Stock material or miscellaneous articles inventions 09/07

20070224365 - High pretilt homogeneous alignment and tilted vertical alignment by surface modification of thin films with nitrogen ion beam: A method for providing an alignment surface for liquid crystal molecules in a liquid crystal display, comprising depositing on an optically transparent substrate an optically transparent film; and irradiating the film with nitrogen ions sufficiently to produce a pretilt angle of preferably greater than ten degrees. The film is preferably... Agent: David Aker

20070224369 - Liquid crystal device, method for manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus: A method is provided for manufacturing a liquid crystal device including a substrate and an inorganic homeotropic alignment layer made of an inorganic material and aligning liquid crystal molecules having a negative dielectric constant anisotropy in a direction tilted at a predetermined angle from the direction perpendicular to the surface... Agent: Advantedge Law Group, LLC

20070224376 - Metallized multi-layer films, methods of manufacture and articles made therefrom: Multi-layer films particularly suited for packaging applications, including a core layer, a seal layer located on one side of the core layer, the seal layer comprising a polyolefin polymer and a silicone gum and a metallized layer located on the opposite side of the core layer from the seal layer... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20070224378 - Adhesive sheet and release sheet: There is provided an adhesive sheet comprising an adhesive base sheet, an adhesive layer, and a release sheet laminated in sequence from the adhesive base sheet. The release sheet comprises a release agent layer and a release base material laminated in sequence from the adhesive layer. A release force between... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070224384 - Optical disc using methylmethacrylate-acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer resin: An optical disc includes an active disc on which information is recorded and a dummy disc for protecting the active disc. The active disc and the dummy disc are bonded to form a single body, and the dummy disc is made of methylmethacrylate-acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (MABS) resin.... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.A.

20070224367 - Mold multilayered sheet for use as a diffuser in flat screens: A multilayer sheet suitable for use as a diffuser in flat screens is disclosed. The sheet includes at least one base layer (B) and at least one outer layer (A) wherein (B) comprise a transparent thermoplastics material and transparent polymeric particles, with the proviso that the refractive index of the... Agent: Bayer Material Science LLC

20070224366 - Substrate for flexible displays: The present invention provides a substrate for flexible displays, a method for producing the same, and a flexible display. The substrate for flexible displays comprises a resin composition layer containing an inorganic layered compound and a resin, wherein the amount of the inorganic layer compound is not less than 10... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070224368 - Transparent gas-barrier layered film: The transparent gas-barrier layered film of the present invention has a resin layer containing an acrylate resin having a lactone ring and a layer comprising an inorganic metal compound at least on one side of a macromolecular film. The transparent gas-barrier layered film has a high transparency and shows an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070224370 - Liquid-crystal aligning agent, liquid-crystal alignment film comprising the same, and liquid-crystal element: wherein A is a bivalent organic group comprising a benzene ring or an aromatic condensed ring, provided that one or more optional hydrogen atoms in the benzene ring or the aromatic condensed ring may be substituted by a monovalent organic group other than an amino group, and R is a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070224371 - Process for making a product of artificial rock and a product thus made: The present invention relates to a process for making a product of artificial rock and a product thus made for use, in particular, in aquariums, tanks, swimming pools and the like; the process comprises the following operating steps: carrying out a first deposition of a mixture of powdered aggregates, resin,... Agent: Mcglew And Tuttle John James Mcglew

20070224372 - Releasing composition: A releasing composition capable of improving abrasion resistance are provided. The releasing composition of the invention includes a releasing composition containing releasing particles in a prescribed film forming material, and the releasing particle has a first releasing resin as a core material and a second releasing resin as a coating... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070224373 - Integral soft tube with cap and method for making the same: The integral single-piece tube container consists of a soft tube and a dispensing cap. The cap is made of a composite of polypropylene(PP) and polyolefin elastomer (POE). The soft tube is extruded from a composite of polyethylene and POE. The existence of POE in both of the tube and the... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070224374 - Lightweight article and method of manufacture: The present invention is directed to a method of manufacturing an article, the method comprising providing a tubular body having a neck area, positioning a finish mold on the neck area in a molding apparatus, molding a molten plastic material between the neck area of the tubular body and the... Agent: Knoble, Yoshida & Dunleavy

20070224375 - Multi-layered biaxial stretch blow molded bottle and method for production thereof: A multi-layer biaxially stretched blow bottle having a 3-layer structure of PET/nylon MXD6/PET or a 5-layer structure of PET/nylon MXD6/PET/nylon MXD6/PET, wherein the oxygen gas transmission coefficient of the nylon MXD6 layer is at most 6.0×10−14 cm3·cm/cm2·sec·cmHg as measured under conditions of a temperature of 23° C. and a relative... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070224377 - Molding of thermoplastic polyesters: Disclosed are processes for rotational molding of thermoplastic polyesters and for hollow articles produced therefrom. The thermoplastic polyesters have a crystallization half time of at least 10 minutes and an inherent viscosity of 0.55 to 0.70 dL/g. Additional thermoplastic polymers may be used to produce multilayered articles.... Agent: Eric D. Middlemas Eastman Chemical Company

20070224380 - Adhesive sheet and adhesive agent: To easily separate an adhesive sheet and an adhesive agent adhered to an adherend leaving almost no residues thereof to the adherend, the thermo-melting micro-capsule internally including a mold releasing agent dispersed within the adhesive agent layer, the adhesive agent layer is thereby easily separated from the adherend leaving almost... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070224379 - Peelable child resistant pharmaceutical blister lidstock: A peelable lidstock for use with a child resistant pharmaceutical blister is disclosed. The lidstock comprises a first layer of white polyester, a second layer of adhesive, a third layer of foil, and a fourth layer of heat seal. The lidstock is stronger providing better child resistance and has a... Agent: Intellectual Property

20070224381 - Repositionable glossy photo media: The present invention provides a photo media has an imageable substrate having opposing first and second surfaces. An image receptive coating is disposed on the first surface of the inkjet printable sheet. A repositionable adhesive is disposed on the second surface of the substrate, but the adhesive does not cover... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070224382 - Two-shot molded doors without parting lines: A two-shot injection molding process and molded part. The two-shot skin material is molded in a non-final condition and wrapped over the substrate in a post molding operation to create a seamless part. The flap material which is molded out of its final position is held in place by gluing,... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070224383 - Valuable document and method for producing a valuable document: The invention concerns a value-bearing document and a process for the production of a value-bearing document. The value-bearing document comprises a carrier of a paper material and a laminating film which is applied to the carrier and which has a carrier film and a decorative layer arrangement including one or... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070224385 - Wavelength selective dielectric filter and its application to optical disks: An optical storage medium having at least two information layers is provided, wherein a first information layer is in the form of a dichroic filter that is reflective at a first selected wavelength and transmissive at a second selected wavelength. The dichroic filter can consist of a single, non-metallic dielectric... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070224387 - Fastening arrangement: A fastening arrangement comprises a fastening element provided with a fastening portion having a planar outer side surface, and a hot-melt adhesive that can be melted in order to fasten the fastening element to a substrate. The fastening element is provided with a receiving recess that is open in the... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20070224386 - Pet identification tag: This invention provides for a pet identification tag 10 which includes a display portion 12, an information sheet 16, and a backing portion 14. Also included is an attachment means 18 for attaching said tag 10 to a collar of a pet.... Agent: Hahn And Moodley, LLP

20070224388 - Composite plastic part: A composite plastic part with reinforcing elements embedded in a plastic mass, wherein the reinforcing elements have a structure which makes it possible for the reinforcing elements to become effectively connected to each other mechanically in all spatial directions.... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070224389 - Universal insulation plate for use with different insulation substrates and different fasteners: An insulation plate has a lower height profile, a smaller thickness dimension, and a smaller transverse extent than those of conventional insulation plates so as to effectively reduce the material costs and weight of each insulation plate. In addition, the insulation plate is provided with an increased number of concentric... Agent: Steven W. Weinrieb Schwartz & Weinrieb

20070224390 - Vented insulating liner method and apparatus: An insulating liner for an article of clothing includes an insulating layer including an aerogel material and having opposite sides with passages extending therebetween, and a cover encapsulating the insulating layer. The cover includes vent holes aligned with the passages of the insulating layer, and has portions that extend into... Agent: James D. Stevens Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20070224393 - Transparent barrier sheet and preparation method thereof:

20070224394 - Transparent barrier sheet and preparation method thereof:

20070224392 - Transparent barrier sheet and production method of transparent barrier sheet: A transparent barrier sheet comprising: (a) a substrate sheet having thereon a transparent primer layer; (b) a transparent inorganic thin layer; and (c) a transparent organic thin layer, wherein: the transparent inorganic thin layer comprises silicon nitride or silicon oxy-nitride; the transparent organic thin layer is formed by polymerizing a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070224391 - Super-phobic surface structures: Superlyophobic Surface Structure, including a substrate having a surface; a plurality of nanoscale raised features on the substrate surface, each nanoscale raised feature having a length measured in a direction approximately perpendicular to the substrate surface, each nanoscale raised feature having a raised feature diameter along the length and measured... Agent: The Eclipse Group

20070224395 - Sprayable water-based adhesive: Water-based adhesive compositions are improved by the incorporation of hollow polymeric microspheres having outer surfaces coated with one or more barrier materials such as calcium carbonate particles. The adhesive compositions exhibit enhanced rheology, sprayability, drying time, tack and storage stability as compared to analogous adhesives that are not modified with... Agent: Henkel Corporation

20070224396 - Chain strip for guiding screws in an auto-locking screwdriver: A chain strip for guiding screws in an auto-locking screwdriver comprises at least two papers, the two papers being adhered to one another intermittently, so as to form a plurality of holes between the two papers, wherein screws can be installed in the holes. A first paper of the at... Agent: Shu-chin Huang

20070224397 - Connection method of conductive articles, and electric or electronic component with parts connected by the connection method: Provided is a method of adhesively connecting conductive traces on one substrate to conductive traces on another substrate and the resulting articles.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070224398 - Brand protection label with a tamper evident abrasion-removable magnetic ink: The invention discloses security articles printed with an opaque or semi-transparent magnetic scratch-off removable composition printed on a substrate. The security article allows one to determine if the scratch-off media has been substantially removed prior to awarding a prize. Furthermore the invention discloses a security label having an image that... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070224400 - Ceramic substrate, electronic apparatus, and method for producing ceramic substrate: A ceramic substrate includes a glass layer partially overlaying a conductor, and the glass layer has satisfactory adhesion to the main body of the ceramic substrate and having satisfactory plating resistance. The glass layer is arranged to extend from a portion of the conductor formed on a first main surface... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070224399 - Thick porous anodic alumina films and nanowire arrays grown on a solid substrate: The presently disclosed invention provides for the fabrication of porous anodic alumina (PAA) films on a wide variety of substrates. The substrate comprises a wafer layer and may further include an adhesion layer deposited on the wafer layer. An anodic alumina template is formed on the substrate. When a rigid... Agent: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20070224401 - Basalt particle-containing articles for ballistic shield mats/tiles/protective building components: A spaced, multi-layer article of manufacture comprising a first layer comprising about 10% to about 80% by weight basalt particles, about 2% to about 50% by weight reinforcing fibers, and about 5% to about 50% by weight of an adhesive resin binder; a second layer comprising about 10% to about... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070224402 - Gas-barrier laminate: A gas-barrier laminate with a plastic substrate, an inorganic thin film formed on at least one surface of the plastic substrate, and a coating layer formed by applying a coating material on a surface of the inorganic thin film, wherein said coating layer contains a polyester-based resin having a molecular... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070224404 - Methods for forming an electrodeposited coating over a coated substrate and articles made thereby: A coated article includes a non-conductive substrate, such as glass. At least one conductive coating is formed over at least a portion of the substrate, such as by chemical vapor deposition or physical vapor deposition. The conductive coating can be a functional coating and can have a thickness in the... Agent: Andrew C. Siminerio Ppg Industries, Inc.

20070224403 - Ultrathin polymer film using cucurbituril derivative and method of forming the same: Provided are an ultrathin polymer film formed by homopolymerization or copolymerization of a cucurbituril derivative with an organic monomer and a method of forming the same. The ultrathin polymer film has a thickness of 10 nm or less, and can retain its film shape even after being separated from a... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070224405 - Reinforced nonwoven fire blocking fabric, method for making such fabric, and articles fire blocked therewith: This invention relates to a thin reinforced nonwoven fabric for fire blocking an article, articles containing such fabrics, and methods for making the fabrics and fire blocking the articles. When exposed to heat or flame, the fabric is capable of increasing its thickness by at least three times. The fabric... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070224407 - Low-density ablative heat shield fabrication: Spacecraft heat shields are fabricated as one-piece assemblies using low-density ablative thermal protection materials. The heat shield assembly is built from modular pieces formed by ablative impregnation processing. Once the full-size heat shield is assembled from the modular blocks, heat treatment is used to bond the individual blocks together by... Agent: John P. Wooldridge, Esq.

20070224406 - Heating system and component with such a heating system: A heating system according to the invention comprises a heating layer that is integrated into a prepreg layer of a high-resistance prepreg material. The heating layer may comprise a bonded heating fabric, a metal oxide coating or electrically conductive threads. According to the invention, the heating system is integrated into... Agent: Christopher Paradies, Ph.d.

20070224408 - Resin molded article and production method thereof: An adhesive as a heat resistant rubber-based adhesive is applied to a region (peripheral region) of integration of a metal sheet (Al sheet) and a resin and to a region (peripheral region) of integration of a fiber sheet (CF sheet) and a resin. The metal sheet and fiber sheet are... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070224409 - Wipe product, and methods of making: A flexible, durable, multiple use article, such as a wipe. The wipe has two layers, one layer being an open cell melamine-based foam and the second being carrier layer for the melamine-based foam layer, providing flexural strength to the foam. The carrier layer could be a foam or other material.... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070224410 - Electrodes, printing plate precursors and other articles including multi-strata porous coatings, and method for their manufacture: The invention relates to an article of manufacture which includes a substrate, and on at least one surface thereof, a porous coating which has a total thickness in the range of up to about 50 microns and which consists of a plurality of discrete adjacent strata, wherein each discrete stratum... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070224411 - Protection of thermal barrier coating by impermeable barrier coating: According to an embodiment of the invention, disclosed is a composite comprising a porous thermal barrier coating on a metallic part and an impermeable barrier coating adjacent to the outer surface of the thermal barrier coating. The impermeable barrier coating is dense and non-porous and comprises a rare earth silicate,... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070224413 - Transparent barrier sheet and production method of transparent barrier sheet: A transparent barrier sheet comprising: (a) a substrate sheet having thereon a transparent primer layer; (b) a transparent inorganic thin layer; and (c) a transparent organic thin layer, wherein the transparent organic thin layer is formed by polymerizing a composition comprising: (i) a compound having an oxetane ring; and (ii)... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070224412 - Transparent conductive laminated body and transparent touch-sensitive panel: A transparent conductive laminated body (1) contains a polymer film having a metallic compound layer and a transparent conductive layer laminated sequentially on at least one surface thereof, (2) the metallic compound layer is in contact with the transparent conductive layer, and (3) the metallic compound layer has a thickness... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070224414 - Protective coating for roof membrane: A protective coating for a roof membrane of the type having plasticizers. The protective or barrier seal coating is applied the exposed surface of the polymeric roofing material, where it prevents and/or retards plasticizer migration to the surface of the membrane where they are subsequently removed. By preventing or retarding... Agent: Moore & Hansen, Pllp

20070224415 - Surface protection film-attached optical film and image display: A surface protection film-attached optical film of the invention comprises: an optical film; and a surface protection film that comprises a substrate film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and is provided on the surface of, the optical film through the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein a surface of the optical film... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070224416 - Easily applicable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet and process for production thereof: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet comprising a substrate sheet and provided thereon an adhesive layer, wherein taper type concave grooves which are opened to an end edge part of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet and which are expanded toward a surface direction of the adhesive layer are provided in the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070224417 - Process for manufacturing a breathable thermoadhesive transfer, for application onto a fabric or onto other materials, and a breathable thermoadhesive transfer obtained: A process is described for manufacturing a breathable thermoadhesive transfer, for instance suitable for application onto a fabric, in which a step of processing using laser technology to create holes in said thermoadhesive transfer is carried out before the application step.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070224418 - Reinforced profile: A method for manufacturing a compound construction element, in an extrusion process wherein a composite material is pressed through an extrusion die, which composite material includes a matrix of thermoplastic synthetic material including wood particles or other, cellulose containing particles in a content on the order of 50% by weight... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070224419 - Absorbent sheet having regenerated cellulose microfiber network: An absorbent paper sheet for tissue or towel includes from about 99 percent to about 70 percent by weight of cellulosic papermaking fiber and from about 1 percent to about 30 percent by weight fibrillated regenerated cellulose microfiber which was regenerated form a cellulosic dope utilizing a tertiary amine N-oxide... Agent: Patent Group Ga030-43 Georgia-pacific LLC

20070224420 - Carpet with directional guide markings: A carpet having directional guide markings is provided for orienting the carpet with respect to machine direction. The carpet includes an upper surface and a lower surface visible from the bottom side of the carpet. The fabric carpet backing includes a plurality of linear patterns visible on the lower surface... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

20070224421 - Phosphorus-containing mixtures, a process for their preparation and their use: c

20070224422 - Colorfast dyed poly ether imide articles including fiber: A composition comprising a dyed polymer fiber capable of holding the color of the dye wherein the fiber comprises a polyetherimide and the dyed fiber has a colorfast score of 1/5 or higher according to ISO 105-302.... Agent: Geam - 08cu - UltemIPLegal

20070224423 - Cable using a tracking-resistant resin composition: The present invention discloses a tracking resistant resin composition comprising: 100 weight parts of at least one selected from the group consisting of polyolefins and copolymers of different olefins; 0.1 to 1.5 weight parts of carbon black; 0.1 to 2 weight parts of a UV and light stabilizer; and 0.1... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20070224424 - Magnetic particles and method for producing the same: e

20070224425 - Process for manufacture of a latent heat storage body: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of latent heat storage bodies by cold isostatic pressing of a mixture of expanded graphite material and a phase change material, and to latent heat storage bodies obtained by cold isostatic pressing of a mixture of expanded graphite material and a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070224426 - Thermally conductive sheet: There is provided a thermally conductive sheet containing: a binder component, a modified liquid polyolefin, and at least one thermally conductive filler selected from the group consisting of metal oxide and metal hydroxide. The thermally conductive sheet can have good moldability, and the surface of the sheet is inhibited from... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070224427 - Surface antifogging, antisoiling, tempered glass and method for producing the same: The present invention provides a surface antifogging, antisoiling, tempered glass containing a glass formed by a float process or a down draw process and a polymer chain represented by formula (I) chemically bonded to a surface of the glass, and a method for producing the same. In formula (I), X1... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070224428 - Transparent barrier sheet and production method of transparent barrier sheet: A transparent barrier sheet comprising: (a) a substrate; (b) a transparent inorganic thin layer; and (c) a transparent organic thin layer, wherein the transparent organic thin layer is formed by cross-linking: (i) a first compound having three or more isocyanate groups in the molecule; and (ii) a second compound having... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070224429 - Dielectric and display device having a dielectric and dielectric manufacturing method: This invention provides a thick-film type dielectric with desired adhesivity to the base and very good insulation properties. The dielectric of the present invention includes a lower dielectric layer made of a photosensitive composition and an upper dielectric layer which is made of a photosensitive composition and formed on the... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070224430 - Gas-barrier film, substrate film, and organic electroluminescent device: A gas-barrier film comprising a gas-barrier laminate on a substrate film, wherein the gas-barrier laminate comprises at least one three-layer unit consisting of a silicon oxinitride layer, an organic interlayer and a silicon oxinitride layer disposed in this order being adjacent with each other. The film has excellent transparency, gas-barrier... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070224431 - Heat resistant powder coatings: g

20070224432 - Electroconductive laminate, and electromagnetic wave shielding film and protective plate for plasma display: An electroconductive laminate 10 comprising a substrate 11 and an electroconductive film 12 formed on the substrate 11, wherein the electroconductive film 12 has a multilayer structure having an oxide layer 12a and a metal layer 12b alternately laminated from the substrate 11 side in a total layer number of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070224433 - Decorating sheet, decorated resin molded article and method for production thereof: The present invention provides a decorative sheet having a base film made of a thermoplastic polyester resin and a decorative layer on the base film, and provides a decorated resin molding produced by using the decorative sheet. The base film is not broken in both of MD (a flow direction... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070224434 - Multilayer film: A multilayer film of which the optical properties hardly change due to heat and where detachment hardly occurs between layers is provided. In addition, a multilayer film which is appropriate for decorative materials used as construction materials, wrapping, the interior and exterior of automobiles and the like, anti-counterfeit materials, for... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070224436 - Film forming composition: A film forming composition comprises a compound having a cage structure and a thermally decomposable compound, an insulating film is formed by using the film forming composition and an electronic device comprises the insulating film.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070224435 - Chlorinated propylene random copolymer and compositions containing the same: A novel binder resin which attains good adhesion to various substrates such as polyolefin resins, vinyl chloride resins, polycarbonate resins, polyethylene terephthalate resins, acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene resins, and nylon resins even by low-temperature baking and has excellent solubility in solvent. Namely, a chlorinated propylene random copolymer produced by subjecting a propylene random... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070224437 - Laminated packaging film and method of producing same: A laminated packaging film includes a contacting layer that is for coming to contact objects to be packaged inside and is formed with a polyolefin resin composition made of a polyolefin resin containing a specified component by a specified ratio. Another specified component is applied to the contacting surface of... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070224438 - Coated substrate: The invention relates to a method for coating a substrate, comprising the steps of: a) Applying a layer comprising a melamine-formaldehyde resin A to a substrate, whereby a coated substrate is formed; b) Optionally treating the coated substrate with IR- or NIR-radiation; c) Optionally applying an ink, dye solution or... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070224439 - Stainless steel strip coated with a metallic layer: A coated high strength stainless steel strip product with a dense and evenly distributed metallic layer on one side or both sides of said strip is provided. Said layer consists of essentially pure gold, copper, nickel, cobalt, molybdenum, silver, tin or tungsten or alloys of at least 2 of these... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070224440 - Process for production of chain metal powders, chain metal powders produced thereby, and anisotropic conductive film formed using the powders: a process which comprises the steps of reducing metal ions contained in an aqueous solution, while applying a magnetic filed to the solution, in the presence of both a reducing agent capable of generating a gas during the reduction of metal ions and a foamable water soluble compound, through the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070224441 - Reactive foil assembly: A reactive foil assembly for the packaging and presenting of a reactive foil. The reactive foil assembly comprising a reactive foil, a film, a flex circuit and an adhesive. The reactive foil is placed above the film such that a portion of the reactive foil does not overlap with the... Agent: Gosz And Partners LLP

20070224442 - Composite used for thermal spray instrumentation and method for making the same: A superalloy article which comprises a substrate comprised of a superalloy, a bond coat comprised of MCrAlY wherein M is a metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel and mixtures thereof applied onto at least a portion of the substrate and a ceramic top coat applied over at... Agent: Arlene J. Powers Gauthier & Connors LLP

20070224443 - Oxidation-resistant coating and formation method thereof, thermal barrier coating, heat-resistant member, and gas turbine: The present invention provides an oxidation-resistant coating having superior oxidation resistance and superior ductility and toughness for long-term use, and a method for forming the oxidation-resistant coating. An MCrAlY layer primarily containing an MCrAlY alloy (in which M indicates at least one element of Co and Ni) is formed on... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070224444 - Plating film and forming method thereof: Tin plating film composed of tin or tin alloy is formed on a front surface and a rear surface of a substrate composing a lead frame. As tin alloy, for example, tin-copper alloy (content of copper: 2 mass %), tin-bismuth alloy (content of bismuth: 2 mass %) and the like... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070224445 - Brazing filler metal, brazing composite material and brazed structure brazed/bonded with the same: A brazing filler metal capable of improving both of oxidation resistance and corrosion resistance is obtained. This brazing filler metal (1, 1d, 51 and 51a) consists of at least a three-layer structure of an Ni—Cr brazing layer (2 and 2a) consisting of an Ni—Cr alloy layer, a Ti brazing layer... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070224446 - Material for organic electroluminescence device and organic electroluminescence device using the same: A material for organic electroluminescence device with specific structure. 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 organic thin film... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070224449 - Organic el device: An organic EL device includes: a pair of electrodes; and an organic layer sandwiched between the pair of electrodes. The organic layer includes a compound including layer, and the compound including layer includes a compound of 1,3-bis [N,N-bis{(4′-methylbiphen-4-yl)}amino]-5-N,N-bis(4-methylphenyl) aminobenzene. The heat resistance and the vapor deposition property of the organic... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070224450 - Red phosphorescent compound and organic electroluminescent device using the same:

20070224448 - Organic electroluminescent device: Provided is an organic electroluminescence device having high luminous efficiency, high heat resistance and an extremely long lifetime. The organic electroluminescence device of the present invention includes an organic thin film layer composed of one or more layers containing at least a light emitting layer is interposed between a cathode... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070224447 - Organometallic complex, luminescent solid, organic el element and organic el display: The present invention aims to provide organic EL elements etc., containing phosphorescent organometallic complexes, that can exhibit longer durability, higher emitting efficiency, superior thermal/electrical stability, significantly longer operating life. The organic EL elements comprise an organic thin layer interposed between a positive hole transport layer and a electron transport layer,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070224451 - Composition, coating, coated article, and method: A composition is provided that is capable of forming an NZP or an NZP-type coating. The composition includes a first composition, a second composition, and a metal cation. The first composition and the second composition form a crystalline structure with three-dimensional network of octahedra and tetrahedra linked by one or... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070224452 - Lubricant, magnetic recording medium and head slider: A lubricant is provided that can form a sufficiently thin one-molecule film surface even when it is highly polymerized. When used for a magnetic recording medium lubricant layer and/or a head slider lubricant layer of a magnetic recording device, it can make the film thickness of the lubricant layers very... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070224454 - Magnetic materials having superparamagnetic particles: Magnetic materials and uses thereof are provided. In one aspect, a magnetic film is provided. The magnetic film comprises superparamagnetic particles on at least one surface thereof. The magnetic film may be patterned and may comprise a ferromagnetic material. The superparamagnetic particles may be coated with a non-magnetic polymer and/or... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070224453 - Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording apparatus: According to the present invention, there is provided a magnetic recording medium 10 which includes: a non-magnetic base 1; a non-magnetic underlayer 3 formed on the non-magnetic base 1; a first recording layer 4 formed on the non-magnetic underlayer 3, the first recording layer 4 having a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070224455 - Magnetic recording medium and method of making the same: A magnetic recording medium includes a continuous recording layer, and a seed layer including a surface held in contact with the recording layer. The seed layer includes an oxidized region and a non-oxidized region in the surface held in contact with the recording layer. The recording layer includes a recording... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070224456 - Magnetic recording medium and method for production thereof: A magnetic recording medium including: a nonmagnetic support; a smoothing layer containing a polymer; a nonmagnetic layer formed by coating a first solution containing nonmagnetic powder and a binder on the smoothing layer and drying the coated first solution; and a magnetic layer formed by coating a second solution containing... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070224457 - Magnetic recording medium: A magnetic recording medium comprising a nonmagnetic support and a magnetic layer formed on the support and containing a magnetic powder and a binder, wherein said magnetic powder comprises substantially spherical or ellipsoidal particles and at least one element selected from the group consisting of rare earth elements, silicon and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070224458 - Magnetic recording medium: The present invention provides a magnetic recording medium having a magnetic layer formed on at least one surface of a nonmagnetic support, wherein the magnetic layer includes a ferrite ferromagnetic hexagonal powder having an average plate diameter of 5 to 50 nm or a fine ferromagnetic metal powder having an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070224459 - Magnetic recording medium including carbon nanotubes: A magnetic recording medium including a substrate having a front side and a backside, having at least a magnetic recording layer coating the front side, and possibly an optional support layer or sublayer, wherein at least one layer of the magnetic recording medium includes carbon nanotubes.... Agent: Imation Corp.

20070224460 - Magnetic recording medium substrate and manufacturing method therefor, magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording and reproducing device: The present invention is a magnetic recording medium substrate made of amorphous glass of B2O3—Al2O3—SiO2—Li2O type, wherein a chamfer is formed between an edge face at an outer circumference side or an inner circumference side of the substrate and a principal plane of the substrate, and a content of sodium... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070218216 - Light modulating material: The invention provides a light modulating material having at least a liquid crystal layer disposed between a pair of transparent electrodes. The liquid crystal layer has at least: a liquid crystal composition having at least one host liquid crystal having negative dielectric anisotropy and at least one dichroic dye; and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070218218 - Cellulose acylate optical film, producing method thereof, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display using the same: A cellulose acylate film comprising a polymer derived from at least a monomer represented by Formula 1 and a cellulose acylate having an acyl group of 3 or more carbon atoms, wherein a total number of carbon atoms contained in the acyl groups in one it of the cellulose acylate... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070218224 - Desiccant carrier for insulated glazing unit: A carrier for holding a desiccant positionable between panes of an insulated glazing unit useable in a window assembly is disclosed. The carrier may be a vented container holding desiccant material or a gas permeable housing impregnated with desiccant. The carrier may form part of the insulated glazing unit structure... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner, LLP

20070218229 - Composite container for adhesive: According to the present invention, a composite container for an adhesive includes: an aluminum container which contains an adhesive; and a resin outer container for holding the aluminum container, the resin outer container being provided with (a) window holes on both side wall surfaces of the resin outer container and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070218228 - Multilayer thermoplastic film structures: The improved rubber modified styrenic copolymer of the first layer includes a continuous phase and a dispersed phase, where A) the continuous phase contains a polymer composition resulting from the polymerization of a monomer mixture containing a styrenic monomer and an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer in the presence of the dispersed... Agent: Gary F. Matz Nova Chemicals Inc.

20070218232 - Helical support and method for the production thereof: A helical support for radially supporting an elastically expanded insulating tube includes an extruded body consisting of a plurality of windings extending substantially parallel to each other. Each of the windings is at least partially connected at lateral edges thereof in a longitudinal direction of the helical support. The lateral... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20070218237 - Reversible closure system for sealing articles such as pouches, bags, packs or the like, having two bonding strips: Reversible closure system for sealing articles such as pouches, bags, packs or the like, having two bonding strips, each having a top and a bottom face, the bonding strips each having a carrier whose bottom face is coated with an adhesive, the adhesive containing expanded microballoons in a fraction of... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, Pa

20070218244 - Engineered handrail: An elongated wood member such as a handrail comprising an elongated first and second layer of a lower grade wood product secured together to form an inner core; and an outer layer of a high grade wood product disposed substantially around all of said inner core except for a bottom... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20070218217 - Adjustably opaque film for substantially smooth surface: An adjustably opaque film, including substantially flexible/transparent confining films and light transmission control layers, is provided. The inner surfaces of the first and second confining films form a confined space layer with substantially constant thickness. The adjustably opaque film is applied on a window panel which is already installed like... Agent: Park Law Firm

20070218219 - Wood particle mixture for a wood-plastic composite material and method for producing the wood particle mixture: A wood particle mixture is described especially made from raw wood for an extruded or injection-molded wood-plastic composite material, especially manufactured from wood-plastic compound, which significantly improve the strength properties in a wood plastic composite material. Each wood particle has certain dimensions and certain shaping.... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070218220 - Methods of forming tracks and track arrangements: Printed circuit board or other tracks are formed by the deposition of liquid to form dots on a substrate from nozzles mutually spaced by a distance s. A set of n dot diameters Di=2 s(1/2+i/n), is used to produce linear tracks at one or more directions with respect to an... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070218221 - Inkjet recording element: The present invention relates to an inkjet recording element having very good stability to ozone and to light. Said recording element comprises a support and at least one ink receiving layer, said ink-receiving layer comprising at least one amorphous silica polymer having a degree of condensation between 75% and 88%.... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20070218222 - Inkjet recording media: The invention relates generally to the field of inkjet recording media and inkjet printing methods. More specifically, the invention relates to a porous base layer of an inkjet recording element, the base layer comprises precipitated calcium carbonate having scalenohedral morphology and ground calcium carbonate.... Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff

20070218223 - Multilayer card: A multilayer card has (i) an opaque polyester film substrate containing 0.2 to 30% by weight, relative to the total weight of the substrate, of at least one copolyesterether, (ii) a first ink-receptive layer on at least one surface of the substrate, (iii) a cover layer on the surface of... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070218225 - Product with multiple functions such as on board technology, e.g. panel or pipe with enhanced systems within: The invention relates to a product, which may take a wide variety of forms but which is exemplified by a pipe or a panel. The product has a first function, such as that normally expected of a pipe or a panel, and a second function different from the first. The... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070218226 - Resin-coated aluminum seamless can body featuring superior resistance against cracks in the can wall during distribution, and against flange cracking: The object of the present invention is to offer a can that features superior resistance against puncture under higher puncture strength, and superior resistance against flange cracking. The resin-coated aluminum seamless can body of the present invention features superior resistance against cracks in the can wall during distribution, and resistance... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070218227 - Label for in-mold forming: The label for in-mold forming, which is for use in in-mold forming, comprises: a thermoplastic resin film (1) having a heat-sealable layer (1a); a thermoplastic resin film (2) which is printable; and an antenna and an IC chip for non-contact data sending/receiving, the antenna and the IC chip being interposed... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070218230 - Tube reinforced with a polymer and steel cord strip: A strip for the reinforcement of plastic tubes is claimed. The strip is reinforced with steel cords that anchor mechanically very well in the polymer matrix. No chemical adhesion is needed to ensure the force transfer. With such a strip a small connector length from tube to tube or from... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070218231 - Foamed-wall container having a silvery appearance: A container comprises a micro cellular foamed polymer, and a non-reactive gas contained within the micro cellular foam cells, wherein the container has a silvery appearance. The process for making the container comprises injection molding a polymer preform having a non-reactive gas entrapped within the walls thereof, cooling the preform... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20070218233 - Fuel impermeable, fuel resistant hose having improved high temperature resistant characteristics: A fuel impermeable, fuel resistant hose having improved high temperature resistant characteristics sufficient to provide extended service life of the hose in a harsh thermal environment comprising at least one fluoropolymer tubular structure, and a backing layer surrounding the at least one fluoropolymer tubular structure wherein the backing layer comprises... Agent: Dayco Products, LLC

20070218235 - Cut-free magnetic tape structure: A cut-free magnetic tape structure including an elongated tape-type soft magnetic substrate. The substrate has an upper releasable face and a lower adhesive face. A sprayed or painted coating is sprayed or painted on the releasable face. An adhesive layer is overlaid on the adhesive face. At least one of... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell Suite 1404

20070218236 - Re-sealable multi-ply in-mold label: A re-sealable two-ply in-mold label having a base ply with temperature activated adhesive on its bottom surface and a re-sealable top ply adhered to its upper surface. Two zones of different adhesion intersecure the two plies. A permanent adhesive zone permanently intersecures a margin portion of the two plies to... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20070218234 - Tape-type magnet: A tape-type magnet including a soft magnetic substrate which is a thin strip or tape with magnetic attraction. A first adhesive layer is uniformly laid on one face of the magnetic substrate. A releasable facial layer is bonded with the other face of the magnetic substrate via a second adhesive... Agent: Bruce N. Troxell

20070218238 - Adhesive backed preformed thermoplastic sheeting: The present invention relates to a system, method, and composition utilizing a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) and/or thermal sensitive adhesive sheet for adhering sheets of preformed thermoplastic road markings, texture and design patterns to concrete, asphalt, wood or composite material surfaces. These markings may be decorative or legend type markings.... Agent: Guerry Leonard Grune

20070218239 - Sputtering target and manufacturing method therefor, and recordable optical recording medium: To provide a sputtering target for preparing a recordable optical recording medium characterized by comprising Bi and B and a manufacturing method thereof, a recordable high density optical recording medium using the sputtering target, and a sputtering target which is capable of improving a speed of the film formation for... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070218240 - Laser sculptured three-dimensional carbon fiber pattern sticker: A laser sculptured three-dimensional carbon fiber pattern sticker that is versatile and fabricated at a lower cost to be bonded to the surface of an article mainly includes a base paper, a body and a release paper. The body consists of a thermoplastic resin layer, a laser sculptured three-dimensional carbon... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell Suite 1404

20070218241 - Method and device for adding moisture during cooking: Methods and devices increase the amount of moisture present during cooking to provide various benefits. A pad is placed in the close proximity to the food product. The pad in close proximity includes a fluid, either added to the pad prior to or after placement of the pad in proximity... Agent: Withers & Keys, LLC

20070218245 - Elastomeric nonwoven laminates and process for producing same: An elastomeric nonwoven laminate and a process for producing the elastomeric nonwoven laminate are provided. The elastomeric nonwoven laminate includes a first nonwoven, a second nonwoven and a plurality of elastic strands. The plurality of elastic strands is attached to the first nonwoven while under a strain producing a corrugated... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070218243 - Engineered handrail: An elongated wood member such as a handrail comprising an elongated first layer of a high grade wood product and an elongated second layer of a lower grade wood product disposed horizontally relative to each other and secured together to form an inner core; and an outer layer of a... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20070218246 - Stent coatings containing self-assembled monolayers: A coating for a medical device, particularly for a drug eluting stent, is described. The coating includes a self-assembled monolayer.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20070218242 - Surface-coated cutting tool with coated film having strength distribution of compressive stress: A surface-coated cutting tool according to the present invention includes a base material and a coated film formed on the base material. The coated film serves as an outermost layer on the base material and has compressive stress. The compressive stress is varied so as to have strength distribution in... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070218247 - Gas range knob shield: Presently there are no Gas Range Shields being utilized on Gas Ranges that protects against unauthorized use. This Gas Range Shield will provide that protection and safety from accidental or unauthorized use of the Gas Controls on the range.... Agent: Vance Edward Holt

20070218248 - Multi-ply tissue paper: A tissue paper (1) includes at least two plies (2,3,4). At least a first ply (2) of the plies includes pattern of areas (6), in which fibres protrude outside the plane of the ply in a direction towards the second of the at least two plies. A method for producing... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070218249 - Honeycomb structure: A honeycomb structure includes: a honeycomb segment joined body having a plurality of honeycomb segments unitarily joined at bonding faces thereof by means of a bonding material layer, and an outer peripheral coat layer covering a surface of an outer peripheral portion of the honeycomb segment joined body; in which... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070218252 - Flooring element: An apparatus for and a method of making a flooring element. The flooring element is a tile formed of a polymer with embedded filler material. The filler material includes abrasive particles adjacent the top surface and a resilient or rubber-like material. The bottom surface of the tile includes a plurality... Agent: Knox Patents

20070218251 - Energy efficient construction materials: A roofing shingle may include a substrate, granules and multilayer infrared light reflecting film particles. In some cases, a roofing shingle may include a substrate, granules and a multilayer infrared light reflecting film disposed either above or below the granules. Such roofing shingles may exhibit improved solar reflectivity. An infrared... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070218250 - Roofing material: Roofing material consists essentially of a substrate, a hot melt material applied to one side of the substrate, an asphalt material coating the other side of the substrate and roofing granules disposed on said asphalt material coated on the substrate. The hot melt material may be polyethylene, polyethylene-vinyl acetate, polypropylene,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070218253 - Three-dimensional camouflage fabric and method for making same: A camouflage material comprises a plurality of parallel strips of camouflage fabric attached side by side laterally across a substrate and extending longitudinally along the substrate. The strips have a plurality of longitudinally spaced edge strips extending laterally from side edges of a central portion. The edge strips have a... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20070218255 - Films for decorating glass and methods of their production: Films are provided for providing decorative effects on glass, for example, films for replicating the surface texture of architectural glass, or for decorating glass containers. Moreover, methods of making such films are provided.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070218256 - Image-receiving sheet for electrophotography and image forming process: The present invention provides an image-receiving sheet for electrophotography that includes a support, a conductive undercoating layer, and an image-receiving layer on at least one surface of the support via the conductive undercoating layer, wherein the conductive undercoating layer includes a conductive metal oxide and a binder resin, wherein, when... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070218254 - Photographic printing paper and method of making same: A non-absorbing barrier layer for photographic printing paper includes a non-polyolefin resin. A photographic printing paper includes a base substrate; a image receiving layer and a barrier layer comprising a non-polyolefin resin coated on the base substrate. A method of making a photographic printing paper includes coating a barrier layer... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070218258 - Articles and methods including patterned substrates formed from densified, adhered metal powders: In general the disclosure relates to manufacturing methods for producing conductive patterns on flexible substrates. For example, a layer of a metal powder composition is deposited onto an adhesive overlaying a substrate. Pressure is applied to the metal powder composition on the adhesive coated substrate web by a die having... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070218257 - Circuit board, its manufacturing method, and joint box using circuit board: A circuit board with a simple structure is manufactured. A circuit board 19 has thereon a foil circuit 21 provided on a synthetic resin plate 20 formed by injection molding, made of a copper foil, and having a pattern different for circuit board 19. Anchor pins 20a projecting upward are... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070218259 - Laminate, method for manufacturing the laminate and method for manufacturing wiring board: A laminate includes a first ceramic green sheet, a second ceramic green sheet, and a conductor layer. The first ceramic green sheet includes ceramic powder and an organic binder and has a firing shrinkage end temperature T3. The second ceramic green sheet includes ceramic powder and an organic binder and... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20070218260 - Laminate product and method of making same: Laminated floorboards with sound damping in a less complicated manner. For this purpose, a compensating element, is provided in which an impregnated paper is joined to an insulating underlay. By means of the use of the compensating element in a laminated floorboard, in which the insulating underlay is used as... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070218261 - Light control film, lighting device and display device: A light control film including transparent layers and light absorbing layers arranged alternately is provided. The film is capable of controlling emission angle of light from the light source relatively strictly, and the light use efficiency thereof is improved. Further, a lighting device and a display device using thereof are... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070218262 - Glazing: A glazing panel having dimensions of at least 40 cm by 30 cm and a mechanical resistance rating of at least 2B2 in a pendulum test according to European standard EN12600 comprises a first glass sheet having a thickness within the range 1.5 mm to 14 mm, a second glass... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070218263 - Thermal laminating film and method of manufacture: An improved thermal laminating film includes a tackified resin. The film can be manufactured by extruding the tackified resin onto a base layer of the film.... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070218266 - Components with bearing or wear-resistant surfaces: A component comprises a silicon carbide substrate (10); a layer (14) of CVD diamond on a surface (12) of the substrate, and a smooth surface (14a) on the CVD diamond layer (14) which is a non-planar bearing or wear-resistant surface for the component.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070218265 - Photo-induced hydrophilic article and method of making same: Methods and articles are disclosed in which a substrate is provided with a photo-induced hydrophilic surface by forming a photo-induced hydrophilic coating on the substrate by spray pyrolysis, chemical vapor deposition, or magnetron sputter vacuum deposition. The coating can have a thickness of 50 Å to 500 Å, a root... Agent: Intellectual Property Department Ppg Industries, Inc.

20070218264 - Substrate having a photocatalytic coating: The invention relates to a transparent or semi-transparent substrate having, over at least a portion of at least one of its surfaces, a photocatalytic coating based on titanium oxide and characterized in that the coated surface has a luminous reflectance less than that of a non-coated surface of the substrate.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070218267 - Reflective composition and garment: A reflective composition and a garment or other article to which reflective composition is affixed. The reflective composition comprising a reflective layer, an optional first protective film overlaying the reflective layer, and an exterior second protective film.... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070218268 - Waterproofing uv-resistant bituminous membrane, system incorporating such a membrane, and manufacturing process: A waterproofing UV-resistant bituminous membrane, a system incorporating such a membrane, and a manufacturing process are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a UV-resistant waterproofing membrane includes a mass of at least one bituminous composition, formed in at least one continuous layer, and of at least one ply of filamentous or... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070218271 - Microporous high density polyethylene film and preparing method thereof: The present invention discloses a microporous high-density polyethylene film for a battery separator, and process for preparing the same. The microporous high-density polyethylene film according to the present invention comprises of high-density polyethylene with weight average molecular weight of 2×105˜4×105, containing not more than 5 wt % of molecules with... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070218269 - Pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet and method of manufacturing the same: A substrate 2 having provided in a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 3 side thereof recesses 21 that continue as far as side edges of the substrate 2, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 3 in which are formed a plurality of penetrating passages 31 that penetrate through the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 3... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070218270 - Systems and methods for manufacturing reinforced weatherstrip: Methods for manufacturing fabric-reinforced weatherstrip include incorporating a fabric application step into a process for making coated substrates. In one embodiment, a strip of the fabric from a roll of material may be applied directly onto a coating after it has been applied in a coat die to a foam... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20070218272 - cement for carbon articles: A cement useful for bonding carbon articles or sealing the surfaces of carbon articles to provide a surface useful for, inter alia, composite tooling or other high temperature applications or for bonding of carbon articles together to form larger blocks.... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20070218273 - High-frequency magnetic thin film and high-frequency electronic device: One inventive aspect relates to a high-frequency magnetic thin film capable of working in a GHz-level band, and an electronic device comprising the film. The film comprises a magnetic layer and an insulating layer that are laminated alternately. The magnetic layer includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070218274 - Organic solvent-free film-forming compositions, multi-layer composite coatings, and related methods: Provided is a film-forming composition substantially free of organic solvent which includes an aqueous dispersion of polymeric microparticles prepared by emulsion polymerization of a monomeric composition containing (1) at least 10 percent by weight of one or more vinyl aromatic compounds; (2) 0.1 to 10 percent by weight of one... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070218275 - Multi-layered environmentally friendly sheet material and products made therefrom: An environmentally friendly sheet material, and thermoformed products made with that material. The two-, three- or four layer environmentally friendly sheet material is especially suited for use in connection with the manufacture of cups and similar containers and products. In a two-layer compostable sheet, the first layer is a relatively... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070218276 - Double-faced pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet, and liquid crystal display apparatus: The present invention relates to a double-faced pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet, which comprises: a base material; a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer disposed on one surface of the base material, which is a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (A) including a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing an acrylic polymer (A1), and a silicone rubber... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070218277 - Adhesive film, flexible metal-clad laminate, and processes for producing these: The present invention relates to an adhesive film with which a flexible metal-clad laminate is obtained with suppressed dimensional changes occurred when produced by a laminating method; and a flexible metal-clad laminate comprising the adhesive film and a metal foil bonded thereto. The adhesive film comprises a polyimide film and,... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070218278 - Method for dyeing microfibers and fabric woven with microfibers dyed thereby: The invention relates to a method for dyeing split-type microfibers made of a composite of polyester and polyamide by a yarn dyeing process. The method comprises: a weight reduction step comprising winding the microfibers on a yarn dyeing machine and adding an alkali agent at a uniform temperature of 100-130°... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070218279 - Abrasive cloth and method for producing nanofiber structure: An abrasive cloth which comprises an article in a sheet form having, in at least a part thereof, nanofibers comprising a thermoplastic polymer and having a number average single fiber fineness of 1×10−8 to 2×10−4 dtex wherein the sum of single fiber fineness percentages (which is defined in the specification)... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070218280 - Boride nanoparticle-containing fiber and textile product that uses the same: An object is to provide a fiber that absorbs heat with good efficiency, has excellent transparency and heat-retaining properties, and does not compromise the design characteristics of a textile product, and to provide a textile product in which the fiber is used. Hexaboride nanoparticles, a dispersion medium, and a dispersion... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070218281 - Metal coated nano fibres: The present invention relates to a process for the metal coating of nano-fibres by electrospinning, to the metal coated nano-fibres obtained by this process and to the use of said metal coated nano-fibres. The process is characterised in that a polymer nano-fibre with functional groups providing the binding ability to... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070218282 - Hard-magnetic nanoparticles, manufacturing method therefor, magnetic fluid and magnetic recording medium: Hard-magnetic nanoparticles having a small particle size and an ordered crystal structure with a high magnetic anisotropic energy are provided together with a manufacturing method therefor, a magnetic fluid comprising a dispersion of the hard-magnetic particles, and a magnetic recording medium with an excellent S/N ratio. The method for manufacturing... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070218283 - Method of producing carbon-encapsulated metal nanoparticles: A method of producing carbon-encapsulated metal nanoparticles, for example carbon-encapsulated magnetic metal nanoparticles, including providing a carbon-containing metal salt or organometallic compound in a reactor, for example a vessel having a restricted opening and decomposing the carbon-containing metal salt or organometallic compound, for example by heating, whilst maintaining carbon within... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070218284 - Graphite product and its fabrication method: A graphite product fabrication method includes the steps of (1) using a press mold to mold graphite into a graphite blank, (2) processing the graphite blank to set the shape of the graphite blank, and (3) covering the surface of the graphite blank with a layer of metal coating.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070218286 - Drained barrier: The invention provides a material for use in waterproofing or containment of liquids, gases or solids, the material comprising a layer which comprises an impermeable or a semi permeable barrier and is adapted to facilitate drainage, wherein the material comprises a geomembrane or waterproofing barrier material comprising a plurality of... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, World Trade Center West

20070218285 - Process for the production of porous moulded articles containing alginate: The invention relates to a process for the production of alginate-containing porous or sponge-like moulded articles, and to the moulded articles obtainable thereby and their use.... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark, LLP

20070218291 - Aqueous compositions comprising polymeric duller particle: The present invention provides aqueous matte coating compositions comprising a binder component B) and a polymeric duller component A) composed of particles of one or more multi-stage copolymer or single stage crosslinked (co)polymer, e.g. crosslinked t-butyl (meth)acrylate, the duller component particles A) having an average diameter of 1-20 μm. Components... Agent: Rohm And Haas Company Patent Department

20070218292 - Stainproof part and fog resistant part: e

20070218288 - Adapter plate for supporting a vacuum suction device: In an adapter plate for supporting a vacuum suction device, a bottom layer is provided onto which a top layer is applied in liquid form and then cured so as to form a support structure with a top of relatively soft material having a smooth surface and a rounded circumferential... Agent: Klaus J. Bach & Associates Patents And Trademarks

20070218287 - Coatings for affecting spectral performance of photonic devices in optical applications and methods of manufacture: Single layer, fluidic polymer-based coatings are provided for application or deposition onto a target surface of a photonic device, whereby the coating is formed of one or more spectral tuning materials so as to absorb infrared, ultraviolet or infrared and ultraviolet wavelength that might otherwise be present as background and... Agent: Marjama & Bilinski LLP

20070218290 - Method for doping material and doped material: The invention relates to a method for doping material, the method being characterized by depositing at least one dopant deposition layer or a part thereof on the surface of the material and/or on a surface of a part or parts thereof with the atom layer deposition (ALD) method, and further... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070218289 - Photofunctional laminated article: There is provided a photofunctional laminated article being excellent in various photofunctionalities, particularly an intensity of light emission, light emitting efficiency and further fluorescence life and light amplifying property. The photofunctional laminated article comprises the transparent substrate (L0), the photofunctional layer (L1) comprising the fluorine-containing polymer (A) and the rare... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070218293 - Light-reflecting sheet and shaped article thereof: The present invention provides a thin light-reflecting sheet with excellent light property of flame retardancy, a high light-reflectance and a high light-shielding ability, which is formed from a polycarbonate resin composition containing a combination of 70% to 30% by mass of a polycarbonate-based polymer (A) and 30% to 70% by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070218294 - Thermoplastics permeation, resistant multi-layers for air conditioning hose application using nanofillers technology: The present invention concerns multi-layer structures comprising at least a layer of a thermoplastic compound containing nanofillers and at least a layer of rubber. These structures can be converted to bottles, reservoirs, containers, pipes, hoses and vessels of all sorts. The structures of the invention are of interest for the... Agent: Thomas F. Roland, Esq. Arkema Inc.

20070218295 - Activation method: A method of activating an organic coating, a coated substrate having an activated coating and an activation treatment for an organic coating. In particular, the activation method improves the adhesion of the organic coating to further coating layers and/or to other entities.... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070218296 - Butyl ionomer having improved surface adhesion: A butyl rubber ionomer having improved adhesion to substrates whose surfaces have polar functional groups. Examples of such substrate materials include stainless steel, glass, mylar or Teflon®. The adhesion of the butyl rubber ionomer to the substrate is at least 25% greater than the adhesion of a non-ionomeric butyl rubber... Agent: Lanxess Corporation

20070218297 - Non-stick ceramic coating composition and process: A series of new non-stick ceramic coating materials prepared from organic-inorganic hybrid materials, including silica sol, MTMS, FAS and PDMS (Polydimethylsiloxane) using the sol-gel process. The hybrid materials have good mechanical properties and are fashioned into a main ceramic network and good non-stick properties from organic non-stick compounds. The non-stick... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco

20070218299 - Thermosetting composition and film having a layer comprising the composition: the organopolysiloxane (A) has at least two alkenyl groups per molecule and a phenyl group in an amount of from 10 to 99% of whole substituents bonded to silicon atoms of the organopolysiloxane, and softens or melts at a temperature of from 30° C. to a temperature lower than an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070218298 - Antimicrobial compositions containing colloids of oligodynamic metals: Described herein are coatings containing water-soluble oligodynamic metal salts that are formulated and applied from hydrophobic solvents. In particular, articles of manufacture comprising polymer coatings containing oligodynamic metal salts can include hydrophilic polymer coatings made from water-reactive monomers and hydrophilic polymers compounded in hydrophobic solvents which contain a small amount... Agent: Brian M. Burn, Esq. C.r. Bard Medical Division

20070218300 - Method of applying a coating to an article via magnetic pulse welding: Disclosed herein is a method of applying a coating to an article. A coating material is disposed on an article. The coating material is accelerated towards the article. And, a solid-phase bond is formed between the coating material and the article.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070218301 - Tinted anti-fingerprint coating on 430 stainless steel for appliances: An appliance having exterior parts with an outer surface fabricated from 430 stainless steel, and having a clear, tinted coating over the 430 stainless steel to duplicate the color of 304 stainless steel. An outer surface material for an exterior appliance part is formed of a sheet of 430 stainless... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20070218302 - Ceramic coating member for semiconductor processing apparatus: A ceramic coating member for a semiconductor processing apparatus comprises a porous layer made of an oxide of an element in Group IIIa of the Periodic Table coated directly or through an undercoat on the surface of the substrate of a metal or non-metal and a secondary recrystallized layer of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070218303 - Aluminum alloy-made part: An aluminum alloy-made part of the present invention includes an aluminum alloy, and an anodic oxide coating which coats a surface of the aluminum alloy and contains at least one of silver and copper. The aluminum alloy-made part is capable of enhancing the heat conduction performance in the interface between... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070218304 - Active oxygen barrier compositions of poly(hydroxyalkanoates) and articles made thereof: Active oxygen barrier compositions and articles made therefrom based on poly(hydroxyalkanoate), preferably poly(lactic acid), a polymer derived from lactic acid, also known as 2-hydroxy propionic acid, and a transition metal. This active barrier composition, which has been found to consume (scavenge) oxygen, can be utilized in monolithic and multilayer packaging... Agent: Rissman Jobse Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20070218305 - Photosensitive resin composition, cured product thereof and production method of printed circuit board using the same: t

20070218306 - Plywood, and a process for preparing plywood: The invention relates to plywood, comprising at least two wood veneer layers and at least one adhesive layer, whereby the adhesive layer comprises a resin composition comprising a triazine compound (T), formaldehyde (F) and optionally urea, wherein the molar F/(NH2)2 ratio of the adhesive layer lies between 0.70 and 1.10... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070218307 - Formaldehyde-free lignocellulosic adhesives and composites made from the adhesives: Method for making lignocellulosic composites by adhering lignocellulosic substrates together. A first variant of the method involves using an adhesive composition that comprises a reaction product of (i) first ingredient selected from a soy protein or lignin and (ii) at least one substantially formaldehyde-free curing agent that includes at least... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070218308 - Surface treatment of polymeric articles: Polymeric surfaces that contain a resin modifier and are surface treated, preferably by corona, flame, gas plasma treatment techniques, exhibit increased surface tension and retention of surface tension over extended periods of time.... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20070218309 - Sprayable composition: The present invention provides a sprayable composition comprising a ceramic particulate including albite, illite, and quartz, and a metallic composition, including nickel, chromium, iron, and silicon. The sprayable composition may be a composite particle, a blend, or a cored wire. The present invention further provides an abradable coating formed on... Agent: Fors, Arne I. C/o Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20070218310 - Steel strip coated with zirconia: A flexible metallic strip product including a ferritic chromium strip steel material having a coating of an electrically insulating layer of zirconia stabilized with yttrium, said coating being intended to receive a second coating of an electrically conducting layers is disclosed. This coating is very efficient as an electrically insulating... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070218311 - Metal based coating composition and related coated substrates: A coated substrate is disclosed. The coated substrate includes a substrate and a coating composition over the substrate comprising at least one metal based layer selected from tungsten, chromium, tantalum, molybdenum, aluminum, niobium, and mixtures and alloys thereof; and mixtures and alloys of cobalt and chromium; and at least one... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070218312 - Whiskerless plated structure and plating method: A plated structure is disclosed that includes a base formed of a copper-based material containing copper as a major component, a plating film formed of a tin-based material containing tin as a major component and provided over the base, and a tin-copper compound barrier film located at the boundary between... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070218313 - Surface-coated cutting tool: A coating layer formed from an outermost layer and an inner layer disposed on a substrate surface of a surface coated cutting tool. The inner layer is formed from a periodic table group IVa, Va, VIa metal, Al, Si, B compound. The outermost layer is formed from aluminum nitride or... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070218314 - Monolithic building element with photocatalytic material: A building element may be formed from a first cementitious mixture and a second cementitious mixture containing a photocatalytic cementitious mixture. The first cementitious mixture and the photocatalytic cementitious mixture may be co-formed into a shaped uncured two layer monolith having a base layer of the first cementitious mixture and... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070218315 - Laminate for hdd suspension and process for producing the same: The subject of the present invention is to provide a laminate for an HDD suspension which has a thin conductive layer and is free from warpage (camber) or deformation and that in compliance with demands on an HDD suspension for realization of a high density and superfine wiring, ensures high... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070218316 - Magnetic recording medium, method of producing same, and magnetic storage apparatus: A magnetic recording medium according to one aspect of the present invention includes a substrate; an underlayer positioned on the substrate and made of a material having a body-centered-cubic crystalline structure or a B2 crystalline structure; a first intermediate layer positioned on the underlayer and having a hexagonal closest packing... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070218317 - Vertical magnetic recording medium: The vertical magnetic recording medium includes a first recording layer 16 having an easy magnetization axis directed vertical to a surface of the substrate 10, a second recording layer 20 formed over the first recording layer 16 and having an easy magnetization axis directed in-plane of the substrate 10 or... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070218318 - Magnetic recording medium and a method of manufacturing the same: A magnetic recording medium having magnetic dots that can achieve high density recording is disclosed. The magnetic recording medium comprises at least an underlayer, a magnetic recording layer, and a protective layer sequentially laminated on a nonmagnetic substrate. The underlayer is composed of ruthenium or an alloy of mainly ruthenium... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070218319 - Magnetic material, and memory and sensor using same: A magnetic material composed of ε-InxFe2-xO3 (wherein 0<x≦0.30) crystal in which In is substituted for a portion of the Fe sites of the ε-Fe2O3 crystal. The crystal exhibits an X-ray diffraction pattern similar to that of an ε-Fe2O3 crystal structure and has the same space group as that of an... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070218320 - Metal matrix composites of aluminium, magnesium and titanium using silicon hexaboride, calcium hexaboride, silicon tetraboride, and calcium tetraboride: A metal matrix composite was fabricated by adding particles of calcium hexaboride to a metal of aluminum, magnesium or titanium and their alloys. The resulting metal matrix composite is light weight has improved strength, increased elastic modulus and reduced thermal coefficient of expansion, thus making the metal matrix composite more... Agent: Frederick L. Tolhurst, Esq. Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.

20070212498 - Optical film, antireflection film, polarizing plate, display apparatus and method for manufacturing optical film: An optical film, which comprises: a transparent support; and at least one layer of functional layer formed from a coating composition, wherein the at least one layer of functional layer is formed by curing the coating composition by a heat energy and a light energy.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070212503 - Multi-material container: A container, customized to defined specifications, and a method of creating the container are disclosed. Container specifications are provided and evaluated against attributes of various plastic materials, such as polypropylene and polyethylene. A core material and one or more skin materials and thicknesses of each are chosen such that the... Agent: Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, LLP

20070212509 - Adhesive cutout: An adhesive cutout includes an adhesive layer having a first surface and an opposing second surface, the first and the second surfaces at least partially covered by a first release liner and a second release liner, respectively. The first release liner includes first removal means for facilitating removal of the... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070212507 - Document flagging and indexing system: An improved document flag and series of flags is useful in highlighting information within documents. Indicia on the flags can be used to indicate and quickly access different topics and sub topics within a document. In certain embodiments the flags include a perforation that facilitates easy removal and a copier... Agent: Patent Law Group LLP

20070212510 - Thin silicon or germanium sheets and photovoltaics formed from thin sheets: Thin semiconductor foils can be formed using light reactive deposition. These foils can have an average thickness of less than 100 microns. In some embodiments, the semiconductor foils can have a large surface area, such as greater than about 900 square centimeters. The foil can be free standing or releasably... Agent: Dardi & Associates, PLLC

20070212515 - Dual-sided thermal form card: A dual-sided thermal form-card and method for manufacturing are provided. In an embodiment, the dual-sided thermal form card includes a dual-sided thermal form including a first side and a second side, and a dual-sided thermal card including a first side and a second side being integral with the form and... Agent: Charles Maney Ncr Corporation, Law Dept.

20070212499 - Heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet: A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet having a support, at least one receptor layer containing a polymer latex, and at least one heat insulation layer containing hollow polymer particles which layer is provided between the support and the receptor layer, wherein the support has a base paper and a resin layer... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070212500 - Heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet and manufacturing method thereof: A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, having, on a support, at least one receptor layer containing a polymer latex and at least one heat insulation layer containing hollow polymer particles, wherein the polymer latex contained in the receptor layer contains a polymer that has a vinyl chloride unit as a structural... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070212501 - Thermal-activated beverage containers and holders: A beverage container holder has a dual-function graphics pattern. The holder comprises a tubular liner having at least a first opening for receiving a beverage container, the liner having an inside surface and an outside surface, a layer of insulating material on the inside surface of the liner, a graphics... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070212502 - Printed plastic gift bags: Decorative printed opaque gift bags are made of polyethylene sheet material with a base print layer applied to substantially an entire exterior or interior surface of the bag to decrease transparency of the polyethylene sheet material so that the contents of the bag are not visible for gift carrying and... Agent: Roetzel & Andress

20070212504 - Bonding composition with cohesive failure: The invention concerns a novel bonding composition comprising at least a hot-melt and at least a binder. Said composition is useful in multilayer structures, and in packages.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070212505 - Method and device for punching a part of moulded fibre material: A method and device are disclosed for punching products made of moulded fibre material. For this purpose there is a bearer on which a blank pre-moulded fibre material is placed from which the product or the products have to be punched. This bearer is made with a contour. The cutting... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070212506 - Nonmetallic label with metallic appearance: In one embodiment, a nonmetallic, tamper-indicating, multi-layer label with a metallic appearance is described. The label comprises a pearlescent layer, a film layer, a patterned release layer, and a pigmented adhesive layer with the provisos that (i) the pigmented adhesive layer is an exterior layer of the label and is... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S C

20070212508 - Protective film for electronic device: A protective film that covers a switch surface of an electronic device. The protective film has a first film with an adhesive surface to cover a surface of the electronic device and a second film superposed thereon to cover a predetermined portion of the electronic device and the film may... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC Tracy M Heims

20070212512 - Hard-copy for anti-shrink - anti-copy optical medium: A recording medium configured to unmask read of data thereon, or a portion of data thereon, upon an optical state change of a state change material on or in the recording medium, said recording medium having a code stored thereon which causes interrogation for a verification material on or in... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20070212511 - Read-once record medium and a system with read protecting function: The present invention relates to a read-once record medium, comprising: a data substrate, having control data zone and a data zone, and said having pre-record data; a sensitive layer, disposed above said data substrate; a refractive layer, disposed above said sensitive layer; an adhesive layer, disposed above said refractive layer;... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC One Skyline Place

20070212513 - Method and plant for producing carpet squares and carpet square: There is disclosed a method and a plant for making carpet squares with a pile side and a back side for providing shape and dimensional stability for the carpet squares. The method includes producing a semi-finished product by tufting, weaving, bonding or other well-known method in the art, as back... Agent: James C Wray

20070212514 - Thin film material and method for producing same: There is disclosed a method for producing a thin film material, comprising plugging pores in a surface of a porous substrate with a polymer compound, forming a metal oxide thin film or an organic/metal oxide composite thin film on the plugged porous substrate, and removing the polymer compound or both... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070212517 - Honeycomb structured body: A honeycomb structured body of the present invention is a honeycomb structured body comprising one or a plurality of pillar-shaped honeycomb structural ceramic members, in each of which cells having a tetragonal shape or a shape similar to a tetragonal shape on a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction are... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070212516 - Multilayer polymeric product based on polyethylene terephthalate and polycarbonate and its use as a building material: A multilayer polymeric product is described, which consists of a co-extruded internal central layer of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) copolymer, in a quantity ranging from 80 to 90% by weight with respect to the total weight of the internal layer, mixed with polycarbonate (PC), in a quantity ranging from 10 to... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070212518 - Method for producing a polarizing optical element: A multilayer polarizing structure is produced on a temporary support. The structure comprises at least one orienting layer and one polarizing layer comprising dichroic dyes, the dichroic dyes having an angular orientation determined by the orienting layer. The multilayer structure is separated from the temporary substrate before being applied onto... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20070212519 - Cylindrical internal surface with thermally spray coating: Before a thermally sprayed coating is deposited onto a cylindrical internal surface of a cylinder bore 3a rough surface 13 is formed to increase the adhesion of the thermally sprayed coating. After forming the rough surface is completed, an internal diameter measurement surface that is smoother than the rough surface... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070212520 - Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet: The present invention relates to A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet comprising a substrate comprising a nonwoven fabric and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer disposed on at least one side of the substrate, the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet having a plurality of penetrating pores which penetrate the substrate and the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070212521 - Anisotropic conductive film and a method of manufacturing the same: To provide an anisotropic conductive film which can respond to increasing pitch reduction of connection targets while maintaining connection reliability, and can be manufactured at a lower cost than conventional, and to provide a method of manufacturing the same. The anisotropic conductive film is provided with a porous film consisting... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070212522 - Imprint stamp comprising cyclic olefin copolymer: A method is provided for transferring a pattern from a template (1) to an object (12) in an imprint process, using a two-step process. The first step includes contacting a pattern of the template surface with a polymer material comprising one or more Cyclic Olefin Copolymers (COCs), to produce a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070212523 - Mat: An improved mat is disclosed. Long and short legs support the mat and cause it to feel resilient although it is fabricated from hard rubber. The mat has drain holes on vertical surfaces. Ribs prevent the mat from embedding within grating. Grit is selectively placed upon the mat and physically... Agent: Gregory T. Zalecki

20070212525 - Display device and manufacturing method thereof: A display device and method thereof which minimizes introduction of oxygen and moisture from the outside includes an insulating substrate, a display part formed on the insulating substrate, a cover substrate combined with the insulating substrate, a filler provided between the insulating substrate and the cover substrate, the filler includes... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070212524 - Arrangement for sealing an opening in a vehicle with a chipping protector element: This invention relates to an arrangement for closing an opening of a motor vehicle, which is provided with a pane (12), a layer (14) of cement material which acts as a flat shatterproofing element being attached with one side securely to the pane, the other side of the layer of... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070212526 - Substrate structure and method for manufacturing patterned layer thereon: A substrate structure includes a substrate and a plurality of banks formed on the substrate. A substrate structure includes a substrate and a plurality of banks formed on the substrate. The banks and the substrate cooperatively define a plurality of accommodating rooms. The accommodating rooms are configured for accommodating ink.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070212527 - Extruded toner receiver layer for electrophotography: The invention relates to a receiver sheet for electrophotography comprising a base material having thereon at least one toner receiver layer comprising a mixture of polyolefin and at least one member selected from the group consisting of polyolefin copolymers, amide containing polymers, and ester containing polymers, wherein a measured Tg... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20070212528 - Process for producing polymer multilayers of segregated nanoparticles: A process for producing a multilayered composite composition which has a discrete layer or layers of nanoparticles within a layer of a polymer, is described. The nanoparticles are precipitated in a liquid polymer, preferably, by heating or solubilization of the polymer. The composite compositions are useful for use in photovoltaic... Agent: Ian C. Mcleod Ian C. Mcleod, P.C.

20070212529 - Printed circuit board having metal core: A printed circuit board having a metal core is disclosed. A printed circuit board that includes a metal core and an insulation layer stacked on at least one surface of the metal core, where a portion of the insulation layer is removed to expose an edge surface of the metal... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070212530 - Restrictive and preferential routing in a distributed mobile switching center environment with media gateway clusters: A coating includes a functional coating, such as a solar control coating having at least one metal layer. A topcoat is formed over at least a portion of the functional coating. The topcoat includes a first topcoat layer having a thickness in the range of 0.5 QWOT to 1.5 QWOT... Agent: Alcatel Lucent Intellectual Property & Standards

20070212531 - Process for recycling fiber material and binder with novel injection mold and parts made thereby: A process of recycling fibrous materials, specifically carpet and diaper remnants, or high melting polymers, specifically PET, by using low melting polymers, i.e. agricultural film and other products made from polypropylene and polyethylene, to create parts of high compressive strength. The carpet, fibrous materials, or PET and low melting polymers... Agent: George R. Schultz Schultz & Associates, P.C.

20070212532 - Method for producing single or multiply coated substrates with the aid of a coloured coating composition comprising a binding agent for adhesion: A coating slip composition which can be applied by the curtain coating method to substrates to be coated, for example base paper or cardboard, is described. The substrate, which may be base paper or cardboard, is coated with one or more free-falling liquid curtains, a binder being added to the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070212533 - Polymerizable oligomeric urethane compositions comprising nanoparticles: Presently described are microstructured articles such as a brightness enhancing film or optical turning film. The microstructured articles comprise a brightness enhancing polymerized structure comprising the reaction product of a composition comprising an organic component having at least one oligomeric urethane (meth)acrylate and surface modified silica nanoparticles.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070212534 - Article with silica-based film and process for producing the same: The present invention provides an article with a silica-based film, wherein the film does not separate from a substrate after the Taber abrasion test prescribed in Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) R 3212 although the thickness of the film formed by a sol-gel process exceeds 300 nm. This film can be... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070212535 - Method for preparing microstructured laminating adhesive articles: A method of making a microstructured adhesive article that includes (a) providing an article comprising a crosslinked pressure sensitive adhesive layer disposed on a backing; and (b) embossing the surface of the crosslinked pressure sensitive adhesive layer to form a crosslinked pressure sensitive adhesive layer having a microstructured adhesive surface.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070212536 - Electromagnetic wave shielding material and process for producing the same: The present invention provides an electromagnetic wave shielding material that has high electromagnetic wave shielding effects, excellent transparency, and excellent see-through property, and a simple and inexpensive production process for the electromagnetic wave shielding material. Specifically, the present invention provides a process for producing an electromagnetic wave shielding material, the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070212537 - Method and device for producing a fluid-tight connection of layers of material and corresponding sealing: In the case of a method for producing a liquid-tight connection between layers of material, in particular textile fabrics, an adhesive layer of an additional sealing strip that seals the layers of material is melted by means of a laser bean. After that, the sealing strip is connected to the... Agent: Melvin K. Silverman

20070212538 - Nanowire structures comprising carbon: The present invention is directed to nanowire structures and interconnected nanowire networks comprising such structures, as well as methods for their production. The nanowire structures comprise a nanowire core, a carbon-based layer, and in additional embodiments, carbon-based structures such as nanographitic plates consisting of graphenes formed on the nanowire cores,... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070212539 - Heat-shrinkable layered polyolefin film, heat-shrinkable label, and container with the label attached thereto: A heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film having excellent firmness (stiffness at ordinary temperature) of film, resistance to fingerprint bleaching, shrink finishability, transparency and regeneration additivity, with a small natural shrinkage and accurately separable by specific gravity, can be provided by, in a laminated film provided with a surface layer (I)... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070212540 - Asymmetric porous adsorptive bead: The present invention relates to an asymmetric chromatography media suitable for separations applications, particularly as packed bed, fluidized bed or magnetized bed chromatography media. In certain embodiments, the asymmetric chromatography media comprises asymmetric particles, preferably beads, having at least two distinct, controlled pore size distributions. Preferably one of the distinct... Agent: Millipore Corporation

20070212541 - Core/shell type particle phosphor: An objective is to provide a core/shell type particle phosphor exhibiting an optimal excitation wavelength for fluorescence observation and excellent emission luminance of PL, together with excellent durability, to which particles are produced so as to be suitable for the field of bio-nanotechnology. Disclosed is a core/shell type particle phosphor... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070212542 - Methods for preparing and functionalizing nanoparticles: Fluorescent or phosphorescent nanoparticles, fluorescent or phosphorescent magnetic nanoparticles, combustion-based methods for their synthesis, and methods to functionalize them are described. The methods provided by the invention are simplified, efficient and cost effective as compared to prior art methods. The resulting fluorescent or phosphorescent nanoparticles have reduced tendency toward aggregation,... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070212543 - Coloured diamond: A diamond layer of single crystal CVD diamond which is coloured, preferably which has a fancy colour, and which has a thickness of greater than 1 mm.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070212544 - Transporting machine: A transporting arm has two protruding support sections. Front ends of the support sections are formed such that a thickness of the support sections decreases toward the front ends of those. A surface of the transporting arm on which a wafer is placed is provided with a plurality of suction... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070212545 - Differential energy composites and method of manufacturing same: Methods and articles are taught comprising differential energy composites. The composite is a unified structure comprising layers with differing surface energies. A differential between the surface energies exists and access may be provided through one layer to another layer, so that liquids may be drawn into the composite.... Agent: Troutman Sanders, LLP

20070212546 - Process for producing a glass by mixing molten glasses: The invention relates to a plant and to a process for manufacturing a glass, comprising the production of a main stream of a liquid main glass, by a main plant that includes a main furnace, and the production of an auxiliary stream of a liquid auxiliary glass, by an auxiliary... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070212549 - Antifog laminated film: The present invention provides a laminated film including at least two layers of an outer layer having a printed portion on a surface and an inner layer subjected to an antifogging treatment in which principal resin comprising a solid content of the printed portion is made of chlorinated polypropylene-based resin... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070212550 - Gas-barrier shrink films and their use in deep-drawing applications: A multi-layer, gas-barrier, biaxially oriented and heat-shrinkable film includes a first outer heat-sealable layer, an inner gas-barrier layer, and a second outer abuse resistant layer, the film containing at least 28%, by weight of the film, of polystyrene polymer, such as a high styrene styrene-butadiene block copolymer. The polystyrene copolymer... Agent: Sealed Air Corporation

20070212548 - Glazing system with high glass transition temperature decorative ink: A plastic glazing system for automotive windows is disclosed. The system comprises a transparent plastic substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface, and a blackout layer disposed on the periphery of the first surface of the substrate. The blackout layer has a predetermined glass transition temperature. The system... Agent: Exatec C/o Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070212547 - Method of powder coating medical devices: A method of creating a polymer coating on a medical device by powder coating the medical device with a powder material comprising a polymer and applying a solvent onto the powder coating to coalesce the powder coating into a continuous polymer film. A therapeutic agent may be mixed into the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070212551 - Adhesive composition: An adhesive utilized in various electronic applications. One such adhesive is a B-stageable adhesive that offers excellent adhesion to electronic components, such as lids and substrates comprising various materials, including liquid crystal polymer. The adhesive provides latency and the ability to provide a thorough seal between lids and substrates, including... Agent: National Starch And Chemical Company

20070212552 - Roll cover and method of manufacturing roll including the roll cover: A roll cover of the invention has at least first and second layers, the first layer is formed of a thermoplastic fluoropolymer without including a hydroxyl group, and the second layer is formed of a thermoplastic fluoropolymer including a hydroxyl group, an outer circumferential face (first layer) of the roll... Agent: Collen Ip

20070212554 - Lecithin additive for coatings: Coating compositions, particularly latex and flat-based coatings, containing lecithin, including but not limited to acylated lecithin and acetylated lecithin, wherein the dried coating has durable improved cleanability and durable improved oil repellency is disclosed.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070212553 - Puncture resistant composite: A puncture resistant composite article includes a first layer having a specific gravity of from 0.9 to 1.15 g/ml and formed from an elastomeric urethane composition including the cured reaction product of an isocyanate component and a resin composition including polytetrahydrofuran. The composite article also includes a second layer disposed... Agent: Basf Aktiengesellschaft

20070212555 - Preparation of nanometric arrays of biomolecules on oligo-or poly(ethylene glycol) films on silicon surfaces: The present invention is generally directed to nanometric biomolecular arrays and to a novel approaches for the preparation of such nanoarrays, based on binding of biomolecules, such as avidin, to templates generated by lithographically-an-odizing biocompatible ultrathin films on silicon substrates using AFM anodization lithography. The present invention is also directed... Agent: Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.

20070212557 - Curable composition and coated article: A curable composition comprises (A) an organic/inorganic composite in which a hydrolyzable silyl group and/or SiOH group-containing polysiloxane is bonded to a vinyl polymer through a Si—C bond, and (B) an organic UV absorber having a molecular weight of at least 500 and a weight retentivity of at least 95%... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070212556 - Curable materials containing siloxane: A polymer is prepared from monomers containing at least one carbon to carbon double bond and at least one siloxane moiety and from monomers containing at least one carbon to carbon double bond and at least one moiety that imparts reactivity to the resulting polymer. Siloxane moieties impart permeability; reactivity... Agent: National Starch And Chemical Company

20070212558 - Surface treatment process for metal articles: A surface treatment process for metal articles for a mobile device includes following steps. Firstly, a metal article made of aluminum, titanium, or alloys thereof, is provided. Secondly, a first releasable coating is formed on a first surface portion of the metal article. Thirdly, a metal coating is formed on... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070212559 - Gastric occlusive device fabrication: A multilayer film including a layer of sealing film, having main top and bottom surfaces, and a layer of thermoplastic polymer film, laminated to the layer of sealing film, on at least one of the main top and bottom surfaces. The sealing film has a composition and thickness imparting gas... Agent: Intellectual Property / Technology Law

20070212560 - Fluorochemical and lecithin additive for coatings: Coating compositions containing a lecithin additive and a fluorochemical wherein the composition is an alkyd coating, urethane resin coating, unsaturated polymer coating, latex coating or water-dispersed coating composition; wherein a dried coating resulting from said coating composition has an advancing hexadecane contact angle of at least about 50 degrees and... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070212561 - Methacrylic resin composition, methacrylic resin film, and vinyl chloride molded article with the film layered: A resin composition suitable for forming a film excellent in transparency, weatherability, hardness, shock resistance, bending-fracturing resistance, and moldability; and a film excellent in weatherability even when laminated on a molded body comprising a PVC resin composition containing a plasticizer is provided. The film having the above characteristics can be... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070212562 - Core-shell structure metal nanoparticles and its manufacturing method: The present invention provides metal nanoparticles, containing copper core and thin layer of precious metals enclosing the core to prevent oxidization of copper, in which manufacturing the metal nanoparticles is economical efficiency because of increased copper content and since such metal nanoparticles contain a metal having high electrical conductivity such... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070212564 - Silver powder coated with silver compound and method for producing the same: The objects of the present invention are to provide silver compound-coated silver powder applicable to a conductive paste for forming conductive interconnections for an electronic circuit by the silver powder coated with a silver compound which is thermally decomposed at lower temperature than a melting point of silver, and also... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070212563 - Workpieces coated with an aluminum/magnesium alloy: The invention relates to a coated workpiece comprising a substrate, a metallic layer applied to said substrate, and a layer containing a aluminum/magnesium alloy applied to the intermediate layer. The invention also relates to a method for producing this coated workpiece.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070212565 - Joined body of dissimilar materials comprising steel material and aluminum material, and joining method therefor: To provide a steel-aluminum welded material and a spot welding method therefor having high weld strength. The steel-aluminum welded material 3 includes a steel material 1 and an aluminum material 2 having predetermined widths. The area of a nugget 5 of a spot-welded part is determined as a function of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070212566 - Composite copper foil and method for production thereof: In a composite copper foil which comprises three layers comprising a support metal layer, a release layer lying on the support metal layer, and a thin copper layer lying on the release layer, the release layer has one surface formed mainly of a tungsten alloy or a molybdenum alloy and... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070212567 - Aluminum nitride junction body and method of producing the same: An aluminum nitride junction body useful as an electrostatic chuck for holding a semiconductor wafer in an apparatus for producing a semiconductor, comprising aluminum nitride sintered plates joined together via a sintered metal layer. When used in the above application, the junction structure works to uniformly adsorb the semiconductor wafer.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070212570 - Luminescence device and display apparatus:

20070212568 - Organic electroluminescent device:

20070212569 - Organometallic complex for organic light-emitting layer and organic light-emitting diode using the same: An organometallic complex for an organic light-emitting layer and an organic light-emitting diode are provided. A naphthalene derivative as a ligand is introduced to the organometallic complex. The organic light-emitting diode uses the organometallic complex as a phosphorescent host material. The organic light-emitting diode exhibits high current efficiency, high power... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070212571 - Article with organic-inorganic composite film and process for producing the same: An article with an organic-inorganic composite film that contains silica as its main component and does not separate from the substrate after the Taber abrasion test prescribed in Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) R 3212. This composite film is formed of a coating solution containing a hydrophilic organic polymer by a... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070212572 - Tunnel junction device: A tunnel junction device capable of controlling its spin retention is provided. The tunnel junction device includes a La0.6Sr0.4MnO3-δ electrode (12), a La0.6Sr0.4Mn1-yRuyO3-δ electrode (14), both as ferromagnetic (including ferrimagnetic) metal materials, and a LaAlO3-δ (electrically insulating layer) (13) arranged between the two electrodes (12) and (14).... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070212573 - Heat assisted magnetic recording medium and method for fabricating the same: A novel heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) medium and the fabrication method therefor are provided. The exchange coupling effect occurring at the interface of FePt/CoTb double layers is adopted, and thus the resulting magnetic flux would be sufficient enough to be detected and readout under the room temperature. The provided... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070212574 - Perpendicular magnetic recording medium with multiple exchange-coupled magnetic layers having substantially similar anisotropy fields: A perpendicular magnetic recording medium has an “exchange-spring” type magnetic recording layer (RL) formed of two ferromagnetic layers with substantially similar anisotropy fields that are ferromagnetically exchange-coupled by a nonmagnetic or weakly ferromagnetic coupling layer. Because the write head produces a larger magnetic field and larger field gradient at the... Agent: Thomas R. Berthold

20070212575 - Magnetic recording medium: A perpendicular magnetic recording medium including: a substrate; a perpendicular magnetic recording layer disposed over the substrate; a soft magnetic underlayer disposed between the substrate and the perpendicular magnetic recording layer; a shunting layer disposed under the soft magnetic underlayer; and an isolation layer disposed between the soft magnetic underlayer... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070212576 - Magnetic recording medium with dual magnetic sides and having a low resistivity: A magnetic recording medium for storing digital data includes a flexible substrate, a first magnetic side, and a second magnetic side. The flexible substrate defines a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first magnetic side has a resistivity of less than about 2×106 ohms/square and... Agent: Attention: Eric D. Levinson Imation Corp.

20070207285 - Barrier film: A film is pasted on surface of object to protect it and to decorate it with a grid image. The film has an adhesive layer which make the film capable of being pasted on surface of object for several times.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070207277 - Method for producing polarizing film, polarizing film, and image display using the polarizing film: This invention provides a method for producing a polarizing film, comprising: a dyeing step and a stretching step, a plurality of films being dipped into at least one processing liquid without contacting each other.... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070207278 - Novel universal ink jet recording medium: The described invention is an unique universal ink jet media. The invention incorporates a unique barrier layer based upon UV or EB curable chemistry which replaces common polyethylene extruded bases. The invention also incorporates multiple ink receptive layers. The first layer is based upon gelatin and/or polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) chemistries... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070207280 - Animated time delay thermochromic ink display: A thermochromic ink display comprises a stepped sequence of permanent graphics images each covered with a separate thermochromic ink layer which is opaque at room temperature. The ink layers have different transition temperatures from opaque to transparent to form a stepped time delay sequence that reveals the graphics images as... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070207279 - Wrap-around place mat: A wrap-around place mat adaptable for use on a table-like surface for covering a portion of the eating or play surface in front of a child, the place mat including a first table top portion, a second wrap-around securement portion adaptable for wrapping around an edge surface associated with the... Agent: Blackwell Sanders LLP

20070207281 - Pressureless polymer pipe: A pressureless pipe and polymer composition for making such a pipe as well as the use of the polymer composition for pressureless pipes and supplementary parts, are disclosed. The polymer composition is characterised in that the polymer comprises a multimodal ethylene polymer including a copolymer of ethylene and a C4-C10... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070207282 - Polylactic acid gloves and methods of manufacturing same: Biodegradable disposable gloves and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed in which the elastomeric material used to manufacture the gloves includes a polylacetic acid polymer component in combination with a biodegradable plasticizer. The present invention provides a biodegradable disposable glove that can be manufactured utilizing substantially the same process... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.c. Attn: Linda Kasulke, Docket Coordinator

20070207283 - Resin-coated metal plate and drawn cans using these plates: The present invention offers resin-coated metal plates that prevent wicket scars from occurring during processes of varnish, print and dry, and there are few scars on the resin-coated surface, the inner surface side of the can and that have superior corrosion resistance and workability, and drawn cans using these metal... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070207284 - Barrier article and method: A barrier article and a method of making and using the barrier article are provided. The barrier article includes a base layer; an adhesive layer supported on a first surface of the support layer; and a barrier layer supported on a second surface of the support layer, opposite the adhesive... Agent: Shawn A. Mcclintic

20070207286 - Floor covering having thermally modified patterned textile layer: The present mat has a textile upper surface that has been thermally modified in a patternwise arrangement, such that the patterned areas have an abrasive feel ideal for scraping dirt from footwear. Such abrasive feel, or harsh hand, is due to the thermal modification of the heat-treated yarns, which may... Agent: Charlotte C. Wilson Legal Department, M-495

20070207287 - Packaging product: A synthetic board is made from a plastic film ply 4, 6 adhered or welded to a parallel array of thin-walled plastic tubes 2. In some versions, the tubes are spaced from each other. In others the tubes are contiguous. This allows the board to curl up more or less... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20070207288 - Towel: A towel for direct, removable attachment to a rod includes at least one hole defined in the towel material and includes a slit for connecting the hole with a peripheral edge. The slit enables the towel to be attached to a towel rod by pressing the rod through the slit... Agent: Harshaw Research, Inc.

20070207289 - Addition of microspheres to create soft two shot products: A motor vehicle interior trim component comprises a substrate and covering material injection molded onto at least a portion of the substrate. The covering material has gas-encapsulating elements therein. The gas-encapsulating elements have a property of elastic recovery when the gas-encapsulating elements are pressed until they are deformed and then... Agent: International Automotive Components Group, LLC C/o Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070207291 - Recording medium cartridge and fabrication method thereof: A recording medium cartridge and producing method thereof, such that slidability of resin-fabricated members of different materials against one another can be assured even in conditions in which impacts are successively applied. The recording medium cartridge is provided with a recording medium T and a plurality of resin-fabricated components. A... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070207290 - Building board and method for production: A building board, in particular of wooden material, plastic or a mixture of wooden material and plastic, with a top side and an underside and side edges. A polyurethane layer is applied at least on the top side. A decorative layer imitating a natural material is applied onto the polyurethane... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070207293 - Embossed multi-ply fibrous structure product: An embossed multi-ply fibrous structure product having enhanced quilted appearance comprising: two or more plies of fibrous structure wherein at least one of the piles has a plurality of embossments thereon having a total embossment area of from about 6% to about 16%; the embossments forming a latticework defining a... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070207292 - Soft feel interior trim component and method of making the same: An interior component for a motor vehicle comprises a substrate having a surface and flexible elements on the surface, and a cover covering at least a portion of the substrate and the flexible elements.... Agent: International Automotive Components Group, LLC C/o Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070207294 - Shapeable absorbent mat: A shapeable absorbent mat having an absorbent layer and a forming layer secured to the absorbent layer is disclosed. The forming layer is made from a shapeable material, which may be liquid impermeable. The absorbent layer may be secured to the forming layer by an adhesive layer disposed between the... Agent: Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon LLP

20070207295 - Water-contact identification label and manufacturing method therefor: An identification label changes color in an irreversible manner once put into contact with water humidity. The label has a water-absorbable paper-based substrate having a surface on which an ink zone formed by printing of water-repellent or hydrophobic ink thereon and an opposite second surface on which a coating layer... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070207296 - Directly laminated plate: The invention relates to a directly laminated plate or board (1) that is produced by hot-pressing a core (3) with absorbent, resin-impregnated layers (4, 6), wherein at least one board surface has a decorative layer (4) with a graphic representation (5) of the surface of an imitated material, in addition... Agent: Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP Attn: Gregory M Stone

20070207297 - Method for manufacturing substrate by imprinting: While releasing property between a resin layer and an imprinting mold is given by using a metal thin film layer, a method for manufacturing a substrate advantageous for forming a conductive layer by plating and a substrate manufactured by the method are provided. According to one aspect of the present... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070207298 - Optical film, anti-reflection film, polarizing plate and image display device: An optical film, which comprises: a transparent support; and an optical layer on or above the transparent support, wherein the optical layer contains a thickening agent which shows a viscosity of 10 mPa·sec or more when added to 2-butanone in a content of 3% by mass, and the optical layer... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070207299 - Low odor, light color, disposable article construction adhesive: We have found a novel spray-on adhesive composition made from components including a high melt index copolymer and a high melt tackifier that interact to produce a composition that can form a low odor, light color, non-tacky, hot melt adhesive material that can be used in disposable article manufacture. The... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070207300 - Method for an integral composite forward flange in a composite: The present invention is directed toward a laminate composite structure and a method for fabricating a laminate composite structure, wherein the laminate composite structure comprises a solid laminate and a composite sandwich structure. The solid laminate includes a bend having composite pins inserted there through. The composite sandwich structure is... Agent: John S. Beulick (24691) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070207301 - Impact resistant building panels: A composite building panel that includes a fabric reinforcing sheet between one of the metal skins and the core of the panel. The fabric reinforcing sheet, which is preferably made from aramid fibers improves the impact resistance and penetration resistance of the building panel without substantially increasing weight and without... Agent: Daniel C. Abeles Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

20070207304 - Composite fiberboard: The present invention relates to a composite fiberboard, which is specifically adapted for use as a coverboard in roofing systems. The formulation and physical characteristics of the composite fiberboard of the invention have increased the flexural strength of the board relative the flexural strength of current commercial fiberboards of similar... Agent: John M. Olivo Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

20070207302 - High durability photocatalytic paving for reducing urban polluting agents: The present invention concerns a composite cement paving with photocatalytic action for reducing urban polluting agents, composed of a bituminous or cement foundation, a resin having the function of interface, a superficial cement layer with photocatalytic properties able to reduce organic and inorganic polluting agents, said paving also comprising reinforcing... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070207303 - Long-fiber reinforced polyolefin composition: Disclosed are a long-fiber reinforced and colored molded article having desirable physical properties such as superior impact strength, tensile strength, and flexural strength as well as superior heat-resistance, a long-fiber reinforced polyolefin composition for producing the article, and method for producing the article. The long-fiber reinforced polyolefin composition comprises long-fiber... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070207306 - Expanding tape barrier: An expandable liquid barrier having an expandable layer attached to an adhesive layer is disclosed. The barrier provides constant containment without restricting access or creating a hazard in an area. The barrier is generally low profile like a length of tape until contacted by a liquid. Once in contact with... Agent: Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon LLP

20070207305 - Panel construction for an air handling unit: An apparatus and method for a panel construction for an air handling unit includes a first skin and a second skin. A plurality of members is disposed between the first and second skin to separate the first and second skin. Each member of the plurality of members is connectable to... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070207307 - Optical film, coating composition, polarizing plate and image display device: An optical film, which comprises: a support; and a layer containing an electrically-conductive particulate material, in which an interior of the electrically-conductive particulate material is porous or hollow, wherein the optical film comprises a fluorine-containing silane compound.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070207308 - Hollow structure member, heat insulating member, and buffering member: Two sheet members (11, 12) constitute at least a part of a hermetically sealed structure and disposed face to face with each other, and a gas-permeable sheet member (13) has gas permeability and joined alternately to opposed surfaces of the two sheet members (11,12), and the two sheet members may... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20070207309 - Thermoplastic absorbent material having increased absorption and retention capacity for proteinaceous or serous body fluids: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic absorbent material for the absorption of proteinaceous or serous body fluids, particularly menses. The thermoplastic absorbent material has a better handling towards such fluids, both in terms of retention capacity and absorption rate, comprising a thermoplastic base material and a superabsorbent material in... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070207310 - Chrome coated surfaces and deposition methods therefor: A plasma vapor deposition method for producing highly reflective and adherent metal or metal alloy decorative coatings on articles such as automotive fixtures is described. The improved coatings are particularly applicable to chrome based coatings on automobile fixtures and accessories, including wheels, hubcaps, bumpers and door handles. The method also... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20070207311 - Double-sided adhesive strip with a higher bearing force: Two-sided adhesive strips for detachable bonding without residue or damage. The strips include a foam backing fixed to at least one essentially non-elastic layer. The bond is detached by rotative or shear force breaking the foam backing in two parts that remain attached to the bonded surfaces. The residues are... Agent: Henkel Corporation

20070207313 - Terpene resin and hydrocarbon resin-based surfactants and aqueous disperson of tackifier resins: A process for preparing a surfactant, useful for dispersing tackifier resins in aqueous media, comprises reacting an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid or anhydride, or an ester thereof, with a terpene- or hydrocarbon-based resin to form an adduct, then reacting the adduct with a polyalkylene polyol to yield the surfactant. In a... Agent: Arizona Chemical Company C/o Bo Segers

20070207312 - Pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet: The present invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, which includes: a base material including a foamed substance; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer disposed on at least one surface of the base material, in which the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed by a water-dispersible acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070207314 - Recycled polymeric composite crossties and methods of manufacture: A polymeric composite useful for producing large shaped articles such as railroad crossties comprises a filler component having minimal reinforcing/structural characteristics; and a polymer blend including at least one polymeric stiffening component, at least one polymeric density component, and at least one polymeric flexibility component. The polymer blend can include... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070207315 - Fabric for clothing and a production method thereof: A fabric consisting of a cellulose mixed ester fiber having an appropriate strength, fiber diameter, uniformity of fineness, and Tg, is used. A fiber consisting of 80 to 95 wt % of said cellulose mixed ester and 5 to 20 wt % of one or more water-soluble plasticizers selected from... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20070207316 - Electriplast moldable composite capsule: Moldable capsules of a conductive loaded resin-based material are created. The moldable capsules comprise a conductive element core radially surrounded by a resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers in a base resin host. The... Agent: Douglas R. Schnabel

20070207317 - Splittable multicomponent fiber with high temperature, corrosion resistant polymer: The present invention provides a splittable, multicomponent fiber or filament comprising a first polymer that has a high melting point and does not degrade in a corrosive environment, and a second polymer that has a high melting point but that is degradable in a corrosive environment. The multicomponent fiber or... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070207318 - Catalytically grown mano-bent nanostructure and method for making the same: Elongated nanostructures and a method of fabricating elongated nanostructures with one or more sharp A bends using a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process comprising placing an anode above the nanostructure and a cathode below the nanostructure, applying a voltage between the anode and cathode to create electric field lines,... Agent: Sanford Astor Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard Smith

20070207319 - Composite material and process for preparing a composite material: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a composite material, said composite material comprising a substrate and a layer on the substrate, comprising a vapour-depositing step in which a compound comprising a triazine compound is deposited on the substrate at a pressure below 1000 Pa, whereby the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070207320 - Cushion having plural zones with discrete compressibility characteristics: A seat cushion or other resilient structure includes a foam inner core combined with layers of varying density fiber batts to impart desirable comfort characteristics, support features and durability thereto. In one embodiment, the foam core is positioned between intermediate layers of low loft fiber batts of relatively high densities.... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070207322 - Semiconductor encapsulating epoxy resin composition and semiconductor device: An epoxy resin composition comprising (A) a mixture of a naphthalene type epoxy resin and an anthracene type epoxy resin, (B) a curing agent in the form of a naphthalene type phenolic resin, and (C) an inorganic filler is best suited for semiconductor encapsulation.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070207321 - Method for treating surface of material, surface-treated material, medical material, and medical instrument: A diamond-like carbon film (DLC film) is formed on the surface of a base material made of an inorganic material, such as ceramics, or the like, or an organic material, such as resin, or the like. The surface of the resultant DLC film is treated with plasma, or the like,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070207323 - Method of sealing core material: A molded composite structure and a method of manufacturing a molded composite structure are disclosed. In one embodiment, an aircraft wing panel and a method for manufacturing an aircraft wing panel are disclosed. In another embodiment, the method of manufacturing a molded composite structure uses a resin transfer molding process.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070207324 - Method for manufacturing an anti-scrape plastic surface and the anti-scrape plastic surface: A method for manufacturing an anti-scrape plastic surface and the anti-scrape plastic surface. The anti-scrape plastic surface includes a plastic article with a predetermined size and a cover layer which is a hardening agent painted on and adhered to at least one surface of the article. The method for manufacturing... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20070207325 - Sol-gel composite ar coating for ir applications: An infrared transmissive article includes an infrared transmissive substrate and a single layer anti-reflective (AR) composite broadband sol gel coating on a surface of the substrate. The AR coating includes a first chalcogenide including compound, and a second chalcogenide including compound intermixed with the first chalcogenide including compound. The percentages... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070207326 - Resin composition excellent in dielectric properties, process for producing the same, varnish produced using the same, process for producing the varnish, and prepreg and metal-clad laminate using the resin composition and varnish: A resin composition comprising a cyanate compound (A) having 2 or more cyanato groups in the molecule; a phenol compound (B); a silicone polymer (D) having at least one siloxane unit selected from the group consisting of a tri-functional siloxane unit represented by the formula RSiO3/2 and tetra-functional siloxane unit... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070207327 - Double silver low-emissivity and solar control coatings: A low-emissivity multilayer coating includes, in order outward from the substrate, a first layer including a layer containing titanium oxide, a layer containing silicon nitride, or a sublayer layer containing titanium oxide in combination with a sublayer containing silicon nitride; a second layer including Ag; a third layer including at... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070207328 - High density thermal barrier coating: A process for coating an article includes the steps of applying a bond coat layer onto at least one surface of an article; applying upon said bond coat layer a thermal barrier coating composition comprising a particle size distribution of no less than about 8 microns and no more than... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20070207329 - Chromiun-enriched oxide containing material and preoxidation method of making the same to mitigate corrosion and fouling associated with heat transfer components: A heat transfer component that is resistant to corrosion and fouling is disclosed. The heat transfer component includes a heat exchange surface formed from a chromium-enriched oxide containing material formed from the composition δ, ε, and ζ, wherein ζ is a steel containing at least about 5 to about 40... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20070207330 - Adhesive protective coatings, non-line of sight methods for their preparation, and coated articles: A method for depositing a protective coating upon a substrate includes the steps of dipping a substrate into a slurry composed of an aqueous solution, at least one refractory metal oxide, and at least one transient fluid additive present in an amount of about 0.1 percent to 10 percent by... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20070207331 - Azo compounds and coating compositions containing the azo compounds: Disclosed are azo colorant compounds containing one or more ethylenically-unsaturated groups polymerizable or copolymerizable with ethylenically-unsaturated compositions typically used in coating compositions. The azo colorantcompounds are polymerizable by photopolymerization or free radical polymerization techniques with ethylenically-unsaturated monomers. The copolymerized colorants produce colored compositions such as colored acrylic polymers, e.g., polymers... Agent: Brett L. Nelson

20070207332 - Ionomer compositions suitable for use in antifog applictions: Disclosed are organic acid salt modified potassium ionomeric copolymers that have a unique combination of antistatic, enhanced gas transmission and absorption properties and antifog properties. Films and laminate structures comprising these compositions have excellent gas (e.g. oxygen, water vapor, etc.) absorption and transmission and antifouling (including reduced particulate adhesion due... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070207333 - Award decoration and method: A printed paper based decorative element with photo-realistic detail to be affixed to an award such as a trophy riser or column, a medal or medallion, or a plaque. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention the design is selected and printed on a paper substrate in a conventional... Agent: Timothy F. Mills

20070207334 - Jig for electronic part firing: The long-term use of a conventional jig for calcining an electronic component arises a problem such as peel-off of a zirconia surface layer. Even if the performance is not deteriorated in the short-term use, the zirconia surface layer reacts with the electronic component to shortent the life of the jig... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070207335 - Methods and compositions for metal nanoparticle treated surfaces: The present invention comprises methods and compositions comprising metal nanoparticles. The invention comprises metal nanoparticles and surfaces treated with a metal nanoparticle coating. The present invention further comprises compositions for preparing nanoparticles comprising at least one stabilizing agent, one or more metal compounds, at least one reducing agent and a... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20070207336 - Metal foil having different indentations and assembly, honeycomb body and exhaust gas treatment device having a metal foil: A metal foil has a material thickness in a range of from 0.15 mm to 0.02 mm and a structure with elevations and depressions which extend over a length of the metal foil and are disposed adjacent one another. At least some of the elevations or depressions have at least... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070207337 - Electrodeposited copper foil with carrier foil on which a resin layer for forming insulating layer is formed, copper-clad laminate, printed wiring board, method for manufacturing multilayer copper-clad laminate, and method for manufacturing printed wiring: The present invention discloses a technology for a printed wiring board which uses a copper foil without roughening treatment. Therefore, electrodeposited copper foil with carrier foil which is sequentially constituted with carrier foil, bonding interface layer, electrodeposited copper foil with smooth surface on both side and a resin layer is... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070207338 - X-ray target and method for manufacturing same: A method for fabricating and the resulting x-ray target comprising metal deposited on an electrically-conductive base member by electrodeposition from a molten salt electrolyte is claimed. The method comprises submerging the base member in a molten salt electrolyte bath. The base member acts as a cathode and anodes of target... Agent: Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne P.C.

20070207339 - Bond coat process for thermal barrier coating: Methods provide for depositing a bond coat of a thermal barrier coating (TBC) system for a component designed for use in a hostile thermal environment. The method includes providing an article substrate having a substrate surface, forming a bond coat on the substrate by depositing a beta-phase Ni—Al bond coat... Agent: General Electric Company

20070207345 - Electroluminescent device including gallium complexes: An OLED device comprises an anode, a light emitting layer, a first layer, a second layer contiguous to the first layer, and a cathode, in that order. The first layer includes a first complex comprising gallium or another group 13 metal and the second layer includes a second complex also... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20070207346 - Organic light-emitting device: Provided is an organic light-emitting device capable of emitting light with high efficiency by incorporating a silyl compound in which a silyl group and an amino group are directly bonded to an anthracene ring particularly into its light-emitting layer. In the organic light-emitting device including: a pair of electrodes composed... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070207341 - Composition for charge-transporting film and ion compound, charge-transporting film and organic electroluminescent device using same, and method for manufacturing organic electroluminescent device and method for producing charge-transporting film: o

20070207340 - Compound of multi-branched structure, organic electroluminescent element, display, illuminating device, and method for producing compound of multi-branched structure: Disclosed is a compound of multi-branched structure characterized by containing a light-emitting material for organic electroluminescent devices which can be produced easily and enables to realize high luminous efficiency and long life. Also disclosed are and organic electroluminescent device comprising such a compound of multi-branched structure, a display or illuminating... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070207342 - Electroluminescent device including gallium complexes: An OLED device comprises an anode, a light emitting layer, a first layer, a second layer contiguous to the first layer, and a cathode, in that order. The first layer includes a first complex comprising gallium and the second layer includes a second complex also comprising gallium and wherein the... Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff

20070207343 - Organic electroluminescent device: An organic electroluminescent (EL) device of the present invention, comprising a pair of electrodes and at least an organic compound layer comprising a layer or a plural layer including a light emitting layer interposed between the pair of electrodes, wherein the organic light emitting layer (1) contains at least a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070207344 - Organic electroluminescent device and display apparatus using the same: The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent device using a novel light-emitting material. The organic electroluminescent device of the present invention is formed by using an organic compound having an emission wavelength in a single-body state shorter than that in a solution as a light-emitting material, doping the light-emitting material... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070207347 - Organic element for low voltage electroluminescent devices: wherein: Z and the dashed arc represent two or three atoms and the bonds necessary to complete a 5- or 6-membered ring with M; each A represents H or a substituent and each B represents an independently selected substituent on the Z atoms, provided that two or more substituents may... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20070207348 - Perpendicular magnetic recording medium, method of manufacturing the same, and magnetic storage unit: A perpendicular magnetic recording medium is disclosed that includes a substrate, an underlayer formed of one of Ru and a Ru alloy on the substrate, and a recording layer formed on the underlayer. The underlayer includes multiple crystal grains extending in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate,... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP