatus for the production of an article made of moulded plastic material with a first component and at least one second component overmoulded on the first component, in which, in the second injection step for overmoulding the second component, the moulding cavity is at... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070018353 - Process and apparatus for the production of articles made of plastic material with at least one overmoulded component: Described herein is a process and apparatus for the production of an article made of moulded plastic material including a first component formed in a first injection step and possible compression step, and at least one second component overmoulded on said first component in a second injection step and possible... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070018354 - Process and apparatus for the production or articles made of plastic material with at least one overmoulded component: Described herein is a process and apparatus for the production of an article made of moulded plastic material including a first component formed in a first step of injection and possible compression, and at least one second component overmoulded on said first component in a second step of injection and... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070018355 - Compression molding apparatus: Apparatus for compression molding plastic articles includes a plurality of molds mounted for travel around a first axis. Each mold includes an upper mold section and a lower mold section, with at least one of the upper and lower mold sections being moveable in a non-circular first endless path, and... Agent: Venable LLP

20070018356 - Hydraulic pressure molding device and hydraulic pressure molding method: A hydraulic pressure molding device and a hydraulic pressure molding method for molding a molded body of a specified shape by holding a material plate by a first mold pressing the material plate with a pressurized liquid medium and a second mold in which a molding recessed surface of a... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070018357 - Press-molding machine and press-molding method: A press-molding machine is taught that may include an extrusion apparatus (10), a transfer apparatus (30), and a molding apparatus (40). The extrusion apparatus (10) may extrude a melted resin into a sheet shape. The transfer apparatus (30) may receive and transfer a sheet material that is extruded from the... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070018358 - Separation apparatus and method: Apparatus and method for separating two objects (27,28) attached to each other in a sandwich structure, such as a stamp and a substrate pressed together in an imprint process. The apparatus comprises a support structure (1), carrying first fastening means (2) having a base surface (3) and first gripping means... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070018359 - Simplified in-mold article handling system and a method for handling molded articles: An in-mold system and method for handling molded articles. An in-mold lid handling system provides a slide that is operable to translate laterally across a molding face of an injection mold to perform a first operation on, or to retrieve a plurality of molded articles from, a column of molding... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070018360 - Imprint lithography: A lithographic apparatus is disclosed that has a template holder configured to hold an imprint template, a substrate table arranged to receive a substrate, a radiation output arranged to illuminate a part of the imprint template, and a detector configured to detect radiation scattered from an interface between the imprint... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070018361 - Nanofibers, and apparatus and methods for fabricating nanofibers by reactive electrospinning: Apparatus and methods for fabricating nanofibers by reactive electrospinning are described. An electrospinning process is coupled with an in-line reactor where chemical or photochemical reactions take place. This invention expands the application of the electrospinning and allows the production of nanofibers of crosslinked polymers and other new materials, such as... Agent: Patent Department Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, L.l.p

20070018362 - Device and method for large area lithography: Apparatus and method for transferring a pattern from a template (10) having a structured surface to a substrate (12) carrying a surface layer of a radiation polymerisable fluid (14). The apparatus comprises a first main part (101) and a second main part (102) having opposing surfaces (104; 105), means for... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070018363 - Methods of aligning mold and articles: Methods of aligning flexible molds, segmented mold and frame apparatus, as well as methods of making microstructured articles (e.g. PDP back panels) are described.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070018364 - Modification of nonwovens in intelligent nips: A method and apparatus for forming a nonwoven product, including steps of forming a nonwoven web from a material and calendering the nonwoven web received following the forming step on a calender means. The method also including a step of obtaining information pertaining to a number of parameters of the... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070018365 - Fountainhead and process of manufacturing the same: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing fountainheads, as well as fountainheads made by the process that include non-circular and non-oval-shaped (e.g., square, triangular and rectangular) holes. The method of manufacturing involves a number of steps including the following: creating a design for the fountainhead; constructing at least two... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20070013090 - Method of resin-sealing and molding an optical device: There is provided a method of sealing and molding an optical device with resin by employing a die including a top piece, a bottom piece, an intermediate piece, and a mold release film pinched between the bottom and intermediate pieces and thus tensioned as prescribed to cover the bottom piece's... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070013091 - Device provided with pivotable supports for moulding an optical lens in particular an ophthalmic lens: The inventive device includes a first shell holder (6) for fixing a first shell (12), a second shell holder (27) for fixing a second shell (29), a first support (1) on which the first shell holder (6) is mounted and a second support (2) on which the second shell holder... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070013092 - Process for preparing granular urea product: To effectively prepare granular urea that constantly has a moisture concentration of 0.3 wt % or less in the product and has a large grain load strength to be hardly crashed. In a granulating process for preparing granular urea from an aqueous urea solution using a fluidized bed method or... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070013093 - Apparatus and process for the production of green ceramic preforms: A process for the production of green ceramic preforms for dental parts involves introducing a model into ceramic slip in a slip container for coating the model. Ceramic slip is controllably drawn off from the slip container and the coated model removed. An apparatus for producing green ceramic preforms includes... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070013094 - Method for the preparation of porous, carbon-based material: The invention relates to a method for the preparation of porous carbon-based material comprising the steps provision of a polymer film provided in the form of a sheet or a coating; as well as pyrolysis and/or carbonization of the polymer film in an atmosphere that is essentially free of oxygen... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070013095 - Optical film and production method of the same: A method of manufacturing an optical film using a solution casting method comprising the steps of: (i) preparing an initial dope comprising a cellulose ester resin; (ii) preparing a casting dope by diluting the initial dope with a diluting solution via inline dilution, the diluting solution having a solid content... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070013096 - Multistage method and apparatus for continuously forming a composite article: There is disclosed a multistage molding apparatus and method for continuously forming a composite article. The apparatus comprises a first stage for forming a skin, a second stage for applying a structural foam to the skin as the skin is being cured to form the composite article and a third... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070013097 - Method for molding thermoplastic resin: In press molding or embossing a thermoplastic resin for producing a molded product excellent in transferability of microscopic surface asperities and having high quality with high productivity, a preform of a thermoplastic resin is heated to about the hardening temperature of the thermoplastic resin constituting the preform. The preform is... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20070013098 - Method for producing an si3n4 coated sio2 molded body: Silicone nitride coated shaped bodies of silica are prepared by coating a silica green body with silicon nitride or a precursor thereof, followed by sintering the silicone nitride coating by means of a laser beam. The shaped bodies are especially useful as “solar crucibles” in production of polycrystalline silicon for... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070013099 - Method and apparatus for emobssing manufactured deck boards: A method and apparatus are provided for forming embossed simulated boards through a combination of extrusion molding process and separate embossing step. During embossing, the extrudate from the extruder is pressure formed forming a texturized surface on at least one face of the board with the board being captured on... Agent: Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP

20070013100 - Method for producing plastic film: In one embodiment, the film making process can comprise: introducing a plastic melt to a nip between a calendar roll and a resilient roll, passing the plastic melt between the calendar roll and the resilient roll to produce the film, and controlling a roughness of the film by actively cooling... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070013101 - Fluorocarbon elastomer silicone vulcanizates: A method is disclosed for preparing an elastomeric base composition comprising: (I) mixing by an extrusion process (A) a fluorocarbon elastomer with (B) an optional compatibilizer, (C) an optional catalyst (D) a silicone base comprising a curable organopolysiloxane, (E), an optional crosslinking agent (F) a cure agent in an amount... Agent: Alan Zombeck Dow Corning Corporation

20070013102 - Method for making polybenzobisoxazole containing fiber: A method of making polybenzobisoxazole containing fiber by use of a non-polybenzobisoxazole polymer, hydroxylating the polymer, forming the polymer into a fiber and heating the fiber wherein ring closure occurs in the hydroxylated polymer.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070013103 - Nanostructured article and method of making the same: A method of making a polymer film having a surface with nanofibrils.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070013104 - Injection mold having cavities in series: An apparatus and process are provided for molding articles such as animal chew toys by providing mold cavities in series. Plasticated resin may flow through a runner system and gate to substantially fill a first cavity and then through a sub-gate to fill a second cavity of which may include... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070013105 - Post-forming of thermoplastic ducts: An apparatus and method are provided for thermoplastically forming a contour in a thermoplastic duct defining a passage. The apparatus includes a longitudinal collar that defines a cavity and a rigid inner support structure extending longitudinally in the cavity. The collar and/or the inner support structure define a mold contour.... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070013106 - Method of preparing hydrophobic polymer substrate and hydrophobic polymer substrate prepared by same: Disclosed is a method of producing a hydrophobic polymer substrate including coating a curable photopolymer composition on a substrate, locating a micro- and nano-patterned hydrophobic template on the coated substrate, curing the curable photopolymer composition to prepare a curable photopolymer layer, and separating the curable photopolymer layer from the hydrophobic... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070013107 - Epichlorohydrin rollers improved for grinding: In manufacture of epichlorohydrin rollers, curing with heat is done in the absence of oxygen or with small amounts of an antioxidant mixture. Undesirable surface roughness does not occur. The rollers are then ground with only readily-removed dust resulting.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070013108 - Use of cyclic oligomers in a shaping process, and moldings produced by this process: The present invention relates to a three-dimensional powder-based production process using powders based on cyclic oligomers, and to moldings produced by this process.... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070013109 - Boat hull and method of manufacture: A boat hull is provided that has a substantially seamless construction wherein the boat hull is an integral monolithic structure. In the formation of the boat, the boat interior components for example deck precursors are positioned in the mold prior to formation of the hull so that the boat hull... Agent: Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP

20070013110 - Two-stage blown air system and method for foamed articles: Two-stage blown air systems for foamed materials inject a first gas at a first pressure into the interior of a parison and then inject a second gas at a second pressure into the interior of the parison in forming a container.... Agent: Venable LLP

20070013111 - Transfer printing method: A transfer printing method for printing a pattern on a non-planar surface of an object, includes shaping a transfer printing sheet including a base layer and a printing layer to the same shape as the non-planar surface of the object; placing the transfer printing sheet inside a mould with the... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070007676 - Electro-optic modulator: An electro-optic modulator includes a substrate made of a material which has an electro-optic effect and a pyroelectric effect. In the substrate, an optical waveguide is formed to have at least a pair of optical paths. On the substrate and on the optical waveguide, a transparent buffer layer is formed... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070007675 - Method of manufacturing compound optical element and compound optical element module: A method of manufacturing a compound optical element that reduces any damage to the mold and the lens base material caused by tight contact between the mold and the resin layer, enables easy control of thickness of the resin layer and realizes high productivity is provided. For this purpose, the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070007677 - Method of forming polymer particles: The present invention is a method of manufacturing polymer particles. The method includes providing an oil in water emulsion, wherein the oil phase comprises a volatile solvent and at least one water insoluble polymer. The volatile solvent has a solubility of not more than 10% in water and the water... Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff

20070007679 - Composite material, composite carbon material and method for producing those: The present invention provides a composite material and a carbonized composite material having high electric conductivities and heat conductivities, in each of which nanocarbons are uniformly mixed, and a method for producing the materials. The composite material of the present invention comprises: a high polymer, in which an atomic group... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070007678 - Method of making ceramic composite devices with unidirectionally aligned reinforcing fibers: Ceramic composite materials have unidirectional alignment of the reinforcing fibers. The ratio of the volume of the fiber strands of the reinforcing fibers to the volume of the matrix is at least 0.5. A process for their production involves initially coating the fiber strands or rovings of the reinforcing fibers... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070007683 - Control system for an injection molding machine and a method for controlling the injection molding machine: A control system for an injection molding machine performs a molding cycle. The molding cycle includes a filling process for controlling an advancing motion of a screw of the injection molding machine, and a hold press process for controlling a pressure of a molten resin after the filling process. The... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070007681 - Method for optimizing film properties of polyethylene blown film: c

20070007680 - Methods for controlling polyethylene rheology: The rheology of polyethylene resin may be controlled by measuring the specific energy input (SEI) to the extruder and then adjusting a process parameter in response to a change in the SEI and/or by introducing both a free radical initiator and an alkali earth metal stearate into the polymerization. Indeed,... Agent: Fina Technology Inc

20070007682 - Process for making modified cellulosic filler from recycled plastic waste and forming wood substitute articles: A low cost process of making modified cellulosic materials by melt blending with at least 30% recycled and commingled plastic waste stream at higher temperature and pressure where at least 70% of plastics melts and encapsulate the filler. The plastic encapsulated filler can be used as a feed stock for... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070007684 - Stuffer plug for automotive extrudate: A process and apparatus for insertion of a stuffer plug (18) within a hollow section of a automotive weatherseal extrudate (10) is provided which operates by insertion of a needlelike section (20) of a dispenser unit through a wall of the extrudate into the hollow section. A stuffer plug precursor... Agent: Robin W. Asher Clark Hill

20070007685 - Methods and systems for making long fiber reinforced products and resultant products: Systems and methods are disclosed for making a moldable polymer mixture containing long reinforcing fibers that suffered no significant damage during plastication. The system and method produces a mixture in which the long fibers are longer and have encountered less damage than moldable mixtures made in previous plasticators. The plasticator... Agent: Johns Manville

20070007686 - Multi-purpose wide protective spectrum wood preservative system and method of use: A preservative chemical to create a water-tolerant, full coverage, formaldehyde encasing, fire resistant preserved solid sawn wood products and composite boards as well as methods of manufacturing same.... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070007687 - Method for eliminating a welding line of an upper case of a keyboard and an upper case of a keyboard: A method for eliminating welding line of an upper case of a keyboard and an upper case of a keyboard are provided. The upper case of a keyboard includes an opening. The opening defines a rim. In accordance with the method, a mold is filled with plastic substance using the... Agent: Snell & Wilmer

20070007688 - Polymer gel-processing techniques and high modulus products: The present invention provides polymer gel-processing techniques and polymer articles of high modulus.... Agent: Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

20070007689 - Thermoplastic composite bow riser, limb, and cam: A riser for an archery bow is formed from a fibrous composite material, the matrix of which may be a high heat distortion thermoplastic polymer, a very high heat distortion thermoplastic polymer, or a combination thereof. The riser may incorporate a spine formed from a different polymer or composite than... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20070007690 - Device and method for molding of decorative molded articles: A foil-decorating injection molding apparatus 1 comprises a male mold 20 and a female mold 2, a transport chuck 30 for feeding a decorative sheet S between the male mold 20 and the female mold 2, and a damper 10 for pressing and fastening the decorative sheet S onto a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070007691 - Injection molding method and apparatus, and molded products manufactured thereby: A method, apparatus and system are provided for producing a molded part having a visually exposed surface comprising at least one side surface, the or each side surface being joined to a base surface at a corresponding substantially rectilinear edge. According to one aspect of the invention, the method includes... Agent: Gary M. Nath Nath & Associates PLLC

20070007692 - Curable compositions for advanced processes, and products made therefrom: Curable compositions, such as benzoxazine-based ones, are useful in applications within the aerospace industry, such as for example as a heat curable composition for use as a matrix resin in advanced processes, such as resin transfer molding, vacuum assisted transfer molding and resin film infusion, and their use in such... Agent: Steven C Bauman Henkel Loctite Corporation

20070007693 - Feeder tube for filling containers with pills: A pill delivery and packing apparatus having a feeder tube for delivering pills is provided. The feeder tube has a helical delivery chute that extends between an inlet side and an exit side of the tube. The delivery chute has a helical inner contour and a rectangular cross section that... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070007694 - Method and device for forcibly inserting drop into compression molding machine, and molding die follow-up type method and device for supplying drop: When compression molding is performed continuously, lumps of molten synthetic resin (drops), which are supplied by extrusion, are continuously, accurately, and rapidly inserted into plurality of compression molding dies which are rotatingly movable. A method and device for continuously supplying drops into female moldings which are rotatingly movable for manufacturing... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070007695 - Method and device for producing three-dimensional molded parts and corresponding molded part: A method for producing three-dimensional parts made of fiber material using a mold, comprising a bottom mold, the inner side of which determines the contour of the bottom side of the molded part and a top mold whose inner side determines the contour of the top side of the molded... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section

20070007696 - Method and apparatus for injection molding with direct insert thermal control: A hardware configuration and related method for straight injection molding of ophthalmic lenses using thermal control fluid circulating within a closed channel located interior of the insert. The channel is closed by a no-leak valve. The adjusting body is equipped with a mating no leak valve. The valves seal over... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070007697 - Production method of tone wheel: A Production method of tone wheel made of elastic material to be fixed to a rotating member in which a magnetic encoder is assembled in combination of the tone wheel and a magnetic sensor provided at a fixed member. The tone wheel is produced by using newly designed an assembled... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070007698 - Method of producting three-dimensional model: The present invention relates to a process for producing a three-dimensional model in which a binder has good discharge properties and curability. The process for producing a three-dimensional model is a process for producing a three-dimensional model that includes a step (layer formation step) of forming above a support a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070007699 - Layered manufactured articles having small-width fluid conduction vents and methods of making same: The invention utilizes a layered manufacturing process to produce an article (2) having at least one small-width fluid conduction vent (6) produced during the layered manufacturing process. Such small-width fluid conduction vents (6) may have any desirable cross-sectional shape, orientation, and curvature. The invention also includes articles (2) containing at... Agent: Ip & Internet Law North, LLC

20070007700 - Method for preparing dielelectric paste for multi-layer ceramic electronic component: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for preparing a dielectric paste for a multi-layered ceramic electronic component that enables preparation of a dielectric paste in which a dielectric material is dispersed with a high dispersibility while controlling the concentration of the dielectric material in... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC