Stock material or miscellaneous articles inventions 03/08

20080075935 - Sheet for suction and fixation, and method of producing the same: The sheet for suction and fixation according to the invention is a sheet for suction and fixation, constituted by including at least a porous sheet and used for suction and fixation of a member to be sucked, and the sheet for suction and fixation has a structure of a plurality... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080075936 - Solar control film: A transparent solar control film may have a single or multiple layer core that includes at least one layer of an orientated thermoplastic polymer material. Infrared radiation absorbing nanoparticles that preferentially absorb at least about 100 times more infrared radiation than visible radiation may be dispersed within the at least... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080075937 - Particulate water-absorbing agent containing water-absorbent resin as a main component: In at least one embodiment, a particulate water-absorbing agent is provided which not only ensures the many conventional physical properties (absorption rate, centrifuge retention capacity, absorbency against pressure, particle size distribution etc.) but also prevents odor which is generated after the resin is swollen by absorption. The water absorbent agent... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080075938 - Sheet made of high molecular material and method for making same: A macromolecular laminate includes a main layer made of a first type of polyurethane resin compound that is liquid at room temperature. The first type of polyurethane resin compound is made through mixing polyurethane resin with solid content higher than 50% by weight with additives. An auxiliary layer may be... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080075970 - High-strength quenched formed body with good corrosion resistance and process for producing the same: The high-strength quenched formed body contains a layer, in which Zn is a major component and which is formed of Fe: 30% by mass or less, in an amount of 30 g/m2 or more on the surface of an after-quenching formed-body steel material, and accordingly is good in corrosion resistance.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080075971 - High strength, hot dip coated, dual phase, steel sheet and method of manufacturing same: A galvanized steel sheet having (a) a dual phase microstructure with a martensite phase and a ferrite phase and (b) a composition containing by percent weight: carbon in a range from about 0.01% to about 0.18%; manganese in a range from about 0.2% to about 3%; silicon ≦ about 1.2%;... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20080075972 - Copper electrolytic solution containing quaternary amine compound polymer with specific skeleton and organo-sulfur compound as additives, and electrolytic copper foil manufactured using the same: There is obtained a low-profile electrolytic copper foil with a small surface roughness on the side of the rough surface (the opposite side from the lustrous surface) in the manufacture of an electrolytic copper foil using a cathode drum, and more particularly an electrolytic copper foil which allows fine patterning,... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20080075973 - Red electroluminescent compounds and organic electroluminescent device using the same: The present invention is related to organic electroluminescent compounds, methods of their preparation, and electroluminescent devices adopting them as electroluminescent materials.... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080075979 - Magnetic recording medium, method of manufacturing magnetic recording medium, and magnetic recording device: An under layer, a FeCoB seed layer, a crystalline orientation control layer having an fcc structure, a non-magnetic underlying layer, a first recording layer, a second recording layer, and a protective layer are formed on a substrate. The under layer includes three layers: a first soft magnetic layer, a non-magnetic... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080075980 - Epitaxial ferroelectric and magnetic recording structures including graded lattice matching layers: Epitaxial ferroelectric and magnetic recording structures having graded lattice matching layers are disclosed. A single crystal material such as Si may be used as a substrate material upon which the graded lattice matching layers are deposited. The lattice matching layers may comprise metals and metal alloys, or may comprise oxides... Agent: Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP

20080075981 - Magnetic recording medium: A magnetic recording medium having a nonmagnetic support and a magnetic layer formed on at least one surface of the support and containing a magnetic powder and a binder in which the magnetic powder includes at least iron and nitrogen as constituent elements, contains a Fe16N2 phase and has a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080075982 - Substrate for magnetic recording medium, method of manufacture of same, and magnetic recording medium: A substrate for a magnetic recording medium is disclosed which enables formation of a magnetic recording medium for which both the electromagnetic transducing characteristics and the recording head flying characteristics can be maintained at high levels. In a substrate for a magnetic recording medium comprising a disc-shaped nonmagnetic body, and... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080069974 - Liquid crystal display panel and fabricating method thereof: There is disclosed a liquid crystal display panel and the fabricating method thereof that is adaptive for preventing the deterioration of display quality in a high temperature environment. A liquid crystal display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lower array substrate and an upper array... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080069975 - Optical film: An optical film comprises: a transparent support; and a hardcoat layer comprising a heat- and/or ionizing radiation-curable resin and an organic resin particle having a refractive index of 1.60 or more, wherein a percentage change in an entire beam transmittance between before and after the optical film is exposed to... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080069977 - Trophy mount and method: A trophy mount and a method of making a trophy mount are provided. A skull plate containing antlers or horns may be placed within a mold wherein plaster, concrete, clay, or an epoxy may be poured over the base of the antlers or horns. After the plaster, concrete, clay, or... Agent: Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP

20080069978 - Amino acid-solubilized borate, silicate and zinc compositions and methods for treating wood products: Compositions and methods are provided for treating products containing wood fibers to provide protection against wood destroying organisms and fire, and resistance against leaching of the preservative from the wood fibers by water in exposed environments such as exterior applications. The methods involve applying to a substrate an aqueous preservative... Agent: U.s. Borax Inc.

20080069981 - Ink jet recording media coatings to improve printing properties: The present invention relates to a composition suitable for coating an ink jet recording sheet. The composition includes a slurry of pigment particles in a liquid medium and a binder wherein the composition, as an ink-receiving formulation may provide a viscosity of about 1-10,000 centipoise. The recording sheet may then... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080069982 - Thermal transfer sheet: Disclosed is a thermal transfer sheet that can meet demands for increased printing speed in thermal transfer, higher density of thermally transferred images, and higher quality. The thermal transfer sheet comprises a substrate and an adhesive layer and a dye layer provided in that order on one side of the... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080069985 - Tubular food casing having glued, permanently elastic longitudinal seam: A description is given of a tubular food casing having a glued, permanently elastic longitudinal seam based on a flat fibrous material coated with acrylic, collagen and/or a protein derived therefrom. The seam is generated using a reactive hotmelt glue. The glued seam is resistant to boiling for a long... Agent: Propat, L.L.C.

20080069987 - Safety and protection seal arrangement for foodstuff and beverage packing: “SAFETY AND PROTECTION SEAL ARRANGEMENT FOR FOODSTUFF AND BEVERAGE PACKING”, more particularly referring to a heat shrinkable seal (1) applied to the opening or mouthpiece region (B) of packing (E), preferably for direct consumption foodstuff and beverages, said heat-shrinkable seal (1) comprising a heat-shrinkable material tubular portion (2), sized such... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20080069991 - Bag filter comprising polyphenylene sulfide and acrylic fiber: This invention relates to a bag filter having a tubular section, one closed end and one open end, the tubular section having a nonwoven felt comprising an intimate fiber blend of 50 to 80 parts by weight polyphenylene sulfide fiber and 20 to 50 parts by weight acrylic fiber, based... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080069992 - Submergible motor protector bag: A method of manufacturing a submergible machine protector bag comprising providing a tubular woven sleeve of reinforcing material, fitting the sleeve over a mandrel, embedding the sleeve in a waterproof elastomeric material to form a bag body and removing the bag body from the mandrel.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080069973 - Retardation film: There is provided a retardation film that has high moisture resistance and good dimensional stability and can be incorporated into, for example, a liquid crystal display, to be effectively used for improvements in the visual quality of liquid crystals such as an improvement in view angle, an improvement in contrast... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080069976 - Star-shaped decorative object: A star-shaped decorative object has at least two blanks joined together. At least one of the blanks has a middle part and a plurality of shorter and longer points extending outwardly beyond the middle part. The middle part can be provided with several fold lines running from a midpoint in... Agent: Lempia Braidwood LLC

20080069979 - Security image coated with a single coating having visually distinct regions: A security image is disclosed which is formed from flakes having a first color with flakes having a second different color mixed within a carrier uniformly. The flakes having the second color are magnetically orientable and the flakes having the first color are non-magnetic and do not align or orient... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080069980 - Method and materials for patterning of an amorphous, non-polymeric, organic matrix with electrically active material disposed therein: In one method of making an organic electroluminescent device, a transfer layer is solution coated on a donor substrate. The transfer layer includes an amorphous, non-polymeric, organic matrix with a light emitting material disposed in the matrix. The transfer layer is then selectively patterned on a receptor. Examples of patterning... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080069983 - Method of manufacturing a glass panel and a glass panel manufactured by such a method: A method of manufacturing a glass panel and a glass panel manufactured such a method, comprising a pair of glass plates opposed to each other to define a void therebetween by a number of space-maintaining members arranged along plate surfaces with predetermined intervals between rows, and a thermally meltable seal... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20080069984 - Method for making a shaped flexible tube and the shaped flexible tube made thereby: A flexible tube comprises a tubular body made of a curable flexible material, having at least an elbow shape, and made by a double curing, the first on a straight mandrel, and the second on a shaped cylindric core, to provide the tube with a desired configuration. With respect to... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20080069986 - Method of cleaning containers for recycling: A method of cleaning recycled glass containers comprising exposing a container to a caustic solution and rinsing the container with a rinse solution is taught herein. The rinse solution comprises a chelating agent and optionally an acid, or an acid that can function as a chelator. Glass containers cleaned by... Agent: Johnsondiversey, Inc.

20080069988 - Multilayer sheet made of polyglycolic acid resin: A multilayer sheet made of a polyglycolic acid resin which is constructed by the fusion/lamination of a biodegradable resin layer on a base sheet of vegetable origin, characterized in that the biodegradable resin layer comprises one or more layers involving at least one polyglycolic acid resin layer and the layer... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080069989 - Rust-inhibiting injection molded objects: An injection molded object with corrosion inhibiting properties that includes an injection molded element having at least one approximately rigid wall, where the at least one wall includes a material which has at least one plastic polymer, and at least one volatile corrosion inhibitor. The material comprises between about 0.5%... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080069990 - Mold labeled injection moulded hdpe container: An injection moulded article comprising an HDPE having a density of greater than 930 kg/m3 and at least one in mould label.... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20080069993 - Biodegradable gas barrier container and process for producing the same: A biodegradable gas barrier vessel comprising 100 parts of mass of a biodegradable polyester resin having a polylactic acid content of not less than 50% by mass and 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of a phyllosilicate. The degree of crystallization as measured by X-ray diffractometry is not less than... Agent: Fildes & Outland

20080069994 - Gas-barrier multilayer structure and process for producing the same: A gas-barrier, multi-layer structure includes at least one gas barrier layer and at least one resin layer. The gas-barrier layer is made of a composite resin C containing a polyamide resin and a phyllosilicate treated with an organic swelling agent. The polyamide resin is obtained by polycondensing m-xylylenediamine with an... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080069995 - Thermoplastic material for producing flexible tubular articles having at least one weld: The invention relates to a flexible tube and a thermoplastic material utilisable for producing by injection the flexible tubes which has at least one weld, the thermoplastic material is constituted by at least one heterophasic polymer, having a flexure modulus of 100 to 600 MPa according to the standard ISO... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080069996 - Articles and methods for applying color on surfaces: Articles for applying color on a surface comprise a sheet of dry color component and an adhesive on one surface of the sheet of dry color component. The article further includes a releasable liner, and the sheet of dry color component is arranged between the releasable liner and the adhesive.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080069997 - Laser-welded article of laser-transmissible workpiece including alkaline earth metal salt of anthrapyridone acid dye: and at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, and R10 is SO3M1/2 that M is an alkaline earth metal]and a laser-absorptive workpiece putting the laser-transmissible workpiece together, wherein the workpieces are welded at the put position thereof by irradiated laser towards the laser-transmissible workpiece... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080069998 - Carpet tile: A carpet tile cut out from a flat-woven carpet comprising longitudinal warp threads and transverse weft threads is cut out at an angle of 45° relative to the direction of the weft threads.... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080069999 - Foaming tool: The present invention aims at providing a foaming tool capable of highly efficiently producing creamy foam containing ultra fine bubbles in high proportion. The foaming tool includes a double-layered cloth body composed of vertically overlapped cloth bodies obtained by plain weaving synthetic-resin-fiber warp and wept yarns so as to cause... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080070000 - Circuit module with interposer and method for manufacturing the same: A circuit module includes a multilayer wiring board having a cavity portion and an interposer on which a chip part is mounted. The interposer is bonded to the multilayer wiring board so that the chip part is disposed in the cavity portion and the cavity portion is hermetically sealed. In... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080070001 - Plastic-acceptor hybrid components: The present invention relates generally to plastic-acceptor hybrid components and, more particularly, to the direct bonding of over-moulded plastics to an acceptor insert, such as a metal, in an injection moulding tool. A method and apparatus are provided allowing the production of the present plastic-acceptor hybrid components in which the... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, LLC

20080070004 - Apparatus having a friction surface with a coating containing silicone: In an apparatus with at least two components which frictionally interact when used as intended to transmit a torque, especially a friction clutch or a brake, the frictionally exposed surface of at least one of the components is provided with a coating. To prevent variations in the coefficient of friction... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080070003 - Magnetic sheet with stripe-arranged magnetic grains, rfid magnetic sheet, magnetic shielding sheet and method of manufacturing the same: A water-repelling layer is formed on a resin film, and a stripe pattern region is formed so as to be positioned within a surface region of the water-repelling layer and so as to be relatively hydrophilic with respect to water repellency of the water-repelling layer. A magnetic stripe pattern is... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20080070002 - Symmetric, spatular attachments for enhanced adhesion of micro-and nano-fibers: A fabricated nano-structure includes a substrate, a supporting stalk, a node, and at least two spatular plate portions. The supporting stalk has a first end opposite a second end. The first end of the supporting stalk is connected to the substrate. The supporting stalk has a diameter range of about... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080070005 - Dressed lumber: There is provided a decorative material having a pattern on a surface thereof and exhibiting a difference in gloss according to the pattern which is visually recognized as a concave portion, thereby imparting a good convexo-concave feeling to a surface thereof, said decorative material further exhibiting not only a good... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080070006 - Weather strip and method for manufacturing the same: A weather strip is mounted at the peripheral part of a door opening of a door for an automobile. The weather strip includes a sectionally nearly U-shaped trim part and a hollow seal part. A design lip is extended out from the trim part. A decoration layer of a non-woven... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080070007 - Stretch laminate material and methods of making same: A stretch laminate comprises a carrier web extending lengthwise in a machine direction and widthwise in a cross direction between opposed side edges, the carrier web including an extensible zone and an inextensible zone disposed side-by-side across the width of the carrier web; and an elastomeric element laminated to the... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080070009 - Aqueous dispersion, ink composition and inkjet recording method using same: The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion of a water-insoluble coloring material having superior shelf life stability which is suitable to an ink for ink-jetting, an ink composition superior in shelf life stability and discharge property, a method for inkjet recording using said ink composition, and recorded article obtained... Agent: Nields & Lemack

20080070010 - Method of making nanopatterns and nanostructures and nanopatterned functional oxide materials: Method for nanopatterning of inorganic materials, such as ceramic (e.g. metal oxide) materials, and organic materials, such as polymer materials, on a variety of substrates to form nanopatterns and/or nanostructures with control of dimensions and location, all without the need for etching the materials and without the need for re-alignment... Agent: Mr. Edward J. Timmer

20080070008 - Recording ink, ink catridge, ink record, inkjet recording apparatus, and inkjet recording method: The recording ink having a water, a water-soluble organic solvent, a colorant, and at least one fluorochemical surfactant selected from the following Structural Formulae (1) to (3). Structural Formula (1): where, Rf is a fluorine-containing group; and m, n, and p are integers in the Structural Formula (1). Structural Formula... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080070011 - Method for manufacturing multi-layer printed circuit board: The present invention relate to a method for manufacturing a multi-layer printed circuit board using inkjet printing and a vacuum printing equipment, in particular, a method for manufacturing a multi-layer printed circuit board including; preparing a board; forming wiring using inkjet printing on the board; forming an insulation layer using... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080070012 - Carrier board and method for manufacturing the same: A carrier board has a copper substrate, an insulating layer, a copper layer, multiple recesses and a metal circuit layer. The substrate has at least one through hole. The insulating layer is a layer of glue that is insulating, acid-resisting and high-temperature-resisting and is mounted in the at least one... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080070013 - Low glossing-metallic luster decorative, sheet, and laminated body laminating the same: A low glossiness-metallic luster decorative sheet with a low glossiness feeling added to a metallic luster feeling, and a laminated body thereof. Glossiness change at the time of molding is reduced. In a configuration with a metallic luster layer, and a low glossiness-resin layer containing a delustering agent provided to... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080070014 - Method for preventing solder rise to electric contact and electric contact produced by the same: Method for preventing solder from rising to a portion of an electric contact when the electric contact is being soldered to a copper foil so as to extend therefrom. The portion is plated with a noble metal and adapted to contact a mating object. Cooling means is brought into contact... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080070015 - Method for production of decorative laminates with synchronised grain structure and suitable printing inks: Process for the production of decorative laminates having pores in register, using a printing ink which comprises an additive which prevents the wetting of the printed layer with impregnating resins, printing ink suitable for carrying out the process, and decorative laminates having pores in register which are obtainable by the... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080070016 - Polyimide composite flexible board and its preparation: o

20080070017 - Layered thin film structure, layered thin film forming method, film forming system and storage medium: A layered thin film structure forming method of forming a layered thin film structure by depositing a plurality of thin films on a surface of a workpiece in a processing vessel capable of being evacuated includes the steps of: forming an alloying-element film 104 of a first metal by using... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080070018 - Surface-treated steel sheet with excellent corrosion resistance and method for manufacturing same: A surface-treated steel sheet has a zinc-based or an aluminum-based plated steel sheet, a surface-treatment coating being formed on the surface of the zinc-based or aluminum-based steel sheet by applying and drying a surface treatment coating composition thereon, and a top coating being formed by applying and drying a coating... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080070019 - Thermoplastic composites with improved thermal and mechanical properties: A moldable composite sheet having improved thermal and mechanical property characteristics. In one aspect, the composite sheet may be a porous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin comprising discontinuous mineral reinforcing fibers, and one or more skin layer materials. Generally, the composite sheet may have a void content or porosity from about 5%... Agent: Mark L. Warzel

20080070021 - Flash spun sheet material having improved breathability: A process is disclosed for flash spinning a nonwoven fibrous sheet from a polymeric solution containing about 12% to 33% by weight of filler particles. The filler is preferably insoluble in the polymer. The resulting plexifilamentary film-fibril sheet material has increased breathability with no decrease in liquid barrier.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080070020 - Net material: The present disclosure relates to a nonwoven insect barrier net. The nonwoven insect barrier may be formed into a net structure for use over and/or surrounding a sleeping surface. The nonwoven insect barrier net may inhibit insects from penetrating the area within the net structure. The insect barrier may be... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20080070022 - Air filter material: An air filter material includes a laminate of an air inlet layer and an air outlet layer, and has a mean flow pore size of 20 μm to 40 μm, a minimum pore size of 2.4 μm to 3.8 μm, and a maximum pore size of 80 μm or less.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080070023 - Polyamide composition for blow molded articles: High temperature polyamide resin compositions for blow molding and articles blow molded from such compositions are provided. The blow molded articles exhibit excellent heat resistance, chemical resistance, and dimensional stability. The composition has a melting point of at least 275° C. and a glass transition temperature of at least 60°... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080070024 - Layered fire retardant barrier panel: A fire retardant barrier panel (16) comprising a first protective layer (18) of a first material and a fire resistant phenolic-based resin layer (19) bonded to the protective layer. The first material may be selected from the group consisting of gypsum, ceramic fiber, phenolic foam, basalt, fiberglass, carbon fiber, mineral... Agent: Phillips Lytle LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080070025 - Compositions and articles containing a cross-linked polymer matrix and an immobilized active liquid, as well as methods of making and using the same: The invention relates to compositions and articles containing a cross-linked polymer matrix and an immobilized active liquid, as well as methods of making and using the same.... Agent: Arizona Chemical Company C/o Bo Segers

20080070026 - High hydroxyethylated starch and high dispersant levels in gypsum wallboard: The invention generally provides gypsum-containing slurries including stucco, a hydroxyethylated starch, naphthalenesulfonate dispersant, and sodium trimetaphosphate. The naphthalenesulfonate dispersant is present in an amount of about 0.1%-3.0% by weight based on the weight of dry stucco. The hydroxyethylated starch is present in an amount of from about 0.5% by weight... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080070027 - Cellulosic particles, spherical object comprising cross-linked polymer particles, and adsorbent for body fluid purification: The present invention relates to a cellulosic particle body comprising interconnected cellulosic small particles with small interparticle spaces and to a method of producing said cellulosic particle body which comprises dispersing cellulosic small particles in an alkaline medium and contacting the resulting suspension with a coagulating solution. In this specification,... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080070028 - Internal member for plasma-treating vessel and method of producing the same: It is to propose an internal member for a plasma treating vessel having excellent resistances to chemical corrosion and plasma erosion under an environment containing a halogen gas and an advantageous method of producing the same, which is a member formed by covering a surface of a substrate with a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080070029 - Method of making microporous membranes and image recording materials comprising the same: The present invention relates to a process for making microporous membranes by curing compounds through radiation. The invention further relates to image recording materials, in which these microporous membranes are used. According to the present invention a microporous membrane is prepared by the steps of providing a curable compound solvent... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080070031 - Fuser member having conductive fluorocarbon outer layer: A fuser member comprising a substrate, and thereover, an outer layer comprising perfluoroalkoxy polytetrafluoroethylene and carbon black fillers, wherein said outer layer has a volume resistivity of from about 1×10−4 to about 1×10−8 ohm/cm2.... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080070030 - Static dissipative articles: The present disclosure discloses a static dissipative article having a coating. The coating comprises a surface-functionalized nanoparticle component having quaternary amine groups on the surface of the nanoparticle, and a binder in which the nanoparticles are dispersed.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080070032 - Processing apparatus with a chamber having therein a high-corrosion-resistant sprayed film: A processing apparatus of the present invention has a mounted chamber holding a semiconductor wafer and having members for work-processing the substrate under any of heating, plasma and process gas or a combination of them, in which a film of Al2O3 and Y2O3 is formed on an inner wall surface... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080070034 - Nanostructured thin film optical coatings: A durable coating made up of superimposed microlayers of preselected materials, and a method of making and utilizing such a coating. In one embodiment of the invention, at least 200 microlayers of at least one transparent material, having a thickness of less than 50 nms are superimposed in a sequential... Agent: Battelle Memorial Institute Attn:IPServices, K1-53

20080070033 - White organic electroluminescent elements and displays using the same: A white organic electroluminescent element for an organic electroluminescent display and a display using the white organic electroluminescent are provided. The organic electroluminescent display comprises a white organic electroluminescent element and a color filter. The white organic electroluminescent element comprises an anode, a cathode, a capping layer, and an organic... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20080070035 - Thermosensitive adhesive component, and thermosensitive adhesive label sheet: A thermosensitive adhesive composition containing a thermoplastic resin, an adhesiveness imparting agent and a solid plasticizing agent containing a dispersing agent, wherein the dispersing agent is a polyvinyl alcohol based resin having a weight average molecular weight of from 11,000 to 39,000. A thermosensitive adhesive label sheet including a layer... Agent: Christopher C. Dunham C/o Cooper & Dunham LLP

20080070036 - Method for the manufacture of rod-shaped components: To provide a method for the manufacture of rod-shaped components with one or more functional elements from a thermoplastic resin material, the length of the rod-shaped components being optionally variable, it is proposed that the method comprise the steps of producing in an extrusion process a blank having dimensions corresponding... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080070037 - Inorganic fibers, fiber structure and process for their production: Inorganic fibers consisting substantially of silicon, carbon, oxygen and a transition metal, having a fiber size of no greater than 2 μm and having fiber lengths of 100 μm or greater.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080070038 - Latex particles having incorporated image stabilizers: A composition and method of associating stabilizer functionalities with latex particulates is provided. The composition can comprise a latex particulate configured for inclusion in an ink-jet ink to provide improved humidfastness of an image printed by the ink-jet ink, wherein the latex particulate has a molecular weight from 10,000 Mw... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080070039 - In-mold decorated component and method: An in-mold decorated component and method provides a three-dimensional elevational emblem supported on a substrate base providing a subcomponent, and a formed foundation in-molded to and supporting the subcomponent. The emblem may be partially embedded, providing a soft look and feel.... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080070040 - Aqueous resinous binders: Aqueous resinous binders comprising graft copolymers, water-dilutable urethane polyols, epoxy-phosphorus acid reaction products, and an aqueous dispersion comprising the reaction product of trimellitic anhydride and a polyol, wherein the molar ratio of trimellitic anhydride to the polyol in the reaction product ranges from 1:2 to 1:4, and wherein the reaction... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080070041 - Fuser member having blended fluoroelastomer outer layer: A fuser member having a substrate, and thereover, an outer layer including a fluoroelastomer blend, wherein the fluoroelastomer blend has a) a filled-fluoroelastomer composition with a first fluoroelastomer and a polymer filler, and b) an unfilled-fluoroelastomer with a second fluoroelastomer without any filler.... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080070042 - Printing blanket or sleeve including thermoplastic polyurethane or thermoplastic polyurethane alloy layers: An image transfer product such as a printing blanket or sleeve is provided which includes at least a base layer, a printing surface layer, and an optional intermediate compressible layer, where one or more of the layers is formed from a thermoplastic polyurethane or thermoplastic polyurethane alloy. The thermoplastic polyurethane... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080070043 - Gas barrier resin composition and gas barrier film: Disclosed herein are a gas barrier resin composition which is free from halogen and which has excellent gas barrier properties, and a gas barrier film. The gas barrier resin composition includes: a polymer (A) whose repeating unit contains a functional group with active hydrogen and/or a polar functional group with... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080070044 - Coated article with low-e coating having absorbing layer designed to neutralize color at off-axis viewing angles: An absorbing layer of a low-E coating is designed to cause the coating to have a more neutral and/or green color at normal and/or certain off-axis viewing angles. In certain example embodiments, the metallic or substantially metallic absorbing layer (e.g., NiCr) is from about 20-30 angstroms (Å) thick; this thickness... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080070045 - Solar control glazing: A vehicle glazing comprising a pane of glazing material, an absorptive coating, which absorbs radiation of wavelength greater than 400 nm (and possibly up to 100 μm), on a first surface of the pane, and a low emissivity coating on the first surface, or a second surface, of the pane.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080070047 - Sealable packaging structures and applications related thereto: Heat-sealable, multi-layer composite packaging structures that are suitable for packaging and having improved sealing properties and simplified construction as compared to prior art composite film constructions are disclosed. The inventive film structure includes a first substrate, such as paper, bonded such as by extrusion lamination, to a sealable, high-barrier film.... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company Lawtechnology

20080070048 - Method and product for manufacturing brake pads: A brake pad is, in order to reduce stock keeping and for flexible adjustment to varying demands regarding the dimensions, manufactured by providing a plate the dimensions of which are essentially larger than the dimensions of the smallest brake pad to be manufactured. From that plate a brake pad is... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080070046 - Method for high speed machining and coated cutting tool: The present invention relates to a method of machining a metal workpiece with a coated cutting tool insert comprising a cemented carbide body and a coating deposited as monolayer(s) or as multiple and/or alternating layers. The coating has a total thickness of 25-75 μm and the machining is performed at... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080070049 - Method for making a highly stable diamond film on a subtrate: A method of depositing a stable diamond film on a metal substrate includes pretreating a surface of the substrate and depositing a diamond film on the substrate by way of a multi-stage chemical vapor deposition, in which each subsequent stage is performed at progressively higher temperature. The deposited diamond may... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20080070050 - Metallized polymeric films: Disclosed herein is an improved, metallized polymer film and method for preparing the same. Such films comprise a) at least one treated polymeric skin layer comprising butylene, and b) a metal layer deposited onto at least one surface of this polymeric skin layer. The polymeric skin layer can comprise a... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company Law Technology

20080070051 - Internal member for plasma-treating vessel and method of producing the same: It is to propose an internal member for a plasma treating vessel having excellent resistances to chemical corrosion and plasma erosion under an environment containing a halogen gas and an advantageous method of producing the same, which is a member formed by covering a surface of a substrate with a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080070052 - Resin composition and multilayer structure: To provide a resin composition comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) having an ethylene content of from 15 to 65 mol % and a degree of saponification of 95 mol % or more, a phosphoric acid salt (B) which can form a hydrate, and a dispersing agent (C), wherein the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080070053 - High shear pressure sensitive adhesive composition: A hot melt pressure sensitive adhesive composition includes ABA block copolymer(s), a midblock resin, a plasticizer, and optionally, an endblock resin. The A block is derived from styrene and B block is derived from butadiene or its hydrogenated version. The block copolymer(s) has an average styrene content of from about... Agent: H.b. Fuller Company

20080070054 - Set of resin compositions for preparing system-in-package type semiconductor device: h

20080070055 - Adhesive decorative paper and method for manufacturing same: An aesthetically pleasing and weather resistant coating for application to surfaces such as signs. This material may be applied directly to a surface or applied through the application of precut pieces. The pieces including a multi-part paper that includes an adhesive layer and an upper surface. An acrylic polymer layer... Agent: Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP

20080070056 - Microstructure and method of manufacturing the same: Disclosed is a microstructure comprising an aluminum anodized film bearing through micropores, wherein a surface of the microstructure is covered with a protective film for preventing hydration of the aluminum anodized film. The microstructure may be used as a porous alumina membrane filter excellent in filtration rate and its stability... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080070057 - Nickel alloy plated structure: A structure. The structure includes a layered configuration including a copper layer, a first layer, and a second layer. The first and second layers are disposed on opposite sides of the copper layer and are in direct mechanical contact with the copper layer. The first and second layers each include... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080070058 - Palladium-cobalt based alloys and dental articles including the same: An alloy is provided based on a palladium-cobalt binary system, has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of about 14.0 to about 15.5 and may include one or more of the following additive metals: aluminum, boron, chromium, gallium, lithium, rhenium, ruthenium, silicon, tantalum, titanium, and tungsten.... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20080070059 - Lead-free solder and soldered article: A lead-free solder includes at least one selected from 0.01 to 1% by weight of Co, 0.01 to 0.2% by weight of Fe, 0.01 to 0.2% by weight of Mn, 0.01 to 0.2% by weight of Cr, and 0.01 to 2% by weight of Pd; 0.5 to 2% by weight... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080070060 - Hot-dip galvanized sheet and method for manufacturing same: The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet has: a steel sheet containing 0.1 to 3.0% of Si by mass; a hot-dip galvanizing layer; and a segregated layer, being placed between the steel sheet and the hot-dip galvanizing layer, having a thickness in a range from 0.01 to 100 μm; containing an oxide... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080070061 - High-temperature coatings and bulk alloys with pt metal modified gamma-ni +gamma'-ni3al alloys having hot-corrosion resistance: An alloy including a Pt-group metal, Ni and Al, wherein the concentration of Al is limited with respect to the concentration of Ni and the Pt-group metal such that the alloy includes substantiailly no β-NiAl phase, and wherein the Pt-group metal is present in an amount sufficient to provide enhanced... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080070062 - Electrochromic arrangement: Electrochromic arrangement containing an anionic polyelectrolyte that has been neutralized with lithium and can be applied from aqueous solution.... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20080070063 - Exchange coupling film and magnetic device: An exchange coupling film of the present invention has a sandwich structure with a non-magnetic layer of a Ru—Rh alloy between two ferromagnetic layers. In a case of applying the exchange coupling film of the present invention to a magnetic head (reading element), the non-magnetic layer is set to have,... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080070064 - Method for manufacturing magnetic film and magnetic film: A method for manufacturing a magnetic film includes preparing a foundation layer containing a noble metal element and a base metal element, and depositing a plated layer of a magnetic material on the foundation layer by pulse plating.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080070065 - Perpendicular magnetic recording medium with an exchange-spring recording structure and a lateral coupling layer for increasing intergranular exchange coupling: A perpendicular magnetic recording system and medium has a multilayered recording layer that includes an exchange-spring structure and a ferromagnetic lateral coupling layer (LCL). The exchange-spring structure is made up of two ferromagnetically exchange-coupled magnetic layers (MAG1 and MAG2), each with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. MAG1 and MAG2 are either in... Agent: Thomas R. Berthold

20080070066 - Magnetic recording medium and method for manufacturing the same: A method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium of the present invention includes a magnetic layer forming step in which a drying process is performed. The drying process includes: a pre-heating stage in which a magnetic coating film is heated until the surface temperature of the magnetic coating film stops... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080063814 - Cyclohexene derivative having alkenyl, liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device: wherein Ra and Rb are each independently hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons or alkenyl having 2 to 10 carbons, provided that in the alkyl, —CH2— may be replaced by —O—, but plural —O— are not adjacent to each other, and hydrogen may be replaced by fluorine; ring A1... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20080063815 - Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display comprising the same: A liquid crystal composition includes a first class including a liquid crystal compound having at least two fluorine atoms, and a second class including a liquid crystal compound that has a single fluorine atom or that does not have a fluorine atom. The first and second classes include liquid crystal... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080063816 - Sealing material for liquid crystal and method for producing same: Disclosed is a sealing material for liquid crystals having high adhesion strength and excellent gap-forming power at bonding of panels. Also disclosed are a method for producing such a sealing material and a method for producing a liquid crystal display cell which is improved in productivity, high-speed response and reliability.... Agent: Nields & Lemack

20080063817 - Thermal transfer receiving sheet, production method thereof and image forming method using the sheet: A thermal transfer receiving sheet comprising a sheet-like support having sequentially formed on at least one surface thereof a hollow particle-containing intermediate layer and an image receiving layer, wherein the hollow particles have an average particle diameter of 0.2 to 35 μm and a hollow percentage by volume of 30... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080063819 - Insulated bullet resistant glass: An insulated bullet resistant glass structure is disclosed. An interior glass component has a glass sheet with a film applied to at least one side. An exterior glass component has a glass sheet with a film applied to at least one side. An insulating space is present between the interior... Agent: Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, LLP

20080063822 - Method of producing plastic containers comprising an opening having a smaller diameter than that of the base, and container thus produced: A method of producing plastic containers comprising an opening having a smaller diameter than that of the base, and the container thus produced, comprising the steps of producing a lower portion and an upper portion of a container separately, using a resin injection process, and welding the lower and upper... Agent: Albert Bordas, P.A.

20080063826 - Rubber modified styrenic copolymer composition comprising high molecular weight elastomers: A styrenic copolymer composition comprising 55% to 94% by weight of one or more styrenic monomers; 2% to 25% by weight of one or more maleate-type monomers; and 4% to 20% by weight of an elastomer composition comprising a first a first high molecular weight elastomer polymer having a number... Agent: Nova Chemicals Inc.

20080063828 - Optical disc: The invention provides an optical disc with its substrate formed of a biodegradable material mixed with a plurality of microcapsules encapsulating an additive and/or mixed with the additive. Therefore, the substrate of the optical disc, according to the invention, is biodegradable, with a long life expectancy as desired.... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20080063830 - Mems device and assembly method: A method of bonding a MEMS device to a substrate to form a MEMS device assembly. A thickness profile of the MEMS device and/or the flatness of the mating surface of the substrate is determined. An adhesive is deposited onto a mating surface of the MEMS device and/or the mating... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080063818 - Transfer paper for printing with an inkjet printer: Transfer paper suitable for inkjet printing, provided, at least on the side to be printed, with a release or barrier layer, the layer having a porosity of at most 100 ml/min, and a method for manufacturing a transfer paper and a method for printing transfer paper with an inkjet printer... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20080063820 - Method for reutilizing plastic receptacles and article produced by said method: The invention relates to recycling polymeric articles, in particular plastic receptacles and can be used for reutilizing plastic receptacles made of a heat-shrinkable material. The inventive method for reutilizing plastic receptacles consists in cutting said receptacles into hole-type elements in the form of small tubes and cylinders in order to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080063821 - Easy peel film structures: The present invention relates to sealant films comprising a first sealant layer which readily and easily delaminates or peels from a second adjacent film layer. The first sealant layer and the second adjacent layer of the sealant film of the present invention comprise propylene or ethylene moieties wherein the propylene... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080063824 - Injection stretch blow-molded container: The present invention relates to an injection stretch blow-molded transparent container, consisting essentially of bi-oriented polypropylene, which is filed with a gas-releasing liquid composition. The present invention also relates to the use of such container in view of containing gas-releasing liquid composition.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080063823 - Resin container, manufacturing method of resin container, and manufacturing apparatus of resin container: In a first embodiment of the present invention, a coating layer 3 which covers a container body 2 is formed; this coating layer 3 disappears while continuously and gradually reducing its thickness in a reduction rate of 0.1 to 1.5 μm/mm from a coating layer forming part 4 toward a... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080063825 - Medical gas barrier film and medical bag using the same: The object of the present invention is to provide a gas barrier film suitable for medical uses, which is excellent in gas and vapor properties and can prevent ingredients of an adhesive and the like from eluting even after heating and sterilizing treatment, and a medical bag using the gas... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080063827 - Flexible coupling sleeve and a flexible shaft coupling: A flexible shaft coupling device including a coupling sleeve comprising a sleeve shaped body having a central annular portion and a coupling receiving portion at each of two opposing sleeve ends, and at least one end piece coupled to such sleeve. The sleeve's coupling receiving portions include axially extending teeth... Agent: Curtis Castleman The Gates Corporation

20080063829 - Disc pairing in optical disc replication: An optical disc consistent with certain embodiments has a first half-disc and a second half-disc. A layer of bonding material is distributed between the first half-disc and the second half-disc by depositing the bonding material on the first half-disc, placing the first half-disc and second half-disc in a chamber, reducing... Agent: Miller Patent Services

20080063832 - Diaper with pile surface covering: A composite sheet material for use as a portion of a tear away fastening system. The sheet material includes a substrate layer and yarns extending through the substrate layer such that the define an arrangement of looped elements projecting away from one side of the substrate layer. The looped elements... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080063831 - Weatherseals: Weatherseals are provided by a pair of base members (21c, 21d) which may be attached to a pile (22) formed by winding fibers (yam) around a band (51) as the band travels along an endless path. A section of the pile (22) on one side of the endless band (51)... Agent: Kenneth J. Lukacher

20080063833 - High porosity thermally shock resistant ceramic structures: A thermally shock resistant ceramic body, such as a porous ceramic honeycomb structure for a wall flow diesel engine exhaust filter or a flow-through ceramic catalyst support, is formed of a composite ceramic material comprising a major first ceramic phase exhibiting good thermal shock resistance and a minor second phase... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080063834 - Sheet material with bend controlling grooves defining a continuous web across a bend line and method for forming the same: A sheet of material (21, 61, 81) formed for control bending along a bend line (23, 63) while maintaining a continuous web of material (26) across the bend line (23, 63). The sheet has at least one groove (22, 62, 82) formed therein with a central groove portion (24, 64,... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP

20080063835 - Label for in-mold forming having excellent delabeling property, and container with the label: The invention relates to: a label for in-mold forming having excellent suitability for delabeling which comprises a thermoplastic resin film base layer (I) and a heat-sealable resin layer (II) and in which the heat-sealable resin layer (II) has an adhesion strength as measured at 23° C. of 300 gf/15 mm... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080063836 - Metallized plastic component with a display area and method for manufacture: A metallized plastics component is provided with a first adhesion-promoting layer and a second metallic cover layer. The invention also relates to a method for producing a metallized plastics component, in which the plastics component is provided first with an adhesion-promoting layer and then with a cover layer.... Agent: Mg-ip Law, PLLC

20080063837 - Stretchable web: The present invention relates to stretchable webs having a plurality of elongated cells, and a retractive force mechanism to provide increased retractive force of the web when stretched in a given direction. The stretchable webs are useful in disposable garments such as diapers, bandages and other hygiene material so that... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20080063839 - Architectural glass block with a formed slot and method of making same: A glass block, and method for making a glass block, having one or more formed slots on one or more edge faces of the block. The slots are formed during the molten state of the glass formation to maintain the mechanical integrity of the glass structure in architectural applications. The... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080063838 - Film carrier tape for mounting electronic components and method of manufacturing the film carrier tape: A film carrier tape for mounting electronic components has a wiring with a wire pitch of 35 μm or less. A method for manufacturing such film carrier tape is also disclosed. The film carrier tape for mounting electronic components is manufactured using a specific flexible conductor foil clad laminate as... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080063840 - Silicon-on insulator substrate and method for manufacturing the same: This SOI substrate includes a base substrate which includes a single-crystal semiconductor and an active layer which includes a single-crystal semiconductor and is bonded to the base substrate with an oxide film therebetween. The oxide film is formed only in the active layer. The active layer is formed with a... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080063841 - Multilayer resin film and method for producing multilayer resin film: Provided are a multilayer film comprising a plurality of resin layers having melt viscosities at the same heating temperature being different from one another, wherein it is a multilayer resin film which is reduced in the irregularity of the surface thereof; and a method for producing a multilayer resin film... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080063842 - Repositionable privacy note: A repositionable privacy note is provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the note includes a substrate having opposing first and second surfaces, top and bottom edges, and a folding region disposed between the top and bottom edges creating in the note a top portion between the folding region and the top... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080063843 - In-mold indicia marking of rotational molded products: This invention comprises a self-supporting, temperature-stable, indicia-bearing laminate of at least one layer of a non-oriented polyolefin film having an indicia array and a layer of a non-oriented polyolefin support film. The indicia layer laminate is formed by printing a carrier sheet with at least one layer of a printing... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080063844 - Surface coverings containing aluminum oxide: A surface covering comprising at least one layer containing aluminum oxide is disclosed. Preferably, the aluminum oxide is present in the outermost layer of the surface covering which is exposed to the environment. A method to improve wear and/or stain resistance to a surface covering is also disclosed and includes... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080063845 - Multilayer structures, uses and preparation thereof: There is provided a multilayer structure comprising: (i) a heat-resistant outer layer comprising at least one polymer chosen from a polyester, a polypropylene, and mixtures thereof; and (ii) a sealant inner layer comprising at least one metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene, at least one metallocene-catalyzed polyolefin plastomer, or mixtures thereof. The multilayer structure... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080063846 - Polyolefin film, tape or yarn: The invention is directed to monoaxially drawn polyolefin multilayer film, tape or yarn of the AB or ABA type, having a stretch ratio of more than 12, having an E-modulus of at least 10 GPa, substantially consisting of a central layer (B) of a polyolefin selected from polyethylene and polypropylene,... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080063847 - Thermoplastic resin-laminated structure, method for preparation and use thereof: Systems and methods consistent with the present invention provide a thermoplastic resin-laminated structure having an exterior layer, a base layer, and a binding layer that is placed between the exterior layer and the base layer. The exterior, base and binding layers include at least one material selected from a group... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080063848 - Recordable optical recording media: An optical recording medium is provided with inorganic bi-layer films that were prepared by magnetic sputtering. A first recording layer containing an element selected from Si or Ge, and a second recording layer contacts with the first recording layer and containing a primary component selected from Ta, Ni or Mo.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080063849 - Biphenyltetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and process for producing the same, and polymide formed from the same and process for producing same: A process for producing biphenyltetracarboxylic acid dianhydride, which comprises heating biphenyltetracarboxylic acid to produce biphenyltetracarboxylic acid dianhydride, characterized in that the heating is carried out at a pressure of from 1×102 Pa to 1.1×105 Pa to a maximum temperature in a range of from 210° C. to 250° C. in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080063850 - Composition and process for producing acrylic composite materials with mineral charges having superior mechanical, thermal and processing properties: A manufacturing process and composition of acrylic composite materials with mineral charges with high thermal, mechanical and processing properties is provided for manufacturing kitchen covering, washstands, sinks, shower bases, tables, bars, counters, and furniture in general. A prepolymer composition in addition to methyl methacrylate in equilibrium contains, comonomers and elastomers... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080063851 - Elastomeric mask and use in fabrication of devices: An elastomeric mask is provided that allows deposition of a variety of materials through mask openings. The mask seals effectively against substrate surfaces, allowing simple deposition from fluid phase, gas phase, and the like or removal of material using gaseous or liquid etchants. The mask then can be simply peeled... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080063852 - Protective coating containing acetylene compound:

20080063853 - Semiconductor workpiece: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for use in processing semiconductor workpieces. The new apparatus and method allows for the production of thinner workpieces that at the same time remain strong. Particularly, a chuck is provided that includes a body, a retainer removeably attached to the body and... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP

20080063854 - Multilayer foaming lamination: A multilayer foaming lamination includes a foaming layer and two skin layers provided on opposite sides of the foaming layer. The foaming layer includes a first material with apertures and second materials filled in the apertures respectively. The first material and the second material are made of different materials or... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080063855 - Semiconductor thin films formed from group iv nanoparticles: Native Group IV semiconductor thin films formed from coating substrates using formulations of Group IV nanoparticles are described. Such native Group IV semiconductor thin films leverage the vast historical knowledge of Group IV semiconductor materials and at the same time exploit the advantages of Group IV semiconductor nanoparticles for producing... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080063856 - Water-based polishing pads having improved contact area: The present invention provides a chemical mechanical polishing pad comprising, a polymeric matrix having microspheres dispersed therein, the polymeric matrix being formed of a water-based polymer or blends thereof, wherein the pad comprises: a Shore A hardness of 30 to 70; a void volume fraction of 0.2 to 80 percent;... Agent: Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Cmp Holdings, Inc.

20080063857 - Sealable, biaxially oriented polyester film with hydrophilic coating: e

20080063858 - Mono and multi-layer labels: Disclosed herein are sheets, labels, label stock, and articles comprising the same. Additionally disclosed are method for making the sheets, labels, label stock, and articles comprising the same. In some embodiments, the sheets, labels, and label stock comprise one or more layers, wherein at least one layer comprises microspheres. In... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080063860 - Carbon nanotube composite: A carbon nanotube/polymer composite is described. The carbon nanotube/polymer composite includes at least one polymer material layer and at least one carbon nanotube/polymer composite layer. The carbon nanotube/polymer layer includes a polymer material and a plurality of carbon nanotubes embedded in the polymer material, wherein the carbon nanotube/polymer layer includes... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080063859 - Coating method: The invention relates to a method for coating objects, particularly plumbing fixtures, having metallic surfaces. According to the method, at least one organosilane is applied during the so-called sol-gel process after an optionally provided pretreatment step that serves to activate the metallic surfaces, and the coating obtained thereby is transformed... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20080063862 - Lighting device for vehicle and method of manufacturing the same: In a lighting device for a vehicle including a reflector in which an aluminum deposited layer is formed on a surface of a resin member, the resin member is molded through a resin obtained by adding, to a crystalline resin, a filler having a size smaller than a wavelength of... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080063861 - Aromatic polycarbonate molded article and resin composition:

20080063863 - Selectively metallized heat transfer label: A selectively metallized heat transfer label for transfer to a substrate includes a support portion comprising a carrier layer and a release layer applied to the carrier layer, and a transfer portion comprising a protective layer applied to the release layer, a metallizable layer applied to the protective layer, a... Agent: Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC (illinois Tool Works)

20080063864 - Variable-thickness elecriplast moldable capsule and method of manufacture: A moldable capsule device (1) includes a bundle of micron conductive fiber (3) and a resin-based material layer (5) overlying the bundle along the length (L) of the capsule wherein thickness of the resin-based material layer is not uniform (T1 and T2). A method (100) to form a moldable capsule... Agent: Douglas R. Schnabel

20080063865 - Process for producing reinforcing fibers for use in concrete utilizing polychloroprene dispersions: The invention provides the use of mixtures based on aqueous dispersions of polychloroprene to produce fiber products finished therewith, a process for the production thereof and the use of these finished fiber products to produce textile-reinforced and fiber-reinforced concrete and other products based on cement.... Agent: Bayer Material Science LLC

20080063866 - Method for making electrically conductive three-dimensional structures: Methods are provided for fabricating three-dimensional electrically conductive structures. Three-dimensional electrically conductive microstructures are also provided. The method may include providing a mold having at least one microdepression which defines a three-dimensional structure; filling the microdepression of the mold with at least one substrate material; molding the at least one... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080063868 - Functionalized silica nanoparticles having polyethylene glycol linkage and production method thereof: Disclosed are herein functionalized silica nanoparticles having polyethylene glycol linkages and a production method thereof. More specifically, example embodiments relate to functionalized silica nanoparticles that avoid of aggregation nanoparticles via introduction of PEG linkages onto the nanoparticles and have high reactivity via introduction of PEG which links a ligand to... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080063867 - Method and apparatus associated with anisotropic shrink in sintered ceramic items: A manufacturing method for producing ceramic item from a photocurable ceramic filled material by stereolithography. The method compensates for the anisotropic shrinkage of the item during firing to produce a dimensionally accurate item.... Agent: John H. Allie Krieg Devault, LLP

20080063869 - Compounding molding system, amongst other things: Disclosed is: (i) a method of a compounding molding system, (ii) a compounding extruder of a compounding molding system, (iii) a compounding molding system, (iv) a controller of a compounding molding system, (v) an article of manufacture of a controller of a compounding molding system, (vi) a network-transmittable signal of... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20080063870 - Method for making an article hydrophobic and oleophobic as well as articles made therefrom and their use: The present invention relates in general to a method and variations thereof for making an article, such as cloth, water repellent and/or water resistant (i.e., hydrophobic) as well as oil repellent (i.e., oleophobic). In particular, the method involves the process of providing a thin-layer polymer coating on the article thereby... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080063871 - Adhesive film composition for semiconductor assembly, associated dicing die bonding film and semiconductor package: An adhesive film composition, including an elastomer resin having one or more of a hydroxy group, a carboxyl group, or an epoxy group, a film-forming resin having a glass transition temperature of about −10° C. to about 200° C., an epoxy resin, a phenol-type curing agent, a curing catalyst, a... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20080063872 - Treatment of semiconductor wafers: A semiconductor wafer having a surface layer of semiconductor material that exhibits a reduced number of defects. This feature is achieved by a treatment method wherein the surface layer undergoes a chemical-mechanical polishing step, an intermediate step of cleaning the surface of the surface layer of semiconductor material using an... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20080063873 - Flexible microelectronics adhesive: A curable thermal interface material is provided comprising a functionalized elastomer and a filler. Preferred materials comprise an epoxidized polybutadiene cured with an iodonium catalyst and a filler comprising silver and/or aluminum oxide.... Agent: Lord Corporation Patent & Legal Services

20080063874 - Permeable nanoparticle reflector: An optically-responsive multilayer reflective article is formed by applying a dilute solution or suspension of metallic nanoparticles to an optically-responsive detection layer. The solution or suspension is allowed to dry to form a semicontinuous liquid- or vapor-permeable light-reflective layer that will permit a liquid or vapor analyte to pass through... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080063875 - High heat distortion resistant inorganic laminate: A light-weight, heat distortion resistant laminate includes at least one layer of an alkali silicate resin composition derived from an alkali silicate and/or alkali silicate precursor, at least one oxoanionic compound or a reactive acidic glass; and water; and at least one reinforcing core layer comprising an inorganic high-temperature resistant... Agent: Hudak, Shunk & Farine, Co., L.p.a.

20080063876 - Extended firing range enamels to produce frost effects: The invention provides an enamel composition that imparts a frosted appearance to glass articles such as bottles and windows while allowing a wide firing range and maintaining consistent properties such as gloss and light transmittance. The composition comprises a zinc borosilicate glass frit with one or more crystalline materials added... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080063877 - Electronic component and method for producing the same: An electronic component is provided which includes external electrodes having a multilayer structure of first and second sintered electrode layers that are densely sintered and have less possibility of causing poor appearance and decreased reliability in electrical connection. Each external electrode includes a first sintered electrode layer and a second... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080063878 - Method for low temperature bonding and bonded structure: A method for bonding at low or room temperature includes steps of surface cleaning and activation by cleaning or etching. One etching process The method may also include removing by-products of interface polymerization to prevent a reverse polymerization reaction to allow room temperature chemical bonding of materials such as silicon,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080063879 - Amide-substituted silicones and methods for their preparation and use: A composition includes: (A) an amide-substituted silicone and (B) a thermally conductive filler. The composition may be used as a thermal interface material for dissipating heat from electronic devices.... Agent: Dow Corning Corporation Co1232

20080063880 - Patternable low dielectric constant materials and their use in ulsi interconnection: The present invention relates to ultra-large scale integrated (ULSI) interconnect structures, and more particularly to patternable low dielectric constant (low-k) materials suitable for use in ULSI interconnect structures. The patternable low-k dielectrics disclosed herein are functionalized polymers that having one or more acid-sensitive imageable functional groups.... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080063881 - Cog dielectric composition for use with nickel electrodes: Multilayer ceramic chip capacitors which satisfy COG requirements and which are compatible with reducing atmosphere sintering conditions so that non-noble metals such as nickel and nickel alloys thereof may be used for internal and external electrodes are made in accordance with the invention. The capacitors exhibit desirable dielectric properties (high... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080063882 - Volatile copper(1) complexes and processes for deposition of copper films by atomic layer deposition: Provided are novel 1,3-diimine copper complexes, and processes for using 1,3-diimine copper complexes in the deposition of copper on substrates, or in or on porous solids, by atomic layer deposition.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080063883 - Method of aqueous coating of plastic sheet surface for vehicle interior equipment: The present invention relates to methods of forming an aqueous coating on a plastic sheet surface for vehicle interior equipment, comprising the steps of: coating the plastic sheet with a primary composition, the primary composition comprising chlorinated aqueous olefin resin; baking the resulting plastic sheet; coating the baked sheet with... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080063884 - Method for treating wood: The present invention relates to a process for treating wood and other cellulosic materials to render the resistance to wood attacking organisms, such as termite, fungi and insects. More particularly, the present invention relates to a process for treating wood with borate preservatives which contain at least one boron-containing component... Agent: Meadwestvaco Corporation

20080063885 - Computerized imaging of sporting trophies and method of providing a replica: Methods are disclosed for providing replicas of a sporting trophy and for scoring the sporting trophy. The first method includes providing a sporting trophy to be scanned; scanning the sporting trophy to provide three-dimensional image data of the sporting trophy; and providing the three-dimensional image data of the sporting trophy... Agent: Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C.

20080063886 - Polyester resin for compression molding, method of producing preform, and preform: A polyester resin for compression molding comprising chiefly ethylene terephthalate units and having an inherent viscosity in a range of 0.6 to 1.3 dL/g, containing a diethylene glycol in an amount of smaller than 2.3 mol %, and containing a monohydroxyethyl terephthalate and a bishydroxyethyl terephthalate in a total amount... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080063887 - Method for producing steel pipe plated with metal by thermal spraying: [Means for solving] A process for producing a metal tube comprising continuously forming a metal plate composed of a first component into a tubular shape and continuously welding its butted ends to form the metal tube, wherein, after the continuous welding, a metal layer composed of a second component which... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080063888 - Nanocrystalline diamond coatings for micro-cutting tools: The present invention provides tungsten carbide-containing surfaces, and particularly tungsten carbide-containing cutting tools, that are at least partially coated with a thin nanocrystalline diamond film. Also provided are methods for producing the nanocrystalline diamond-coated surfaces. The films are desirably continuous and uniform with a thickness of no greater than about... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080063890 - Mitigation of artifacts in nuclear magnetic resonance imaging with magnetic susceptibility modified materials: Materials suitable for medical and dental implants with magnetic susceptibility matched to surrounding environment to reduce artifacts in nuclear magnetic resonance imaging. Paramagnetic and diamagnetic materials may be added to ceramics and polymer resins to adjust magnetic susceptibility. Other embodiments are described and claimed.... Agent: Seth Z. Kalson C/o Intollevate

20080063889 - Reactive multilayer joining with improved metallization techniques: A process and apparatus for the reactive multilayer joining of components utilizing metallization techniques to bond difficult-to-wet materials and temperature sensitive materials to produce joined products.... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080063891 - Phosphate-treated zinc-coated steel sheet: The phosphate-treated zinc-coated steel sheet has: a steel sheet; a zinc-coating layer of a single η-phase containing Ni in a range from 10 ppm by mass to solid solution limit, being formed on at least one side of the steel sheet; and a phosphate-treated layer containing Mg in a range... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080063892 - Coating composition for a metal, and metal material having a coating of such coating composition: e

20080063893 - Coating composition for a metal, and metal material having a coating of such coating composition:

20080063894 - Article with high-hardness carbon coating: An article comprising a substrate made of Al, Mg, Ti or an alloy whose main component is a member selected from the group consisting of aluminum, magnesium and titanium, an intermediate layer formed on the base having a thickness of 0.7 to 1.5 micrometers and containing aluminum and carbon, and... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080063895 - Ultra hydrophilic ti-o-c based nano film and fabrication method thereof: An ultra-hydrophilic Ti—O—C based nano-film of which deposition thickness was improved and deposition uniformity was excellent was fabricated by mixing a Ti precursor and a liquid having a low boiling point and a high volatility—at a uniform ratio. The catalyst accelerates a vaporization of the Ti precursor and facilitates the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080063896 - Surface-treated steel sheet: A surface-treated steel sheet is disclosed, including a zinc based plated steel sheet having thereon a surface-treated film containing titanium, nickel, aluminum and fluorine and having a film thickness of from 0.05 to 1.0 μm, the surface-treated film having a titanium deposition amount of from 0.01 to 0.5 g/m2 and... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080063897 - Nodular nickel boron coating: The invention is directed to a nodular nickel boron coating having lubricating properties. Nodular and columnar boron coatings made by the above methods disclosed in the above patents have a low coefficient of friction. The above process results in a columnar structure with nodules in the surface layer. Nodules can... Agent: Sam Silverberg

20080063898 - Materials containing multiple layers of vesicles: The present invention provides a composite material, preferably an ophthalmic device, more preferably a contact lens, which comprises a vesicle-containing coating including at least one layer of a vesicle and one layer of a polyionic material having charges opposite the charges of the vesicle. Such composite material can find use... Agent: Ciba Vision Corporation Patent Department

20080063900 - Optical storage medium: Various embodiments and methods relating to providing constructive interference of light between a reflective layer and an imageable layer are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080063899 - Storage disc: Various embodiments and methods relating to a storage disc having writable layer, a reflective layer and a compressive layer are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080063901 - Magnetic recording medium, magnetic recording medium manufacturing apparatus, and method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium: A magnetic recording medium includes a first metal thin-film magnetic layer and a second metal thin-film magnetic layer, which respectively include a plurality of columns and have magnetization easy axes that are inclined in opposite directions, formed in that order on a non-magnetic substrate. Both metal thin-film magnetic layers include... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080057231 - Ink jet recording sheet for pigmented ink: The present invention relates to ink-receiving print media products capable of improving smear for pigmented inks. The products have at least one ink-receiving layer supported by a substrate. The ink-receiving layer includes a binder blend and a pigment, for example, polyvinyl alcohol, styrene-acrylate copolymer, and silica. The print media product... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080057232 - Porous swellable inkjet recording element and subtractive method for producing the same: The invention relates to an inkjet recording element that comprises, on a support, a porous hydrophilic image-receiving layer made by a subtractive method involving removal of water-insoluble polymeric latex from a coated non-porous layer to form the porous layer. Also disclosed is a method for making the inkjet recording element... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20080057233 - Conductive thermal transfer ribbon: A thermal transfer ribbon comprised of a support and an ink layer disposed above the support. The ink layer has a thickness of from about 0.1 to about 10 microns; it contains at least 75 weight percent of particulate conductive metal material and from about 1 to about 25 weight... Agent: Howard J. Greenwald P.C.

20080057235 - Tubular food casing having a smoke-permeable glued seam: A food casing is described with or without flat reinforcement insert and a smoke-permeable costing, preferably of protein, cellulose or acrylic. The insert is preferably a consolidated nonwoven or spunbonded nonwoven, a woven fabric, loop-formingly knitted fabric, laid fabric or loop-drawingly knitted fabric. The flat strip is glued to form... Agent: Propat, L.L.C.

20080057237 - Heat-shrinkable pet film and method for making the same: A heat-shrinkable PET film comprises a thermally stretched film body exhibiting shape-memory characteristics and made from a PET material of a modified PET composition that includes terephthalic acid, ethylene glycol, and a modifier selected from 1,3-dihydroxy-2-methylpropane, 1,3-dihydroxy-2-methylpropane alkoxylate, 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-hexanediol, and combinations thereof.... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20080057242 - Co-moulding polymers in injection stretch blow moulding: A dual-texture article comprises at least two same or different polymers having same or different melt flow rates that cause co-moulding/over-moulding of the polymers upon injection stretch blow moulding. The article has at least two interlocked combined layers. A method of manufacturing the article includes providing an intermediate layer of... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080057241 - Method for enveloping silicone gel with plastic films and product thereof: A method and a product of one-time enveloping silicone gel with plastic films. The surfaces of two films to be in contact with the silicone gel are treated by a plasma casing process (crosslinking by activated species of inert gases) or an electron beam process in advance so as to... Agent: Hdsl

20080057245 - Liquid container material and method thereof: Embodiments of the present invention include a method for making a non-wicking liquid container material comprising providing container stock material having a first side and a second side, applying a first layer of thermoplastic material to the first side of the container stock material, compressing the container stock material such... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. MoserIPLaw Group

20080057247 - Adhesion promoter for bonding fluoropolymer layers in a multi-layered article: The present invention is directed to an adhesion promoter for bonding fluoropolymers and, more specifically, for bonding a fluoroplastic layer to a fluroelastomer layer in a multi-layered article, such as a fuel filler hose. In one embodiment, the adhesion promoter includes a solvent, a polyallyamine (PAA), and an organo-onium compound.... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080057248 - Multilayer hose for fuel, chemical and vapor transport: A tubular structure having reduced fuel permeation for use in fuel filler and fuel vent hose application, wherein the tubular structure comprises a nitrile or a chlorinated polyethylene inner layer, a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene-vinylidene fluoride terpolymer barrier layer on the nitrile or chlorinated polyethylene inner layer, and a chlorinated polyethylene outer cover... Agent: Dayco Products, LLC

20080057250 - Decoration panel: A decoration panel comprised of a metal base layer, a layer that is flame retard, and water and oil stains proof disposed on the front of the metal base layer, and an adhesion layer disposed on the back of the metal base layer for the panel to be attached to... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080057251 - Laminates utilizing pressure sensitive adhesive composition and conventional silicon liners: This invention relates to a laminate having a facestock and silicone pressure sensitive adhesion compositions releasably adhered to a conventional silicone release coated liner.... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20080057253 - Adhesive sheet for water jet laser dicing: An adhesive sheet for water jet laser dicing, comprises an adhesive layer laminated on a base film, wherein the adhesive constituting the adhesive layer is an energy radiation curing type adhesive, and said adhesive sheet has an adhesive strength of at least 1.5 N/20 mm.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080057260 - Encapsulation for an organic electronic component, its production process and its use: An encapsulation for an organic electronic component, characterized in that the component, encapsulated in a dimensionally stable capsule, is at least partially covered with a protective film.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080057261 - Temperature responsive smart textile: A textile fabric has at least one raised surface incorporating multicomponent fibers formed of at least a first material and a second material disposed in side-by-side relationship. The first material and the second material exhibit differential thermal elongation, which causes the multicomponent fibers to bend or curl and reversibly recover... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080057263 - Fibrous pad structure having a variable density: The present invention relates to a fibrous pad structure having a variable density. The continuous strip-shaped webs are sliced and rubbed to form one or more continuous strip-shaped webs that are separated from each other by a constant distance. The strip-shaped webs can also be spread and lapped onto a... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20080057262 - Low-reflection material: A low-reflection material having a fluorine-containing polymer film which can improve abrasion resistance without increasing production cost is provided. In the low-reflection material comprising a transparent substrate, a hard coating layer provided on the transparent substrate, and a fluorine-containing polymer film provided on the hard coating layer, the hard coating... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080057227 - Manufacturing method of cellulose acylate film, cellulose acylate film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display: l

20080057228 - Anti-glare film and liquid crystal display apparatus: An anti-glare film comprises an anti-glare layer, and a low-refraction-index layer formed on at least one surface thereof and comprising a low-refraction-index resin and a hollow silica particle. The film has an internal haze of 0 to 1%, a haze of 5 to 6.5%, a transmitted image clarity of 20... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080057229 - Flexible packaging materials and methods of making and using same: The present invention relates generally to packaging materials for packaging articles, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to a inflatable packaging material which includes, in one embodiment, a plurality of individual strips, strands, or units of material bondably connected to an exterior surface of a flexible, inflatable... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080057230 - Coatings for print receptive layers: The invention provides a coating on a polymeric substrate forming a non-porous print receptive layer on the polymeric substrate, printability, thermal conductivity. Tg, surface hardness and surface smoothness of the print receptive layer being regulated by forming the print receptive layer from a dispersion containing a mixture of at least... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080057234 - Single fire honeycomb structure and method for manufacturing same: A method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure comprises providing an aqueous ceramic solution, providing a batch cross-link agent, mixing the agent with the solution, extruding the aqueous ceramic solution containing the cross-link agent into a honeycomb structure, and drying the honeycomb structure via a single drying step thereby forming a... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080057236 - Heat-shrinkable laminated film, molded product and heat-shrinkable label employing the film, and container: The present invention provides a heat-shrinkable laminated film, which exhibits excellent film rigidity, shrink finishing quality, transparency of the recycled film, and a small natural shrinkage, with suppressed film interlayer peeling and shrinking stress, and which is applicable to shrinkable packing, shrinkable bond-packing, shrinkable label and the like. The heat-shrinkable... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080057238 - Film: A multilayer film comprising at least three layers, two outer layers and a core layer, each outer layer independently comprising an LLDPE component and said core layer comprising a multimodal polyethylene component having a lower molecular weight component and a higher molecular weight component, wherein the density of the higher... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080057239 - Multilayer heat sealant structures, packages and methods of making the same: The embodiments of the present invention relate to multilayer thermoplastic structures having improved sealability and tearability. More specifically, the present invention relates to a multilayer heat sealant structure having at least three layers that may be coextrusion coated or otherwise laminated to a substrate, such as metallized polymeric material, foil,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080057240 - Die assembly and production process for profile extrusion: The invention discloses an improved die assembly for the extrusion of thermoplastic resin cellulosic fiber composite profiles meant to minimize and substantially prevent the occurrence of melt fracture on the surface of the extruded composite profiles. Comprising the die assembly are a balanced flow passage having a heated compression zone,... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20080057243 - Container: The invention relates to a container which has a sealed, external diffusion barrier layer which covers the whole surface and which is made of a film material, and a continuous supporting plastic layer which forms the top surface. The plastic layer does not require use of a plastic material having... Agent: Thomas M. Galgano Galgano & Associates

20080057244 - Multilayer polymer structure: layer (L2) comprises at least one polymer composition (C2) comprising at least one functionalized polyolefin (FPO2), said functionalized polyolefin comprising functional groups chosen from carboxylic groups, their esters, their anhydrides and their salts. Process for manufacturing said multilayer structure, which comprises co-extruding polymer compositions (C1) and (C2) so as to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080057246 - Multilayer composite in form of extruded hollow sections: Multi-layer composites, particularly thermoplastic composites, in form of an extruded hollow section, e.g. tubes or hoses for liquid fuel lines, include a thermoplastic outer layer and at least one further layer, wherein the outer layer is formed by a mixture based on (A) 80 to 20 parts by weight of... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080057249 - Ribbed core multi-wall structure: A multi-wall, seamless, helical tubular structure comprising, as a single seamless entity, an inner cylindrical element, an outer tubular element spaced radially from the inner cylindrical element; and a plurality of rib elements seamlessly contiguous with said inner and outer elements and in supporting relationship to said inner and outer... Agent: Intellectural Property Law Office Michael G. Gilman

20080057252 - Components and methods for use in electro-optic displays: A sub-assembly for use in forming an electro-optic display comprises (in this order) a light-transmissive substrate (120); discrete areas (204) of electro-optic material separated by gutter areas (205) essentially free from the electro-optic material; and an adhesive layer (122) and/or a release layer (124) peelable from the sub-assembly. A second... Agent: David J Cole E Ink Corporation

20080057254 - Turbine element repair: Ion-enhanced physical vapor deposition is utilized to deposit repair material on Ti alloy turbine parts. Pulse modulation may be used to control a bias voltage and an ionization.... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20080057257 - Contrast enhancement for optical recording: A recordable medium includes an inscription layer and a contrast enhancing layer. The inscription layer has at least two sub-layers that combine upon application of a write power, the inscription layer having a reflectivity R1 before application of the write power and a reflectivity R2 after application of the write... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20080057255 - Contrast inversion for optical recording: A recordable medium includes an inscription layer and at least one contrast inverting layer. The inscription layer has at least a first sub-layer and a second sub-layer that combine upon application of a write power. The inscription layer has a reflectivity R1 with respect to a read beam before application... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20080057259 - Method for manufacturing optical disc and optical disc: A method of manufacturing an optical disc includes molding a first disc substrate by a first mold simultaneously with a second disc substrate by a second mold while controlling the temperature of the first and second molds by passing a temperature-controlling medium through temperature controlling flow passages provided in the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080057256 - Micro-resonant structure for optical recording: A recordable medium includes a recordable structure including a first layer having a reflectivity R1 and a transmissivity T1, a second layer having a transmissivity T2, and a third layer having a reflectivity R3. The second layer is disposed between the first and third layers and has a thickness that... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20080057258 - Mold body and method of manufacturing the same: A mold body and method of manufacturing the mold body is provided. The mold body includes a resin-molded IC tag module with an integrated antenna and a molding material sealing the IC tag module. The molding material is any one simple thermoplastic resin selected from the consisting of aliphatic polyester,... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080057264 - Electromagnetic wave shielding laminate and display device using it: An electromagnetic wave shielding laminate 1 comprising a transparent substrate 2 and an electromagnetic wave shielding film 100 formed on the substrate, wherein the electromagnetic wave shielding film 100 has, sequentially from the substrate 2 side, a first high refractive index layer 31 made of a metal oxide having a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080057265 - Electromagnetic interference shielding structure including carbon nanotubes and nanofibers: Electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding structure and methods of making such structures are provided. In one case, a method is provided for making a lightweight composite structure for electromagnetic interference shielding, including the steps of providing a nanoscale fiber film which comprises a plurality of nanoscale fibers; and combining the nanoscale... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080057268 - Glass bonded ceramic structures: Glass-bonded ceramics made of non-microcracked non-oxide or oxide ceramic particles which are bound together by glass into a unitary non-microcracked structure are disclosed. Such ceramics are suitable for use in substrates and filters, such as a diesel particulate filter.... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080057269 - High strength substantially non-microcracked cordierite honeycomb body and manufacturing method: Porous, non-microcracked cordierite ceramic bodies having high strength, high strain tolerance, and high thermal shock resistance are produced from cordierite powder batch mixtures of controlled powder particle size fired according to a schedule that prevents objectionable cordierite grain growth, maintaining a small cordierite crystalline domain size in order to minimize... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080057267 - Layered silicate modified cordierite and method: The disclosure provides a composition including a porous cordierite honeycomb body as defined herein having excellent strength, high thermal shock resistance, and reduced microcrack properties. The disclosure also provides methods of making and using the composition, for example, as a catalyst carrier.... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080057266 - Marked honeycomb structures: A system, method, and ink for printing a data carrying mark on a green ceramic honeycomb structure is provided. The system includes a printer having an ink jet print head that prints a mark, preferably in the form of a two-dimensional data matrix barcode, on a side wall of the... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080057270 - Adhesive sheet for water jet laser dicing: An adhesive sheet for water jet laser dicing, comprises an adhesive layer laminated on a base film, wherein the adhesive sheet has perforations, has a porosity of 3 to 90% and has a fracture elongation of at least 100%.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080057271 - Film cooled slotted wall and method of making the same: An article includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a slot disposed in the second surface, the slot having a bottom surface substantially parallel to the second surface, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall, wherein the first sidewall is substantially perpendicular to the second surface... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080057272 - Modulated composite surfaces: Methods and compositions relating to the preparation of structurally and compositionally modulated composite surfaces that can potentially reduce friction and increase resistance to wear and scuffing in rolling, rotating and sliding bearing applications. Preparation of nano-to-micro size pores, holes, or dimples on a given solid surface and filling them with... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080057274 - Micro-channel chip and a process for producing the same: A micro-channel chip comprising at least an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and an intermediate substrate interposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, at least one non-adhesive thin-film layer for a micro-channel being linearly formed on one mating side which is selected from among the mating sides of... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080057273 - Optical element manufacturing method, optical element, nipkow disk, confocal optical system and 3-d measurement device: An optical element manufacturing method includes: disposing a light-shielding layer (14) that includes at least an Si layer as an uppermost layer, on a substrate (12) used as a base member, forming an optical aperture (14a) at the light-shielding layer (14) and forming a fine recession/projection structure (MR) at a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080057275 - Method and apparatus for minimizing oxidation pitting of refractory metal vessels: A method of reducing accelerated metal loss from the inner refractory metal of a component of a glass making system. The method utilizes a sacrificial metal member which saturates free volume regions surrounding the component with an oxide vapor of the sacrificial metal member.... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080057276 - Decorative panel for outdoor use and method for manufacturing the same: The present invention relates to a decorative panel comprising a decorative layer on one or both surfaces of a carrier layer. In addition to that, the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a decorative panel consisting of a carrier layer and a decorative layer. The invention also relates... Agent: Roberts & Roberts, LLP Attorneys At Law

20080057279 - Laminated heat-transfer interface for cooler module: A laminated heat-transfer interface used in a cooler module to dissipate heat from heat generating devices of a circuit board is disclosed to include a heat plate affixed to the circuit board, first heat-transfer sheet members of high Kelvin value and low heat resistance material respectively attached to the heat... Agent: Adlink Technology Inc.

20080057277 - Polymer fiber polarizers: A polarizing film is made of multilayer polarizing fibers embedded within a matrix. The fibers are formed with layers of at least a first and a second polymer material. Layers of the first polymer material are disposed between layers of the second polymer material. At least one of the first... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080057278 - Polymer fiber polarizers with aligned fibers: A polarizing film is made of multilayer polarizing fibers embedded within a matrix. The fibers are formed with layers of at least a first and a second polymer material. Layers of the first polymer material are disposed between layers of the second polymer material. At least one of the first... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080057280 - Coated cutting tool and method for producing the same: A coated cutting tool comprising a base material having a surface coated with a coating film, wherein the coating film comprises at least one layer comprised of a TiCN columnar crystal film, wherein the TiCN columnar crystal film has an average grain size of 0.05 to 0.5 μm, as measured... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080057281 - Corrosion resistant and high saturation magnetization materials: An alloy with the formula FeACoBMC, where M includes at least one element of Rh, Ru, Pt, Pd, Os, and Ir, and where 48≦A<60, 30≦B≦50, and 5<C≦20 or where 50≦A≦70, 35<B≦50, and 5<C≦20. In the formula, A+B+C=about 100 at %. The alloys resist corrosion and have a high saturation magnetization.... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A.

20080057282 - Biomass densifier apparatus: A portable extruding apparatus that is capable of densifying biomass to greater densities and higher caloric values than has been possible heretofore. This capability is possible through the use of a vented barrel on the end of the extruder that allows for the escape of any gasses that are built-up... Agent: MckellarIPLaw, PLLC

20080057284 - Hydrogel-web composites for thermal energy transfer applications and methods of making the same: The present disclosure is generally directed to hydrogel-fibrous web composites that can be used various heat transfer applications. For instance, the thermally conductive hydrogel-fibrous web composite can be used as a skin-contacting layer in a thermal energy transfer pad used to control patient body temperature. The hydrogel polymer is integral... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080057283 - Reinforced acoustical material having high strength, high modulus properties: A multilayer composite material is formed of an acoustic core layer and at least one outer strengthening layer. The acoustic composite material has desirable high strength and high flexural modulus properties.... Agent: Owens Corning

20080057286 - Method of forming a molded plastic article having at least one molded extension: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method of forming a molded plastic article having at least one molded extension extending from a second surface thereof, and a first surface that is substantially free of sink mark defects. The method involves providing a mold (1) that includes... Agent: Nova Chemicals Inc.

20080057285 - Method of forming a molded plastic article having molded extensions: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method of forming a molded plastic article (2) having a second surface (56) with molded extensions (59), e.g., structural supports, such as ribs, extending therefrom, and a first surface (69) that is substantially free of sink mark defects. The method... Agent: Nova Chemicals Inc.

20080057287 - Closed cell surfaces with enhanced drag-reduction properties: An apparatus, comprising a plurality of closed cells disposed on a surface of a substrate. Each of the closed cells has at least one dimension that is less than about 1 millimeter and are configured to hold a medium therein. The apparatus also comprises a foam that contacts the closed... Agent: Hitt Gaines, PC Alcatel-lucent

20080057289 - Transfer roll and image forming apparatus: A transfer roll including a metal shaft, one or more elastic layers provided around the periphery of the metal shaft, and a surface layer including a foam-containing layer provided around the periphery of the one or more elastic layers.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080057288 - Vacuum-infused fiberglass-reinforced fenestration framing member and method of manufacture: A method of making a fenestration framing member includes providing a core of desired cross section and geometry lengthwise of the core. A fiberglass mat is placed around the core to form a fiberglass-enclosed core, and resin is vacuum infused into the mat to form a fenestration framing member that... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080057290 - Lightweight compositions and articles containing such: A lightweight cementitious composition containing from 22 to 90 volume percent of a cement composition and from 10 to 78 volume percent of particles having an average particle diameter of from 0.2 mm to 8 mm, a bulk density of from 0.03 g/cc to 0.64 g/cc, an aspect ratio of... Agent: Nova Chemicals Inc.

20080057291 - Quartz glass substrate and process for its production: The quartz glass substrate is made to have a fictive temperature distribution of at most 40° C. and a halogen concentration of less than 400 ppm, and the etching rate of the surface of the quartz glass substrate is made uniform, whereby the dimensions of the convexoconcave patterns in a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080057292 - Breathable low-emissivity metalized sheets: A moisture vapor permeable metalized composite sheet is formed by coating a moisture vapor permeable sheet with at least one metal layer and at least one outer organic coating layer. The moisture vapor permeability of the composite sheet is at least about 80% of the moisture vapor permeability of the... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080057293 - Microstructure and method of manufacturing the same: A microstructure includes an anodized aluminum layer that has on a surface thereof micropores, at least some of which contain a catalyst, in a micropore array with a degree of ordering of at least 40%. A method of manufacturing the microstructure includes anodizing an aluminum member to form on its... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080057295 - Engravable board: This invention relates to engraved boards that are suitable for use in displays and exhibits including all types of signage, frames and artistic representations. The board is composed of at least two layers. One layer is made essentially entirely of, or includes, high impact polystyrene foam. The other layer can... Agent: Fina Technology Inc

20080057294 - High impact polystyrene tile: This invention relates to tiles that are suitable directly for use in flooring, on bathroom and other walls, kitchen and bath countertops, table tops etc. The tile is composed of at least two layers. One layer is made essentially entirely of, or includes, high impact polystyrene foam. The other layer... Agent: Fina Technology Inc

20080057296 - Self-repairing, reinforced matrix materials: Self-repairing, fiber reinforced matrix materials include a matrix material including inorganic as well as organic matrices. Disposed within the matrix are hollow fibers having a selectively releasable modifying agent contained therein. The hollow fibers may be inorganic or organic and of any desired length, wall thickness or cross-sectional configuration. The... Agent: Mara E. Deboe Merchant & Gould P.C.

20080057297 - Optical multi-layer sheet and image display device: An optical functional layer is formed on a first surface of a base material formed of polyester biaxially stretched. A protective material is formed on a second surface of the base material. The protective material includes fine particles, a lubricant, and a binder. The fine particles are formed of organic... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080057298 - Low friction particulate coatings: The invention provides a low-friction halogenated nano- or microparticulate coating and method for forming the coating on articles, such as implantable medical articles. The halogenated nano- or microparticles, desirably fabricated from PTFE, are present on the surface of the coating and covalently coupled to a coupling component, which facilitates formation... Agent: Kagan Binder, PLLC

20080057299 - Laminate for wiring board: The present invention aims to provide a polyimide resin excellent in heat resistance, dimensional stability, and toughness as an insulating layer, and to obtain a laminate suitable for a flexible wiring board by using the polyimide resin, the laminate being excellent in resistance to rupture and flexibility even when the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080057300 - Protective film wear layer: A protective floor film includes a base film layer and a U.V. cured wear layer disposed on the base film layer. The wear layer has a thickness in a range of 2 to 25 micrometers. Methods of making protective floor film and methods of protecting a floor are also disclosed.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080057301 - Crosslinked polyolefin-based resin foam sheet and process for producing the same as well as adhesive tape: The present invention provides a crosslinked polyolefin-based resin-extruded foam sheet capable of reducing its thickness while retaining excellent flexibility and heat resistance. The crosslinked polyolefin-based resin foam sheet of the present invention is obtained by feeding a polyolefin-based resin and a thermally degradable blowing agent to an extruder, melting and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080057302 - Elastomer films and process for production thereof: The present invention provides an elastomer film which is excellent in transparency, mechanical strength, heat resistance and colorability and a producing method thereof. An elastomer material was obtained by kneading a polar-group modified olefin-based copolymer comprising derived from each monomer of ethylene, propylene and 8-methyl-8-carboxy-tetracyclo[4.4.0.12,5.17,10]-3-dodecene and tetra n-butoxyzirconium as a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080057303 - Method for manufacturing carbon fiber reinforced carbon composite material suitable for semiconductor heat sink: To provide a novel process for producing a unidirectional carbon fiber reinforced carbon composite material having all of high thermal conductivity, low thermal expansion properties and high strength, useful as e.g. a semiconductor heatsink. Carbon fibers are impregnated with a liquid for impregnation prepared by dispersing or dissolving powdery carbon,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080057304 - Coating composition: A coating composition comprising an aqueous mixture containing acid-stable particles and one or more fluoroacids. The amount of the acid-stable particles in the coating composition is from 0.005% to 8% by weight on a dry weight basis. The acid-stable particles can be selected from aluminum-modified silica particles, nonaluminum-modified silica particles,... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080057305 - Methods of joining structures and joints formed thereby: A method of joining a first structure to a second structure using a joint element. The joint element has a base and at least two legs extending from the base and the legs define a slot having opposing sides and a bottom. The method comprises attaching the joint element to... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20080057306 - Adhesive sheet for laser processing: An adhesive sheet for laser processing, comprises a base film and an adhesive layer laminated on the surface of the base film, wherein the base film has a melting protection layer on the back side thereof. According to the adhesive sheet for laser processing of the present invention, the melting... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080057307 - Process for producing nanofibers: A process for making nanofibers includes preparing a fluid suspension of fibers, shear refining the fibers to create fibrillated fibers, and subsequently closed channel refining or homogenizing the fibrillated fibers to detach nanofibers from the fibrillated fibers. The shear refining of the fibers in the fluid suspension generates fiber cores... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20080057308 - Thermoplastic, thermally bondable polyolefin fibre for production of nonwovens as well as a nonwovens obtained by thermal bonding: The invention relates to a thermoplastic, thermally bondable polyolefin fibre for production of nonwovens as well as a nonwovens obtained by thermal bonding of such polyolefin fibres. The production of nonwovens for applications in hygienic end uses have thermal bonding and softness characteristics dependent on the fibres. For improvement the... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080057309 - Heat adhesive biodegradable bicomponent fibers: The present invention discloses a heat adhesive biodegradable bicomponent fiber comprising a polylactic-acid-based low melting component and a high melting component, wherein the low melting component constitutes the sheath of the fiber, and the high melting component constitutes the core of the fiber. The material of the low melting component... Agent: Wpat, PC

20080057310 - High-density polymer brush-coated hollow microparticles, processes for producing the same and applications of high-density polymer brush-coated hollow microparticles: The present inventions provides a process for hollowing a microparticle, by eluting only a microparticle from a composite microparticle made of high-density grafted chains attached to a microparticle surface and provides, by such a process, a hollow microparticle comprising a hollow portion and a high-density polymer brush layer enclosing the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080057311 - Surface-treated lead chalcogenide nanocrystal quantum dots: The present invention is directed to surface-modified lead chalcogenide nanocrystal quantum dots that are a reaction product of lead chalcogenide nanocrystal quantum dots and a metal such as a cadmium compound.... Agent: Los Alamos National Security, LLC

20080057312 - Marking articles: An article (1) such as a medicinal tablet or a foodstuff, has a microstructured surface (2). White light incident on the microstructure will be reflected at a number of different wavelengths dependent on the angle of incidence of the white light on the structure. This structure can provide an indication... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20080057315 - Method of application of heat-shrinkable articles: A method comprises providing a thermoset cross-linked polymeric heat-shrinkable article having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end has at least one extended portion and one non-extended portion, wherein the second end has a first area and a first edge portion, applying an adhesive compound to... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. MoserIPLaw Group

20080057313 - Thermoset cross-linked polymeric compositions and method of manufacture: Embodiments of the present invention include a heat-shrinkable article, comprising a thermoset cross-linked polymeric composition, wherein the cross-linked polymeric composition comprises at least one polypropylene polymer, and at least one polyethylene polymer, wherein the composition has a polypropylene content of less than about 50 percent by weight, and a polyethylene... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. MoserIPLaw Group

20080057314 - Low heat release and low smoke reinforcing fiber/epoxy composites: A composite material comprising reinforcing fiber and an adhesive composition comprising an epoxy resin, optionally a resin curing agent, a curing catalyst and a reactive phosphonate flame retardant and method of preparation thereof.... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20080057316 - Solid polymeric substrate having adherent resin component derived from curable silylated polyurethane composition: A solid polymeric substrate having a resin derived from curable silylated polyurethane composition exhibiting superior properties adhered thereto. The silylated polyurethane is prepared by reacting a polyol component with a diisocyanate component to form a hydroxyl-terminated prepolymer and endcapping the prepolymer with an isocyanate silane.... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20080057317 - Sealant compositions having a novel plasticizer: A sealant composition having from about 0.1 to about 90 weight % of a polymer selected from the group consisting of butyls, acrylics, urethanes, polysulfides, and silicone modified polymers, and at least one C4 to C8 alkyl terephthalate.... Agent: William K. Mcgreevey Eastman Chemical Company

20080057320 - Healthcare device: A healthcare device is provided whereby the human body is continuously penetrated by infrared radiation and charged particles when the device is being worn, so as to provide health promotion effects. Composite carbon particles having an SP3 diamond structure and an SP2 graphite structure are disposed at a human body... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080057318 - Low density drywall: A thin drywall board that includes a gel coat, at least one polymer/gypsum layer, and a wet glass fiber layer is provided. The gel coat is formed of a gel coat composition that includes a water dispersible polymer, gypsum, and optionally a crosslinking agent and/or a coupling agent. The polymer/gypsum... Agent: Owens Corning

20080057319 - Layer system that can be annealed and method for producing the same: A layer system that can be annealed comprises a transparent substrate, preferably a glass substrate, and a first layer sequence which is applied directly to the substrate or to one or more bottom layers that are deposited onto the substrate. The layer sequence includes a substrate-proximal blocking layer, a selective... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20080057321 - Method of making a low-resistivity, doped zinc oxide coated glass article and the coated glass article made thereby: What is described and claimed is an atmospheric chemical vapor deposition method of making a low-resistivity, doped zinc oxide coated glass article, made by directing one or more streams of gaseous reactants, specifically a zinc containing compound, a fluorine containing compound, an oxygen containing compound, and at least one compound... Agent: Marshall & Melhorn, LLC

20080057323 - Epitaxial silicon wafer and fabrication method thereof: An epitaxial silicon wafer is provided in which an epitaxial layer is grown on a silicon wafer having a plane inclined from a {110} plane of a silicon single crystal as a main surface. In the silicon wafer for growing the epitaxial layer thereon, an inclination angle azimuth of the... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080057324 - Epitaxial wafer and method of producing same: A method of producing an epitaxial wafer, comprising: performing epitaxial growth of silicon on a main surface of a wafer made of a silicon single crystal; performing surface flattening pretreatment of a main surface of the wafer using a treatment liquid of a predetermined composition at a temperature of 100°... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080057322 - Non-linear silicon compound, method of manufacturing oligomer probe array using the same, substrate for oligomer probe array with the same, and oligomer probe array with the same: A non-linear silicon compound is provided. The non-linear silicon compound may be a non-linear aromatic compound used as a linker for manufacturing an oligomer probe array. The non-linear silicon compound may reduce self-aggregation so as to form a stable and uniform monolayer. As a result, upon hybridization analysis, the fluorescent... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080057325 - Heat-conductive silicone composition and cured product thereof: Provided is a heat-conductive silicone composition, including: (A) 100 parts by volume of an organopolysiloxane having a specific structure, (B) 0.1 to 50 parts by volume of an organosilicon compound that functions as a wetter and contains a triorganooxysilyl group bonded to one terminal via an alkylene group that may... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080057326 - Silicate resistant thermal barrier coating with alternating layers: A thermal barrier coating system for use on a turbine engine component which reduces sand related distress is provided. The coating system comprises at least one first layer of a stabilized material selected from the group consisting of zirconia, hafnia, and titania and at least one second layer containing at... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20080057327 - Al2o3 ceramic tool with diffusion bonding enhanced layer: The present invention relates to ceramic cutting tools, such as, a aluminum oxide with zirconium oxide ceramic cutting tool with diffusion bonding enhanced layer and CVD coatings, particularly useful for machining modem metal materials. The method comprises a chemical reaction with a mixture including nitrogen and aluminum chloride introduced to... Agent: Patrick J. Viccaro Allegheny Technologies Incorporated

20080057329 - Ceramic sheet product and method of manufacturing the same: There is provided a ceramic sheet product having a binder layer separately formed in a lower portion thereof to increase stackability and to reduce generation of pores after binder burnout, and a method thereof. The ceramic sheet product includes a binder layer formed of a binder resin; and a ceramic... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080057328 - Coating system for piracy-protected optical medium: A piracy protection digital recording medium comprising a polymeric layer incorporating an optical state change material in conjunction with a cationic photoinitiator.... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20080057330 - Layered artwork and method of making the same: A piece of artwork that has a base layer with a first design printed on a front surface thereof, an intermediate layer with a second design printed on a front surface thereof; and a top layer with a third design printed on a front surface thereof. When the base layer,... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20080057331 - Weighted ball and method of manufacture: A heavy simulated sports action object such as a ball is formed from a hollow shell having cut stone applied at spaced locations on its outer surface with the cut stone having an exposed pattern such as a logo on its outer surface to create a first partial layer. The... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080057332 - Methods for making hollow metal spheres: A method for the manufacture of hollow metal spheres is provided. The method includes stamping appropriately-shaped hemispherical components and subsequently laser welding of the hemispheres. Metal spheres made by the method of the invention are substantially uniformly symmetrical in their mass distribution, and can provide superior performance in applications, such... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080057333 - Heat dissipation substrate for electronic device: A heat dissipation substrate for an electronic device comprises a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and a thermally conductive polymer dielectric insulating layer. A surface of the first metal layer carries the electronic device, e.g., a light-emitting diode (LED) device. The thermally conductive polymer dielectric insulating layer is... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20080057334 - Encapsulated and vented particulate thermal insulation: An article includes a piece of encapsulated insulation including an envelope having at least two vents therethrough, a particulate insulation within the envelope, and a porous filter overlying each vent of the envelope. The porous filter has a mesh size no larger that the minimum size of the particles. The... Agent: Leonard A. Alkov, Esq. Raytheon Company

20080057335 - Laminated body and producing method thereof, fixing belt, fixing device and image forming device: There is provided a laminated body that includes a metal layer comprising an electroconductive metal layer and a metal oxide layer disposed on each side of the electroconductive metal layer; and a resin layer or an elastic layer disposed on at least one side of the metal layer. There is... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080057336 - Surface-treated metal materials, method of treating the surfaces thereof, resin-coated metal materials, cans and can lids: A surface-treated metal material having, formed on the surface of a metal base member, an inorganic surface-treating layer that contains inorganic components or, further, having an organic surface-treating layer formed on the inorganic surface-treating layer, the inorganic surface-treating layer containing at least M (M is at least one of Ti,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080057337 - High-temperature coatings with pt metal modified gamma-ni + gamma'-ni3al alloy compositions: An alloy including a Pt-group metal, Ni and Al in relative concentration to provide a γ-Ni+γ-Ni3Al phase constitution, and a coating including the alloy.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080057339 - High-temperature coatings and bulk alloys with pt metal modified gamma-ni + gamma'-ni3al alloys having hot-corrosion resistance: An alloy including a Pt-group metal, Ni and Al, wherein the concentration of Al is limited with respect to the concentration of Ni and the Pt-group metal such that the alloy includes substantially no β-NiAl phase, and wherein the Pt-group metal is present in an amount sufficient to provide enhanced... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080057338 - High-temperature coatings with pt metal modified gamma-ni + gamma'-ni3al alloy compositions: An alloy including a Pt-group metal, Ni and Al in relative concentration to provide a γ-Ni+γ′-Ni3Al phase constitution, and a coating including the alloy.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080057340 - High-temperature coatings with pt metal modified gamma-ni +gamma'-ni3al alloy compositions: An alloy including a Pt-group metal, Ni and Al in relative concentration to provide a γ-Ni+γ′-Ni3Al phase constitution, and a coating including the alloy.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080057341 - Wire, flux and process for welding steel having a high nickel content: The invention relates to a flux-cored wire for welding nickel steels, comprising a steel sheath and filling elements, and containing, relative to the weight of the wire, 2 to 15% fluorine, 8 to 13% nickel, and iron; a welding flux containing, in proportions by weight, 25 to 35% MgO, 20... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080057342 - Color conversion substrate: A color conversion substrate including a color conversion medium including at least inorganic-luminescent-nanocrystal particles; and a color filter having a transmitting band with a width of 70 nm or more where the color filter has a transmittance of 0.5 or more, the color filter being formed on one side of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080057343 - Phosphor, method for manufacturing same, and particle dispersed el device using same: An EL phosphor contains a conductor phase including carbon nanotubes, carbon nanohorns, or another carbon component. The phosphor includes a sulfide that has Ag— or Cu-activated ZnS as a main component thereof. The phosphor includes material expressed by the general formula Zn(1−x)AxS:Ag/Cu, D (where A is at least one type... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080057344 - Formation of titanium nitride film: Disclosed is a method of forming a titanium nitride film on a substrate through the reaction of titanium tetrachloride and ammonia while minimizing corrosion of the underlying layer. A first titanium nitride layer is formed on a substrate by reacting titanium tetrachloride and ammonia with each other in the supply-limited... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080057345 - Process for electrocoating metal blanks and coiled metal substrates: Processes for forming a coating on electroconductive flat blanks having two major surfaces and sheared edges are provided. Also provided is a process for forming a multi-composite coating on a pre-sheared, electroconductive, flat blank having two major surfaces and sheared edges. Methods for forming and coating metal blanks are also... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080057346 - Gypsum board coating, gypsum board and cardboard-coated gypsum board production method: This invention relates to a gypsum board coating comprising cardboard with a water-repellent treatment, containing a treatment agent which prevents the growth of micro-organisms. This invention also relates to a gypsum board comprising such a coating and a method for producing the cardboard-coated gypsum board.... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080057347 - Ultraviolet-flourescing material: An ultraviolet absorbing, fluorescing material is described, wherein the material fluoresces and can provide ultraviolet protection.... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20080057348 - Magnetic recording medium, method of manufacturing therefor, and magnetic read/write apparatus: A soft magnetic undercoat film, a first undercoat film, a second undercoat film, a perpendicular magnetic recording film, and a protective film are provided on a non-magnetic substrate, and the first undercoat film consists of Pt, Pd, or an alloy including at least one among these, and the second undercoat... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080057349 - High performance perpendicular media for magnetic recording with optimal exchange coupling between grains of the media: A high performance perpendicular media with optimal exchange coupling between grains has improved thermal stability, writeability, and signal-to-noise ratio in a selected range of allowable intergranular exchange between the grains for high performing media. The writeability and byte error rate of a TaOx media are demonstrated to be substantially better... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20080057350 - Magnetic media and sputter targets with compositions of high anisotropy alloys and oxide compounds: A magnetic data storage layer includes a high-Ku alloy and an oxide compound of oxygen and either a single element or an alloy. Because of their high Ku, the magnetic domains of this magnetic data storage layer can be made significantly smaller, while maintaining an acceptable thermal stability ratio of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080057351 - Magnetic recording medium: A magnetic recording medium, which comprises: a backcoat layer; a nonmagnetic support; a nonmagnetic layer; and a magnetic layer, in this order, wherein the backcoat layer has Tg of from 65 to 95° C., and the binder constituting the backcoat layer satisfies the following requirements: (1) the binder comprises a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080057352 - Magnetic material: A magnetic material is provided that has an iron oxide phase whose principal phase is a crystal of a structure which has the same space group as ε-Fe2O3 crystal and in which Al is substituted for a portion of the Fe sites of the ε-Fe2O3 crystal. The molar ratio of... Agent: Clark & Brody