Stock material or miscellaneous articles inventions 06/08

20080152842 - Altering surfaces of display screens: A matte surface of a display screen is converted to an optically flat surface, for example, via an epoxy resin coating or the like which has a refractive index equal to that of the matte surface. A film with a substantially flat surface may be applied to the matte surface.... Agent: Murabito, Hao & Barnes, LLP

20080152844 - Polymerizable liquid crystal composition: A cholesteric polymerizable liquid crystal composition excellent in UV curing property and alignment property is provided. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition contains at least one liquid crystal compound selected from compounds represented by Formula (1-1) and Formula (1-2), at least one liquid crystal compound selected from compounds represented by Formula... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080152843 - Liquid crystal composition, liquid crystal element, and siloxane polymer: The present invention provides a liquid crystal composition including a siloxane polymer, a nematic liquid crystal compound substituted with at least one fluorine atom, and at least one dichroic dye; and a liquid crystal composition including a siloxane polymer having liquid crystalline group at the side chain of the polymer,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080152845 - Thermosetting resin composition and cured film: The invention provides a cured film, which is particularly excellent in flatness and heat resistance and is also excellent in solvent resistance, chemical resistance such as acid resistance, alkali resistance and the like, water resistance, ability to adhere to a substrate such as glass and the like, transparency, scratch resistance,... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP Ip Group, Columbia Square

20080152846 - Molded array board for attaching jewels on decoration paper and method for attaching jewels using the same: A method for attaching jewels and a molded array board for attaching the jewels to decoration paper are invented. The jewels or studs can be attached to the surface of clothes, handbags or other accessory-related products. The molded array board comprises the space-arranging bosses (2, 2′) protruding in a repetitive... Agent: Gwips Peter T. Kwon

20080152847 - Thermal transfer sheet and protective layer transfer sheet: m

20080152848 - Insulating glass pane and method of production thereof: The invention relates to an insulating glass pane, in which two separate glass panes (2, 3) are held at a distance from one another by a spacer (4), which consists of a strip and which has an inner side (12), and outer side (6) and two flanks (11). A drying... Agent: Orum & Roth

20080152849 - Insulating glass pane comprising a frame-shaped spacer: The invention relates to an insulating glass panes, in which two separate glass panes (45, 46) are held at a distance from one another by a frame-shaped spacer which is formed from a hollow profile rod (1) or hollow profile rod which are connected in a linear manner. Said spacer... Agent: Orum & Roth

20080152850 - Resealable film structure: A reclosable film structure for a package is disclosed, in particular a reclosable lap seal, comprising a multiple layer film with an interior pressure sensitive adhesive layer, and methods of manufacture thereof. The pressure sensitive adhesive layer is positioned between a first and a third layer on either side of... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20080152852 - Decorated ferrule and golf club using the same: A ferrule includes a brilliant three-dimensional decoration member fixed to a surface of the ferrule.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080152851 - Stretch blow-molded containers from metallocene propylene polymer compositions: Stretch blow molded containers comprising a propylene polymer composition produced with a metallocene catalyst, the propylene polymer composition comprising: A. 25.0 wt % to about 75.0 wt % of a homopolymer or minirandom copolymer of propylene containing up to 1.0 wt % of at least one of ethylene and C4-C10... Agent: Basell Usa Inc.

20080152853 - Composite containment casings for turbine engine and methods for fabricating the same: A method for fabricating a turbine engine composite containment casing is provided. The method comprising impregnating a plurality of fiber-reinforced layers with a resin to form a preform, heating the preform to a first temperature, applying a vacuum to the preform, varying an amount of pressure applied to the preform... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080152854 - Damping tape and articles comprising same: m

20080152855 - Release layer for in-mold decoration: This invention relates to a composition suitable for the formation of a release layer in an in-mold decoration or thermal transfer printing process. The invention also relates to a process for the formation of a release layer comprising dispersing or dissolving the release layer composition of the present invention in... Agent: Howrey LLP

20080152856 - Coated abrasive disc and method of making the same: A coated abrasive disc has a backing comprising a synthetic woven fabric having a first major surface with a presize disposed thereon and a second major surface opposite the first major surface and having a backsize disposed thereon. The presize comprises a reaction product of a curable presize precursor comprising:... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080152857 - Adhesive compositon for optical disk, cured product and article: Disclosed is an adhesive which enables to obtain a bonded optical disk, wherein optical disks having a total reflection film or a translucent reflection film made of silver or a silver alloy are bonded together, which exhibits high adhesion strength between the reflection film and a cured product of the... Agent: Nields & Lemack

20080152858 - Hybrid fan blade and method for its manufacture: With a hybrid fan blade, the supporting structure (1) in fiber-composite material is enclosed by an enveloping structure (2) only in an area of the airfoil, with a suction-side sheet-metal cover of the enveloping structure being pre-stressed in tension and a pressure-side sheet-metal cover of the enveloping structure being pre-stressed... Agent: Harbin King & Klima

20080152859 - Coated-product with marking, process for manufacturing the same, and enclosure for electronic apparatus: Disclosed is a coated-product with marking. The coated-product is obtained by the steps of forming a coating layer having brightness higher than the brightness of a bare surface of a molding on the surface of the molding made of resin colored with dye, and removing a predetermined portion of the... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080152860 - Conjoined absorbent exercise mat: A washable absorbent fabric that adheres to a portion of an exercise mat is disclosed herein for use during exercising. The absorbent fabric is made of a washable material. The absorbent fabric covers virtually the entire surface of one side of the exercise mat while leaving the opposite side of... Agent: Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP

20080152861 - Engineered wood composites having superior strength and stiffness: Disclosed is a process for making an engineered wood product comprising the following steps: (a) cutting a quantity of strands from wood lumber by use of a 3D stranding process, the strands having a length of about 6 inches to about 12 inches; and (b) forming the quantity of strands... Agent: J M Huber Corporation

20080152862 - Fabric reinforced multi-ply plywood panel: A bendable multi-ply plywood panel includes at least two rotary cut veneer layers oriented with their grain structures substantially transverse to the bending direction of the panel, and which are secured respectively on each side of a flexible Nylon or cotton mesh layer by an adhesive. The rotary-cut veneer construct... Agent: Riches, Mckenzie & Herbert, LLP

20080152863 - Joined body and method for manufacturing the same: There is provided a joined body formed by unitarily joining two or more members to be joined by means of a bonding material layer formed of a bonding material composition. The bonding material composition contains flat particles, non-flat particles, and an inorganic adhesive as main components, and the bonding material... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080152864 - Spreading layer and humidity control layer for enhancing sensor performance: The invention is directed to optical sensors for measuring clinically relevant analytes, their methods of manufacture, and their various uses. In an effort to develop a dry calibration method for the optical sensors of the invention it is discovered that water content inside or in the immediate vicinity of a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080152865 - Separation membrane and manufacturing process thereof: A process for manufacturing a separation membrane with excellent productivity, which can uniformly dry and imidize a separation membrane precursor solution formed on an inner surface of through-holes of a monolith substrate and which does not require complicated operations such as placement of a monolith substrate in a dryer, and... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080152866 - Dual damascene structure: A dual damascene structure and a method of forming a dual damascene structure are disclosed. The dual damascene structure includes an insulation member, a single crystal member and a filling member. The insulation member has an opening having a dual damascene shape. The filling member is formed on a side... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080152867 - Waterproofing membrane for use on inclined surfaces: The present invention provides a waterproofing membrane for use on inclined surfaces. The membrane is fabricated from one or more layers of flexible sheet material preferably consisting of woven or nonwoven synthetic polymers of polypropylene. A skid resistant pattern of polymer elements is applied to the top surface of the... Agent: Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

20080152868 - Substrate with transparent conductive oxide film, process for its production and photoelectric conversion element: A substrate with a transparent conductive oxide film (especially a substrate with a transparent conductive oxide film useful as a substrate for a thin-film silicon-based solar cell) being excellent in mass production efficiency and being characterized by having a low resistance, a high transparency and a good light scattering performance... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080152869 - Multifunctional material: The multifunctional material can readily adsorb even VOCs, which exhibits high photocatalytic activity and functions as visible-light-responsive photocatalyst by virtue of a large surface area and of being doped with carbon, has high hardness and exhibits excellent exfoliation resistance, wear resistance, resistance to chemicals, and heat resistance. The multifunctional material... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080152870 - Transparent electrically-conductive hard-coated substrate and method for producing the same: A transparent electrically-conductive hard-coated substrate of the invention comprises a transparent base material; a deposited carbon nanotubes layer formed on the transparent base material; and a cured resin layer formed on the deposited carbon nanotubes layer, wherein the deposited carbon nanotubes layer has a thickness of 10 nm or less,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080152873 - Euv pellicle and method for fabricating semiconductor dies using same: According to one exemplary embodiment, an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) pellicle for use with a lithographic mask comprises a carbon nanotube film. The carbon nanotube EUV pellicle can be mounted on the lithographic mask. The carbon nanotube EUV pellicle protects the lithographic mask from contamination by undesirable particles and also prevents... Agent: Farjami & Farjami LLP

20080152877 - Ink jet recording method: A recording method for printing on a plastic film surface of a print medium by ejecting droplets of a water-based ink composition onto the plastic film surface includes applying a water-based ink composition on the plastic film surface, and heating the water-based ink composition on the plastic film surface to... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080152872 - Method for aligning elongated nanostructures: A method of depositing elongated nanostructures that allows accurate positioning and orientation is described. The method involves printing or otherwise depositing elongated nanostructures in a carrier solution. The deposited droplets are also elongated, usually by patterning the surface upon which the droplets are deposited. As the droplet evaporates, the fluid... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080152874 - System and method for card quality assurance: A system and method for payment card quality assurance is provided. The system and method use a grid or similar graphic to optically accentuate card surface deformations in test cards. The grid enables a generic test that checks the quality across the whole card surface. Process card monitors with the... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p.

20080152871 - System, method and composition for adhering preformed thermoplastic traffic control signage to pavement: The present disclosure relates to a system and permanent pavement marker for coating or bonding or both coating and bonding a first underlying substrate, wherein a second layer comprises a polyurea epoxy curable composition of about 200 centipoise which is bonded to the first underlying substrate, wherein the curable composition... Agent: Guerry Leonard Grune

20080152875 - Transfer foil and image forming matter employing it: This invention provides a transfer foil, which, even in a relief formation layer formed of a highly heat resistant material, can realize good embossing properties of a relief structure and good printing durability of a embossing stamper, and, even in transfer, for example, using a thermal printer, can realize good... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080152876 - Veneer filling and repair method and composition: The present invention is filler composition and a method for applying the filler composition to an engineered hardwood flooring board in order to fill the defects in the veneer layer of the board to provide the desired appearance to the exterior of the board. The filler composition is applied continuously... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20080152878 - Paper with photo-feel backcoat: A method of treating paper to have a photo-feel backcoating includes preparing a mixture of a binder and polyethylene particles wherein the polyethylene particles have first and second sizes, and coating the mixture onto a surface of a sheet of paper which is opposite the surface of the sheet which... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080152880 - Liquid material drawing method, color filter manufacturing method, and organic el element manufacturing method: A liquid material drawing method includes: performing a first discharging step in which at least one of the droplets the liquid material is discharged from at least one of a plurality of nozzles for each of a plurality of pixel regions; observing and capturing an image of the pixel regions... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080152881 - Porous infusible polymer parts: Porous infusible polymer (IP) parts are made by incorporating 0.2 to 10 volume percent organic fibers, preferably with short lengths, into the particulate IP, consolidating the mixture under pressure and optionally heating, and then “burning off” the fibers. After the fibers are burned off the resulting part has porosity in... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080152879 - Transparent conductive laminate and touch panel: A transparent conductive laminate includes: a first transparent dielectric thin film; a second transparent dielectric thin film; a transparent conductive thin film; a transparent film substrate having a thickness of 2 μm to 200 μm, and the first transparent dielectric thin film, the second transparent dielectric thin film, and the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080152882 - Coated cutting tool: The present invention relates to a coated cutting tool for metal machining with a from about 2.0 to about 20 μm thick PVD coating, having both the wear resistance of a coating of homogeneous layers and the toughness of a multilayer coating, comprising a first (Mec1,Mec2)(C,N,O) layer where Mec1 is... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080152886 - High-pressure injection moulding process for the production of optical components: The invention relates to an injection moulding process for producing thick-walled precision components, of transparent thermoplastic polymers using a mould comprising at least two mould halves, characterised in that the molten polymer is injected into the cavity of the mould and then, after the cavity of the mould has been... Agent: Bayer Material Science Llc

20080152884 - Methods of forming ferroelectric crystals as storage media and structures formed thereby: Methods and associated structures of forming a microelectronic device are described. Those methods may comprise forming a conductive layer on a single crystal ferroelectric material, patterning the conductive layer to form contacts, attaching a portion of a circuit on the patterned conductive layer, lapping the single crystal ferroelectric material to... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080152883 - Nanoengineered material for hydrogen storage: The present invention relates to nanostructured material capable of storing hydrogen. The nanostructured material may be configured with a selected geometry to provide the capability to influence and increase the limiting or theoretical gravimetric storage level (GSL) of hydrogen for a given chemical composition.... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, Pllc

20080152885 - Resin composition suitable for sheet formation: A resin composition comprising a polyamide, a polyphenylene ether, an elastomer, and an inorganic filler having a mean particle diameter of 0.05 to 1 μm, characterized in that the polyamide is a polyamide mixture of two or more polyamides each having a different relative viscosity, the polyamide mixture has a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080152887 - Impact-absorbing composite structure, method of manufacturing the impact-absorbing composite structure, and driving object or aviating object employing the impact-absorbing composite structure: An impact-absorbing composite structure is formed with a resin and a fiber laminated body, and absorbs, when experiencing an impact, the impact by self destruction. An interlayer-strength improvement technique is applied on the impact-absorbing composite structure in an oblique manner or in a gradual manner.... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080152888 - Methods and systems for providing dyed, stretchable flame resistant fabrics and garments: Flame resistant stretch fabrics made from aramid fibers and elastomeric fibers and methods and systems for dyeing such fabrics while significantly retaining the stretch properties of the fabrics. Such methods and systems include the use of certain dye carriers not conventionally used in the aramid dyeing process that enable the... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20080152889 - Nano-labeling: In order to protect a product against counterfeiting the invention proposes marking the product with a marking substance that can be detected clearly and unambiguously with suitable analysis methods.... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080152890 - Structural element and method for producing the same: To produce a structural element that withstands corrosive and/or abrasive flows of hot gas during a predetermined service life and, on the other hand, can be advantageously produced, it is proposed that the structural element comprises a fiber-ceramic main body, in that the main body is formed by a C/C... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, Llc

20080152891 - Doped aluminum oxide dielectrics: Doped aluminum oxide layers having a porous aluminum oxide layer and methods of their fabrication. The porous aluminum oxide layer may be formed by evaporation physical vapor deposition techniques to facilitate formation of a high-purity aluminum oxide layer. A dopant material is embedded in the pores of the porous aluminum... Agent: Fogg Slifer & Polglaze, P.a. Attn: Thomas W. Leffert

20080152892 - Component comprising submicron hollow spaces: Methods for filtering particles from a fluid are disclosed, wherein an array of microstructures defining respective microchannels having respective minimum widths are used to separate the fluid from particles to be filtered. The fluid flows through the minimum widths into the microchannels defined between adjacent microstructures. The particles to be... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080152893 - Process for producing gas-tight and temperature-stable modules with ceramic hollow-fibre or capillary membranes: The present invention relates to modules comprising hollow fiber or capillary membranes, a mold and embeddings made of potting compounds, which are referred to as “pottings” and which embed the hollow fiber or capillary membranes into a mold in a gas-tight and temperature-stable manner, and to methods for producing such... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080152894 - Treated substrates having improved delivery of impregnated ingredients: An article of manufacture containing polymeric microparticles, optionally loaded with an active agent, impregnated into a porous substrate is disclosed.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080152895 - Carbon nanotubes for transfer belt applications: A xerographic transfer member includes a resistive, electrically relaxable, polyimide substrate, and a conformance resistive layer that includes a fluoroelastomer composite. The fluoroelastomer composite includes a cross-linked fluoropolymer, a plurality of carbon nanotubes, and exhibits a resistivity from about 107 ohm-cm to about 1013 ohm-cm.... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080152896 - Process to prepare carbon nanotube-reinforced fluoropolymer coatings: A method to form a stable suspension includes dispersive mixing a semi-soft or molten fluoropolymer and a plurality of carbon fibrils by mechanical shear force to form a polymer composite and dispersing the composite into an effective solvent to form a stable suspension.... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080152897 - Soft magnetic material and dust core: A soft magnetic material includes a plurality of composite magnetic particles (30), wherein each of the plurality of composite magnetic particles (30) includes a metal magnetic particle (10), an insulating coating (20) covering the surface of the metal magnetic particle (10), and a composite coating (22) covering the outside of... Agent: Osha Liang L.l.p.

20080152898 - Varistor-based field control tape: The disclosure relates to a tape with nonlinear field control properties containing ZnO microvaristor particles. The doped ZnO particles are produced by crushing a sintered ZnO block, by desagglomeration or crushing of calcinated granulated particles, or by crushing of a calcined or sintered tape (tape casting). Embodiments, among other things,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080152899 - Reducing electrostatic discharge ignition sensitivity of mic materials: The invention provides metastable intermolecular composites that have good thermite properties while also being relatively insensitive to electrostatic discharge ignition. A preferred embodiment metastable intermolecular composite has a metal oxide nanostructure, which can be coated with an energetic polymer via a molecular linker or loaded with a gas generating polymer.... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080152900 - Thermal curable powder coating composition: wherein the at least one hydroxyl functional polyurethane resin binder (A) and the at least one polyurethane resin (B) both having a melting temperature of 60 to 180° C., in particular, 80 to 160° C.; the powder coating composition makes it possible to achieve a low melt viscosity and an... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080152901 - Nanostructure optical insulating membrane: A nano-structure optical insulating membrane includes a substrate, a nano-structure layer formed on the substrate, and a metal layer formed on the nano-structure layer is disclosed. Upon exposure to light, the nano-structure layer increases visible light transmission but reduces internal reflection, and the metal layer blocks infrared light and thereby... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080152902 - Wall coverings: A method of producing a wall covering comprising the steps of (a) rendering a wallpaper substrate magnetically receptive by coating a wallpaper substrate with a composition comprising magnetically receptive iron oxide pigments and over-printing the wallpaper substrate. A wall covering with a magnetically receptive coating and a kit comprising such... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080152903 - System and process for high-density, low-energy plasma enhanced vapor phase epitaxy: An apparatus and process for fast epitaxial deposition of compound semiconductor layers includes a low-energy, high-density plasma generating apparatus for plasma enhanced vapor phase epitaxy. The process provides in one step, combining one or more metal vapors with gases of non-metallic elements in a deposition chamber. Then highly activating the... Agent: Moetteli & Associates Sarl

20080152904 - Novel adhesive and laminate using the same: Provided is an adhesive obtained by reaction of a polyolefin (A) having a group reactive with a carbodiimide group and a compound (B) containing a carbodiimide group in the presence of an unmodified polyolefin (C), having a ratio of a peak intensity at 2130 to 2140 cm−1 to a peak... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080152905 - Wash-durable and color stable antimicrobial treated textiles: The present invention provides for a color stable antimicrobial coatings and coating systems comprising a silver ion-exchange type antimicrobial agent. In particular, coatings and coating systems having little, if any, discoloration are provided with no loss of antimicrobial efficacy.... Agent: Edward K. Welch Ii Ip&l Solution

20080152906 - Hybrid carbon fiber spun yarn and hybrid carbon fiber spun yarn fabric using the same: e

20080152907 - Polyaniline conductive solution, and a method of manufacturing thereof: A composition of a polyaniline conductive solution includes an aniline monomer solution, an aqueous solution, and an oxidizing initiator. In the composition, the aniline monomer solution comprises at least one kind of aniline monomers. The aqueous solution comprises an organic acid salt and water. After the aniline monomer solution and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080152908 - Fishing line and method for production thereof: A fishing line is produced by forming a monofilament by subjecting a resin composition (C) containing 90 to 99.3% by weight of a polyamide resin (A) and 0.7 to 10% by weight of a silicone compound (B) having a number average molecular weight of 100,000 to 2,000,000 to melt-spinning and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080152910 - N/a: The invention describes powders for use in the production of spatial structures, i.e. molded bodies, using layer build-up methods, as well as methods for their efficient production. The powders have the special feature that they have good flow behavior, for one thing, and at the same time, have such a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080152909 - Process for producing spherical polymer powder and spherical powder comprising (meth)acrylic block copolymer: A process for spherical-polymer-powder production by which polymer particles which are nearly spherical, small in particle diameter, and suitable for use as a molding material can be easily obtained. The spherical polymer powder has excellent powder flowability, is safe, and can form, e.g., a high-quality molding, skin material, or coating... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080152911 - Templated metal particles and methods of making: Composite particles of a metal particle within a crosslinked, cored dendrimer are described. Additionally, methods of making the composite particles and compositions that contain the composite particles are described.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080152912 - Particulate powder of silver and method of manufacturing same: A nanoparticle powder of silver has an average particle diameter measured by TEM observation (DTEM) of 30 nm or less, an aspect ratio of less than 1.5, an X-ray crystallite size (Dx) of 30 nm or less, a degree of single crystal grain {(DTEM)/(Dx)} of 5.0 or less, and a... Agent: Clark & Brody

20080152913 - Method of making compositions including particles: Method of making compositions comprising a plurality of particles having improved dispersibility, floodability, flowability, fluidization, packing factor, and/or tap density and/or decrease bulk volume and/or entrained gas of the plurality of particles relative to the plurality of particles free of nanoparticles.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080152916 - Coating formulation and application of organic passivation layer onto iron-based rare earth powders: The present disclosure relates to coating formulations for neodymium-iron-boron type magnetic powders manufactured from rapid solidification processes for the purpose, inter alia, of corrosion and oxidation resistance when exposed to aggressive environments. The coating formulation preferably contains an epoxy binder, curing agent, an accelerating agent, and a lubricant. By incorporating... Agent: Jones Day

20080152915 - Pellet for oxygen-absorbing resin composition and oxygen-absorbing resin composition: A high-quality oxygen-absorbing resin composition which is obtained without suffering resin scorching. Also provided are pellets for the oxygen-absorbing resin composition which comprise a thermoplastic resin (A) and an oxidation catalyst. After the pellets are mixed with a trigger resin and a thermoplastic resin (C), the trigger resin functions as... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080152914 - Polysiloxane modified titanium dioxide: A particle of titanium dioxide treated with a polysiloxane is disclosed. One or more silicon atoms of the polysiloxane are substituted with an alkylene group that is terminated with a silyl group containing three substituents selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, halo, alkoxy, acetoxy, and mixtures thereof. These treated... Agent: King & Spalding

20080152917 - Dimensionally stable, leak-free graphite substrate: A method for preparing resin-impregnated graphite articles, including providing a sheet of compressed particles of exfoliated graphite having two major surfaces; impregnating the sheet with a first resin system to form a resin-impregnated sheet; surface treating the resin-impregnated sheet to form at least one structure on at least one of... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.c.

20080152920 - Image bearing composite article and method of making same: A composite article includes a plurality of plies of composite material arranged atop one another to form a stack that is bonded together with a resin material. An image layer is integrally formed with the stack and visible on at least one outer surface of the stack. The image layer... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080152918 - Infusion monitoring system and method: The invention relates to systems and methods which may be used to determine when an uncured composite part is ready to be cured. In one embodiment, a system under the invention may comprise an infrared camera adapted to take infrared images of an uncured composite part, a heating device adapted... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20080152919 - Resistive implant welding for structural bonds in automotive applications: A fused component having a first portion and second portion made of polymer material. Between the first portion and second portion is a conductor and a weld line is formed between said first portion and said second portion along the surface area of the conductor. The weld line has a... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, .p.c

20080152922 - Hybrid composite wafer carrier for wet clean equipment: A carrier structure for supporting a substrate when being processed by passing the carrier through a meniscus formed by upper and lower proximity heads is described. The carrier includes a frame having an opening sized for receiving a substrate and a plurality of support pins for supporting the substrate within... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080152921 - Thermally b-stageable composition for rapid electronic device assembly: Provided is an adhesive composition useful for electronic assembly comprising a curable epoxy resin, a plurality of polymer particles having at least one of a plurality of acid functional groups or a composition which swells in the presence of the epoxy resin at a first temperature and a thermally activated... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080152925 - High temperature elastomers with low hydrocarbon vapor permeability: An elastomer blend is made by admixing fluoroelastomer and fluorinated silicone polymer (with optional filler and/or conductive particulate) into a polymeric admixture in weight ratios to provide a low vaporous hydrocarbon permeation rate and high thermal strain value in thermally robust elastomer cured from the blend. The blend is of... Agent: Freudenberg-nok General Partnership Legal Department

20080152923 - Highly heat-resistant static device for electric power: At least one component of a static device for electric power is covered by a synthetic polymer compound A. The synthetic polymer compound A is formed by connecting at least one first organosilicon polymer and at least one second organosilicon polymer, to prepare a third organosilicon polymer, and then connecting... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080152924 - Production process for parts of a perfluoropolymer composition: Perfluoropolymer parts containing (reinforcing) fibers oriented parallel to the surface of the parts may be joined by frictional welding processes such as vibration welding and ultrasonic welding without disturbing the orientation of the fibers. The parts may be used directly or cut into other shapes. Such parts are useful where... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080152926 - Composites and methods for conductive transparent substrates: The present invention is directed to a conductive article and method of making the same that includes a substrate; a conductive composite including a conductive material in a matrix that includes one or more film forming resins having at least one functional group capable of polymerization; one or more adhesion... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch Pc

20080152927 - Coating composition applicable to nonpolar resin substrate, multilayer coat forming method using the same, and coated resin product: A colored base coating composition includes a chlorinated polyolefin resin grafted with an acrylic component in which the acrylic component has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 60° C. or more and an OH group-containing acrylic resin. The chlorinated polyolefin resin grafted with the acrylic component and the OH group-containing... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20080152928 - Multilayer ceramics substrate: A highly reliable ceramics substrate which can sufficiently secure a bonding strength of a surface conductor in an initial state and after a lapse of time (e.g., after a PCT) is provided. The multilayer ceramics substrate has a surface conductor on at least one surface of a multilayer body constituted... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080152930 - Coated substrates, organometallic films and methods for applying organometallic films to substrates: A coated article comprising a substrate having a plastic surface and adhered thereto an organometallic film in which the metal has f electron orbitals or is niobium is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for applying organometallic films to substrates and the organometallic films themselves.... Agent: William J. Uhl

20080152929 - Polymer coating for medical devices: Coatings are provided in which surfaces may be activated by covalently bonding a combination of silane derivatives (A) to the metal surface, covalently bonding a lactone polymer (B) to the silane derivative by in situ ring opening polymerization, and depositing at least one layer of a polyester (C) on the... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080152931 - Method of imparting corrosion resistance to a multi-layer window film having a metal layer: A method of imparting corrosion resistance to an edge of a multilayer window film having a metal layer arranged between a pair of polymeric layers includes the step of treating the edge of the window film with a corrosion inhibitor.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080152932 - Programmable-resistance memory cell: The present invention relates to a memory cell (10) comprising: a resistive structure (1), and at least two electrodes (2) coupled to the resistive structure (1), wherein: the resistive structure (1) comprises hydrogen, and the resistive structure (1) comprises a material that exhibits a hydrogen ion mobility value of at... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20080152933 - Curable resin material-fine particle composite material and method of producing the same, optical material, and light emitting device: wherein R1 represents a long-chain aliphatic or alicyclic hydrocarbon group, R2 represents a hydrocarbon group having a structure showing affinity with at least a portion of monomers composing the resin material, and X1 and X2 independently represent a carboxyl group —COOH, hydrohydroxyphosphoryl group —PH(O)(OH), phosphono group —PO(OH)2, sulfino group —SO(OH),... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080152934 - Memory device with improved data retention: The present memory device includes first and second electrodes, a passive layer between the first and second electrodes; and an active layer between the first and second electrodes, the active layer being of dendrimeric material which provides passages through the active layer.... Agent: Paul J. Winters

20080152935 - Barrier coatings: A barrier coating comprising the reaction product of a polymeric material and an acid is disclosed. Methods for improving the barrier of a substrate, and substrates treated according to this method are also disclosed.... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080152936 - Methods for mastering and mastering substrate: The present invention relates to a method for providing a high density relief structure in a recording stack (10) of a master substrate (12), particularly a master substrate (12) for making a stamper for the mass-fabrication of optical discs or a master substrate for creating a stamp for micro contact... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080152937 - Adapter for use with a liquid warming device: A liquid warming device for heating sterile fluids in a removable container is described with emphasis on the properties of the container interaction with the liquid warming device and with a drape that works with the container to maintain a sterile field above the drape and the top of the... Agent: The Eclipse Group

20080152938 - Group iv nanoparticles and films thereof: A set of nanoparticles is disclosed. Each nanoparticle of the set of nanoparticles is comprised of a set of Group IV atoms arranged in a substantially spherical configuration. Each nanoparticle of the set of nanoparticles further having a sphericity of between about 1.0 and about 2.0; a diameter of between... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080152939 - Magnetic beads: The present invention relates to magnetic beads suitable for, for example, isolation of proteins, cells, and viruses and also for diagnostic applications and cell cultivation. The magnetic beads are composite beads with an inner core of metal particles, which are coated with an inert synthetic polymer and these are then... Agent: Ge Healthcare Bio-sciences Corp. Patent Department

20080152940 - Hardness and roughness of toothed section from a surface-densified sintered material: A method for producing a toothed section from a densified sintered material and to such a toothed section, whereas a predensified tooth perform is densified to its final shape at least in one area by means of iteratively acquired data, and the roughness in the area being improved relative to... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080152941 - Microstructure and method of manufacturing the same: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a microstructure, wherein an aluminum substrate is subjected to, in order, (1) a step of subjecting a surface of the aluminum substrate to a first anodizing treatment to form an anodized film having micropores on the surface of the aluminum substrate; (2) a step... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080152942 - Plain bearing: A plain bearing is described having a bearing metal layer, supported by a support shell, made of an aluminum or copper alloy and having a lead-free running layer, possibly applied to the bearing metal layer over an intermediate layer, made of a zinc matrix having at least one further alloy... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080152943 - High temperature photonic structure for tungstein filament: The invention is directed to a process for the creation of a photonic lattice on the surface of an emissive substrate comprising first depositing a thin film metal layer on at least one surface of the substrate, the thin film metal comprising a metal having a melting point lower than... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080152944 - System and method for surface hardening of refractory metals: A process of converting an outer layer of an object made of a refractory metal, such as titanium, into a carbide of the refractory metal. A molten metal, such as molten lithium, is placed adjacent the outer surface of the object. The lithium does not react with the titanium, nor... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20080152945 - Fiber reinforced gypsum panel: A gypsum-containing panel and a method of making it are disclosed including at least one facing layer having a first polymer that is reinforced with reinforcing fibers and a gypsum core that has a second polymer in a second polymer matrix interwoven with a gypsum matrix. The first polymer in... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20080152947 - Light emitting material and organic light-emitting device: A polymer light emitting material, wherein the material has a light emitting mechanism based on transition from an excited triplet state to a ground state or transition through an excited triplet state to a ground state of an electron energy level, and the material comprises a nonionic light emitting part... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080152948 - Light-emitting device and aromatic compound: A light-emitting device comprising a pair of electrodes and a light-emitting layer or a plurality of organic layers comprising a light-emitting layer disposed therebetween, the light-emitting layer or at least one of a plurality of organic layers comprising the light-emitting layer comprising at least one compound represented by the following... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080152946 - Novel fluorene compounds, hole injection materials/hole transport materials containing said fluorene compounds, a light emitting element containing said fluorene compounds and methods of preparation thereof: wherein R1-R14 and R1′-R14′ are respectively H, halogen, C1-C6 alkyl, alkyloxyl or cycloalkyl. The present also discloses their method of preparation and their usage as the hole injection material or the hole transport material of an organic light emitting diode, and the light emitting diode containing the invented fluorene compounds... Agent: Venable LLP

20080152949 - Method for preparing an organic film at the surface of a solid support under non-electrochemical conditions, solid support thus obtained and preparation kit: This invention relates to a method for preparing an organic film at the surface of a solid support, with a step of contacting said surface with a liquid solution including (i) at least one protic solvent, (ii) at least one adhesion primer, and (iii) at least one monomer different from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080152950 - Anthracene derivative and organic electroluminescent device using the same: i

20080152951 - Vertical magnetic recording head device: A vertical magnetic recording head device includes: a magnetic layer that includes a main magnetic pole exposed from a surface facing a recording medium; a return yoke layer that is provided on the magnetic layer with a non-magnetic layer interposed therebetween; and coil layers that apply a recording magnetic field... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080152952 - Organic spin transport device: The organic spin transport device, such as a magnetic tunnel junction or a transistor, includes at least two ferromagnetic material electrodes. At least one organic semiconductor structure is formed between the at least two ferromagnetic material electrodes. At least one buffer layer is positioned between the at least one organic... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20080152954 - Information storage devices using magnetic domain wall movement and methods of manufacturing the same: An information storage device includes a writing magnetic layer including a magnetic domain wall. An information storing magnetic layer is connected to the writing magnetic layer, and includes at least one magnetic domain wall. The information storage device also includes a reader for reading data recorded in the information storing... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080152953 - Information storage devices using movement of magnetic domain wall and methods of manufacturing the information storage device: An information storage device includes a magnetic layer and a supply unit. The magnetic layer includes a plurality of regions, a first region having a first magnetic anisotropic energy and a second region having a second magnetic anisotropic energy. The first and second regions are arranged alternately, and the second... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080152955 - Media for recording devices: Improvements to magnetic recording device including magnetic recording media are described. The improvements include the addition of copper to the recording layer as well as improved underlayers. In addition, improved manufacturing processes and magnetic/recording properties for media through heating and oxidation are described.... Agent: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc.

20080152956 - Magnetic recording medium and radiation curing composition: A magnetic recording medium is provided that comprises a non-magnetic support and, in order thereabove, a radiation-cured layer cured by exposing a layer comprising a radiation curing compound to radiation and a magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder, the radiation curing compound being a compound having... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080145571 - Polymer compound and polymer light emitting device using the same: P

20080145572 - Pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film and image display: A pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film of the present invention comprises: an optical film comprising a transparent base film and a discotic liquid crystal layer on one side of the transparent base film; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer that is provided on the discotic liquid crystal layer, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080145573 - Jesus can: On the upper side of the can, circling the can and stated twice is the script; “Jesus Can”. Along the side of the can will be a picture representing Jesus. Also on the side of the can will be text/script describing the help That, “Jesus, our Savior”, can offer to... Agent: Brett W. Hagen

20080145574 - Artificial turf system and method of making: A recreational surface such as an artificial turf playing field includes a pile fabric having a backing and a multiplicity of generally upstanding pile elements, and an infill overlying the backing and being interspersed between the upstanding pile elements. The infill advantageously includes resilient particles as well as particles of... Agent: Knoble, Yoshida & Dunleavy

20080145575 - Composite sheet of printable individual media cards: A composite sheet of individual rectangular media cards for ink jet and laser printers includes a rectangular card stock sheet, and an adhesive releasably adhering the card stock sheet to a liner. Widthwise and lengthwise media card definition cuts extend through the card stock sheet but not the linear to... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080145576 - Food casing based on cellulose hydrate with nanoparticles: This invention relates to a food casing based on cellulose hydrate that further includes nanoscale additives. The nanoparticles measure from 0.5 to 1000 nm in at least one dimension. The nanoparticles can have uniform distribution in the cellulose hydrate matrix, or be on the surface, or can have been concentrated... Agent: Propat, L.l.c.

20080145577 - Method for producing grown materials and products made thereby: The composite material is comprised of a substrate of discrete particles and a network of interconnected mycelia cells bonding the discrete particles together. The composite material is made by inoculating a substrate of discrete particles and a nutrient material with a preselected fungus. The fungus digests the nutrient material over... Agent: Francis C. Hand, Esq., C/o Carella, Byrne, Bain, Gilfillan, Cecchi, Stewart & Olstein

20080145578 - Thermoplastic resin casing and method for fabricating the same: The present invention relates to a decoration technique for providing iridescent color effects or glittering luster effects to a resin casing by attaching a polarizing film in contact with a resin casing, and for finishing a cut-off edge portion of the polarizing film smooth. After forming the polarizing film on... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080145579 - Tubular composite structures: Tubular structures formed of helically wound layers of a composite fabric structure. The fabric structure has an inwardly facing layer in the form of a fabric base. The fabric base comprises a network of high tenacity fibers. The composite fabric structure also includes an outwardly facing layer formed of rubber.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080145580 - Recycled material insulation: A recycled insulation material includes plastic and/or rubber shredded or chopped up into individual pieces having random or semi-random sizes and lengths that when combined together create random or semi-random air-pockets in-between many of the individual pieces. The shredded or chopped up plastic and/or rubber pieces in combination with the... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20080145582 - Multi-layer rotationally molded low permeation vessels and method for manufacture thereof: A multiple walled enclosure with low permeation properties and rugged impact resistance useful as a fuel tank or chemical container. The enclosure is made by rotomolding a first charge of thermosetting polymer into an outer layer, then rotomolding a charge of EVOH or other low permeation thermoplastic into a second... Agent: Allan L Harms

20080145581 - Peelable multilayer laminate for packaging: Multilayer laminate compositions are provided wherein at least one layer of the laminate comprises a blend of a) an organic acid and ethylene/acid copolymer or ethylene/acid that are at least partially neutralized with a metal ion and b) an ethylene homopolymer or copolymer of ethylene and an alpha-olefin form at... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080145583 - Free venting pipe and method of manufacture: A free venting pipe and method of forming same, comprising a permeable tubular core member with at least one permeable hoop reinforcement layer around the core member; a substantially non-permeable membrane layer positioned outside of the hoop reinforcement layer and at least one permeable tensile reinforcement layer positioned outside of... Agent: James W. Pravel Pravel Intellectual Property Law, Pc

20080145584 - Multilayered composite articles: Multilayered composite articles comprising a first layer comprising melt-extrudable perfluoropolymer, a second layer comprising a fluoropolymer derived from tetrafluoroethylene, at least one perfluorinated α-olefin; and vinylidene fluoride. The articles may be in the form of pipes, tubes, and hoses.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080145585 - Flocked slurried thermosetting adhesive article: A design and process are provided in which a thermosetting adhesive layer is applied as a slurry to a flocked surface.... Agent: Sheridan Ross Pc

20080145586 - Adhesive tape roll: An adhesive tape roll at lower cost without reducing cleaning ability is provided. A release material layer 41 as release means is provided in a streak shape on an adhesive surface 22 of an adhesive tape 2 with the adhesive surface 22 formed on one surface of the base material... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080145587 - Optical recording medium: It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical recording medium containing a substrate, and a reflective layer, a second dielectric layer, a recording layer and a first dielectric layer which are disposed over the substrate in this order, wherein the recording layer contains a phase-change recording... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080145588 - Coating for optical recording: A coating composition for optical recording includes a uniform dispersion of polymer particles in a liquid, a quantity of dye particles uniformly dispersed in the liquid, the dye particles being soluble in the polymer but substantially insoluble in the liquid, and a quantity of radiation absorber material adapted to absorb... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080145589 - Electronic package: An electronic package is provided. The electronic package includes a first substrate, an electronic component, a first sealant, a second substrate, a plurality of bonding wires and a second sealant, wherein the first substrate has opposing upper and lower surfaces and a plurality of bonding pads is disposed on the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080145590 - Heat insulating cover: Disclosed is a heat insulating cover for disposition on a heat exhaust system of a vehicle for minimizing a contact between a vehicle rider and heat released by the heat exhaust system. The heat insulating cover includes an insulating sheet and at least one covering sheet. The insulating sheet has... Agent: Patricia A. Cisar

20080145591 - Interference fit sleeved foam charge rolls and composite materials: The present invention is generally directed to composite materials or charge rolls comprising a sleeved foam charge roll where the sleeve is interference-fit over the foam core, and methods of constructing them. The foam core can be made with an outer diameter larger than that of the sleeve inner diameter.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080145592 - Composite sandwich panel and method of making same: A method of manufacturing a composite panel includes manufacturing a composite panel having a first skin, a second skin, a core, and a plurality of distinct groupings of Z-axis fibers that extend through the core from the first skin to the second skin, wherein the Z-axis fibers include opposite ends... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080145593 - Treading mat for vehicle internal floor: The present invention is an “improved treading mat for vehicle internal floor”, which mainly comprises: a mat body including an elastic shag layer, a meshed network and a Velcro fillet, wherein, said elastic shag layer being built into entwined manner with numerous pores of various size being formed therein; said... Agent: Phillip Liu

20080145594 - Removable carpet fringe: An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a first side portion, a second side portion, a first end portion, a second end portion, at least a first fringe portion and at least a second fringe portion. Each of the first side portion and the second side portion are disposed in... Agent: Dykema Gossett Pllc

20080145595 - Composite pedestal base assembly: An appliance base assembly includes a one-piece composite body having at least one molded in feature selected from a group consisting of a front-face plate, a mounting bracket, an insulation retention tab, an air circulation vent and combinations thereof.... Agent: Owens Corning

20080145596 - Honeycomb containing poly(paraphenylene terephthalamide) paper with aliphatic polyamide binder and articles made therefrom: This invention relates to a honeycomb having cells comprising a paper, the paper in one embodiment comprising 3 to 30 parts by weight aliphatic polyamide binder, and 70 to 97 parts by weight of a poly(paraphenylene terephthalamide) fiber having a modulus of 600 grams per denier (550 grams per dtex)... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080145601 - Honeycomb from controlled porosity paper: This invention relates to an improved high performance honeycomb, methods for making the same, and articles including aerodynamic structures comprising the honeycomb, the honeycomb made with a paper that allows rapid impregnation of the honeycomb by structural resins while retarding excessive impregnation of node-line adhesives during manufacture. The honeycomb comprises... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080145598 - Honeycomb from paper having a high melt point thermoplastic fiber: i

20080145600 - Honeycomb from paper having flame retardant thermoplastic binder: This invention relates to an improved flame retardant honeycomb comprising high modulus fiber and a flame retardant thermoplastic binder having a melt point of from 120° C. to 350° C. and a limiting oxygen index of 26 or greater, methods for making the honeycomb, and articles comprising the honeycomb. In... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080145599 - Processes for making shaped honeycomb and honeycombs made thereby: i

20080145602 - Processes for making shaped honeycomb and honeycombs made thereby:

20080145597 - Shaped honeycomb: This invention relates to a honeycomb comprising cells having edges forming a face of the honeycomb, the face defined by a plurality of points and having an area of curvature wherein at least two of the points are located in different tangential planes, the walls of the cells comprising 5... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080145603 - Process for manufacturing probes intended to interact with a storage medium and probe obtained thereby: A process manufactures a probe intended to interact with a storage medium of a probe-storage system, wherein a sacrificial layer is deposited on top of a substrate; a hole is formed in the sacrificial layer; a mold layer is deposited; the mold layer is etched via the technique for forming... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20080145604 - Multimaterial stitching skins preparation: The subject matter of the present invention is a method for joining at least two portions or sections of clothing or covering materials in the form of pieces of flexible skins, the materials of the two pieces of skin having a similar or different thickness and/or rigidity or folding stiffness,... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller Llc

20080145605 - Indoor and outdoor bamboo area rug: A bamboo indoor/outdoor area rug that is manufactured from 100% Anji Mountain bamboo from China. The bamboo is all treated with various protective coatings to add resistance to natural factors including water, sun and dirt. All bamboo rugs manufactured for indoor/outdoor use are made from the harder portions of the... Agent: Paul M. Denk

20080145606 - Grounded manifold and method for making the same: A transmission manifold for an automobile is molded of material with low electrical conductivity. Ports are formed on opposite faces of the manifold, with a passage between a port on one face of the manifold and a port on an opposite face of the manifold. Electrically conductive inserts extend into... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20080145607 - Semiconductor apparatus and manufacturing method of semiconductor apparatus: A technique capable of improving reliability of a semiconductor apparatus is provided. A semiconductor device having a metal electrode on at least one principal surface and a die pad (a metal member) electrically connected to the metal electrode via conductive resin composed of base resin (an organic binder) mixed with... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080145608 - Process for manufacturing a composite sheet: A method of manufacturing a composite sheet includes perforating a reinforcement panel. A mold surface onto which the composite sheet may be formed is provided. At least one outer coat of material is applied onto the mold surface. At least one coat of resin and reinforcement material is applied over... Agent: Owens Corning

20080145609 - Anti-glare optical plate and manufacturing method and manufacturing device: An anti-glare optical plate is disclosed. A mold with a concave-convex surface is disposed with a resin on top and a substrate is arranged over the resin. After the resin hardening to form a film on the substrate, the film has a concave-convex surface on top thereof so as to... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080145610 - Protective coating and method for the production thereof: The invention relates to a protective coating for a mechanically stabile, in particular mineral and/or metallic base, comprising an inorganic polysilicate-cohesion adhesive layer which is uniformly distributed, essentially, on the base. A coating made of a glass film material having a thickness of less than 2 mm, preferably, less than... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080145611 - Tamper indicating labels with edge ingress solvent-indicating feature: Multi-layer, edge ingress, tamper- and solvent-indicating labels comprise a top film layer coated over a solvent, e.g., water, hydrocarbon, etc., and dye absorbing layer. The solvent and dye absorbing layer can be on top of a porous layer comprising a binder, pigment and particles of a solvent-soluble dye. The porous... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S C

20080145612 - Tamper indicating labels with planar ingress solvent-indicating feature: Tamper- and solvent-indicating labels comprise a single layer of a solvent-indicating composition over and in contact with a tamper-indicating label. The composition of the solvent-indicating label is sensitive to solvent (e.g., water, hydrocarbon, etc.). If the label is designed for sensitivity to water, then it typically comprises an organic solvent-soluble... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S C

20080145613 - Extensible artificial leather and method for making the same: A method is provided for making extensible artificial leather. In the method, a substrate is supported on in-extensible woven cloth and locating the substrate firmly on a coating machine. Foamy highly solid-containing water-based polyurethane resin is coated on the substrate for forming a middle layer with tiny open cells. The... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20080145614 - Apparatus and method of protecting a sheet of glass: A method of protecting a sheet of glass has a clear sheet of plastic that is adhered to a surface of the sheet of glass. A coating is applied over the clear sheet of plastic. The adhesive, plastic and coating are all resistant to UV light, which means that they... Agent: Law Office Of Dale B. Halling, Llc

20080145617 - Cyclic loading system and methods for forming nanostructures: Systems and methods for forming patterns and structures in target materials are described. The method produces a pattern or structure in a target material by contacting a stamp including one or more features with a target material using a normal load sufficient for keeping the one or more features in... Agent: Patrea L. Pabst Pabst Patent Group LLP

20080145616 - Method for selectively anchoring large numbers of nanoscale structures: A method is provided for creating composites by combining pre-fabricated nanoscale structures (nanostructures) and other materials in which the nanostructures are anchored. This method results in anchored nanostructures with their base held and encased within the anchoring material to a specified depth and with a specified length of protrusion of... Agent: Cary Tope-mckay

20080145615 - Method of cutting off laminate layers, eg a glass fibre or carbon-fibre laminate layer in the blade of a wind turbine: The invention relates to a method of cutting off laminate layers for use in a fibre-reinforced laminate object (701) comprising a number of combined laminate layers (703) wherein, along a section of the at least one rim of the laminate layer, a tapering cut is performed through the thickness of... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080145618 - Protection panel for aircrafts: Protection panel (3) for an aircraft suitable for being associated with at least a portion of the surface to be protected, consisting of a plurality of layers associated with each other made of aramid fibre in which at least one of said layers consists of an aramid fibre or unidirectional... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.c.

20080145619 - Cellulosic article having increased thickness: A method of preparing a cellulosic article includes a step of combining cellulosic material and binder resin to form treated cellulosic material. A mat is formed of a plurality of layers of the treated cellulosic material. The method also includes the steps of interfering with bonding of resin between two... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, Llc

20080145620 - Novel markings and method of producing the same: The invention relates to a method for producing a visually identifiable diffractive pattern on a substrate by subjecting the substrate to pressure by bringing it into contact with a surface of an embossing plate. An imprinted paper or paperboard sheet, which is varnished at the contacting area of the embossing... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20080145621 - absorbent covering: The present invention relates to an absorbent covering (1) having high damping power, secured on a structure (2) and comprising a dissipater mesh made up of a plurality of dissipating elements (3) and of nodes (4) each having its bottom end (4′) secured on said structure (2). In remarkable manner,... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080145623 - Filter for plasma display apparatus, plasma display apparatus including the same, and related technologies: A plasma display apparatus is disclosed. The plasma display apparatus includes: a front substrate; scan electrodes and sustain electrodes arranged on the front substrate; a rear substrate arranged apart a predetermined distance from the front substrate; data electrodes arranged to intersect the scan electrode and the sustain electrode in the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080145622 - Polymer-based integrated thin film capacitors, packages containing same and methods related thereto: Some embodiments include thin film capacitors (TFC) formed on a package substrate of an integrated circuit package. The TFC include a polymer-based dielectric layer deposited directly on the package substrate. At least one of the TFC includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, with the polymer-based dielectric layer... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080145624 - Printed, moldable films: The present invention relates to printed films, to a process for printing said films, to the curing of layers applied by printing processes, and to molded articles produced from said layers.... Agent: Bayer Material Science Llc

20080145625 - Substrate, including at least one full or partial surface macro-structured layer, method for producing same and its application: A method for producing a substrate including a layer includes providing that the layer is a full or a partial surface macro-structured layer, applying a sol-gel solution in already structured form onto the substrate, and drying and/or baking, resulting in a sol-gel layer.... Agent: Todd T. Taylor Taylor & Aust, P.c.

20080145626 - Bossed laser validation form: Various embodiments of the present application relate to new form constructions and methods of forming and using the new form constructions. One method of printing a form construction involves (1) providing a substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface; (2) bossing at least a portion of... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080145628 - Inkjet recording method and recorded matter: An inject recording method, including: spraying droplets of an ink composition that contains organic solvent, resin, and a pigment dispersion containing a metal pigment, wherein the metal pigment contains plate-like particles, and in the case where the longitudinal diameter on the planar surface of the plate-like particle is X, the... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080145627 - Nanoscale masking and printing using patterned substrates: Nanoscale masking using particles patterned on a substrate include assembling particles into a pattern on a first substrate; contacting the particles with a second substrate; adding blocking molecules while the particles are in contact, such that blocking molecules bind to portions of the second substrate not in contact with the... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080145629 - Impact resistant thermal barrier coating system: A thermal barrier coating system is provided. The thermal barrier coating system may include a first layer of ceramic insulating material (21) (see FIG. 1) disposed on a substrate surface. The thermal barrier coating system may also include a second layer of ceramic insulating material (25) disposed on the first... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080145630 - Water-soluble moisture addition to enhance molding, stiffness, and surface processing of polymer materials: Densified non-woven materials having acoustic and thermal properties are provided. The non-woven material is formed of a thermoplastic material or fibers and a thermoplastic material. The fibers may be an organic, inorganic, or thermoplastic fiber and are desirably devoid of conventional sizing compositions. The densified portion of the non-woven material... Agent: Owens Corning

20080145631 - Articles having antifouling surfaces and methods for making: The article comprising an antifouling surface is provided. The surface comprises a material having a nominal liquid wettability sufficient to generate, with reference to an oil, a nominal contact angle of at least about 30 degrees; and a texture comprising a plurality of features disposed on the surface. The features... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080145633 - Photovoltaic conductive features and processes for forming same: Photovoltaic conductive features and processes for forming photovoltaic conductive features are described. The process comprises (a) depositing a composition onto at least a portion of a substrate, wherein the composition comprises metal-containing particles having a primary particle size of from about 10 nanometers to less than 500 nanometers and including... Agent: Patent Administrator Cabot Corporation

20080145632 - Window material for display: The invention provides a window material for a display having at least two biaxially stretched polyester sheets, one of the sheets being disposed as an outer layer of a display surface. The window material for a display has a thickness of 0.3 to 5 mm and a light transmittance of... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080145634 - Continuous pultrusion process for producing high performance structural profiles: The invention provides a continuous pultrusion process for producing structural profiles wherein a) one or more textile sheets are impregnated with a resin composition comprising a combination of (i) at least one epoxy resin which is a tri- or tetrafunctional epoxy resin and (ii) a curing agent system comprising at... Agent: Hexcel Corporation

20080145635 - Automotive interior structural components with integral close-out panel: A method of making an automotive vehicle interior structural component having a decorative close-out panel includes, in an exemplary embodiment, positioning a thermoplastic material sheet in a forming tool, the thermoplastic material sheet includes a thermoplastic resin, positioning a decorative material sheet in the forming tool adjacent to the thermoplastic... Agent: John S. Beulick (19121)

20080145636 - Yoga pad and the method of making the same: A Yuga pad of the present invention includes a flexible foaming member with a plurality of reinforced fibers therein. The Yuga pad is made from a raw material mixed with the reinforced fibers and processed by extrusion and vulcanization. In the extrusion step, an extruder will force the reinforced fiber... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080145637 - Color stabilized composite material: A color stabilized composite material combines polymers with cellulosic natural fibers or wood or wood based composite materials to manufacture an array of products for both indoor and outdoor applications. The invention provides the means to enhance the color stability of such products from the negative effects of ultraviolet radiation... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080145638 - Transparent composite articles: A transparent composite article comprising a polyurethane matrix and incorporated within the matrix nanofibers having a diameter up to 5000 nanometers.... Agent: Diane R. Meyers Ppg Industries, Inc.

20080145639 - Layered manufacturing utilizing foam as a support and multifunctional material for the creation of parts and for tissue engineering: A solid freeform fabrication method of creating a three-dimensional article built at least in part from scaffolding layers, the method includes providing a scaffolding material, providing a supporting material in a shape of a foamy layer, and contacting the scaffolding material with the foamy layer to form at least one... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20080145640 - Removable marking surfaces: Surface to remove markings made from, to include but not limited to: dry erase markers, permanent markers, regular markers, pens, crayons, and spray paint. The surface will allow the marking and removal of same, to be used as a wipeable writing surface or as an anti-graffiti surface.... Agent: Michael Heiman

20080145641 - Hollow silica nanoparticles as well as synthesis processes and applications thereof: Hollow silica nanoparticles can have well defined non-porous shells with low shell fragmentation and good dispersability. These well defined hollow particles can be formed through the controlled oxidation of silicon nanoparticles in an organic solvent. The hollow nanoparticles can have a submicron secondary particle sizes. The hollow silica nanoparticles can... Agent: Dardi & Associates, Pllc

20080145642 - Carbon foam tooling with durable skin: An article for tooling composite materials, including a carbon foam, a sealant attached to the carbon foam so as to form a monolithic fine-grain graphite-like surface; and a skin of facesheet materials. The facesheet materials include: a spray-deposited coating of metal; more preferably, a thermal or plasma spray-deposited metal; and... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.c.

20080145643 - Thermal barrier coating: A bond coat is applied to a substrate of a gas turbine engine component the component. A barrier coat is applied atop the bond coat. The applying of the bond coat includes: applying a first layer having an as-applied first roughness; and applying a second layer atop the first layer,... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.c. (p&w)

20080145644 - Supersaturated solutions using crystallization enthalpy to impact temperature change to wet wipes: Personal care products comprising supersaturated solutions and core compositions comprising activation means are disclosed. In one embodiment, a core composition comprising the activation means is surrounded by an encapsulation layer. The core composition comprising the activation means may be introduced into wet wipes such that, upon rupture and contact between... Agent: Christopher M. Goff (27839) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080145645 - As-cast carbidic ductile iron: An as-cast carbidic ductile iron is provided, having a pearlitic matrix with 5-50% by volume carbides and high wear resistance properties. The as-cast carbidic ductile iron is produced without an austempering heat treatment step. The as-cast carbidic ductile iron preferably includes a carbide stabilizing element and a spheroidizing agent.... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20080145646 - Electronic device and decomposing method of electronic device: A bonding agent and an adhesive sheet for strongly bonding a plurality of components constituting the electronic device for the lifetime of the device, and for lowering a bonding force thereof for easily separating these components on the occasion of decomposing the electronic device. According to the present invention, a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080145647 - Metal impregnated composites and methods of making: Metal-impregnated composite materials and methods of making these are provided. The materials include a reinforcing material of reinforcing fibers, in which the fibers are tightly packed and have discontinuous inter-fiber spaces. In addition, the composite includes metal particulates distributed in at least some of the discontinuous inter-fiber spaces. A polymer... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.c. (boeing)

20080145648 - Organic light-emitting diode comprising a doped organic layer: The invention relates to an organic light-emitting diode comprising, on a substrate, generally one lower electrode followed by a flat conductive organic layer a doped organic layer, upon which an organic light-emitting layer is placed, and an upper electrode, which is placed upon this organic light-emitting layer and which is... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing Llc

20080145650 - Double plasma utbox: A method for bonding two substrates carried out in materials chosen from among semiconductor materials, includes the steps of bonding the two substrates by thermal treatment after plasma activation of the surface to be bonded for each substrate. One of the surfaces to be bonded includes an oxide layer. The... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20080145651 - Method for manufacturing a pecvd carbon coated polymer article and article obtained by such method: Method for manufacturing a polymer article having a thin carbon coating formed on at least one of its sides by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, this method including: a first step, corresponding to a time T1 when the treatment pressure is reached in the treatment area, the reactive fluid being... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080145652 - Multilayer film based on a fluoropolymer and an acrylic polymer: The invention relates to the use of a multilayer film for protecting a substrate which gives off volatile compounds which comprises: a surface layer comprising, by weight, from 70 to 100%, preferably from 90 to 100%, of a fluoropolymer and from 0 to 30%, preferably from 0 to 10% of... Agent: Arkema Inc. Patent Department - 26th Floor

20080145649 - Protective coatings which provide wear resistance and low friction characteristics, and related articles and methods: A coating composition is described, containing (a) a metallic matrix based on nickel, cobalt, iron; or combinations thereof; (b) a ceramic phase, containing at least one metal boride or metal silicide compound; and (c) a lubricant phase. Methods of providing wear-resistance and low-friction characteristics to an article (e.g., a gas... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080145653 - Enhanced adhesion of polyethylene terephthalate to paperboard: A unique primer emulsion chemistry yields excellent adhesion of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)resin to clay coated paperboard (with high starch content) at reduced coatweights of the primer emulsion and the resin as compared to other primer and tie-resin chemistries currently employed for moisture barrier applications. A primer used for adhesion enhancement... Agent: International Paper Company

20080145654 - Enhanced adhesion of polyethylene terephthalate to paperboard: A unique primer emulsion chemistry yields excellent adhesion of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin to clay coated paperboard (with high starch content) at reduced coatweights of the primer emulsion and the resin as compared to other primer and tie-resin chemistries currently employed for moisture barrier applications. A primer used for adhesion... Agent: International Paper Company

20080145655 - Electrospinning process: A method for electrospinning polymer fibers and the resultant electrospun fibers are disclosed. In the electrospinning method, the polymer undergoes a crosslinking reaction prior to and during the electrospinning process.... Agent: Diane R. Meyers Ppg Industries, Inc.

20080145656 - Natural fiber-reinforced polylactic acid-based resin composition: Disclosed herein is a polylactic acid (PLA) based resin composition comprising (A) about 50 to about 90 parts by weight of a polylactic acid resin; (B) about 10 to about 50 parts by weight of natural fibers; and (C) about 0.01 to about 5 parts by weight of a coupling... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.a.

20080145658 - Freeze thaw methods for making polymer particles: Freeze thaw methods for making polymer particles, as well as related particles, compositions and methods are disclosed.... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080145657 - Process for producing metallic ultrafine powder: A process for producing metallic ultra-fine powder, which can use a raw material which is spread over a wide range, and control freely the grain size of the metallic powder to be produced, at low cost and high safety. The process for producing the metallic ultra fine powder consists of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080145659 - Pyrogenically produced silicon dioxide powder: p

20080145660 - Fluorescent nanoparticles:

20080145661 - Coated non-metallic sheet having a brushed metal appearance, and coatings for and method of making same: An article includes a substrate, e.g. a glass sheet having a first major surface and an opposite second major surface having a textured surface to provide a predetermined pattern on the second surface of the substrate, and an overlay, e.g. a coating over the pattern. The percent of visible light... Agent: Intellectual Property Department Ppg Industries, Inc.

20080145662 - Developing blade and its manufacturing method: A developing blade (11) comprises a blade member (14) located along one side edge of a support member (12) and having a surface shape defined by a maximum height roughness Ry of 0.35 to 4.5 μm and a length ratio under load tp (at a 30% cut level) of 15%... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080145663 - Supersaturated solutions using crystallization enthalpy to impact temperature change to wet wipes: Personal care products comprising supersaturated solutions and core compositions comprising activation means are disclosed. In one embodiment, a core composition comprising the activation means is surrounded by an encapsulation layer. The core composition comprising the activation means may be introduced into wet wipes such that, upon rupture and contact between... Agent: Christopher M. Goff (27839) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080145664 - Wet wipe having a stratified wetting composition therein and process for preparing same: The present invention generally relates to a wet wipe or sheet that is suitable for contacting the skin and that has a stratified wetting composition therein. More specifically, the present invention related to a wet wipe, which may optionally be an ion-triggerable, water-disintegratable wipe, wherein the organic phase, and more... Agent: Christopher M. Goff (27839) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080145665 - Bis-carbazole monomers and polymers: e

20080145666 - Modified copolyesters and optical films including modified copolyesters: Modified copolyesters having relatively low refractive indices and relatively high glass transition temperatures are disclosed. These modified copolyesters can be used in forming one or more layers in an optical film, such as a multilayer polymer film.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080145668 - Adhesive film composition, associated dicing die bonding film, and die package: An adhesive film composition includes a polyester-based thermoplastic resin, an elastomer resin containing at least one of a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, or an epoxy group, an epoxy resin, a phenol curing agent, one or more of a latent catalytic curing agent or a curing catalyst, a silane coupling... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.c.

20080145667 - Low odor, fast cure, toughened epoxy adhesive: An epoxy adhesive composition of an epoxy resin and an amine hardener includes a synergistic accelerator of an effective amount of short chain polyol and an effective amount of a dihydric phenol having between about 6 and about 24 carbon atoms. Surfaces of adherends are joined with the dried residue... Agent: Mueller And Smith, Lpa Mueller-smith Building

20080145669 - Opto-electronic devices containing sulfonated copolymers: The invention provides an opto-electronic device comprising at least one sulfonated aromatic condensation copolymer or at least one phosphonated aromatic condensation copolymer. The at least one sulfonated aromatic condensation copolymer is selected from sulfonated polyarylethers, sulfonated polyimides, sulfonated polyphenylene oxides, sulfonated polyarylenes, sulfonated polyphosphazenes, and the at least one phosphonated... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080145670 - Multi-layer films comprising propylene-based polymers: This disclosure relates to multi-layer films having improved peel strength properties and comprising a core layer and a first tie layer made from at least 5 wt % of a grafted propylene-based polymer. Optionally, the multi-layer film may have one or more skin layers, and/or a second tie layer.... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company Law Technology

20080145671 - Polyurethane dispersion for composition film lamination: i

20080145672 - Injection molding of ceramic elements: New methods are provided for manufacture ceramic elements that include injection molding of two, three or more distinct ceramic layers or regions that form the element. Ceramic elements also are provided that are obtainable from fabrication methods of the invention.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080145673 - Flexible substrates coated with flexible stain resistant coatings and methods of manufacture and of use thereof: A coated flexible substrate comprising: a flexible substrate, and a coating disposed on at least a portion of said substrate, wherein said coating is manufactured by radiation curing a liquid coating composition comprising at least one polyester acrylate-based oligomer having between 2 and 4 acrylate functionalities and at least one... Agent: Goudreau Gage Dubuc

20080145674 - Yttria containing thermal barrier coating topcoat layer and method for applying the coating layer: A gas turbine engine component and coating system including a superalloy substrate having a coating system disposed thereon. A bond coating may be applied to the substrate. An adherent layer of ceramic material forming a thermal barrier coating is present on the bond coat layer. A topcoat layer overlies the... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick Llc

20080145675 - Anti-static surface treatment: Anti-static surface treatment for plastic film or similar material, where an additive that produces the anti-static properties is included in the surface.... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080145677 - Coating composition for insulating film production, preparation method of insulation film by using the same, insulation film for semi-conductor device prepared therefrom, and semi-conductor device comprising the same: The present invention relates to a coating composition for insulating film production, a preparation method of a low dielectric insulating film using the same, a low dielectric insulating film for a semiconductor device prepared therefrom, and a semiconductor device comprising the same, and more particularly to a coating composition for... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080145676 - Crosslinkable, silane-modified copolymers: Crosslinkable silane-modified copolymers are prepared by copolymerizing free radically polymerizable monomers with an ethylenically unsaturated α-silane. The copolymers exhibit high storage stability coupled with rapid cure.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20080145679 - Method for bonding gold foil and product using the same: Provided is a method for bonding a gold foil. The method includes coating a lower primer adhesive layer on a surface of an object and drying the coated lower primer adhesive layer; adhering and bonding a thin gold foil onto the lower primer adhesive layer; coating an upper primer adhesive... Agent: Ipla P.a.

20080145678 - Methods for coating a metal substrate and related coated substrates: Disclosed are methods for coating a metal substrate with a yttrium-containing coating, including ferrous substrates, such as cold rolled steel and electrogalvanized steel. Also disclosed are coated substrates produced thereby.... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080145680 - Optical compensation film and display element using the same: In an optical compensation film when a direction wherein a refractive index within a film surface is maximum is an X axis, a direction vertical to the X axis within the surface is a Y axis, and a film thickness direction is a Z axis, and refractive indexes at 590... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080145681 - Reinforced humidity adaptive vapor retarding film and method of manufacture: A reinforced humidity adaptive, vapor retarding film and a method of manufacture thereof includes, a combination of a thin film and melt bonded thermoplastic fibers, the combination having a tear strength greater than that of the thin film alone and at least the same as a minimum tear strength required... Agent: Duane Morris, LLP Ip Department

20080145682 - Polyethylene product and a method of providing a product, such as a laser welded polyethylene product: A method of decreasing the penetration depth of radiation provided to an interface, such as a surface, or a predetermined volume in a polyethylene element, where the PE element has a scattering coefficient larger than one tenth of an absorption coefficient thereof so that the radiation not absorbed at the... Agent: Jacobson Holman Pllc

20080145683 - Method for treating surface of polymer article: A method for treating a surface of a polymer article is includes steps of: generating a gas plasma with a working gas using an electric glow discharge device (step 101); treating a surface portion of the polymer article using the gas plasma so as to convert the surface portion into... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080145684 - Ornaments for revolving in response to wind: Ornaments for revolving in response to the wind, and more particularly a spiral seat is taken as the main body thereof are disclosed. A sphere is pivotally disposed inside the spiral seat. A windmill is pivotally assembled at a proper location on or below the spiral seat. A hanging seat... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080145685 - Lump object and method of producing the same: [Solving means] A briquette 32 has a structure in which an outer circumference of a cylindrical member 41, in which an iron powder 34 is mixed into waste plastic 33, is surrounded by an outer covering member 42 obtained by melting the waste plastic 33 and then solidifying it. As... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080145686 - Articles having improved resistance to thermal cracking: An article includes a working portion including cemented carbide, and a heat sink portion in thermal communication with the working portion. The heat sink portion includes a heat sink material having a thermal conductivity greater than a thermal conductivity of the cemented carbide. Also disclosed are methods of making an... Agent: Allegheny Technologies Incorporated

20080145687 - Method of producing titanium: A method of producing titanium metal from a titanium-containing material includes the steps of producing a solution of M″TiF6 from the titanium-containing material, selectively precipitating M′2TiF6 from the solution by the addition of (M′)aXb and using the selectively precipitated M′2TiF6 to produce titanium. M″ is a cation of the type... Agent: Howrey LLP

20080145688 - Method of joining tantalum clade steel structures: m

20080145689 - Adhesion assisting agent fitted metal foil, and printed wiring board using thereof: Provided is an adhesion assisting agent fitted metal foil, comprising an adhesion assisting agent layer having a thickness of 0.1 to 10 μm on a metal whose surface has a ten-point average roughness Rz of 2.0 μm or less, wherein the adhesion assisting agent layer is formed from an adhesion... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080145691 - Articles having a continuous grain size radial gradient and methods for making the same: An article is presented where the article comprises an alloy having a minor phase dispersed within a matrix phase and a plurality of substantially equiaxed grains. The article further comprises a continuous gradient in grain size from a first grain size at an outer surface of the article to a... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080145690 - Gear material for an enhanced rotorcraft drive system: A surface processing method includes the step of increasing a surface hardness of a metal having a nominal composition that includes about 0.21-0.25 wt % carbon, about 2.9-3.3 wt % chromium, about 11-12 wt % nickel, about 13-14 wt % cobalt, about 1.1-1.3 wt % molybdenum, and a balance of... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.c.

20080145693 - Heterostructure of ferromagnetic and ferroelectric and the method to make of: A heterostructure of multiferroics or magnetoelectrics (ME) was disclosed. The film has both ferromagnetic and ferroelectric properties, as well as magneto-optic (MO) and electro-optic (EO) properties. Oxide buffer layers were employed to allow grown a cracking-free heterostructure a solution coating method.... Agent: Yingyin Kevin Zou

20080145692 - Magnetic pulse-assisted casting of metal alloys & metal alloys produced thereby: A method of forming a cast metal alloy comprises providing a molten ferromagnetic metal alloy; utilizing AC or DC electrical power to generate a pulsed or oscillating magnetic field within the interior space of a casting mold via a magnetic core assembly surrounding the casting mold; filling the casting mold... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080145694 - Thermal barrier coating system and method for coating a component: A method for coating a component. The method includes applying a bond coating to an outer surface of the component using a high-velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) process. The method also includes roughening the bond coating and applying at least one dense vertically cracked (DVC) ceramic layer to the roughened bond coating.... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20080145695 - Assembly for fabricating large dimension bonds using reactive multilayer joining: An assembly for joining component bodies of material over bonding regions of large dimensions including a plurality of substantially contiguous sheets of reactive composite materials between the bodies and adjacent sheets of fusible material. The contiguous sheets of the reactive composite material are operatively connected by an ignitable bridging material... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080145696 - Triamine/aspartate curative and coatings comprising the same: The reaction product of a triamine and a dialkyl maleate and/or dialkyl fumarate, wherein the reaction product has a viscosity of less than 2000 cPs is disclosed. Polyurea coatings comprising this reaction product are also disclosed, as are substrates coated with the same.... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080145698 - Compounds for organic electronic devices: e

20080145701 - Method for making electronic devices having a dielectric layer surface treatment: A method of making an electronic device by (a) depositing a substantially nonfluorinated polymeric layer onto a dielectric layer using a plasma-based deposition technique selected from the group consisting of (i) plasma polymerizing a precursor comprising monomers, and (ii) sputtering from a target comprising one or more polymers of interpolymerized... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080145697 - Opto-electronic devices containing sulfonated light-emitting copolymers: The invention provides opto-electronic devices comprising at least one sulfonated light emitting polymer. The at least one sulfonated light-emitting polymer is selected from sulfonated carbazoles, sulfonated fluorenes, sulfonated polyphenylene, sulfonated polyphenylene vinylenes and combinations thereof.... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080145699 - Organic compound, charge-transporting material, and organic electroluminescent element: wherein Ring B1 represents a six-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring having “n” nitrogen atom(s) as hetero atom(s); “n” represents an integer of from 1 to 3; G represents a direct bond or an arbitrary linkage group connecting to Q when G connects to Q; Gs connect to carbon atoms at the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080145700 - Stilbene derivative, light emitting element, light emitting device, and electronic appliance: An object is to provide a novel substance which exhibits blue light emission with excellent color purity, and to provide a light emitting element and a light emitting device using the novel substance. A stilbene derivative represented by the general formula (G1) is provided. Note that in the general formula... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler, Ltd.

20080145702 - Phase change layers having different crystal lattices in single layer, methods of forming the same, phase change memory devices and methods of manufacturing the same: A phase change material layer is a single layer including an upper layer portion and a lower layer portion. Crystal lattices of the upper layer portion and the lower layer portion are different. The phase change material layer is formed by forming a doped lower layer by supplying a first... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080145704 - Method for producing metal oxide compositions and coated substrates: The present invention generally relates to a process for making a metal oxide composition. The present invention also relates to a process for making a coated metal oxide substrate.... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus Pc

20080145703 - Multilevel color structure for a metal surface: A multilevel color structure is disclosed for a metal surface, comprising a Tio2 film plated on a surface of a metal piece. The Tio2 film varies in thickness to produce multilevel color variations through the effect of light refraction.... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080145707 - Aromatic amine derivative and organic electroluminescence device using the same: The present invention provides a novel aromatic amine derivative enabling to obtain an organic electroluminescence device which is driven under a low voltage, exhibits small increase in the driving voltage after continuous driving for a long time and has a long life. The amine derivative is represented by the following... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080145708 - Compounds for organic electronic devices: The present invention relates to the improvement of organic electroluminescent devices, in particular blue-emitting devices, by using compounds of the formula (1) as dopants in the emitting layer.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080145705 - Material for organic electroluminescent element and organic electroluminescent element employing the same: A material for organic electroluminescent elements which comprises a copolymer comprising; units each comprising a main chain having a trivalent unconjugated organic residue and a monovalent organic residue bonded to the main chain through a structure comprising two or more groups conjugately bonded to each other; and units each having... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080145706 - Method for preparing an organic film at the surface of solid support under non-electrochemical conditions, solid support thus obtained and preparation kit: This invention relates to a method for preparing an organic film at the surface of a solid support, with a step of contacting said surface with a liquid solution including (i) at least one protic solvent, (ii) at least one adhesion primer, under non-electrochemical conditions, and allowing the formation of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080145709 - Thin film magnetic head: A thin film magnetic head is disclosed that is capable of preventing the contact between an element portion and a recording medium and a variation in the amount of protrusion of the element portion. A thin film magnetic head includes: a reproducing element; a recording element that is formed on... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080145710 - Magnetic recording medium: The present invention provides a high-capacity magnetic recording medium which has a thinned back coat layer excellent in surface smoothness and durability and is excellent in electromagnetic conversion property. A magnetic recording medium comprising at least a non-magnetic support, a lower non-magnetic layer on one surface of the non-magnetic support,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080138538 - Barrier layer, composite article comprising the same, electroactive device, and method: A barrier layer, a composite article comprising the barrier layer and a substrate, and a method for making the composite article are provided. The barrier layer is disposed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the barrier layer comprises a barrier coating and a repair coating disposed on the barrier... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080138539 - Barrier layer, composite article comprising the same, electroactive device, and method: A composite article comprising a substrate and method for making the composite article are provided. A barrier layer is disposed on at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the barrier layer comprises a barrier coating and at least one repair coating disposed on the barrier coating. The repair coating... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080138537 - Low color polyimide compositions useful in optical type applications and methods and compositions relating thereto: Perfluorinated polyimides (and co-polyimide) compositions, particularly films are disclosed, comprising at least 50 mole percent of a polymeric repeat unit derived from contacting 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride (BDPA) and 2,2′-bis(trifluoromethyl) benzidine (TFMB) monomers. The perfluorinated polyimide (and co-polyimide) films of the invention have an in-plane coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) between −5... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080138541 - Optical film, method for producing optical film, optically-compensatory film, polarizing plate and liquid-crystal display device: An optical film comprising: a resin material; and an additive in an amount of at least 0.3% by mass based on the resin material, wherein when the optical film is divided into 10 equal portions in a thickness direction of the optical film, an amount of the additive existing in... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080138540 - Polymer film, optically-compensatory film, process for producing the same, polarizing plate and liquid-crystal display device: A polymer film that has: a ratio R (VT/VM) of a sound velocity in a transverse direction VT to a sound velocity in a machine direction VM of from 1.05 to 1.50; and an in-plane retardation Re(λ) and a thickness-direction retardation Rth(λ) satisfying formula (I): (I) 0≦Re(630)≦10, and |Rth(630)|≦25, wherein... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080138542 - Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display having the same: A liquid crystal composition and a liquid crystal display including the liquid crystal composition that includes a first class containing a fluorine-containing liquid crystal compound represented by Formula I (n=1, 2, or 3), and a second class containing at least one neutral liquid crystal compound represented by Formulae III, IV,... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080138543 - Identification medium, article equipped with identification medium, identifying method and device: An identification medium 100 comprises an adhesive layer 102, an ink displaying layer 103, a cholesteric liquid crystal layer 106 including a hologram 107, and a transparent protective layer 108. The ink displaying layer 103 comprises a printed layer 104 formed by printing with an ink which includes cholesteric liquid... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080138544 - Ink-jet recording material: The present invention refers to an ink-jet recording material comprising a support, and at least one ink receiving porous layer coated on the support, wherein at least one porous layer comprises, dispersed therein, an organic solvent having a logP value higher than 2.00, an antifading compound, a non-ionic surfactant having... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080138545 - Image-receiving material for electrophotography: The present invention is to provide an image-receiving material, such as an image-receiving sheet, for electrophotography, which is excellent in smoothness (gloss), touch and sheet passing property and usable for the photography and which is free from adhesion or blocking to each other during the storage. The present electrophotographic image-receiving... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Zinn, Macpeak & Seas

20080138546 - Intermediate transfer member and method for making same: A method of producing an intermediate transfer member for digital offset printing comprises: a) providing an intermediate transfer member body portion, b) coating the body portion with a rubber layer, c) coating the rubber layer with a primer comprising an organosilane, a photoinitiator, and a catalyst, d) coating the primer... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080138547 - Optical coating with improved durability: The invention discloses optical coatings with improved durability, the coating comprising a durability enhancing layer, a nucleation layer and an infrared reflecting layer. The invention also discloses methods of making thin film layers having enhanced durability.... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.c.

20080138548 - Annular optical laser welding method: A welding method in the manufacture of an accumulator comprising a cover with a ball welded onto the periphery of an opening formed through the cover, comprises welding the ball onto the cover of the accumulator by placing the ball (1) in contact with the periphery of an opening (2)... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080138549 - Oxygen-absorbing multilayer film, packaging material comprising the same and packaging container: [Means for Dissolution] An oxygen-absorbing multilayer film having a thickness of less than 250 μm that comprises a gas barrier material layer, an oxygen-absorbent layer and a sealing material layer laminated in this order, wherein an oxygen-absorbent constituting the subject oxygen-absorbent layer comprises a cyclized product of a conjugated diene... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080138551 - Product packaging and closure system and product holder incorporating cling polymer: The present invention relates generally to holders for products, and to packages including holders and products, wherein the holder incorporates a cling polymer to non-adhesively hold the product in place, as well as closures and systems incorporating such cling polymers.... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.a.

20080138550 - Transfer film and synthetic resin product decorated with the transfer film: The technical problem to be solved by this invention is to give the transfer film a laminar structure that gives no damage to the decorative layer and is resistant to impact, a long period of use, and extensive deformation caused by repeated squeezes. The objects of this invention are to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080138552 - Colorful air cushion structure: A colorful air cushion is made of transparent thermoplastic material, and it is a hollow structure that can create a three-dimensional and colorful decorative effect. At appropriate portions of the inner surface of an air chamber of the air cushion are laminated with color films for forming the background color... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080138553 - Multi-layer tubes or conduits and manufacturing methods therefor: By advancing a plurality of independent layers or profiles onto a rotating mandrel, and continuously bonding the layers or profiles together, an elongated, hollow, large diameter, multi-component and/or multi-layer tube or conduit is achieved. A wide variety of various materials, forms, profiles, composites, and components can be employed to produce... Agent: Melvin I. Stoltz

20080138554 - Weld joint for fuel tank: A weld joint has a weld portion for being welded and bonded to a rim portion around an opening of a resin fuel tank. The weld portion is made of a resin alloy material that is obtained by alloying EVOH or PA with a modified HDPE. A highly-weldable layer is... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080138555 - Organic optoelectronic device: A method for manufacturing an organic electronic device including a stack of layers including a release layer, the stack having a lateral structure on a substrate, at least one of the layers being an organic material layer. A method includes with the step of providing a stamp with at least... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20080138557 - (meth)acrylate block copolymer pressure sensitive adhesives: Articles are provided that include an optical film and an optically clear pressure sensitive adhesive layer on at least one outer surface of the optical film. Additionally, articles are provided that include a pressure sensitive adhesive layer that resists bubble formation when adhered to an outgassing substrate. The pressure sensitive... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080138556 - Multi-ply linerless constructions and methods of producing the same: Multi-ply linerless constructions and related methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. An example multi-ply linerless construction includes a first layer that has a first face including a first adhesive pattern and a second face including a first release coating. The construction further includes a second layer that has a... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, Llc

20080138558 - Peelable multilayer surface protecting film and articles thereof: Disclosed is a peelable surface protective film comprising a structure layer and an adhesive layer comprising a blend of at least one ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer or at least one ethylene/alkyl acrylate copolymer, an anhydride modified ethylene copolymer and tackifier. The film can be used to protect the surface of plates... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080138560 - Floor panel: The invention relates to a floor panel in the form of a multilayer, rectangular laminate with a soft core (10) of plastic, a décor film (12) on the upper side of the core (10), a transparent finishing layer (14) and a transparent lacquer layer (16) applied on the finishing layer... Agent: Richard M. Goldberg

20080138559 - Modular glass reference plate assembly: Systems, methods, and apparatus relate to a glass reference plate panel; to a modular glass reference plate assembly; and to creation of the modular glass reference plate assembly, which may include providing a plurality of glass reference plate panels, arranging the plurality of glass reference plate panels into an array... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080138561 - Molded piece, method for producing the molded piece, and apparatus for producing the molded piece: When a lamp unit is formed by applying a resinous material onto an abutting part between a lamp main body and a lens part through a secondary injection process, a mold receiving portion that is shaped like a concave groove and that is entered by a mold face is formed... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080138562 - Automotive component comprising a toothed section: The invention relates to an automotive component which comprises at least one toothed section from a sintered material whereby the toothed section is subjected to an asymmetric surface compression that is adapted to the stress the automotive component is exposed to.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080138563 - Optical recording medium: An optical recording medium including a substrate, an information recording layer including a recording layer and a cover layer, wherein information is written and read on the information recording layer by irradiation of laser beam via the cover layer, the cover layer includes an ultraviolet curing resin and an inner... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080138564 - External pressure plate glazing element: This invention is an architectural glazing structure for exterior mounting that is a glass laminate having enhanced resistance to being pulled from a frame upon being subjected to severe positive and/or negative pressure loads. This invention is particularly suitable for architectural structures having windows that can be subjected to the... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080138565 - Elastic pad: An elastic pad used in daily life is disposed in a backpack strap, a handbag handle or a sports backpack strap. The pad is composed of at least three longitudinal elastomers connected in parallel. Each elastomer has convex and concave portions arranged alternately. The convex direction of the convex portion... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20080138566 - Ballistic-resistant laminate assemblies and panels: A sheet of ballistic-resistant fiber strands includes a bi-directional array of bonding fibers interwoven with the ballistic-resistant fibers to form a fiber panel. In one embodiment, a sheet of laminated ballistic-resistant fibers is joined to the first sheet of laminated ballistic-resistant fibers with the ballistic-resistant fibers running in a second... Agent: Charles J Rupnick

20080138569 - Alpha-alumina inorganic membrane support and method of making the same: Compositions for making alpha-alumina supports for, for example, inorganic membranes are described. Methods for controlling the alumina and pore former particle sizes and other process variables are described which facilitate desirable porosity, pore distribution and strength characteristics of the resulting alpha-alumina inorganic membrane supports.... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080138568 - Bonding material composition and method for manufacturing the same, and joined body and method for manufacturing the same: There is provided a bonding material composition for obtaining a joined body by unitarily joining two or more members to be joined by means of a bonding material layer, wherein the bonding material composition contains flat particles, non-flat particles, smectite-based clay, and an inorganic adhesive as main components. The bonding... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080138567 - Honeycomb structured body, method for manufacturing honeycomb structured body and honeycomb structured body manufacturing apparatus: A honeycomb structured body includes a plurality of honeycomb members which are bonded to one another by interposing an adhesive layer. Each of the honeycomb members has a number of cells placed in parallel with one another in the longitudinal direction with a cell wall therebetween. When the longitudinal direction... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.c.

20080138570 - Electron-emitting device and image display apparatus using the same: The present invention relates to an electron-emitting device and an image display apparatus in which the electron-emitting device is provided. In the electron-emitting device, a substrate has sides in two orthogonal first directions. A plurality of pairs of electrodes are disposed on the substrate. A conductive thin film is disposed... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080138573 - Apparatus and system for identification labeling: An identification labeling system having a faceplate with a recess and a label cover that may be retained within the recess. The label cover may have compartments for retaining identification labels. The label cover has latching legs and the recess has a complementary retention ledge. A lift slot may be... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20080138571 - Fabrication of semiconductor metamaterials: A method of fabricating a semiconductor metamaterial is provided, comprising providing a sample of engineered microstructured material that is transparent to electromagnetic radiation and comprises one or more elongate, high aspect ratio voids, passing through the voids a high pressure fluid comprising a semiconductor material carried in a carrier fluid,... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080138572 - Fiber and process for producing three-dimensional, self interlacing composites by mechanical polymerization with ultrasonic manipulation: A fiber includes a base having a surface to be impacted by a fluid wave for propelling the fiber forward and a body having a trailing end connected to the base, a leading free end, and a spiral shape causing the fluid wave to rotate the fiber. A locking system... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080138575 - Hybrid structure of multi-layer substrates and manufacture method thereof: A hybrid structure of multi-layer substrates comprises a first multi-layer substrate and a second multi-layer substrate. The first multi-layer substrate stacks up first metal layers, first dielectric layers alternately and has VIAs. A border district of a first metal layer connects with a border district of the corresponding first dielectric... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080138574 - Web having apertures with convex sides: An apertured material comprising a web and a plurality of apertures in the web, each aperture having at least two vertices with a convex flap of the web spanning a pair of the vertices.... Agent: Troutman Sanders, LLP

20080138576 - Electronic component-inspection wiring board and method of manufacturing the same: An electronic component-inspection wiring board (1) including: a first laminate (C1) composed of plural first ceramic layers (s1-s3) and having plural pads (6) formed on a front surface (2) thereof for electrically connecting and transmitting inspection signals to an electronic component subject to inspection, wiring layers (7, 9) formed between... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080138578 - Friction-tolerant disks made of fiber-reinforced ceramic: A composition comprising polymer-bound fiber tows containing carbon fibers, the polymer-bound fiber tows having an average length of 3 mm to 50 mm measured in the fiber direction, and an average bundle thickness of 0.1 mm to 10 mm measured perpendicular to the fiber direction, and in which at least... Agent: Stevens Davis LLP

20080138577 - Nano-fiber arrayed surfaces: Surfaces are provided comprising an array of partially embedded nano-fibers. Two such surfaces may contact each other such that the respective nano-fibers contact at orthogonal angles, resulting in ultra-low friction and ultra-low adhesion contact. Such configurations are useful in several NEMS or MEMS applications, as well as macro-sized applications. Alternatively,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080138579 - Two-layered optical plate and method for making the same: An exemplary optical plate (20) includes a transparent layer (21) and a light diffusion layer (22). The transparent layer includes a light input interface (211), a light output surface (212) opposite to the light input interface, and a plurality of spherical protrusions (213) protruding out from the light output surface.... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080138580 - Imprinted polymer support: There is disclosed an imprinted polymer support for solid phase organic synthesis (SPOS). The polymer support being obtainable from a method that comprises providing a substrate and a mold, the mold having a defined surface pattern. A composition is placed between the defined surface pattern of the mold and the... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20080138581 - Masking high-aspect aspect ratio structures: A method of masking high-aspect ratio structures on a wafer includes submerging the wafer in a resist material so that the high-aspect ratio structures are at least partially embedded within the resist material. The resist material is cured and further processing steps, such as for example oxygen plasma etching, are... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080138583 - Micro-needle arrays having non-planar tips and methods of manufacture thereof: A micro-needle array having tips disposed along a non-planar surface is formed by shaping the wafer surface into a non-planar surface to define the tips of the micro-needles. A plurality of trenches are cut into the wafer to form a plurality of columns having tops corresponding to the non-planar surface.... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080138584 - Reinforced rampdown for composite structural member and method for same: A composite member with a reinforced rampdown or taper has a composite noodle bonded to an end of a core to fill the taper.... Agent: Alston & Bird, LLP

20080138582 - Water-scale needle array: Methods for wafer-scale fabrication of needle arrays can include mechanically modifying a wafer to produce a plurality of vertically-extending columns. The columns are etched to round and reshape the columns into substantially uniformly shaped needles. Needle arrays having needle width non-uniformity of less than about 3% and length non-uniformity of... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080138585 - Composite layered plate for fire doors: t

20080138586 - Hybrid structure and method: Various hybrid structures and methods of making the hybrid structures are provided. In one embodiment, a hybrid structure includes a profile member and a continuous reinforcement member that are interlocked. The profile member includes a wall contiguous with at least two wall portions, or wall hems, which are at least... Agent: Sabic - 08ct Sabic Innovative Plastics - Ip Legal

20080138587 - Insert molding article including portions made of different materials: An insert molding article (20) includes a plastic element (24) and an inserting element (22). The inserting element includes a main portion (222) and an inserting portion (224) formed on and extending from the main portion. The inserting portion is enclosed, encapsulated, and secured in the plastic element. By being... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080138588 - Masks and methods of manufacture thereof: Lithography masks and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. A preferred embodiment includes a method of generating an assist feature of a lithography mask. The method includes providing a layout for a material layer of a semiconductor device, the layout including a pattern for at least one feature of the... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20080138589 - Transparent planar body and transparent touch switch: The present invention provides a transparent planar body and a transparent touch switch that can improve visibility. Specifically, the transparent planar body (1) has a patterned transparent conductive film (12) on at least one surface of a transparent substrate (11). This transparent planar body (1) comprises a transmittance-adjusting layer for... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20080138590 - Methods for protecting patinated surfaces of copper products and patinated copper product: A method for the temporary protection of patinated surfaces of copper products, in which an aqueous polymer dispersion is applied to the patinated surface, so that the polymer dispersion penetrates regions of the porous patina that are close to the surface, and in which the aqueous polymer dispersion is subsequently... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon

20080138591 - Adhesive articles with discontinuities and methods of making the same: A method of introducing discontinuities to an adhesive coated region of a substrate is provided. The method includes the steps of (a) providing a web having upper and lower edges; (b) excising a portion of the web creating open sections interposed between retained sections connected to carrier sections, each including... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080138592 - Phthalocyanines and their use in ink-jet printing: A mixture of dyes of Formula (1) and salts thereof; wherein M is 2H, Si, a metal, an oxymetal group, a hydroxymetal group or a halometal group; Pc represents a phthalocyanine nucleus of formula (2); R1 is methyl; R2 is H or methyl; R3 and R4 independently are H or... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080138597 - Conductive laminated film: There is provided a conductive film which is formed by laminating an anchor coating layer containing a polyester resin and an acrylic resin having an oxazoline group and a polyalkylene oxide chain as constituents and a transparent conductive coating layer on at least one surface of a base material film... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080138594 - Crack-free coatings and related coated substrates and methods: Methods for providing a crack-free hard coat are disclosed. The methods include (i) depositing a primer layer having a coefficient of thermal expansion of 300 to 600 μm/min·° C. measured at a temperature range below the glass transition temperature of the primer layer, wherein the primer layer has a film... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080138595 - Mass repeatable thermoformable sheet such as which may be applied over a scrim material to produce a decorative and structural article: A structurally applicable and thermofoil incorporating article including a body having a substantially thin and planar configuration with a height, width and thickness and with a protective upper layer overlaying at least one interior layer including the thermofoil material. Colorants and additives including veining patterns and stone, glass or metal... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080138596 - Support substrate for separation membrane: A separation membrane support substrate characterized by being composed of a laminated nonwoven fabric comprising a front layer as the resin coating layer, a middle layer and a back layer which are integrally formed by heat bonding, and by satisfying the following conditions (1) to (5): (1) The front layer... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080138593 - Thin foamed polyethylene sheets: The present invention relates to the use of particular blends of LLDPE and LDPE together with specific fabrication conditions to make foamed sheets of thin gauge with MD tear properties similar to an equivalent gauge non-foamed sheet of the same composition. In particular, blends which combine a high MI LLDPE... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20080138598 - Apparatus and method for co-extrusion of articles having discontinuous phase inclusions: The present disclosure provides an apparatus and methods for producing co-extruded composite webs including a continuous layer of an extruded matrix material, and a multiplicity of included phases embedded in the continuous layer. The included phases are surrounded by the matrix material to form a single-layer composite web within a... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080138599 - Olefin block compositions for stretch fabrics with wrinkle resistance: Compositions having good wrinkle resistance and other properties when made into garments an be made from an ethylene multi-block copolymers. The resulting fabrics and garments often have good chemical resistance, heat-resistances, and are dimensionally stable.... Agent: Jones Day / Dow

20080138601 - Aliphatic polyester based resin reflection film and reflection plate: m

20080138600 - Soluble metal oxides and metal oxide solutions: The invention relates to soluble metal oxides and mixed metal oxides and to solutions comprising metal oxides and mixed metal oxides. The invention further relates to a process for preparing a soluble metal oxide and a soluble mixed metal oxide and additionally relates to a process for modifying the solubility... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20080138602 - Medical fibres & fabrics: A fibre or fabric comprising silicon for use as a medical fibre or fabric. The silicon present can be biocompatible, bioactive or resorbable material and may also be able to act as an electrical conductor. In addition, porous silicon may be used as a slow release means for example for... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080138603 - Method of applying an anti-freeze film to a transparent substrate: The invention relates to: a method of adhering a flexible film to a substrate, in which a sufficient quantity of a liquid is disposed between the film and the substrate such that no bubbles are trapped therebetween once the film has been applied to the substrate with the aid of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080138604 - Authenticating and identifying objects using markings formed with correlated random patterns: Described herein are techniques for authenticating and identifying objects using markings formed with correlated random patterns. In one embodiment, an object to be authenticated includes a substrate and a marking adjacent to the substrate. The marking includes a luminescent material distributed in accordance with a correlated random pattern, and the... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080138605 - Complex body and method of synthesis of diamond thin layer: There are provided a process for synthesizing a diamond thin film on a glass substrate with a high coverage even when using ordinary multi-component glass having a low glass transition point (Tg) as a material of the glass substrate, and a composite article obtained by laminating the diamond thin film... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080138606 - Antireflective laminate: Disclosed is an antireflective laminate that has significantly improved water resistance, alkaline resistance, and wetting resistance, and has improved visibility and scratch resistance. The antireflective laminate comprises a light-transparent base material and a low-refractive index layer provided on the light-transparent base material, wherein the low-refractive index layer is provided directly... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080138607 - Method of forming an article including a cured film formed from a coil coating composition: A method of forming an article including a substrate and a cured film formed from a coil coating composition on the substrate is provided. The coil coating composition comprises a precursor to the coil coating composition and a matting agent comprising an amide-based polymer. The coil coating composition is applied... Agent: Basf Corporation Patent Department

20080138608 - Furniture finish laminate flooring: A furniture finish laminate flooring comprises the base material layer, balance layer and decorating layer that is coated with alumina-contained melamine formaldehyde resin. The furniture finish laminate flooring has not only the same advantages of not-apt-to-deform and high abrasive resistance as the traditional consolidated compound flooring but also the high... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20080138609 - Infrared reflective pigments in unpainted automotive plastics: This disclosure is directed to a plastic composition for use on an automotive vehicle including an infrared reflective pigment, and a thermoplastic component. The plastic composition with the infrared reflective component therein increases reflectance by at least about 300% in the spectrum between about 750 nm and about 2500 nm... Agent: Prass & Irving, LLP

20080138610 - Film or sheet with electrically-conducting coating method for production and uses thereof: The invention relates to a process for production of foils or sheets composed of thermoplastic with electrically conductive coating by means of the following steps of a process: a) single-side coating of a backing foil composed of a thermoplastic with a lacquer composition based on silicon and comprising inorganic semiconductor... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080138612 - Glass member, reading glass, reading apparatus using the same, and image forming apparatus: The glass member including a glass substrate including a fluorine containing film coated directly, not through any other layer interposed, on at least one surface of the glass substrate, wherein an element composition of the fluorine containing film is characterized in that a content of fluorine atoms exceeds 30 atomic... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080138611 - Method for modifying surface of substrate, substrate having modified surface, and method for producing same: A method for modifying the surface of a substrate includes the following steps: (1) a step for forming a polysilazane coating by applying a polysilazane onto the surface of a substrate; (2) a step for applying an organic compound of which main backbone comprises an organic group represented by the... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, Pc

20080138613 - Multilayer film, laminate using the same, and method for producing the laminate: Disclosed is a multilayer film for a strain-free laminate that is used for flexible TFT substrates or the like. Also disclosed are a laminate obtained by arranging such a multilayer film on a substrate made of an inorganic material, and a method for producing such a laminate. Specifically disclosed is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080138614 - Apparatus for indicating the passage of time, composition and forming method thereof: The present invention discloses an apparatus for indicating the passage of time, comprising a substrate and an indicating layer formed on the substrate. The indicating layer comprises a polymer matrix and a predetermined amount of redox compound under the reduced form. The redox compound is dispersed in the polymer matrix... Agent: Wpat, Pc

20080138615 - Method for coating metallic surfaces with an aqueous composition and said composition: e

20080138616 - Heat absorbing textile: A textile made of cotton and includes an adhesive applied to a side of the textile and having therein a mineral capable of emitting far infrared rays.... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080138617 - Method for producing double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet: A method is provided for producing a double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) sheet of a nonwoven fabric substrate, whereby the inherent performance of the PSA is more fully exploited using an aqueous dispersion-type PSA composition. This method comprises preparing an aqueous dispersion-type PSA composition and a nonwoven fabric substrate serving as... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080138618 - Removable pressure-sensitive adhesive composition and pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet: The present invention relates to a removable pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing an acrylic polymer, a photopolymerization initiator and a crosslinking agent, in which the acrylic polymer and the photopolymerization initiator each are chemically bonded to the crosslinking agent. The present invention also relates to a removable pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080138619 - Shaped binderless titanosilicate zeolite ts-1: There is provided a shaped, binderless catalyst comprising titanosilicate TS-1 and TS-1 precursors; wherein the catalyst is shaped into particles with a defined cross sectional diameter. There is provided a shaped, binderless catalyst, comprising sufficient moisture to retain a desired shape and comprising at least 95 weight percent titanosilicate TS-1... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20080138620 - Method for preparaing by thermal spraying a silicon-and zirconium-based target: Method of producing a target by thermal spraying, especially by plasma spraying, said target comprising at least one compound based on atoms of different types chosen especially from the constituents M belonging to the (Zr, Mo, Ti, Nb, Ta, Hf, Cr) family and silicon, characterized in that at least one... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080138621 - Composite silicone rubber powder, method of its manufacture, and use thereof: A composite silicone rubber powder comprising: (A) a silicone rubber powder having an average particle size within the range of 0.1 to 500 μm and hardness of at least 15 by type A durometer according to JIS K 6253, wherein the surface of said silicone rubber powder is coated with... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.c.

20080138622 - Treated alumina hydrate material and uses thereof: In a particular embodiment, a particulate material includes alumina hydrate. The particulate material has a 500 psi Compaction Volume Ratio of at least about 4.0 cc/cc.... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080138623 - Substrate comprising a mark: A substrate comprises a first mark and a second mark. The first mark comprises a first pattern with at least one mark feature formed by a first material and at least one further region formed by a second material. The first and second materials have different material characteristics with respect... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080138624 - Barrier layer, composite article comprising the same, electroactive device, and method: A composite article is provided comprising (i) a substrate, (ii) either a conductive layer or a catalyst layer disposed on at least one surface of the substrate; and (iii) a barrier layer disposed on the conductive layer or catalyst layer; wherein the barrier layer comprises a barrier coating and at... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080138625 - Carbazolyl monomers and polymers: a, b and d are independently 0 or an integer ranging from 1 to 3. The invention further provides polymers derived from compounds of formula I, said polymers may be polyesters, polyethers, polycarbonates, polyestercarbonates, polyetherketones, polyethersulfones, and the like. Compounds and polymers of the invention find use in light emitting... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080138626 - Plasma-enhanced functionalization of substrate surfaces with quaternary ammonium and quaternary phosphonium groups: Bactericidal substrates and methods of functionalizing the surface of substrates with quaternary ammonium and quaternary phosphonium groups using non-equilibrium RF plasmas are provided. The methods include the step of treating the surface of a substrate with a plasma to create surface active sites. Some methods include the step of reacting... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080138627 - Color-plus-clear composite coatings: A multi-component composite coating composition comprising an aqueous-based film-forming composition serving as a color coat or a basecoat and a polyepoxide-polyacid clearcoat is disclosed. The polyacid is made from ring opening a polybasic anhydride with a polyester polyol formed from reacting a polyol with a polycarboxylic acid having at least... Agent: Carol Marmo Ppg Industries, Inc.

20080138628 - Reducing particle generation as a result of metal to metal contact during the manufacturing process: Embodiments of the present invention pertain to reducing particle generation as a result of metal to metal contact during the manufacturing process. According to one embodiment, a metal component that will be used in manufacturing a hard disk drive is cleaned. The metal component is coated with a substance to... Agent: Hitachi C/o Wagner Blecher LLP

20080138629 - Resin substrate material, electronic component substrate material manufactured by electroless plating on the same, and method for manufacturing electronic component substrate material: There is provided a technology that can be applied as a substrate material to ordinary resin substrate materials and allows the adhesive strength between this substrate material and a plating metal layer to be increased; more specifically, there is provided an ordinary resin substrate material with an increased adhesive strength... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.c.

20080138630 - Assembly including polytetrafluoroethylene porous body: An assembly including a fluorine rubber molding, and a polytetrafluoroethylene porous body which has pores and is held on the fluorine rubber molding, wherein the polytetrafluoroethylene porous body is obtained by molding a polytetrafluoroethylene paste containing 100 parts by weight of a polytetrafluoroethylene powder and 7 parts by weight or... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080138631 - Method to reduce mechanical wear of immersion lithography apparatus: A protective coating is provided for components of an immersion lithography tool, in which at least a portion of a component exposed to the immersion fluid is protected by a thin, hard protective coating, comprising materials such as silicon carbide, diamond, diamond-like carbon, boron nitride, boron carbide, tungsten carbide, aluminum... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20080138633 - Flexible substrate and flexible display device having the same: A flexible substrate includes: a flexible base substrate; a plurality of display structures on a first surface of the flexible base substrate; and a barrier coating on a second surface of the flexible base substrate to prevent contaminants from penetrating into the display structures.... Agent: Song K. Jung Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080138632 - Information carrier precursor and information carrier produced therewith: Receiving layer configuration having an image-receiving side and a non-image-receiving side, said receiving layer configuration comprising at least one pigment and at least one binder, wherein at least one constituent layer of said receiving layer configuration is opaque; at least the outermost layer on said image-receiving side or a layer... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080138635 - Conjugated organic molecules for molecular electronic devices: There is provided a conjugated molecule that is useful as a conductive path in an electronic device. The conjugated molecule includes at least one p/n junction so as to provide a direction to electron flow and one end alligator clip group which allows for self-orientation of the molecule during assembly... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080138634 - Polysiloxane based in situ polymer blends-compositions, articles and methods of preparation thereof: Stable blend compositions composed of mixtures of polysiloxane(s) and organic polymer(s) are claimed. These polymer blends are white and opaque indicating the presence of phase separation on the micron scale. Such blends can be stored for long periods of time (years) without exhibiting evidence of macroscopic phase separation. These stable... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080138636 - Surface treatment for titanium alloy member for aerospace equipment: Provided is a surface processing of titanium alloy members for aerospace equipment having high wear resistance, lubricity and high fatigue strength. The method is characterized in that it comprises an oxygen diffusion step for causing oxygen to diffuse and penetrate in solid solution form into a surface of a titanium... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080138637 - Polyimide multilayer adhesive film and method for producing the same: An object of the present invention is to provide a polyimide multilayer adhesive film in which the thicknesses of the respective layers can be precisely measured by an infrared absorption method and a method for producing the same. In an adhesive film including a highly heat-resistant polyimide layer and an... Agent: Kagan Binder, Pllc

20080138638 - Tear resistant film: Tear resistant flexible polymeric film having at least one embossed zone, the at least one embossed zone comprising a plurality of adjacent embossed patterns (8) through the film material, each embossed pattern (8) comprising either at least one spiral embossed rib formation (12) having a plurality of turns spaced from... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080138639 - Polyether carbamate compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods related thereto: The present invention provides a reaction product having polyether carbamate groups formed from (A) polyoxyalkylene amine, and (B) cyclic carbonate, in an equivalents ratio ranging from 1:0.5 to 1:1.5. Further provided is a process for preparing the aforementioned reaction product. The present invention also is directed to an improved curable... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080138640 - Method of producing long magnesium material: Pure magnesium or a magnesium alloy is cast to prepare a cast material and, to the cast material, the plastic working is applied to prepare a long processed material. The plastic working includes a hot process that accompanies a cross sectional area reduction and is applied at a temperature of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080138641 - Information carrier precursor and information carrier produced therewith: Information carrier precursor comprising a rigid sheet or support; a receiving layer configuration comprising at least one layer; and at least one substance, optionally provided pattern-wise, capable of and available for interacting in situ with at least one species diffusing through the receiving layer configuration to produce a functional species,... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080138642 - Iron-based sintered compact and method for production thereof: An iron-based sintered body with a rustproof function comprises a layer containing 0.01 to 5 at % of indium on the surface of the iron-based sintered body, or an iron-based sintered body with a rustproof function contains 0.01 to 5 at % of indium throughout the sintered body, and the... Agent: Howson And Howson

20080138643 - Method for manufacturing copper nanoparticles and copper nanoparticles manufactured using the same: According to the present invention, copper nanoparticles can be synthesized in a uniform size and a high concentration using general copper salt as a copper precursor material in non-aqueous system without designing precursor material. The present invention is not only environment-friendly, but also economical as highly expensive equipment is not... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080138644 - Metal honeycomb substrates for chemical and thermal applications: Extruded metal honeycombs are produced by the direct extrusion of a softened bulk metal feedstock through a honey-comb extrusion die comprising a feedhole array for delivering softened metal through a supporting die baseplate to a honeycomb die discharge section, the discharge section comprising an array of intersecting discharge slots that... Agent: Kees Van Der Sterre Corning Incorporated

20080138645 - Substrate supporting member: A substrate supporting member includes: a plate-shaped ceramic body having a surface serving as a substrate supporting surface; a plate-shaped composite material body which is joined to a surface of the ceramic body opposite to the substrate supporting surface with a joint material interposed therebetween and made of porous ceramic... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080138646 - Metal-reinforced hybrid structure: A component with a hybrid structure includes a metal part partially surrounded by at least one polymer component. The metal part has at least one connecting region. The component also includes a metal reinforcement. The metal part is connected to metal reinforcement at the at least one connecting region. A... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080138647 - Coating systems containing rhodium aluminide-based layers: A coating process and system suitable for use on components subjected to high temperatures. The coating system includes an overlay coating of predominantly B2 phase rhodium aluminide (RhAl) intermetallic compound containing about 25 to about 90 atomic percent rhodium, about 10 to about 60 atomic percent aluminum, optionally up to... Agent: Hartman And Hartman, P.c.

20080138648 - Layer system with blocking layer, and production process: Components according to the prior art, to protect against corrosion, have a protective layer, a metal element (for example Al) of this protective layer forming a protective oxide layer. However, this metal element also diffuses into the substrate in an undesired way. The layer system according to the invention includes... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080138649 - Fusion-bonded product having high-strength part and manufacturing method thereof: The present invention is a fusion-bonded product having a high-strength part, comprising: a first preform (2a) constituted by integrally, frictionally pressure-welding a first low-carbon steel part (L1) made of low-carbon steel containing less than 0.45% of C and a high-carbon steel part (H) made of high-carbon steel containing not less... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080138650 - Spherical casting sand: The present invention relates to spherical casting sand having an average particle diameter of 0.03 to 1.5 mm, produced by a flame fusion method, usable together with a urethane binder.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080138654 - Electroluminescent materials and devices: A hole transporting or hole conducting material for use in electroluminescent devices is a diamino dianthracene.... Agent: David Silverstein Andover-ip-law

20080138652 - Fluorescent lamp having a uvb phosphor: A UVB phosphor of the composition (Laj_,—y—,Gd,Yy)PO4:Ce, is described, in which x=0 to 0.5, y=0 to 0.5 and z=0.01 to 0.3 and the sum of x, y and z is less than 1. From a phosphor of this kind, a phosphor layer can be produced that, in fluorescent lamps based... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080138656 - Heterocyclic compound and organic light-emitting device: wherein X represents a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom; Y represents O or S; R1 and R2 each represent, independently of one another, a group selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group and the like; a represents 0 or more and 3 or less;... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080138655 - Organic electronic device: There is provided an active layer containing a dopant material and a host material, wherein the host material has an HPLC purity of at least 99.9% and an impurity absorbance no greater than 0.01. There is also provided an electronic device containing the active layer.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080138657 - Organic light emitting display apparatus: An organic light emitting display apparatus that has high (or improved) contrast and/or impact resistance. The organic light emitting display apparatus includes: a substrate; an organic light emitting device on the substrate to display an image; a sealing member on the organic light emitting device; a semitransparent film on a... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080138653 - Organic light emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing the organic light emitting display apparatus. The method includes preparing a substrate and placing a mask over the substrate. A frit paste composition is disposed on the mask which has a patterned opening. The frit paste composition is pressed to land on the substrate... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080138651 - Polymer compound and polymer light-emitting device using the same: High-molecular compounds comprising repeating units represented by the general formula (1) or (2) and having number-average molecular weights of 103 to 108 in terms of polystyrene: (1) [wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are each independently a trivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or a trivalent heterocyclic group; and X1 and X2 are each... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080138658 - Durable reactive thermal barrier coatings: A turbine engine component is provided which has a substrate and a thermal barrier coating applied over the substrate. The thermal barrier coating comprises at least one layer of a first material selected from the group consisting of a zirconate, a hafnate, a titanate, and mixtures thereof, which first material... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.c. (p&w)

20080138659 - Magnetic domain data storage devices and methods of operating the same: Example embodiments may provide data storage devices using movement of a magnetic domain wall and/or a method of operating magnetic domain data storage devices. The data storage device may include a first magnetic layer for writing data having two magnetic domains magnetized in different directions, a second magnetic layer for... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080138660 - Mg-zn oxide tunnel barriers and method of formation: ZnMg oxide tunnel barriers are grown which, when sandwiched between ferri- or ferromagnetic layers, form magnetic tunnel junctions exhibiting high tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR). The TMR may be increased by annealing the magnetic tunnel junctions. The zinc-magnesium oxide tunnel barriers may be incorporated into a variety of other devices, such as... Agent: Daniel E. Johnson Ibm Corporation, Almaden Research Center

20080138661 - Information storage device using movement of magnetic domain wall, and methods of manufacturing and operating the information storage device: Provided are an information storage device using movement of a magnetic domain wall, and methods of manufacturing and operating the information storage device. The information storage device includes a storage track having magnetic domains and a writer for recording data to the storage track, wherein the writer comprises: a first... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080138662 - Perpendicular magnetic recording medium with multilayer recording structure including intergranular exchange enhancement layer: A perpendicular magnetic recording medium has a multilayer recording layer (RL) structure that includes a ferromagnetic intergranular exchange enhancement layer for mediating intergranular exchange coupling in the other ferromagnetic layers in the RL structure. The RL structure may be a multilayer of a first ferromagnetic layer (MAG1) of granular polycrystalline... Agent: Thomas R. Berthold

20080131624 - Touch panel: A touch panel for use in an ultra-high resolution display includes a transparent film substrate having one surface made of PET or the like and a transparent electrode film made of ITO film or the like that is formed on the transparent film substrate. A surface of the film substrate... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20080131625 - Diffuser for flat panel display: A light diffusing film for a back light display is described. The light diffusing film includes a unitary film consisting essentially of polycarbonate and a uniformly dispersed anti-static material in an amount sufficient to impart anti-static properties to the film. The anti-static material may comprise a fluorinated phosphonium sulfonate. The... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080131626 - Process for preparing a polymeric relief structure: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a polymeric relief structure by a) coating a substrate with a first coating composition comprising one or more radiation-sensitive ingredients, d) locally treating the coated substrate with electromagnetic radiation having a periodic or random radiation-intensity pattern, forming a latent... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080131627 - Board with crosswise center medium: A set of two compatible half-boards that can be pressed together to form a whole board. Each half-board comprises elements of a center medium that inter-fit with the other half-board to form a pattern of shapes. After two half-boards have been inter-fitted, the fully formed board comprises a crosswise center... Agent: Pryor Cashman, LLP

20080131628 - Glass substrate for viewing display: s

20080131630 - Composite tube having cobonded end fittings and method of making same: A structural member such as a strut includes a composite material tube having metal end fittings that are attached to the tube by co-bonded, double shear joints. The double shear bond joint construction reduces the residual stress on the bonds that result from mismatch of the coefficients of thermal expansion... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20080131631 - Gas generator unit: Described is a gas generator unit comprising of a cylindrical gas generator (10), the lateral surface (10a) of which demonstrates emission holes (12) arranged in a thrust-neutral manner within a ring-shaped area (10b), and a deflector element (20), which is rigidly connected to the gas generator (10) and is made... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080131629 - Molded plastic container and preform having insert-molded rfid tag: An RFID assembly includes an RFID inlay, with an RFID tag, encapsulated within a plastic housing. The housing has a peripheral array of flexible resilient fingers for mounting the housing within a pocket on a support structure, such as a pocket on a mold core. The pocket preferably is on... Agent: Owens-illinois, Inc.

20080131632 - Environmental protection paper material structure used for food containers and manufacturing method thereof: An environmental protection paper material structure for food containers and its manufacturing method include a paper layer roll printed and coated with a first crosslinker coating in compliance with the laws and regulations of an adhesive for food packaging on both surfaces by a roll printing method, and a biodegradable... Agent: Hsi-ching Chang

20080131633 - Ceramic lever:

20080131634 - Self-rolling laminated sheet and self-rolling pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet: The present invention relates to a self-rolling pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, comprising a shrinkable film layer which is contractible in at least one axial direction; a restriction layer restricting a contraction of the shrinkable film layer, the restriction layer being disposed on a side of the shrinkable film layer; and a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080131635 - Laminate comprising multilayer film assembled by hydrogen bond, self-supported thin film obtained therefrom, and production method and application of the same: This invention relates to: a laminate comprising a support, a multilayer film assembled via a hydrogen bond thereon, and a thin film thereon; a self-supported thin film obtained from such laminate; a method for producing such laminate comprising allowing a support to come into contact alternately with two or more... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080131636 - Peelable composite thermoplastic sealants in packaging films: A peelable sealing structure includes a sealing layer and one or more optional additional layers. The peelable sealing structure includes a sealing surface that is formable into a peelable seal upon contact with a sealing substrate at all temperatures in a peelable seal temperature range. Moreover, the peelable sealing structure... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20080131637 - Metallized laminated structure and method of making the same: A metallized laminated structure suitable for making a rigid container having a metallic appearance is provided. The laminated structure includes a metallized film and a thermoplastic sheet. At least a portion of the thermoplastic sheet is bonded to the metallized film through a lamination process. The metallized film includes a... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080131638 - Multilayer barrier containers having increased adhesion and durability: A technique is provided for decreasing the delamination of multilayered containers formed by coinjection. The multilayered container comprises at least a layer of hydrophilic copolymer and a layer comprising a blend of a polyolefin and an anhydride modified polyolefin. Desirably, the hydrophilic copolymer forms the core layer and the blend... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp & Chief Ip Counsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20080131639 - Adhesive composition for semiconductor device and cover lay film, adhesive sheet, and copper-clad polymide film made with the same: Said adhesive composition has satisfactory flexural properties even in a high-temperature environment while retaining an excellent toughness of the adhesive and is excellent in soldering heat resistance, adhesive property, flame retardancy and electrical properties. The adhesive composition can suitable be used for cover lay films, adhesive sheets and copper-clad polyimide... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080131640 - Acrylic resin composition: (c): a monomer not containing 5- or more-membered heterocyclic group and containing one olefinic double bond and at least one polar functional group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group, hydroxyl group, amide group, amino group, epoxy group, oxetanyl group, aldehyde group and isocyanate group in the molecule.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080131641 - Adhesive articles with improved air egress and methods of making the same: Methods of making adhesive articles providing air egress by supplying a route for the air to flow out from under the construction are described. One method includes providing a release liner comprising a moldable layer having a release surface and a back surface; applying a first pattern of a first... Agent: Armand P. Boisselle Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080131642 - Laminated body with releasing member and method for manufacturing the same: The present invention provides a laminated body with a releasing member and a method for manufacturing the same. According to the laminated body with a releasing member, a sticking member and a releasing member can be easily peeled off with one hand, and even if a plurality of such laminated... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080131643 - Invisible laser weakening in composite material: A method for the introduction of at least one locally limited weakening into a decorative composite, in particular for use in an automotive vehicle, by way of a plurality of laser beams, is disclosed. The decorative composite includes at least one decorative substrate, at least one decorative material and at... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20080131644 - Fluororubber molded article, and rubber material and o-ring using the same: The present invention provides a fluororubber molded article having a fluorinated surface, wherein the fluorinated surface has a ratio of the number of oxygen atoms to the number of fluorine atoms of 0.11 or less, and a ratio of the number of C—H bonds to the number of C—F2 bonds... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080131645 - Sandwich panel: A sandwich panel that has excellent practicality as an inner wall material used in aircraft, for example, whereby the abovementioned requirements of flexural strength, peel strength, and in-plane shear strength can be satisfied while having reduced weight. A sandwich panel in which a middle material 2 and a surface material... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080131646 - Laminate for luminescent element, and luminescent element: This invention provides a laminate for a luminescent element that can be used as a protecting material for the body of luminescent elements, for example, substrates and sealing vessels for luminescent elements such as organic EL elements, is transparent, and has both a gas barrier function and a deoxygenating function.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080131647 - Carpet for vehicles: According to one aspect of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a carpet for vehicles comprises a surface skin layer 2 and a sound absorption layer 3 made of a nonwoven fabric integrally bonded to the surface skin layer 2 via an adhesive resin layer 4. The adhesive resin... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080131648 - Waterproof/breathable, moisture transfer, soft shell alpine boots and snowboard boots, insert liners and footbeds: The waterproof/breathable moisture transfer liner for alpine, snowboard and hiking includes an inner liner selected from technically advanced fabrics which are carefully selected. A series of layers are provided outside the inner liner including foam material and insulated nonwoven layers, breathable membranes, a supportive mesh included in a moldable foam,... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.c.

20080131649 - Low melt primary carpet backings and methods of making thereof: Described herein are primary carpet backings that possess improved physical properties such as tuft binding strength. The backings described herein can be easily recycled and re-used. Also described herein are methods for making and recycling primary carpet backings.... Agent: Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva. Pc

20080131650 - Method for preparing a composite product of a polyolefinic article and a cloth: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a composite product, comprising bonding a polyolefinic article together with a woven or non-woven cloth, wherein at least the surface of the cloth that is bonded with the article is provided with a backing-layer comprising a polyolefin, wherein said bonding comprises... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080131651 - Forming glass sheets with improved shape stability: Systems, methods, apparatus and products relate to display glass from curved glass ribbons, to improve shape stability in glass ribbons, to creation of reduced stress glass ribbons, and to creation of improved shape stability and reduced stress of display glass, which may include forming slightly a curved glass ribbon in... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080131652 - Method for manufacturing a fabric-like skin for a machine for producing web material, in particular paper or paperboard: A method for manufacturing a fabric-like skin, in particular for a machine for producing web material, in particular paper or paperboard, including the measures: a) providing a fabric-like substrate with at least one seam region extending essentially in the substrate transverse direction (CMD); b) applying a coating onto the fabric-like... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.c.

20080131653 - Fluid-permeable body having a superhydrophobic surface: Apparatus including a rigid fluid-permeable body, having a first non-planar fluid-permeable body surface, and having a second fluid-permeable body surface; a plurality of fluid-permeable cells in the fluid-permeable body; and a plurality of raised micro-scale features on the first fluid-permeable body surface. Apparatus including a fluid-permeable body having first and... Agent: Jay M. Brown

20080131654 - Folded product made from extruded profile and method of making same: A product made from an extruded sheet or web of material having a non-linear cross-section, and the process of making the product is provided. The extruded web or extrudate is plastically deformed in selected areas and then folded. When folded into the appropriate shape, the extrudate is formed into a... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080131655 - Double layer carbon nanotube-based structures and methods for removing heat from solid-state devices: Carbon nanotube-based structures and methods for removing heat from solid-state devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a copper substrate has thermal interface materials on top of front and back surfaces of the copper substrate. Each thermal interface material (TIM) comprises a layer of carbon nanotubes and a filler material located... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

20080131656 - System, method, and apparatus for structural lug formed from a combination of metal and composite laminate materials: A structural lug comprising a metallic base, composite middle layers, and outer layers of metallic material is disclosed. The metallic base of the structure is machined to accommodate the composite plies, which are located on each lateral side of the base and bonded to the base with adhesive. The composite... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20080131657 - Method for placing indicia on nonwoven material and articles therefrom: A method of placing a logo on an article or substrate by placing a contrast sheet behind the logo and a blocking sheet therebetween to prevent a shadow effect. The contrast sheet and blocking sheet may be hidden within the hem of an article.... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080131658 - Electronic packages and components thereof formed by co-deposited carbon nanotubes: Microelectronic packages may be formed using the co-deposition of carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes may be functionalized to have an appropriate charge so they can be combined with other materials to give suitable properties. The other materials that are co-deposited may include metals, ceramics, and polymers. The electronic package components... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, Pc

20080131659 - Laminated surgical tape and method for using same: A method of marking a patient's skin before surgery. The method includes the step of providing a first tape member having first and second layers. The first and second layers each have a plurality of perforations defined therethrough. The second layer overlies the first layer. At least one of the... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20080131660 - Three-dimensional photonic crystal and its manufacturing method thereof: An object of the present invention is to provide a three-dimensional photonic crystal which allows an internal formation of a defect structure with an arbitrary shape and size. Multiple holes extending to two different directions are formed obliquely to a base body surface in order to form a first crystal... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080131661 - Resin infused transparent skin panel and method of making same: A transparent skin panel for use in a mobile platform having a plurality of metal sheets. A fiber reinforced resin at least partially surrounds the plurality of metal sheets. The fiber reinforced resin is transparent. A cutout is formed within each of the plurality of metal sheets, which is filled... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, Plc

20080131662 - Alignment of a cap to a mems wafer: An apparatus and method is provided to accurately align a cap wafer relative to a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) wafer during a bonding process. Other materials may be accurately aligned as well. A trench is established in the MEMS wafer, and a printed substance, secured to the cap wafer, flows into... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080131663 - Method of manufacturing semiconductor device: To form a semiconductor film with a thickness of 50 nm or less, which includes a large grain crystal by totally melting the semiconductor film with a laser beam. A projection having a triangular cross section is formed on the surface of a semiconductor film. The shape of the projection... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080131664 - Roofing shingle having agglomerated microorganism resistant granules: An agglomerated microorganism resistant granule includes a base material having microorganism resistant characteristics and a filler material mixed with the base material. The filler material is configured to erode over time. The erosion of the filler material leaves voids and irregular surfaces in the agglomerated base material.... Agent: Owens Corning

20080131665 - Ceramics composite member and method of producing the same: A ceramics composite member includes a structure in which a first ceramic member and a second ceramic member are integrated with a joint portion. The joint portion has a texture in which a silicon phase having an average diameter of 0.05 μm or more and 10 μm or less is... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080131666 - Penetration improvement of copper amine solutions into dried wood by addition of carbon dioxide: A method of performing an impregnating treatment on a resin-containing wood substrate using a fluid comprising the steps of providing the wood substrate, contacting the wood substrate with said fluid, and maintaining contact between the wood substrate and the fluid for a time period sufficient to obtain the desired penetration... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080131668 - Array substrate, display device, and method for manufacturing the array substrate: An array substrate has regions in which an intermediate resist film thickness is formed and processed by an intermediate exposure amount which does not completely expose a resist, respectively on a drain electrode, source terminal, and a common connection wiring which are made of a second conductive film. Thin film... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080131667 - Microreplicated article: A microreplicated article is disclosed. The article includes a web including first and second opposed surfaces. The first surface includes a first microreplicated structure having a plurality of first features. The second surface includes a second microreplicated structure having a plurality of second features. Corresponding opposed features cooperate to form... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080131669 - Transponder embedded in a flexible multilayer support: The transponder with an electronic unit comprising an antenna coil (4) connected to a chip module (5) embedded in a multi-layer laminate support (1) comprises at least one flexible thermoplastic layer (2) disposed on both sides of the electronic unit wherein the multi-layer laminate support further comprises a non-woven foil... Agent: Sheridan Ross Pc

20080131670 - Surface mount component having magnetic layer thereon and method of forming same: A microelectronic assembly, a surface mount component and a method of providing the surface mount component. The assembly comprises: a substrate having bonding pads disposed on a mounting surface thereof, the bonding pads including a ferromagnetic material therein; solidified solder disposed on the bonding pads; and a surface mount component... Agent: Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafmann

20080131671 - Printed thermoplastic film having a pvb ink layer and a radiation-cured overprint coating: A printed thermoplastic film having a radiation-curable overprint coating is disclosed. The thermoplastic film is printed with an ink system that comprises a polyvinyl butyral carrier resin, a pigment dispersed in the carrier resin, a solvent, a plasticizer, and a coupling agent. The polyvinyl butyral based ink system provides better... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080131672 - Metallized multilayer film: p

20080131673 - Method for producing metallized ceramic substrate: The process for producing a metallized ceramic substrate of the present invention comprises a step (A) of preparing a raw material substrate comprising a ceramic substrate which may have on its surface a conductive layer or a conductor paste layer, a step (B) of preparing a metallized ceramic substrate precursor,... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20080131674 - Optical film, antireflection film, and polarizing plate and display device using the same: An optical film includes a transparent support; and a hardcoat layer that is a layer formed by curing a coating solution containing (A) an octa- to pentadeca-functional urethane (meth)acrylate-based compound having a molecular weight of 800 to 2,000 and having two or more urethane bonds in its molecule, and a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080131675 - Thermoformable multilayer film: Thermoformable multilayer film having a barrier layer the thickness of which is less than 3% of the total multilayer thickness.... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.a.

20080131677 - Coated cutting tool: The present invention relates to a cutting tool comprising a substrate of cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics, cubic boron nitride or high speed steel on which at least on the functioning parts of the surface thereof a thin, adherent, hard and wear resistant coating is applied, wherein said coating comprises a... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080131676 - Microporous breathable film with internal barrier layer or layers: Provided are multilayer, microporous breathable barrier films and items such as laminates and garments made from such films. The films contain one or more layers of polymers without fillers in combination with at least two or more microporous breathable layers. The unfilled layers provide a barrier that can effectively allow... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080131678 - Felt precursor of electric conductor for electrodes and method for manufacturing the electric conductor: An electric conductor for electrodes composed of a carbon fiber felt has low felt density and a great number of pores so that it can retain a cathodic reactant such as molten sulphur. The electric conductor is manufactured by forming a lap by mixing and locking together relatively large amount... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.c.

20080131679 - Silicon wafer and method for manufacturing the same: Silicon wafers and a process for their manufacture wherein both slip dislocation and occurrence of warpage are suppressed include heat treatment to provide wafers having plate-shaped BMDs, a density of BMDs whose diagonal lengths are in a range of 10 nm to 120 nm, of BMDs present in the bulk... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20080131680 - Absorbent non-skid drop cloth: An absorbent, non-skid drop cloth includes a lofted, non-woven fabric layer, and a non-skid barrier layer bonded to the non-woven fabric layer, wherein the barrier layer reduces slipping of the drop cloth on floors and other surfaces. The non-woven fabric layer has an absorbent capacity of greater than five hundred... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080131682 - Adhesive pads for footwear: An adhesive pad kit for footwear has a schematic having an indication of footwear. The adhesive pad kit has at least two pairs of thin adhesive backed pads. Each pad in the first pair has a predetermined shape having a length and a width. The length is at least four... Agent: Beem Patent Law Firm

20080131681 - Method for producing a film web: The invention relates to a method for producing a film web during which an initial film web made of thermoplastic polymer material with a polyethylene matrix, in which 1 to 70 parts by weight of polypropylene, with regard to 100 parts by weight of polyethylene matrix, are contained, is, after... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.c.

20080131683 - Aerogel/ptfe composite insulating material: A material comprising aerogel particles and a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) binder is formed having a thermal conductivity of less than or equal to 25 mW/m K at atmospheric conditions. The material is moldable or formable, having little or no shedding of filler particles, and may be formed into structures such as... Agent: Dianne Burkhard Esquire, W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

20080131684 - Thermal radiation shield for vacuum and protective atmosphere furnaces: The invention relates to the field of mechanical engineering and refers to a radiation protective shield for vacuum furnaces and protective atmosphere furnaces, which shield is used for the best possible shielding from thermal radiation. The object of the present invention is to disclose thermal radiation protective shields of reduced... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080131685 - Microcapsule-conductive particle complex, preparation method thereof and anisotropic conductive adhesive film using the same: The present invention relates to a microcapsule-conductive particle complex comprising a conductive particle consisting of conductive metallic particle or polymer particle coated on a surface with a conductive metallic layer; a microcapsule being adsorbed by the conductive particle or adsorbing the conductive particle, comprising a core and a shell, wherein... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080131689 - Ceramic article having corrosion-resistant layer, semiconductor processing apparatus incorporating same, and method for forming same: An article is provided that includes a substrate and a corrosion-resistant coating provided on the substrate. The substrate generally consists essentially of alumina, and the corrosion-resistant coating is provided so as to directly contact the substrate without the provision of intervening layers between the substrate and the corrosion-resistant coating, such... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080131686 - Environmentally friendly wear resistant carbide coating: A component positioned proximate a mating surface includes a surface facing the mating element and a wear resistant coating positioned on the surface of the substrate. The coating includes a filler material and an environmentally friendly matrix material. The matrix material has a crystal structure of at least one of... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.a.

20080131687 - Method for applying corrosion protection layers comprising thioamides to metallic surfaces: Process for applying integrated pretreatment layers to metallic surfaces, particularly the surfaces of coil metals, by treatment with a composition comprising at least one binder, crosslinker, a finely divided inorganic filler, and compounds containing at least two thioamide groups or containing one thioamide group and at least one functional group.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080131688 - Super-resolution material and high density optical information storage medium using same: A super-resolution material for recording and reproducing optical information, comprises a semiconductor material which has a transmittance that increases with an increasing intensity of the incident radiation, and one or more elements selected from the group consisting of nitrogen (N), oxygen (O), carbon (C) and boron (B).... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080131690 - Optical glass: An optical glass containing Si, Al, Ca, and O is provided. The optical glass contains Si in an amount of 7% or more and 93% or less, in cation percent, Al in an amount of 2% or more and 57% or less, in cation percent, and Ca in an amount... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080131691 - Optical glass: An optical glass that contains Si, Al, Mg, and O is provided. The optical glass contains Si in an amount of 40% or more and 60% or less, in cation percent, Al in an amount of 10% or more and 35% or less, in cation percent, and Mg in an... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080131693 - Laminate for reflection film: A laminate comprising a substrate, and a silver film, an adhesion-improving film, a low refractive index film and a high refractive index film formed in this order on the substrate, wherein at least a layer on the adhesion-improving film side in the low refractive index film is formed by a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080131692 - Methods and materials for fabricating laminate nanomolds and nanoparticles therefrom: A laminate nanomold includes a layer of perfluoropolyether defining a cavity that has a predetermined shape and a support layer coupled with the layer of perfluoropolyether. The laminate can also include a tie-layer coupling the layer of perfluoropolyether with the support layer. The tie-layer can also include a photocurable component... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080131695 - Functionalized substrates comprising perfume microcapsules cross reference to related applications: A functionalized substrate comprising: from about 1% to about 20% of a water-dispersible and/or a water-disintegrating material comprising a cellulose by weight; from about 0.001% to about 50% of a binder material by weight; and a plurality of microcapsules encapsulating at least one functional material, wherein said plurality of microcapsules... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080131694 - Silicon particles, silicon particle superlattice and method for producing the same: A production method, comprising a step of synthesizing silicon particle-containing silicon oxide particles by performing a gas phase reaction of monosilane gas and oxidizing gas for oxidizing the monosilane gas and a step of removing the silicon oxide with hydrofluoric acid after holding the silicon oxide particle powder in an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080131696 - Plastic product with stiffening provisions, and method for manufacturing same: A plastic injection molded product with at least one wall which on at least one side has a wavy course, such that the thickness of the wall in at least one direction is alternately smaller and larger with a flowing course. The invention also provides a method for manufacturing plastic... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080131697 - Multi-dimensional effect decorative covering and method for constructing same: A method for constructing a multi-dimensional effect decorative covering comprising combining a translucent medium with a colorant such as ink, applying the translucent medium having the colorant to at least one surface of at least one of a plurality of transparent films, and layering the plurality of transparent films upon... Agent: Len Taylor, Patent Attorney

20080131698 - Optical antenna array for harmonic generation, mixing and signal amplification: An optical antenna collects, modifies and emits energy at light wavelengths. Linear conductors sized to correspond to the light wavelengths are used. Nonlinear junctions of small dimension are used to rectify an alternating waveform induced upon the conductors by the lightwave electromagnetic energy. The optical antenna and junctions are effective... Agent: Donald N. Halgren

20080131700 - Method for fabricating large dimension bonds using reactive multilayer joining: A method for joining component bodies of material over bonding regions of large dimensions by disposing a plurality of substantially contiguous sheets of reactive composite materials between the bodies and adjacent sheets of fusible material. The contiguous sheets of the reactive composite material are operatively connected by an ignitable bridging... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080131699 - Thermally insulating layer incorporating a distinguishing agent: Thermally insulating layer incorporating a distinguishing agent and method for inspecting the insulating layer are provided. The distinguishing agent may be used for determining a remaining thickness of the thermally insulating layer.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080131701 - Organometallic films, methods for applying organometallic films to substrates and substrates coated with such films: Organometallic coatings or films, substrates coated with such films and methods for applying the films to the substrates are disclosed. The organometallic film or coating is derived from a transition metal compound containing both halide ligands and alkoxide ligands. Coated articles comprising polymer substrates and adhered to the substrate surface... Agent: William J. Uhl

20080131702 - Epoxy resin composition and semiconductor package including the same: An epoxy resin composition includes an epoxy resin, a curing agent, a coupling agent, and an inorganic filler. The coupling agent may include a hydrocarbon-substituted siloxane resin having at least one terminal hydroxy group.... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.c.

20080131703 - Non-stick coating with improved resistance to scratching and culinary article provided with said coating: The invention relates to a non-stick coating with improved resistance to scratching, comprising at least one first base coat applied to a support and covered by one or several top coats based on Fluorocarbon resin. The base coat comprises the following expressed as a percentage of dry matter measured in... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.c.

20080131704 - Laminated thermoplastic resin film and laminated thermoplastic resin film roll: e

20080131705 - Method and system for nanostructure placement using imprint lithography: A method (and system) of nanostructure placement using imprint lithography, includes applying a mixture containing an additive exhibiting predetermined properties, to a substrate, bringing one of the substrate and a template containing a relief structure into contact with the other of the substrate and the template containing the relief structure,... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080131706 - Use of polysilazanes as permanent anti-fingerprint coatings: where R′, R″, R′″ independently=H, optionally-substituted alkyl-, aryl, vinyl- or (trialkoxysilyl)alkyl, n=a whole number such that the polysilazane has a number-average molecular weight of from 150 to 150,000 g/mol in a solvent. The invention further relates to a method for production of the coating.... Agent: Clariant Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080131707 - Concentrated aqueous nanocomposite dispersions for barrier coatings: A concentrated nanocomposite dispersion which includes a silicate filler and a matrix polymer dispersed in an aqueous medium. The dispersions are condensed by selectively removing liquid therefrom, to provide high solids coating formulations. The concentrated formulations provide coatings which are good barriers to oxygen and other gases.... Agent: Ferrells, Pllc

20080131710 - Charge trap layer for a charge trap semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same: Provided are a charge trap semiconductor memory device including a charge trap layer on a semiconductor substrate, and a method of manufacturing the charge trap semiconductor memory device. The method includes: (a) coating a first precursor material on a surface of a semiconductor substrate to be deposited and oxidizing the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080131709 - Composite structure with organophosphonate adherent layer and method of preparing: o

20080131708 - Method for imparting hydrogen resistance to articles:

20080131711 - Bond coat compositions and arrangements of same capable of self healing: A thermal barrier coating (TBC) system (450) capable of self-healing has a substrate (420), a metal-based advanced bond coat (435) overlying the substrate and a ceramic top coat (440) overlying the bond coat. The bond coat (435) comprises ceramic oxide precursor materials capable of forming a non-alumina ceramic oxide composition... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080131712 - Polymer memory device and method of forming the same: Provided is a polymer memory device and a method of forming the same. The polymer memory device may include a first electrode, a first curable polymer layer, a second electrode, a second curable polymer layer, and a third electrode. The first electrode may be disposed on a substrate. The first... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080131713 - Antistatic polyamide composition and articles therewith: Disclosed are polyamide potassium ionomer polyol compositions that have antistatic properties. Also disclosed are articles, including laminates and monolayer or multilayer structures comprising such compositions to which neither powders nor dusts easily adhere electrostatically.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080131714 - Water-based intermediate coating composition and method for forming multilayer coating film: The present invention provides a water-based intermediate coating composition having excellent chipping resistance and water resistance when made into a multilayer coating film, and providing excellent adaptability with a top coating film and a base coating film and excellent finish appearance, and a method for forming a multilayer coating film... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080131715 - Resin composition and multi-layer article thereof: The present invention relates to a resin composition superior in antistatic properties, processability and compatibility comprising 5 to 50 parts by weight of a potassium ionomer (A) of an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer, 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of an ethylene-unsaturated ester copolymer (B) and 94.5 to 30 parts... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080131716 - Shrinkable film barrier for mandrel tooling members: A method for preparing a mandrel tooling member to receive a composite lay-up, the method comprising obtaining a mandrel tooling member having at least one working surface configured to support a composite lay-up; positioning a shrinkable material, in a pre-shrunk condition, about at least a portion of the mandrel tooling... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080131717 - Protecting wood with stabilized boron complexes: Wood is treated to reduce or prevent biodeterioration using boron compounds. A significant portion of the active boron is retained within the wood when leached. Boric acid is complexed with water-soluble bifunctional polyhydroxyl aromatic compounds, and the boric acid bifunctional polyhydroxyl aromatic complex is deposited into wood treated with a... Agent: Patent Department Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, L.l.p

20080131718 - Method of producing a preform for thermoformed containers: Method of producing a preform for thermoformed containers, which takes the form of a token. The method includes the following steps: producing the lower part (3) of the token, this step including the extrusion of a cylindrical bar (2) and the cutting of the bar (2) into disks (3); producing... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080131719 - Method for producing aluminum composite material: A method for producing an aluminum composite material having a great content of a ceramics with ease. The method (a) mixes an aluminum powder and ceramic particles, to prepare a mixed material, (b) subjects the mixed material to electric pressure sintering together with a metal sheet material, to form a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080131720 - Ni-base superalloy having a coating system containing a stabilizing layer: A coating process and system for an article having a substrate formed of a metal alloy that is prone to the formation of a secondary reaction zone (SRZ). The coating system includes an aluminum-containing overlay coating and a stabilizing layer between the overlay coating and the substrate. The overlay coating... Agent: Hartman And Hartman, P.c.

20080131721 - Low hydrogen embrittlement zinc/nickel plating for high strength steels: The invention provides a method for producing a corrosion-resistant article, where the article is conductive and subject to hydrogen uptake during electroplating of a coating. The method comprises electroplating a zinc/nickel coating on the article in an aqueous, basic plating solution containing zinc and nickel ions. The method uses an... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, Plc

20080131722 - Single layer carbon nanotube-based structures and methods for removing heat from solid-state devices: One embodiment includes: a copper substrate; a catalyst on top of a single surface of the copper substrate; and a thermal interface material on top of the single surface of the copper substrate. The thermal interface material comprises: a layer of carbon nanotubes that contacts the catalyst, and a filler... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

20080131723 - Braze system with matched coefficients of thermal expansion: A CTE modified braze composition that can be utilized to manufacture a strong, gastight joint where at least one of the joining members comprises a ceramic (e.g., a ceramic or a cermet). The braze composition is formulated so as to reduce the thermal stress that results from the mismatch of... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080131724 - Ceramic armor, methods of joining a carbide with a metal-comprising piece, and methods of metallizing carbide-comprising surfaces: The invention includes pieces of ceramic armor, methods of joining a carbide with a metal-comprising piece, and methods of metallizing carbide-comprising surfaces. In one implementation, a method of joining a carbide with a metal-comprising piece includes providing a mixture comprising (a) and (b) over a carbide-comprising surface of a substrate,... Agent: Battelle Energy Alliance, Llc

20080131725 - Coated inserts for milling of compacted graphite iron: e

20080131726 - Multilayer hard coating for tools: A multilayer hard coating for tools for machining applications with a multilayer structure for improving the wear resistance of workpieces includes at least one (AlyCr1-y)X layer (0.2≦y≦0.7), wherein X is one of the following elements N, C, B, CN, BN, CBN, NO, CO, BO, CNO, BNO, CBNO, but preferably N... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080131727 - Work piece with a hard film of alcr-containing material, and process for its production: A work piece or structural component is coated with a system of film layers at least one of which is composed of (AlyCr1-y)X, where X=N, C, B, CN, BN, CBN, NO, CO, BO, CNO, BNO or CBNO and 0.2≦y<0.7, with the composition within said film being either essentially constant or... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080131728 - Acidic zincating solution: An aqueous, acidic zincating composition comprising: zinc cations; fluoride anions; and a carboxylic acid having at least one additional —OH substituent is provided that is useful in a process of making a corrosion resistant article comprising contacting an article having an aluminum surface with the zincating composition and thereafter coating... Agent: Henkel Corporation

20080131729 - Highly corrosion-resistant hot-dip galvanized steel product excellent in surface smoothness and formability and process for producing same: The present invention provides a highly corrosion-resistant plated steel sheet that can achieve excellent surface smoothness and formability and, according to the process of the present invention, a hot-dip galvanized steel product excellent in surface smoothness and formability having on the steel product surface a zinc alloy plating layer composed... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080131731 - Carbazole derivative and organic light emitting device using the same: Provided is an organic light emitting device including: a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode; and at least one layer formed of an organic compound interposed between the pair of electrodes, in which the at least one layer formed of the organic compound layer contains at least... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080131730 - Metal complex compound, electroluminescent device and display apparatus: o

20080131732 - Magnetoresistive element: A magnetoresistive element includes a first ferromagnetic layer having a first magnetization, the first magnetization having a first pattern when the magnetoresistive element is half-selected during a first data write, a second pattern when the magnetoresistive element is selected during a second data write, and a third pattern of residual... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080131733 - Perpendicular magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus: According to one embodiment, disclosed is a perpendicular magnetic recording medium in which a magnetic recording layer has a stacked structure including a hard magnetic recording layer and soft magnetic recording layer each having magnetic crystal grains and a grain boundary region. The magnetic crystal grains in the hard magnetic... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080131734 - Perpendicular magnetic recording media with thin soft magnetic underlayers and recording systems comprising same: A perpendicular magnetic recording medium comprises a non-magnetic substrate having a surface; and a plurality of overlying thin film layers forming a layer stack on the substrate surface, the layer stack including a magnetically hard perpendicular magnetic recording layer structure and an underlying soft magnetic underlayer (SUL), the SUL having... Agent: Seagate Technology Llc C/o Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080131736 - Longitudinal magnetic recording medium and storage having the same: A longitudinal magnetic recording medium includes, in order from a nonmagnetic substrate, a primary coat layer that contains Cr, an intermediate layer, a magnetic layer as a recording layer made of CoCr alloy, and a protective layer, the intermediate layer including a RuCr intermediate layer made of a RuCr alloy... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080131735 - Ni-x, ni-y, and ni-x-y alloys with or without oxides as sputter targets for perpendicular magnetic recording: The various embodiments of the present invention generally relate to the deposition of a seedlayer for a magnetic recording medium used for perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) applications, where the seedlayer provides for grain size refinement and reduced lattice mis-fit for a subsequently deposited underlayer or granular magnetic layer, and where... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080131737 - Method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording medium, a method of manufacturing a substrate for a perpendicular magnetic recording medium, and a medium and a substrate manufactured by the methods: A method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording medium and a substrate for the medium are disclosed, in which abnormal protrusions on an underlayer made of a Ni—P alloy are automatically eliminated while maintaining a flat surface with high accuracy on the underlayer, and appropriate texture traces remain to promote... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.