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Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes January USPTO class listing 01/08

20080023859 - Glycopeptides and temperature-responsive micelles: (where x is any amino acid residue, L1 and L2 are linkers, SUGs are sugar chains, m is 0 or 1 and n is an integer from 1 to 10, and L1 and L2 may be identical with or different from each other and SUGs may be identical with or... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080023861 - Injection molding quality control system: An injection molding quality control system which seeks to ensure greater accuracy and consistency in parts, more specifically more accurate and consistent part weight, utilizes measured part weight to adjust mold separation to better achieve a desired part weight. The mold separation is controlled via both a cycle-to-cycle adjustment in... Agent: Dewitt Ross & Stevens S.c. Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

20080023863 - Method and apparatus for extrusion of profiled helical tubes: The present invention relates to a method of forming and an apparatus for forming a profiled helical tube (100, 200) by rotating a profile die (102, 202) during the extrusion process to impart a helical form to a profiled tube. A method of forming and an apparatus for forming a... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20080023862 - Molding-system viscous-drag sensor: Disclosed is (i) a molding system, including a viscous-drag sensor interactable with a molding material flowable along a melt pathway and/or (ii) a method of a molding-system, amongst other things.... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20080023858 - Structure for pattern formation, method for pattern formation, and application thereof: A structure for pattern formation adapted for optically forming a pattern, characterized by comprising: a photocatalyst-containing layer provided on a substrate, the photocatalyst-containing layer containing a material of which the wettability is variable through photocatalytic action upon pattern-wise exposure.... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080023860 - Reinforcement of polymer bodies with oriented strips: Process for the manufacture of a multi-layered polymer body comprising at least one reinforcing layer composed of an oriented polymer and at least one basic polymer layer directly in contact with at least a part of the reinforcing layer, wherein the polymer of the basic layer is compatible with the... Agent: Micheal S Neustel Neustel Law Offices Ltd

20080023864 - Molding-machine supply-energy calculation apparatus, molding-machine control apparatus, and molding-machine control method: An object is to enable accurate calculation of the energy supplied to a cylinder member and enable properly changing the supply energy in accordance with the type of molding material. A molding-machine supply-energy calculation apparatus includes a high-frequency-current generation circuit including a coil (16) disposed on a cylinder member, a... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080023865 - Revised cure cycle for annular packing units: A method to manufacture a blowout preventer seal including disposing at least one insert and at least one elastomeric material in a mold, heating the mold to a cure temperature, curing the at least one elastomeric material, measuring a temperature of the at least one elastomeric material during the curing,... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080023866 - Device and method for driving a preheating roll assembly in a calender unit: The invention relates to an improved device for driving a preheating roll assembly comprising several rolls, during a heating or preheating stage. Said device is characterized as follows: the motor assembly comprises at least one individual drive and preferably two individual drives, which are used to drive at least the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080023867 - Process and apparatus for reinforced polymer composites: A method for structurally reinforcing a part is disclosed. The method comprising forming a part into a desired shape; placing the part on a holding fixture; introducing a substrate lay-up of a reinforcing material onto at least a portion of the part; placing a flexible sheet impermeable to a resin... Agent: Law Office Of Jay R. Hamilton, PLC.

20080023868 - Bamboo beam and process: Bamboo building material and process of manufacture therefor. The material includes a plurality of layers each formed of bamboo segments which have been dried and glue coated. The segments are substantially free of outer nodes and husk and inner membrane material prior to application of glue. The longitudinal axes of... Agent: Charles J. Prescott, P.A.

20080023869 - Process for producing a covering of an elastomer material and intermediate product thereof: The process aims at providing a covering, such as a flooring, that has an appearance substantially free from phenomena of directionality, starting from a vulcanizable elastomer material, the said process comprising the operations of: feeding an extruder with strips of vulcanizable elastomer material of different color, subjecting said material to... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080023870 - Method and apparatus for scrapless thermoforming: A thermoforming system includes a thermoplastic preprinted billet and a thermoforming machine. The thermoforming machine includes a loading station configured to load the preprinted billet onto a frame. The thermoforming machine also includes a heating apparatus configured to heat the preprinted billet and a forming station configured to form the... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080023871 - Methods of forming polymeric articles having continuous support structures: A method of making a polymeric article includes embedding a continuous support structure into a polymeric material to form a reinforced sheet, and over-molding the reinforced sheet to form the polymeric article.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080023872 - Process and device for the extrusion/moulding of thermoplastic hollow bodies: A process and device for extrusion/molding of thermoplastic hollow bodies using at least one extruder and at least two molds and including the extrusion of a flow of material, its cutting into parisons, and the molding of the parisons to produce the hollow body, alternately in the first mold and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080023873 - Process for preparing a non-woven cellulosic structure and the non-woven cellulosic structure prepared therefrom: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a non-woven cellulosic structure comprising the steps of extruding continuous filaments from a cellulosic solution; passing the extruded filaments through a regenerating liquid to attenuate the filaments and laying the attenuated filaments into a web and to the non-woven cellulosic structure... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080023874 - Method for the production of fibres and other moulded articles comprising cellulose carbamate and/or regenerated cellulose: The invention relates to high-strength fibres and other moulded articles comprising cellulose carbamate or cellulose which is obtained by regeneration of cellulose carbamate, and also production thereof by extrusion of a solution of cellulose carbamate in N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMMNO).... Agent: Anthony J Zelano Millen White Zelano & Branigan P C

20080023875 - Process for thermoforming a plastic film: A process, for manufacturing items out of a single or multi-layer plastic film having a thickness of at least 0.110 mm and featuring containers shape-formed out of the film plane by thermoforming, is such that a panel or strip-shaped flat material having a thickness of at least 0.4 mm is... Agent: Fisher, Christen & Sabol

20080023876 - process for the continuous production of a composition comprising rubber, hydrocarbon resin and solvent: Improved process for the continuous production of a composition comprising rubber, hydrocarbon resin and solvent The process for the continuous production of a composition comprising rubber (20), a hydrocarbon resin (22) and a solvent (26) provides for the use of at least two two-screw extruders (10a, 10b) placed in series.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080023877 - Method of injection molding: An in-place method for molding a part includes positioning an insert in an injection mold cavity and injecting molding material around the insert to form a part which includes the molded part and the insert.... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080023878 - Systems and methods for providing a labeling region on a vehicular body panel: A system includes a mold having a receptacle. The mold is configured to form a body panel of a vehicle. Alternating inserts are each configured to be selectively retained by and released from the receptacle. Each respective alternating insert, when selectively retained by the receptacle, is configured to form a... Agent: Ulmer & Berne, LLP

20080023879 - Non-slip activation members: A mechanical activation system has a first activation member, a second activation member, an activation zone, and a non-slip zone. The first activation member has a first plurality of teeth, and the second activation member has a second plurality of teeth. The first plurality of teeth is capable of intermeshing... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080023880 - Process of production of patterned structure: A process for producing a patterned structure comprises imprinting a first pattern by pressing a stamper having a projection-depression configuration on the surface against an imprint-work layer, and imprinting a second pattern by displacing relatively the stamper from the position of the first pattern to another position on the imprint-work... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080023881 - Method of manufacturing optical film, optical film, polarization plate and image display apparatus using these: A method of producing and optical film, comprises the steps of: mixing a resin and grains, heating a mixture of the resin and the grains and kneading the heated melted mixture, thereby preparing a mixture material of the resin and the grains; dissolving the mixture material in a solvent, thereby... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080023882 - Single point hinge for a container: A single point hinge and a method of thermoforming a plastic container including a single point hinge include a lid, a tray, a single point hinge connecting the lid and the tray. The single point hinge includes an angle formed by a lid chamfer and a tray chamfer. The single... Agent: Gallop, Johnson & Neuman, L.c.

20080023883 - Pneumatic structure: Disclosed, amongst other things, is: (i) a pneumatic structure (160) for a post-mold device (15) comprising a control valve (162, 170, 172) configured to alternately pneumatically connect a holder (150) of the post-mold device (15) to one of: a first vacuum source (164) and a second vacuum source (166); (ii)... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20080023884 - Method for preparing poly(dicyclopentadiene): Crosslinked polydicyclopentadiene polymer and copolymer are made by first forming a thermoplastic polymeric intermediate in a ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP), and then crosslinking the intermediate in a melt-processing or solution processing step. The formation of the intermediate permits facile removal of residual monomer, which leads to a reduction in odor... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company Gary C. Cohn

20080023885 - Method for forming a nano-imprint lithography template having very high feature counts: An embodiment of a method for forming a nano-imprint lithography template having very high feature counts includes exposing a sub-template using electron beam lithography, the sub-template including a fraction of the template, transferring a first pattern from the sub-template to the template using nano-imprinting lithography, repositioning the sub-template, and transferring... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080023886 - Microwave drying of ceramic structures: A method for drying a ceramic article comprises providing microwave radiation from a microwave generating source, providing a ceramic honeycomb structure having a middle portion and at least one end, and exposing the ceramic honeycomb structure to the microwave radiation while shielding the at least one end from directly receiving... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080023887 - Elastomer blends of polyesters and copolyetheresters derived from polyethylene terephthalate, method of manufacture, and articles therefrom: m

20080023888 - Method and apparatus for production of meltblown nanofibers: A method and apparatus for producing polymeric nanofibers utilizes a meltblown spinneret die having spin holes formed by grooves in plate(s) surface(s) of plate(s) where polymer exits at the plate(s) edge(s). The grooves are smaller than 0.005″ wide×0.004″ deep and have an L/D at least as large as 20:1. Flow... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20080023889 - Brick additives comprising colorants and method: A colorant is combined with a liquid and incorporated into a brick additive comprising an interconnected porosity. The colorant may comprise at least one of a dye and pigment comprising a metal cation and preferably penetrates the interconnected pores of the brick additive. Application of the colorant to the additive... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP

20080023890 - Methods for changing the shape of a surface of a shape memory polymer article: Methods for changing the shape of a surface of an article are disclosed. The methods may include providing a liquid polymer precursor, casting the precursor against a first tool assembly, curing the precursor to form a shape memory polymer substrate, deforming one or more surfaces of the substrate, and mobilizing... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080018008 - Vented optic power insert bushings and related systems and methods for producing ophthalmic lens molds and molded ophthalmic lenses: Devices, systems, and methods for producing ophthalmic lens molds and molded ophthalmic lenses are described. The present devices, systems, and methods provide venting of gases produced during injection molding of ophthalmic lens molds. With the present devices, systems, and methods, improvements in mold quality, lens quality, mold quality consistency, and... Agent: Christie Parker & Hale, LLP

20080018009 - Die with insert and gas purging method for die: The disclosure relates to a die assembly. The die assembly includes a die housing having a plurality of inner wall sections defining a die cavity, an inlet passageway passing through the die housing in fluid communication with the die cavity, and an outlet passageway passing through the die housing in... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080018010 - System and method for manufacture of extruded polymer materials: A system and method for extruding polymer materials from an extrusion head includes a flow control valve for controlling the flow of polymer through and to the tooling of the extrusion head. A bypass valve is positioned upstream from the flow control valve for diverting the polymer flow from the... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20080018011 - Production of uhmwpe sheet materials: UHMWPE panels of large width may be ram extruded from a slit die in a stable process, by restraining a panel which exits the die below the crystalline melt temperature against movement away from the die by a back pressure device, so as to exert a back pressure between the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080018005 - Method of manufacturing plastic lens, gasket for molding plastic lens, casting mold for molding plastic lens, casting jig for plastic lens starting material liquid, holding member for plastic lens casting mold, and plastic lens manufacturing apparatus: A method of manufacturing a plastic lens by mixing plural polymerizable components, and immediately after mixing, casting a mixture into a casting mold and conducting polymerization to obtain a molded article. A method of manufacturing a plastic lens by casting a plastic lens starting material liquid flowing out of a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080018007 - Polarizing plate, method of producing a polarizing plate, and liquid crystal panel, liquid crystal television, and liquid crystal display apparatus all using the same: There is provided a polarizing plate including a polyimide layer on at least one side of a polarizer, the polarizing plate having excellent durability causing no peeling or floating of each film to be formed even in a high temperature and high humidity environment. The polarizing plate of the present... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080018006 - Method of injection molding lens of transparent or semitransparent plastic material for producing car lights and similar: A method of injection molding lens bodies of transparent or semitransparent plastic material for producing car lights and similar; the lens body being defined by a convex shell made of transparent or semitransparent plastic material, and which has a concave face eventually facing the light source of the light, and... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20080018012 - Apparatus and method for growing fullerene nanotube forests, and forming nanotube films, threads and composite structures therefrom: The present invention provides apparatus and methods for growing fullerene nanotube forests, and forming nanotube films, threads and composite structures therefrom. In some embodiments, an interior-flow substrate includes a porous surface and one or more interior passages that provide reactant gas to an interior portion of a densely packed nanotube... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20080018013 - Die assembly and process for production of multilayer extructions with the same: In a die assembly, plural pairs of extrusion ports are set up on concentric circles different in diameter. The die assembly is also provided with a core material feeding layer which spreads in such a planar state as to be connected to all core material extruding passageways and a sheath... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080018014 - Apparatus and method for cooling material during continuous vacuum forming: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for cooling material during continuous vacuum forming. The apparatus includes one or more cooling regions positioned adjacent one or more vacuum regions. A rotatable support belt including perforations therein supports a flexible patterned belt. The flexible patterned belt includes apertures spaced... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.A.

20080018015 - Method of producing fibers by electrospinning at high pressures: A process of making fibers by electrostatic spinning includes the use of a mixing vessel (10), a piston (15) for pressurizing the polymer, carbon dioxide sources (20) for lowering the viscosity of the polymer or pressurizing the collection vessel (35), a pressure generator (25), view ports (30), a target (36),... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20080018016 - Manufacturing conduits for use in placing a target vessel in fluid communication with a source of blood: Methods and devices for manufacturing a conduit for placing a target vessel in fluid communication with a source of blood, such as a heart chamber containing blood. The conduit includes first and second portion adapted to be placed in fluid communication with a heart chamber and a target vessel. The... Agent: James M. Heslin Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20080018017 - Modified transition angle in belled pipe: A method is shown for joining and sealing a female plastic pipe end having a belled end opening to a mating male plastic pipe end having an interior surface and an exterior surface. A sealing element is installed within a groove formed in the belled end of the female pipe... Agent: Charles D. Gunter, Jr. Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle & Sawyer, LLP

20080018018 - Solid freeform fabrication methods and systems: A solid freeform fabrication system includes a powdered build material deposited as a layer in a fabrication bin; a binding powder deposited as a layer over the layer of powdered build material; and an activating fluid that is selectively dispensed from an ejection head to activate the binding powder. The... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080018019 - Use of fluoropolymers for rotomolding: The present invention discloses the use in rotomolding or slush molding applications of a composition comprising a polyolefin, a processing aid and optionally a UV-stabilizer.... Agent: Fina Technology Inc

20080018020 - Molding of golf ball covers and inner layers: A method of molding an inner or cover layer of a thermoset or thermoplastic material around a golf ball core within a compression mold, in which the core is positioned within a mold cavity containing preformed inner hemispherical shells and holding the opposing mold portions in a closed position wherein... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080018021 - Method for producing resin-molded substrate and method for producing reversible image display medium: An initial resin substrate is formed by laminating resin layers, and one surface of the initial substrate is heated and pressed by a molding die to mold a projected and dented surface such that substantially no deformation occurs on the resin layer providing a surface opposed to the one surface... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080018022 - Production of uhmwpe sheet materials: UHMWPE panels of large width may be prepared by a continuous ram extrusion process by employing a slit die which preferably narrows from both sides in a direction transverse to the machine direction, and/or which employs a plurality of transversely positioned cooling zones located on the top and the bottom... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080018023 - Expanded ptfe articles and method of making same: Unique PTFE structures comprising islands of PTFE attached to an underlying expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) structure and to methods of making such structures is disclosed. The ePTFE material may or may not have been exposed to amorphous locking temperatures. These unique structures exhibit islands of PTFE attached to and raised above... Agent: Carol A. Lewis White Esquire., W.l. Gore & Associates, Inc.

20080018024 - Method and apparatus for imprinting energy ray-setting resin, and discs and semiconductor devices with imprinted resin layer: Disclosed herein is a method for transferring a pattern of minute dents and projections to an energy ray-setting resin layer coated on a substrate plate by pressing a master pattern on a transfer mold, followed by irradiation of energy rays. The pattern transfer method comprises the steps of pressing a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080018025 - Apparatus and method for producing structures with multiple undercut stems: A method is disclosed for producing structures having a plurality of stems extending away from a fenestrated base to undercut ends. Such structures include slidingly-engaging fastener portions, hook-and-loop hook portions, self-engaging fastener portions, and other structures with similar aspects. The method includes providing a set of partially bypassing dies to... Agent: Leonard Duffy

20080018026 - Production of uhmwpe sheet materials: Wide panels of UHMWPE having exceptional flatness and surface quality are ram extruded through a slit die equipped with a plurality of individually adjustable cooling zones proximate the panel exit slit and transverse to the machine direction which cool the by a back pressure device and preferably a vertical movement... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080012162 - Method of making an array of aberrated optical elements: A method of making an array (18) of aberrated optical elements (20). The method comprises the steps of providing a substrate having a first surface with forming elements thereon, and controlled working a localized region on the first surface of the substrate. The controlled working is of a magnitude sufficient... Agent: Cythnia S. Murphy Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080012163 - Process for enhancing the resolution of a thermally transferred pattern: Provided are processes for enhancing the resolution of a thermally transferred pattern on an imaged thermal transfer receiver, wherein the imaged thermal transfer receiver comprises a surface having an exposed portion and a non-exposed portion of one or more thermally transferred layer(s), comprising: (a) contacting said surface with an adhesive... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080012166 - Molding method and apparatus for producing molded foamed resin product: In a molding method for producing a molded foamed resin product in which an expandable resin containing a resin material containing a foaming agent is charged into a cavity between a stationary mold half and a movable mold half and core-backing is then performed by setting the movable mold half... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080012161 - Apparatus and method for producing optical data carriers: A device and a method are disclosed for producing an optical data medium, in particular high density optical media, such as the recently developed BlueRay™ disk for illumination with a blue laser (λ=405 nm). The required thickness of the data and/or protective layers is of the order of at most... Agent: Henry M. Feiereisen Henry M. Feiereisen, LLC

20080012164 - Novel biocompatible inks, preparation, and uses thereof: An aqueous ink comprising containing a colorant and a radiation-curable oligomer or polymer containing H-active groups bonded to the oligomer or polymer backbone, some or all of whose hydrogen atoms have been substituted by radicals of a N-hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylamide. Methods for printing the inventive inks upon medical devices, such as... Agent: Ciba Vision Corporation Patent Department

20080012165 - Internal vibrator with a measuring system: An internal vibrator for vibrating a plastic material such as concrete has a measuring device for determining certain operating parameters, e.g. for measuring the motion of a vibrating cylinder in which a device for generating vibrations is accommodated or a power consumption or speed of an electromotor belonging to the... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20080012167 - Method and apparatus for vibrating melt in an injection molding machine using active material elements: Method and apparatus for applying vibration and/or oscillation to melt within an injection mold includes at least one stable surface within the mold, at least one movable surface within the mold, at least one active material element affixed to each stable surface, and adjacent to each movable surface. In use,... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080012168 - Method for manufacturing printed circuit board: A method for manufacturing printed circuit board is disclosed. With a method for manufacturing a printed circuit board which includes: (a) stacking an insulation substrate, in which a first align hole is perforated, onto a support plate, to one side of which a guide pin is joined, such that the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080012169 - Ballistic panel and method of making the same: A fiber-reinforced composite ballistic panel is formed continuously. A pultrusion process may be used to form the ballistic panel in such a continuous manner.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080012170 - Process for making a high heat polymer fiber: Various embodiments of a process for making fibers comprising a high heat polymer are provided. In one embodiment, a process for producing polymer fiber includes extruding molten polymer having a melt temperature ranging from about 180-500° C., passing the molten polymer through a plurality of openings of a spinneret to... Agent: Sabic - 08cu - Ultem Sabic Innovative Plastics -IPLegal

20080012171 - Method for making a component of a boot body for a skating shoe: A method for making a component of boot body for a skating shoe includes a cutting step, a mold-making step, a coating step and a shaping step. The cutting step cuts a flexible sheet to form a base sheet with at least one predetermined coating area. The mold-making step forms... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080012172 - Containers intended for moisture-sensitive products: A container for a moisture-sensitive product. The container has an openable container body defining an interior volume for holding the product. More specifically, a rigid container defining an interior volume for holding a moisture-sensitive product, and comprising at least an inner layer and an outer layer, the inner and outer... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080012173 - Method of producing insert-molded product and insert-molding die: An insert-molded product (1) has inserts (10, 20) and a resin-molding part (30) integral with the inserts (10, 20). One end (11A) of a connection terminal (11) of the insert (10) projects along a die-removal direction of a molding die (40) and fits in a setting hole (44) formed on... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080012174 - Pet waste absorption sheet and process for manufacturing the same: A pet waste absorption sheet includes: a liquid-impermeable backsheet; a liquid-permeable topsheet; and an absorbent core disposed between the backsheet and the topsheet. The topsheet has a chemical solution containing at least one component selected from the group consisting of perfume, deodorant, and sterilant.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080012175 - Method for making an acryl plate with an inner picture layer: A method for manufacturing an acryl plate includes injecting acryl material into a lower mold part of a mold to make a first acryl layer in the lower mold part, positioning a print on an upper side of the first acryl layer, positioning an upper mold part of the mold... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080012176 - Overmolding of molded articles: Disclosed is overmolding molded articles amongst other things.... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20080012177 - Mold unit and method for forming centrifugal fan, and fan-forming apparatus having mold unit: A mold unit for molding a centrifugal fan that has blades arranged in a circumferential direction, each blade extending in a direction that is inclined in a circumferential direction at a predetermined angle relative to a direction parallel to a rotation axis, has a fixed mold and a movable mold.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080012178 - Method of deforming a microcellular polyurethane component: A method of deforming a component includes the step of forming the component from thermosetting, elastomeric microcellular polyurethane. The method further includes the step of heating at least a first portion of the component to a first temperature. The method further includes the step of compressing the first portion of... Agent: Basf Aktiengesellschaft

20080012179 - Housing of an electronic device formed by doubleshot injection molding: A method for forming an enclosure for enclosing internal electronic components of an electronic device is provided, which comprises: performing a first injection molding process, the first injection molding process forming at least a first wall of the enclosure; allowing the at least a first wall of the enclosure to... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP/apple Inc.

20080012180 - Methods for creating channels: Methods of creating an internal channel of a fluid-ejection device are provided. One method includes encapsulating a channel core in an element of the fluid-ejection device that corresponds to the internal channel and dissolving at least a portion of the channel core.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080012181 - Prosthetic device: The present invention relates to a method and a device for alleviating and/or preventing conditions relating to damaged joints involving articulating surfaces. In a first aspect the present invention relates to a prosthetic device for insertion into a joint cavity of a joint of a vertebrate, such as a human,... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080012182 - Method for deforming a plastic plate: The present invention relates to a method for deforming a plastic plate comprising a core of resin-treated fibres, wherein the plate is obtained by-compression under elevated pressure and temperature conditions and the plate thus obtained is deformed in a mould (1, 2, 3), characterized in that the plastic plate must... Agent: Roberts & Roberts, LLP Attorneys At Law

20080012183 - Process of forming a planed layer: A method for fabricating a color filter substrate for a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes forming red (R), green (G) and blue(B) color filters in color filter areas on a substrate; forming an overcoating layer on the R, G and B color filters; arranging a mold on the overcoating... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080012185 - Method of making molded product and molding apparatus: Light is irradiated to a light curing resin material within a mold. The light penetrates through the light curing resin material at a position off a mask. The light curing resin material gets cured at the position off the mask. The mold in this manner serves to form the contour... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080012184 - Release surfaces, particularly for use in nanoimprint lithography: RELEASE is a molecular chain of from 4 to 20 atoms in length, preferably from 6 to 16 atoms in length, which molecule has either polar or non-polar properties; M is a metal atom, semiconductor atom, or atom; X is halogen or cyano, especially Cl, F, or Br; Q is... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080012186 - Method for producing molded plastic articles: In a process for producing plastic components, a molded plastic article with a hollow space and relatively thick walls is molded in a first step, and, in an additional step, a predetermined fluid pressure is applied to the interior of the hollow space in the molded plastic article to enlarge... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080006954 - Process and apparatus for producing fine particles: A fine particle producing process introduces a material for producing fine particles into a thermal plasma flame to make a vapor-phase mixture and quenches the vapor-phase mixture to form the fine particles. In the process, the material for producing the fine particles is dispersed or dissolved in a dispersion medium... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20080006955 - Method and apparatus for mold component locking using active material elements: Method and apparatus for applying a force to a portion of a surface of a mold component are provided. An injection mold has a core insert, a side acting core insert, and a piezoceramic actuator. The amount of force needed for sealing a surface of said side acting core insert... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080006957 - Method for manufacturing articles in the form of slabs or blocks with acrylic binder: In the sector relating to the technology of compaction by means of vacuum vibro-compression for manufacturing slabs or blocks, the organic binder resin consists of an aqueous dispersion of acrylic prepolymer in water and a filler part consists of a hydraulic binder in an amount sufficient to fix wholly or... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080006956 - Method for manufacturing articles in the form of slabs with a siliceous binder and slabs thus obtained: With regard to the technology of compaction by means of vacuum vibrocompression for manufacturing slabs of composite stone, the binder consists of a dispersion of colloidal silica in water and the rough-formed article resulting from the vibrcompression step, undergoes a drying step in order to remove the water present in... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080006958 - Apparatus and methods for handling materials in a 3-d printer: The present invention is directed towards methods and apparatus for handling powder in a 3D printer. The invention includes a means of transporting powder from multiple sources to a powder dispensing apparatus with minimal user intervention, thus reducing contamination of the 3D printer and surrounding area with loose powder, while... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20080006959 - Two-shot component and method of making the same: The present invention relates to an automobile interior trim panel, and a method and a tool for making the same. In at least one embodiment, the method comprises providing a first mold half and a second mold half, wherein the first mold half has a protrusion retractable between a first... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. Intl. Automotive Components Group

20080006960 - Melamine utensil and manufacturing method thereof: A melamine utensil and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. Melamine powder/granule is mixed with a granular/fragmentary secondary material of melamine that has been hot-pressed in a certain weight ratio to form a composite material. Then through a process of hot pressing, shapes and colors of the granular/fragmentary secondary material... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20080006961 - Method for accelerating the solid-stating of polyethylene terephthalate: A process for treating polyethylene terephthalate comprises comminuting the polyethylene terephthalate to prepare particles having an average mean particle size of about 300 microns or less, and solid-stating the polyethylene terephthalate particles.... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20080006962 - Method for manufacturing environmental protection sponge: A method for manufacturing environmental protection sponge comprises the steps of mixing material which are formed by predetermined ratios so as to form a mixing material; wherein the material contains PVA and starch; agitating and then boiling the mixing material; filling the mixing material into a mold so as to... Agent: Ya-ming Yau

20080006963 - Method for making contoured decorative grass: Method for producing decorative grass, such as Easter grass, from a material, wherein the strips of decorative grass have a decorative pattern thereon. The decorative pattern may be printed material and/or embossed patterns thereon, or the decorative pattern may be a non-linear side edge that provides the decorative grass with... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080006964 - Method of producing dies for extrusion molding of honeycomb structure bodies: Ceramic honeycomb structure bodies are produced by using a die composed of ceramic batch supplying holes through which a ceramic batch is supplied and slit grooves through which the ceramic batch is extruded and shaped in a honeycomb structure shape. In a method of producing such a die, hardening is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080006966 - Method for building three-dimensional objects containing metal parts: A method for building a three-dimensional object, the method includes positioning a metal part within a build chamber of an extrusion-based layered deposition system, where the metal part comprising a polymer-coated surface. The method also includes depositing a build material on the polymer-coated surface of the metal part, wherein the... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20080006965 - Method for forming seat and back of a mesh chair: To form a seat/back of a mesh chair, firstly a piece of elastic mesh is cut into an elastic mesh part whose circumferential shape is the same as that of a seat/back of a mesh chair, secondly a frame is positioned on a periphery of the elastic mesh part, thirdly... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080006967 - Method of fabricating a polymer material endoprosthesis by molding: A method of fabricating a polymer material endoprosthesis by molding, said method comprising: molding the endoprosthesis on a matrix roller having an outer surface that includes a recess in the form of the prosthesis, the matrix roller being rotated about its axis; removing excess polymer material by scraping the surface... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080006968 - Heat moldable flock transfer with heat resistant, reusable release sheet and methods of making same: A method of decorating a molded article is provided in which a mold insert, the mold insert, comprising a plurality of flock fibers, a heat resistant release sheet, a release adhesive, a permanent adhesive layer, and a forming film is thermoformed. During thermoforming, the heat resistant release sheet is positioned... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20080006969 - Method of adjusting the capacity of a tank, a method of producing a tank, and a tank using the methods: A method of adjusting a capacity of a tank, including providing a mold assembly for the tank, the mold assembly configured to form the tank having a first full capacity, and installing an insert block in a cavity of the mold assembly, the mold assembly and insert block configured to... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

20080006970 - Filtered polyetherimide polymer for use as a high heat fiber material: Various embodiments of polymer fibers comprising a high heat polymer and process for making the polymer fibers are provided. In one embodiment, synthetic polymer fibers comprise polyetherimide polymer that is substantially free of foreign particulate matter greater than about 100 microns in size. A process for producing polymer fiber includes... Agent: Sabic - 08cu - Ultem Sabic Innovative Plastics -IPLegal

20080006971 - End face processing apparatus, end face processing system, end face processing method for honeycomb molded body, and manufacturing method for honeycomb structure: The end face processing apparatus of the present invention is an end face processing apparatus for processing the cut face of a cut ceramic molded body, which comprises an air blowing outlet and an extraneous material removal member, and is configured to remove burrs remaining on the cut face from... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080006972 - Manufacturing method of plugged honeycomb structure: There is disclosed a manufacturing method of a plugged honeycomb structure so that the plugged honeycomb structure for use in a filter or the like having reduced deposits deposited on an end surface of the structure can easily be manufactured with low cost and so that a plugging depth of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC