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 substrate, and (b) a nano particle layer is deposited on the magnetic layer. Then, (c) the magnetic layer is etched... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070116990 - Lubricant solution for magnetic recording media, containing fluorinated polyether compound as lubricant: o

20070116991 - Fire retardant panel composition and methods of making same: A fire retardant structural board is provided that includes a body of natural fibrous material, a triglycidyle polyester binder, a sodium borate pentahydride fire retardant, and a sodium borate pentahydride fire retardant. The body of natural fibrous material has a weight, first and second surfaces, first and second sides, and... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070110920 - Method of forming vertical inorganic alignment layer and liquid crystal display apparatus having the same: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a first display substrate, a second display substrate and a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween. The first and second display substrates include first and second vertical inorganic alignment layers, respectively, to vertically align liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer. The first and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070110921 - Patterns of electrically conducting polymers and their application as electrodes or electrical contacts: Electronic devices having patterned electrically conductive polymers providing electrical connection thereto and methods of fabrication thereof are described. Liquid crystal display cells are described having at least one of the electrodes providing a bias across the liquid crystal material formed from a patterned electrically conductive polymer. Thin film transistors having... Agent: Daniel P. Morris, Esq. IBM Corporation

20070110922 - Alignment film, method of forming the same, and liquid crystal display including the same: A method of forming the alignment film includes placing an inorganic target and a substrate in a chamber so that the inorganic target and the substrate are parallel to each other, evacuating the chamber to a first pressure, supplying a discharge gas into the chamber and evacuating the chamber to... Agent: Frank Chau, Esq. P.chau & Associates, LLC

20070110923 - Liquid crystal display panel, fabricating method thereof and sealant of liquid crystal display panel: A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display panel is provided. The method includes the following steps. First, a first substrate and a second substrate are provided, and an alignment film is respectively formed on the first and second substrate. Then, a sealant and a liquid crystal layer are formed... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070110924 - Process for improving the color of gemstones and gemstone minerals obtained thereby: New methods of forming color-coated gemstones are provided. These methods broadly comprise subjecting a source of metal (e.g., an organometallic compound) to a vapor deposition process so as to form the metal source into a vapor that is subsequently deposited onto the surface of a previously heated gemstone. The vapor... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070110925 - Graphics substrate: A graphics substrate includes: a core layer having opposed front and back sides, and a polymeric top layer bonded to the front side of the core layer. The top layer defines a front face which is receptive to solvent-based inks. In one aspect, the top layer and the core layer... Agent: Adams Evans P.A.

20070110926 - Ink jet recording paper: An ink jet recording paper capable of compatible with high speed ink jet printers is provided. By using, as a fiber material, mercerized pulp obtained by applying an alkali treatment to pulp, an ink jet recording paper of high ink absorption speed and high ink coloring density is formed. Since... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070110928 - Container with a one-piece body: A container body, comprising a single fiber structure molded into the container body having an integral bottom portion and an integral side portion; an open cavity defined by the bottom portion and the side portion; and the side portion being perpendicular to the bottom portion such that a rectangular label... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070110927 - Non-threaded expandable pipe connection system: A method for connecting tubular elements (37,40), particularly pipe for strings to be used in oil and gas wells, comprises: (A) locating a portion of a first tubular element (37) within a portion of a second tubular element (40), (B) expanding the portion of the first tubular element and/or compressing... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070110930 - Educational cups and game sets: Educational cups and game sets for children's play. A disposable cup includes a printed material on its side such that the printed material is right side up when the cup is upside down. A game set includes a plurality of the educational cups and a mat having corresponding printed materials... Agent: Harry I. Leon

20070110931 - Rod member: A rod member includes a main body formed of a metal tube, a paper layer surrounding the main body, and a wooden covering surrounding the paper layer.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070110929 - Value carrier for prepaid value units: A value carrier for prepaid value units, which value carrier comprises at least one information area on which visually readable information representing a code for prepaid value units is present, a special feature being the fact that the value carrier is sealed in an envelope. In a preferred embodiment, the... Agent: Gordon & Rees LLP

20070110932 - High-barrier packaging material: The invention involves a high-barrier packaging material comprising at least one outer layer of kraft paper, at least one center layer of high-barrier metallized polyethylene terephthalate, and an inner layer of linear low density polyethylene. The packaging material has excellent water vapor and oxygen barrier properties.... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20070110934 - Container closure with a multi-layer oxygen barrier liner: A container closure with a multiple layer liner. The liner comprises a nylon gas transmission barrier and a non-nylon layer bonded by an adhesive layer. The nylon gas transmission barrier may contain an additional passive gas transmission component comprising an in-situ polymerized inorganic clay. An additional active gas transmission component... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070110933 - Multilayered package with barrier properties: The present invention provides compositions useful as a barrier layer in, for example, packaging products. The compositions generally comprise a blend of (i) a polyester resin, preferably an aromatic polyester resin such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and (ii) a polyamide material (e.g., MXD6). The blend optionally may further comprise (iii)... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A.

20070110935 - Silk reinforcement of expandable medical balloons: A medical device formed from at least one first layer defining the shape of the medical device, the first layer having an inner surface and an outer surface and a web formed with silk fiber provided over at least a portion of the inner surface, the outer surface or both... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070110936 - Conductive rubber member: A conductive rubber member having at least one conductive elastic layer, wherein the conductive elastic layer, which is at least an outermost layer, in contact with an opposing member during use is a curing product of a rubber composition having a conductivity imparting agent incorporated into a rubber base material... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070110939 - Fungi resistant faced insulation assembly and method: A kraft paper sheet contains and/or is coated with a fungi growth-inhibiting agent that causes the kraft paper sheet to be fungi growth resistant. The kraft paper sheet alone or as part of a layered sheet material is used as a central field portion of facings for various faced building... Agent: Johns Manville

20070110937 - Reinforcing strip with barrier layer for flexible pipes: A strip (10) for use in manufacturing a flexible pipe or tube (30) comprises a thermoplastic matrix (12) with reinforcing elements (14) and further comprises a barrier layer (16, 18, 20), which is bonded to the thermoplastic matrix (12). The strip provides the two functions of both reinforcement and barrier... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070110938 - Resin tube for automotive piping and method of manufacturing the same: A resin tube for automotive piping is made of a resin composition containing 6,6-nylon, an impact improver, 6/6,6-copolymer nylon and a plasticizer with a proportion in a mass ratio of the 6,6-nylon:the impact improver:the 6/6,6-copolymer nylon:the plasticizer to be in a range of 100:5-40:5-50:3-20. The resin tube for automotive piping... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070110940 - Syntactic polyurethane containing oil, preferably castor oil: Syntactic polyurethane comprising oil, preferably castor oil Abstract Syntactic polyurethanes are obtainable by reacting a polyisocyanate component a) with a polyol component, the polyol component b) comprising a polyetherpolyol mixture having an average OH number of from 10 to 280 (constituent b1) and an oil based on fatty acids of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070110943 - Assembly tape with perforation and expansion reserve: Pressure-sensitive tape for closing, sealing, and gluing joints, in particular i housing construction, and in particular joints in corners and edges, with a backing on the tape side, an adhesive coating of at least a portion of the backing on the tape bottom side, and a removable protective film for... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070110942 - Novel enhanced high temperature tapes for high velocity oxy fuel processes: A finished high velocity oxy fuel (HVOF) tape used with, for example, during known HVOF processing imparts high temperature silicone pressure sensitive adhesives that provide enhanced adhesion strength to provide a firm adhesion to its own backing and unexpectedly leave no residue upon removal from metals. The novel enhanced tapes... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP

20070110941 - Use of a double-sided psa tape for bonding in the production of electronics articles: Use of a double-sided adhesive tape for fastening silicone rubbers, the adhesive tape having a backing and two layers of adhesive, the first layer of adhesive being composed of an acrylate-based pressure-sensitive adhesive and the second pressure-sensitive adhesive being composed of a crosslinked pressure-sensitive silicone adhesive.... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus P.A.

20070110944 - Trailer wall composite liner with integral scuff panel: A thermoplastic composite liner for use as an inner wall of a trailer. The thermoplastic composite liner includes a glass reinforced thermoplastic sheet permanently affixed to a glass reinforced thermoplastic scuff panel along a length of the scuff panel by ultrasonic welding. The scuff panel is positioned relative to the... Agent: Watts Hoffmann Co., L.p.a.

20070110945 - High contrast optical information carrier: The invention relates to an optical information carrier for carrying information to be read out by means of an optical beam (9). It is an object of the invention to provide information carriers with higher contrast This object is achieved by an information carrier comprising at least one information layer... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070110946 - Optical storage medium: An optical storage medium comprising a storage layer (4) and a first layer (5) covering the storage layer (4). The first layer (5) provides optical properties sufficient for data retrieval from the storage layer using a laser (8) with a first wavelength W1. A second layer covers the first layer... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070110947 - Method and apparatus for forming a dmd window frame with molded glass: An improved method for fabricating a window frame/window piece assembly is disclosed in this application. A window frame having an opening in its inner portion is provided. According to one aspect, the window frame can be formed from a unitary piece of sheet metal. A transparent piece is attached to... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070110948 - Multilayer, light-diffusing film for insert molding: A light-diffusing film includes a particle layer containing a polymer matrix having dispersed therein an effective amount of light-diffusing particles, and having a thickness in the range of 5 mil to 20 mil. The film may optionally also include a second polymeric layer adjacent and substantially coextensive with the particle... Agent: Thomas F. Roland, Esq. Arkema Inc.

20070110949 - Flocked adhesive article: A design and process are provided in which a fully activated thermoset adhesive layer is positioned between a flock layer and a thermoplastic adhesive layer.... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070110950 - One piece floor mat for use as vehicle floor mat, doormat and sports mat: A one piece floor mat for use as a vehicle floor mat, doormat and sports mat comprises a mat body of three-layer materials, including an upper layer, a middle layer and a lower layer. The three layers are laminated to bond together without the application of any additional solvent glue... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070110951 - Thermally expansible material substantially free of tackifier: A thermally expansible material includes an epoxy resin; a plurality of thermoplastic polymers, wherein at least one thermoplastic polymer includes at least one chemical moiety capable of reacting with said epoxy resin; and a heat-activated blowing agent. The thermally expansible material is substantially free of a tackifier, and the material... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070110953 - Hook fiber: The present invention is directed at a hook strand. These hook strands have a base layer with first top face and a second bottom face and two side faces. Hook elements on the strand extend from at least one face and the hook elements have engaging arms that extend at... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070110952 - Touch fastener components carrying indicia, and methods of making the same: Touch fastener components include a sheet-form base and an array of touch fastener elements on an engaging side of the sheet-form base. Each touch fastener element includes a stem extending outwardly from the sheet-form base and an engageable head extending from a distal end of the stem. The touch fastener... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070110954 - Vehicular clamping strip having an optical locking cord: A vehicular clamping strip includes a clamping channel and an optical locking cord for disposing the clamping channel in a clamping configuration to secure the clamping channel relative to the vehicle. The optical locking cord is at least one of light emitting, light generating and specularly reflective.... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20070110955 - Water-permeable adhesive tape: The present invention relates to a water-permeable adhesive tape for processing semiconductor wafers and/or semiconductor related materials comprising at least one base film and an adhesive, wherein said at least one base film possesses perforations and has a cavity ratio of 3.0 to 90%. The water-permeable adhesive tape is in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070110956 - Multilayer ceramic substrate and its production method: An object of the invention is to connect different dielectrics electrically to each other in the direction of main surface of a sheet in a multilayer ceramic substrate and to increase the degree of flexibility in design and make the multilayer ceramic substrate compact in size. A multilayer ceramic substrate... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070110957 - Anisotropic diffusing medium and production method therefor: In an anisotropic diffusing medium having a resin layer comprising a cured composition containing a photo-curable compound, an aggregation of plural pillar-shaped cured areas is formed inside the resin layer, the plural pillar-shaped cured areas all extend collimated to a specific direction P, and in the case in which the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070110958 - Light cure of cationic ink on acidic substrates: This invention is an advance in coating chemistry, curing technology, related apparatus and the products made thereby. The invention encompasses a substrate bonded to a coating cured, at least in part, cationically by a light having a wavelength in a range of 100 nm to 1200 nm and an intensity... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070110959 - Low gloss and low haze laminated polyester film including talc and method for preparing same: A polyester film that possesses both reduced gloss and reduced haze is achieved. The film includes at least one sub layer including talc and at least one core layer. The surface layer has a lower melting point temperature than the core layer.... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070110961 - Highly reflective roofing materials: A roofing or siding system having an improved average resulting reflectivity. The roofing and/or siding system is at least partially coated with a plurality of granules. At least one layer of paint is applied to the roofing and/or siding system to increase the resulting reflectivity of the roofing and/or siding... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070110960 - Pavement marking, reflective elements, and methods of making microspheres: Presently described are retroreflective articles, such as pavement markings, that comprise transparent microspheres partially embedded in a (e.g. polymeric) binder. Also described are (e.g. glass-ceramic) microspheres, methods of making microspheres, as well as compositions of glass materials and compositions of glass-ceramic materials. The microspheres generally comprise lanthanide series oxide(s), titanium... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070110963 - Colored sanitary tissue paper and production method thereof: The invention is directed to obtain a colored sanitary tissue paper giving a bright feeling in spite of modest color. The invention provides a colored sanitary tissue paper with a color difference between before and after dyeing of 15 or more in D value of Hunter's color difference formula defined... Agent: Koda & Androlia

20070110962 - Three-dimensional gels that have microscale features: The present invention provides three-dimensional hydrogel structures patterned by a treated micropattern mold. The treated mold is capable of transferring the inverse of its micropattern to a hydrogel by contact during formation or polymerization of the structure from a precursor. The treated micropattern mold surface allows the mold to be... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070110964 - Object provided with protected information and method: The invention relates to an object (20) with information (16) to be secured provided thereon, such as a coding, identification, PIN number or the like, and a security cover sticker (18) for covering the information (16) to be secured. The object (20) and the information (16) to be secured have... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070110967 - Print medium with one side defined by a rib-like structure: A print medium includes a planar film. A rib-like structure is arranged on one side of the film to define a series of columns that extend a length of the film to facilitate rolling of the print medium in one direction as opposed to an opposite direction.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070110966 - Removable adhesive for adhering an image to a surface and a method for removing the image: A removable adhesive of a combination of acrylic and urethane polymers is provided for securing, among other things, a transfer image to a hard surface. A removable top coat is provided. A top coat comprising a cellulose acetate butyrate alcohol and a diacetone alcohol is provided. A remover for removing... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070110965 - Tamper-proof, color-shift security feature: The invention relates to a tamper-proof security feature that comprises at least one electromagnetic wave-reflecting layer (2), one polymer spacer layer (3) and one metal cluster layer (4). The inventive feature is characterized in that one or more of the layers, in addition to their function, fulfill additional security functions... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070110969 - Laminated circuit board: A through-hole type laminated circuit board is given with high reliability of electrical connection using copper foil and conductive paste containing low melting point metal without generating harmful void and crack at boundary between the copper foil and conductive paste metal. The laminated circuit board is made by laminating a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070110968 - Silver alloy, sputtering target material thereof, and thin film thereof: It is an object of the present invention to provide a Ag—Pd—Cu—Ge type silver alloy which can form a reflective electrode film having such two characteristics that it is very reduced in the lowering of reflectance caused by thermal deterioration and has resistant to yellowing caused by sulfurization even after... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070110970 - Multi-layer process and apparatus for producing high strength fiber-reinforced structural cementitious panels with enhanced fiber content: A process for producing fiber-reinforced structural cementitious panels made of at least one layer of fiber reinforced cementitious slurry, the process for each such layer of slurry including providing a moving web; depositing a first layer of individual, loose fibers upon the web; depositing a layer of settable slurry upon... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070110971 - Carbon nanotube growth method: The invention relates to a method of growing carbon nanotubes (5) on a substrate (1) using a hot-wire-assisted chemical vapour deposition method. The inventive method consists in first depositing a bilayer of titanium (12) and cobalt (13) on the substrate such that: the thickness of the titanium layer is between... Agent: Plevy & Howard & Darcy P.C.

20070110972 - Packaging material for sterile products: A flexible packaging material for sterile items, made from a film, or a film composite (B) with barrier properties, comprises a support film made from polyamide, polyester, or polypropylene and a thin ceramic layer arranged thereon. A functional layer containing, or made from an inorganic/organic hybrid polymer is applied to... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070110974 - Raw sheet for capacitor film and capacitor film: A cast raw sheet for a capacitor film, prepared by heating and melting a polypropylene resin and extruding the resin from a T-die, wherein the polypropylene resin has: a weight average molecular weight, determined by gel permeation chromatography, of 100,000 or more and 500,000 or less; and a molecular weight... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070110973 - Resin substrate having a resin-metal composite layer and method for manufacturing thereof: A resin-metal composite layer is formed by modifying a surface of a resin substrate to a modified layer, contacting the modified layer with a metal compound solution, and adsorbing at least either metal colloids or ions are adsorbed to the polar group, so that metal particles are dispersed into the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070110975 - Carrier for receiving an object and method for the production of a carrier: A carrier for an object, preferably a substrate of a semiconductor component such as a wafer, includes a receiving element for the object and gas outlets arranged below the receiving element along the object received. At least sections of the carrier are made of a material which including stabilizing fibers... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20070110979 - Fiber-reinforced composite fire door: The present invention provides fiber-reinforced composites, and components for buildings, such as door skins, that include fiber-reinforced composites. Also provided are methods and systems for manufacturing fiber-reinforced composites that may be used in building structures. In an embodiment, the present invention provides a fiber-reinforced composite comprising long fibers of fiberglass... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20070110977 - Methods for processing multifunctional, radiation tolerant nanotube-polymer structure composites: Embodiments provide a composite material with oriented nanotubes and a method for making the composite material. The composite material can be formed by distributing a plurality of nanotubes in a polymer matrix. The nanotubes can be further magnetically oriented during the formation of the polymeric matrix, while the polymer matrix... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group

20070110978 - Steel plate reinforcing sheet: The invention provides a steel plate reinforcing sheet having light weight and thin layer, providing sufficient adhesion and reinforcing effect to a steel plate, and having excellent workability. In the steel plate reinforcing sheet comprising a restricting layer and a resin layer, a curing composition is first prepared by mixing... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070110976 - Vandalism-resistant insulating panel for building exteriors and building having vandalism-resistant thermally insulative walls: A fire retardant thermally insulative, vandalism and damage resistant panel for the building exteriors includes a relatively low density foam layer having relatively high thermal resistivity, a relatively high density foam layer having relatively high impact strength and resistance to bending facingly contacting the low density foam layer, a porous... Agent: Charles N. Quinn Fox Rothschild LLP

20070110981 - Crush resistant latex topcoat composition for fiber cement substrates: A coated fiber cement article in the form of an unattached fiber cement board substrate having a first major surface at least a portion of which is covered with a crush resistant final topcoat composition comprising a multistage latex polymer, and a method for making a crush resistant coated fiber... Agent: Iplm Group, P.A.

20070110980 - Gypsum board liner providing improved combination of wet adhesion and strength: A polymeric fibrous nonwoven liner for gypsum board having an improved balance of strength and wet bond strength, wherein the liner is thermally bonded and includes a mixture of lower-melting binder fibers and higher-melting fibers and the liner contacting the gypsum composition is mechanically worked to open up the pore... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070110982 - Device having a hydrophobic and/or lipophobic surface and method of producing one such device: The present invention relates to a device with a hydrophobic and/or lipophobic surface comprising a carpet of nanofibers (20), wherein these nanofibers (20) are totally cladded with a hydrophobic and/or lipophobic continuous film, and wherein the surface (22) between these nanofibers is covered with a layer of this same polymer.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070110985 - Induction furnace with unique carbon foam insulation: An insulative cap for an induction furnace comprising a carbon foam having a pore distribution such that at least about 90% of the pore volume of the pores have a diameter of between about 10 and about 150 microns and at least about 1% of the pores have a diameter... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20070110986 - Insulated packaging material: A packaging material for making insulated containers, comprises a foam core and a radiant barrier layer laminated to at least one side of the foam core. Preferably, the radiant barrier layer comprises a plastic film metallized on at least one side bonded to a paper substrate. The paper substrate of... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070110987 - Luminous emblems visible during diurnal and nocturnal visibility conditions: p

20070110983 - Process for producing a nano-porous polymeric material, a polymer composition comprising nanoparticles of a chemical blowing agent, nanoparticles of a chemical blowing agent and a nano-porous polymeric material: Process for producing a nano-porous polymeric material, characterized in that the process comprises the steps of: a. incorporating a chemical blowing agent in the form of nano-particles in the polymeric material, b. decomposing the chemical blowing agent in its gaseous reaction products. The process may be used for the production... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070110984 - Process for producing wood/plastic composites and foams using foaming agents containing zeolite, and wood/plastic composites and foams produced thereby: The present invention relates to cellulosic material/polymer composites and foams containing zeolite, blowing agent(s) and masterbatch(es) for making such composites and foams, and processes therefor. More specifically, in the embodiments of the present invention directed to cellulosic material/polymer foams, the compositions comprise one or more zeolites and one or more... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070110990 - Capacitors and methods of preparation: Provided are methods of preparing a capacitor in which a microporous layer is coated on a temporary carrier substrate and an electrode assembly is then laminated to the microporous layer, after or prior to removing the temporary carrier substrate from the microporous layer. Preferably, the microporous layer comprises one or... Agent: Optodot Corporation Suite 305

20070110988 - Inorganic layer: In a method for producing a structured inorganic layer (1), in particular, a ceramic layer, a structure is introduced on the surface of a green layer through mechanical processing, and the green layer is subsequently sintered. This procedure permits precise control of the position and dimensions of the structures.... Agent: Walter A Hackler Patent Law Office

20070110989 - Super light weight ceramic panel and process for preparing the same: A super lightweight ceramic panel for a non-bearing wall utilizing an expandable clay mineral and a process for preparing the same are provided. The super lightweight ceramic panel is comprised of a clay composition containing 90 to 98% by weight of an expandable clay mineral, 1.5 to 5% by weight... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070110992 - Block: A block includes a block main body formed from an initial composition produced by mixing a first sand, a second sand, a ceramic aggregate, and cement. The mix rate of the sands and the cement is set so that the fineness modulus of the initial composition is 2.05 to 2.3.... Agent: Daniel B. Schein, Ph.d., Esq., Inc.

20070110991 - Hydrogen transport membrane fabrication method: A method of forming a hydrogen transport membrane to separate hydrogen from a hydrogen containing feed in which a porous ceramic support is formed to support a dense layer of palladium or an alloy of palladium serving as a hydrogen transport material. Isolated deposits of palladium, a palladium alloy or... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20070110994 - Fuser member: A fuser roller for toner fusing systems and processes, and including a base and a fusing surface layer. The fusing surface layer has a first elastomer continuous phase and a second elastomer discontinuous phase; the discontinuous phase is dispersed through the continuous phase in the form of domains. The second... Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff

20070110993 - Fuser member system and process: A fuser roller for toner fusing systems and processes, and including a base and a fusing surface layer. The fusing surface layer includes a first elastomer continuous phase, a second elastomer discontinuous phase, and thermally conductive filler, with the discontinuous phase dispersed through the continuous phase in the form of... Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff

20070110995 - Optical film and fabrication method thereof: An optical film and fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The optical film comprises a substrate and an anti-static layer disposed thereon. The anti-static layer comprises a resin layer and a plurality of anti-static particles, wherein the bottom half portion of the anti-static layer contains more than 60 wt % of... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070110996 - Method for the protection of thermoplastic plates: The present invention relates to the field of the protection, with masking films, of thermoplastic sheets, more especially acrylic resin sheets and polycarbonate sheets. The subject of the invention is a method for the protection of thermoplastic sheets using a multilayer film comprising polypropylene, and also the sheet thus coated.... Agent: Arkema Inc. Patent Department - 26th Floor

20070110997 - Polymeric film structures and compositions for high surface treatment retention: A multilayer polymer film having at least one core layer disposed between an outer skin layer and an inner skin layer wherein the outer skin layer is surface treated and comprises a polymer of ethylene having a density of at least 0.95 g/cc, a molecular weight distribution of less than... Agent: Fina Technology Inc

20070110998 - Polyamide yarn spinning process and modified yarn: Provided by this invention is a modified synthetic polyamide polymer yarn produced by an improved melt extrusion process. Yarn of this invention are either partially oriented yarns (POY) or drawn oriented yarns. The improved process provides for modification of a polymer in a melt extruder. Following this modification of the... Agent: Invista North America S.a.r.l.

20070110999 - Inorganic-organic melted-extruded hybrid filaments and medical applications thereof: This invention deals with a family of inorganic-organic hybrid, melt-extruded filaments having variable cross-sectional geometry with a cross-sectional area ranging between 100 μ2 and 4 mm2, wherein the inorganic component comprises at least 10 weight percent of the total system and is present as dispersed micro-/nanoparticles in an organic absorbable... Agent: Leigh P. Gregory Attorney At Law

20070111000 - Filament networks and methods of making same for use in the manufacture of products with enhanced characteristics: The present invention relates to the production of filament networks that can serve as intermediates for the production of goods to impart enhanced performance characteristics such as strength and flame resistance. This filament network intermediate includes a plurality of filaments of one or more types of materials, wherein the filaments... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20070111001 - Fiber mat and process of making same: A fiber mat of improved tensile strength and a process of making same is disclosed. The fiber mat comprises: fibers; a resinous fiber binder; and a binder modifier comprising a dibasic unsaturated acid.... Agent: Gaf Materials Corporation Attn: William J. Davis, Esq.

20070111002 - Polymer hollow particles with controllable holes in their surfaces: A hollow polymer particle having a single, substantially circular opening in the particle's surface, methods for making and using the polymer particle.... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070111003 - Article with multilayer diamond-like carbon film and method for manufacturing the same: An exemplary article with multilayer diamond-like carbon film includes a substrate, an adhesive layer formed on the substrate, a multilayer doped diamond-like carbon film formed on the adhesive layer, and an undoped diamond-like carbon layer formed on the diamond-like carbon film. The adhesive layer is comprised of a material selected... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070111005 - Gas barrier laminate and packaged article, and method for producing gas barrier laminate: A gas barrier layered product and a method for producing the same are provided. The gas barrier layered product exhibits a high oxygen barrier property regardless of humidity, exhibits a high oxygen barrier property even after being subjected to retort processing, and is excellent in strength and transparency. In order... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070111006 - Manufacturing multilayer conjugate polymer optoelectronics device by using buffer layer: A highly stable, multilayer organic molecular photoelectric element without interlayer miscibility phenomenon during manufacturing process, and a method for producing multilayer organic molecular photoelectric elements with simplified solution process are disclosed.... Agent: Bucknam And Archer

20070111007 - Process for the preparation of coatings with specific surface properties: A process for the preparation of powder coatings with a controlled surface appearance comprising the steps of applying a powder coating composition onto the substrate surface comprising 1 to 95 wt % of at least one hydrophobic agent, irradiating the applied powder coating composition with high energy radiation having a... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070111008 - Rate-reducing membrane for release of an agent: A membrane that reduces the rate at which a therapeutic substance is released from an implantable medical device, such as a stent, is disclosed.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20070111004 - Water-absorbing resin composition: A water-absorbent resin composition comprising a water-absorbent resin, an oxygen-containing reducing inorganic salt, an aminocarboxylic acid-based metal chelating agent and an organic antioxidant; an absorbent comprising the above-mentioned water-absorbent resin composition and a hydrophilic fiber; and an absorbent article comprising the above-mentioned absorbent interposed between a liquid-permeable sheet and a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070111009 - Multilayer composite structure with epoxide containing adhesive layer: The present invention is a multilayer composite structure comprising at least three layers, two of which are adhered to an intervening adhesive layer comprising a copolymer obtained by copolymerizing from about 55 to about 95 weight % ethylene with from about 0.1 to about 10 weight % of an epoxide-containing... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070111010 - Flame retardant prepregs and laminates for printed circuit boards: The present invention is directed to prepregs, laminates and printed circuit boards comprising fine particle size melamine cyanurate or a mixture of fine particle size melamine cyanurate and fine particle size melamine polyphosphate as a flame retardant. The present prepregs, laminates and printed circuit boards exhibit excellent flame retardancy as... Agent: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation Patent Department

20070111011 - Paper machine covering: A covering for a machine for treating a material web, in particular a fibrous web, has a multilayer construction with at least two layers formed respectively by at least one polyurethane film, between which there lies a layer made of a reinforcement fabric whose mesh widths are selected such that... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070111012 - Coated glass: Dual coated glass sheets comprise a photocatalytically active self cleaning coating on one surface and heat reflecting coating on the second surface selected so that its single surface reflectivity is either at least three times or less than one third that of the self cleaning coating. The selection of the... Agent: Marshall & Melhorn

20070111013 - Silicon based substrate with hafnium containing barrier layer: An article comprising a substrate containing silicon and a barrier layer which functions as an environmental barrier coating and, more particularly, a barrier layer which comprises hafnium silicate and, optionally, zirconium silicate and a method for forming the hafnium silicate as a barrier coating.... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20070111014 - Silicone based dielectric coatings and films for photovoltaic applications: A dielectric coating for use on a conductive substrate including a silicone composition of the formula: [RxSiO(4-x)/2]n wherein x=1-4 and wherein R comprises of methyl, or phenyl, or hydrido, or hydroxyl or alkoxy or combination of them (when 1<x<4). R can also comprise other monovalent radicals independently selected from alkyl... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070111015 - Cathodic protection coatings containing carbonaceous conductive media: A cathodic protection polymeric compound is disclosed. The compound has flowable material to serve as a binder, carbonaceous conductive media dispersed in the flowable material, sacrificial metal particles also dispersed in the flowable material. The carbonaceous conductive media serve as a carbon-based electron transfer agent and are in the form... Agent: Polyone Corporation

20070111016 - Laser ablation resistant copper foil: A copper foil for lamination to a dielectric substrate is coated with a laser ablation inhibiting layer having an average surface roughness (Rz) of less than 1.0 micron and an average nodule height of less than 1.2 micron that is effective to provide a lamination peel strength to FR-4 of... Agent: Bryan K. Wheelock

20070111017 - Process for producing polarizing film, polarizing film, polarizing plate, optical film, and image display: The present invention pertains to a method of fabricating a polarizing film by uniaxially stretching a resin film such as a polyvinyl alcohol-based film in a fabrication process including a swelling step and a dyeing step following the swelling step, comprising the steps of immersing a resin film in bath... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070111018 - Single ply thermoplastic (tpo) roofing membranes having superior heat seam peel strengths and low temperature flexibility: Roofing membranes of single ply heat seamable thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) sheets are made with a metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene (MPO) blend. The membranes exhibit superior heat seam peel strengths and low temperature flexibility.... Agent: William J Davis Gaf Materials Corporation

20070111019 - Methods of manufacturing engineered wood products: Methods for manufacturing an engineered wood product are disclosed. The method includes contacting at least part of a first set of wood pieces with a first resin; contacting at least part of a second set of wood pieces with a second resin, wherein the second resin is more washout resistant... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070111020 - Method for making magnetic fluorescent core shell nanoparticles: This invention comprises nanoparticles for use with biosensors. The nanoparticles have core/shell architecture. The nanoparticles can be detected by two means, magnetic and optical by virtue of the nanoparticles magnetic core and fluorescent semiconductor shell. Methods of making the nanoparticles and their composition are described.... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20070111021 - Black colored steel sheet: A black colored steel sheet has a Zn—Ni plating steel sheet which is processed by blackening treatment and a coating film formed on a surface of the Zn—Ni plating steel sheet by applying a paint composition which contains (a) metal ions, (b) a water soluble organic resin, (c) a water... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070111022 - Steel/aluminum welded structure: A steel/aluminum welded structure comprises a hot-dip Al-coated steel sheet 1 spot welded with an aluminum or aluminum alloy sheet 2. The steel sheet 1 is coated with a coating layer 4 containing, by mass, 3-12% of Si and 0.5-5% of Fe. An area ratio of an Al—Fe binary alloy... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070111023 - Steel compositions, methods of forming the same, and articles formed therefrom: Maraging steel compositions, methods of forming the same, and articles formed therefrom comprising, by weight, 15.0 to 20.0% Ni, 2.0 to 6.0% Mo, 3.0 to 8.0% Ti, up to 0.5% Al, the balance Fe and residual impurities. The composition may be a first layer of a composite plate, and may... Agent: Allegheny Technologies

20070111028 - Aromatic amine derivative and organic electroluminescence device using the same: A novel aromatic amine derivative having an asymmetric and specific structure, and in an organic electroluminescence device which comprises at least one organic thin film layer comprising a light emitting layer sandwiched between a pair of electrode consisting of an anode and a cathode, at least one of the organic... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070111029 - Fluorene compound and organic light-emitting device: The organic light-emitting device capable of emitting light with remarkably high efficiency and luminance by using a fluorene compound having substituents is provided, and at least one layer among the organic compound layers in the device contains a first compound and a second compound, and the first compound is a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070111027 - Light-emitting organic materials: The subject matter disclosed herein generally relates to organic light-emitting materials and methods for their preparation and use. Also, devices involve organic light emitting materials are disclosed.... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20070111024 - Metal complex compound and organic electroluminescence device containing the same: A metal-complex compound having a special structure containing metals such as iridium. An organic electroluminescence device which comprises at least one organic thin film layer sandwiched between a pair of electrode consisting of an anode and a cathode, wherein the organic thin film layer comprises the metal-complex compound, which emits... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070111026 - Oled devices with dinuclear copper compounds: m

20070111025 - Use of platinum ll complexes as luminescent materials in organic light-emitting diodes (oleds): where the radicals are defined in the claims and in the description. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of the platinum(II) complexes as light-emitting layer in OLEDs, a light-emitting layer comprising at least one platinum(II) complex, an OLED comprising this light-emitting layer and devices comprising an OLED according... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070111030 - Corrosion resistant multilayer member: A corrosion resistant member to be exposed to a halogen-containing gas atmosphere or a halogen-containing gas plasma atmosphere, comprising a substrate and a plurality of layers deposited thereon including a layer of rare earth fluoride providing the outermost surface and a layer of rare earth oxide having a porosity of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070111031 - Coating of mn+1axn material for electrical contact elements: An element for making an electric contact to a contact member for enabling an electric current to flow between the element and the contact member. The element includes a body having at least a contact surface thereof coated with a contact layer applied against the contact member. The contact layer... Agent: Venable LLP

20070111032 - Surface-coated article, production method therefor, machine tool, and machine tool apparatus: The present invention provides a surface-coated article possessing a high hardness coating that has a Vickers hardness that is equal to or greater than that of conventional high hardness coatings, and which has an oxidation initiation temperature, which is an expression of resistance to oxidation, that is higher than that... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070111033 - Zinc oxide-based multilayer structural body and its producing method: The present invention is effective for causing charge separation by complexing zinc oxide crystals in different states one another when a zinc oxide semiconductor is used as an electronic element. The present invention provides a zinc oxide-based laminated structure comprising two layers of a zinc oxide or zinc oxide solid... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070111034 - Product for treating reinforced concrete constructions: The invention relates to the use of lithium glycerophosphate for treating structures made of a cement-based product and having steel rebars, making it possible to inhibit rebar corrosion, to prevent the alkali reaction and to avoid the presence of alkalis and sulfates in the structure.... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070111035 - Magnetic recording medium, method of producing the same and magnetic recording and reproducing device: The present invention aims to provide a magnetic recording medium, a method for producing the same, and a magnetic recording and reproducing device which can prevent spike noise and improve the error rate. The present invention provides a magnetic recording medium, a method for producing the same, and a magnetic... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070111036 - Substrate for magnetic recording medium and fabrication method thereof: Heat treatment is performed on a plated soft magnetic film, so that liquid components and gaseous components having been taken in the film during a plating step are eliminated. The temperature of the heat treatment is preferably set at 100° C. to 350° C. The heat treatment is effective when... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070111037 - Aliphatic polyesters and lubricants containing the polyesters: Aliphatic polyesters may be substituted at the alpha- and beta-positions. These aliphatic polyesters may have increased thermal, chemical and hydrolytic stability compared to conventional aliphatic polyesters. In addition, these aliphatic polyesters may be used as high performance lubricants, including lubricants for hard disk drives.... Agent: Evan Law Group LLC

20070111038 - Magnetic recording medium: A magnetic recording medium comprises a polymer film substrate having an elongated shape or a polymer flexible substrate; an underlayer having a thickness of less than 10 nm, which is formed on the substrate; and a magnetic recording layer comprising a spinel iron oxide thin film containing maghemite as a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070111039 - Iron system magnetic powder having high coercive force, and magnetic recording medium using same: A magnetic powder is provided composed of particles that, even when the particle size is refined, exhibits excellent magnetic properties, in particular, a high coercive force, for use in a high-density recording medium. The invention also provides a magnetic recording medium using the powder. The powder is an iron system... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070111040 - Magnetic recording medium: A magnetic recording medium having a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer formed thereon, wherein the magnetic layer comprises a ferromagnetic powder, a binder and a non-magnetic inorganic powder, and wherein at least 95% of the non-magnetic powder particles contained in the magnetic layer have a particle size of 0.05... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070111041 - Member for supporting magnetic disc substrates, process of producing the same, and magnetic disc device using the same: A member of supporting magnetic disc substrates is provided, comprising a ceramic sinter containing a ceramic component and at least one conductive component selected from a group consisting of iron, niobium, tin zinc, copper, nickel, cobalt, and chromium, wherein the ceramic sinter has conductive aggregates on its peripheral surface. In... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070111042 - Alkali-depleted glass & glass-based substrates for magnetic & magneto-optical recording media: A method of manufacturing a glass or glass-based non-magnetic substrate for a magnetic or magneto-optical (MO) data/information storage and retrieval medium comprises sequential steps of providing a non-magnetic, glass or glass-based sheet having at least one surface and containing alkali metal ions and/or alkali metal-containing species; treating the sheet to... Agent: Seagate Technology LLC C/o Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070104895 - Liquid crystal optical modulation element and optical head device: To provide a liquid crystal optical modulation element capable of stably modulating a laser beam having a wavelength of at most 500 nm for a long period of time. A liquid crystal optical modulation element to modulate a laser beam having a wavelength of at most 500 nm, which comprises... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070104893 - Manufacturing apparatus for liquid crystal device, manufacturing method for liquid crystal device, liquid crystal device and electronic device: A manufacturing apparatus for a liquid crystal device having a pair of substrates facing each other, an oriented film formed on an facing surface of at least one substrate in the pair of the substrates, and a liquid crystal held between the pair of substrates, includes: a film formation chamber;... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070104894 - Polymerizable liquid crystal compound, liquid crystal composition, optical anisotropic material and optical element: m

20070104896 - Optical film, polarizing plate and image display device: An optical film comprising: a transparent support; and at least one hard coat layer containing a translucent resin and a coagulating metal oxide particle, and having a surface haze value of from 0 to 12%, an internal haze value of from 0 to 35% and an Sm value of from... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070104898 - Color and/or effect films, their preparation and use: Method of preparing single-layer or multilayer color and/or effect films comprising a color and/or effect layer, by (1) continuously applying a component amount of a basecoat material (A) by means of a directed application technique to a carrier, the applicator (1) and the carrier being in relative motion with respect... Agent: Basf Corporation Patent Department

20070104897 - Ornament: A radiator grille, or ornament, includes a base material which transmits visible light and is made of an acrylic resin, a first ornamental layer coating the front surface of the base material, and a second ornamental layer coating the rear surface of the base material. The first and second ornamental... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070104899 - Process for printing images on dark surfaces: Novel processes for printing high quality, high resolution, multi-color images on darkly colored fibrous or porous materials or other ink absorbing materials, is disclosed. The processes are effected by digitally printing a layer of an opaque, lightly colored ink composition, followed by digitally printing the colored image thereon, and optionally... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20070104900 - Inkjet recording element: The present invention relates to a recording element intended for forming images by inkjet printing having very good colorfastness over time and a good ink drying time. Said recording element comprises a support and at least one ink-receiving layer, said ink-receiving layer comprising at least one hydrosoluble binder and at... Agent: Patent Legal Staff

20070104901 - Method for distributing a myoglobin-containing food product: A method of distributing or commercializing fresh meat having the general steps of butchering a slaughtered animal into a plurality of retail cuts; packaging the retail cuts into a plurality of articles wherein each article comprises a polymeric oxygen barrier film having a transparent portion in contact with at least... Agent: Bemis Company, Inc.

20070104902 - Package containing fragrance: Packaging materials and packages that transfer fragrances to foods and other products via the vapor phase are disclosed. The present invention provides a source of desired fragrance, a suitable environment for vapor transfer, and an appropriate food substrate to which flavor and fragrance is added. Examples of the source of... Agent: Joseph F. Leightner, Esq. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

20070104903 - Bicolor melamine container: The present invention is aimed to provide a bicolor hollowed out melamine container, an outer shell of the melamine container having a number of hollowed out slits differ from the outer wall in colors, the appearance of the container has bicolor or multicolor effects. In practice the melamine container consists... Agent: Su-chun Shieh

20070104904 - Multicolor, multilayer elastomeric articles and methods of manufacturing same: Multilayer elastomeric articles and methods of making the same are disclosed in which the outside or outer distal surface of the article is a different color or otherwise visually distinct in appearance from the inside or wearer contacting surface of the article so that the user of the article can... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.c. Attn: Linda Kasulke, Docket Coordinator

20070104905 - Reinforced bags: A bag formed from a fabric reinforced film is provided. The bag substrate comprises a biaxially oriented thermoplastic film of a polypropylene or polyester. The biaxially oriented film layer may include a foil or metal layer. The film layer further contains a fabric backing. The resulting bag is resistant to... Agent: J. Bennett Mullinax, LLC

20070104906 - Conductive rubber member: A conductive rubber member having at least one conductive elastic layer, wherein the conductive elastic layer, which is at least an outermost layer, in contact with an opposing member during use is a curing product of a rubber composition having a conductivity imparting agent incorporated into a rubber base material... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070104907 - Multilayer structure and multilayer shaped article: A multilayer structure comprising at least two or more layers including a layer (a) comprising (A) polyamide 11 and/or polyamide 12, and a layer (b) comprising (B) a polyamide (polyamide 9N) consisting of a dicarboxylic acid unit comprising a naphthalenedicarboxylic acid unit in a proportion of 50 mol % or... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20070104914 - Adhesive strip with an acrylate foam, strip-shaped substrate: Adhesive tape with a two-sided acrylate foam backing, each side coated with two different adhesives in distinct segments, one adhesive having high initial bond strength and the other having high ultimate bond strength.... Agent: Henkel Corporation

20070104908 - Architectural graphic system: A decorating system for retail floor space and other architectural spaces or surfaces. The architectural graphic system (40) comprising a multi-layered decorated article (42) comprised of a stabilizing and masking polymeric layer (44) combined with a flexible transparent polymeric layer (46), a decoration layer (48), and an adhesive layer (50)... Agent: Godfrey & Kahn S.c.

20070104912 - Constructed strip-off type adhesive tape set: A constructed strip-off type adhesive tape set including a plurality of adhesive tape packs, an annular member and an adhesive-tape stand, wherein each of the adhesive tape packs is composed at least of a strip-off type adhesive tape piece and a seat for receiving the adhesive tape piece, the seat... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070104909 - Device and method of reducing wrinkles: A device for reducing wrinkles by holding the wrinkle apart, including a core that substantially resists compressive forces applied by a wrinkle; an adhesive layer attached to the core to adhesively secure the core to the wrinkle; a cover layer attached to the core on a side opposite from a... Agent: Advantia Law Group

20070104910 - Device and method of reducing wrinkles: A device for reducing wrinkles by holding the wrinkle apart, including a core that substantially resists compressive forces applied by a wrinkle; an adhesive layer attached to the core to adhesively secure the core to the wrinkle; a cover layer attached to the core on a side opposite from a... Agent: Advantia Law Group

20070104911 - Laminate with optical structure and method for using the same: This invention provides a laminate with optical structure and method for using the same. The laminate according to the invention can produce various two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) effects, such as flip, animation, morph, zoom, and 3D effects, by laminating with a specially computer treated image. The objective of this... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070104913 - Pressure-sensitive adhesive label for hard disk drive: A pressure-sensitive adhesive label has a base having an information indication portion on its one surface thereof, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on another surface of the base. After peeling a release liner, the label is stuck on an outer surface of a housing of the hard disk drive... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070104915 - Composite label web and method of using same: There is disclosed a composite label web containing labels and security seals capable of being applied as a unit to articles such as containers using an automatic label applicator. After application to, for example, a container, the seals can be removed from adherence to the container and used as loop... Agent: Paxar Americas, Inc. Attn: Joseph J. Grass

20070104916 - Roll type adhesive cleaner and method for making the same: An object of the invention is to provide a roll type adhesive cleaner which has an easy-to-find starting end for peeling and resists double peeling and which can be produced with smaller-sized equipment that is not required to have accuracy and is therefore economically advantageous and to provide a method... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070104917 - Packaging with a break line and method for manufacturing the same: The invention is directed to packaging comprising a multiple-layer material construction with a break line which is formed by a line-shaped, successive arrangement of blind holes separated by webs and in which the multiple-layer material construction comprises at least one layer which absorbs laser radiation and a layer which reflects... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070104918 - Metal alloys for the reflective or the semi-reflective layer of an optical storage medium: A silver-based alloy thin film is provided for the highly reflective or the semi-reflective layer of optical discs. Alloy additions to silver include gold, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, platinum, palladium, copper, silicon, cadmium, tin, lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, indium, chromium, antimony, gallium, boron, molybdenum, zirconium, beryllium, titanium, aluminum, germanium and zinc.... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070104920 - Optical disk including a sulfuration suppressing dielectric film: A phase change optical disk includes a first dielectric film, a recording film, a second dielectric film and a reflecting film which are consecutively formed on a substrate. The second dielectric film includes therein a zinc sulfide at a rate of 10 to 40 mol % and a tantalum oxide... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070104921 - Optical recording medium having a higher crystallization speed: A phase change optical disk includes interface films sandwiching therebetween a recording film, wherein the interface films are configured by dielectric films including a mixture of Al oxide, T oxide and Ta oxide. The interface films improve the crystallization speed of the recording film without lowering the crystallizing temperature of... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070104919 - Write-once optical disk and optical recording method: A write-once optical disk comprises a substrate, a recording layer which is stacked on the substrate and comprised of a first reaction layer comprised of a material containing hydrogen and a second reaction layer comprised of a material having an extinction coefficient greater than that in the first reaction layer,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070104922 - Superhydrophilic coatings: A superhydrophilic coating can be antireflective and antifogging. The coating can remain antireflective and antifogging for extended periods.... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070104923 - Novel mineral composition: A mineral composition that contains at least about 90 weight percent of headlap granules, at least about 50 weight percent of calcium carbonate, and from about 0.1 to about 1.0 weight percent of a pigmented material. The pigmented material contains from about 10 to about 35 weight percent of pigment... Agent: Howard J. Greenwald P.C.

20070104924 - Flexible leather laminate: A heat and pressure consolidated flexible laminate, and a method for producing the same, is provided that includes in superimposed relationship, a flexible, resin coated backing layer consisting of one or more sheets, a decorative layer consisting essentially of a leather material and, optionally, an overlay.... Agent: O'shea, Getz & Kosakowski, P.C.

20070104926 - Circuit device in particular frequency converter: A frequency converter is presented. The frequency converter includes a circuit module, which is interconnected to a circuit board and is connected to a heat sink. For attaining a frequency converter in a modular version with optimal cooling properties, the circuit module has a flexible, electrically insulating plastic film, which... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070104925 - Soft-hard moulded articles: The invention provides a method for injection moulding thermoplastic articles having both soft and hard zones.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070104927 - Covering sheet and wire harness: A covering sheet for being wound on a sheathed wire, includes a base sheet that has a strip shape, and an adhesive tape that has an adhesive surface formed only on one side thereof. The adhesive tape is bonded to the base sheet so as to project from one side... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070104928 - Decorative material: A decorative material capable of achieving both surface endurance such as abrasion resistances and internal endurance such as subsidence resistance, water resistance and oil resistance. The decorative material is produced by laminating an ionizing radiation curing resin coating paper onto a thermosetting resin impregnated paper, and heat pressing for the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070104929 - Method for plating printed circuit board and printed circuit board manufactured therefrom: Disclosed herein are a method for plating a printed circuit board and the printed circuit board manufactured therefrom. In the method, a bare soldering or wire bonding portion of a copper (Cu)- or copper alloy layer, is plated with palladium (Pd) or a palladium alloy, and then gold (Au) or... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070104930 - Composite wood replacement article and method of making same: A composite article includes a matrix having first and second opposing surfaces defining a transverse dimension and a filler material embedded in the matrix. The filler material presents a density gradient in the transverse dimension wherein a minimum filler density is at the first surface. In one embodiment, the composite... Agent: Patrick R. Scanlon Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios LLP

20070104931 - Heat-shrinkable polyester film and heat-shrinkable polyester film roll: X10(%): a heat shrinkage percentage in a maximum shrinkage direction of a film having experienced heat shrink by 10% in a maximum shrinkage direction; (D) a three-dimensional surface roughness Δa gives 0.008 to 0.04; and (E) a three-dimensional surface roughness SRz gives 0.6 to 1.5 micrometers. Even in use for... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070104932 - Sheet molding compound damper component, and methods for making and using the same: A damper component for absorbing and dissipating vibration and/or noise resonating from a device is provided. The damper component includes a viscoelastic damper layer, and a continuous constraining layer intimately contacting and encasing the damper layer. The constraining layer has a greater stiffness and higher modulus of dynamic shearing elasticity... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20070104936 - Beneficiated fiber and composite: A beneficiated fiber and composite including a fiber having a lumen with voids. A suspension including a bonding agent, chemical blowing agent, and catalyst is drawn into the lumen by a capillary action to beneficiate the fiber. The beneficiated fiber may be imbedded with a polymeric material to form the... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20070104934 - Lightweight nacelle for turbines and methods for making same: A lightweight nacelle includes a plurality of wound carbon fibers embedded in an epoxy matrix around a hollow region. The nacelle is made by a process that includes winding the plurality of carbon fibers around a mandrel.... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402)

20070104933 - Reinforced structural member and method of forming: A new and useful structure and method for reinforcing a structural member is provided. A fabric cover on a selected portion of the structural member; wherein (a) the fabric cover comprises a plurality of different carbon fiber types in a predetermined configuration, (b) each of the different carbon fiber types... Agent: Lawrence R. Oremland, P.C. Suite C-214

20070104935 - Thermal shock resistant ceramic composites: The disclosed technology relates to a ceramic composite which is able to withstand temperatures in excess of 2200° F. on a repeated basis without cracking due to thermal shock. The composite may comprise a web of reinforcement fibers; and a matrix that substantially embeds the web. The composite may be... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070104937 - Epoxy resin composition, process for producing fiber-reinforced composite materials and fiber-reinforced composite materials: An epoxy resin composition comprises (a) an epoxy resin, (b) an anionic polymerization initiator and (c) from 1 to 30 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of epoxy resin (a) of an aromatic ring-containing proton donor of a polyhydric alcohol and/or a polymercaptan.... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070104939 - Cleaning sheets, transfer member having cleaning function, and method of cleaning substrate-processing apparatus with these: A cleaning sheet which comprises a porous layer as a cleaning layer; or a cleaning sheet which comprises a sheet material having a porous layer and, formed on one side of the sheet material, an adhesive layer.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070104938 - Foam cushion with a high water-absorption ability: A foam cushion with a high water-absorption ability is made mainly from PVC powder and full of open air cells. The air cells in the foam cushion are broken to connect with one another and those on the surface of the foam cushion are broken to connect with open air.... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell Suite 1404

20070104940 - Method for manufacturing a glass infiltrated metal oxide infrastructure: Glass infiltrated metal oxide infrastructures are formed by providing a glass which is suitable for infiltration and compatible with the metal oxide infrastructure; heating the glass in a nitrogen rich environment; and infiltrating the metal oxide infrastructure with the glass. Stress corrosion in a glass infiltrated metal oxide infrastructure is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070104941 - Anisotropic porous material: The present invention is to provide an anisotropic porous material for a fluid filter which can perform a separation process of a large amount of fluid with high accuracy, which can achieve high flux, and which can improve detergent properties. The anisotropic porous material includes a plurality of pores. Each... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070104942 - Adhesive tape provided with a polyurethane foam support: Adhesive tape with a two-sided polyurethane foam backing, each side coated with two different adhesives in distinct segments, one adhesive having high initial bond strength and the other having high ultimate bond strength.... Agent: Henkel Corporation

20070104943 - Filled polymer composites: Filled resin composites comprising at least one polymeric resin and microspheres wherein said microspheres have an average size D50 of 25 micrometers or less and a 10 percent collapse strength of at least 10,000 PSI (68.8 Mpa) are disclosed. Such resins exhibit surprising and previously unattained combination of superior physical... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070104944 - Polymer layer comprising silicone and at least one metal trace and a process of manufacturing the same: l

20070104945 - Alumina layer with enhanced texture: The present invention relates to a coated cutting tool insert comprising a substrate and a coating to be used in metal machining. The hard and wear resistant coating exhibits an excellent adhesion to the substrate covering all functional parts thereof. The coating is composed of one or more refractory layers... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20070104946 - Heat-transfer label assembly and method of using the same: A heat-transfer label assembly and method of using the same. In one embodiment, the assembly is adapted for decorating glass articles and comprises a carrier, the carrier comprising a paper substrate overcoated with a layer of polyethylene. The polyethylene layer is overcoated with a skim coat of wax. One or... Agent: Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20070104947 - Nanotube/matrix composites and methods of production and use: A nanotube/matrix composite mixture, and a method of producing it, which can be used to form a composite material such as a drawn fiber having an increased strength over a drawn fiber formed from the matrix material alone. Nanotubes are combined with a solvent material to form a nanotube/solvent mixture.... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers P.C.

20070104948 - Polybenzazole fiber and article comprising the same: The present invention relates to polybenzazole fibers which can still have high durability against atmospheres of high temperatures and high humidity even after yarns made thereof have had kink bands therein due to the damages in the course of post-processing for making woven fabrics, knitted fabrics, braids, ropes and cords.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070104949 - Granulate made of sintered or cellular broken glass: A granulate that consists of broken pieces of a sintered body that is sintered from crushed blow-molded glass has a number of inclusions of at least one active substance on the broken surfaces of granulate. This active substance is embedded as a grain in sintered body. Upon contact with toxins,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070104950 - Inorganic oxide, exhaust gas purifying catalyst carrier, and exhaust gas purifying catalyst: A particulate inorganic oxide containing aluminum oxide, a metal oxide forming no composite oxide with aluminum oxide, and an additional element including at least one of a rare-earth element and an alkali earth element, the inorganic oxide containing a secondary particle formed by aggregating primary particles; wherein at least a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070104951 - Multiple particle and composition having disperse system: A multiple particle (e.g., a spherical particle) comprising an organic solid component (A) containing a plurality of organic solid materials (e.g., polymers) is produced by eluting a water-soluble auxiliary component (B) containing at least an oligosaccharide (B1) from a composition having a disperse system, in which a particulate dispersed phase... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070104952 - Pigments and polymer composites formed thereof: A composite material includes a polymer matrix and a pigment dispersed in the polymer matrix. The pigment includes an alumina hydrate particulate material and a dye. The dye is covalently bonded to a surface of the alumina hydrate particulate material.... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20070104953 - Dlc coating, and dlc coating coated tool: A DLC coating (20) coating a surface of a predetermined member (12) comprises a base layer (22) not containing hydrogen substantially, and a hydrogen containing layer (24) containing hydrogen ranging from 2 atom % to 20 atom %. The base layer (22) and the hydrogen containing layer (24) disposed thereon... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070104954 - Antistatic glass substrate production method and antistatic glass substrate produced by the method: The present invention relates to an antistatic glass substrate production method which makes a glass substrate less electrifiable by plasma-treating the glass substrate, and an antistatic glass substrate produced by the method. In the present invention, the glass substrate is placed in an atmospheric pressure plasma generating apparatus adapted to... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070104955 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing vehicle parts: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing at least partly plastic vehicle parts in a mold with at least one mold cavity, comprising the steps of: at least partly closing the mold, wherein the at least one mold cavity is brought in a first position by means of at... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070104956 - Polycarbonate system having enhanced weatherability and method of making same: A polycarbonate system having enhanced weatherability is disclosed. The polycarbonate system comprises a substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface, a primer disposed on the first surface of the substrate, and a top coat disposed on the primer on the first surface for abrasion resistance. At least one... Agent: Exatec C/o Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070104958 - Epoxy based reinforcing patches with encapsulated physical blowing agents: Reinforcing sheets for substrates such as steel and other metals have an adhesive layer that contains an epoxy resin, a rubber, a latent curing agent and an encapsulated physical blowing agent.... Agent: Gary C. Cohn, PLLC

20070104959 - Liquid epoxy resin composition: A liquid epoxy resin composition comprising (A) a liquid epoxy resin (B) an amine curing agent (C) a nitrogen compound selected from the group consisting of organic acids salts of tertiary amines, amino acids, imino acids, and monoamine compounds having an alcoholic hydroxyl group in an amount of from 0.1... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070104960 - Liquid epoxy resin composition: A liquid epoxy resin composition comprising (A) a liquid epoxy resin (B) an amine curing agent and (C) an inorganic filler in an amount of from 50 to 900 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the component (A), wherein the component (B) is contained in such an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070104957 - Method of forming a radiation curable coating and coated article: A plasma polymer having residual functional (reactive) groups is formed on a substrate, a radiation curable coating composition is applied to the plasma polymer-coated substrate, and the radiation curable composition is radiation cured. The radiation curable composition contains a component which forms a polymer with the reactive groups of the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro

20070104962 - Hydrophillic polyisocyanate mixtures: The invention relates to new hydrophilic polyisocyanate mixtures based on polyacrylate-modified polyisocyanates, to a process for preparing them and to their use as a starting component in the production of polyurethane plastics, particularly as crosslinkers for water-soluble or water-dispersible film-forming binders or binder components containing groups that are reactive towards... Agent: Bayer Material Science LLC

20070104963 - Illumination package: An illumination package is disclosed in the invention. The illumination package includes an optical element, package base, and a light emitter. The optical element is designed to redirect a majority of light emitted from the light emitter to a direction approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the optical element.... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070104961 - Thermoplastic resin sheets provided with functionality by transfer method and their production processes: The present invention provides a functional thermoplastic resin sheet including a thin film of at least one layer formed on at least one side of a thermoplastic resin sheet by a transfer method, wherein at least one layer of the thin film has functionality. The functional thermoplastic resin sheet of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070104964 - Coated article having low-e coating with ion beam treated ir reflecting layer and corresponding method: A coated article is provided that may be used as a vehicle windshield, insulating glass (IG) window unit, or the like. An ion beam is used during at least part of forming an infrared (IR) reflecting layer(s) of such a coated article. Advantageously, this has been found to improve sheet... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070104965 - Transparent substrate which is covered with a stack of thin layers having reflection properties in infrared and/or solar radiation: The invention relates to a transparent substrate provided with a thin-film multilayer comprising at least one functional metal layer, especially a silver-based layer, having reflection properties in the infrared and/or in the solar radiation range, at least one metal barrier layer in contact with the functional layer and at least... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070104968 - Coating compositions, articles, and methods of coating articles: Coating compositions, articles, and methods of coating articles are provided. The coating compositions and methods provide abrasion resistant formable coatings when cured on a substrate. The articles can be formed after the coating compositions are applied to a substrate and cured. Abrasion resistant, tintable coatings are also provided.... Agent: Joan N. Drew

20070104966 - Metal-cured polyethylene-metal laminate: The invention concerns a metal laminate comprising between two outer metal sheets an adhesive polymer layer, characterised in that the adhesive polymer layer comprises cross-linked polyethylene or a copolymer thereof, grafted with an unsaturated carboxylic acid an anhydride and/or an ester derivative thereof. The invention further concerns a process for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070104967 - Polymer layer comprising silicone and at least one metal trace and a process of manufacturing the same: e

20070104969 - Layered paint coating for turbine blade environmental protection: The present invention is a gas turbine engine turbine blade comprising an airfoil section having at least an exterior surface, a platform section having an exterior surface, an under platform section having an exterior surface, and a dovetail section having an exterior surface. The blade further comprises a corrosion resistant... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070104970 - Perovskite ceramic powder and electronic component using same and manufacturing methods thereof: A ceramic powder having a perovskite structure is manufactured by synthesizing a ceramic powder by a dry synthesis process and then heat-treating the synthesized ceramic powder in a solution. The dry synthesis method includes a solid phase synthesis method, an oxalate method, a citric acid method and a gas phase... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070104971 - Film with outer layer composed of a polyamide composition: A decorative film having an outer layer containing a polyamide composition with the following components: a) from 50 to 100 parts by weight of polyamide prepared from: α) from 70 to 100 mol % of diamine selected from m-xylylenediamine, p-xylylenediamine and mixtures thereof, β) from 0 to 30 mol %... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070104972 - Heat resistant masking tape: A heat resistant masking tape, comprising (1) a heat resistant backing film layer; and (2) a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer disposed on the heat resistant backing film layer, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer comprises a polymer resulting from polymerizing and cross-linking a monomer mixture comprising an alkyl (meth)acrylate with an alkyl... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070104973 - Low-temperature setting adhesive and anisotropically electroconductive adhesive film using the same: An insulating adhesive film and an anisotropically electroconductive adhesive film satisfying low-temperature curability, high adhesion and high reliability are provided. An anisotropically electroconductive adhesive film of the present invention is so configured that electroconductive particles 7 are dispersed in an insulating adhesive resin 6, comprising as main components: a radical... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070104974 - Nickel based alloys to prevent metal dusting degradation: An article of manufacture for reducing susceptibility of a metal pipe to metal dusting degradation. The article includes a multi-layer tubing having an alloy layer and a copper layer. The alloy layer can include a Ni based, an Al based and an Fe based alloy layer. In addition, layers of... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070104975 - Corrosion-resistant coated copper and method for making the same: A corrosion-resistant coated base metal coated with a corrosion resistant alloy. The corrosion resistant alloy includes tin and zinc. The corrosion resistant coated base metal includes a heat created intermetallic layer primarily including copper and zinc.... Agent: Fay, Sharpe , Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070104976 - Material for organic electroluminescent device and organic electroluminescent device using same: A material for organic electroluminescence device with specific structure having poor symmetry. An an organic electroluminescence device comprising a cathode, an anode and an organic thin film layer which is sandwiched between the cathode and the anode and comprises at least one layer, wherein at least one layer in the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070104977 - Organic electroluminescent device: wherein X is a condensed aromatic ring group with three or more carbocycles, Y is a group selected from substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted diarylamino, substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl and substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups, and n is an integer of 1 to 6, provided that Ys may... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070104978 - Organometallic light-emitting material: wherein E=Group 16 elements (including sulphur); M=Group 10 metal (including platinum); R1-R14 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; halogen; alkyl; substituted alkyl; aryl; substituted aryl, with substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, lower alkyl and recognized donor and acceptor groups. R1 can also be... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070104979 - Red phosphorescent compound and organic electroluminescent device using the same:  is selected from 2,4-pentanedione, 2,2,6,6,-tetramethylheptane-3,5-dione, 1,3-propanedione, 1,3-butanedione, 3,5-heptanedione, 1,1,1-trifluoro-2,4-pentanedione, 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoro-2,4-pentanedione, and 2,2-dimethyl-3,5-hexanedione. Further disclosed herein is an organic electroluminescent (EL) device comprising an anode, a hole injecting layer, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, an electron injecting layer, and a cathode laminated in this order... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070104980 - Red phosphorescent compounds and organic electroluminescent devices using the same:  is selected from 2,4-pentanedione, 2,2,6,6,-tetramethylheptane-3,5-dione, 1,3-propanedione, 1,3-butanedione, 3,5-heptanedione, 1,1,1-trifluoro-2,4-pentanedione, 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoro-2,4-pentanedione and 2,2-dimethyl-3,5-hexanedione. Further disclosed herein is an organic electroluminescent (EL) device comprising an anode, a hole injecting layer, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, an electron injecting layer, and a cathode laminated in this order... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070098918 - Liquid crystal device and a method for manufacturing thereof: The invention relates to a liquid crystal device comprising a liquid crystal bulk layer and a surface-director alignment layer comprising side-chains arranged to interact with the bulk layer, wherein the orientation of the bulk layer molecules and the orientation of said side-chains each is directly controllable by an electric field... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070098919 - Method for fabricating optical compensation film: The present invention provides a method of forming an optical compensation film. The method employs biphenyl polyimide without fluorine and combines negative C plate with A plate to be applied to the view-angle compensation film of TFT-LCDs.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070098920 - Optical film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display: An optical film is provided and has a support and an optically anisotropic layer containing a fluorine-containing polymer and a liquid crystal compound. The relationship between the photoelectron takeoff angle φ(°) and the CFn intensity ratio P(%) obtained by AR-XPS measurement of the optically anisotropic layer gives P of 10%... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070098922 - Multi-functional monomer having a photoreactive group, alignment film for lcd using the monomer, and lcd comprising the alignment film: Disclosed is a multi-functional monomer including a heat-curable functional group as well as a typical photoreactive group. In the multi-functional monomer, the photoreactive group is not chained to a main chain of a polymer. Thus, since it is possible to perform desirable alignment treatment even though polarized UV is radiated... Agent: Song K. Jung Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070098923 - Polarizing liquid crystal film and method for manufacturing the same, light guide plate integrated with polarizing liquid crystal film and backlight unit: The present invention relates to a polarizing liquid crystal film having no alignment layer and a method for manufacturing the same, a light guide plate integrated with the polarizing liquid crystal film, and a backlight unit. The polarizing liquid crystal film of the present invention includes an adhesive layer, a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070098921 - Compositions for liquid crystal display: This invention relates to compositions and an assembly process for the manufacture of liquid crystal displays. The assembly process is especially advantageous because it can be easily scalable to roll-to-roll continuous manufacturing of liquid crystal displays. The invention is directed to a photoalignable top-sealing composition for top-sealing a liquid crystal... Agent: Howrey LLP

20070098925 - Method for turf installation utilizing micromechanical bonding: A method for artificial turf installation utilizing micromechanical bonding for seaming between adjacent pieces of the artificial turf. The artificial turf comprises a backing which includes primary, secondary, and tertiary backing materials. The tertiary backing comprises a foam urethane lamination of an additional textile layer for attaching to the secondary... Agent: Pearson & Pearson, LLP

20070098924 - Realistic model plant structure: An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to create plant model with realism. A tree core having a trunk and branches is created. The tree core is pre-coated with a clear oil-based liquid. A coat is formed to cover the tree core with a composite mixture. The composite... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070098926 - Method of forming multi-layer coatings on automobile bodies without a primer bake: This invention relates to a method for forming a multi-layer coating on a vehicle body, comprised of applying primer coating, base coating, and clear coat layers in a wet-on-wet-on-wet manner, and simultaneously curing the applied three layers together in a single baking step. The primer layer comprises a film-forming binder... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070098927 - Ink compositions and methods for controlling color on a print medium: The present invention relates to ink compositions including ink additives for controlling the color of the ink composition to provide media independence, improve black dye neutrality, and improve individual dye selection for a dye set, methods for producing the ink compositions, and methods using the ink compositions having the ink... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070098928 - Calcium carbonate marking fluid receptors: The various embodiments involve marking fluid receptors, methods of their manufacture and use, and media produced using such receptors. Marking fluid receptive coatings of the various embodiments utilize calcium carbonate having controlled sizing of primary particles and their agglomeration.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070098929 - Direct manufactured self-contained parts kit: A self-contained parts kit is created by forming a container around parts formed using a direct manufacturing process. The formation of the container is part of the same process by which the parts are formed. The container can be formed with one or more openings by which the parts can... Agent: Brosemer, Kolefas & Associates, LLC - (boeing)

20070098931 - Enrobed core: An enrobed a core, such as a tablet core, that has a coating made of one or more patterned films each having portions that are visually distinct (e.g., differently colored) from one another and having a transition line segment between these visually distinct portions. At least a portion of an... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070098930 - Manufacturing method with vacuum bag: A method for producing an article of composite material comprising the steps of: providing a moulding tool of a female type; providing a form bag; placing one or several prepregs in the moulding tool; providing a heel shaped hard tool part; placing said hard tool part at the female tool... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20070098932 - Anticorrosive paper or paperboard material: The present invention relates to an anticorrosive paper or paperboard substrate, as well as methods of making and using the same.... Agent: International Paper Company

20070098933 - Shrink sleeve label: A shrink film comprises a skin layer and a base layer. The skin layer may comprise polystyrene or modified polyester. The base layer may comprise alpha-olefin/cyclic-olefin copolymer or alpha-olefin/vinyl aromatic copolymer. The film has a free shrink at 100° C. of at least about 10%. The film is useful for... Agent: Sealed Air Corporation

20070098934 - Article, method and apparatus of forming expanded plastic materials in a steam chest mold: The invention provides an article, a method and an apparatus of forming expanded plastic materials in a steam chest mold having out of die draw features. This is achieved by means of a cavity pull system. The cavity pull system allows for the provision of molded features outside the die... Agent: Clark Hill, P.C.

20070098938 - Container method for product integrity and identification: A container method for product integrity and identification includes a bottle formed from a resin comprising polyethylene terephthalate and a first set of dye stuffs present in the bottle in an amount sufficient to absorb visible and ultraviolet wavelengths which may cause product degradation. A second set of dyestuffs is... Agent: Walter A. Hackler

20070098937 - High gloss polyethylene articles: The present invention includes an end use article (i.e., an article of manufacture) and a process for making the same, wherein the end use article has a relatively high gloss and exhibits excellent processability over a wide range of processing conditions. The end use article can be formed with glossy... Agent: Fina Technology Inc

20070098935 - Molded article method, and apparatus for providing an undercut molding feature in a mold tool: A molded article is disclosed. According to an embodiment, the molded article includes a blow-molded parison of material having an undercut formed in a surface of the parison of material. An apparatus for providing an undercut molding feature in a mold tool is also disclosed. According to an embodiment, the... Agent: Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

20070098936 - Oxygen-scavenging containers: A container providing effective oxygen-scavenging functionality, while having high L* color or low darkness. The container has at least one wall, wherein the wall comprises a populated area, and wherein the populated area comprises a film-forming polymer; and a population of particles comprising an effective amount of oxygen-scavenging particles, wherein... Agent: M&g Usa, Corporation

20070098939 - Laminated resin formed body, method for producing laminated resin formed body, and multilayer article: The invention provides a laminated resin molding comprising a thermoplastic polymer layer (A), a polyamide-based resin layer (B) and a thermoplastic resin layer (C), wherein said thermoplastic polymer layer (A), said polyamide-based resin layer (B) and said thermoplastic resin layer (C) are laminated in that order and firmly adhered to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070098940 - Profiled insulation lan cables: A device for making a profiled insulation having an extrusion die with an extrusion tip and a polymer chamber surrounding the extrusion tip. The polymer chamber has at least one air chamber therein. The air chamber is held in place and coupled to the outside of the extrusion die by... Agent: Sofer & Haroun, LLP

20070098941 - Marine umbilical comprising hydrolysis resistant polyamides: Marine umbilicals are provided comprising polyamide compositions having good hydrolysis resistance and that may optionally contain plasticizer.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070098942 - In-mold chip attach: A poly sheet continuously moving in a machine direction is heated to a temperature just below its glass thermal temperature to make the poly malleable. A circuit (e.g., RFID chip, EAS chip, transponder, IC) is placed on the poly sheet and embedded into the poly sheet, preferably with a heat... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20070098943 - Multi-layer dry paint decorative laminate having discoloration prevention barrier: A decorative dry paint transfer laminate includes a layer of dry paint, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on one side of the dry paint layer, and a release liner in releasable contact with the dry paint layer on a side opposite from the pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA). The release liner has a... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070098944 - Differential perforation pattern for dispensing print media: A web of print media dispensable as individual sheets along lines of perforation includes a pattern of ties and slits that provide a more predictable resistance to manually separating the sheets from the web. The lines of perforation extend transversely with respect to a longitudinal dimension of the web and... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.c. Attn: Linda Kasulke, Docket Coordinator

20070098945 - Irregular tessellated building units: An irregular, tessellated building unit comprises x primary elements, wherein x is an integer equal to or greater than 1. The primary element is a rotational tessellation having a plural pairs of sides extending in a generally radial direction from plural vertices, respectively. In each pair, the two sides are... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070098950 - Information storage medium, reproducing method, and recording medium: According to one embodiment, an information storage medium includes an organic dye material which records information with a light beam having a wavelength equal to or smaller than 620 nm.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070098947 - Multi-purpose high-density optical disc: An optical recording medium includes a first half-disc and a second half-disc. The first half-disc includes a substrate and an information layer (including a reflective layer) formed on a first side of the substrate. The second half-disc is bonded by an adhesive to a second side of the substrate of... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070098948 - Optical disc and method for fabricating the same: An optical disc capable of suppressing vibration during read/write process includes an annular substrate, a coated layer, and a damping layer. The annular substrate includes a supporting portion and a recording portion, and a recording surface corresponding to the recording portion. The coated layer is formed on the recording surface.... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20070098946 - Optical recording disc: An optical recording disc includes a substrate 2, a reflective layer 3, a third dielectric layer 4, a light absorption layer 5, a second dielectric layer 6, a decomposition reaction layer 7 containing platinum oxide as a primary component, a first dielectric layer 8 and a light transmission layer 9... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070098949 - Storage medium, reproducing method, and recording method: According to one embodiment, a write-once type information storage medium comprises an organic dye based recording material having sensitivity at a wavelength of 405 nm and at a recording wavelength in the range of 600 nm to 700 nm, wherein, when absorbance of a maximum absorption wavelength in the vicinity... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070098952 - Extruded laminated floor mat and method of manufacturing same: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a floor mat having a dressed edge including extruding material into a sheet that defines the bottom layer of a floor mat. The extruded sheet is bonded to a fabric sheet that defines the top layer of a floor mat where... Agent: Bliss Mcglynn, P.C.

20070098951 - Pile weatherstripping dust plugs: Block seals of pile weatherstripping (6), which may be inserted in doorjambs or window sash and are sometimes called dust plugs (15), are provided by hinged segments (16-21) of a continuous length of pile weatherstripping folded against each other. The pile may have an infiltration barrier providing a fin (4)... Agent: Kenneth J. Lukacher

20070098953 - Fastening systems utilizing combinations of mechanical fasteners and foams: A mechanical fastener having a flexible layer and a plurality of first discrete fastener islands having a mechanical fastening material and a backing material having a first surface attached to the mechanical fastening material and a second surface attached to the flexible layer. The mechanical fastener also has a plurality... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070098954 - Plastic/metal hybrid engine shield: An embodiment of a heat shield provides a sheet metal layer selectively facing a heat source and a plastic layer coupled to the sheet metal layer. The heat shield further includes an insulation layer at least partially interposed between the sheet metal layer and the plastic layer.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070098955 - Multi-layer tape for wire installation in aircraft: A multi-layer tape and related methods are disclosed herein to provide improved wire installation in aircraft. For example, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a multi-layer tape for securing electrical wiring to an aircraft includes a face stock layer, a scrim layer, a first adhesive layer adapted... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid, LLP

20070098957 - Method for the preparation of self-cleaning removable surfaces: The method for the preparation of self-cleaning surfaces having protrusions and recesses, wherein the distance between said protrusions is in a range of from 0.1 to 200 μm and the height of said protrusions is in a range of from 0.1 to 100 μm is performed by applying a solution,... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070098956 - Plastic bricks and method for making the same: A plastic brick includes a bottom layer with a base connected on the bottom layer, a printed plastic sheet connected on the base and a top layer connected on the printed plastic sheet. The material of the bottom layer and the base includes similar deformation efficiency and are mixed and... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070098958 - Embossing toughened silicone resin substrates: This invention relates to a method of embossing a cured silicone resin thermoset substrate to imprint patterns onto the substrate from a master mold comprising (i) stacking a master mold with a cured silicone resin thermoset substrate such that the surface of the master mold containing a feature is facing... Agent: Dow Corning Corporation Co1232

20070098959 - Substrates and articles having selective printed surface reliefs: The present invention provides articles comprising a substrate, a coating that is applied to the substrate, and surface reliefs that are cast or embossed onto the coating at substantially the same speeds and widths of conventional printing, and in substantially perfect register to conventional printing, wherein the coating is selected... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20070098960 - Sandwich panel core: The invention can be defined in its most general form as a 3-D light core from sheet material, especially from “NOMEX” polymeric paper, and can be used in production of sandwich panels as applied in aircraft production, construction and other branches of industry. With the aim to improve the core... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070098964 - Interlayers comprising an embossed polymer film: The present invention provides interlayers that comprise a metallized, embossed polymer film onto which an image has been formed with ultraviolet curable ink. The ultraviolet curable ink, upon application to the embossed surface of the polymer film, adheres evenly to the surface, without undue thickening or thinning in the low... Agent: Brenc Law Andrew Brenc

20070098962 - Laminate with a heat-activatable expandable layer: A laminate including a plurality of layers, wherein one of the layers is a heat-activatable expandable layer including a thermally expandable composition. The heat-activatable expandable layer includes a plurality of microcapsules containing the thermally expandable composition. This thermally expandable composition includes an easily volatilizable hydrocarbon, and a binder resin. When... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070098961 - Method of encoding a latent image: There is disclosed a method of encoding a latent image. The method comprises providing a latent image to be encoded, the latent image having a plurality of latent image elements, each latent image element having a visual characteristic which takes one of a predetermined set of values, providing a secondary... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070098965 - Personal authentication card having a visual checking security and a method of manufacting the same: A personal authentication card having a high visual checking security and a method of manufacturing the same which comprises a set of an upper and a lower transparent card support layers, an IC chip and an antenna being located on top surface of said lower transparent card support layer to... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070098963 - Toner receiving compositions for electrophotographic toner receiving systems: A toner receiving composition for electrophotographic toner receiving systems includes a binder of polymeric material and a plurality of organic hollow polymeric particles adhered to the polymeric binder material. The organic hollow polymeric particles are present in an amount equal to or greater than about 50% by weight of total... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070098966 - Patterned transfer of metallic elements using photo-degradable polymer templates: The present invention is drawn to a method of printing metallic elements, comprising steps of forming a photo-degradable polymer template comprising a photo-degradable polymer, depositing a metal layer on the template, and adhering at least a portion of the metal layer to a substrate. Additional steps include exposing the template... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070098967 - Resin product, production method for the same, and deposition method for a metallic coating: The present invention provides a metallic coating having a sheen and discontinuous structure and a resin product having the metallic coating by using a physical vapor deposition method at high productivity and low cost.... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070098968 - Polarizing, photochromic devices and methods of making the same: Provided is an optical element including: a substrate; and at least one at least partially aligned thermally reversible photochromic-dichroic compound connected to at least a portion of the substrate and having an average absorption ratio greater than 2.3 in an activated state.... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070098969 - Light-guiding assembly and automotive vehicle roof: A light-guiding assembly for vehicle roofs has a plurality of glass sheets (1, 2) with an interlayer (3) of a polymeric laminating material interposed. The light-guiding assembly has light-coupling means (5) for coupling light into the light-guiding assembly. According to the invention, the light coupled into the interlayer (3) is... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070098970 - Modified copolyesters and improved multilayer reflective films: A multilayered polymer film includes a first set of optical layers and a second set of optical layers. The first set of optical layers is made from a polyester which is often birefringent. The polyesters of the first set of optical layers typically have a composition in which 70-100 mol... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070098972 - Blow-molded composite compositions and methods: A blow-molded composite and method of making the same is provided. The composite includes first and second fibrous layers and first and second film layers. The first fibrous layer includes randomly oriented fibers dispersed throughout the thickness of the layer and has first and second surfaces. The first film layer... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070098973 - Insulation containing heat expandable spherical additives, calcium acetate, cupric carbonate, or a combination thereof: Thermal insulation is provided which includes randomly distributed inorganic fibers and about 5-500 wt. % unexpanded hollow microspheres comprising a polymeric shell having disposed therein a blowing agent or gas, said unexpanded hollow microspheres increasing in size when heated. Also provided is an insulated attic, including a plurality of rafters,... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20070098971 - Interface materials and methods of production and use thereof: Layered interlace materials described herein comprise at least one crosslinkable thermal interface component and at least one compliant fibrous interface component coupled to the thermal interface component. A method of forming layered interface materials comprises: a) providing a crosslinkable thermal interface component; b) providing a compliant fibrous interface component; and... Agent: Buchalter Nemer

20070098974 - Multifunctional product markers and methods for making and using the same: Disclosed are multi-functional markers for use on various products, particularly products which have one or more visually indistinguishable characteristics, for identifying and/or providing information about such products, and to processes and materials for making and using such markers.... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20070098975 - Method of reducing porosity in thermal spray coated and sintered articles: This invention relates to a method for sealing porosity of at least a portion of an outer porous surface of an article, said method comprising (i) applying a sealant solution on the outer porous surface of said article, (ii) infiltrating at least a portion of the outer porous surface with... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20070098976 - Method for fabricating conductive particle and anisotropic conductive film using the same: The present invention relates to a method for fabricating a conductive particle, the method comprising steps of: (a) preparing a particle based on a macromolecular resin; (b) forming a layer of a nano powder on a surface of the particle; and (c) subjecting the layer of the nano powder to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070098977 - Soft magnetic materials and methods of making: An article including a monolithic body including iron, cobalt, and nitrogen is provided. The monolithic body includes a matrix phase and a plurality of particles disposed within the matrix phase. The particles include a phase comprising nitrogen.... Agent: Paul J. Diconza General Electric Global Research

20070098979 - Highly tetrahedral amorphous carbon coatings and systems and methods for their production: The invention provides systems and methods for the deposition of an improved diamond-like carbon material, particularly for the production of magnetic recording media. The diamond-like carbon material of the present invention is highly tetrahedral, that is, it features a large number of the sp3 carbon-carbon bonds which are found within... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070098980 - Highly tetrahedral amorphous carbon coatings and systems and methods for their production: The invention provides systems and methods for the deposition of an improved diamond-like carbon material, particularly for the production of magnetic recording media. The diamond-like carbon material of the present invention is highly tetrahedral, that is, it features a large number of the sp3 carbon-carbon bonds which are found within... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070098978 - Surface-coated sealing material: The present invention relates to a surface coated sealing material and provides a sealing material that enhances chemical resistance, plasma resistance, and non-sticking while keeping strength, hardness, and sealing property of a rubber substrate. It is a sealing material that comprises a coating film comprising one kind or more of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070098981 - Protective sheets for hands or shoes: A multiple of protective sheets are supplied in a stack. There is a main layer that will ultimately form the protective sheet. The main sheet has an upper surface having an adhesive surface thereon. The upper surface will adhere to any item that is pressed thereon. The lower surface of... Agent: James V. Guffey

20070098982 - Acrylic shrinkable fiber and method for production thereof: An object of the present invention is to provide a dyeable acrylic shrinkable fiber that only slightly shrinks when dyed and has a high shrinkage percentage even after dyeing. By spinning an incompatible spinning solution, the above object can be achieved, and a dyeable acrylic shrinkable fiber that only slightly... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070098984 - Fiber with release-material sheath for papermaking belts: Fibers with release-material sheaths, methods and systems for making such fibers, papermaking belts incorporating such fibers, and papermaking processes using belts incorporating such fibers are described.... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

20070098985 - Fluoropolymer fiber composite bundle: A composite bundle for repeated stress applications comprising at least one fiber of a high strength material, at least one fiber of fluoropolymer, wherein the fluoropolymer fiber is present in an amount of about 40% by weight or less.... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20070098986 - Process for producing a nonwoven polyester staple fiber fabric: Polyester staple fibers containing a polymeric blend of 0.5 to 15 mass % of a polyolefinic polymer with a matrix polyester polymer, 50% or more of the surface area of each fiber being formed by the polymeric blend, are useful for forming a nonwoven fabric with soft hand and a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070098983 - Reinforcing cord for rubber reinforcement and rubber product including the same: A reinforcing cord of the present invention is a reinforcing cord for rubber reinforcement. The reinforcing cord includes a carbon fiber strand (11) and a plurality of glass fiber strands (12) arranged around the carbon fiber strand (11). The present invention makes it possible to obtain a reinforcing cord having... Agent: Merchant & Gould

20070098987 - Strontium titanium oxides and abradable coatings made therefrom: Abradable coatings are provided. The coatings comprise SrTiO in combination with a ceramic, such as ytrria stabilized zirconia, or SrTiO in combination with an MCrAlX, such as NiCoCrAlY. The abradable coatings are suitable for use in high temperature environments found in gas turbine engines. Also provided are metal articles coated... Agent: Bayer Material Science LLC

20070098988 - Method of preparing biocompatible silicon nanoparticles: There is provided a method of preparing biocompatible silicon nanoparticles, which comprises the steps of forming a silicon nanoparticle colloid by ultrasonic treatment of Si-containing Zintl salt in diethylene glycol diethyl ether (DGDE), and introducing hydroxyl groups into the surface of the silicon nanoparticle by treating the silicon nanoparticle colloid... Agent: Jones Day

20070098989 - Robust multilayer magnetic pigments and foils: Multilayered magnetic pigment flakes and foils are provided. The pigment flakes can have a stacked layer structure on opposing sides of a magnetic core, or can be formed as an encapsulant structure with encapsulating layers around the magnetic core. The magnetic core in the stacked layer structure includes a magnetic... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070098991 - Composite nickel particles and a preparing method thereof: Composite Ni particles each having a silica coat is improved in oxidation resistance and heat shrink characteristics. A method of preparing composite Ni particles by using an organic Ni composite includes steps of: stirring and heating a nickel salt solution and a raw material of silica coat at a temperature... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070098990 - Nanoparticles modified with multiple organic acids: Surface-modified nanoparticles of boehmite, and methods for preparing the same. Aluminum oxyhydroxide nanoparticles are surface modified by reaction with selected amounts of organic acids. In particular, the nanoparticle surface is modified by reactions with two or more different carboxylic acids, at least one of which is an organic carboxylic acid.... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20070098993 - Article with multilayer diamond-like carbon film: An exemplary article includes a substrate and a multilayer diamond-like carbon film. The multilayer diamond-like carbon film includes a number of diamond-like carbon layers stacked one on another. Each diamond-like carbon layer is comprised of carbon, hydrogen and a metal-containing component selected from a group consisting of chromium, titanium, chromium-titanium... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070098992 - Heater unit manufacturing method: A heater unit manufacturing method constituted by the steps of: forming multitudes of inorganic fibers into a heat insulating housing block through molding; heat treating the heat insulating housing block after impregnating the block with heat resistant resin; and mounting a heating element inside of the heat treated heat insulating... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070098994 - Imaging member having sulfur-containing additive: An imaging member containing a substrate, and an outer layer containing a sulfur-containing additive, and an image forming apparatus for forming images on a recording medium including the imaging member above, a development component to apply a developer material to the charge-retentive surface to develop the electrostatic latent image to... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20070098995 - Adhesive film and process for preparing the same as well as adhesive sheet and semiconductor device: An object of the present invention is to provide a die-adhering adhesive film which can be laminated on a back of a wafer at a temperature lower than a softening temperature of a protecting tape for an ultra-thin wafer, or a dicing tape to be laminated, can reduce a thermal... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070098996 - Microfabrication using patterned topography and self-assembled monolayers: A method of selectively and electrolessly depositing a metal onto a substrate having a metallic microstructured surface is disclosed. The method includes forming a self-assembled monolayer on the metallic microstructured surface, exposing the self-assembled monolayer to an electroless plating solution including a soluble form of a deposit metal, and depositing... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070098997 - Composite articles and a process for their production: Weather resistant composite articles which have a smooth, bubble-free surface and are sufficiently puncture resistant to pass the DynaTup Instrument Impact Test are produced by an open pour process. These composites include a polyurethane, unreinforced barrier coat and a fiber-reinforced polyurethane layer. These composite articles are particularly useful for the... Agent: Bayer Material Science LLC

20070098998 - Diffusion sheet and manufacturing method thereof: A diffusion sheet structure in the direct type backlight module with anti-UV rays function and its manufacturing method discloses a diffusion sheet in the backlight module applied to TFT-LCD TV, and plural layer of the diffusion sheet made by a method of a multi-layer co-extrusion. The diffusion sheet advocates that... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070098999 - Polarized articles and methods for obtaining polarized articles: Processes suitable for creating polarized articles using polyvinyl alcohol films, and articles produced by those processes.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070099000 - Glass substrate having primer layer formed thereon and anti-fogging article: The present invention relates to a glass substrate which is characterized in that it has a primer layer that is formed thereon and includes a hydrolysis product of a hydrolysable silicon compound having an alkylene group and a hydrolysis product of a hydrolysable zirconium compound or hydrolysable titanium compound, and... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070099001 - Blister resistant optical coatings: An optical coating and method for coating an optical element are disclosed. The optical element substrate may be made of fused silica and the coating may include a non-fluoride adherence layer such as SiO2 that is deposited on the substrate to overlay and contact a surface of the substrate. The... Agent: Matthew K. Hillman Cymer, Inc., Legal Dept.

20070099002 - Compositions containing a silanol functional polymer and related hydrophilic coating films: Disclosed are coating compositions that include a polymer comprising silanol functional groups. Also disclosed are substrates coated with such compositions, methods for coating substrates with such compositions, and methods for imparting self cleaning properties to a substrate.... Agent: Ppg Industries, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20070099003 - Titanate-containing material and method for making the same: A titanate-containing material includes: a silicon-containing layer; and a crystalline layer of ammonium oxotrifluorotitanate formed on the silicon-containing layer. A method for making a titanate-containing material includes: immersing a silicon-containing substrate into an aqueous solution containing hexafluorotitanate radicals; and reacting the hexafluorotitanate radicals with water so as to form a... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070099004 - Composition for producing a barrier layer for gases: Organosilane-based composition for producing a barrier layer for gases, comprising (i) at least one organoalkoxysilane whose organofunctionality displays at least one unsaturated hydrocarbon group, (ii) at least one aminoalkylalkoxysilane, (iii) at least one polyol, (iv) optionally, another alkoxysilane or alkoxysiloxane, and (v) optionally, at least one nano- or microscale semimetal... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070099006 - Highly compliant bonding compound and structure: A compliant bonding material includes a thixotropic filler, and a plurality of nanoparticles embedded in the filler. The filler can be for example, oil or other stable viscous liquid with the proper surface tension properties, for example, siloxane, other silicone oils, or polysiloxane. The nanoparticles can be, e.g., Ag, Cu,... Agent: Bardmesser Law Group, P.C.

20070099008 - Method of producing high molecular weight organopolysiloxane, composition comprising the high molecular weight organopolysiloxane, and optical semiconductor device sealed with cured product thereof: Provided is a method of producing a high molecular weight organopolysiloxane with a polystyrene equivalent weight average molecular weight of at least 5×104, comprising the steps of producing an organopolysiloxane by subjecting a silane compound having a hydrolyzable group to a first hydrolysis and condensation, and then subjecting that organopolysiloxane... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070099009 - Resin composition for sealing optical device, cured product thereof, and method of sealing semiconductor element: (ii) a condensation catalyst, as well as a transparent cured product obtained by curing the composition, and a method of sealing a semiconductor element that comprises a step of applying the composition to a semiconductor element, and a step of curing the composition that has been applied to the semiconductor... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070099005 - Thick crack-free silica film by colloidal silica incorporation: The invention relates to low temperature curable spin-on glass materials which are useful for electronic applications, such as optical devices, in particular for flat panel displays. A substantially crack-free silicon polymer film is produced by (a) preparing a composition comprising at least one silicon containing pre-polymer, colloidal silica, an optional... Agent: Richard S. Roberts Roberts & Roberts, L.L.P.

20070099007 - Use of hydrophilic (co) polymers in crosslinkable aqueous silicone emulsions: An aqueous crosslinkable silicone emulsion suitable for preparing a release coating on fibrous supports. The emulsion contains a polyorganosiloxane having Si-vinyl units and a polysiloxane having SiH units, crosslinkable by polyaddition in the presence of a platinum catalyst, together with at least one hydrophilic stabilizing (co)polymer having a molar mass... Agent: James C. Lydon

20070099010 - An etch stop layer for a metallization layer with enhanced adhesion, etch selectivity and hermeticity: By providing a barrier layer stack including a thin SiCN layer for enhanced adhesion, a silicon nitride layer for confining a copper-based metal region (thereby also effectively avoiding any diffusion of oxygen and moisture into the copper region), and a SiCN layer, the total relative permittivity may still be maintained... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20070099012 - Iron-based alloy and nitridation treatment for pem fuel cell bipolar plates: A corrosion resistant electrically conductive component that can be used as a bipolar plate in a PEM fuel cell application is composed of an alloy substrate which has 10-30 wt. % Cr, 0.5 to 7 wt. % V, and base metal being Fe, and a continuous surface layer of chromium... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070099011 - Method for the treatment of the tip of a turbine blade and a turbine blade treated with a method such as this: A method for the treatment of the blade tip (11) of a turbine blade is pro-posed in which silicon carbide (SiC) particles (3) are bound on the surface of the blade tip for the production of an abrasive coating, wherein a self-healing barrier layer is produced on the SiC particles.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20070099015 - Composite sliding surfaces for sliding members: A composite sliding layer is formed on a wear surface, such as on piston ring and/or cylinder bore, from a powder mixture containing iron oxide and iron titanate. The resulting coating is hard and durable and reduces losses due to friction and wear.... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070099014 - Method for applying a low coefficient of friction coating: The present invention provides a composite coating and a method of preparing a composite coating resistant to galling and fretting. The coating is applied to a substrate and includes a mixture of hard carbide particles in an alloy matrix or oxides and solid lubricant particles captured in a binder. The... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20070099013 - Methods and apparatus for manufacturing a component: A method for manufacturing a machine component is provided. The method includes forming a machine component substrate wherein the substrate has a substrate surface region. The method further includes forming at least one primary thermal barrier layer including a first ceramic thermal barrier material having a first porosity. The method... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20070099017 - Heat-shrinkable polyester film and heat-shrinkable label: [PROBLEMS] To provide a heat-shrinkable polyester film which has excellent characteristics and which can be produced at a high rate, even when a PET bottle-recycled material is used. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A heat-shrinkable polyester film having a multi-layer structure of at least two layers, among which at least one... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070099016 - Non-oriented polylactic acid-based multilayer film and mehtod of producing same: A polylactic acid (PLA) multi-layer film is produced by arranging a flexible biodegradable polyester resin having a modulus of elasticity of 50 to 1,000 MPa between two kinds of polylactic acids and co-extruding the three through a die. The multi-layer film of the invention is constituted of an interlayer of... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070099018 - Fluorinated surfactants: p

20070099019 - Parylene variants and methods of synthesis and use:

20070099020 - Metal foam: A metal foam having a nonconductive substrate with a foamed structure which includes pores, the surface of the substrate being provided with conductive particles, and a homogenous metal layer being arranged on the conductive particles.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070099021 - Winder liner for an unvulcanized rubber material: A winding liner for an unvulcanized rubber material includes a belt-shape inextensible loading member for loading an unvulcanized rubber material and spacers provided at both widthwise direction sides of one surface of the loading member along a lengthwise direction of the loading member. The loading member and the spacers are... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070099022 - Non-chromium post-treatment for aluminum coated steel: Compositions and process for post-treating aluminum and aluminum alloy coated steel substrates to improve the corrosion resistance and adhesive bonding strength of the aluminum coated substrates. The composition comprises treating the aluminum or aluminum alloy coated steel substrates with an acidic aqueous solution comprising, per liter of solution, from about... Agent: Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Office Of Counsel Bldg 435

20070099023 - Aluminium alloy strip for brazing: The invention relates to a strip or sheet of aluminium alloy, comprising at least 80% by weight of aluminium and 0.01 to 0.5% yttrium and/or 0.05 to 0.5% bismuth, coated on at least one face with a brazing alloy. Said sheets and strips are used for the production of pieces... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070099024 - Electrolumiscent device: An organic electroluminescent device comprising a pair of electrodes and a light emitting layer, a hole transport layer containing a hole transporting material, and an electron transport layer provided between the pair of electrodes wherein, the light emitting layer contains at least two host materials and at least one red... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070099025 - Organic electroluminescent element, illuminator and display: An organic elecroluminescent element comprising an anode and a cathode having therebetween an emission layer containing a phosphorescent compound and an layer adjacent to the emission layer, adjacent to the emission layer being provided between the emission layer and the cathode, wherein the layer adjacent to the emission layer comprises... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070099026 - White organic light emitting diode and method for manufacturing the same: A white organic light emitting diode (OLED) includes an emission layer that includes a blue emission layer and an emission layer excluding blue. The emission layer excluding blue includes a phosphorescent material and a mixture of a hole transporting material and electron transporting material.... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20070099030 - Cubic boron nitride cutting tool insert with excellent resistance to chipping and edge fracture: A cutting tool insert which can, for example, be used for machining of hardened steel, hot and cold working tool steel, die steel, case hardened steel, high speed steel and ductile grey cast iron and composed of a composite comprising a cBN-phase and a binder phase comprising a titaniumcarbonitride phase... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070099029 - Enhanced alumina layer produced by cvd: The present invention introduces a new and refined method to produce α-Al2O3 layers with substantially better wear resistance and toughness than the prior art. The α-Al2O3 layer of the present invention is formed on a bonding layer of (Ti,Al)(C,O,N) with increasing aluminium content towards the outer surface. Nucleation of α-Al2O3... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070099028 - Hard films and sputtering targets for the deposition thereof: For superior wear resistance to conventional TiN hard films and TiAlN hard films, a hard film contains (Zr1-a, Hfa) (C1-xNx), wherein “a” and “x” are the atomic ratios of Hf and N, respectively, and satisfy the following conditions: 0.05≦a≦0.4 and 0≦x≦1. Another hard film contains (Zr1-a-b, Hfa, Mb) (C1-xNx), wherein... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070099027 - Wear resistant coatings: A wear resistant coating including a hard backing including a metal alloy matrix dispersed with a plurality of hard particles; and a plurality of nano-layers disposed on the hard backing is provided. The plurality of nano-layers has different characteristics from one another. A method of making a wear resistant coating... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20070099031 - Magnetic tunnel junction pressure sensors and methods: An integrated circuit device is provided which comprises a substrate, a conductive line configured to experience a pressure, and a magnetic tunnel junction (“MTJ”) core formed between the substrate and the current line. The conductive line is configured to move in response to the pressure, and carries a current which... Agent: Ingrassia, Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070099032 - Deposition of enhanced seed layer using tantalum alloy based sputter target:

20070099033 - Ferrite magnetic material and ferrite sintered magnet: A ferrite magnetic material comprising a main phase of W-type is provided which has magnetic properties improved through the optimization of additives. The ferrite magnetic material comprises a main constituent having a compound represented by composition formula AFe2+aFe3+bO27 (wherein A comprises at least one element selected from Sr, Ba and... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.