Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes inventions 10/07

20070246850 - Method for detecting a particle in a nanoimprint lithography system: A method for detecting a particle between a nanoimprint mold assembly and a substrate in a nanoimprint lithography system.... Agent: Molecular Imprints

20070246848 - Process for manufacturing a water-resistant telecommunication cable: A process for manufacturing a water-resistant telecommunication cable. The cable has a solid and compact element having a water-soluble polymer material having vinyl alcohol/vinyl acetate copolymer having a hydrolysis degree of 60-95% and a polymerisation degree higher than 1,800 and at least one solid low-melting and one solid high melting... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070246849 - Nano-imprint system with mold deformation detector and method of monitoring the same: A system for nano-imprint with mold deformation detector is disclosed for real-time monitoring of the deformation of the mold. An electrostatic plate capacitor is embedded in the mold, serving as the deformation detector. The capacitor includes two opposite metal film electrodes formed by silicon micromachining technique on opposite surfaces of... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070246851 - Method and apparatus for controlling a vent gap with active material elements: Method and apparatus for controlling a vent gap in a mold for an injection molding machine are provided, and include an active material insert configured to be regulate the degree of opening of the vent gap. The active material insert is configured to be actuated in response to signals from... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070246852 - Method of making an article: A mask is used to make an article having two or more layers. The layers are formed from either a paint or polyurethane elastomer composition. The article is made in a mold including a surface defining a mold cavity and having a first and second effect region. For the method,... Agent: Basf Aktiengesellschaft

20070246853 - Global vacuum injection molded solder system and method: A system and method are provided for injection molding conductive bonding material into a plurality of cavities in a mold within a vacuum chamber. A mold and a fill head are located within a vacuum chamber, wherein the mold includes a plurality of cavities. A vacuum is created within the... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco Pl

20070246854 - Apparatus and method for blow molding: An extrusion head (1) for blow moulding of hollow bodies comprises: a body (2) and a force plug (3) set within the body so as to define a cylindrical gap (4), through which the molten plastic material fed by an extruder can flow; a die opening (6) set at the... Agent: Milacron Inc.

20070246855 - Method and apparatus for multi-stream metered extrusion: An extrusion apparatus for extruding multiple streams of extrusion material as extruded end-products and in the coating of substrates. A flow joiner in an extrusion head combines multiple metered streams such as from a gear pump, into a uniform extrusion flow.... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070246856 - Optical element forming apparatus and method: A forming apparatus for an optical element includes a first forming die having a forming convex portion, a second forming die having a forming concave portion, a forming die driving mechanism, and an optical-element-material holding mechanism. The forming convex portion is adapted to cave a side of a first principal... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070246857 - Methods for internally curing cement-based materials and products made therefrom: Methods for internally curing cement-based materials using wood-derived materials as internal curing agents are disclosed herein. The methods generally include casting a mixture of a cement-based material, mixing water, and an internal curing agent, which includes a wood-derived material, and curing the mixture. The mixture is cured using the mixing... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20070246858 - Microtitration plate: A microtitration plate has a frame (2) made of a first stiff plastic and having a plate (4) with multiplicity of holes (2′), and a multiplicity of vessels (3) made of a second plastic suited for the PCR and/or exhibiting permeability to oxygen, which are fixedly connected to the plate... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070246859 - Method of casting a golf ball part: A casting system for a golf ball cover layer is disclosed. The system has a mix head that after dispensing the mixed material it is capable of pulling back any excess mixed material without the use of snuff-back valves. Alternatively, or additionally, the mix head of the present invention is... Agent: Acushnet Company

20070246860 - Molding-system platen: Disclosed are molding-system platens, molding systems having molding-system platens, and/or a method of a molding-system platen.... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20070246861 - Flame-retarded styrene-based plastic compositions: The present invention relates to a flame-retarded plastic composition comprising (A) a styrene-based plastic material, (B) a brominated aromatic compound having a melting point from 200° C. to 260° C. in which all bromine atoms are attached to the aromatic ring, (C) a bromine-containing organic compound having at least one... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20070246862 - Thermoplastic articles and improved processes for making the same: The present invention is directed to improved processes for making plastic articles, and articles made therefrom. In a broad aspect, the invention is directed to improved processes and articles made therefrom, that include the steps of providing as separate materials a first material that includes a thermoplastic polyolefin, a second... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20070246863 - Nano far-infrared health pad fabrication method: A nano far-infrared health pad fabrication method for making a nano far-infrared health pad by: mixing 15-25 wt % nano far-infrared powder with 75-85 wt % liquid silicon rubber into a nano far-infrared compound and then using a mold to cast the nano far-infrared compound into the desired shape of... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070246864 - Fiber reinforced cement board and manufacturing process: Provided is a fiber reinforced cement board having good installation properties such as nail performance, flexibility performance and handling performance, as well as other favorable physical properties. The board has an absolute dry specific gravity of not less than 1.20 and not more than 1.30 and comprises as raw materials... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070246865 - Method for forming high-impact transparent, distortion-free polymeric materials: A method and apparatus are provided for forming a sheet of polymeric material, such as polycarbonate. A forming mold is provided having halves that engage for forming a heated sheet therebetween. Each of the halves defines an interior cavity having a peripheral edge. The sheet is retained between the peripheral... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070246866 - Polypropylene processing with reduced cycle time in injection-stretch-blow moulding: This invention discloses the use of metallocene-produced polypropylene to prepare single- or multi-layer articles by injection-stretch blow moulding with a reduced cycle time, said article having excellent optical properties and rigidity.... Agent: Fina Technology Inc

20070246867 - Process for introducing an additive into a polymer melt: A process includes introducing a base polymer into an extruder, heating to a temperature sufficient to form a polymer melt, introducing a liquid such as water including an additive with mixing and subsequent vaporization and venting of the liquid to produce an extrudate having a uniform distribution of preferably uniformly... Agent: Bemis Company, Inc.

20070241469 - Lens plate, method for manufacturing the same and image transfer device: Spherical convex micro-lenses are arranged between rectangular grooves adjacent to each other of a lens plate. The arrangement of convex micro-lenses is made to be in parallel with the short-side direction of the lens plate, namely, the direction of the rectangular grooves. Since stray light appears mainly on the convex... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070241470 - Quantum vacuum energy extraction: A system is disclosed for converting energy from the electromagnetic quantum vacuum available at any point in the universe to usable energy in the form of heat, electricity, mechanical energy or other forms of power. By suppressing electromagnetic quantum vacuum energy at appropriate frequencies a change may be effected in... Agent: Pritzkau Patent Group, LLC

20070241471 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing plastic optical lenses molds and gaskets: A method and apparatus for manufacturing plastic opthomalic and intra-ocular lenses and molds. The apparatus comprises a master mold for creating disposable or re-usable molds that may be used at point of sale. The molds comprise a “moth-eye” anti-reflective surface. The anti-reflective surface may be an integral part of the... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070241472 - Compositions for use in making models: Gypsum-based molding materials are customized by hydrating the molding material to workable (malleable) consistency with a moistening solution containing 0.001 to 60% polytetrafluoroethylene. The addition of latex results in a more flowable material.... Agent: Glenna Hendricks, Esq.

20070241473 - Method for process control of machanical embossing texturing: Disclosed is both a method and apparatus for controlling and measuring an embossed texture on a decorative article. The embossed textured article includes both peaks and valleys that are measured and quantified to determine a profile of the textured article. Typically, the textured article comprises both chemically and mechanically embossed... Agent: Steven L. Schmid Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070241474 - Process for the production of portioned packages made of water-soluble polymer film for detergent substances: A method for producing a water-soluble or water-dispersible receptacle comprising at least one receiving chamber. Said method comprises the following steps: a) a first water-soluble or water-dispersible enveloping material is heated to a temperature T1; b) said enveloping material is deformed so as to obtain at least one receiving chamber;... Agent: Paul & Paul

20070241475 - Manufacturing process of high performance conductive polymer composite bipolar plate for fuel cell: A composite bipolar plate for a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is prepared as follows: a) compounding vinyl ester and graphite powder to form bulk molding compound (BMC) material, the graphite powder content ranging from 60 wt % to 95 wt % based on the total weight of the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070241476 - Process for producing transparent articles with various emerging inserts: The process enables articles to be produced comprising a transparent solid matrix (16; 16A, 16B) obtained from a liquid material able to solidify. In the transparent matrix (16; 16A, 16B) there being partially incorporated inserts (14) which emerge from a flat surface of these articles. The process comprises the following... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070241477 - Industrial cellulose fiber: The present invention relates to cellulose fiber containing 500 to 2000 of filaments and having homogeneous physical properties and the multi-filaments according to the present invention is characterized in that the strength and the breaking elongation of the multi-filaments are 4 to 9 g/d and 4 to 15%, respectively. In... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070241478 - Method for making three-dimensional preforms using electroluminescent devices: The present invention relates to methods of making preforms, fiber-reinforced molded articles and fiber mats, wherein the methods use electroluminescent devices such as LED's and/or quantum dots.... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070241479 - Return ensuring assembly for ejector retainer plate: A return ensuring assembly (20) includes a switch (21) and a connector (22). The switch has a body (211), an actuator (212) formed on the body, and a number of contacts (213) electrically coupled to the body. The connector is electrically coupled to the contacts of the switch. The connector... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070241480 - Rubber/short fiber master batch and production method thereof and pneumatic tires using such master batch: A rubber/short fiber master batch obtained by stirring and mixing an aqueous dispersion of short fibers having an average diameter of less than 0.5 μm and a rubber latex, followed by removing the water from the mixture and a practical production method of the same and a pneumatic tire using... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070241481 - Method for the growth of semiconductor ribbons: The present invention provides a method for the continuous production of semiconductor ribbons by growth from a linear molten zone. The creation of the molten zone is achieved by application of an electric current, direct or alternating, parallel to the surface of the ribbon and perpendicular to the direction of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070241482 - Production of three-dimensional objects by use of electromagnetic radiation: Process, materials, and equipment for producing three-dimensional objects from a particulate material by melting and adhering, for example, by fusion or sintering, portions of the particulate material.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20070241483 - Process for the production of biodegradable films having improved mechanical properties: Process to produce improved biodegradable plastic films, comprising producing a biodegradable plastic film by bubble blowing, then subjecting it to monoaxial or biaxial cold stretching with a stretch ratio in the range from 1:1 to 1:4.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070241484 - Method for producing porous honeycomb structure and porous honeycomb structure: The method for producing a porous honeycomb structural body according to the present invention is the method, which comprises preparing a green body by kneading a forming material containing a main constituent material consisting of non-oxide ceramics and/or a metal and an organic binder, manufacturing a honeycomb shaped formed body... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070235890 - Coated molds and related methods and components: Molds that have coated mold surfaces, as well as methods and components associated with such molds, are provided. The mold surface coatings may be formed of a polymeric material, such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), and may be very thin (e.g., 50 microns or less). The coatings may facilitate the release of... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070235889 - Production of multivesicular liposomes: Multivesicular liposomes are prepared at commercial scales by combining a first w/o emulsion with a second aqueous solution to form a w/o/w emulsion using a static mixer. Solvent is removed from the resulting emulsion to form multivesicular liposome-containing compositions. Further optional process steps include primary filtration and secondary cross-flow filtration.... Agent: MastermindIPLaw PC

20070235891 - Method of making artificial stone: A method of making an artificial stone includes the steps of mixing a flexible resin and a rigid resin. Adding aluminum hydroxide in the mixed resin and stirring to form a fluid base material. Adding powder in the fluid base material and stirring to form a fluffy first pattern material... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070235892 - Reduced density foam and method for molding reduced density foam: A system and method for operating an injection system to create a reduced density polymeric component uses a resin/blowing agent mixture, an injection molding machine having an injection molding screw positioned in a screw section, accumulators, a hydraulic pump, multiple molds, and a cooling system. Coolant is directed into each... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070235893 - Method for producing resin strand: The present invention can eliminate a breakage of strands on the way to increase yield, significantly suppress formation of adhered consecutive pellets, and obtain pellets having a low moisture content by a method for producing a resin strand comprising melt-kneading a resin composition in an extruder, extruding a strand-shaped molten... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070235894 - Fabrication of composite panels from cable made from oriented agricultural byproducts: A method for creating a building material that makes use of a wheeled, moveable apparatus that moves through a field after the straw or other agricultural waste has been processed into tightly bound cables. Said cables are formed into woven mats, and said mats are bonded together to form flat... Agent: Timothy E Siegel

20070235895 - Molded body cutting apparatus, method for cutting ceramic molded body and method manufacturing honeycomb structured body: A molded body cutting apparatus according to the present invention comprising a first conveyer member that conveys an extrusion-molded pillar-shaped ceramic molded body a cutting member that moves in a direction parallel to a movement direction of the above mentioned first conveyer member while moving also in a vertical direction,... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20070235896 - High shrink high modulus biaxially oriented films: A biaxially oriented polypropylene film having a 1% secant modulus of from 500 MPa to 5000 MPa and a shrinkage greater than or equal to 9%. A method of producing a biaxially oriented film comprising providing a metallocene catalyzed polypropylene homopolymer, casting said polypropylene homopolymer into a film, stretching said... Agent: Fina Technology Inc

20070235897 - Mold apparatus and method: An apparatus and method for producing an article by molding is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a mold with an upper part, a lower part and at least one mold cavity, and has a vacuum clamping ring with a least one closable vent, which is arranged between the... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20070235898 - Molding-system platen: Disclosed are molding-system platens, molding systems that include the molding-system platens, and a method of a molding-system platen.... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20070235899 - Dimple forming process for stent deployment balloon: A method for constructing stent retention features on a pre-formed stent deployment balloon includes folding the pre-formed balloon into a folded configuration for subsequently retaining an undeployed stent. The balloon is then inserted in the folded configuration into at least one sheath defining a pattern of openings. The balloon is... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20070235900 - Method for the production of a molded part: The invention relates to a method for the production of a molded part which comprises a base part consisting of a plurality of layers and a thermoplastic or duroplastic synthetic material bonded therewith, the bond of the base part with the thermoplastic or duroplastic synthetic material being formed such that... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070235901 - Apparatus and method for molding polymer parts by displacement-injection molding: A displacement-injection molding system utilizes heating transfer elements extending into the cavity of a plasticizing vessel to decrease the time required to heat polymer granules to their injection temperature and a variable volume mold utilizing back pressure to maintain molten polymer injected into the mold under pressure to prevent the... Agent: Erickson & Kleypas, L.L.C.

20070235902 - Microstructured tool and method of making same using laser ablation: Disclosed herein is a microstructured tool having a microstructured layer having a polymer and a microstructured surface; a nickel layer disposed adjacent the microstructured layer opposite the microstructured surface; and a base layer disposed adjacent the nickel layer opposite the microstructured layer. The microstructured surface may have at least one... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070235903 - Electret materials: R5 and R6 are together oxygen. The melt blends are subjected to an electet treatment, for example a corona treatment. The electret materials are for example nonwoven polyolefin webs and are employed as filter materials, wipes, absorbent materials, filter masks, acoustic materials, printing substrates, measuring devices or contactless switches. The... Agent: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation Patent Department

20070235904 - Method of forming a chemical mechanical polishing pad utilizing laser sintering: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a porous chemical mechanical polishing pad. The method comprises retracting a retractable surface to form a sintering chamber and dispensing thermoplastic particles into the sintering chamber via a dispenser. The method further provides focusing a laser beam from a laser onto the... Agent: Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Cmp Holdings, Inc.

20070235905 - System and method for forming a container having a grip region: A container forming assembly and method includes receiving a parison within a cavity of a mold, enclosing the parison within the mold having a wall with a recess, inflating the parison in the mold to form a blow molded container where the blow molded container has a sidewall, a movable... Agent: Venable LLP

20070235906 - Method and installation for the production of containers: A method of producing containers, including a forming step in which thermoplastic performs are used to form containers including a body and a base; and, subsequently, a cooling step in which the formed containers are cooled by projecting a jet onto the containers in a localized manner on a target... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070235907 - Injection molding method and injection molding system with a multi-screw extruder, in particular a ring extruder: The invention relates to a method and installation for carefully producing injection molded parts made of thermoplastic materials at high rates. The invention also relates to a method and installation for carefully producing injection molded parts made of thermoplastic materials while involving the simultaneous homogeneous incorporation of additives or the... Agent: Carella Byrne Bain Gilfillan Cecchi Stewart & Olst

20070235908 - Method of making a ceramic body of densified tungsten carbide: A method of making tungsten carbide and a method of making a densified tungsten carbide-containing ceramic body with a transverse rupture strength greater than 300,000 psi are disclosed.... Agent: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo

20070228596 - Hot isostatic pressing method and apparatus: A hot isostatic pressing method is disclosed wherein workpieces are accommodated within a high pressure vessel and the interior of the high pressure vessel is filled with an inert gas of a high temperature and a high pressure to treat the workpieces. The method includes a cooling step which is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070228585 - Methods and systems for leaching and releasing silicone hydrogel ophthalmic lenses with hexanediol aqueous solutions: This invention includes methods and systems for processing hydrogel lenses using aqueous solutions as leaching aids and as release aids.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070228586 - Process for making an optical film: Exemplary methods include includes providing a film comprising at least one polymeric material; widening the film under a first set of processing conditions in a first draw step along the crossweb direction such that in-plane birefringence, if any, created in the film is low; and drawing the film in a... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070228587 - Spectacle lens: There is provided a spectacle lens formed from a polycarbonate resin composition comprising, based on (1) 100 parts by weight of polycarbonate resin (component a), (2) 0.1 to 0.5 parts by weight of at least one ultraviolet absorber (component b) selected from the group consisting of 2,2′-methylenebis[4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)-6-(2 H-benzotriazole-2-yl)phenol] and 2-[2-hydroxy-3,5-bis(α,α-dimethylbenzyl)phenyl]-2H-benzotriazole,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070228588 - Apparatus for producing particles, emulsifier holding member, method for producing particles, and method for producing molecular membrane: The invention provides an apparatus for producing molecular membranes or particles, having a) a fluid supplying member configured to store a fluid, b) a plunger unit configured to extrude the fluid from the fluid supplying member, and c) an emulsifier holding member having at least two or more through-holes for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070228589 - Method for expelling gas positioned between a substrate and a mold: The present invention is directed towards a method of expelling a gas positioned between a substrate and a mold, the substrate and the mold further having a liquid positioned therebetween.... Agent: Molecular Imprints

20070228591 - Process for conducting adherence tests for a coating on a substrate: In order to conduct tests designed to characterize the adherence properties of coatings onto substrates, the process consists of creating pull plates of a hardenable material directly on the surface before the surface is subjected to the tests, by means of a mold. The pull plate whose geometry is determined... Agent: Perman & Green

20070228590 - Single-motor extrusion head having multiple extrusion lines: An extrusion head comprising at least one drive wheel and an assembly positionable between at least a first state and a second state. The assembly comprises a first extrusion line configured to engage the at least one drive wheel while the assembly is positioned in the first state, and a... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070228592 - Auto tip calibration in an extrusion apparatus: The present invention is a method for performing a calibration routine of a deposition device in a three-dimensional modeling machine that deposits a material to build up three-dimensional objects as directed by a controller on a substrate mounted on a platform. The method comprises generating a material build profile, which... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070228593 - Residual layer thickness measurement and correction: In nano-imprint lithography it is important to detect thickness non-uniformity of a residual layer formed on a substrate. Such non-uniformity is compensated such that a uniform residual layer may be formed. Compensation is performed by calculating a corrected fluid drop pattern.... Agent: Molecular Imprints

20070228594 - Process and plant for continuous manufacture of resting articles of latex foam:

20070228595 - Instrument panel comprising a layer of a thermoplastic copolyester elastomer composition: An instrument panel comprising a layer of a thermoplastic copolyester elastomer composition, that contains as major component at least one copolyether ester consisting essentially of polyester hard segments that are built up from repeating units derived from at least one alkylene diol and at least one aromatic dicarboxylic acid or... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070228597 - Swirl material: This invention relates to extruded material having swirled coloured appearance. Two polyolefin mixtures are prepared. The two mixtures are generally the same except that one is of a first colour and the second of a second colour. Each of the first and second mixtures are kneaded in respective dispersion kneaders.... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070228598 - Laminated molded body: A laminated molded body is produced by coextrusion of plural types of resin materials and includes a main body (1) and, superimposed on its surface, a decorative layer (2) and a surface layer (3). The decorative layer (2) includes, in lamination with each other, a colored film (2a) of a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070228599 - Protective cover system including a corrosion inhibitor and method of inhibiting corrosion of a metallic object: A protective cover system for inhibiting corrosion of a metallic object. The protective cover system includes a cover for defining a microenvironment adjacent a metallic object and a corrosion inhibitor source for releasing one or more corrosion inhibitors into the microenvironment.... Agent: Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

20070228600 - Method of making containers from recycled plastic resin: A method of making containers from resin recycled in a solvent wash followed by carbon dioxide bath that produces essentially contaminant-free synthetic resin material in an environmentally safe and economical manner. The method includes receiving resin particles contaminated with contaminants and then exposing the resin particles to a solvent, which... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070228601 - Method for manufacturing shoe soles from plant starch: A method for manufacturing shoe soles from plant starch includes mixing Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) with plant starch, and adding a processing assistant, a dispersing assistant, a bulking agent, processing oil and an anti-oxidation agent to be mixed thoroughly in a mixer at a temperature between 30.-190.. Then the mixed materials... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070228602 - Potting for membrane module: A membrane module is made by inserting ends of membranes into a container and injecting resin directly into a space between adjacent membranes. The container may be a header shell having ducts for injecting the resin from outside of the header to the space between the adjacent membranes. The ducts... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070228603 - Hinge and method of moulding a hinge: The present invention is concerned with a hinge (50) and a method of moulding the hinge. The hinge comprises: a first part (52) and a second part (54) connected together during moulding to allow relative pivotal movement between the parts. The second part is moulded over the first part after... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070228604 - Emblem of automobile part and method of manufacturing the same: The method includes printing an emblem on a film wound up in a roll at predetermined intervals (S1), three-dimensionally forming the emblem-printed film (S2), cutting the three-dimensionally formed film using a cutter to obtain an emblem film (S3), inserting the cut emblem film into upper and lower halves of a... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20070228605 - Reticulated webs and method of making: The present invention concerns a reticulated web, mesh or netting the polymeric netting comprising two sets of strands at angles to each other and formed from a profile extruded three dimensional film having a first face and a second face. The profile extruded film is cut in regular intervals along... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070228606 - Nanoscale structures and methods of preparation: Structures in the nanoscale and mesoscale domain are provided. The structures may have a shell which can be comprised of a porous polymeric material such as parylene. The surfaces of the shell can further comprise pendant functional groups that can provide reactive or passive characteristics. A method of producing nanoscale... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070228607 - Solution casting method for producing polymer film and suction roller used therefor: A suction roller (65) is used as a drive roller for feeding a film in a solution casting method. The suction roller (65) has a surface (65a) on which a plurality of circular suction holes (91) is formed. The suction hole (91) has a diameter of 4mm and a chamfered... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070228609 - Imprinting of partial fields at the edge of the wafer: The present invention is directed towards several aspects of imprint lithography that have to be improved to address imprinting of partial fields and dies at the edge of the wafer.... Agent: Molecular Imprints

20070228610 - Method of concurrently patterning a substrate having a plurality of fields and a plurality of alignment marks: A method of patterning a substrate comprising first and second fields with a template, the template having a mold and a plurality of alignment forming areas and a plurality of template alignment marks, the method comprising: positioning a material on the first field of the substrate and a plurality of... Agent: Molecular Imprints

20070228608 - Preserving filled features when vacuum wiping: A method/process for curing imprint on a template prior to contact with a substrate. A curing process is used to adhere the imprint to a wafer or substrate. Monomer is deposited on a template and then partially cured using a UV exposure. The exposure is controlled so that the imprint... Agent: Molecular Imprints

20070228611 - Method of making long fiber-reinforced molded plastic parts: In a method for making long fiber-reinforced molded plastic parts, a continuous stand-reinforced melt is injected into a mold, after the latter has been closed, causing the mold to open until a predefined compression gap has been reached. The injection of long fiber-reinforced melt into the mold is continued and... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC

20070228612 - Blast-resistant concrete also suitable for limiting penetration of ballistic fragments: Concrete with improved strength and toughness. A uniform mix of first constituents comprises: cement of Blaine fineness of 280-360 m2/kg; sand at a mass ratio of 0.75-1.25 of the cement; silica fume at a mass ratio of 0.15-0.4 of the cement; silica flour at a mass ratio of 0.15-0.3 of... Agent: Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity Attn: Cehec-oc

20070228613 - System for filling molds with cementitious concrete-like material and for unmolding resulting products: A system for filling molds with cementitious concrete-like material and for unmolding resulting products, the system is comprised of an unmolding and molding subsystem. This subsystem is comprised of a mold unstacking station, an unmolding station, a mold pre-processing station, a concrete pouring station, a concrete leveling station and a... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070228614 - Cationic compositions and methods of making and using the same: A composition comprising a cationically-polymerizable compound, an iodonium-based cationic initiator, a sensitizer for said cationic initiator and an antioxidant selected from the group consisting of phenol antioxidants, lactone antioxidants, and combinations of these antioxidants is provided. The addition of this antioxidant to this composition contributes to the reduction of potential... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070228615 - High clarity formed articles of polypropyline: High clarity polypropylene articles comprising an infrared absorbing agent such as carbon black in the amount of about 0.1 to 500 parts per million by weight of polymer. Containers such as bottles can be made at substantially improved processing rates by injection stretch blow molding.... Agent: Ineos Usa LLC

20070228616 - Device and method for cutting nonmetalic substrate: An apparatus for cutting a nonmetallic substrate (P) and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention is suitable for cutting upper and lower substrates (P) simultaneously or for cutting either an upper or lower substrate selectively in a manner of controlling a cutting depth by adjusting a focus position of... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070228617 - Ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer molding and method for its production: To provide an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer molding, and a method for producing the ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer molding in which the operation for the production is simple, and the surface can be highly hydrophilized. An ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer molding is produced by conducting discharge treatment of a surface of a molding to be treated,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070228618 - Apparatus and method for exposing a substrate to uv radiation using a reflector having both elliptical and parabolic reflective sections: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to an ultraviolet (UV) cure chamber for curing a dielectric material disposed on a substrate and to methods of curing dielectric materials using UV radiation. A substrate processing tool according to one embodiment comprises a body defining a substrate processing region; a substrate support... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP / Amat

20070228619 - Mold, and process for producing base material having transferred micropattern: A mold and a process for producing a base material having a transferred micropattern are provided. A mold having a micropattern for molding a photocurable resin, which comprises a transparent substrate having chemical bonds resulting from functional groups (x) on a surface on which the following interlayer (A) is formed;... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070228620 - Continuous production of molded plastic containers: A system for making plastic containers includes a source for providing a continuous stream of molten plastic, and a cutter for severing a continuing series of individual mold charges from the continuous molten plastic stream. A compression molder includes a plurality of compression molds arranged in a continuing series for... Agent: Rissman Jobse Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20070228621 - Ceramic processing and shaped ceramic bodies: The present invention relates to methods for the formation of ceramic bodies. Methods of the invention involve processing ceramic-forming compositions to form an integrally self-supporting or stabilized structure, which may then be sintered to give the full-density ceramic product. Methods of the invention may also involve densification of the ceramic... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070228622 - Production process of sheet-like dense cordierite sintered body: There is provided a production process of a sheet-like dense cordierite sintered body which hardly generates cracks when dried and sintered, and has excellent formability. A production process of a sheet-like dense cordierite sintered body which has a step of forming a raw material containing cordierite powders having an average... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC