Stock material or miscellaneous articles inventions 06/07

20070148386 - Method for improving the resistance of fumigant sorption in an expandable polymer produce container and a related container: A method for improving the resistance of fumigant sorption in a produce container made of expandable polystyrene particles in a fumigation process, and related produce container. Expandable polystyrene particles having a density ranging from 40.0 to 32.0 pounds per cubic foot and a blowing agent amount ranging from 2.5 to... Agent: Gary F. Matz Nova Chemicals Inc.

20070148385 - Methods for improving the resistance of fumigant sorption in a produce container and a related produce containers: Methods for improving the resistance of fumigant sorption in produce containers made from expandable polystyrene particles in a fumigation process, and related produce containers. An embodiment involves pre-expanding the expandable polystyrene particles to form pre-expanded particles; applying a coating comprised of a chemical selected from the group consisting of mineral... Agent: Gary F. Matz Nova Chemicals Inc.

20070148394 - Flat material for leadthroughs: A flat material (10) for forming leadthroughs and including a first layer (11) formed of strip-shaped plates (14) adjoining each other along their narrow sides and separated from each other by a slot (15), a second layer (13) formed of an elastic material, and an intermediate layer (12) located between... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070148395 - Multilayer optical recording medium: A multilayer optical recording medium is provided with a totally reflective first information layer provided on a substrate and a second information layer being a translucent information layer provided via a spacer layer. The second information layer is composed of a TiO2 layer, a first dielectric layer, a reflective film,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070148369 - Liquid crystal display device: In a liquid crystal display device using a photodecomposition type light orientation film, the deterioration of display performance due to an impurity resulting from a light orientation treatment of the orientation film is suppressed to enable high-quality image display. In the orientation film to which a liquid crystal orientation function... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070148370 - Method and apparatus for alkaline saponification of polymer film: The present invention provides a method for alkaline saponification of a polymer film, comprising the steps of: alkaline saponification of the polymer film with an alkaline solution; and washing away the alkaline solution from the alkali-saponified polymer film, wherein the washing step includes a plurality of water-washing steps of washing... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070148371 - Method of manufacturing cellulose film, manufacturing apparatus, optical film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display: An optical film characterized by a high degree of flatness that can be used as a phase difference film of a liquid crystal display, and a method for manufacturing this optical film according to melt-casting film forming method. A melt including a cellulose resin is extruded onto a rotary support... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070148372 - Image sensor: Embodiments relate to a method of manufacturing an image sensor. According to embodiments, the method may include preparing a semiconductor substrate formed with a plurality of photodiodes, forming an interlayer dielectric layer on the semiconductor substrate, forming a color filter layer on the interlayer dielectric layer, forming a planar layer... Agent: Sherr & Nourse, PLLC

20070148373 - Image sensor: Embodiments relate to an image sensor and a method of manufacturing an image sensor. In embodiments, the method may include preparing a semiconductor substrate formed with a plurality of photodiodes, forming an interlayer dielectric layer on the semiconductor substrate, forming a color filter layer on the interlayer dielectric layer, forming... Agent: Sherr & Nourse, PLLC

20070148374 - Method of incorporating a mark in cvd diamond: A method of incorporating a mark of origin, such as a brand mark, or fingerprint in a CVD single crystal diamond material, includes the steps of providing a diamond substrate, providing a source gas, dissociating the source gas thereby allowing homoepitaxial diamond growth, and introducing in a controlled manner a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070148375 - Ink jet recording medium with lenticular lenses: Disclosed is a recording medium with a lenticular lens for ink jet recording. The recording medium includes: a lenticular lens layer having a convex part surface, on which a plurality of semicylindrical or arcuate and elongated convexes are arranged in parallel, and a backside surface; and an ink absorptive layer... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070148376 - Mailing ink, and ink tank for mailing, ink jet recording method for mailing and ink jet recording apparatus for mailing using the same: The invention provides a mailing ink, an ink tank for mailing, an ink jet recording method for mailing and an ink jet recording apparatus for mailing that can reconcile preferable tint and visibility as indicia with readability by a 2-D bar code reader. The ink is a mailing ink used... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070148377 - Pigment coated paper base: The present invention is directed to a pigment coated paper base. Further this invention is directed to a printing paper comprising a pigment coated paper base provided with one or more polymer layers. According to the invention there is provided a pigment coated paper base comprising a paper base and... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070148378 - Heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet and method of producing the same: A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet having, on a support, at least one receptor layer containing a latex polymer and at least one heat insulation layer containing a hollow polymer, and further having, between the support and the heat insulation layer, at least one intermediate layer which contains one or both... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070148379 - High r-value window unit: In certain example embodiments of this invention, a window unit may include a vacuum IG (VIG) unit as an inboard lite and a monolithic lite (e.g., with an optional low-E coating thereon) as an outboard lite. A dead air space may separate the inboard and outboard lites. A highly insulated... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070148381 - Bowl-shaped or plate-shaped component: A bowl-shaped or plate-shaped structural element, consisting of a first layer (A), an intermediate layer (C), and a second layer (B), wherein the first layer (A) and the second layer (B) are profiles (1a, 1b) having anchorage couplers (2a, 2b) projecting into the intermediate layer (C), which couplers regionally interlock... Agent: Anton P. Ness, Esquire

20070148380 - Paintball and method of manufacture: The present invention relates to a paintball comprising a shell containing an inner filler composition. The shell comprises a mixture of gelatin and mineral oil; the inner filler composition comprises a mixture of starch, oil, an emulsifying agent and a spreading and surfacting agent. The shell further comprises a non-crystallizing... Agent: Mila Shvartsman

20070148382 - Tubular film, device and method for producing the same: The novelty and inventive step of said process is that before the joining process of the film tube, the metal film material (A-E) exists in the form of at least one film web (A-E). The edges of this film web (A-E) are joined to one another in a joining process... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070148383 - Biodegradable polymer: A biodegradable polymer is disclosed having the composition g) from 8 to 80% by weight of a starch modified to include an hydroxyalkyl C2-6 group or modified by reaction with an anhydride of a dicarboxylic acid, preferably hydroxypropylated high amylose starch, a) from 0 to 87.9% of starch, b) from... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070148387 - Matching pattern fixture covering system and method: A method and system of decoration that includes selecting a particular wall covering pattern, selecting a particular fixture, and continuing the wall covering pattern substantially over the surface of the fixture. The fixture can be an electrical fixture such as a receptacle and/or receptacle cover or switch and/or switch cover... Agent: Clifford H. Kraft

20070148384 - Processes for filming biodegradable or compostable containers: This present invention relates to methods for filming biodegradable or compostable containers, and as well as the containers formed by such methods. In particular, the invention relates to methods for filming biodegradable or compostable containers that can hold hot beverages and foods.... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20070148388 - Coolant line: A coolant line which comprises the following layers: I. an outer layer comprising a polyamide molding composition and II. an inner layer comprising polypropylene and at least 0.02% by weight of a heat stabilizer, has a high thermal aging resistance and bursting strength.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070148390 - Fluorinated coatings: Conformal coatings are disclosed. A fluorinated thin film, for example, is formed by vapor phase polymerization on a variety of sensitive surfaces that may include electronic and automotive sensors, biochips, implantable sensors and biomedical devices.... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070148391 - Fluoropolymer composition for oil pipe: The present invention relates to a composition of tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro(ethyl vinyl ether) copolymer particles and metal powder which enables the composition to the used for rotolining an interior surface of a hollow article, wherein the resultant lining adheres to such surface. The invention further relates to oil pipe having its interior... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070148389 - Multilayer tube: A multilayer tube including at least three layers including a layer (a) formed of (A) polyamide 11 and/or polyamide 12, a layer (b) formed of (B) a polyamide (semi-aromatic polyamide) including a dicarboxylic acid unit containing a terephthalic acid and/or naphthalenedicarboxylic acid unit in a proportion of 50 mol %... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20070148392 - Pad assembly: A pad assembly comprising, a plurality of flexible rectangular sheets (42), each sheet being generally of the same size and said sheets (42) having front (41) and rear (43) surfaces and peripheral edges including first (15) and second (16) opposite edges, said sheets having a band (40) of repositionable pressure... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070148393 - Reactive labels and methods of making and using the same: The label, system, and method include a first label portion having a pre-print, a first adhesive means for affixing the first label portion substantially about the circumference of the object, and a composition coating at least one of a portion of the first label and a portion of the second... Agent: Louis M. Heidelberger, Esq. Reed Smith, LLP

20070148396 - Phase-change optical recording medium: A phase-change optical recording medium has a recording film that brings about reversible phase-change between a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase upon irradiation with light and an interface film formed in contact with at least one surface of the recording film and comprising hafnium (Hf), silicon (Si), oxygen (O)... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070148397 - Flocked multi-colored adhesive article with bright lustered flock: A design and process are provided in which a plurality of differently colored adhesives underlie differently colored flock fibers.... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070148398 - Synthetic-grass flooring and method for laying same: A flooring, for example for pitches for soccer, five-a-side football, American football, rugby, etc. which includes a polyolefin-based impermeable layer and an elastic mattress laid on top of the impermeable layer which includes a core layer having an agglomerate granular material and an envelope that envelops the core layer. A... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070148399 - Method of fabricating a conductive textile: A method of fabricating a conductive textile is provided. First, erect-interlaced fibers are formed on a textile. Then, a conductive layer is formed on the erect-interlaced fibers and the surface of the textile to form a conductive textile.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070148400 - Flexible molded end cap cushion: A cushion apparatus that may be advantageously utilized as an end cap for packaging shock sensitive products is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the cushion apparatus includes a base member having one or more side walls having inner product bearing surfaces defining a product receiving cavity. The product receiving cavity... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070148401 - Protective coverings: A protective cover for preventing damage from vehicle tires. The cover can comprise a strip of material adapted to be wrapped around a running surface of a tire, and to cover at least part of the tire side walls. In this case, the ends of the strip can be adapted... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070148403 - Method for manufacturing honeycomb structured body and honeycomb structured body: A method for manufacturing a honeycomb structured body according to the present invention comprises manufacturing a pillar-shaped honeycomb molded body having a large number of cells longitudinally placed in parallel with one another with a cell wall therebetween; forming a honeycomb fired body by degreasing and firing the honeycomb molded... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070148402 - Honeycomb structured body: A honeycomb structured body of the present invention is a honeycomb structured body in which a plurality of cells are placed in parallel with one another in the longitudinal direction with a cell wall therebetween, either one of the end portions of the cells being sealed, wherein a porosity is... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20070148404 - Method for producing honeycomb structure and honeycomb structure: A method for producing a honeycomb structure where a body containing a forming formulation composed of a cordierite forming material and an organic binder is formed into a honeycomb shape to prepare a honeycomb formed article, and the honeycomb formed article is fired to obtain a honeycomb structure, wherein the... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070148405 - Hexagonal-cell honeycomb structure: A hexagonal-cell honeycomb structure having a plurality of cell walls having a hexagonal shape in cross-section and forming a plurality of hexagonal cell passages, and a tubular skin layer surrounding the cell walls, The thickness of the basic cell walls is 140 μm or less and an inscribed circle diameter... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070148406 - Hexagonal cell honeycomb structure body: A hexagonal cell honeycomb structure body has a plurality of hexagonal cells. Each hexagonal cell is surrounded by six cell walls in a hexagonal lattice shape. A R-shaped corner part of an approximate circular-arc shape is alternately formed at interior angle parts of the six cell walls forming each hexagonal... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070148407 - Water-repellent structure and method for making the same: A water-repellent structure and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The method adopts an atmospheric pressure plasma deposition (APPD) technique to form a hardened coating having a rough surface on a substrate, and form a water-repellent coating on the rough surface. Because the water-repellent structure includes the hardened... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20070148408 - Method for simulating raised-stone ornaments on a surface of three-dimensional decoration and its formation: A method for simulating raised-stone ornaments on a surface of three-dimensional decoration and its formation, and more particularly to a simulation method which can provide the raised-stone ornaments on the surface of decoration, such that an ornament with a distribution of raised-stone particles can be formed on the surface of... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070148409 - Silicone compositions, methods of manufacture, and articles formed therefrom: A silicone grip comprising a cured silicone film layer with a Shore A Durometer of less than or equal to about 60 wherein the silicone film layer is formed from a curable silicone composition comprising a catalyst that promotes cure of the silicone composition, a higher molecular weight organopolysiloxane having... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070148411 - Mold goods and insert molding method: For a skin, a non-formed polyurethane resin layer at the surface side and a foamed polyurethane resin layer between the non-foamed polyurethane resin layer and a base member are configured to form an integral and uniform layer over and extent from an injection point to a distant point on a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070148410 - Textured structure and method of making the textured structure: The present application is directed to textured surfaces and methods for forming textured surfaces. The textured surfaces of the present application comprise a conformable film, which conforms to a texture pattern. In certain embodiments, the texture pattern comprises inks having a desired thickness. The methods of the present application may... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20070148412 - Sandwich panel: The invention can be defined in its most general form as a building unit, namely the sandwich panel with light core from corrugated sheet material in the form of zigzag crimp, and can be used in aircraft construction, as well as in shipbuilding and construction. Making use of the claimed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070148417 - Decorative molded body, key top for a pushbutton switch, and key sheet for the pushbutton switch: Disclosed is a decorative molded body, which is structured such that an inside thereof looks three-dimensional from a surface thereof, the decorative molded body being a substituted for a decorative molded body of the related art. A decorative molded body is characterized by including a three-dimensional base pattern layer having,... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070148418 - Image-receiving sheet for electrophotography and image forming process: The present invention provides an image-receiving sheet for electrophotography which contains a support, and a raw paper, wherein the support contains at least one layer of a polymer coating layer on both surfaces of the raw paper and at least one layer of a toner image-receiving layer on a surface... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070148416 - Layered structures on thin substrates: A thin substrate has a layered structure on one surface, and can also have a layered structure on the other. Each layered structure can include a part of at least one patterned layer that, if patterned by photolithography, would frequently result in damage to the substrate due to fragility. For... Agent: Leading Edge Law Group, PLC/xerox-parc

20070148415 - Mesoporous membranes with complex functional architectures and methods for making: In some embodiments, the present invention is directed to methods of making structures with complex functional architectures, where such structures generally comprise at least two mesoporous regions comprising different chemical activity, and where such methods afford spatial control over the placement of such regions of differing chemical activity. In some... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070148413 - Multi-stack fluorescent information carrier with electrochromic materials: The invention relates to an information carrier for scanning information by means of an optical beam having a wavelength. The information carrier comprises at least two information stacks. Each stack comprises a counter electrode (13, 17), an electrolyte layer (12, 16) and an information layer (11, 15). The information layer... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070148414 - Radiation curable composition: A composition includes at least one radiation curable (alkyl)acrylate-polyester oligomer, at least one photoinitiator, and at least one surfactant, wherein the composition has a viscosity of from about 50 cP to about 3000 cP at about 25° C., and a surface tension of from about 15 to about 40 dynes/cm... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20070148419 - Polyvinyl acetal-containing film with improved uniformity of length variations over its width: The invention relates to a film based on plasticizer-containing polyvinyl acetals having improved uniformity of length variations over the width of the film for manufacturing laminated glazing and its use in laminated glazing or solar modules.... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20070148420 - Method of making a substrate using laser assisted metallization and patterning with electroless plating without electrolytic plating: A printed circuit is made with a via-defining substrate including a microelectronic substrate defining via openings therein. Interconnects are provided on the via-defining substrate according to a predetermined interconnect pattern. The interconnects include a conductive layer having a pattern corresponding to the predetermined interconnect pattern. The conductive layer further being... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070148421 - Printed circuit board material for embedded passive devices and preparing method thereof: A printed circuit board material for embedded passive devices, which has excellent electromagnetic properties and reliability is provided. The invention provides a printed circuit board material comprises: a conductive copper foil layer; a resin bonding layer formed on the conductive layer and including above 70-100 vol % of resin and... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070148422 - Semiconductor wafer substrate for power semiconductor components and method for producing the same: In a semiconductor wafer substrate (20) for power semiconductor components (1) and in a method for producing the same, the semiconductor wafer substrate (20) has a large-area, buried rear side electrode (3) in form of a layer arranged between a self-supporting wafer substrate (4) and a non-self-supporting monocrystalline silicon wafer... Agent: Baker Botts, L.L.P.

20070148423 - Biaxially stretched laminated polyester film and polyester film for covering: A biaxially stretched laminated polyester film having tensile break strengths in the machine and transverse directions of 40 to 200 MPa, and satisfying at least one of the following items: (1) wetting tension of at least one side of the film is not less than 48 mN/m; (2) surface resistivity... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070148428 - Friction material and manufacturing method thereof: A friction material is provided with a matrix fiber, a binder, and a filler. The friction material contains a stabilized zirconia having a lattice constant in a range from 99.93 to 99.95% as compared with a lattice constant of a single crystal of stabilized zirconia. The lattice constant scarcely changes,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070148425 - Thermal interface material and semiconductor device incorporating the same: A thermal interface material (13) and a semiconductor device (10) using the thermal interface material are provided. The thermal interface material is formed as a sheet, comprising a pair of cured sheets (131) and a reinforcement member (132) arranged between the cured sheets. The reinforcement member, which improves the physical... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070148426 - Blowable insulation clusters made of natural material: A blowable insulation material comprising random shaped blowable clusters which are comprised of natural fibers or material. In preferred embodiments, the clusters also comprise man-made fibers or materials. A process to produce the blowable clusters is also disclosed.... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070148424 - Photocatalyst sheet and methods of welding and manufacturing the same: The present invention provides the photocatalyst sheet and the methods of welding and manufacturing the same, by which the substrate and resin of the photocatalyst-containing layer are not decomposed by photocatalyst particles, mutual welding of sheets is easy, and the photo-redox effect of a photocatalyst can be obtained. A photocatalyst... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070148429 - Tri-excluded wucs glass fiber reinforced plastic composite articles and methods for making such articles: Disclosed are a series of composite polymer composite structures formed by the coextrusion of at least two distinct polymeric components. A first polymeric component includes a structural composition and a second polymeric component includes a coating composition. The primary structural frame formed from the structural composition includes at least one... Agent: Owens Corning

20070148427 - Trim cover for seat: A trim cover comprising a first cover element and a second cover element. The first cover element comprises a leather top cover layer and a wadding layer adhered at one surface thereof to an entire reverse surface of the leather top cover layer, whereas the second cover element at least... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070148430 - Perforated, coated nonwoven mat: A novel coated nonwoven fibrous mat having properties particularly suited for a facer on gypsum wallboard, laminates made therefrom and the method of making the mat is disclosed. The mat preferably contains a major portion of glass fibers and a minor portion of a resinous binder. The coating is of... Agent: Johns Manville

20070148431 - Quaternary ammonium compounds with novel mode of action for protection of wood structures: The present invention relates to cellulosic substrates in direct or indirect contact with the ground, the cellulosic substrates comprising quaternary ammonium compounds.... Agent: Edgar Spielman Albemarle Corporation

20070148433 - Elastic laminate made with absorbent foam: An absorbent elastic laminate includes an elastic backing layer and a flexible thermoplastic absorbent foam layer. The flexible absorbent foam layer gathers when the laminate is in the relaxed state, permitting the elastic backing and the overall laminate to exhibit elastic stretch and recovery properties. The absorbent elastic laminate is... Agent: Maxwell J. Petersen Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20070148432 - Hybrid absorbent foam and articles containing it: A hybrid absorbent foam includes an integrated hybrid foam layer having an open surface, a closed surface, and a foam body extending between the open and closed surfaces. The integrated hybrid foam layer has an open-cell content of at least 50%, while the closed surface provides a barrier to aqueous... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson Suite 365

20070148434 - Insulated panel for mine safe rooms: A structural insulated panel for use in a mine safe room, which includes a carbon foam core having a high ratio of compressive strength to density, desirable fire retardant properties, and resistance to environmental stress. The carbon foam structural insulated panel also includes a first layer and a second layer... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20070148435 - Silica films and method of production thereof: A method of producing a silica coating by forming a silica precursor formulation that is coated on a substrate as a continuous liquid phase. The silica precursor formulation is then cured in an ammoniacal atmosphere to produce a continuous, interconnected, nano-porous silica network.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070148436 - Process for preparing polymeric films useful for blocking the transmission of near infra red light: The present invention is an infra red (IR)-blocking coating and a process for applying the IR-blocking coating onto the surface of a polymer. The process comprises the steps of dispersing an IR-blocking material in a mixture of solvent comprising a dissolved polymer and using standard printing processes to coat at... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070148438 - Fuser roller and method of manufacture: The present invention is a coating for a fuser roller having an elastomer layer that includes fluoroplasfic particles dispersed through the elastomer layer wherein the surface of the particles has been contacted with a solution comprising a group I or a group II metal hydride while being exposed to ultraviolet... Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff

20070148437 - Thermosensitive, biocompatible polymer carriers with changeable physical structure for therapy, diagnostics and analytics: The invention relates to biocompatible, thermosensitive polymers that can be heated, with the aid of a high-frequency magnetic alternating field, by encapsulating magnetic and/or metallic colloids or magnetic nanoparticles. As a result of the inductive heating of the polymer matrix, physical structure changes are triggered in the polymer matrix that... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070148439 - Communication state activation material, communication state activation sheet and communication state activation apparatus: The present invention is a communication state activation material characterized in that a composition containing at least zirconium oxide and thorium oxide is contained. Preferably, the composition further contains at least one component selected from among aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, ferric oxide, rare earth oxide, phosphorus pentoxide, calcium oxide, magnesium... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20070148440 - Overvoltage protection materials and process for preparing same: The invention provides a process for preparing an overvoltage protection material comprising: (i) preparing a mixture comprising a polymer binder precursor and a conductive material; and (ii) heating the mixture to cause reaction of the polymer binder precursor and generate a polymer matrix having conductive material dispersed therein, wherein the... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070148441 - Process for preparing a thin film having alternating monolayers of a metal-metal bonded complex monolayer and an organic monolayer by layer-by layer complex: The present invention provides a process for preparing a thin film having alternating monolayers of a metal-metal bonded complex monolayer and an organic monolayer by layer-by-layer growth. The process comprises the steps of: (1) applying onto a surface of a substrate a first linker compound to produce a primer layer;... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP (for IBM Yorktown)

20070148442 - Thermosetting resin composition, material for substrate and film for substrate: Disclosed is a thermosetting resin composition which enables to obtain a molded article that is excellent in mechanical properties, dimensional stability and heat resistance and is further capable of maintaining the shape of the article molded before curing even after the resin composition is cured. The thermosetting resin composition contains... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070148443 - Sealing tape for adhesive bonding of vapour barrier films and vapour retarder films, and process for its manufacture: Self-adhesive, flexible sealing tapes, comprising at least one flexible, self-adhesive core or at least one flexible, self-adhesive carrier layer provided with an envelope or two-sided coating consisting of a second adhesive system.... Agent: D. Peter Hochberg Co. L.p.a.

20070148444 - Removable water-dispersible acrylic adhesive compositiion and adhesive sheet: The purpose of the invention is to obtain a water-dispersible adhesive composition capable of coating in an aqueous system and, particularly, an adhesive composition capable of preparing a removable water-dispersible acrylic adhesive sheet with less contamination to the surface of an adherend and having high resistance to water intrusion during... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070148445 - Laminating adhesives containing polyurethane and epoxide resin: Aqueous composition comprising a polyurethane (A) an epoxy resin (B) obtainable by reacting compounds having epoxide groups with diols or polyols, and a crosslinker (C) for the epoxy resin.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070148448 - Microencapsulated delivery vehicles including cooling agents: Microencapsulated delivery vehicles comprising an active agent are disclosed. In one embodiment, the microencapsulated delivery vehicles are heat delivery vehicles capable of generating heat upon activation. The microencapsulated heat delivery vehicles may be introduced into wet wipes such that, upon activation, the wet wipe solution is warmed resulting in a... Agent: Senniger Powers (kcc)

20070148447 - Wipes including microencapsulated delivery vehicles and phase change materials: Microencapsulated delivery vehicles comprising an active agent are disclosed. In one embodiment, the microencapsulated delivery vehicles are heat delivery vehicles capable of generating heat upon activation. The microencapsulated heat delivery vehicles may be introduced into wet wipes such that, upon activation, the wet wipe solution is warmed resulting in a... Agent: Senniger Powers (kcc)

20070148446 - Wipes including microencapsulated delivery vehicles and processes of producing the same: Microencapsulated delivery vehicles comprising an active agent are disclosed. In one embodiment, the microencapsulated delivery vehicles are heat delivery vehicles capable of generating heat upon activation. The microencapsulated heat delivery vehicles may be introduced into wet wipes such that, upon activation, the wet wipe solution is warmed resulting in a... Agent: Senniger Powers (kcc)

20070148449 - Multi-functional yarns and fabrics having anti-microbial, anti-static and anti-odor characterisitics: The present invention is directed to yarns and fabrics that exhibit anti-static, anti-odor, and anti-microbial properties. The yarn is comprised of several groups of predetermined fibers. One of these groups of predetermined fibers comprises fibers that exhibit anti-microbial, anti-odor and anti-static characteristics. In one embodiment, the yarn comprises a first... Agent: U.s. Army Soldier Systems Center

20070148450 - Polyester yarn and process for producing: A multi-filament poly(trimethylene terephthalate) yarn is provided. The poly(trimethylene terephthalate) yarn has a crystal orientation function of at least 0.6 and an elongation at break of between 65% and 110%. A process for producing the yarn is also provided in which poly(triemethylene terephthalate) is melt-spun into a multi-filament yarn, the... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20070148451 - Method of forming carbon fibers using metal-organic chemical vapor deposition: A method of forming carbon fibers at a low temperature below 450° C. using an organic-metal evaporation method is provided. The method includes: heating a substrate and maintaining the substrate at a temperature of 200 to 450° C. after loading the substrate into a reaction chamber; preparing an organic-metal compound... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070148455 - Fire retardant compositions and methods and apparatuses for making the same: A method for forming yarn provides for forming an intermediate product being a fire retardant and heat resistant cohesive elongated network of fibers in a single operation by stretching and breaking filaments of a ribbon like tow starting material of longitudinally aligned filaments. The intermediate product may be wool-like with... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20070148452 - High strength polyethylene fiber: SOLUTION: A high strength polyethylene multifilament consisting of a plurality of filaments which are characterized in that the crystal size of monoclinic crystal is 9 nm or less; the stress Raman shift factor is −5.0 cm−1/(cN/dTex) or more; the average strength is 20 CN/dTex or higher; the knot strength retention... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070148456 - Metal wiring, method of forming the metal wiring, display substrate having the metal wiring and method of manufacturing the display substrate: In a metal wiring, a method of forming the metal wiring, a display substrate having the metal wiring and a method of manufacturing the display substrate, the metal wiring includes a metal film and a first amorphous carbon film. The metal film is formed on a base substrate using a... Agent: Frank Chau, Esq. F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070148453 - Sized glass fibres with fast impregnation for the reinforcement of polymer materials: The invention relates to glass strands coated with a sizing composition which comprises, as film-forming adhesion agents, at least one polyester, at least one polyvinyl acetate and at least one polyurethane. The glass strands obtained are used as reinforcements in the manufacture of molded components comprising a thermostatic matrix by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070148454 - Treatment of brittle, high-modulus yarns to yield improved processing characteristics: Multifilamentary core yarns of brittle, high-modulus materials are partially encased in a “wrapper” of another material. The wrapped core yarn is then coated with an adhesive that remains tacky over time. The coated wrapped yarn can then be spooled and stored indefinitely; when it is desired to be used, the... Agent: Michael M. De Angeli, P.C. Attorney At Law

20070148457 - Radiation absorptive composites and methods for production: Disclosed are a radiation absorptive material and more particularly a method of economically coating halloysite or other mineral tubules (including nanotubules and microtubules) with a conductive metal (Cu) in order to produce an absorptive composite material capable of providing shielding and attenuation of radio-frequency signals.... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070148458 - Encapsulated chromonic particles: A method of making encapsulated chromonic nanoparticles includes exposing crosslinked chromonic nanoparticles to an acid selected from the group consisting of carbonic acid, phosphoric acid, lactic acid, citric acid, boric acid, sulfuric acid, and mixtures thereof in the presence of water to encapsulate the crosslinked nanoparticles in a shell comprising... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070148459 - Microencapsulated delivery vehicles: Microencapsulated delivery vehicles comprising an active agent are disclosed. In one embodiment, the microencapsulated delivery vehicles are heat delivery vehicles capable of generating heat upon activation. The microencapsulated heat delivery vehicles may be introduced into wet wipes such that, upon activation, the wet wipe solution is warmed resulting in a... Agent: Senniger Powers (kcc)

20070148460 - Pigments sheathed with polyaddition products, method for their produciton and use thereof: A process for producing aqueous primary dispersions of polymer-ensheathed pigment, which comprises (a) at least one polyfunctional isocyanate and (b) at least one compound having isocyanate-reactive groups selected from polyetherols, polyesterols, polyhydric alcohols having up to 8 carbon atoms, polycarbonate diols, polyhydroxyolefins, polyhydroxyurethanes, polyisobutenediols, polysiloxanes having on average at least... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070148461 - Nanoparticle precursor structures, nanoparticle structures, and composite materials: Nanoparticle precursor structures, nanoparticle structures, and composite materials that include the nanoparticle structures in a polymer to form a composite material. The nanoparticle structures have chemical linkage moieties capable of forming non-covalent bonds with portions of a polymer for the composite material. Such composite materials are useful as biomaterials in... Agent: Brooks & Cameron, PLLC Suite 500

20070148462 - Article having diamond-like carbon composite film and method for manufacturing the same: An exemplary article has a body made of steel, an electroless nickel layer electroless-plated on the body, and a diamond-like carbon layer formed on the electroless nickel layer. An exemplary method for manufacturing the article includes the steps of: providing a body made of steel; electroless plating an electroless nickel... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070148463 - Method of coating the surface of an inorganic substrate with an organic material and the product obtained: A method of coating the surface of an inorganic substrate of glass, silicon dioxide, ceramics or carbon, which method comprises a step of cleaning the surface of the substrate by subjecting the surface to a reducing gas plasma and forming a first layer on the substrate surface using a plasma... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070148464 - Display apparatus: Although sintered wire with lower resistance was preferable as a scan line and a signal line in conventional art in order to make a voltage drop small, there was a problem in electric connection with an electrode which constructs a cathode. In the present invention, a cathode which has an... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070148466 - Multilayer film optical member and method for manufacturing multilayer film optical member: A manufacturing method for manufacturing a multilayer film optical member, includes an injection step in which an UV-curable liquid crystal is injected into a space between a pair of transparent substrates, with a transparent conductive film disposed on each of the transparent substrates; a first radiation step in which parallel... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070148468 - Pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for exterior portion of vehicle: In a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for an exterior portion of a vehicle comprising a substrate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, the substrate is made to have a storage modulus at 80° C. of not less than 3.0×101 MPa, and a storage modulus at 5 to 40° C. in a range... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070148465 - Shape-memory resin performing remoldability and excellent in shape recovering property, and molded product composed of the cross-linked resin: It is possible to provide a shape-memory molded product having excellent shape-memory properties and recycling efficiency by using a shape-memory resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) within the range of 40° C. to 200° C. and a dissociation temperature (Td) of a thermo-reversible reaction within the range of 50°... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070148467 - Thermal management circuit materials, method of manufacture thereof, and articles formed therefrom: A thermal management circuit material comprises an electrically conductive layer; a dielectric layer comprising a polymer matrix and a thermally conductive, electrically non-conductive particulate filler, wherein the dielectric layer is disposed on and in at least partial contact with the electrically conductive layer, and wherein the circuit material has a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070148469 - Encapsulation composition for pressure signal transmission and sensor: An encapsulation composition for pressure signal transmission including a flexible and low modulus epoxy resin as a substance in combination with plastic balls with pressure signal transmission properties as filler is provided. Therefore, the pressure signal is transmitted by utilizing the property of easy deformation of the flexible epoxy resin... Agent: J. C. Patents, Inc.

20070148470 - Damage-resistant epoxy compound: A composition includes a cross-linkable epoxy resin, a polystyrene-polybutadiene-polymethylmethacrylate tri-block copolymer, and a filler material. The polystyrene-polybutadiene-polymethylmethacrylate tri-block copolymer has a concentration ratio of from about 1:1:1 to about 1:1:1.5.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070148471 - Impact resistant polyurethane and poly(ureaurethane) articles and methods of making the same: The present invention provides polyurethane materials including a first portion of crystalline particles having self-orientation and bonded together to fix their orientation along a first crystallographic direction and a second portion of crystalline particles having self-orientation and bonded together to fix their orientation along a second crystallographic direction, the first... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070148472 - Laminated glass for vehicle: The present invention provides, in a HUD device employing a high-functional windshield such as a sound-insulation glass having a multi-layer interlayer, a windshield for a vehicle which does not produce double images and has excellent visibility without deteriorating functionality of the windshield. In a laminated glass having a multi-layer interlayer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070148476 - Siloxane encapsulants: Silicone-based polymers and polymeric compositions, methods of preparation of the silicone-based polymers and polymeric compositions, and methods of use thereof with high intensity applications are presented.... Agent: Rohm And Haas Company Patent Department

20070148473 - Adhesive article, composite article, and methods of making the same: An adhesive article comprising a fluorothermoplastic film having a major surface; and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer adhered to at least a portion of the first major surface, wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive comprises a silicone polyurea block copolymer and an MQ tackifying resin. Composite articles preparable from the adhesive... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070148475 - Adhesive compositions: Polydiorganosiloxane polyoxamide, linear, block copolymers and methods of making the copolymers are provided. The method of making the copolymers involves reacting a diamine with a polydiorganosiloxane precursor having oxalylamino groups. The polydioroganosiloxane polyoxamide block copolymers are of the (AB)n type.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070148474 - Polydiorganosiloxane polyoxamide copolymers: Polydiorganosiloxane polyoxamide, linear, block copolymers and methods of making the copolymers are provided. The method of making the copolymers involves reacting a diamine with a precursor having at least one polydiorganosiloxane segment and at least two oxalyamino groups. The polydiorganosiloxane polyoxamide block copolymers are of the (AB)n type.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070148477 - Aluminum and plastic compound decorative plate: A new aluminum and plastic compound decorative plate comprises a substrate board and an aluminum and plastic sheet adhered to the substrate board by in-between adhesive layer. Because the compound plate comprises two layers, there is no need to make the substrate board with high thickness. Therefore, the compound plate... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070148478 - Component with thermal barrier coating and erosion-resistant layer: The invention relates to components of a steam turbine comprising a thermal insulation layer and a metallic anti-erosion layer that is applied to the thermal insulation layer.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070148479 - Corrosion-protection by electrochemical deposition of metal oxide layers on metal substrates: The present invention relates to a process for providing a metal substrate with corrosion-protection and corrosion-resistance, respectively, as well as to the products thus obtainable. Said process comprises coating said metal substrate with a thin layer of at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of TiO2, Bi2O3... Agent: Henkel Corporation

20070148480 - Laminate: A laminate which is advantageously used as an insulating layer for electronic package application and as an adhesive film for fixing a semiconductor wafer for semiconductor device application, laminates comprising the same and a process for manufacturing the above laminate. The laminate (I) comprises a base layer (A) and an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070148482 - Functioning optical lens and production method thereof: A functioning optical lens includes a molded polyamide layer, and an optical sheet including a polyamide sheet layer and an optical film layer. Such a functioning optical lens may be prepared by bending an optical sheet including an optical film layer and a polyamide sheet layer, and injection molding a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070148481 - Laminated article: A disclosed laminated article is excellent in appearance at a retort treatment, delamination resistance, gas barrier property, further, long-run processability, performance of preventing odor and coloring and the like. The laminated article includes a layer (I) containing a saponified product of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (A) and a polyamide resin... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070148483 - Adhesive for polarizing plate, polarizing plate, method for producing same, optical film and image display: An adhesive of the invention for polarizing plates used for forming an adhesive layer in a polarizing plate in which a polarizer and a transparent protective film is are adhering with each other via the adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive for polarizing plates is an aqueous solution containing a polyvinyl... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070148484 - Economical oxygen barrier structures utilizing evoh/polyolefin blends: A laminate structure for both packaging and non-packaging applications, including a five layer coextrusion composite containing an EVOH/polyolefin composite barrier layer coated or applied to a paper or paperboard substrate. The laminated structure may contain a layer of linear low density polyethylene or other layers, as needed for the application.... Agent: International Paper Company

20070148485 - Pressure-sensitive adhesive for polarizing plates, polarizing plate with pressure-sensitive adhesive and production process for the same: The pressure-sensitive adhesive for polarizing plates is prepared by irradiating a pressure-sensitive adhesive material comprising (A) an acrylic base polymer comprising a monomer having a carboxyl group in a monomer composition ratio of 0.5 mass % or less and (B) an active energy beam-curable compound with an active energy beam,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070148486 - High impact strength, elastic, composite, fibre, metal laminate: A damage resistant High Strength, Impact Resistant, Elastic Composite Laminate primary (singular) structure with optionally having first (4) and second (4) outer face layers, having first (2) and second (2) inner reinforced plies being located between the first and second outer layers, and (1) a dissipating element located between the... Agent: David A. Guerra International Patent Group, LLC

20070148487 - Wear-protection device for a protective guide or steering plate: A wear-protection device for a protective guide or steering plate with a steel plate, which has at least one front face subjected to a load and lateral surfaces, which are separated by edge areas. The lateral surface is covered, at least partially, by a lateral wear-protection device which has at... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20070148488 - Flat bar strip and metal profile part: The present invention relates to a metal strip, which can be wound up into a coil (1; 14) and which has at least two joined-together portions (2, 3; 4, 5, 6); these portions (2, 3; 4, 5, 6) are joined together, adjacent one another, substantially in the transverse direction of... Agent: Charles P. Boukus ,jr Suite 202

20070148489 - Tin-silver coatings: The present invention relates to improved coatings for electrical or electronic connectors such as contacts or terminals used in automotive applications. Coatings in accordance with the present invention preferably comprise binary tin-silver coatings consisting of more than 1.0 wt % to about 20 wt %, preferably from 2.0 wt %... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070148490 - Brazing method and brazed structure: A brazing method which provides a braze joint having excellent corrosion resistance and a brazed structure including such a braze joint includes assembling a first member and a second member to be joined into a temporary assembly, the first member including a base plate made of a ferrous material and... Agent: Neomax Co., Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070148493 - Organic electroluminescence device: The invention provides an organic electroluminescence device having a pair of electrodes at least one of which is transparent or translucent and plural organic compound layers positioned between the pair of electrodes, at least one of the plural organic compound layers being a hole transport layer in which an electron... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20070148491 - Conjugated polymer end-capped with phosphorescent organometallic complex, light-emitting element and light-emitting device: wherein M is a metal selected from the group consisting of Ir, Os, Pt, Pb, Re, and Ru; R1 and R2 may be the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; Ar1 and Ar2 may be the same or different and each represent a substituted... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070148494 - Display device: A display device including an anode, a cathode, and an organic layer provided with at least a light emitting layer interposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the organic layer is provided with an electron injection layer which is provided in a state that it comes into contact with... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070148492 - Light-emitting device: A light emitting device includes a plurality of luminescent materials, two of the plurality of luminescent materials being phosphorescent materials producing phosphorescence from the MLCT excited state.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070148495 - Organic light-emitting devices: Disclosed are electrophosphorescent organic metal complexes with formula (I) or (II), of either geometrical isomers, comprising two bidentate NN-type ligandsor a tetradentate NNNN-type ligand, and a transition metal. These electrophosphorescent materials are valuable to the application in organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs), including red-, orange-, or yellow-light OLEDs.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070148497 - Coated cutting tool insert: The present invention discloses a coated cutting tool insert particularly useful for dry and wet machining, preferably milling, in low and medium alloyed steels, stainless steels, with or without raw surface zones under severe conditions such as vibrations, long overhang and recutting of chips. The insert is characterized by WC—Co... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070148496 - Cutting tool made of surface-coated cubic boron nitride-based ultrahigh pressure sintered material: A cutting tool made of surface-coated cubic boron nitride-based ultrahigh pressure sintered material, comprising a cutting insert main body formed by ultrahigh pressure sintering of compact composed of titanium nitride, aluminum and/or aluminum oxide, and boron nitride, and a hard coating layer vapor deposited on the main body. The main... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070148498 - Coating materials for a cutting tool / an abrasion resistance tool: Disclosed herein is an α-Al2O3 coating layer, which is applied on the surface of a cutting tool substrate made of cemented carbide, cermet or ceramic material. The α-Al2O3 layer is deposited on a TiMewCxNyOz (Me=Zr, Hf, w+x+y+z=1, w, x, y, z≧0) layer to a thickness of 2-1 5 μm through... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070148499 - Perpendicular magnetic recording disk and manufacturing method thereof: A magnetic disk 10 for use in perpendicular magnetic recording has at least a magnetic recording layer on a substrate 1. The magnetic recording layer is composed of a ferromagnetic layer 5 of a granular structure containing silicon (Si) or an oxide of silicon (Si) between crystal grains containing cobalt... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070148500 - Magnetic recording medium, manufacturing method for the magnetic recording medium, and magnetic read/write apparatus: A magnetic recording medium 62 wherein a substrate 11, undercoating layers 13 and 14 formed on the substrate 11, and a magnetic recording layer 15, which include the magnetic crystal grain and the grain boundary field which encloses magnetic crystal grains, are included. The grain boundary field includes Ti oxide,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070148501 - Ferromagnetic powder for a magnetic recording medium, method of producing the powder, and magnetic recording medium using the powder: A ferromagnetic metal powder for a magnetic recording medium that combines good magnetic properties and oxidation stability, and a magnetic recording medium using the powder. A method of producing the magnetic powder comprises using oxygen to form an oxide film, then changing the state of the oxide film by using... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070141280 - Substrate carrier having an interior lining: The invention provides apparatus and manufacturing methods for a liner adapted to enclose a space within a substrate carrier and further adapted to prevent gas from reaching the enclosed space. The liner may be removable from the substrate carrier. The liner may be self-supporting and/or the liner may be supported... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20070141288 - Double coated pressure sensitive adhesive tape: A double coated pressure sensitive adhesive tape comprising pressure sensitive adhesive layers which comprise an acrylic ester-based copolymer having a weight-average molecular weight of 700,00 or greater and a content of a butyl acrylate unit of 90% by mass or greater and 40 to 60% by mass of a tackifier... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070141275 - Liquid crystal composite: A liquid crystal composite comprises anisometric particles suspended in a liquid crystalline compound. The composite is characterised in that the particles are aligned in relation to the molecules of the liquid crystalline compound, and the orientation of the particles may be reversibly changed by the application of an electric field.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070141276 - Novel 14 and 15 membered ring compounds: l

20070141277 - Inkjet recording element and a method of use: An inkjet recording element having a support having thereon in order: a) a fusible, porous ink-receptive layer of fusible polymeric particles and a binder; b) a fusible, porous ink-transporting layer of fusible, polymeric particles and a film-forming, hydrophobic binder. The invention is also directed to an inkjet printing process wherein... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20070141278 - Overcoat composition for image recording materials: The invention relates to an overcoat composition for an imaged image-recording element, the overcoat composition comprising an aqueous carrier, an optional humectant, an optional surfactant, and 0.05 to 20 weight percent, based on the total weight of the overcoat composition, of an addition polymer having an acid number greater than... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20070141279 - Envelope for image display device, hermetic sealing material, sealing method and image display device: An envelope for an image display device, having envelope-constituting members including an image display portion made of glass, sealed with a hermetic sealing material layer, wherein the hermetic sealing material layer includes an organic hermetic sealing material layer obtained by firing an organic hermetic sealing material preferably including a primer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070141281 - Method of insulating a pipeline and materials therefor: Thermal insulation is provided to a subsea pipeline by disposing a thermally insulating tape on the pipeline. The insulating tape has a layer of a syntactic foam composition disposed between layers of a thermoplastic polymer. The syntactic foam composition may be a curable composition, and this composition may be cured... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070141282 - Flexible barrier membranes employing poly (hydroxy amino ethers): A multi-layer composite has at least one elastomer layer and at least one barrier layer. In various embodiments, the composite contains at least two elastomer layers alternating with at least two barrier layers. In other embodiments, the composite comprises at least ten alternating barrier and elastomer layers. The barrier layer... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070141283 - Package for consumable products with separately sealed compartments: A package for consumable products is disclosed. The package includes a plurality of subpackages connected together by a connecting member. For instance, the package may contain two subpackages or alternatively four subpackages all connected at one end to a connecting member. The package is particularly well suited to holding relatively... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070141284 - Smooth bore flexible fluid conduit: A fluid conduit including an inner layer is provided. The inner layer includes a polymer and has an interior surface and an exterior surface. The interior surface has an Ra not greater than about 50 microns. The exterior surface is convoluted.... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20070141285 - Pipe preformed liner comprising metal powder: The present invention relates to a preformed liner of tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer adhered to the surface of a pipe, and in particular, an oil well pipe, without the need for either a primer layer or an adhesive. The liner comprises an effective amount of metal powder which provides adhesion... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070141286 - Foamed sheet of polylactic acid resin, foam molding of polylactic acid resin and method of preparing foam molding: A foamed sheet of a base resin containing 50 to 100% by weight of a polylactic acid resin and having an apparent density of 63 to 630 kg/m3, a thickness of 0.5 to 7 mm and endothermic and exothermic calorific values of ΔHendo:2 and ΔHexo:2, respectively, as measured by heat... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070141290 - Electrophotographic recording sheet and label paper: A label paper including a thermoplastic resin sheet (A) formed by stretching along at least one axis and heat treating at 50 to 250° C., an adhesive layer (B), and a release paper (C). Under a thermomechanical analysis with heating from a room temperature to 150° C., α is in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070141287 - Label laminate and a method for manufacturing a label laminate: A label laminate and a method for manufacturing a label laminate. The laminate includes a first label material layer and a second label material. The method includes forming a pattern in which adhesive areas and non-adhesive areas alternate on the face side of the first label material layer and on... Agent: Venable LLP

20070141289 - Peel ply masking device for an adhesive bonded attachment: A peel ply conformable masking device for protectively overlying a pre-cleaned bonding surface of an adhesive attachment adapted for bonded affixation to a selected substrate, such as an adhesive attachment of the type disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,013,391 and 6,773,780 having a bonding surface circumscribing a temporary attachment member... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20070141291 - Removable opaque coating providing on a pressure sensitive piggyback label intermediate configuration and package containing same: The present invention is a pressure sensitive intermediate assembly that can be produced in a number of continuous configurations that may be used by small business owners, non-profits and other similarly situated groups. The intermediate assembly has a series of individual printed portions on the substrate of each roll or... Agent: Ward/kraft, Inc.

20070141292 - Printable snap-breakable sheet: A card sheet including a top material having punched lines, the front side of the top material being printable. A carrier material of at least one polymer layer is directly applied as by extruding to the back side of the top material. The polymer has a stress-at-break in the range... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20070141293 - Optical data storage article having a physical surface modification as an anti-theft feature and a system and method for inhibiting theft of same: An optical data storage article is configured to transform from a pre-activated state of functionality to an activated state of functionality. The optical data storage article includes a physical surface modification configured to alter an optical integrity of the optical data storage article upon interaction with an external stimulus.... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070141296 - Ag alloy reflective film for optical information recording medium, optical information recording medium and ag alloy sputtering target for forming ag alloy reflective film for optical information recording medium: The invention relates to an Ag alloy reflective film for an optical information recording medium, including Ag as a main component, at least one kind of Nd, Gd, Y and Sm in a total amount of more than 0.1 atomic percent and not more than 3.0 atomic percent and at... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070141295 - Optical disc: The present invention provides an optical disc which includes a substrate, a groove, a first recordable material layer, a reflective layer, a second recordable material layer, a protective layer, and a label layer. The groove is formed on a surface of the substrate. The reflective layer is formed over the... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20070141294 - Optical recording medium: An optical recording medium using Sn as the recording material to improve the jitter is provided, in which on the surface of a disc substrate 11 where a concave and convex shape dividing a track area is formed, are formed on the surface of the concave and convex shape a... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070141297 - Plug member: A plug member (10) for retaining grout in a cable bolt hole or a rockbolt hole or inside a rockbolt in underground excavations, comprising a cylindrical cap portion (20) with a means to wedge (26) the cap portion in the hole. The means to wedging means (26) may comprise a... Agent: Bliss Mcglynn

20070141298 - Composite material, method for the production of a composite material and the utilization thereof: The invention relates to a composite material which is formed of several assembled discs of matrix material, wherein preferably in each disc at least one groove is formed in which at least one fiber (14) is inserted. According to the invention a composite of matrix material and fiber (14) is... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20070141299 - Fabrics having stiff fibers and high-absorbable fibers arranged alternatively and mop thereof: The present invention relates to a fabric having stiff fibers and high-absorbable fibers alternatively arranged, in which said stiff fibers of polypropylene, polyethylene and the like, said high-absorbable fibers of polyester microfibers, polyester-nylon composite microfibers and the like having a size of 1.0 denier or less are weaved/knitted and processed... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, P.l.l.c.

20070141300 - Composite webs and closure systems: Composite webs having one or more polymeric structures located on a substrate, closure systems comprising composite webs, and methods of attaching articles are disclosed. The polymeric structures are formed using thermoplastic compositions and are attached to a surface of a substrate. The polymeric structures include an area that is attached... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070141301 - Low cte cordierite honeycomb article and method of manufacturing same: Disclosed is a honeycomb ceramic article that exhibits a primary crystalline phase of cordierite having a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), wherein CTE<1.5×10−7/° C. over the temperature range of about 25° C. to about 800° C.; a total porosity, P, of at least 28%, a transverse I-ratio, IT, of less... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20070141302 - Method of applying adhesive: This invention involves a method for applying adhesive to the narrow side of thin, film-type workpieces, in particular veneer strips or sheets, wherein the workpiece and at least one nozzle dispensing the adhesive substantially perpendicular to the narrow side of the workpiece are guided at a short distance from each... Agent: Thomas M. Saunders Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP

20070141303 - Sheet materials with zoned machine direction extensibility and methods of making: A sheet material with zoned machine direction extensibility is disclosed. The sheet material includes a plurality of discontinuous slits, wherein the plurality of discontinuous slits define at high extensibility zones extending in the machine-direction and further define low extensibility zones extending in the machine-direction. The sheet materials exhibit stable machine... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070141304 - Perforated board formed from cementitious material and process and system for producing same: A process for producing a perforated board comprising a cementitious layer and first and second facers is provided, the process comprising: (a) providing a substrate comprising a first facer; (b) applying a slurry comprising a cementitious material on the substrate; (c) providing a second facer above the slurry; and (d)... Agent: Johns Manville

20070141306 - Process for preparing a superhydrophobic coating: A process comprises (a) applying a coating consisting essentially of at least one hydrophobic material to at least a portion of at least one surface of a substrate to form a water repellent layer; (b) disposing a plurality of particles on the water repellent layer, the particles being selected from... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070141305 - Superhydrophobic coating: A coating comprises a polymer binder layer and a plurality of porous protrusions projecting from the surface of the polymer binder layer, the polymer binder layer and the protrusions independently (a) consisting essentially of at least one hydrophobic material; and/or (b) bearing a film that consists essentially of at least... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070141307 - Viscoelastic support structure with improved energy absorption properties: The present invention provides a viscoelastic support structure having improved energy absorption properties. The support structure generally comprises a frame, at least one resilient filler layer, a flexible covering, and at least one gel insert interposed between the covering and the frame. The support structure finds particular use in vehicles,... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070141308 - Foaming surface treatment: A coating for a substrate includes a foaming material that foams when activated by an activating agent. The coating also includes the activating agent. The coating is applied to an exposed surface of the substrate and cures thereon to form a surface treatment on the exposed surface of the substrate.... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070141309 - Method of creating an addition to an existing building: A method of adding an additional room to an existing building includes selecting an exterior wall to be a common wall between the existing building and the additional room, adding the additional room to the existing building along the common wall, removing exterior layers of the common wall to expose... Agent: Owens Corning

20070141310 - Printed circuit board and method of manufacturing the same: Disclosed are a printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing the same, in which a fluorine resin coating layer is formed on a resin substrate, and then a copper layer is formed using a dry process including ion beam surface treatment and vacuum deposition instead of a conventional wet... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070141311 - Differentially-stretched elastic laminate: An elastic material that lowers extension tension over a given range without a significant impact on the retractive tension or stress relaxation. The elastic laminate includes a first set of elastic members attached to one or more substrates while the elastic members are stretched, and a second set of elastic... Agent: Melanie I. Rauch Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20070141312 - Multilayered polishing pads having improved defectivity and methods of manufacture: The present invention provides a composite chemical mechanical polishing pad for polishing a semiconductor substrate comprising, a polishing layer having a first compressibility, an intermediate layer having a second compressibility less than the first compressibility and a bottom layer having a third compressibility greater than the second compressibility and less... Agent: Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Cmp Holdings, Inc.

20070141313 - Plastic gas barrier packaging laminate: The invention relates to a gas barrier packaging laminate (10) having durability to stress crack formation and yet a bending stiffness and good integrity between the laminate layers, comprising outer layers of heat-sealable polyolefin (16, 17), two polymer carrier layers (11, 12) each being coated with a SiOx gas barrier... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070141314 - Evaporation barrier: An evaporation barrier having a water resistant bottom layer and a UV resistant top layer. The bottom layer includes first and second opposite ends, and first and second opposite edges. The top layer overlaps at least part of at least one edge of the bottom layer. In one non-limiting embodiment,... Agent: Wood And Eisenberg, PLLC

20070141315 - Metal-based carbon fiber composite material and method for producing the same: A method is provided for producing a metal-based carbon fiber composite material lightweight, high in the thermal conductivity and also capable of controlling the direction of heat flow, while inhibiting metal carbide formation. The method for producing the metal-based carbon fiber composite material comprises the steps of: obtaining a metal... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070141316 - Tri-extruded wucs glass fiber reinforced plastic composite articles and methods for making such articles: Disclosed are a series of composite polymer composite structures formed by the coextrusion of at least two distinct polymeric compositions including a structural composition and a coating composition whereby the primary structural frame formed from the structural composition includes at least one, and typically a plurality, of longitudinal recesses or... Agent: Owens Corning

20070141317 - Wood composite material containing albizzia: Disclosed is a wood composite board comprising albizzia strands.... Agent: Carlos Nieves, Esq. J.m. Huber Corporation

20070141318 - Composition and method of manufacture for a fiber panel having a finishable surface: A panel is provided having a surface layer. The surface layer includes a surface that is the exterior surface of the panel. The surface layer includes a blend of nucleated binder fibers and synthetic fibers and forms a finishable, substantially defect and porosity free surface layer based on visual inspection.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070141320 - Substrate having photocatalytic and activated carbon constituents and process for producing: Provided herein is a photocatalytic substrate comprising a textile support and a finish on at least a first surface thereof. The finish on at least the first surface of the textile support comprises a particulate photocatalytic material and a binder. On the opposite surface of the textile support is disposed... Agent: Milliken & Company

20070141319 - Photocatalytic substrate and process for producing the same: A photocatalytic substrate comprises a textile support and a finish on the surface thereof. The finish on the surface of the textile support comprises a particulate photocatalytic material and a binder. A process for producing a photocatalytic substrate comprises the steps of providing a textile support having at least one... Agent: Legal Department (m-495)

20070141321 - Fluid control device and method of manufacturing the same: A fluid control device has very fine pores with an average diameter not greater than 10 nm and provides a large flux. The fluid control device comprises an anodized alumina film having fine pores and a silicon based micro-porous film having very fine pores and made from an AlSi mixed... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070141322 - Sorptive storage unit for gases: The present invention relates to a storage unit for gases, in particular a sorptive storage, with the storage unit comprising a sorbent for the reversible uptake of the gases to be stored and the sorbent being based on discrete sorptive particles. The sorptive particles are embedded in a solid gas-permeable... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070141323 - Compositions and aqueous dispersions: An aqueous dispersion including (A) at least one base polymer selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-based co-polymer and a propylene-based co-polymer; (B) at least one polymeric stabilizing agent; and at least one filler; wherein the polymeric stabilizing agent is different from the at least one base polymer and... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070141324 - Multi-layered platelet structure: An electrical insulation paper that is made of mica flakelets (22), having an average size range of 0.01 to 0.05 mm in their thinnest dimension, hexagonal boron nitride (26), which has an average size range of 10 to 1,000 nm in their longest dimension, and a resin matrix. The mica... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070141325 - Novel nanocomposites and their application as monolith columns: Novel materials for chromatographic separations, processes for their preparation, and separation devices containing the chromatographic materials. In particular, hybrid inorganic/organic monolith materials comprising a polymerized scaffolding nanocomposite (PSN), wherein the nanocomposite contains a scaffolding functionality capable of chemically interacting with a surface of a second material are described. The hybrid... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

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