Radiation imagery chemistry: process, composition, or product thereof inventions 09/07

20070224521 - Photomask for forming a resist pattern and manufacturing method thereof, and resist-pattern forming method using the photomask: A method includes; a step of setting square mask cells in rows and columns on a transparent mask-substrate surface by demarcating by orthogonal lines of equal intervals, each of which has one side having a length smaller than a resolution limit of an optical system; a step of setting the... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20070224523 - Reflective photomask, method of fabricating the same, and reflective blank photomask: The reflective photomask may include a substrate, a reflective layer formed on the substrate, an absorption pattern formed on the reflective layer and over a first portion of the substrate. A compensatory portion may be formed over at least a second portion of the substrate. The second portion is adjacent... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070224522 - Substrate including deformed portions and method of adjusting a curvature of a substrate: Adjusting a curvature of a substrate includes forming at least one deformed portion in a predetermined region of a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a curved region before forming the at least one deformed portion, and forming the at least one deformed portion includes irradiating the substrate in the predetermined... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070224524 - Method for manufacturing color filter of transflective liquid crystal display: An exemplary method for manufacturing a color filter of a transflective liquid crystal display includes: providing a substrate; forming a plurality of black matrix units on the substrate; coating and patterning a first photo-resist layer, coating and patterning a second photo-resist layer, and coating and patterning a third photo-resist layer,... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070224527 - Apparatus for and method of recording image: An image recording apparatus (1) causes a recording head (20) to move through a distance corresponding to one half of the recording width of the recording head (20) in a sub-scanning direction each time a recording drum (10) makes one rotation. This, light emitting devices (23, 24) record two line... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070224528 - Protecting agent for image bearing member and production method therefor, protection layer forming apparatus, image forming method, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge: To provide an image bearing member protecting agent that includes at least a hydrophobic organic compound and an amphiphile organic compound. Preferred embodiments are that the hydrophobic organic compound is a hydrocarbon wax, and the hydrocarbon wax is at least a wax selected from normal paraffins, isoparaffins, and cycloparaffins; and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070224529 - Porphyrin compound, process for producing porphyrin compound, three-dimensional optical recording material, and three-dimensional optical recording medium: Compounds that are suitable to be used for three-dimensional optical recording materials, etc. The compounds each have a structure that allows pi-electron conjugation to be achieved by linking a porphyrin ring and a perinaphthothioindigo ring to each other with a straight-chain atomic group. The compounds of the present invention are... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070224519 - Diagonal corner-to-corner sub-resolution assist features for photolithography: Diagonal corner-to-corner sub-resolution assist features for use in photolithography are described. The diagonal features may be applied to one or a group of main features. Such features may be developed starting by synthesizing a photolithography mask having a first feature aligned along a linear axis and having a corner and... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070224518 - Overlay metrology using x-rays: A method for inspection includes directing a beam of X-rays to impinge upon an area of a sample containing first and second features formed respectively in first and second thin film layers, which are overlaid on a surface of the sample. A pattern of the X-rays diffracted from the first... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070224520 - Polymer compound, photoresist composition containing such polymer compound, and method for forming resist pattern: m

20070224517 - Programmable self-aligning liquid magnetic nanoparticle masks and methods for their use: Magnetic nanoparticle masks for lithographic applications of a substrate and methods for producing such masks via defining regions of localized magnetic field maxima and minima on a substrate are provided. Also provided are methods for producing multi-component patterns on a substrate with the magnetic nanoparticle masks.... Agent: Licata & Tyrrell P.C.

20070224525 - Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method with double exposure overlay control: A device manufacturing method includes a transfer of a pattern from a patterning device onto a substrate. The device manufacturing method further includes transferring a pattern of a main mark to a base layer for forming an alignment mark; depositing a pattern receiving layer on the base layer; in a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070224526 - Fast method to model photoresist images using focus blur and resist blur: A method for determining an image of a patterned object formed by a polychromatic lithographic projection system having a laser radiation source of a finite spectral bandwidth and a lens for imaging the patterned object to an image plane within a resist layer. The method comprises providing patterns for the... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20070224530 - Developer and image forming method: To provide a developer and an image forming method with each of which a high-resolution, high-definition image can be stably obtained over a long time period irrespective of an environment. The present invention provides a developer including at least: toner particles each containing at least a binder resin; and a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070224531 - Yellow toner, image forming apparatus and a method for producing a toner: The present invention provides a yellow toner which is excellent in transparency of an image formed on an OHP sheet, excellent in color reproducibility even when a light-pressure fixing unit is employed, excellent in coloring power and charge property, and is reduced in occurrence of filming. The present invention also... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070224532 - Toner compositions: A toner composition includes core toner particles and a shell formed over the core toner particles. The core toner particles include a resin substantially free of cross linking, an optional cross linked resin, a polyester resin, and a colorant. The shell includes a resin containing charge control agent recurring units.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20070224533 - Method for manufacturing toner: A kneaded material obtained by heating and melt-kneading a toner composition and a water-based medium containing water are put into a container of a granulating apparatus, and heated by a heater while agitating, to disperse the kneaded material into the water-based medium in its softened state. A temperature at which... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070224534 - Method for forming thick film pattern, method for manufacturing electronic component, and photolithography photosensitive paste: A method for forming a thick film pattern forms a thick film pattern having a large thickness, a high hardness, and a high aspect ratio and exhibiting high dimension precision and high shape precision. In the method, a photosensitive paste including an inorganic powder, a photosensitive monomer, and a photopolymerization... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070224535 - Image forming method, planographic printing plate precursor, and planographic printing method: An image forming method in which a planographic printing plate precursor having, on a support, an image recording layer containing (A) a polymerization initiator, (B) a polymerizable compound, and (C) a binder polymer, and having photosensitivity in a wavelength range of 250 nm to 420 nm, is subjected to exposure... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070224536 - Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer and at least one hydrophilic colloid layer on a support, wherein silver halide in the silver halide emulsion layer has a silver bromide content of 40 to 90 mol %, and the silver halide... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070224540 - Positive resist composition and pattern formation method using the same: A positive resist composition containing a compound including a sulfonium cation having a structure represented by the formula (Z-I) as defined herein, a low molecular weight compound which increases solubility in an alkali developing solution by an action of an acid, and a compound which generates a compound having a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070224539 - Resist composition and pattern forming method using the same: A resist composition comprising at least one kind of a nitrogen-containing compound selected from the group consisting of an amine compound having a phenoxy group, an ammonium salt compound having a phenoxy group, an amine compound having a sulfonic acid ester group and an ammonium salt compound having a sulfonic... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070224538 - Positive resist compositions and process for the formation of resist patterns with the same: A positive resist composition that includes a resin component (A) and an acid-generator component (B), wherein the component (A) is a copolymer that includes a structural unit (a1) derived from a mono(α-lower alkyl)acrylate that contains an acid-dissociable, dissolution-inhibiting group, a structural unit (b1) derived from a mono(α-lower alkyl)acrylate that contains... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070224537 - Resist composition, method for forming resist pattern, and semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same: The present invention provides a resist composition which enables uniformly thickening a resist pattern with a resist pattern thickening material, regardless of the direction, spacing variations of the resist pattern, and the components of the resist pattern thickening material and enables forming a fine space pattern of resist, exceeding exposure... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070224541 - Holographic recording medium: A holographic recording medium has a recording layer, including a matrix formed of a polymer of spiroorthoester of an epoxy compound, a radical-polymerizable compound, and a photoinitiator.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070224542 - Patterning method using photomask: An isolated light-shielding pattern formed from a light-shielding film region 101 and a phase shift region 102 is formed on a transparent substrate 100 serving as a mask. The phase shift region 102 has a phase difference with respect to a light-transmitting region of the transparent substrate 100. Moreover, the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070224544 - Method for imaging a lithographic printing form: In a method for imaging a lithographic printing form, subareas of a surface of the lithographic printing form which are covered by amphiphilic molecules, are exposed to electromagnetic radiation. Following the exposure and before printing from the lithographic printing form, the subareas are treated with at least one complex-forming substance,... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070224543 - Photopolymer printing plate precursor: A photopolymer printing plate precursor includes, in this order, a photosensitive coating and ap pretective coating on a support, wherein te photosensitive coating includes a composition that is photopolymerizable upon absorption of light, the composition including a blidner, a polymerizable compound, a radical stabilizer, a sensitizer, and a photoinitiator. The... Agent: Agfa C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070224545 - Method for immersion lithography: The invention is directed towards a method for immersion lithography by locally pre-treating the surface of the wafer. The surface of the wafer is treated locally with a pre-treatment process, so that the surface of the wafer is wettable to the later applied immersion liquid. The pre-treatment may includes applying... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070224547 - Method of processing substrate: A method of processing an organic film pattern formed on a substrate, includes, in sequence of, a fusion/deformation step of fusing and thereby deforming the organic film pattern, and a third removal step of removing at least a part of the fused and deformed organic film pattern.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070224546 - Method of forming resist pattern and method of maufacturing semiconductor device: The present invention improves the OPE characteristic generated by the difference between sparse and dense mask patterns and promotes fidelity in the design of the pattern. Because of this, the present invention includes a step of forming a resist having an acid dissociative dissolution suppression group on a substrate, a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070224548 - Method and apparatus for patterning micro and nano structures using a mask-less process: According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, a mask-less lithography method and apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an integrated write head on a slider with an air bearing that creates a lift force that allows that write head to fly over a spinning wafer substrate in nanometer... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070224549 - Photosensitive composition and method for forming pattern using same: c

20070224550 - Photosensitive composition and method for forming pattern using same:

20070224551 - Method of fabricating photoresist thinner: A method of fabricating photoresist thinner is provided. A photoresist material and a first photoresist thinner are provided. The first photoresist thinner is suitable for thinning the photoresist material. The first photoresist thinner comprises a plurality of first solvents each having a first Hansen parameter. The photoresist material has a... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20070224552 - Process for the preparation of novel dyes for use in imaging members: There are described novel rhodamine dye compounds and imaging members and imaging methods, including thermal imaging members and imaging methods, utilizing the compounds. The dye compounds exhibit a first color when in the crystalline form and a second color, different from the first color, when in the liquid, amorphous form.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070224553 - Method for producing a metallized image on a sheet material and device for carrying out said method: A method for producing a metallized image on a sheet material includes impregnating the material with a metal salts-containing solution and exposing the specified material points to a pulse laser radiation. The interaction of the pulses with the solution within a laser spot irritates a photochemical reaction resulting in a... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070224554 - Photothermographic material: m

20070224555 - Photothermographic material: The present invention provides a photothermographic material having, on one side of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent for the organic silver salt, and a binder, and at least one non-photosensitive layer and, on the... Agent: Taiyo Corporation

20070218373 - Photosensitive silane coupling agent, method of forming pattern, and method of fabricating device: Provided is a photosensitive silane coupling agent for forming a low-defect microparticle pattern, dot array pattern, or hole array pattern with a smaller number of process steps, and a method of forming a pattern using such photosensitive silane coupling agent. Used is a photosensitive silane coupling agent having a secondary... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070218375 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes: an image holding member; a toner image formation device that forms a toner image using a toner, the toner including a first component and a second component that are present separately from each other and form a color when they are reacted with each other,... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070218376 - Photoconductive element and sensor device: There is provided a photoconductive element capable of generating and detecting broadband electromagnetic waves such as terahertz waves at a comparatively high efficiency by decreasing or avoiding the absorption of electromagnetic waves into a substrate. A photoconductive element 1 includes a photoconductive film 5 exhibiting conductivity by the radiation of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070218372 - Method for production of micro-optics structures: A novel method for fabricating a micro-optics structure, having at least one lenslet array, is presented. A writing mask is provided being configured in accordance with an arrangement of the lenslet array to be manufactured. The writing mask is applied to a structure formed by a photosensitive layer of a... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070218374 - Photo-curable transfer sheet, process for the preparation of optical information recording medium using the sheet, and optical information recording medium: A photo-curable transfer sheet having a photo-curable transfer layer comprising a photo-curable composition, the photo-curable composition being deformable by application of pressure and containing a reactive polymer having a photopolymerizable functional group, wherein the photo-curable transfer layer shows linearity in relationship between strain [β] (%) and time [t] (second) measured... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070218377 - Imaging member having porphine or porphine derivatives: The presently disclosed embodiments relate in general to electrophotographic imaging members, such as layered photoreceptor structures, and processes for making and using the same. More particularly, the embodiments pertain to an additive of porphine or porphine derivatives to eliminate ghosting in specific conditions and improve image quality.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20070218378 - Thermally printable electrically conductive ribbon and method: A thermally transferable electrically conductive ribbon includes a carrier web having first and second sides and an electrically conductive layer disposed on the first side of the carrier web. A portion of the electrically conductive layer is transferable to an associated object to form an electrically conductive circuit thereon. A... Agent: Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC (illinois Tool Works)

20070218379 - Electrophotographic photoconductor and image forming apparatus: t

20070218383 - Image forming apparatus, process cartridge and toner for use in the image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including an image bearer; a charging device charging the image bearer; a light irradiating device irradiating the charged image bearer with light to form an electrostatic image; a developing device developing the electrostatic image with a developer including a toner to form a toner image on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070218380 - Toner: A toner containing a colorant, a binder resin and a laminar inorganic mineral in which part or all of the ions present between layers are modified by organic ions. The toner can be prepared by a method including dispersing or emulsifying a toner constituent mixture liquid containing the colorant, the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070218382 - Toner and method of manufacturing the same: A toner containing a toner particle containing a binder resin, a colorant, a releasing agent and a laminar inorganic mineral in which part or all ions present between layers are modified by organic ions. The toner particle has a structure such that when the particle is heated at a temperature... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070218384 - Toner for developing a latent electrostatic image, method for producing the same, image-forming apparatus and process cartridge using the same: t

20070218385 - Toner, and image forming apparatus and process cartridge using the toner: A toner is provided including a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the toner has an average shape factor SF-1 of from 130 to 160, and includes toner particles having a shape factor SF-1 of from 100 to 115 in an amount of not greater than 2% by number, and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070218381 - Toner, method for producing the toner and image forming apparatus: It is an object to provide toner excellent in charge stability, fixing property at low temperature, durability, microdot reproducibility and cleaning ability. An excellent image forming apparatus using the toner is provided. Said toner has at least a plurality of resins, a colorant and a layered inorganic material in which... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070218389 - Toner, developing device, image forming apparatus, and image forming method using the toner: A toner is provided including a colorant; a binder resin (A) which is a polyester resin having no tetrahydrofuran insoluble component, and having a molecular weight distribution such that components having a molecular weight of not greater than 500 are included in an amount of not greater than 4% by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070218386 - Process, toner, process cartridge and apparatus for developing a toner image: A process includes developing toner images on a photoconductor, transferring to an intermediate transfer belt and a transferring-and-fixing roller. The toner images are transferred to and fixed to a paper simultaneously while the paper moves between the transferring-and-fixing roller and a pressure roller which is pressed against the transferring-and-fixing roller.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070218388 - Non-magnetic toner, image forming apparatus and process cartridge: The present invention aims at providing non-magnetic toner which is excellent in fixing property and charge property and capable of inhibiting occurrence of scumming, as well as an image forming apparatus and a process cartridge using the non-magnetic toner. A non-magnetic toner comprising: a toner base particle which comprises a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070218387 - Toner as well as developer and image forming method using the same: A toner which combines excellent cleaning ability, image quality and durability, as well as a developer and an image forming method using the toner are provided. A toner comprising a toner base particle which comprises at least a binding resin and a colorant, and an external additive, wherein an external... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070218390 - Toner for developing electrostatic images, production method thereof; developer, image forming method, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge: The present invention provides a toner which is obtained by dissolving and/or dispersing in an organic solvent a toner material that includes at least a functional group-containing modified polyester resin capable of undergoing an elongation reaction and/or a crosslinking reaction with an active hydrogen group-containing compound, a vinyl resin, a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070218391 - Toner: A toner containing a toner particle manufactured by dispersing an organic solvent in which a component comprising a polymer having a portion reactive with an active hydrogen group is dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium; and reacting the polymer with a compound having at least one active hydrogen group,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070218392 - Toner, developer, toner container, process cartridge, image forming apparatus, and image forming method: A toner containing a colorant, and a binder resin, wherein the toner is prepared by dissolving or dispersing a colorant, a precursor of the binder resin having a site capable of reacting with an active hydrogen group-containing compound, the active hydrogen group-containing compound, in an organic solvent, to prepare a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070218393 - Toner for developing electrostatic image, and developer, toner container, image forming apparatus and process cartridge using the toner: A toner including a core including at least a colorant, a release agent and a first binder resin; and a shell located overlying the core and including at least a second binder resin, wherein the first binder resin includes a polyester resin including a unit obtained from a diol selected... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070218394 - Carrier, image formation method and image forming apparatus: A carrier contained in a two component developer used for an image formation method of forming a color image by sequentially transferring multiple color toner images, wherein the carrier resistance R1 of a carrier in a developer, with which a toner image is transferred first, is adjusted to be less... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070218395 - Toner compositions: A process for the preparation of color toners whereby the triboelectric charging of the various colors is optimized to permit blending of the colors to form custom colors.... Agent: Cater. Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20070218396 - Image forming method and image forming apparatus: An image forming method including forming an image of a toner on a receiving material; and fixing the toner image on the receiving upon application of heat and pressure thereto, wherein the weight average particle diameter (D4) of the toner is from 2.0 to 4.5 μm, the pressure (P) is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070218397 - Production process of polymerized toner: A production process of a polymerized toner, in which a corrosion-resistant metal container, the surface roughness Ry of an inner wall of which is at most 3 μm, is used as a polymerization container, and when an aqueous liquid dispersion is heated in the polymerization container to conduct polymerization, the... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070218398 - Photosensitive silane coupling agent, method of modifying surface, method of forming pattern, and method of fabricating device: Provided are a photosensitive silane coupling agent for forming a low-defect microparticle pattern, dot array pattern, or hole array pattern through fewer steps, and a method of forming a pattern using such photosensitive silane coupling agent. Used is a photosensitive silane coupling agent comprising a 1,2-naphthoquinone-2-diazido-5-sulfonyl group or a 1,2-naphthoquinone-2-diazido-4-sulfonyl.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070218399 - Resist pattern forming method and composite rinse agent: A method of producing a high-quality product without damaging the physical properties of a pattern to be formed by a rinsing process based on a principle totally different from that for a conventional pattern collapse preventing method. A method for forming a resist pattern by subjecting a photo-resist layer provided... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070218402 - Fluorine-containing silicon compounds, silicone resins, resist compositions, and patterning process: wherein X1, X2, and X3 each are hydrogen, hydroxyl, halogen, a straight, branched or cyclic alkoxy group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a monovalent organic group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms having a straight, branched, cyclic or polycyclic skeleton, Y is a divalent organic group, R1 and... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070218404 - Infrared-sensitive lithographic printing plate: An infrared-sensitive lithographic printing plate is provided that includes a support, a recording layer on one side of the support, the recording layer being capable of forming an image by irradiation with infrared rays, and a backcoat layer on the side of the support opposite to the side having the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070218400 - Photosensitive resin composition, pattern forming method and electronic parts using the photosensitive resin composition: wherein R1 is a trivalent or tetravalent organic group, R2 is a bivalent organic group, R is a monovalent organic group having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond or a group represented by O−M+ (M+ represents a hydrogen ion or a cation composed of hydrogen and a compound having the carbon-carbon... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20070218405 - Positive resist composition and pattern formation method using the positive resist composition: A positive resist composition comprising: a resin which increases solubility in an alkali developing solution by an action of an acid and comprises a repeating unit containing a lactone structure and a cyano group, a repeating unit containing a first group selected from groups represented by the formulae (pI) to... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070218406 - Positive resist composition and pattern forming method using the same: wherein AR represents an aryl group; Rn represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group; and A represents an atom or group selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group and an alkyloxycarbonyl group, and a pattern... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070218407 - Positive resist composition and pattern forming method using the same: wherein AR represents a benzene ring or a naphthalene ring; R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group; Z represents a linking group for forming a ring together with AR; and A represents an atom or group selected from the group consisting of... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070218403 - (meth)acrylate derivative, polymer and photoresist composition having lactone structure, and method for forming pattern by using it: e

20070218401 - Chemically amplified positive resist composition: The present invention provides a chemically amplified resist composition comprising: a resin (A) which contains no fluorine atom and a structural unit (a1) having an acid-labile group, a resin (B) which contains a structural unit (b2) having a fluorine-containing group and at least one structural unit selected from a structural... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070218408 - Antipyrine based azo metal complex dyes and their use in optical layers for optical data recording: The present invention relates to antipyrine based azo metal complex dyes and their use in optical layers for optical data recording, preferably for optical data recording using a laser with a wavelength up to 450 nm. The invention further relates to a write only read many (WORM) type optical data... Agent: Clariant Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070218409 - Flexographic printing plate assembly: A printing plate assembly for use in flexographic printing application is provided which includes an integral carrier layer, one or more cushion layers, and one or more photopolymer layers. The photopolymer layer(s) in the integral assembly are provided with relief images using digital imaging photopolymerization, which eliminates the need for... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20070218411 - Display apparatus: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including: a rectangular thin plate form display device with a surface on one side in the thickness direction thereof as a display surface configured to display an image and with a surface on the other side as a back surface; rigid substrates each connected... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070218410 - Method for forming a material layer: A method for forming a material layer with an anti-reflective layer as the top surface. The method comprises steps of providing a material layer and performing an ion implantation process to change a plurality of physical properties of a portion of the material layer near a top surface of the... Agent: J. C. Patents, Inc.

20070218412 - Rinse solution for lithography: A novel rinse solution for lithography to be used for suppressing contraction of a pattern and a method for forming a resist pattern using the rinse solution are provided, by reducing product surface defects of a photoresist pattern and providing the photoresist pattern with resistance to electronic beam irradiation. The... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070212620 - Mask data generation method and mask: In a mask data generation method, when auxiliary patterns are arranged with respect to a device pattern, an arrangement rule for a tip of the device pattern is designed to be different from that for other portions. For portions that are corrected to a large extent by an OPC process,... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070212617 - Photomask and exposure method: A photomask is to be used for exposure of a semiconductor wafer with the dipole illumination light, and includes a main opening, a first assist opening, a second assist opening, a third assist opening and a fourth assist opening. Each of the assist openings is located so that the central... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070212618 - Photomask blank and photomask: A photomask blank is provided comprising an etch stop film which is disposed on a transparent substrate and is resistant to fluorine dry etching and removable by chlorine dry etching, a light-shielding film disposed on the etch stop film and including at least one layer composed of a transition metal/silicon... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070212619 - Photomask blank and photomask making method: A photomask blank comprises a transparent substrate, a light-shielding film deposited on the substrate and comprising a metal or metal compound susceptible to fluorine dry etching, and an etching mask film deposited on the light-shielding film and comprising another metal or metal compound resistant to fluorine dry etching. When the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070212623 - Dye-containing negative working curable composition, color filter and production method thereof: The invention provides a dye-containing negative working curable composition comprising at least a dye, a photopolymerization initiator, a polymerizable monomer, and a colorless compound having a number average molecular weight of 1,000 to 5,000, wherein the ratio of an alkali-soluble resin to the total solid content of the composition is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070212626 - Electrophotographic photoreceptor, and image forming apparatus and process cartridge using the same: An electrophotographic photoreceptor is provided including an electroconductive substrate; a photosensitive layer located overlying the electroconductive substrate; and an outermost layer located overlying the photosensitive layer, wherein the outermost layer is formed by a reaction between a radical polymerizable compound having no charge transport structure including a compound having a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070212625 - Image bearing member and image forming method using thereof, and image forming apparatus and process cartridge: The present invention provides an image bearing member that includes: a photoconductor; and a heating unit which heats the photoconductor, wherein the photoconductor includes: a support; a charge generating layer on the support, a charge transport layer, and a crosslinked charge transport layer in this order, wherein the crosslinked charge... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070212616 - Method of adjusting size of photomask pattern: A method of adjusting the size of a photomask pattern is provided. First, the original coordinate is converted. Then the length and width of the original pattern are converted. Next, the size difference caused by the coordinate conversion is corrected according to the result of the length and width conversion.... Agent: J.c Patents, Inc.

20070212622 - Filters for electronic display devices: (wherein R1 and R2 may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group optionally having substituent(s) and the like, R3 and R4 may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group optionally having substituent(s), an aralkyl group optionally... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070212621 - Method for fabricating color filter substrates: A method for fabricating color filters includes: providing a substrate; forming a dry film having a top layer and a bottom layer on the substrate; performing a patterning process on the dry film to form a patterned dry film having a plurality of banks and openings, wherein each of the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070212624 - Method for determining an edge profile of a volume of a photoresist after a development process: The present invention relates to a method for determining an edge profile of a volume of a photoresist after a development process. At first, the volume of the photoresist is divided into cells. A chemical master equation is set up which reflects the stochastic kinetics of chemical reactions proceeding in... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070212627 - Electrophotographic photoreceptor and method of preparing the photoreceptor, and image forming method, image forming apparatus and process cartridge therefor using the photoreceptor: An electrophotographic photoreceptor formed of an electroconductive substrate and a photosensitive layer located overlying the electroconductive substrate, wherein the photosensitive layer contains units obtained from a tri- or more functional radical polymerizable monomer having no charge transport structure and a radical polymerizable compound having a charge transport structure and the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070212628 - Process for producing toner for electrophotography: The present invention relates to a process for readily producing a toner for electrophotography which contains toner particles having a small particle size and a narrow particle size distribution, and a toner for electrophotography having a small particle size and a narrow particle size distribution which is produced by the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070212629 - Toner and image forming apparatus: Disclosed is a toner for use in an image forming apparatus using an amorphous silicon photoconductor as a latent image carrier, and having a cleaning blade for removing the toner remaining on the photoconductor after a transfer step. The toner has a friction coefficient with the photoconductor in a range... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070212630 - Pulverized toner: To provide a pulverized toner excellent in the releasing ability and cleaning ability, and an image-forming apparatus for one-component developer, and a process cartridge using the pulverized toner. The pulverized toner contains a toner base particle containing at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent, the mass... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070212631 - Toner and method of producing toner:

20070212632 - Toner for developing electrostatic charge image and image forming method:

20070212633 - Method for producing negatively chargeable toner: A method for producing negatively chargeable toner includes adding a plurality of external-additive fine particles to base toner particles in multiple steps with a spherical mixer, the base toner particles being formed by subjecting a mixture containing at least a resin and an organic solvent to phase inverse emulsification in... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070212634 - Image-forming method using heat-sensitive transfer system:  in which, one of Z1 and Z2 represents ═N— and the other represents ═C(R95)—; Z3 and Z4 each independently represents ═N— or ═C(R96)—; R51 to R114 each independently represent a substituent, or a hydrogen atom or a substituent; n8 to n18 each independently represent an integer of 0 to 5,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070212635 - Image-forming method using heat-sensitive transfer system: An image-forming method, containing the steps of: superposing a heat-sensitive transfer sheet on a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet so that the following at least one receptor layer of the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet can be contacted with the following thermal transfer layer of the heat-sensitive transfer sheet; and providing thermal... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070212637 - Image-forming method using heat-sensitive transfer system: in which the heat-sensitive transfer sheet is a sheet containing the thermal transfer layer that contains a colorant and at least one polyester as a binder component of the thermal transfer layer, in which at least one-second by molar ratio of the acid component of said polyester is terephtharic acid,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070212636 - Image-forming method using heat-sensitive transfer system: wherein, X141 represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or NR146; X142 represents a hydroxyl group, a mercapto group, or NHR147; R141 to R154 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; A151 represents a group of atoms necessary to form a hetero ring together with the two carbon atoms;... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070212646 - Compositions and processes for photolithography: Overcoating layer compositions are provided that are applied above a photoresist composition including for immersion lithography processing as well as non-immersion imaging.... Agent: Peter F. Corless Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials LLC

20070212643 - Compound having polymethine-chain structure, image forming material, planographic printing plate precursor, and image forming method using the same, method of making planographic printing plate, and planographic printing method: A compound having, in its molecule, a polymethine chain structure containing a partial structure represented by the following formula (1-1), and an image forming material containing the same. In the formula (1-1), R1, R2, R3, R4, and X each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a monovalent... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070212641 - Lithographic printing plate precursor and method for preparation of lithographic printing plate: A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support and a photosensitive layer, wherein the photosensitive layer comprises a photosensitive resin composition containing (A) a sensitizing dye absorbing light of from 350 to 450 nm, (B) a polymerization initiator, (C) a polymerizable compound and (D) a binder polymer, and (D) the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070212645 - Photo sensitive composition, pattern-forming method using the photosensitive composition and compound for use in the photosensitive composition: wherein Z represents an organic acid group; A represents a divalent linking group; X represents a divalent linking group having a hetero atom; B represents an oxygen atom or —N(Rx)—; Rx represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group; R represents a monovalent organic group substituted with Y, and... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070212644 - Photosensitive recording material, planographic printing plate precursor, and stacks of the same: The present invention provides a photosensitive recording material having a support, and a photosensitive layer and a protective layer formed in this order on or above the support. The photosensitive layer contains a polymerization initiator, a sensitizing agent, and a polymerizable compound. Further, the protective layer contains a water-insoluble and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070212638 - Base soluble polymers for photoresist compositions: Base soluble polymer comprising at least one sulfonyl group where at least one carbon atom at α-position and/or β-position and/or γ-position with respect to the sulfonyl group has a hydroxyl group, where the hydroxyl group is protected or unprotected are described.... Agent: Alan P. Kass Az Electronic Materials Usa Corp.

20070212639 - Color forming composition with enhanced image stability: A radiation image-able coating includes a first phase including a radiation curable polymer matrix and an activator disposed in the radiation curable polymer matrix, a second phase insolubly distributed in the first phase, the second phase including a color-former, and a sensitizing agent distributed in at least one of the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070212640 - Positive photosensitive composition: There is provided a positive photosensitive composition which requires no burning, makes it possible to obtain necessary and sufficient adhesion when it is applied under a humidity of 25 to 60%, is excellent in stability on standing and reproducibility, can be developed at a low alkali intensity, makes it possible... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070212642 - Titanocene based compound, photosensitive composition, photosensitive transfer sheet and pattern forming method: A titanocene compound having a carbonyl group, and a photosensitive composition whose sensitivity has been enhanced by containing this as a photopolymerization initiator, a photosensitive transfer sheet using said photosensitive composition, and a pattern forming method using said photosensitive transfer sheet are provided.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070212647 - Photosensitive original printing plate for relief printing, method for producing relief printing plate, and light-shielding ink for performing the method: Provided are an original printing plate for relief printing that solves both the problems of the prior-art negative film or its alternatives, and problems of mask pattern formation directly on the surface of the photosensitive resin layer by an ink composition, as well as a method for forming an relief... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070212648 - Method and system for enhanced lithographic patterning: A double patterning system and process using a carbon-based hard mask. The double patterning system provides a means to form hard mask features in single hard mask etch step with a feature spacing smaller than a minimum spacing printable in the hard mask based on a single exposure.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070212649 - Method and system for enhanced lithographic patterning: A double patterning system and process using a carbon-based hard mask. The double patterning system provides a means to form hard mask features in single hard mask etch step with a feature spacing smaller than a minimum spacing printable in the hard mask based on a single exposure.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070212651 - Method for forming recess on slider surface: A method for forming recess on slider surface of the invention includes the steps of: coating a sensitizer on the slider; selectively exposing the sensitizer with an exposure intensity of 255-265 mj/cm2 to form an exposure area on the sensitizer; baking the sensitizer for 350-370 seconds; developing the exposure area... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070212650 - Overlay accuracy measurement vernier and method of forming the same: An overlay accuracy measurement vernier and a method of forming the same. According to one embodiment, the method of forming the overlay accuracy measurement vernier includes the steps of forming a first vernier pattern in a predetermined region on a semiconductor substrate; etching the semiconductor substrate using the first vernier... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070212652 - Method and system for enhanced lithographic alignment: A method for alignment mark preservation includes a step of preparing a lower alignment mark structure on a substrate. In one configuration of the invention, the alignment mark structure includes a lower trench. In a further step, a hard mask coating is applied to a substrate that includes the alignment... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070212653 - Method and manufacturing nozzle plate, liquid ejection head and image forming apparatus: The method of manufacturing a nozzle plate includes the steps of: forming a photosensitive film of a negative type photosensitive material on a transparent plate having light transmission characteristics, the photosensitive film being demarcated into an unirradiated region and an irradiated region; and performing exposure of the photosensitive film to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070212654 - Method for lithography for optimizing process conditions: A method of lithography is disclosed, which allows for independent resist process optimization of two or more exposure steps that are performed on a single resist layer. By providing for a separate post-exposure bake after each resist exposure step, pattern resolution for each exposure can be optimized. The method can... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070212655 - Method for applying t-shaped photo-resist pattern to fabricate a wiring pattern with small structural dimensions: A method for applying T-shaped photo-resist pattern to fabricate a wiring pattern with small structural dimensions. According to the hydroxyl of a chemical-magnified photo-resist layer must participate in a reaction to be able to fabricate the desired exposure pattern, the chemical photo-resist layer is used to form on the semiconductor... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070212656 - Photothermographic material: A photothermographic material is disclosed, comprising on at least one side of a support a light-sensitive silver halide, wherein the photothermographic material further comprises a compound represented by formula (1) and a compound represented by formula (2).... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070207390 - Hologram recording material and hologram recording method: A hologram recording material with high sensitivity, high diffraction efficiency, good storability, a small shrinkage ratio, dry processing applicability and a multiple recording performance, which is applicable to high density optical recording media and the like, is provided. The hologram recording material contains the specific acid generator of sensitizing dye.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070207394 - Test pattern and method of evaluating the transfer properties of a test pattern: A test pattern or set of patterns, a method of evaluating the transfer properties of the pattern, and a method of determining a parameter of a transfer process (e.g., imaging process) making use of the test pattern is provided. With the test pattern, the impact of line edge roughness on... Agent: Mayback & Hoffman, P.A.

20070207395 - Electrophotoconductor and image forming apparatus: An organic photoconductive material which is useful as a raw material compound for a variety of functional materials and makes it possible to implement an electrophotoconductor which is excellent in terms of the charge transporting performance, excellent in terms of dissolution in solvents and compatibility with resins, and excellent in... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070207392 - Manufacturing method of photo mask and manufacturing method of semiconductor device: A manufacturing method of a photo mask includes: forming a metal film on a mask substrate; forming a positive resist film on the metal film; forming a negative resist film on the metal film; patterning the positive resist film with a first pattern to form a first resist pattern, the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070207391 - Multiple resist layer phase shift mask (psm) blank and psm formation method: A PSM blank and method for forming a PSM using the PSM blank, the PSM blank including a light transmitting portion; an uppermost anti-reflection portion; a photosensitive layer stack on the anti-reflection portion comprising at least two photosensitive layers; wherein each photosensitive layer has a lower radiant energy exposure sensitivity... Agent: Tung & Associates

20070207393 - Photomask formation method, photomask, and semiconductor device fabrication method: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a photomask formation method including forming, on a photomask, a pattern obtained by coding information including inspection information for inspecting the photomask and an information attribute which identifies a type of the inspection information; reading the inspection information from the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070207396 - Charge generating composition: The present disclosure is directed to charge generating compositions and methods of making the charge generating compositions. The composition may comprise one or more polymers comprising styrene units and allyl alcohol units, and one or more photoconductive particles. Electrophotographic devices employing the compositions, including methods of making the devices, are... Agent: Matthew L. Whipple Min, Hsieh & Hack, LLP

20070207398 - Electrostatic image developing toner: An electrophotographic toner is disclosed. The toner is composed of toner particles comprising colored particles containing a dye which is dispersed in a binder resin, wherein the toner particles satisfies formula of 3≧D2/D1>1, D1 being a volume average particle diameter of the colored particles, and D2 being an average diameter... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070207397 - Toner compositions: A process for the preparation of a combination of color toners is provided wherein the particle size of toner utilized with each color is tailored to optimize pigment loading and mass per unit area on the toner.... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

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20070207401 - Method for producing toner: wherein Tg1 is a glass transition temperature (° C.) of the melt-kneaded product before the heat-treating step; and Tm is the lowest softening point (° C.) of softening points of the two or more kinds of polyesters, and the toner produced by the process. The toner obtained according to the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070207400 - Toner composition and methods: Toner compositions prepared with stable latex emulsions and method for characterizing stable latex emulsions are provided.... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20070207402 - Toner for electrostatic latent image development, production method thereof, and developer for electrostatic latent image development: The invention provides a toner for electrostatic latent image development comprising a first component and a second component which are isolated from each other and capable of forming a color when the first component and the second component are brought into reaction with each other, and a photo-curable composition containing... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070207407 - Light sensitive planographic printing plate material: Disclosed is a light sensitive planographic printing plate material comprising a support and provided thereon, a light sensitive layer containing a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated compound, a polymeric binder, and a sensitizing dye, wherein the sensitizing dye is represented by formula (1),... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070207405 - Method of processing a substrate: The present invention provides a method of processing a substrate, comprising a reflow process for forming a desired pattern by dissolving a resist pattern, whereby occurrence of defectives, such as disconnection, can be prevented, and a pattern having an appropriate uniformity can be formed efficiently on each predetermined area desired... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070207408 - Polymers, positive resist compositions and patterning process: A polymer is composed of recurring units of hydroxyvinylnaphthalene, (meth)acrylic units having a lactone ring fused to a bridged ring, and (meth)acrylic units having acid labile groups. A positive resist composition comprising the polymer as a base resin, when exposed to high-energy radiation and developed, exhibits a high sensitivity, a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070207406 - Anti-reflective coatings using vinyl ether crosslinkers: Novel, developer soluble anti-reflective coating compositions and methods of using those compositions are provided. The compositions comprise a polymer and/or oligomer having acid functional groups and dissolved in a solvent system along with a cross linker, a photoacid generator, and optionally a chromophore. The preferred acid functional group is a... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070207403 - Branching self-assembling photoresist with decomposable backbone: By using a branched long chained chain scission polymer as a photoresist for high resolution extreme ultraviolet (EUV), e-beam or 193 nanometer lithography applications, a relatively higher molecular weight polymer with good mechanical properties may be achieved. In addition, by using chain scission technology, line edge roughness and resolution may... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070207409 - Fluorinated compound, and fluoropolymer, process for its production and resist composition containing it: wherein Q is (CH2)aC(CF3)2OR4 (wherein a is an integer of from 0 to 3, R4 is an alkyl group or a fluorinated alkyl group having at most 20 carbon atoms which may have an etheric oxygen atom, an alkoxycarbonyl group having at most 6 carbon atoms, or CH2R5 (wherein R5... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070207404 - Treatment for reduction of line edge roughness: A method for reducing line edge roughness (LER) in a layer of photoresist is provided. In accordance with the method, a layer of photoresist is applied to a substrate. The layer of photoresist is then patterned and annealed in an atmosphere comprising at least one gas selected from the group... Agent: Fortkort & Houston P.C.

20070207410 - Planar inorganic device: A method for making an inorganic structure including: (a) applying a photoreactive composition to a substrate, wherein the composition includes: a reactive species, a photoinitiator system, and a plurality of substantially inorganic colloidal particles, wherein the particles have an average particle size of less than about 300 nm; (b) photopatterning... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070207411 - Method for preparation of lithographic printing plate and lithographic printing plate precursor: A method for preparing a lithographic printing plate comprising: exposing a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising: a support having a hydrophilic surface; a photosensitive layer containing a phthalocyanine pigment covered with a polymer having a group represented by the formula (I) or (II) as defined herein in its side chain... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070207412 - Method of producing planographic printing plate, and planographic printing plate: The present invention provides a method of producing a planographic printing plate, including ejecting a photo-polymerizable ink composition containing at least one polymerization-initiating substance having a molar extinction coefficient of 1,000 M−1cm−1 or more in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 700 nm on a support, and polymerizing and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070207414 - Ink jet recording head and manufacturing method of the same: A manufacturing method of an ink jet recording head has: forming a liquid flow path mold material of a soluble resin on a substrate on which an energy generating elements is formed, the energy generating element being configured to generate energy for use in discharging ink; forming a coating resin... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070207413 - Photoroesists comprising polymers derived from fluoroalcohol-substituted polycyclic monomers: The present invention relates to novel unsaturated polycyclic compounds containing two fluoroalcohol substitutents. This invention also relates to homopolymers and copolymers derived from such unsaturated polycyclic compounds. The copolymers are useful for photoimaging compositions and, in particular, photoresist compositions (positive-working and/or negative-working) for imaging in the production of semiconductor devices.... Agent: Konrad S Kaeding E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company

20070207415 - Process for producing wiring circuit board: The invention provides a process for producing a wiring circuit board, which comprises the steps of: (A) forming a conductor layer of a predetermined pattern on an insulating layer; (B) forming a photosensitive solder resist layer on the insulating layer and the patterned conductor layer formed on the insulating layer;... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070207416 - Latent image systems, developers, and blockers therefor: A latent image developing system, methods for imaging and developing images, and systems and methods for blocking or erasing latent images. The latent image developing system includes a substrate containing a colorless image deposited thereon. A developer instrument is used to provide a visible image. The developer instrument includes a... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20070207417 - Photothermographic material: The present invention provides a photothermographic material having, on one side of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, and at least one non-photosensitive layer which is disposed on the same side of... Agent: Taiyo Corporation