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Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes February patent applications/inventions, industry category 02/10

20100044893 - Apparatus for removing an ophthalmic lens from a mold half: P

20100044894 - Preparation of capsules: Prior art processes for producing protein-based capsules (for example, capsules for use in electrophoretic media) tend to be wasteful because they produce many capsules outside the desired size range, which is typically about 20 to 50 μm. Capsule size distribution and yields can be improved by either (a) emulsifying a... Agent: David J Cole E Ink Corporation

20100044895 - Method of forming a dental product: shaping a curable polymerizable composition to form a shape of a dental product. The polymerizable composition is adapted to cure to form polymeric material, which at 37° C. has a flexural modulus of less than 250,000 psi and a flexural strength of less than 7,000 psi.... Agent: Dentsply International Inc

20100044896 - Injection molding apparatus having a nozzle tip component for taking a nozzle out of service: A nozzle tip component for taking a nozzle of an injection molding apparatus out-of service, wherein the nozzle tip component has a tapered interior surface that circumferentially surrounds and grips an associated valve pin to lock the valve pin in a closed position and prevent flow of molding material. The... Agent: Mold-masters (2007) Limited

20100044898 - Molding device and method for controlling the same: A molding device for easily releasing a molding material produced by transferring a minute shape to resin using a die having the minute shape formed thereon from the die with no damage. A method for controlling such molding device is also provided. The molding device and the control method are... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100044897 - Polymeric materials: A part may be manufactured in a desired colour from virgin or recycled polymeric material by selection of a colour formulation to be used in a first location 4, 6, 8, 10, 12; relaying colour information to a centralised match prediction system 16 as regards the desired colour and other... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20100044899 - Method and apparatus for controlling the geometry of a composite component: A method of controlling the geometry of a composite component (3). The method comprises applying pressure to the component with a pressure transmitter (6), and during said application of pressure: heating the component; measuring the position of the pressure transmitter to produce a feedback signal; and moving the pressure transmitter... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20100044900 - Injection molding system, computer program, method of injection molding, and injection molding machine: There are provided an injection molding system, a computer program, a method of injection molding, and an injection molding machine capable of performing precise temperature control of a mold even when there is a delay in temperature increase of the mold in heat supply with a heating medium. The temperature... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20100044901 - Porous vinylidene fluoride resin membrane for water treatment and process for producing the same: A water treatment membrane comprising a porous membrane of vinylidene fluoride resin, wherein 0.01-5 wt. parts of photocatalytic titanium oxide is uniformly dispersed in 100 wt. parts of the vinylidene fluoride resin. The water treatment membrane can solve problems accompanying the hydrophobicity of a porous membrane of vinylidene fluoride resin... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20100044902 - Composite semipermeable membrane and process for producing the same: The present invention aims at providing a composite semipermeable membrane in which water permeability and salt-blocking rate cannot deteriorate by long-term storage, and at providing a process for producing the same. The present invention relates to a composite semipermeable membrane having a skin layer formed on the surface of a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100044903 - Automated infiltrant transfer apparatus and method: An apparatus provides a method for transferring infiltrant to a 3D printed article comprising the steps of (i) calculating the amount of infiltrant based in part upon the particulars of the 3D printed articles; (ii) dispensing the calculated amount of infiltrant to a scale from an infiltrant dispenser through a... Agent: Blynn L. Shideler The Blk Law Group

20100044904 - Method of creating decorative wood: The method of creating decorative wood consists of deep firing of the wood surface with the following removal/cleaning of slag. The procedure of firing in this particular case would consist of the use of propane torch or any other source of fire that can be used for working with a... Agent: Yuri Udovik

20100044905 - Method of forming pattern and method of producing electronic element: A method of forming a pattern and a method of producing an electronic element with which a fine and precise pattern is stably formed are provided. Each of the method of forming a pattern and the method of producing an electronic element includes a step of forming an electrically conductive... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20100044906 - Method of trimming unfired pottery using a turntable apparatus: A rotatable turntable tool is used in trimming wheel-thrown pottery. The turntable tool includes a base portion, a bearing member, and a cap portion which is rotatably attached to the base portion. A method of trimming an unfired clay workpiece includes steps of inverting the workpiece and placing it at... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20100044907 - Pad formation method, assembly and pad produced thereby: A foam cushion pad formation assembly that includes a conveyance assembly having at least one moving conveyor component presenting a pad shape formation surface, which surface is convoluted and arranged to shape sealed enclosures of a pad chain received by the conveyance assembly. A separation device is provided to separate... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20100044908 - Process for producing mixture of two-liquid mixing type curable resin and process for producing hollow-fiber membrane filter element: The present invention provides a process for producing a mixture of a two-liquid mixing type curable resin by mixing the constituents of the resin, wherein mixing operations of the constituents are performed multiple times and a non-mixing time is provided between at least one of the mixing operations and another... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100044909 - Lofty, tackified nonwoven sheet and method of making: A method of making a tackified nonwoven sheet that includes forming a densified, tackified web by providing a rebulkable nonwoven fiber web and applying an adhesive to the nonwoven web. The densified, tackified web is rebulked to an open, lofty form by exposing the densified, tackified web to a temperature... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20100044910 - Method for producing ceramic-honeycomb-structure-molding die and method for producing ceramic honeycomb structure: A method for producing a die for molding a ceramic honeycomb structure, which has molding grooves arranged in a lattice pattern and apertures communicating with the molding grooves for supplying a moldable material, wherein the formation of the lattice-patterned grooves by machining is conducted by a first machining operation for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100044911 - Method for producing aluminum-titanate-based ceramic honeycomb structure: A method for producing an aluminum-titanate-based ceramic honeycomb structure comprising blending TiO2 source powder and Al2O3 source powder with a TiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio of 45/55 to 55/45, and a sintering aid and/or a molding aid to prepare a moldable material, extrusion-molding the moldable material, and drying and sintering the resultant... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100044912 - Method for producing a fiber composite component for aviation and spaceflight: A method for producing a fiber composite component, in particular for aerospace, includes the following method steps: introducing an elastic core sleeve into a prestressing mechanism; expanding the core sleeve that is introduced, for elastic prestressing of the same, by activating the prestressing mechanism; introducing a core body through an... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20100044913 - Method for producing surface convexes and concaves: A mask member 20 having light transmitting sections and non-light transmitting sections is disposed over one side of a photosensitive film 10 consisting of a photosensitive resin composition with an interval with respect to the photosensitive film 10, and a light diffusing member 30 is disposed on the opposite side... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100044914 - Primer composition and uses thereof: The present invention provides a primer for a thermoplastic and/or elastomeric substrate, the primer comprising a film of an epoxy-modified polymer selected from the group consisting of an epoxy-modified-thermoplastic polymer, an epoxy-modified-thermoplastic polymeric composite, an epoxy-modified-elastomeric polymer, an epoxy-modified-elastomeric polymeric composite, a blend thereof, and any mixture thereof. Also provided... Agent: National Research Council Of Canada 1200 Montreal Road

20100044915 - Composite material human body support and process for making same: A human body support includes a composite material base frame having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a cover element formed from a first polymer material associated to the base frame. The support also includes a film of a second thermoplastic polymer material, which is fixedly attached to... Agent: Themis Law

20100044916 - Polypropylene container and process for making the same: A multilayer plastic container comprises a layer of a polypropylene and an intermediate layer directly adjacent the layer of polypropylene wherein at least one of the polypropylene and intermediate layers comprises an adhesive such as maleic anhydride incorporated therein to adhere the layer of polypropylene to the layer of EVOH.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20100044917 - Imprint lithography: An imprint lithography apparatus is disclosed that has a first support structure arranged to support an imprint template, and a first actuator attached to the first support structure, and arranged in use to be located between the first support structure and the imprint template. The first actuator is configured to... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20100044918 - Method of preparing solid reagent and microfluidic device employing the solid reagent: In a method of preparing a solid reagent, a liquid reagent is loaded into a plurality of reagent cavities formed in a mold, the loaded liquid reagent is frozen, the frozen reagent is separated from the mold, and the separated frozen reagent is dried to remove humidity therein.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100044919 - Molding apparatus with deformable mold: An apparatus for molding an article such as pre-cast, cement or concrete blocks, bricks, pavers, tiles and the like including a deformable mold and a movement imparting device. The deformable mold includes compartments or cavities for receiving material therein that is to be molded. Once the material has solidified so... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20100044920 - Method for the one-step programming of the three-shape plastics:

20100044921 - Method of cleaning template and pattern forming method: To remove the resist residue on a template by holding the template with a pattern face having irregularities, supplying a cleaning agent to an area containing the contamination adhering to the pattern face of the template, applying emitted light from the opposite face of the pattern face of the template,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100044922 - Method and apparatus for producing a three-dimensionally shaped object: In a method for producing a three-dimensionally shaped object, (i) a solidified layer is formed by irradiating a light beam on a specified portion of a powder layer to sinter or melt the specified portion. Further, (ii) another solidified layer is formed by placing a new powder layer on the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100044923 - Injection molding method and system, and molded products manufactured thereby: Molding methods and systems are disclosed for manufacturing molded items (10) with an integral substrate (50) formed thereon, particularly wherein the substrate has a metallic appearance and/or wherein the molded product is formed with a geometric feature (66) associated with an edge of the substrate adapted for at least partially... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100044924 - Candle refill kit and method of use: A candle refill kit useful for preparing home made candles includes a disposable microwaveable container and a microwaveable candlewax composition. The candlewax composition is microwave heated in the microwaveable container to an elevated temperature sufficient to initiate pouring of the candlewax composition. The candlewax composition is then poured from the... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20100044925 - Nanowire bundles: Techniques for fabricating nanowire bundles are provided.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100044926 - Fabricating polymeric nanowires: Techniques for fabricating nanowires are disclosed.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100044892 - Separating device for sintering shoes: Device comprising means of separating at least two sintering shoes for transporting nuclear fuel pellets capable of moving according to a first axis (X) and of which two end faces are in contact with one another, wherein said separating means are capable of moving at least one of the two... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20100044927 - Process for manufacturing a plastic hollow body from a parison and die for extruding a parison: v

20100044928 - Process for shaped articles from polyester blends: Disclosed is a process for injection stretch blow molding a thermoplastic composition comprising, consisting essentially of, or prepared from (a) about 30 to about 99 weight % based on the combination of (a) and (b) of a poly(ethylene terephthalate) homopolymer or copolymer; and (b) about 1 to about 70 weight... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20100044929 - Method of forming a spark plug insulator: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide methods for forming spark plug insulators, particularly asymmetrical spark plug insulators, without required machining after an initial heating or firing of the spark plug insulator. In one exemplary embodiment, a method of forming an asymmetrical spark plug insulator is. The method includes: forming... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20100038806 - Method for producing homogeneously crystallized polycondensate pellets: The invention relates to a method for the continuous production of semicrystalline polycondensate pellets. Said method comprises the following steps: producing a polycondensate material; shaping polycondensate pellets and solidifying the polycondensate melt in a liquid cooling medium, wherein the shaping of the pellets can be carried out prior to or... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20100038807 - Solid free-form fabrication methods for the production of dental restorations: Solid free form fabrication techniques can be utilized indirectly to manufacture substrates, dies, models, near-net shapes, shells, and wax-ups that are then used in the manufacture of dental articles. Digital light processing is the most preferred indirect method for the production of substrates. After the substrates are produced, various coating... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20100038808 - Method for controlling a tablet press and such a press: A method for controlling a tablet press comprises the steps of consecutively supplying material into each die of a die table 1, subjecting the material to a pre-compression and a main-compression, whereby the main-compression is performed under substantially constant compression force and variable resulting tablet thickness of the individual tablets,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100038809 - Apparatus and method of producing porous membranes: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method of producing lengths of multi-layered asymmetric membrane (10) by way of extruding different feedstock through a die head (46,78) having a plurality of outlet ports. The membrane (10) includes a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, and at least some of said... Agent: Weiner & Burt, P.C.

20100038811 - Injection mold for the production of an injection-molded part from a rigid plastic layer and a plastic foam surface layer: An injection mold is provided for the production of an injection molding having a stiff plastics layer and a foamed-plastic surface layer, with at least one undercut region and comprising two mold halves and comprising one or more sliding elements, which delimit a mold cavity with a convex and a... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20100038810 - Method for making a foamed sole: A method for making a foamed sole includes the steps of: a) preparing a mold having a lower mold part, an upper mold part, and an intermediate plate removably disposed between the lower and upper mold parts, the lower mold part having a lower mold cavity, the upper mold part... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20100038812 - Wallpaper for use in an automobile and a method for making same: An automobile wallpaper, and an exterior surface finishing agent for the door trim, seats, and so on, of automobiles, as well as its manufacturing method. To manufacture such automobile wallpaper, a printing process is performed on the surface of a surface material which is currently being used, in order to... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20100038813 - Devices and processes for performing degassing operations: A preferred process for degassing a mold piece includes inserting the mold piece into an internal volume within a canister, sealing the internal volume, drawing a vacuum in the internal volume, and introducing into the internal volume a gaseous fluid suitable for degassing the mold piece.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20100038814 - Method for manufacturing interior panel of motor vehicle: A method of manufacturing a product may include a step of forming an end of a film in a hook shape corresponding to one side cavity of an upper mold, a step of removing an unnecessary portion of the film, a step of inserting the film into the one side... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20100038815 - Elastomeric bicomponent fibers comprising block copolymers having high flow: Bicomponent fibers having a sheath-core morphology where the sheath is a thermoplastic polymer and the core is an elastomeric compound are made which can be continuously extruded from the melt at high production rates. The elastomeric compound comprises a coupled, selectively hydrogenated block copolymer having high flow. The block copolymer... Agent: Michael A. Masse Kraton Polymers U.s. LLC

20100038816 - Method of making solid dispersions of highly crystalline therapeutic compounds: A process for preparing solid dispersions of highly crystalline compounds. The highly crystalline or thermally labile therapeutic compounds are processed in an extruder in combination with a solubilizing agent and optionally a plasticizer. The resulting extrudate features the therapeutic compound in an amorphous state. Particularly useful as the solubilizing agents... Agent: Novartis Corporate Intellectual Property

20100038817 - Device, production and method for thermoplastic polymers containing coarse-scale and/or nanoscale, coated, de-agglomerated magnesium hydroxide particles: A method and device for the production of thermoplastics containing coarse-scale and/or nanoscale, coated, de-agglomerated magnesium hydroxide particles that are supplied to the thermoplastic in the form of a dispersion or suspension in an aqueous or organic solvent, and mixed with the themoplastic. The thermoplastics filled with magnesium hydroxide particles... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20100038818 - Concrete curing blanket: Curing blanket having a clear or transparent first layer and a second layer airlaid on the first layer. Another embodiment has a first layer, a second layer airlaid on the first layer, and a third layer disposed on the said second layer, with the second layer interposed between the first... Agent: Mehrman Law Office, P.C.

20100038819 - Process for the production of plates made of transparent plastic material with non-transparent overinjected parts: Described herein is a process for the production of plates made of transparent plastic material with non-transparent overmoulded parts by means of a first direct injection and subsequent compression for the formation of the transparent plate, and a second injection for overmoulding said parts on the transparent plate, covering the... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20100038820 - Method of fabricating an entity and corresponding device: A method of fabricating an electronic entity includes the steps of: forming at least part of the entity by hardening a material (28) in a mold, and (26); personalizing the entity while in the mould (26). A corresponding device is also described.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20100038821 - Tactile enhancement for input devices: Embodiments related to the tactile enhancement of a computer input device are disclosed herein. In one disclosed embodiment, a method of making removable tactile-enhancing grips for a computer input device is disclosed. The method comprises heating a thermoplastic elastomeric sheet to a temperature at which the thermoplastic elastomeric sheet is... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100038822 - Fracture toughness of medical devices with a stereocomplex nucleating agent: Methods of fabricating a polymeric implantable device from a PLLA/PDLA blend such as a stent with improved fracture toughness are disclosed. The blend is melt processed to allow formation of stereocomplex crystallites, which are nucleation sites for crystal growth. A polymer construct is formed from the melt processed blend and... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20100038823 - Compression-moulding methods: t

20100038824 - Circuit board carrier/solder pallet: Provided is a plaque and its method of manufacture, the plaque including a binding material and a reinforcing material that is molded into a controlled thickness. Also provided is a solder pallet utilizing the plaque in its manufacture. The plaque can be manufactured by forming a preform of the raw... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20100038825 - Methods of forming microchannels by ultrafast pulsed laser direct-write processing: Microscale and/or nanoscale structural features are formed in material by using an ultrashort pulsed laser (e.g., a femtosecond pulsed laser). Methods of forming such structures comprise applying laser energy generated by an ultrashort pulsed laser to a surface of a substrate having a first layer and a distinct second layer.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100038826 - Sheet thickness control: A method and apparatus for forming a sheet are disclosed. A melt is cooled and a sheet is formed on the melt. This sheet has a first thickness. The sheet is then thinned from the first thickness to a second thickness using, for example, a heater or the melt. The... Agent: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Assc., Inc.

20100038827 - Interferometric analysis method for the manufacture of nano-scale devices: The present invention features a method to determine relative spatial parameters between two coordinate systems, which may be a mold and a region of a substrate in which mold is employed to generate a pattern. The method includes sensing relative alignment between the two coordinate systems at multiple points and... Agent: Molecular Imprints

20100038828 - Moulding method using microwaves: A method of moulding products made of expanded polymer beads using steam. The steam is generated by introducing a quantity of water into a mould that is capable of being pressurized. Steam is created by way of exposing the mould to microwave irradiation and the temperature of the steam is... Agent: Anissimoff & Associates

20100038829 - Method and apparatus for stamping and cutting plastic parts: Apparatus for stamping and cutting a plastic part includes a housing for accommodating a stamping press. The stamping press has a lower tool part, an upper tool part, and a drive for moving the lower and upper tool parts in relation to one another. A robot having a robot arm... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20100038830 - Methods for forming biodegradable nanocomponents with controlled shapes and sizes via electrified jetting: Methods of forming a plurality multiphasic nano-components (MPNs) having at least two phases, with high selectivity for at least one of shape, size, or phase orientation in the nano-component are provided. The methods provide high yields of substantially similar nano-components by controlling one or more of: polymer concentration, liquid stream... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100038831 - Photocurable composition and method for producing molded product with fine pattern: A photocurable composition 20 comprising from 15 to 60 mass % of a compound (A) which is an aromatic compound having at least two rings or an alicyclic compound having at least two rings and which has two (meth)acryloyloxy groups, from 5 to 40 mass % of a compound (B)... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100032852 - Method of casting plastic lens starting material liquid and casting apparatus, and method of manufacturing plastic lens: A method of casting a plastic lens starting material liquid using a casting apparatus comprising at least a mixing and discharging part and a casting part, and casting a plastic lens starting material liquid sequentially into multiple casting molds. Discharge of the plastic lens starting material liquid from the mixing... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100032853 - Method for manufacturing optical waveguide: A method for manufacturing an optical waveguide includes: step A of forming a first resin layer 23 by allowing a first liquid-state resin to flow to be extended in a manner so as to bury and enclose cores 22; step B of forming a second resin layer 25 by allowing... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20100032854 - Method and apparatus for controlling pressure in electric injection molding machine: A rotational angle of a motor operative to propel forward a screw in an injection molding machine is detected at an encoder. An output from the encoder is employed to obtain an angular velocity ω of the motor. From the obtained angular velocity ω, an estimated melt pressure value δ̂... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20100032855 - Plasticizing apparatus and method for controlling the same: An object is to improve the quality of molded articles and enable stable molding to be performed. A plasticizing apparatus includes a cylinder member having a molding material supply opening at a predetermined position, a molding material being supplied into the cylinder member via the molding material supply opening; and... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20100032856 - Coated foam beads and process for producing halogen-free, fire-resistant bead foam moldings: A process for producing coated foam particles, in which an aqueous polymer dispersion is applied to the foam particles and is subsequently dried to form a water-insoluble polymer film, and also foam moldings produced therefrom and their use.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20100032857 - Ceramic components, coated structures and methods for making same: Methods of forming ceramic components are disclosed. One method calls for chemical vapor depositing a ceramic material over a substrate having first and second opposite surfaces to define a coated structure, the ceramic material forming a layer overlying both the first and second opposite surfaces. The layer and the substrate... Agent: Larson Newman & Abel, LLP

20100032858 - Method of making an absorbent core having a plurality of first regions and a second region surrounding each of the first regions: The present invention relates to an absorbent article including a absorbent core having a plurality of first regions and a second region, each one of said first regions being arranged in spaced relationship from each of the other first regions and each of the first regions being entirely surrounded by... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20100032859 - Injection molding substance and manufacturing method thereof: A method of manufacturing an injection molding substance and the injection molding substance is provided. The method of manufacturing an injection molding substance including: providing a molding compound including a powder; making an intermediate mold by injection molding using the molding compound; cutting a portion of the intermediate mold; and... Agent: Miller Nash LLP

20100032860 - Method for making an absorbent core having concentrically arranged absorbent regions: The present invention also relates to a method of making an absorbent core having a first central region and second region concentrically surrounding the first region.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20100032861 - Exterior building material having a hollow thin wall profile and an embossed low gloss surface: A building product which includes a hollow extrudate, unitary reinforcing ribs resisting collapse of the hollow extrudate and, in an embodiment, an exterior surface comprises a low gloss, textured pattern having a gloss level of less than about 50 on a 60° glossmeter, in which the textured pattern extends for... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - PhiladelphiaIPDepartment

20100032862 - Composite tool for molding cylindrical parts: A tool of a composite material for making a cylindrical part of a composite material. The tool is used for forming a mandrel on which the cylindrical part is to be formed. The tool comprises a set of members, each member defining a cylindrical sector of the tool, each member... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20100032863 - Methods of manufacturing molds and parts: Methods of manufacturing molds and parts include generating a computer representation of a master part, determining an undercut region of the master part, generating a computer representation of a core to fill the undercut region, manufacturing a master part assembly having a master part and an embedded core, manufacturing a... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20100032864 - Process for manufacturing a pneumatic tyre, related manufacturing line and assembling apparatus: A process and a tyre manufacturing line for producing tyres, wherein the process includes the steps of: i) transferring a first toroidal support to a first assembling apparatus; ii) in the first assembling apparatus, sequentially building on the first toroidal support a first toroidal carcass ply and a first pair... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100032865 - Method for making a foamed sole: A method for making a foamed sole includes the steps of: a) preparing a mold having a lower mold part and an upper mold part removably covering the lower mold part, the lower mold part having a top surface and a lower mold cavity recessed from the top surface, the... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20100032866 - Method for producing thermoplastic resin film: There is provided a method for producing a thermoplastic resin film that can suppress the occurrence of color nonuniformity in the produced thermoplastic resin film even when the film is incorporated into liquid crystal display devices and exposed to high temperature and high humidity over time. Heat treatment is conducted... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100032867 - Method and apparatus for embossing non woven webs: A method of embossing an air-laid or double recrepe absorbent fabric including: providing a web of fabric; moving the web material along a web material path; providing a rotary embossing roller and a cooperating backing roller, the rotary embossing roller having a hard rubber embossing surface having a laser engraved... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20100032868 - Compression moulding apparatus, methods and item: An apparatus comprises a moulding unit having a punch and a mould cavity movable along a path between an open position in which said punch and said mould cavity are distanced apart from each other to receive a dose of plastics therebetween, and a closed position in which said punch... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20100032870 - Method for the production of fiber-reinforced polypropylene molded parts containing pores: Low density and acoustically absorbing panels are produced by consolidation in a mold of a heated part of a pre-cut, lofty, semi-finished product containing polypropylene fibers and reinforcing fibers and having an air pore content of 20 to 80 vol.-% wherein overlapping with the periphery of the pre-cut part are... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20100032869 - Molded filter: The invention provides a moulded micro-fibrous filter in which micro-fibres are held together by a binder, wherein the binder is a cured thermosetting acrylate resin. In a further aspect the invention provides an aqueous fibre slurry for use in moulding filter media, wherein said slurry comprises additionally a binder resin... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20100032871 - 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

20100032872 - Solution spun fiber process: The invention relates to a process for forming fibers from a spinning solution utilizing a high speed rotary sprayer. The fibers can be collected into a uniform web for selective barrier end uses. Fibers with an average fiber diameter of less that 1,000 nm can be produced.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20100032873 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing pneumatic tyres: A green pneumatic tyre is built on a rigid toroidal support externally having a forming surface of a conformation corresponding to the inner shape of a tyre. The green tyre engaged on the expandable toroidal support is introduced into a vulcanisation mould and submitted to a vulcanisation cycle. During vulcanisation,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100032874 - Processes and methods of making boron carbide and boron carbide components: High-density components and products as well as processes for making high-density components and products are disclosed. One exemplary component, among others, includes a boron carbide component comprised of a homogeneous boron carbide powder. The component has at least a 93% relative density (RD) and a Vickers hardness of at least... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20100032875 - Processing method for solid core ceramic matrix composite airfoil: A method of processing solid core ceramic matrix composite articles. The method improves the physical characteristics of the article by forming the airfoil using a co-processing method wherein a refractory ceramic is cast against a preformed ceramic matrix composite (CMC) shell. In one aspect, the shell is continuous to help... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100025868 - Apparatus and method for manufacturing optical elements: An apparatus for manufacturing optical elements at wafer level includes a lower mold core, an upper mold core, an aligning plate and an image pick-up device. The lower mold core has a lower alignment mark. The upper mold core has an upper alignment mark. The aligning plate has a first... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100025869 - Method of manufacturing molded article formed with thermosetting resin and injection molding apparatus: There is provided a method of manufacturing a molded article formed with a thermosetting resin and an injection molding apparatus so that occurrence of blurs and containing of bubbles at the time of molding can be prevented. Provided is a method of manufacturing a molded article formed with a thermosetting... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100025870 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing a polymeric article: The invention is directed to a method for manufacturing, in one production step and from one material, a polymeric article having at least one optical transparent area and at least one optical non-transparent area. The inventors found that it is possible to simultaneously create transparent and non-transparent areas, while the... Agent: Rissman Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20100025871 - Method for smoothing a surface of an optical element with laser: The present invention discloses a method for smoothing a surface of an optical element with a laser. Firstly, an optical element having a rough surface is provided. Next, the rough surface of the optical element is illuminated with a laser. The rough surface absorbs laser energy and melts into a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20100025872 - Process and apparatus for producing liposome dispersion: In a process for forming liposome dispersion by dispersing a membrane material in an aqueous medium, wherein a liquid that the membrane material is dissolved or dispersed is discharged from 161a, while discharging the aqueous medium from 161b, the discharge flows are collectively crushed by a high-speed gas stream from... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20100025873 - Method and apparatus for fabricating nanoparticles: An apparatus and method for forming nanoparticles employs an inkjet dispenser and a nanoparticle formation device. The inkjet dispenser includes at least one orifice. A liquid solution with a substance to be transformed into nanoscale is received in the inkjet dispenser, and is dispensed from the at least one orifice... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20100025874 - Primary particles coated with a chromophoric component: The invention relates to primary particles of oxide-ceramic material, wherein the primary particles have an average particle size in the range from 10 to 1000 nm and are coated with a chromophoric component, a process for their preparation and their use in particular in the preparation of ceramic mouldings and... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20100025875 - Mold closing system and method for injection molding machine: A mold closing system for an injection molding machine includes a voltage source, a controller, a driving unit, a first mold portion, a second mold portion, a fixed platen, and a movable platen. The first mold portion is secured on the movable platen. The second mold portion is secured on... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100025876 - Binder removal from particulate bodies: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a porous article, in particular the anode of a valve action material based solid state capacitor, comprising the steps of combining a water soluble polymeric binder and particulate material before pressing the particulate material and the subsequent step of removing the... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20100025877 - Method for producing nanoporous molded parts: e

20100025878 - Imprinting method and apparatus therefor: An imprinting method forms a pattern in a resist surface of a substrate coated with a thermoplastic resist by using a mold having a pattern of projections and recesses formed in a transfer surface. The method includes an alignment step, a heating step, a press step, a cooling step, and... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20100025879 - Highly filled composite containing resin and filler: A highly filled composite is formed by extruding through a multiple screw extruder a thermoplastic resin and sufficient filler so that an autogranulating extrudate exits the extruder barrel. The extruder is operated without an exit manifold, strand die or breaker plate. The extrudate forms irregularly shaped granules. The granules provide... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20100025880 - Process for producing resin molded article: There is disclosed a process for producing a resin molded article by using a resin into which fine metal particles are so introduced as to be hardly dissolved at the melting temperature of the resin and as to obtain high solubility in a high-pressure carbon dioxide. This process comprises the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100025881 - Net hook fasteners: The present invention concerns a polymeric film hook netting comprising a continuous film backing having a net section formed of plurality of a first set of thermoplastic strands extending in a first direction and a second set of integral strands extending in a second direction at least one of which... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20100025882 - Continuous forming system utilizing up to six endless belts: A system for providing shape and/or surface features to a moldable material includes, in an exemplary embodiment, at least two first opposed flat endless belts spaced apart a first distance, with each having an inner surface and an outer surface. The system also includes at least two second opposed flat... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100025883 - Method for manufacturing a hose: A method of manufacturing a cured, non-reinforced hose exhibiting one or more desirable configuration features molded onto the outer surface of the hose; and a cured, non-reinforced hose exhibiting such desirable configuration features molded on the outer surface thereof, manufactured in accordance with such method are described. The method comprises:... Agent: Marshall & Melhorn, LLC

20100025884 - Method for producing ceramic honeycomb structure: A method for producing a ceramic honeycomb structure comprising the steps of mixing and blending starting materials comprising ceramic materials, a molding aid and a pore-forming material to obtain a moldable material, adjusting the properties of the moldable material, and extruding the moldable material in a honeycomb shape, the type... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100025885 - Method and apparatus for the production of crystalline silicon substrates: An apparatus and method for producing a crystalline ribbon continuously from a melt pool of liquid feed material, e.g. silicon. The silicon is melted and flowed into a growth tray to provide a melt pool of liquid silicon. Heat is passively extracted by allowing heat to flow from the melt... Agent: Carol Wilson Bp America Inc.

20100025886 - Concrete curing blanket, method of making same, and method of curing concrete: Disclosed is a concrete curing blanket including an impervious layer, an absorbent layer and an acrylic glue configured to adhere to the impervious layer and absorbent layer while immersed in water during at least a prescribed period for curing concrete with an adherence strength that equals or exceeds an internal... Agent: Emerging Strategies, LLP

20100025887 - Process and apparatus for producing a strand-like extrudate: The invention relates to a process for producing a strand-like extrudate (5) composed of a rubber material which is vulcanized after extrusion, in which the vulcanization is carried out in a bath (7) by means of heat treatment medium (9) present therein. The strand-like extrudate (5) is transported through the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20100025888 - Method of making a back-molded plastic part: A molded part is made by cold-stretching a nonwoven web so as to rupture fibers or filaments thereof, laminating to a face of the cold-stretched nonwoven web a stretchable plastic film, and then inserting the laminated nonwoven web and film into a mold cavity with the film juxtaposed with an... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20100025889 - Molds and methods for rotational molding: Molds and methods for rotational molding are disclosed. The molds for rotationally molding may include an interior surface, an exterior surface, an opening, and a post. The interior surface may define a molding cavity. The interior surface may include a first portion and a second portion disposed opposite the first... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20100025890 - Method for producing self-reinforced polymeric three-dimensional products: A method for the producing self-reinforced polymeric three-dimensional products is disclosed comprising the steps of a) chopping a polymeric tape in mono-extruded or co-extruded form into short lengths, b) spraying the chopped polymeric tapes into or onto a porous mould, and c) thermosetting and/or thermobinding the chopped tapes by suitable... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100025891 - Concrete release agent: A concrete release agent, particularly on the basis of mineral oil without solvent, mineral oil with solvent, emulsions, or ester oil, contains nanoparticles that have a photocatalytic effect on organic molecules of the release agent, particularly also such mineral-modified photocatalysts having broader absorption spectra that also act in visible light,... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20100025892 - Method of manufacturing a composite filter media: A method of making a composite filter media includes, in an exemplary embodiment, forming a nonwoven fabric mat that includes a plurality of synthetic fibers by a spunbond process, and calendering the nonwoven fabric mat with embossing calender rolls to form a bond area pattern comprising a plurality of substantially... Agent: Robert B. Reeser, Iii C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20100025893 - Method of manufacturing using resin transfer molding: A method for molding an article having an upper portion, a lower portion, and an insert located between the upper portion and the lower portion, wherein the article is molded as a single, unitary piece with no seams or discontinuities located between the upper portion and the lower portion, includes... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20100025894 - Tube expansion process for semicrystalline polymers to maximize fracture toughness: Methods of fabricating a polymeric stent with improved fracture toughness including radial expansion of a polymer tube along its entire length at the same time and fabricating a stent from the expanded tube are disclosed herein.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20100025895 - Manufacturing method of synthetic resin hollow body: A manufacturing method of a synthetic resin hollow body in which a molten resin is injected for an over-molding outside a hollow molding body made of a resin provided with a hollow body and at least an opening portion to form a resin sheathing body in an integrating manner with... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100025896 - Polycrystalline alumina articles and methods of manufacture: Polycrystalline alumina and methods for manufacturing polycrystalline alumina exhibiting improved transmission in the infrared region. In one embodiment, polycrystalline alumina articles are formed by providing a powder of substantially alpha phase alumina having a grain size of up to about 1 μm, dispersing the powder in a liquid to form... Agent: Diehl Servilla LLC

20100025897 - Composition for ceramic extrusion-molded body and method for manufacturing a ceramic extrusion-molded body: A composition for ceramic extrusion-molded bodies includes a ceramic material, a water-soluble cellulose ether, a styrenesulfonate and water. A method for manufacturing a ceramic extrusion-molded body using the composition is also provided.... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20100025898 - Use of ti and nb cemented tic in prosthetic joints: Use of Ti and Nb cemented in TiC in prosthetic joints, such as prosthetic joint components made from sintered superhard materials.... Agent: BatemanIPLaw Group