Stock material or miscellaneous articles inventions 05/07

20070122565 - Polymerizable optically active compound and composition thereof: wherein R1 is hydrogen, chlorine or bromine; R2 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; A1 is 1,4-phenylene, biphenyl-4,4′-diyl, naphthalene-2,6-diyl or pyridine-2,5-diyl, provided that in the 1,4-phenylene arbitrary hydrogen may be replaced by chlorine, bromine or fluorine, and in the biphenyl-4,4′-diyl arbitrary hydrogen may be replaced by chlorine, bromine or fluorine; and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070122567 - Method for preparing dope and method for producing cellulose triacetate film: A dope is prepared by quickly and completely dissolving a polymer in a solvent. The solvent is supplied from a solvent tank to a solution tank. A measuring apparatus measures 15 to 20% by weight of a polymer with respect to the solvent and feeds the polymer to the solution... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070122566 - Liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing the same: A liquid crystal display device having a polymer adhesive layer interposed between a substrate and a pattern or between one pattern and another pattern, and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The polymer adhesive layer is interposed where peeling problems occur. The polymer adhesive layer reduces process errors... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20070122569 - Integration of conductive structures for plastic parts produced by a hot-press method (smc/bmc): A motor-vehicle part made of nonconductive material is provided according to the invention with a substrate comprising a layer of nonconductive material carrying a conductive structure is fixed to the motor-vehicle part by hot-pressing such that the substrate with the conductive structure forms a surface of the part.... Agent: The Firm Of Karl F Ross

20070122568 - Sound absorbing heat shield: The invention relates to an acoustically effective heat shield, particularly for motor vehicles, having at least two metal foils, particularly aluminium foils, each of which has a plurality of knob-like embossed points, at least one of the metal foils being perforated. The perforated metal foil has a plurality of holes... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070122570 - Weatherstrip: A weatherstrip in which the sliding part of a lip in sliding contact with window glass is covered by a sliding member, wherein the sliding member is composed of a weatherstrip composition containing a polymer A group and a polymer B group, 40 to 100 wt % of the total... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070122571 - Binder and coating slip for coating base paper in inkjet paper production: A binder for coating slips is disclosed comprising a first binder component, the first binder component providing the solids content of gelatine in the binder, one or more father binder components which are selected from the group consisting of vinyl alcohol polymers vinyl alcohol copolymers, carbohydrates, and carbohydrate derivatives, the... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070122573 - Atmosphere improving tape for package, package with atmosphere improving tape and method of manufacturing the package, package container with atmosphere improving tape, engaging device , and package with engaging device: The atmosphere improving tape 10 for a package comprising a rectangular atmosphere improving layer 10A in the inner side and a thermoplastic resin layer 10B surrounding the atmosphere improving layer in the outer side. The atmosphere improving layer 10A contains an atmosphere improving material such as an deoxidizing agent. With... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070122572 - Single-sealed multilayer transparent unit: To provide a single-sealed multi-layer transparent unit, particularly a double-glazing unit, excellent in shape retention and water vapor permeation resistance. In a single-sealed multi-layer transparent unit, particularly a double-glazing unit, wherein only an elastomer spacer is used, said elastomer spacer contains, as the matrix component, at least one butyl elastomer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070122574 - Storage element for tools: This disclosure pertains to a storage element, and more particularly, to a storage element that stores and retains work elements in a high-density configuration. This disclosure also pertains to work elements, and more particularly, to a double-ended work element that is compatible with tools as are conventional work elements and... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20070122575 - Cushioning product and method and apparatus for making same: The invention relates to a crumpled paper tube for use as a cushion in packing items, and to a method and apparatus for producing the same.... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070122576 - Flexible film packaging having removable strip: Slitters cut through a first layer of film immediately prior to lamination of the first layer to a second layer of film to form a strip therebetween. The degree of bonding between the first and second layers is adjusted so that the strip can be removed without harming the rest... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20070122578 - Multilayered molten resin mass, multilayered preform compression molded from multilayered molten resin mass for blow molding, and multilayered container: It is an object of the invention to obtain a multilayered molten resin mass capable of providing a multilayered compression-molded product in which the layers of the multilayered compression-molded product are distributed uniformly in the circumferential direction with the intermediate resin layer positioned entirely within the inner and outer resin... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070122577 - Polypropylene-base molded article and container: One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a molded article excellent in all of transparency, impact resistance, flexibility and blocking resistance. The present invention provides the polypropylene-base molded article of the present invention is a single-layer or multilayer molded article having a layer comprising a thermoplastic... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070122579 - Fibre-reinforced plastic tube: A fibre-reinforced plastic tube comprises an inner tube, at least one reinforcing layer arranged helically around the inner tube and an outer coating layer on the reinforcing layer, which reinforcing layer comprises an array of fibres extending next to one another as well as a support by means of which... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070122580 - Apparatus and method for tempering glass sheets: A method of tempering a glass sheet heated to a tempering temperature includes cooling the glass sheet at a first heat transfer coefficient at a first quench station and cooling the glass sheet at a second heat transfer coefficient at a second quench station downstream of the first quench station.... Agent: Andrew C. Siminerio Ppg Industries, Inc.

20070122581 - Non-slip device for personal use items and manufacturing process thereof: The invention relates to a non-skid device for objects for personal use. The inventive device comprises an elastomer body (20) have a first face which can be connected to a surface (10) of an object for personal use (1) and a second face which is disposed opposite the first and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070122582 - Method and apparatus for producing a monocomposite for a tire component: A method and apparatus for producing a single layer of two or more elastomeric tire components is provided. The method includes the steps providing two or more elastomeric compositions to a nip of two calender rolls, calendering said elastomeric compositions to form a single layer of elastomeric material. A monocomposite... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20070122583 - Optical recording disc and method for manufacturing optical recording disc: It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical recording disc which can record data constituted by a recording mark train including recording marks and blank regions neighboring recording marks therein and reproduce the data therefrom in a desired manner even in the case where the lengths... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070122584 - Multilayer material: A multilayer material useful for packaging is disclosed, comprising a foam core comprising compressed foamed starch and a facing layer bonded to a surface of the foam core. A method of making the multilayer material is also disclosed, comprising forming a core of foamed starch, compressing the foamed starch core... Agent: Dinesh Agarwal, P.C.

20070122585 - Pile fabric and method for producing the same: A pile fabric composed of a ground structure portion having a knitted or woven structure comprising organic fiber yarns and a cut pile portion comprising polyester-based yarns, characterized in that the height of the cut pile portion is gradually reduced to form inclined portions having inclination angles of 0.5 to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070122586 - Recyclable tufted carpet with improved stability and durability: A recyclable tufted carpet meeting EPA recyclable content standards and having improved dimensional stability that reduces skew, bow, and wrinkles during manufacture and installation is formed by combining prior art primary and secondary backings into a single, fiber-reinforced primary backing layer. Consolidating either a glass fiber fabric layer, a glass... Agent: Owens Corning

20070122587 - Composite material and base plate: A composite material and a base plate made of this composite material for mounting electrical components and for connecting these components to a cooling device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the composite material includes a matrix material and fibers embedded therein. The fibers have in this case an anisotropic, directionally... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, P.l.l.c.

20070122588 - Glazing unit with transparent filler: A glazing unit has a at least one self-supporting insert of light-transmissive insulation material in the form of honeycomb arrangement of cells sandwiched in a gap between a pair of glass lites. A granular, light-transmissive, thermally insulating filler, such as silica aerogel, substantially fills the cells.... Agent: Marks & Clerk

20070122589 - Workpiece fixing jig and working method making use of the jig: A workpiece fixing sheet comprises: a PET sheet as a base body; and a workpiece fixing agent coated on the PET sheet, for fixing a workpiece when the workpiece fixing agent is fused and coagulated according to a temperature, and a difference between a fusion start temperature and a fusion... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070122590 - Multi-directional and variably expanded sheet material surfaces: Expandable surfaces made from sheet materials with slits distributed on the surface of sheet material where the surfaces expand by application of force along or/and across the surface of sheet material. The unexpanded surfaces are flat sheets, or closed surfaces like cylinders, spheres, tubes, or custom-designed organic shapes marked with... Agent: Haresh Lalvani Apt. 2b

20070122591 - Straight 'n' clear thermoforming plastic: Thermoforming of plastic sheets over a model includes varying the thickness in the area that is stretched over the model so that when it thins it becomes more uniform in thickness. The plastic sheet is fabricated in a substantially uniform thickness but with a preformed a complex profile or 3D... Agent: Douglas J. Hura, Esquire Dentsply International Inc.

20070122592 - Thermoforming plastic type ii: A sheet (10, 20) for use in a model vacuum thermoforming process, wherein the sheet (10, 20) has a thickened area (11) that may be in a preselected three-dimensional form such as arch-shape (12). The thickened area (11) or three-dimensional area (12) is placed over an area of the model... Agent: Dentsply International Inc

20070122593 - Wallboard tape: A wallboard tape including a paper tape having two outer edges. At least one pair of raised beads are adhered to the tape and extend parallel to the outer edges of the tape. The beads may optionally be formed on the tape from a hot melt adhesive and optionally have... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070122595 - Absorbent paper sheet: This invention relates to a sheet comprising at least a first ply P1 and a second ply P2 superimposed on one another and made of absorbent paper, such as tissue paper, each ply having a grammage of between 10 and 40 g/m2, the first ply presenting on its outer side... Agent: Patent Group Ga030-43 Georgia-pacific LLC

20070122594 - Crush-resistant, acoustically effective floor covering for motor vehicles: The invention relates to a crush-resistant acoustically effective floor covering for a motor vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle, comprising a decorative layer (2) and a crush-resistant blow moulded part (3) arranged underneath the decorative layer. In order to ensure an impeccable appearance of such a floor covering and in... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070122596 - Electrophotographic image-receiving sheet, process for manufacturing the same and process for image formation using the same: The present invention aims to provide an electrophotographic image-receiving sheet which can be more easily and efficiently manufactured and shows excellent image quality and glossiness, to provide a process for manufacturing the electrophotographic image-receiving sheet, and to provide a process for image formation using the electrophotographic image-receiving sheet. An electrophotographic... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070122597 - Bond pad for low k dielectric materials and method for manufacture for semiconductor devices: A semiconductor device, which has an improved contact structure. The device has a semiconductor substrate, e.g., silicon wafer. The device has a plurality of gate structures (e.g., MOS gate structures) formed on a portion of the semiconductor substrate. The device also has a gate dielectric layer and isolation structures, e.g.,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070122598 - Durable transparent coatings for aircraft passenger windows: A duplex coating scheme and associated method of formation, which includes a siloxane based soft coating and a plasma based SiOxCy hard coating used in combination to improve the durability of acrylic substrates used in aircraft window applications.... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20070122599 - Food storage wrap: A food wrap has a flexible carrier sheet and a prep panel structure connected to the carrier sheet. The prep panel structure is made from a material that is less flexible than the carrier sheet and has two prep sections. A closure feature is incorporated as a part of the... Agent: Lempia Forman LLC

20070122600 - Low-temperature shrinkable film: An object of the present invention is to provide a shrinkable film excellent in dimensional stability at a temperature of 60° C. and having good shrink properties in a temperature of 100° C. and 120° C. A low-temperature shrinkable film includes a film composed of at least one layer including... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070122601 - Steel composition, articles prepared there from, and uses thereof: An article as disclosed herein comprises a steel comprising carbon in an amount greater than 0.18 weight percent and less than or equal to 0.23 weight percent by ladle analysis, wherein a test article consisting of the steel has a low temperature Charpy V-notch toughness of greater than or equal... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070122602 - Fibre reinforced film and method for the manufacturing thereof: Fibre reinforced film, characterised in that it is composed of a basalt fibre layer (2) which is provided on at least one side with a layer of thermoplastic material (3).... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070122603 - Nonwoven fibrous mats and methods: A water proof membrane containing high strength fibers bonded together with one or more urethanes is disclosed along with the methods of making including wet or dry laying the high strength fibers to form a web, applying an aqueous urethane medium to the web and drying the web and super... Agent: Johns Manville

20070122604 - Gypsum board and process of manufacture: A gypsum board includes a set gypsum core and front and rear paper facers adhered thereto. At least the front paper facer has substantially isotropic tensile strength, thereby providing the gypsum board with enhanced nail pull resistance. A process for manufacturing such gypsum board is further provided.... Agent: Johns Manville

20070122605 - Apparatus and method of manufacturing reduced gauge tire ply: A method and apparati are provided for making a reinforced ply having a reduced gauge thickness and reduced cord spacing. The reduced gauge, reduced epi ply may be formed using a calendering system or a cross feed extruder system. The cords may be flush with the outer rubber surface or... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20070122608 - Anti-microbial carpet underlay and method of making: A method for making antimicrobial rebonded carpet pad includes mixing zinc pyrithione with a polyol to form an antimicrobial polyol mixture concentrate, blending the antimicrobial polyol mixture concentrate with a binder stream, mixing the binder with foam particles and curing the binder. The percentage of zinc pyrithione mixed with the... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070122606 - Method for producing gas turbine components and component for a gas turbine: A method for producing gas turbine components, in particular blades, blade sections or rotors with integral blades for a jet engine is provided. The method comprises at least the following steps: preparation of at least one metallic powder and at least one expanding agent; mixing of the metallic powder or... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070122609 - Porous coatings on adsorbent materials: An adsorbent material, and method for making same, is disclosed wherein an application is made on the adsorbent material of a polymer coating with surface porosity. The product adsorbent material retains it adsorptive properties, while the coating provides advantages such as reduced dusting. For particulate or pellet forms of adsorbents,... Agent: Meadwestvaco Corporation

20070122607 - Ultrathin flexible sheet and method for manufacturing same: The invention provides an ultrathin high-strength flexible sheet that has exceptional appearance, surface smoothness, and feel; and that presents no risk of rubber residues forming even in the case of degradation. An ultrathin flexible sheet is formed from an elastomer composite in which the pores of a porous film (e.g.,... Agent: W.l. Gore & Associates, Inc.

20070122610 - Composite structure body and method and apparatus for manufacturing thereof: A composite structure body obtained through a plurality of processes including forming composite fine particles by way of a process in which a surface of the fine particles of a brittle material is coated with another brittle material; then by bombarding the composite fine particles against a surface of a... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070122611 - Sheet paper for irregular reflection and method of fabricating the same: Disclosed herein is a sheet paper for irregular reflection. The sheet paper comprises, from the top thereof, a coating layer on which a hemispherical embossing is repeatedly formed at the one side of the sheet paper, a colored transparent paint film layer formed at the bottom surface of the coating... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070122612 - Paint swatch: Embodiments of the present invention include but are not limited to methods and apparatus for sampling paint and related products. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a repositionable swatch may be employed to facilitate a user in evaluating a paint sample on one or more target locations.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070122613 - Isotactic propylene copolymer fibers, their preparation and use: Fibers comprising a propylene homopolymer or a copolymer of propylene and at least one of ethylene and one or more unsaturated comonomers exhibit desirable properties. The homopolymers are characterized as having 13C NMR peaks corresponding to a regio-error at about 14.6 and about 15.7 ppm, the peaks of about equal... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.c.

20070122614 - Surface modified bi-component polymeric fiber: The present invention provides a bicomponent fiber having increased surface roughness. The fiber includes a first polymer and a composite, wherein the composite forms a layer which forms at least a portion of the fiber's surface. The composite is formed by a second polymer and a filler, where an average... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070122618 - Drawn gel-spun polyethylene yarns: Drawn multi-filament polyethylene yarns and articles thereof having unique signatures in dynamic mechanical analysis reflective of unique microstructures, and having superior ballistic resistant properties.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070122615 - Molded composite article, process for producing the same, and a joinable resin: In a molded composite article, a resin member comprising a non-urethane-series thermoplastic resin and a resin member comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane-series resin are directly joined with each other; and the non-urethane-series thermoplastic resin is a non-urethane-series thermoplastic resin (Ib) or (IIb), and the non-urethane-series thermoplastic resin and the thermoplastic polyurethane-series... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070122616 - Panel containing bamboo and cedar: Disclosed is a strand composite board comprising: lignocellulosic strands containing about 25 wt % to about 75 wt % bamboo strands, about 25 wt % to about 75 wt % cedar strands, and an isocyante binder resin.... Agent: Carlos Nieves, Esq. J. M. Huber Corporation

20070122617 - Sized glass fibres, sizing composition and composites comprising said fibres: The subject of the invention is glass strands coated with an essentially aqueous sizing composition which comprises the combination of at least one polyurethane A and at least one polyester B in an A/B weight ratio of less than or equal to 3, wherein the glass strands obtained are used... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070122620 - Nanoparticle-based imaging agents for x-ray / computed tomography and methods for making same: The present invention is generally directed to core/shell nanoparticles, wherein such core/shell nanoparticles comprise a nanoparticle core and a nanoshell disposed about the nanoparticle core such that, in the aggregate, they form a core/shell nanoparticle that is operable for use as an imaging agent in X-ray/computed tomography (CT). Typically, such... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070122619 - Pollutant emission control sorbents and methods of manufacture: Sorbents for removal of mercury and other pollutants from gas streams, such as a flue gas stream from coal-fired utility plants, and methods for their manufacture and use are disclosed. The methods include mixing fly ash particles with a sulfide salt and a metal salt to form a metal sulfide... Agent: Chief Patent Counsel Engelhard Corporation

20070122622 - Electronic module with thermal dissipating surface: An electronic module comprises: a thermal energy generating component; and a thermal dissipating surface comprising a thermal conductive substantially monolayer or single wall nanotube thermal conductive film in thermal conductive contact with the component.... Agent: Philip D Freedman PC Philip D Freedman

20070122621 - Method of producing a layer arrangement, method of producing an electrical component, layer arrangement, and electrical component: In a method of producing a layer arrangement, a substantially carbon-comprising, electrically conductive carbon layer is formed. A protective layer is formed on the carbon layer. An electrically insulating layer is formed on the protective layer, the protective layer protecting the carbon layer from damage during the formation of the... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20070122623 - Localized injection overmolding and articles produced thereby: A process for the manufacture of a multi-material piece, or element of a piece, notably of thermoplastic material, by localized injection overmolding. The first involves injecting a first plastic material into the volume of a first impression of a completely closed mold. Thereafter, the mold is partially opened to form... Agent: Visteon

20070122624 - Multilayered film made of (meth)acrylate copolymer and polycarbonate: The invention relates to a multilayered film comprising at least one upper layer a), a middle layer b) made of (meth)acrylate copolymer, and a supporting layer c) made of polycarbonate. Upper layer a) contains a light-stability agent and is made of a (meth)acrylate copolymer that, together with the polycarbonate of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070122626 - Photochromic lens: A cast photochromic lens including a photochromic film and a cast resin, curable by heat or radiation.... Agent: Inskeep Intellectual Property Group, Inc

20070122625 - Tulipalin copolymers: Copolymers including structural units derived from α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone, styrene, methyl methacrylate and, optionally, acrylonitrile, may be used as protective layers in multilayer articles that include UV sensitive substrate materials. The multilayer articles may also include a silicone hardcoat.... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070122627 - Weatherable, thermostable polymers having improved flow composition: A copolymer composition comprises an arylate polyester unit, an aromatic carbonate unit, and a soft-block moiety, wherein individual occurrences of the soft block moiety are linked by a spacer unit comprising one or more of the arylate polyester units, one or more of the aromatic carbonate units, or a combination... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Ge Plastics - Smith

20070122628 - Expandable sealant for fasteners: An expandable sealant is provided for a fastener including a threaded defining surface. The fastener includes the expandable sealant as a coating adhered to at least a portion of the thread-defining surface to lock the fastener in place and to expand to fill space between the thread-defining surface of the... Agent: Bliss Mcglynn, P.C.

20070122630 - Co-extrusion or tandem extrusion of surface protection films: A surface protection film for protecting an exposed surfaces from harsh environments weathering may comprise co-extruding a first resin of a polyurethane and a second resin (for example, polyester or polypropylene) through an AB feed block onto a carrier (for example, polyester, polypropylene, or polyethylene). The carrier will protect the... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070122629 - Polymer interlayers comprising ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer: The present invention is in the field of polymer interlayers used in multiple layer glass panels, and specifically the present invention is in the field of polymer interlayers comprising a polymer sheet comprising an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.... Agent: Brenc Law Andrew Brenc

20070122631 - Flexible substrate and coating liquid: A flexible substrate 10 of the present invention is formed of a stacked body which is constituted of an inorganic glass layer 110 and polymer layers 120A, 120B, wherein the polymer layers 120A, 120B are formed of a polymer layer which contains polyorganosilsesquioxane as a main component thereof. Due to... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070122632 - Coating which is applied to substrate, a solar cell, and method for applying the coating to the substrate: The invention relates to a coating which has been applied to a substrate, comprising at least a first film and a second film which have been applied on top of each other and each comprise a transparent conducting oxide and an electron donor, wherein the second film comprises relatively at... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070122633 - Thermoplastic resin compositions suitable for use in laminated safety glass: The present invention is a polymeric resin composition having improved toughness, suitable for use in transparent glazing, comprising an at least partially neutralized ethylene acid copolymer metal carboxylate resin, wherein the metal carboxylate consists essentially of zinc metal counter-ions.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070122635 - Bonding structure with buffer layer and method of forming the same: A bonding structure with a buffer layer, and a method of forming the same are provided. The bonding structure comprises a first substrate with metal pads thereon, a protection layer covered on the surface of the substrate, a first adhesive metal layer formed on the metal pads, a buffer layer... Agent: Supreme Patent Services

20070122634 - Thermoplastic resin compositions suitable for use in laminated safety glass: A substrate for a semiconductor device is disclosed including, in one embodiment, a plurality of semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) wafers bonded to one another in a single stack. A distal end of the stack includes a first SOI region with a first semiconductor layer having a thickness and a first surface orientation.... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070122636 - Process for the production of organosilsesquioxanes: 1. partially hydrolysing hydrolysable inorganic monomer precursors comprising at least 50 moles % of first hydrolysable inorganic monomer precursors having the formula RSiY3, in which R is an organic group, the R—Si bond is a non-hydrolysable bond, each Y group is the same as or different to one another and... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070122637 - Aromatic liquid-crystalline polyester film and metal laminated article:

20070122638 - Method for the production of a metallic substrate having a biocompatible surface and substrate produced using same: The invention relates to a method for the production of a metallic substrate having a biocompatible surface and to the substrate that is produced by means of said method. The method comprises treatment of a metal, i.e., Ti, Ti alloys with Al, V, Ta, Nb, Ni, Fe, Mo or mixtures... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20070122639 - Thermal spray compositions for abradable seals: A thermal spray composition and method of deposition for abradable seals for use in gas turbine engines, turbochargers and steam turbines. The thermal spray composition includes a solid lubricant and a ceramic preferably comprising 5 to 60 wt % total of the composition in a ratio of 1:7 to 20:1... Agent: Arne I. Fors Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20070122640 - Impact strength improvement of regrind: Regrind is mixed with at least one low density metallocene polyethylene to increase the amount of regrind that can be used in a thermoformed article.... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20070122641 - High efficiency optical devices: Optical devices according to the present invention include a multilayer optical film in which at least one of the layers comprises an oriented birefringent polymer. The multilayer optical film exhibits low absorptivity and can reflect light approaching at shallow angles as well as normal to the film.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070122642 - Heat resistant sheet: The object of the present invention is to provide a sheet having an excellent heat resistance. The heat resistant sheet of the present invention is prepared by forming a phenolic resin film(s) on one or both sides of a thermoplastic resin sheet. The phenolic resin film(s) can be formed by... Agent: Donald S Dowden Cooper & Dunham

20070122643 - Covered and edged lumber product: A veneer covered and edged wood product having a core made of cheap, common grade wood or other materials which has a generally rectangular cross section. The core can be formed to incorporate desired features such as stability and straightness and can be treated to obtain flame resistant and moisture... Agent: Charles Y. Lackey

20070122644 - System and method for the preservative treatment of engineered wood products: Methods of making a wood enhancement agent treated engineered wood product. The wood enhancement agent includes at least one of a preservative, a water repellant, a fungicide, an insecticide, a stabilizing agent, wax, an ultra-violet light inhibitor, and combinations thereof, and may also include an antioxidant. The wood enhancement agent... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070122645 - Coated metal plate with excellent corrosion resistance and reduced environmental impact: The present invention provides a chromate-free coated metal sheet excellent in corrosion resistance and coating material adhesion and having little affect on environment. The precoated metal sheet of the invention is a coated metal sheet comprising a metal sheet having on at least one surface thereof a film mainly comprising... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070122646 - Solder composition and soldering structure: A solder composition for reacting with aluminum is provided. The main alloying components in the solder includes tin (Sn), zinc (Zn) and chromium (Cr) with 0.01 wt % to 20 wt % zinc and 0.01 wt % to 20 wt % chromium.... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070122647 - Duplex gas phase coating: Method of forming different diffusion aluminide coatings on different surface regions of the same superalloy substrate involves positioning the substrate in a coating chamber having a aluminum-bearing coating gas flowing therein with a first substrate surface region enclosed in a masking enclosure having one or more coating gas entrance apertures... Agent: Mr. Edward J. Timmer

20070122648 - Multi-layered brazing sheet: A multi-layered brazing sheet with improved long life corrosion resistance achieved by balancing the Zn, Cu, Mn, Si and Mg content of the core and interliner alloy. The brazing sheet has a core of a 3xxx alloy, an inner braze cladding of a 4xxx alloy, and between core and inner... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070122649 - Thin film transistor substrate for display: A conductive structure containing copper is capable of being etched to have a reliable profile where the copper layer is free of corrosion or oxidation includes a barrier layer formed on an insulating or semiconductor substrate followed by a copper layer, a blocking layer and a capping layer. The copper... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070122650 - Steel for exhaust gas processing equipment and exhaust gas duct excellent in wear resistance or wear resistance and gas cutting property: A steel for exhaust gas processing equipment excellent in wear resistance containing, by mass%, C: 0.001 to 0.2%, Cu: 0.1 to 1%, Ni: 0.01 to 0.5%, Cr: 4.0 to 9.0%, and Sb: 0.01 to 0.2% and containing one or both of Mo: 0.005 to 0.5% and W: 0.005 to 0.5%... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070122652 - Compound and organic electroluminescent device using same: s

20070122654 - Dopant material and organic electroluminescent device using said dopant material:

20070122657 - Electroluminescent device containing a phenanthroline derivative: An OLED device comprises a cathode, an anode, and a light-emitting layer therebetween, and additionally comprises a layer between the cathode and the light-emitting layer including a phenanthroline compound comprising no more than two optionally substituted phenanthroline moieties wherein one and only one group substituted on a phenanthroline nucleus includes... Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff

20070122656 - Electroluminescent device containing an anthracene derivative: An OLED device comprises a cathode, an anode, and a light-emitting layer therebetween, and additionally comprises a layer between the cathode and the light-emitting layer including a compound comprising one and only one anthracene nucleus bearing no more than two phenanthroline-containing substituents wherein said anthracene nucleus is substituted in the... Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff

20070122655 - Electroluminescent device with quinazoline complex emitter: An OLED device comprises a cathode, an anode, and located therebetween a light-emitting layer containing a host material and a tris-CˆN-cyclometallated complex of Ir or Rh wherein at least one of the ligands comprises a substituted quinazoline moiety. The device provides useful emission and stability attributes.... Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff

20070122651 - Organic electroluminescent device: The organic electroluminescent device of the present invention has at least one organic compound layer containing a light-emitting layer between an anode and a cathode. The organic compound layer contains a fluorescent light-emitting compound emitting fluorescence at a time that voltage is applied and an amplifying agent. A phosphorescent light-emitting... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070122653 - Phosphorescent electroluminescent element: The present invention describes electroluminescent elements comprising cathode and anode and at least one emission layer, where this comprises at least one matrix material A comprising certain elements and at least one emitter layer B which emits light from the triplet state.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20070122658 - Mischmetal oxide tbc: The present invention is a turbine engine component comprising a superalloy substrate, a bond coat overlying the substrate having a thickness in the range of about 0.0005 inch to about 0.005 inch, a thin alumina scale overlying the bond coat, and a thermal barrier coating (TBC) overlying the thin alumina... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070122660 - Magnetic recording media with manganese-containing underlayer: A thin film magnetic recording medium with enhanced signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) comprises a non-magnetic substrate having a surface; and a layer stack atop the substrate surface, comprising at least one magnetic recording layer and a plurality of layers beneath the at least one magnetic recording layer, including: a first underlayer... Agent: Seagate Technology LLC C/o Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070122659 - Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording and reproducing device: A magnetic recording medium includes an orientation adjusting layer, a nonmagnetic under layer, a nonmagnetic intermediate layer, a magnetic layer and a protective layer sequentially stacked on a nonmagnetic substrate provided on a first surface thereof with a texture streak and used for a magnetic disc. The nonmagnetic under layer... Agent: Sughrue Mion

20070116897 - Liquid crystal display apparatus: A liquid crystal display apparatus, which has a color filter, is characterized in that the color filter is doped with a spectrum absorbing material. The spectrum absorbing material at least has an absorbing peak between 560nm and 590nm.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070116896 - Method for manufacturing front scattering film having no wavelength dependency: Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing a front scattering film that provides uniform scattering characteristics for lights emitted from light sources having different wavelengths. The front scattering film is used for backlight units, includes an optically transparent binder having a plurality of spherical dielectric particles dispersed therein, receives lights... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070116895 - N,n'-dicycloalkyl-substituted naphthalene-based tetracarboxylic diimide compounds as n-type semiconductor materials for thin film transistors: A thin film transistor comprises a layer of organic semiconductor material comprising a tetracarboxylic diimide naphthalene-based compound having, attached to each of the imide nitrogen atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alicyclic ring system, optionally substituted with electron donating groups. Such transistors can further comprise spaced apart first and second contact... Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff

20070116898 - Polarizing plate and liquid crystal display employing the same: t

20070116899 - Liquid crystal display:

20070116900 - Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a pixel electrode on the first substrate; a common electrodes on the second substrate; a first alignment layer on the pixel electrode; a second alignment layer on the common electrode; a liquid crystal layer... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070116901 - Method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device: An object is to uniformly align liquid crystal molecules without requiring a step of forming an alignment film. A material for forming a self-assembled monolayer is dispersed in a liquid crystal material, and the mixture is interposed between a pair of substrates by a liquid crystal injection method or a... Agent: Eric Robinson

20070116902 - Optical film, anti-reflection film, polarizing plate and image display device: An optical film, which comprises: a transparent support; and a light-diffusing layer containing: at least one kind of resin particles having a particle size of from 0.5 μm to 5 μm; and a binder matrix, wherein the resin particles having a compressive strength of from 2 to 10 kgf/mm2; an... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070116903 - Decorative paint film laminate: A decorative paint film laminate having high gloss and distinctness of image after processing for providing a decorative finish for a part, the decorative paint film laminate comprises a paint film having an inner surface and an outer surface, a backing sheet applied to the inner surface of the paint... Agent: Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, LLP

20070116904 - Microporous inkjet recording material: An ink receiving substrate includes a base substrate, and a microporous coating formed on the base substrate, wherein the microporous coating includes a high surface area fumed alumina and a high molecular weight polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) binder.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070116905 - Thermal transfer image receiving sheet and method: A thermal transfer image-receiving polymeric sheet capable of recording thereon thermally transferred dye or ink images in a clear and sharp form. The image-receiving layer comprises at least one water dispersible aliphatic polyether-polyurethane resin and at least one water dispersible aliphatic polyester-polyurethane resin or a silica dispersion or an anionic... Agent: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP (avery)

20070116906 - Joint construction in a laminate of metal and plastic layer: A joint construction in a laminate of, alternately, at least two metal layers and at least one plastic layer accommodated between them comprises metal layers which each have at least two sections. The two sections of at least one outer metal layer overlap one another and are fixed to one... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070116907 - Insulated glass unit possessing room temperature-cured siloxane sealant composition of reduced gas permeability: The invention relates to an insulated glass unit having an increased service life. Wherein an outer glass pane and inner glass pane are sealed to a spacer to provide an improved gas impermeable space.... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070116908 - Honeycomb structure, porous body, pore forming material for the porous body, and methods for manufacturing the pore forming material, the porous body and the honeycomb structure: A pore forming material for a porous body includes organic polymer particles and inorganic particles.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070116909 - Polylactic acid shrink films and methods of casting same: A heat-shrinkable polylactic acid (PLA) film and a method of its manufacture are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the PLA films exhibit heat-induced shrinkage in the transverse direction with little to no concomitant shrinkage in the machine direction. The films may comprise any grade of PLA polymer, optionally including additives,... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070116910 - Multilayer laminated structures: A multilayer laminated structure suitable for use in flexible laminate packaging such as retort pouches contains a sealable layer and an imaging layer. The imaging layer is capable of recording a latent image (by image-wise exposure to actinic radiation, for example) that can be activated to form an image (for... Agent: Henkel Corporation

20070116911 - Hot seal resins: A film having a seal strength of at least 100 grams force/inch and a seal initiation temperature of less than about 100 ° C. A polymeric composition comprising a metallocene catalyzed random ethylene-propylene copolymer and a propylene/alpha olefin copolymer or ethylene/alpha olefin copolymer. An article comprised of a film having... Agent: Fina Technology Inc

20070116912 - Resin composition for a liquid container and a liquid container composed thereof: The present invention provides a resin composition for a liquid container that is good in a gas barrier property, transparency, and water and/or repellency. The resin composition of the present invention comprises: (a) 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin resin; (b) 3 to 40 parts by weight of at... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070116913 - Glass substrate and a manufacturing method thereof: A method for manufacturing a glass substrate by fusion process comprising the following steps; flowing fused glass into a fusion pipe, and gradually cooling and solidifying the fused glass by flowing downward from the fusion pipe, wherein forming an asperity on a surface of the glass substrate by fastening and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070116914 - Easily peelable laminated film: An easily peelable laminated film includes a laminate of a peelable surface layer (B) having a peeling strength of 5 to 100 g/cm with a base layer (A) containing a thermoplastic resin. The laminated film of the invention provides an easily peelable laminated film excellent in water resistance as a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070116915 - Dual scored easy open film: A film having a line of weakness and a method for making a film having a line of weakness are provided. The film has a barrier layer of extruded ethylene vinyl alcohol laminated on one side to a first layer of oriented polypropylene having a score line therein. The barrier... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070116916 - Electromagnetic-shielding light-diffusing sheet: f

20070116918 - Method for inducing a visible light response in a material: A method for inducing a visible light response in a material comprising combining an up-conversion phosphor, which emits visible light wavelengths when stimulated by non-coherent infrared wavelengths, with the material and activating the phosphor with a source that emits non-coherent infrared wavelengths to produce a visible-light response in the material.... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20070116920 - Optical article having a material capable of undergoing a morphological transformation as an anti-theft feature and a system and method for inhibiting theft of same: An optical article configured to transform from a pre-activated state of functionality to an activated state of functionality is provided. The optical article includes an optical data layer for storing data, wherein the data is read from the optical data layer in an activated state of functionality, and a material... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070116919 - Optical recording medium: The present invention relates to an optical recording medium including a substrate and a recording layer having a bi-metal film layer structure formed on a surface of the substrate. The recording layer includes a first metal recording layer of a Ge metal thin film and a second metal recording layer... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070116917 - Super resolution information storage medium and method of preventing the same from deteriorationpreliminary amendment: A information storage medium that reproduces information that is recorded as marks and smaller than a resolution of an incidence beam includes a substrate and a super resolution layer or a thermal absorption layer directly arranged on the substrate without any layer therebetween to reproduce the marks by generating a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070116921 - Process for manufacturing tiles containing decorations constituted by crystallized organic and inorganic elements: The process comprises insertion of an element in tiles by cementing, the element being obtained by sinking organic or inorganic objects into a transparent matrix made using polyester trivalent, acrylic or epoxy resin, and a subsequent hermetic crystallization of the organic or inorganic element in the transparent matrix. The system... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070116922 - Identification card forms: A sheetstock including a base sheet including a cut or perforated shaped area that is separable from the base sheet and a film layer adhered to and confined to a top surface of the shaped area is described. The sheetstock may also include embossments and raised areas or bumps. The... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070116923 - Fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin molding: A fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin molding according to the present invention is reinforced with natural fiber. The natural fiber is linen fiber to be twisted into spun yarns, and the spun yarns are pulled parallel in at least one direction and are molded integrally with a thermoplastic resin. The linen... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070116924 - Elastic strip material and process and apparatus for producing the same: [MEANS FOR ACHIEVING THE OBJECTS] A heat setting composition is used whose main ingredients are a polyurethane prepolymer and a latent solidifier obtained by deactivating a solid polyamine. A compressed gas is dispersed throughout the composition to give a fluid mixture ‘a’, that is then foamed and heated to or... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070116925 - Motor vehicle undercarriage paneling as well as method for manufacturing the same: The invention relates to an undercarriage paneling (10) manufactured by means of injection molding from glass fiber-free polypropylene. To obtain the desired material properties, at least one additive is added, which improves at least the heat stability.... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20070116926 - Tufted laminate web: An absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The topsheet has a first side and a second side, the first side being a body-facing side. The topsheet defines a CD-MD plane and includes a fibrous nonwoven web and tufts,... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070116927 - Decorative laminate and method for producing the same: The invention relates to a decorative laminate with an abrasion-resistant surface coating for laminate floor boards or the like, which is characterized in that the thermoset resin mass that forms the resin impregnation of the decorative web and the abrasion-resistant surface resin layer that is materially integral with it with... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20070116928 - Sheet slitting forming belt for nonwoven products: A forming fabric for use in the production of nonwoven products comprising a plurality of protuberances having a predetermined size and shape, wherein the protuberances are arranged in a pattern that defines a size and shape of nonwoven sheets formed therefrom.... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070116929 - Embossed release paper for synthetic leather production and support therefor, and synthetic leather using the release paper and process for producing the synthetic leather: This invention provides an embossed release paper for synthetic leather production, which has embossability, heat resistance and durability and, at the same time, has excellent separability from a two-pack curing type PU adhesive and can be used in all of synthetic leathers such as PU, PVC, and semisynthetic leathers, and... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070116930 - Surface reforming method and surface reforming apparatus of thermoplastic resin, and molded product: To cause uniform infiltration in a thermoplastic resin surface in a short time using a small amount of a surface reforming material. A surface reforming method of a thermoplastic resin includes a step of opening a movable mold after a thermoplastic resin is molded in a cavity to form a... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20070116931 - Three-in-one decorative plate: A three-in-one decorative plate comprises a faceplate, a bottom plate, and a foamed pad, wherein the bottom plate has several transverse cutting grooves spaced at predetermined intervals along identical directions such that the three-in-one decorative plate is flexible and that no gap is formed between the three-in-one decorative plate and... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070116934 - Antireflective surfaces, methods of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same: Disclosed herein is an antireflective viewing surface comprising a viewing surface; and a textured layer disposed upon the viewing surface; wherein the textured layer comprises a plurality of protrusions that are smaller than the wavelength of light and that are aperiodically distributed across the viewing surface. Disclosed herein too is... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070116933 - Decorating material: There is provided a decorative material comprising at least a substrate, a low-luster pattern ink layer partially formed on the substrate, and a surface protective layer which is present on and contacted with the low-luster pattern ink layer so as to cover a whole surface including both a region where... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070116932 - Device and method of making a device having a flexible layer structure: A device such as a flexible AMLCD is described comprising first (10) and second layers (11), wherein the first layer is a flexible substrate and the second layer is a brittle ITO conduction line applied to the substrate. The ITO layer has a corrugated structure and is in contact with... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070116935 - Formable laminate of any circumference: As a rule, once they have been fixed in the correct position, fractured bones are supported by a plastic of Paris dressing. Such a dressing is messy and takes time to set. The present invention used a formable laminate to create a dressing that can rapidly be placed around an... Agent: Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro

20070116936 - Multi-layer sliding member, and method for forming coating layer of sliding member: The present invention is intended to provide a sliding member which exhibits an excellent anti-seizure property even under starved lubricant conditions. In the present invention, there is provided a sliding member with a structure, in which a coating layer having a sliding surface is adhered to the surface of the... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070116937 - Security element for documents in general and particularly for banknotes, security cards and the like: A security element for documents in general and particularly for banknotes, security cards and the like, comprising a flexible support layer that has a layer of metallic material on at least one face, said metallic layer having a substantially uniform thickness with a tolerance of less than +/−4%, and on... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20070116939 - Fiber-reinforced composite for protective armor, and method for producing the fiber-reinforced composition and protective armor: A fiber-reinforced composite body containing a first zone made of a ceramic matrix, which predominantly contains silicon carbide and, optionally, silicon and/or carbon and/or compounds thereof, and containing a second zone, which is located on a surface of the ceramic matrix zone and formed form a fiber-reinforced C/SiC ceramic. The... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070116940 - Panel containing bamboo: Disclosed is a panel comprising bamboo strands and wood strands.... Agent: Carlos Nieves, Esq. J. M. Huber Corporation

20070116938 - Polymer composite formed article, printed wiring board using the formed article, and methods of producing them: A thermoplastic polymer composite formed article or a thermoplastic polymer composite formed article formed from a thermoplastic polymer or a thermoplastic polymer and a fiber, wherein the fiber is arranged along a first plane and the molecular chains of the thermoplastic polymer or thermoplastic polymer is oriented in the direction... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20070116941 - Pultruded component: A pultruded composite component includes a matrix material comprising a thermosetting polyurethane resin, and fibers provided within the resin matrix. All of the fibers within the resin matrix are oriented in substantially a single direction and the matrix material has an elongation-to-failure that exceeds that of the fibers.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070116942 - Filled composite: A filled thermoplastic resin composite comprising at least one thermoplastic olefin, maleic anhydride, and glass bubbles.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070116943 - Method for making holograms: A durable holographically imaged paper, plastic film or other product is produced by embossing the image into a thermoplastic coating thereon which comprises plastic pigment particles. The plastic pigment particles are preferably hollow but may be solid. The coating preferably also comprises a thermoplastic polymer or copolymer, for example a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070116944 - Microporous polyethylene film having excellent physical properties, productivity, and quality consistency, and method of producing same: Disclosed herein is a microporous polyethylene film for a battery separator and a method of producing the same. The microporous polyethylene film is made from a resin composition. The resin composition comprises 100 parts by weight of a polyethylene composition including 10-50 wt % polyethylene having a weight average molecular... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070116945 - High strength multilayer laminates comprising twisted nematic liquid crystals: Provided are multilayer laminates having one or more layers comprising twisted nematic liquid crystals and one or more layers of a polymeric sheet comprising a polymer with a modulus between 20,000 psi (138 MPa) and 100,000 psi (690 MPa). The twisted nematic liquid crystal layers reflect infrared radiation. Thus, the... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070116946 - Light storage/emitting panels and methods of making same: Light storage and emitting devices are provided having a matrix and light storage and emitting material combined therewith. Methods of making light storage and emitting devices are provided.... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20070116947 - Uv-curing anti-fingerprinting coatings: Process for the production on metal or plastic surfaces of thin, hydrolysis-resistant, scratch-resistant and stain-resistant coatings, wherein the coating material can be applied directly to the cleaned metal surface and subsequently cross-linked by high-energy radiation, in particular UV radiation. The substrates can be coated in the form of strip and... Agent: Henkel Corporation

20070116948 - Adhesive film and method of fabricating flexible display using the same: An adhesive film and a method of fabricating a flexible display using the same are provided. The adhesive film includes: a support including a first surface disposed opposite to a flexible substrate for forming an image display element and a second surface disposed opposite to a support substrate for supporting... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070116949 - Shading decorative sheet: A shading decorative sheet comprises a transparent base layer having a back face and a front face opposing to the back face, which comprises a thermoplastic resin film, a decorative layer provided on said front face of the base layer, which has a gradation pattern at least in one direction,... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070116950 - Electrophoretically deposited hydrophilic coatings for fuel cell diffuser/current collector: A method is provided for making a hydrophilic carbon fiber construction, such as a fuel cell gas diffusion layer or diffuser/current collector, by electrophoretic deposition of a metal oxide selected from Type I or Type II, where Type I consists of metal oxides having a negative zeta potential and Type... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070116951 - High tenacity polyethylene-2, 6-naphthalate fibers: The present invention relates to a high strength polyethylene-2,6-naphthalate fiber produced by a method comprising controlling the stress-strain curve and fine structure of an undrawn yarn such that the drawability of the undrawn yarn in a drawing step is improved. The industrial polyethylene-2,6-naphthalate fiber with high strength according to the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070116952 - Elongated cross section elastic fibers for stable packages: An improved process for winding an elastic fiber onto a core for forming a package and/or warp beam for use in knitting or weaving operations is disclosed. The improvement comprises forming the elastic fiber into a shape having a fiber cross section such that the width of the fiber is... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20070116953 - Monoxially-oriented and annealed films with high cross machine toughness and related process: A monoaxially-oriented polymeric film material formed from an impact copolymer and having increased toughness relative to films that are monoaxially-oriented at conventional temperatures. A process for imparting high cross machine toughness to polymer films comprises forming a film; subjecting the film to monoaxial orientation, drawing the film; tempering the film,... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20070116954 - Particles, aqueous dispersion and film of titanium oxide, and preparation thereof: An aqueous titanium oxide-dispersed sol comprising titanium oxide particles dispersed in water, said sol comprising chloride ions in an amount of 50 to 10,000 ppm by weight as the chlorine element. Titanium tetrachloride is hydrolyzed to form an aqueous titanium oxide-dispersed sol and the chloride ion concentration thereof is controlled.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070116955 - Magnetic nanoparticles and method for producing the same: Magnetic nanoparticles and a method for producing the same are disclosed. A carboxylated polysaccharide with various functions such as chelating and ion exchange is covalently bound on the surfaces of magnetic nanoparticles. The polysaccharide-bound magnetic nanoparticles are highly stable, well dispersed, and have many advantages of high adsorption capacity, fast... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070116957 - Carbon nanotube thermal pads: Thermal pads, including free-standing examples, are provided for dissipating heat from a heat source like a semiconductor die to a heat management aid such as a heat sink. The thermal pads include a sheet of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes and a surface layer. One such surface layer has a thickness... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070116956 - Mold having multilayer diamond-like carbon film: An exemplary mold includes a main body, a doped diamond-like carbon composite film formed on the main body and an undoped diamond-like carbon film formed on the doped diamond-like carbon composite film. The doped diamond-like carbon composite film includes a number of doped diamond-like carbon layers stacked one on another.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070116958 - Conductive endless belt: A conductive endless belt is composed of elastomer polyester with a crystalline melting point at 210° C. or more, or mainly composed of the elastomer polyester, and a thermoplastic polyester-based resin at 49 wt % or less, added a polymer ion conductive agent and a carbon black. The conductive endless... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070116959 - Weatherable multilayer articles: Disclosed are weatherable multilayer articles. In one of its embodiments a multilayer article comprises: a coating layer comprising a block copolyestercarbonate comprising structural units derived from a 1,3-dihydroxybenzene and an aromatic dicarboxylic acid; a second layer comprising a polymer comprising carbonate structural units; and an adhesive tielayer. In one embodiment,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070116961 - Anisotropic conductive adhesive compositions: The invention provides anisotropically conductive adhesive compositions, which comprise a mixture of a multifunctional glycidyl ether epoxy resin, a phenoxy resin, a core-shell polymer, optionally a thermoplastic resin, a thermally activated curing agent, and electrically conductive particles.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070116960 - Aviation coating compositions and the use thereof: The present invention is directed to a coating composition that produces a high quality gloss dried film coating on a substrate that is resistant to aircraft hydraulic fluids. This invention is also directed to a method of producing said coating composition and the use thereof. This invention is further directed... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070116962 - Liquid epoxy resin composition: A liquid epoxy resin composition comprising: (A) a liquid epoxy resin; (B) an amine type curing agent; (C) a sulfur-containing phenol compound in an amount of from 1 to 20 parts by weight per total 100 parts by weight of the components (A) and (B); and (D) an inorganic filler... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070116964 - Adhesive compositions for flexible circuit materials, circuits, multi-layer circuits, and methods of manufacture thereof: An adhesive for a circuit material, comprises a blend of a cure system; and a solid epoxy resin and a nitrile rubber functionalized with epoxy-reactive groups, wherein the solid epoxy resin and the nitrile rubber are reacted to form an adduct prior to blending with the cure system. The adhesive... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070116963 - Highly durable spring and method for coating same: A spring with high durability, which is excellent in corrosion resistance and chipping resistance, is provided. And the coating method for forming such a spring is provided. Dual-layer coating films composed of an undercoat layer and a topcoat layer are formed on a surface of the spring to obtain the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070116965 - Coated substrate with improved solar control properties: A coated substrate is disclosed. The coated substrate includes a substrate; a first dielectric layer overlying the substrate having a total thickness greater than 290 Å; a first infrared-reflective metal layer having a thickness ranging from 100 Å to 130 Å overlying the first dielectric layer; a first primer layer... Agent: Andrew C. Siminerio Ppg Industries, Inc.

20070116966 - Solar cell with antireflective coating with graded layer including mixture of titanium oxide and silicon oxide: There is provided a coated article (e.g., solar cell) that includes an improved anti-reflection (AR) coating. This AR coating functions to reduce reflection of light from a glass substrate, thereby allowing more light within the solar spectrum to pass through the incident glass substrate. In certain example embodiments, the AR... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070116967 - Substrate having thermal management coating for an insulating glass unit: A coated article is provided for use in an IG unit. The article includes a substrate and a coating formed over at least a portion of the substrate. The coating includes a plurality of separation layers having one or more dielectric layers and a plurality of infrared reflective layers. The... Agent: Andrew C. Siminerio Ppg Industries, Inc.

20070116968 - Hydrophilic coating based on polysilazane: The invention relates to a hydrophilic coating for surfaces containing one or several polysilazanes and an ionic reagent or mixtures of ionic reagents. The polysilazane is, in particular, a polysilazane of the formula —(SiR′R″—NR′″)n— (1),wherein R′, R″, R′″ can be identical or different and are either hydrogen or organic or... Agent: Clariant Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070116970 - Curable composition, cured film, antireflection film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display: A curable composition is provided and contains (A) at least either a hydrolyzed product of organosilane or a condensation reaction product of the hydrolyzed product having a mass average molecular weight of from 500 to 10,000 in terms of ethylene glycol, (B) a fluorine-containing resin having a mass average molecular... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070116971 - Multi-functional (meth) acrylate compound, photocurable resin composition and article: A multi-functional (meth)acrylate compound containing at least three F atoms and at least three Si atoms per molecule is provided. A photocurable resin composition comprising the compound can endow support substrates with antifouling properties with respect to organic stains such as oil mist and fingerprints, without detracting from surface mar... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070116969 - Silicone mq resin reinforced silicone elastomeric emulsions: An aqueous silicone emulsion forms a resin reinforced elastomeric film upon water evaporation. The emulsion composition contains a dispersed phase consisting of a silicone mixture composed of (i) a linear hydroxy terminated polydiorganosiloxane, (i) a silicone MQ resin, and (iii) an organofunctional polysiloxane. The aqueous silicone emulsion is prepared by... Agent: Dow Corning Corporation Co1232

20070116972 - Barrier coating system for refractory metal core: A refractory metal core system for use in casting a product is provided. The refractory metal core system comprises a refractory metal core and a layer of aluminum nitride deposited on the refractory metal core, which layer of aluminum nitride acts as a bond coat. The system may further comprise... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20070116973 - Process for coating articles and articles made therefrom: In one embodiment, a coated turbine article comprising a uniform enhanced coating on at least a portion of the turbine article, wherein the enhanced coating comprises a coating material and a structural enhancer, wherein the structural enhancer is selected from the group consisting of oxide, carbide, nitride, intermetallic material, and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070116974 - Sulfidation-resistant silver-base coating, method for depositing such a coating and use thereof: The sulfidation resistance of a silver-base material coating is further improved by making a concentration gradient of silver, oxygen and of one or more oxidizable alloying elements that may be present in the material, from the free surface of the coating up to a depth comprised between 10 nm and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070116975 - Seamless expandable oil country tubular goods and manufacturing method thereof: The present invention provides a seamless expandable oil country tubular goods, which has a superior pipe expansion property in a expanding process at an expand ratio of more than 30% although having a high strength such as a tensile strength (TS) of 600 MPa or more, and a manufacturing method... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20070116976 - Nanoparticle enhanced thermoplastic dielectrics, methods of manufacture thereof, and articles comprising the same: Disclosed herein is a nanocomposite composition comprising a polymeric composition; wherein the polymeric composition comprises thermoplastic polymers; and nanoparticles, wherein the nanoparticles have an average largest dimension of less than or equal to about 500 nanometers; and wherein the nanocomposite composition has a higher dielectric constant than the polymeric composition... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070116978 - Heat shield with integral attachment flanges: An aluminum layered heat shield assembly (30) includes a pair of spaced metallic facing sheets (32) fabricated from an aluminum composition. In the interstitial space between the facing sheets (32), a perforated steel core (34) is formed in the general shape of a zigzag baffle with segments that adjoin and... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070116977 - Honeycomb body consisting of layers comprising inverted sections and layers comprising counter structures: A honeycomb body that is formed of alternating layers that are substantially smooth and layers that are at least partially structured, in particular a catalytic converter support and/or filter, preferably for the exhaust gas system of a motor vehicle. The layers form cavities that allow a fluid to flow in... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070116979 - Conductive composites: A conductive composite material formed from an organic polymer base, a highly conductive metal interlayer, and an electroless nickel top layer is described. The composite material may be electrically conductive and resistant to corrosion. The highly conductive metal interlayer may be silver or copper. An electroless nickel plating process is... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070116980 - Metallic protective layer: The invention relates to a metal protective coating which protects against corrosion and oxidation, in particular for components in turbines, said components being used at high temperatures. The advantageous composition is as follows: 11.5 20.0 wt % chrome, 0.3 1.5 wt % silicone, 0.0 1.0 wt % aluminium, 0,0-0.7 wt... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070116982 - Host material for organic electroluminescent element and organic electroluminescent element: A compound for obtaining an organic electroluminescence device having a long life of light emission and exhibiting excellent heat resistance is provided. The compound is a host material for organic electroluminescence devices comprising a carbazole derivative.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070116983 - Phosphorescent oled with interlayer: The present invention relates to phosphorescent stacked OLEDs having an interlayer.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070116981 - Single-layer organic el device: Disclosed is an organic EL dye enabling to provide an organic EL device which is capable of emitting a light at a low voltage even when it has a single layer structure. Also disclosed is an organic EL device using such an organic EL dye. The organic EL dye is... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070116984 - Spiro-compound for electroluminescent display device and electroluminescent display device comprising the same: In the above Formulae 1 and 2, the definition of the substituents is the same as in the specification. The spiro-compounds represented by the above Formulae 1 and 2 are applicable to any one of a hole injection layer (HIL), a hole transport layer (HTL), an electroluminescent layer, an electron... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070116985 - Surface coated cutting tool made of cermet having property-modified alpha type ai203 layer of hard coating layer: A surface coated cermet cutting tool comprising a tool body and a hard coating layer formed on the surface of the tool body, wherein the hard coating layer has a lower layer of a titanium compound layer and an upper layer of property-modified α type A12O3 layer that has a... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070116986 - Method for depositing zinc oxide at low temperatures and products formed thereby: The present invention discloses plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) process for depositing n-type and p-type zinc oxide-based transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) at low temperatures with excellent optical and electrical properties on glass and temperature sensitive materials such as plastics and polymers. Specifically, it discloses PECVD process for depositing n-type... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20070116987 - Nanosized metal and metal oxide particles as a biocides in roofing coatings: Nanosized metals and metal oxides for incorporation in biocidal coatings for application upon building materials and products and which are effective in protecting the building product against bacteria (particularly cyanobacteria), fungi, molds, algae and other bio-organisms known to deface and/or adversely affect such building materials. A method of coating roofing... Agent: Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross P.C.

20070116988 - Optical article having anti-theft feature and a system and method for inhibiting theft of same: An optical article for being transformed from a pre-activated state of functionality to an activated state of functionality is provided. The optical article includes a convertible element disposed in or proximate to the optical article and being responsive to an external stimulus. The convertible element for irreversibly altering the optical... Agent: General Electric Company Gegr Patent Docket Rm.

20070116989 - Magnetic recording media, its fabrication technique, and hard disk drive: Provided is a medium fabrication technique, a recording medium and a hard disk drive, which achieve high recording density. To this end, (a) a magnetic layer is deposited on a substrat