Stock material or miscellaneous articles inventions 11/08

20080292817 - Liquid crystal composition, liquid crystal element, reflective display material, light-controlling material, and method of preparing liquid crystal composition: The present invention provides a liquid crystal composition having at least a liquid crystal and a chiral dopant, in which the chiral dopant is a compound having a liquid crystalline group of a specific structure bonded to a rigid optically active compound. The present invention provides a liquid crystal element... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080292818 - Scroll: A religious artifact including at least one scroll hand-written on kosher parchment in Hebrew, using flexible water-resistant kosher black ink. Such ink, when dry, does not dissolve in water and does not crack or peel off the surface, yet, when a mistake needs to be corrected, such ink can be... Agent: Zvi Shkedi

20080292819 - Artificial grass lawn for sports fields: The invention relates to an artificial grass lawn suitable for sports fields, which artificial grass lawn consists of a base layer, on which first artificial grass fibres are disposed. In accordance with the invention, the artificial grass lawn is characterized in that said base layer comprises a material having damping... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080292820 - Light diffusing solar control film: A light diffusing solar control film includes a multilayer film that transmits visible light and reflects infrared light, and a light diffusing layer or surface adjacent to the multilayer film forming a light diffusing solar control film. The light diffusing solar control film has a haze value of 10% or... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080292821 - Easy opening packaging article made from heat-shrinkable film exhibiting directional tear: A packaging article has tear initiators for initiating a manual tear that can be propagated to open a package and allow a product to be readily removed therefrom, without the use of a knife or scissors or any other implement. The packaging article is made from a heat-shrinkable multilayer film... Agent: Rupert B. Hurley Jr. Sealed Air Corporation

20080292822 - Thin-walled composite sleeve: An expandable, hollow, cylindrical thin-walled composite sleeve for use in flexographic printing applications is provided including an optional polymeric resin base layer, at least one filament wound layer over the base layer, and at least one outer non-woven fibrous layer over the filament wound layer. The filament wound layer may... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080292823 - A braided-reinforced composite hollow fiber membrane: A braid-reinforced composite hollow fiber membrane is disclosed. The braid-reinforced composite hollow fiber membrane comprising a reinforcing material of a tubular braid and a polymer resinous thin film coated on the surface of the tubular braid according to the present invention is characterized in that: the tubular braid comprises multifilaments... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080292824 - Plastic composite moulded bodies obtainable by welding in an electromagnetic alternating field: The invention relates to plastics composite mouldings obtainable via welding in an alternating electromagnetic field, in which the weld is obtained with the aid of a plastics material which comprises nano-scale, magnetic oxidic particles, which are composed of aggregated primary particles, and where the primary particles are composed of magnetic... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080292825 - Low temperature melt-processing of organic-inorganic hybrid: The present invention provides a process for preparing a melt-processed organic-inorganic hybrid material including the steps of maintaining a solid organic-inorganic hybrid material at a temperature above the melting point but below the decomposition temperature of the organic-inorganic hybrid material for a period of time sufficient to form a uniform... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080292826 - Conductive sheet and manufacturing method thereof: A conductive sheet includes a film-like substrate, conductive patterns, and an insulator. The conductive patterns provided on the substrate are made of a synthetic resin dispersed with silver therein. The insulator made of a synthetic resin dispersed with silver chloride therein is provided on the substrate so as to separate... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080292827 - Car mat module: A car mat module includes a floor carpet with at least one depression, and at least one car mat configured and dimensioned to be seated into the depression. The thickness of the depression may be substantially equal to the thickness of the car mat. The depression may include at least... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080292828 - Composition comprising various proteorhodopsins and/or bacteriorhodopsins and use thereof: The present invention provides a solid material comprising an immobilized mixture of two or more proteorhodopsins, two or more bacteriorhodopsins, or one or more bacteriorhodopsin and one or more proteorhodopsins. The proteorhodopsins are selected from the group consisting of all-trans-retinal-containing proteorhodopsins and retinal analog-containing proteorhodopsins; all of which have absorption... Agent: Howrey LLP-ca

20080292829 - Recording medium, recording apparatus and recording method: A recording medium of the recordable type in the form of a multi-layer disc or the like which is improved in compatibility and feasibility in use and a recording apparatus and a recording method ready for the recording medium are disclosed. A region for recording interlayer folding back position information... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080292830 - Multi-layered foam furniture method and apparatus: A method and apparatus regarding lightweight but robust multi-layered foam furniture pieces. The furniture pieces include a foam base, a polymeric solidifying layer, and a decorative layer. The decorative layer may include an acrylic-based surface finish and/or one or more decorative pieces, tiles, or other variously shaped objects attached to... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20080292832 - Structural component in the form of a heat shield: The invention relates to a structural component in the form of a heat shield, consisting of at least two interconnected structural layers, of which one structural layer (10) has a first type of depressions (14), which is oriented in the direction of the other structural layer, and of which the... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080292831 - Tufted pet fiber for automotive carpet applications: A tufted PET carpet assembly and a method of forming the same. The carpet assembly comprising a face layer comprised of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) yarn comprised of PET fibers and tufted at a pre-determined gauge, the face layer having a face weight, a first backing layer adjacent the face layer,... Agent: Butzel LongIPDocketing Dept

20080292833 - Compositions and aqueous dispersions: An aqueous dispersion including (A) at least one base polymer selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-based co-polymer and a propylene-based co-polymer; (B) at least one polymeric stabilizing agent; and at least one filler; wherein the polymeric stabilizing agent is different from the at least one base polymer and... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20080292835 - Methods for forming freestanding nanotube objects and objects so formed: Methods for forming freestanding objects primarily comprising aligned carbon nanotubes, as well as the objects made by these methods, are provided. Arrays of generally aligned carbon nanotubes are first synthesized on a substrate then released from the substrate and densified, maintaining the aligned arrangement. These densified arrays can take the... Agent: Patentbest

20080292834 - Multiple layer glazing bilayer having a masking layer: The present invention provides multiple layer glazing bilayers that utilize a masking layer over the polymer film component. The masking layer is specifically formulated to have a melting point that is less than the temperature employed in the autoclave process that is used to laminate the bilayer. The surprising result... Agent: Brenc Law Andrew Brenc

20080292836 - Wrap-around place mat: A wrap-around place mat adaptable for use on a table-like surface for covering a portion of the eating or play surface in front of a child, the place mat including a first table top portion, a second wrap-around securement portion adaptable for wrapping around an edge surface associated with the... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080292837 - Apparatus and method for injection molding a fully-assembled multi-component articulatable device: An apparatus and method for simultaneously injection molding a first component and a second component, the second component having a protrusion that is positioned in a hole in the first component, including the steps of mating together molds having cavities that define the first component and the second component, positioning... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP Attn: Stefan V. Stein/IPDept.

20080292838 - Flexible insulation blanket having a ceramic matrix composite outer layer: A flexible insulation blanket having a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) outer layer, and a method of producing a flexible insulation blanket having a smooth, aerodynamically suitable, outer surface by infiltrating ceramic material within the outer ceramic fabric layer of the flexible insulation blanket and curing the ceramic material to form... Agent: Alston & Bird, LLP

20080292839 - Electrospun apatite/polymer nano-composite scaffolds: An artificial bone composite structure is provided. This structure includes a fibrous matrix that itself includes a plurality of fibers. Also, the structure includes a plurality of hydroxyapatite (HA) particles. These particles are dispersed within the fibrous matrix. Also, the HA particles have controlled size and aspect ratios and are... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20080292840 - Electrically and thermally conductive carbon nanotube or nanofiber array dry adhesive: A two-sided carbon nanostructure thermal interface material having a flexible polymer matrix; an array of vertically aligned carbon nanostructures on a first surface of the flexible polymer matrix; and an array of vertically aligned carbon nanostructures on a second surface of the flexible polymer matrix, wherein the first and second... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080292842 - Carbon fiber substrate and method for forming the same: A porous carbon fiber substrate and method of forming the same including providing a fiber material including carbon, providing at least one extrusion aid and providing at least one bonding phase material. The fiber material, the at least one extrusion aid and the at least one bonding phase material are... Agent: Geo2 Technologies

20080292843 - Honeycomb structure, method for manufacturing honeycomb structure and exhaust gas purifying device: A honeycomb structure is a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure in which a plurality of cells, separated from each other by a cell wall, are formed in a longitudinal direction. When the honeycomb structure is divided into two portions by a plane in parallel with either one of end faces in the... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080292841 - Regenerative aramid honeycomb sandwich energy absorbing matrix and square tube supported honeycomb sandwich bridge: Absorb and redirect impact forces. The first honeycomb matrix is open to absorb the initial forces of impact, between is the honeycomb sandwich separating the first matrix of honeycomb from the second matrix of honeycomb which functions as the secondary means of absorbtion and redirection again followed by honeycomb sandwich... Agent: David R. Williams

20080292845 - Glass article having a laser melted surface: A glass article having at least one edge of which at least a portion has been laser melted. The laser melted portion scatters light, thus enabling the glass article to be properly aligned. In some embodiments, the laser melted portion also provides a roughened edge having a coefficient of friction... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080292844 - Glass article having improved edge: A glass article having an edge of which at least a portion that is ground and subsequently etched to provide a roughened edge. The roughened edge scatters light, thus enabling the glass article to be properly aligned. In some embodiments, the roughened edge also provides a surface having a coefficient... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080292846 - Electronic component and manufacturing method therefor: When manufacturing an electronic component having a flip chip or a surface mount component mounted on a sheet substrate and being covered with a shield cover, the above shield cover is dipped into cream solder and placed on the above sheet substrate after the above cream solder is attached to... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080292847 - View panel, method for making the view panel, and electronic device using the view panel: A view panel (10) for an electronic device includes a substrate (11) and a paint layer (12). The substrate is made of a transparent material. The paint layer is formed on one surface of the view panel. The painting coating includes at least two paint coatings. Each of the at... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080292848 - Multilayer adhesive for thermal reversible joining of substrates: One embodiment of the invention includes a multilayer dry adhesive system capable of reversible joining of rigid substrates.... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080292849 - Laminate sheet, in particular for fuselage skin sheets for aircrafts: A laminate sheet, in particular for use as a fuselage skin includes thin aluminium alloy sheets layered on top of one another with each two aluminium alloy sheets being adhesively bonded to one another at least in regions by an adhesive layer which includes at least one unidirectional fibreglass insert... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20080292850 - Data storage device: The present invention relates to a data storage device comprising: a polymer layer for storing data in the form of topographic features; a substrate comprising a conductor, a first surface of the polymer layer being provided on the substrate; and at least one probe which, when the device is in... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP - IBM Arc Division

20080292851 - Molded part, in particular decorative part and/or trim part for the passenger compartment of a vehicle, and process for producing molded parts: Implementations of the present invention relate to a molded part, in particular a decorative part and/or a trim part for the passenger compartment of a vehicle, comprising a support of plastic, a decorative layer and a ductile insert of ductile material. According to implementations of the present invention, the ductile... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080292852 - Printed wiring board and method for producing the same: The present invention has for its object to provide a multilayer printed circuit board which is very satisfactory in facture toughness, dielectric constant, adhesion and processability, among other characteristics. The present invention is directed to a multilayer printed circuit board comprising a substrate board, a resin insulating layer formed on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080292853 - Composite laminated material and article made thereof: e

20080292854 - Carbon foam core panels: The core panel includes a plurality of carbon foam blocks. One or more of the blocks have a cell volume wherein at least about 90% of the cells have a diameter of between at least about 10 microns and about 150 microns. Also at least about 1% of the cell... Agent: Graftech International Holdings, Inc.

20080292859 - Ceramic powder, ceramic layer and layer system having gadolinium/mixed crystal pyrochlore phases and oxides: There is described a ceramic powder, ceramic layer and layer system having gadolinium/mixed crystal pyrochlore phases and oxides. Besides a good thermal insulation property, thermal insulation layer systems must also have a long lifetime of the thermal insulation layer. The layer system according to the invention has an outer ceramic... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080292858 - Connecting fiber-reinforced material to an injection-moulded material: e

20080292857 - Heat dissipation substrate and heat dissipation material thereof:

20080292856 - Mechanically flexible and durable substrates and method of making: A flexible substrate are disclosed comprising an amorphous inorganic composition, wherein the substrate has a thickness of less than about 250 μm and has at least one of: a) a brittleness ratio less than about 9.5 (μm)−1/2, or b) a fracture toughness of at least about 0.75 MPa·(m)1/2. Electronic devices... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080292855 - Methods of delivering fragrance using ethylene vinyl acetate ribbon: A substrate for delivering a fragrance to the surroundings is disclosed, wherein the substrate comprises: (i) at least one copolymer of an olefin and one or more ethylene derivatives selected from a group consisting of vinyl esters of saturated carboxylic acids, propenyl esters of saturated carboxylic acids, olefmically unsaturated organic... Agent: S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

20080292861 - Process for manufacturing a multilayer article possessing a protective layer: s

20080292860 - Ultrasonic vibration cutting method and a fiber reinforced plastic member manufactured by the method: An ultrasonic vibration cutting method for drilling a workpiece using a drill applied to the workpiece. Ultrasonic torsional mode vibration in its rotational direction is applied to the drill. The workpiece is a fiber reinforced plastic member including carbon fibers as its reinforcing fibers. The drilling by the drill, with... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080292862 - Method for producing anisoptropic bulk materials: A method is disclosed for manufacturing an anisotropic material comprising providing a viscoplastic material having a yield stress, and a plurality of magnetic particles disposed therein, and then subjecting the viscoplastic material to a magnetic field for a time sufficient to at least partially align at least a portion of... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080292863 - Siloxane polymer, preparation method thereof, porous-film forming coating solution containing the polymer, porous film, and semiconductor device using the porous film: m

20080292864 - Injection process for making a moulding completely recyclable, multilayered article:

20080292865 - Base for a playing field: A base for a playing field comprises a layer of particulate material forming at least an upper part of the base and a binder applied to the layer of particulate material. The binder extends from about 5 mm to about 150 mm into the layer of particulate material. The binder... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080292866 - Antireflection film: An antireflection film including a low-refractive-index layer and having low reflectivity and high water resistance. The antireflection film has a low-refractive-index layer composed of two layers. The two layers include a first layer with void-containing inorganic fine particles and a second layer that is formed on the first layer and... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080292867 - Method for manufacturing a fire retardant composite and composite thus obtained: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a fire retardant composite, a composite of a foamed polymer having a coating with fire retardant properties, and also the use of such composites. The method according to the present invention comprises the following steps: i) providing beads of foamed polymer,... Agent: Roberts & Roberts, LLP Attorneys At Law

20080292868 - Foam core gypsum shutter: A shutter assembly, or other architectural structure or exterior/interior decorative trim element, having a foam insert at least partially enveloped by a cementitious shell. The assembly is molded from cementitious slurry, including gypsum cement and a latex/water mixture. An amount of the slurry is added onto a bottom mold surface... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20080292870 - Fabrication of patterned and ordered nanoparticles: rearranging the nanoparticles on the surface by the force from the field to form a second distribution of nanoparticles on the surface. The second distribution of nanoparticles is more ordered or more patterned than the first distribution of nanoparticles as a result of the rearranging.... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.a . York Business Center, Suite 205

20080292869 - Methods of bonding superabrasive particles in an organic matrix: Superabrasive tools and their methods of manufacture are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of improving retention of superabrasive particles held in a solidified organic material layer of an abrading tool, a portion of each of said superabrasive particles protruding out of the solidified organic material layer is provided. Such... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080292871 - Optical film device: An optical film device includes a laminate. The laminate includes a plurality of functional layers. The functional layers include a transparent anti-glare film which incorporates a plurality of water-soluble scattering particles distributed therein. The anti-glare film further includes a plurality of indentations distributed on a surface of the anti-glare film.... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S C Intellectual Property Department

20080292872 - Substrate with a photocatalytic coating:

20080292873 - Method for providing a thermal barrier coating and substrate having such coating: Method for providing a thermal barrier coating and substrate. The thermal barrier coating (5) is provided on a thermally grown oxide (4) which is grown on a metallic bond coating (3) provided on the substrate (1) Adhesion between the bond coating (3) and thermally grown oxide coating (4) is improved... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080292875 - Method for applying one or more layers to a paper substrate: The present invention relates to a method for applying two or more layers to a substrate by means of a multilayer curtain coating process. The present invention further relates to a decorative or a functional foil built up of a substrate and at least two coatings present thereon. The present... Agent: Roberts & Roberts, LLP Attorneys At Law

20080292874 - Sintered power semiconductor substrate and method of producing the substrate: A power semiconductor substrate with an insulating sheet-like base, having at least one sequence of layers of: a thin adhesion promoting layer, a sintered metal layer and a conductive layer arranged on at least one main area of the substrate. The associated process includes the steps of: coating at least... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20080292877 - Method of cleaning gaas substrate, method of producing gaas substrate, method of fabricating epitaxial susbstrate, and gaas wafer: The present invention provides a method of cleaning a GaAs substrate with less precipitate particles after cleaning. This cleaning method comprises an acid cleaning step (S11), a deionized water rinsing step (S12), and a rotary drying step (S13). First, a GaAs substrate with a mirror finished surface is immersed in... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080292878 - Polyimide film with improved adhesion, process for its fabrication and laminated body: A laminated body obtained by forming a metal-deposited layer onto one or both adhesion-improved sides of a polyimide film with improved adhesion obtained by coating and spraying an organic polar solvent solution containing a polybenzimidazole onto one or both sides of a self-supporting film prepared by casting and drying a... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20080292876 - Soft magnetic member and magnetic device including the same: There is provided a soft magnetic member comprising a resin film 11 and a soft magnetic layer formed on the resin film 11, the soft magnetic layer comprising a T-L composition layer 7, wherein T is Fe or FeCO, and L is at least one element selected from the group... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080292879 - Article formed into sheet, method for producing the same and exothermic formed article: A molded article containing a powder and a fibrous material which is obtained by a wet papermaking process. The fibrous material has a fiber length frequency distribution such that 30% to 90% of the fibrous material have a fiber length of 0.4 to 2.0 mm and that 9% to 50%... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080292880 - Insulating facing tape and process to make same: An insulating facing tape material that can be used for covering exposed insulation surfaces to protect them from moisture and other environmental factors. The material typically includes a first layer of metal-containing foil, a second layer of metal-containing foil, a polymeric layer that is disposed between the first and second... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080292882 - Synthetic quartz glass with fast axes of birefringence distributed in concentric-circle tangent directions and process for producing the same:

20080292881 - Synthetic quartz glass with radial distribution of fast axes of birefringence and process for producing the same:

20080292883 - Granules with filamentous coatings: The present invention relates to a granule comprising a core and a coating, wherein the core comprises an active compound, and the coating comprises filaments prepared from atomizing a liquid coating composition having the property that the liquid coating composition forms filaments upon atomization.... Agent: Novozymes North America, Inc.

20080292884 - Coating composition and resin article having optical permeability: A coating composition capable of forming a curable coating layer having a sufficient dyeability on a resin substrate and improving adhesion after dyeing between the resin substrate and the curable coating layer, and a resin product having optical permeability applied with the curable coating layer by the composition are provided.... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080292885 - Carrier film of an embossing film: The invention relates to an embossing film, in addition to an associated carrier film for applying surface structures, in particular to fibreboard. The invention also relates to a press and to a production method that uses the embossing film. The advantages of the inventive embossing film are that its use... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080292886 - Adhesive formulations containing urea additives, methods of forming plywood therewith, and plywood products made thereby: Compositions suitable for use as wood adhesives are described, which compositions comprise: (a) a polymeric component selected from the group consisting of lignins, proteins, and mixtures thereof, (b) an adhesion promoter comprising at least one component selected from the group consisting of (i) adducts of an epoxide and a resin... Agent: Hercules Incorporated

20080292887 - Conductive multiwalled carbon nanotube/polyethylene oxide (peo) composite films and methods of use: A method for fabricating an electrically conductive composite structure is provided. The method comprises forming a mixture including carbon nanotubes, a polymeric compound, surfactant and water; introducing the mixture to a substrate; and evaporating water from the mixture to form a composite film on the substrate.... Agent: Bose Mckinney & Evans LLP

20080292888 - Microfabrication: A method of forming a surface of micrometer dimensions conforming to a desired contour for a MEMS device, the method comprising providing a crystalline silicon substrate with a recess in an upper surface, providing a thinner layer of crystalline silicon over the upper surface of the substrate, fusion bonding the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080292889 - Control of morphology of silica films: A method of controlling the morphology of silica or silica-like films formed by coating a precursor formulation of hydrolysable silicate oligomer onto a substrate and curing in a vapourous environment that comprises a base, water and a retarder that retards the hydrolysis of the oligomer.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080292890 - Corrosion resistant member and method for manufacturing the same: A corrosion resistant member comprising a base material made of ceramics or a metal and at least one layer of corrosion resistant film formed on the surface of the former. At least one layer of the corrosion resistant film is a corrosion resistant film formed from a compound of the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080292891 - Electromagnetic wave shielding sheet: An electromagnetic wave shielding sheet having a high shielding effect for electromagnetic waves and capable of suppressing secondary emission causing noises without using GND connection, in which the electromagnetic shielding sheet includes a laminate film on a paper substrate, the laminate film has a laminate structure where an adhesive layer... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080292893 - Heat-sealing material for aluminum foils and polyethylene terephthalate foils against polypropyl, polyvinyl chloride, and polystyrol containers:

20080292892 - Manufacturing method of metal structure in multi-layer substrate and structure thereof: Disclosed is a manufacturing method of metal structure in multi-layer substrate and structure thereof. The manufacturing method of the present invention comprises following steps: coating at least one photoresist layer on a surface of a dielectric layer, and then exposing the photoresist dielectric layer to define a predetermined position of... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080292894 - Chrome free composition for metal surface treatment and surface-treated metal sheet: A chrome free composition for metal surface treatment and a surface-treated metal sheet can provide excellent characteristics of high conductivity, corrosion resistance, alkali resistance, and high temperature and humidity resistance. The composition includes a vinyl based binder resin, an acryl based binder resin, and a solvent. In the vinyl based... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080292895 - Method of producing a gas barrier polymer foil and a gas barrier polymer foil: The invention relates to polymer foil comprising at least one polymer layer coated with a barrier glass coating of an oxide composition, wherein said oxide composition comprises the element Si in the form of an oxide network, the oxide composition preferably comprises Si and at least one other element X... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080292896 - Propylene copolymer, polypropylene composition and uses thereof, transition metal compound and olefin polymerization catalyst: A polypropylene composite film having a propylene/1-butene random copolymer which has 60 to 90 mol % of propylene units and 10 to 40 mol % of 1-butene units and has a triad isotacticity of not less than 85% and not more than 97.5%, a molecular weight distribution of from 1... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080292897 - Wear resistant coating: A wear-resistant component of a carbon seal includes a surface and a coating applied onto the surface. The coating is a chromium carbide-nickel chromium composition constituting between about 75% and about 85% by weight chromium carbide and between about 15% and about 25% by weight nickel chromium. The chromium carbide-nickel... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20080292898 - Formed core sandwich structure and method and system for making same: A method and apparatus for producing a sandwich structure that is lightweight and many times stiffer than regular sheet metal, and which is easily formable into curved structures as well as structures having compound curves. In one embodiment, a formed core includes a plurality of cells comprising alternating front and... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080292899 - Titanium alloy composite material, method of producing the titanium alloy composite material, titanium clad material using the titanium alloy composite material, and method of producing the titanium clad material: A titanium alloy composite material including dispersed carbon fibers coated with a layer containing an element which forms a carbide in reaction with carbon, and the carbide formed thereby, in crystal grains of the titanium alloy. The element which forms a carbide in reaction with carbon is preferably at least... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080292900 - Metal-resin composite and method for producing the same: A method for producing a metal-resin composite includes a coating step, an assembling step, and a heating step. The coating step coats at least part of the outer periphery of a solid metal first member with a foaming resin and a non-foaming resin. The assembling step disposes the first member... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080292901 - Magnesium alloy and thin workpiece made of the same: An exemplary magnesium alloy includes: by weight, magnesium as a main ingredient, aluminum in an amount from 7.5% to 7.8%, zinc in an amount from 0.35% to 1.0%, manganese in an amount from 0.15% to 0.5%, silicon less than 0.1%, copper less than 0.03%, iron less than 0.005%, and nickel... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080292902 - Moisture curable hot melt adhesive composition: A moisture curable hot melt adhesive composition includes a polyurethane prepolymer, optionally a tackifying resin, and optionally a thermoplastic polymer. The polyurethane prepolymer includes a reaction product of an amorphous polyester polyol, a polyisocyanate, and a crystalline monofunctional alcohol that has a melting point of no less than about 80°... Agent: H.b. Fuller Patent Department

20080292903 - Coated gas turbine engine component repair: A method of repairing a component of a gas turbine engine that includes a metallic substrate, an existing coating, and a diffusion layer formed in the metallic substrate adjacent to the coating. The method includes removing at least a portion of the existing aluminide coating, removing material forming the diffusion... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20080292904 - Organic electroluminescent device and display apparatus: A red light-emitting organic electroluminescent device is provided and includes an anode; a cathode; and an organic layer which includes a light-emitting layer and is interposed between the anode and cathode. The light-emitting layer includes a red light-emitting guest material and a host material composed of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080292905 - Surface-coated cutting tool: r

20080292906 - Enhancement of magnetic media recording performance using ion irradiation to tailor exchange coupling: Magnetic medium recording performance can be enhanced by irradiating a magnetic medium with ions having an acceleration voltage of between 10 keV and 100 keV to induce exchange coupling between grains of the magnetic medium. The magnetic medium is exposed to a cumulative ion dosage of between 1013 ions/cm2 and... Agent: Joseph P. Curtin, L.L.C.

20080292907 - Patterned perpendicular magnetic recording medium with exchange coupled recording layer structure and magnetic recording system using the medium: A patterned perpendicular magnetic recording medium has discrete magnetic islands, each of which has a recording layer (RL) structure that comprises two exchange-coupled ferromagnetic layers. The RL structure may be an “exchange-spring” RL structure with an upper ferromagnetic layer (MAG2), sometimes called the exchange-spring layer (ESL), ferromagnetically coupled to a... Agent: Thomas R. Berthold

20080292908 - Perpendicular magnetic recording medium, method of manufacturing perpendicular magnetic recording medium, and magnetic recording apparatus: A perpendicular magnetic recording medium having a substrate, a soft magnetic buffer layer formed on the substrate, an Ru/Ru alloy underlayer formed on the soft magnetic buffer layer, the Ru/Ru alloy underlayer including Ru or a Ru alloy, a recording layer formed on the Ru/Ru alloy underlayer, the recording layer... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080292909 - Magnetic recording medium and magnetic storage apparatus: This magnetic recording medium has a substrate, a nonmagnetic granular layer formed above the substrate and a recording layer formed on the nonmagnetic granular layer. The nonmagnetic granular layer is made of CoCr alloy with an hcp or an fcc crystal structure in which a nonmagnetic material segregates virtually-columnar magnetic... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080286497 - Liquid crystal composition, liquid crystal device, reflective display material, and light modulating material: At least one cholesteric liquid crystal composition is mixed with at least one first nematic liquid crystal compound or composition, thereby exhibiting a TGBA phase at room temperature. The first nematic liquid crystal compound or composition preferably includes a compound having a cyano group, a halogen atom, a nitro group,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080286498 - Transparent substrate with low birefringence: , wherein each A of the repeat unit, being the same or different, represents an aromatic or aliphatic group, and at least one A is an aromatic or aliphatic group containing sulfonyl functionality; each B of the repeated unit, being the same or different, represents an aromatic or cycloaliphatic group;... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080286499 - Foldable party decoration: A decoration in a variety of shapes and including a substantially flat main body and a string. The main body has a plurality of extensions extending from a base portion. Each extension has an aperture therethrough at its free end. The string passes through each aperture in a same direction.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080286500 - Stamping film for producing tamper-proof motor vehicle license plates and tamper-proof motor vehicle license plate comprising such a stamping film: The invention concerns a stamping film for the production of tamper-proof license plates and a license plate produced using a stamping film. The stamping film includes a carrier film and a transfer layer which is detachable from the carrier film and which can be fixed on a substrate of the... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080286501 - Structured surfaces that exhibit color by rotation: An optically variable device is disclosed having a substrate with an array of pyramidal structures formed upon it or within it. The structures are coated with an optically variable color-shifting coating. Each of the structures form a pyramidal-like having at least three slanted faces and wherein one or more colors... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080286502 - Method for thermal conduction interfacing: A method is disclosed for thermal conduction interfacing. The method for thermal conduction interfacing includes providing with a first layer formed substantially of a pliable thermally conductive material. The method includes coupling a second layer formed substantially of a pliable thermally conductive material and coupled at the edges to the... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20080286506 - In-mold labeling system for containers: A container or other article is integrally molded to a labeling assembly. The labeling assembly includes a release surface for releasably supporting an adhesive label for identifying a feature of the container. A method of making a container having an in-mold labeling assembly is also disclosed. A labeling assembly is... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080286503 - Method for production of thin-walled parts: The invention relates to a method for producing thin-walled parts made of molding material by moving a first and an additional shaping tool relative to one another. According to the inventive method, a hollow space of the first shaping tool or another part that is inserted into the first shaping... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080286505 - Mica-reinforced insulation: Mica-reinforced insulating hose (1) for insulating electrical contact connections with a support hose (2), which has a mica tape (4) surrounding it with one or more layers.... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20080286504 - Steel plate or steel pipe with small occurrence of bauschinger effect and methods of production of same: The present invention provides steel plate or steel pipe with small occurrence of the Bauschinger effect and methods of production of the same, particularly steel pipe used for steel pipe for oil wells or line pipe with a small drop in the compression strength in the circumferential direction due to... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080286507 - Multilayer film: A multilayer film which loses its memory when subjected to heat shrinking comprising at least three layers, wherein at least one of the layers comprises a styrene-butadiene copolymer and the other layers comprise at least one material selected from the group consisting of HDPE, LLDPE and LDPE.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080286508 - Process for manufacturing a flexible packaging laminate for filling liquids in pouches such as edible oil pouches: The present invention provides a process for manufacturing a flexible packaging laminates for filling liquids in pouches such as edible oil pouches comprising: —taking granules of polypropylene and medium density polyethylene in the proportion 1-1.5:1.5-2.5 ratio, —melting the said granules at 200/230 deg. C. in 3 layer lawn film extruder... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20080286509 - Polyethylene and catalyst composition for its preparation: A polyethylene which comprises ethylene homopolymers and/or copolymers of ethylene with 1-alkenes and has a molar mass distribution width Mw/Mn of from 5 to 30, a density of from 0.92 to 0.955 g/cm3, a weight average molar mass Mw of from 50000 g/mol to 500 000 g/mol and has from... Agent: Basell Usa Inc.

20080286511 - Multilayer film structure: The present multilayer film structure includes an inner layer, an outer layer and at least a core layer between the inner and the outer layers, wherein the core layer comprises ethylene polypropylene co-polymer at 60 to 35% weight percent of the core layer, and at least one of linear low... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080286510 - Resin composition for extrusion molding and extrusion-molded article: A purpose of the present invention is to obtain a hollow extruded article by easy blow molding or extrusion molding to give a draw down resistance and a uniform wall thickness of the article without damaging low gas permeability which is a characteristic property of a liquid-crystalline polymer. A resin... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080286512 - Multilayered laminate for tubes having an embedded aluminum layer, a process for the production thereof and a tube produced therefrom: The invention relates to a multilayered laminate for tubes having an embedded aluminum layer, the aluminum layer being surrounded on each side by an oriented co-extruded protective layer which is in each case joined to the aluminum layer by means of an intermediate layer material. The invention relates also to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080286513 - Knit fabrics and socks made therefrom incorporating high tensile nylon staple: Knit fabrics and socks made therefrom and a process for producing such articles are disclosed, The fabrics are constructed from blended yarns containing at least 30% by weight high tensile nylon, which imparts abrasion resistance, and at least one companion fiber, which is chosen to confer a specific desirable attribute.... Agent: Invista North America S.a.r.l.

20080286514 - Bondably coated metallic member: The present provides a bondably coated metallic member comprising a metallic member having a low surface energy polymeric coating, said low surface energy polymeric coating having been surface activated on at least a portion thereof, and having on said surface-activated portion a bondable high surface energy polymeric coating. The present... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20080286515 - Vacuum insulation panel and insulation structure of refrigerator applying the same: A vacuum insulation panel and an insulation structure of a refrigerator applying the same are disclosed. The vacuum insulation panel comprises: a sealing cover (120) having an outermost layer exposed to the outside, a gas shielding layer stacked on the bottom surface of the outermost layer and formed of a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080286516 - Label sticker: An improved structure for a label sticker, mainly including a base paper, a rear surface of which is coated with adhesive material, and a front surface provides for printing characters or trademark patterns thereon, and two papers that provide for writing or printing thereon. Rear surfaces of the two papers... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080286517 - Self-adhesive product having a laser slit release liner and method of making same: A self-adhesive product having a laser slit release liner and method provide improved performance and lower materials cost in self-adhesive products such as roofing and underlayment products, through-wall flashing, below-grade waterproofing and other rolled or flat roofing or other such self-adhesive weatherproofing products. A single piece release liner is applied... Agent: Bourque & Associates Intellectual Property Attorneys, P.A.

20080286518 - Thermally caulked combined structure, method of thermal caulking, and image sensor unit and image reading apparatus using the same: In an image reading apparatus incorporating a CIS unit warped by heat shrinkage of a thermoplastic resin molded product, the optical distances from a read line to a photoelectric conversion element in the center and the two end portions in the longitudinal direction of the photoelectric conversion element are different.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080286519 - Molded cementitious architectural products having a polished stone-like surface finish: A molded cementitious architectural product for use in building construction has a cementitious body made of a molded cementitious material, the surface of which is polished (i.e., burnished) to better resemble natural stone. The polished surface is formed by exposing a portion of the molded cementitious material while in a... Agent: Patent Docket Department Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080286520 - Nonwoven fabric and method and apparatus for manufacturing same: An apparatus for fabricating a unique nonwoven fabric which has the appearance of a woven fabric includes a supply station for parallel warp yarns, a support structure for orienting the parallel warp yarns into a cylindrical orientation, a weft yarn applicator for wrapping weft yarns around the cylindrically oriented warp... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080286521 - System and method for the manipulation, classification sorting, purification, placement, and alignment of nano fibers using electrostatic forces and electrographic techniques: A system and method for the manipulation of nanofibers using electrostatic forces. The nanofibers may be provided in a liquid medium, and the nanofibers may be nano-scale (i.e. measured in nanometers). The process is sensitive to the charge properties of the nanofibers (charge could be inherent to material or the... Agent: Milde & Hoffberg, LLP

20080286522 - Honeycomb having a low coefficient of thermal expansion and articles made from same: This invention relates to a honeycomb and articles made therefrom, the articles having cell walls provided with a structural or matrix resin, the planes of the cell walls being parallel to the Z-dimension of the honeycomb, the honeycomb cell walls comprising 5 to 35 parts by weight thermoplastic material having... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080286523 - Honeycomb structure and method of manufacturing the honeycomb structure: A honeycomb structure includes a ceramic block formed by bonding a plurality of pillar-shaped honeycomb fired bodies by interposing an adhesive layer therebetween, and a sealing material layer provided on the periphery of the ceramic block. Each of the honeycomb fired bodies has a large number of cells disposed in... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080286524 - Method of manufacturing porous product, porous product and honeycomb structure: A sintering aid for promoting sintering of ceramic particles and fine particles that are the same materials as ceramic particles and have smaller average particle diameter are mixed to obtain a puddle. The average particle diameter of ceramic particles is preferably about in a range of 5 to 100 μm;... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080286525 - Edge-wrapped panel and methods for edge-wrapping a panel: An edge-wrapped panel and methods for edge-wrapping a panel. The panel comprises a substrate layer, a laminate layer, and at least one retainer. The laminate wraps around the substrate first edge and around the retainer first edge and sandwiches the substrate and the retainer between a first portion of the... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20080286526 - Structure for supporting sample to be subjected to surface enhanced vibrational spectroscopic analysis and method of manufacturing the same: In order to provide a jig for surface enhanced vibrational spectroscopic analysis which can measure weak Raman scattered light or weak infrared absorption at high sensitivity and a method of manufacturing the jig, a structure for supporting a sample to be subjected to the surface enhanced vibrational spectroscopic analysis according... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080286527 - Anti-glare film, method of manufacturing the same, and display device: An anti-glare film, a method for manufacturing the anti-glare film, and a display device provided with the anti-glare film are provided. The anti-glare film includes fine irregularities formed on a surface of the anti-glare film, and wherein arithmetic mean roughness Ra of a roughness curve of the surface is 0.05... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080286528 - Color filter substrate, liquid crystal display device, production method of color filter substrate, production method of liquid crystal display device: To provide: a color filter substrate with high display quality in which defective portions of a bank member (black matrix), such as a pin hole, a portion having an insufficient film thickness, a portion having an insufficient width, and a disconnection portion, or color mixing defects of a colored layer... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080286529 - Power transmission belt and method of manufacturing a power transmission belt: A power transmission belt having a body made at least in part from ethylene-α-olefin rubber. At least one load carrying member is embedded in the ethylene-α-olefin rubber. First, second and third films are formed on the load carrying member. The first film is made from at least one of an... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080286530 - Interlayers for laminated safety glass with superior de-airing and laminating properties and process for making the same: This invention relates to thermoplastic interlayer sheets or films for laminated safety glass with superior vacuum de-airing at elevated temperatures and superior tacking and edge sealing properties. The sheeting has an embossed surface pattern on at least one of the surfaces, which provides relatively uninterrupted channels for de-airing in at... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080286532 - Molded resin product and production method thereof: A molded resin product obtained by irradiating laser light L on an overlapping part 11 having overlapped therein a transmitting material 2 mainly comprising a thermoplastic polyester and transmitting laser light, and an absorbing material 3 mainly comprising polyphenylene sulfide and absorbing laser light, from the side of the transmitting... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080286531 - Printed circuit board provided with heat circulating medium and method for manufacturing the same: A printed circuit board includes a lower plate provided with an internal circuit wiring and having a recessed part at a surface thereof and a plurality of projection patterns at a lower surface of the recessed part; an upper plate having the same structure of the lower plate and adhered... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080286534 - Blowout preventers and methods of use: Methods and apparatuses for severing a wellbore tubular, the apparatus, in certain aspects, including: a first member movable toward a tubular to be severed; a second member with a second blade disposed opposite to the first member and movable toward the tubular; a first blade on the first member having... Agent: Guy Mcclung

20080286533 - Easily split adhesive tape, its use and tool for its production: The invention relates to a splittable adhesive tape (1) with a left-hand (l) and a right-hand (r) delimiting edge, wherein at least one of these two edges (l, r) is unstraight. The unstraight edge (l) has projections (V), which are rounded at their furthest projecting points (v).... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, Pa

20080286535 - Method for the production of thermoadhesive labels with laser technology and labels thus obtained: A thermoadhesive label production method is described which contemplates the following steps: printing the transfer (3), according to any process of the known art, restricted only to the boxes and to the shape within which each label will be confined in general; laser etching the trademarks and writings characterising the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080286536 - Flat structure that is at least partially provided with a self-adhesive substance: The invention relates to a flat structure that is at least partially provided with a self-adhesive substance, the latter being present on a first surface layer of the flat structure in the form of a plurality of geometric bodies. According to the invention, the surface of at least some of... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, Pa

20080286537 - Pre-dry treatment of ink in decorative plastic glazing: An economical method of manufacturing a plastic glazing assembly having a decorative marking and/or opaque border printed from a thermally curable ink is presented. This method includes the steps of forming a substantially transparent plastic panel; printing an opaque pattern from an ink, the printed pattern being in contact with... Agent: Exatec C/o Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080286538 - Polyimide-metal laminated body and polyimide circuit board: A polyimide-metal laminated body obtained by forming a metal conductive layer on a polyimide film, which has been ceramic-modified or pseudoceramic-modified on at least the surface, by a wet plating process capable of accomplishing metal plating on ceramic. A polyimide-metal laminated body and polyimide circuit board having satisfactory cohesion in... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20080286539 - Glass-based semiconductor on insulator structures and methods of making same: Methods and apparatus provide for: a semiconductor wafer; at least one porous layer in the semiconductor wafer; an epitaxial semiconductor layer directly or indirectly on the porous layer; and a glass substrate bonded to the epitaxial semiconductor layer via electrolysis.... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080286542 - Decorative safety glass: t

20080286544 - Heat exchange enhancement: A heat exchange device that includes a structural section and a thin layer of material attached to a surface of the structural section. The thin layer of material has a thickness less than 100 microns. The combination of the structural section and the thin layer of material has a higher... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20080286543 - Layered sandwich structure: The invention provides for a sandwich-type layered structure including at least one first core layer made of cellular material, a first reinforcing layer connected to a first surface of the first core layer, and a second reinforcing layer on the side connected to the second surface of the core layer,... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080286540 - Multilayer heat shrinkable polystyrene film and heat shrinkable label and container using the film: Heat shrinkable polystyrene films are provided which are excellent in shrinkage finish properties, low-temperature shrinkability, and resistance to solvents, and have low shrinkage stress, and in which natural shrinkage, a reduction in elongation by printing, and shrinkage due to solvents are suppressed. The films are laminated films having at least... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080286541 - Self-supporting multilayer films having a diamond-like carbon layer: Disclosed are a variety of self-supporting, multilayer carbon films that include a layer of both a non-diamond-like carbon, for example, graphitic or amorphous carbon (or a-C), and a layer of diamond-like carbon (DLC). A wide range of multilayer configurations may be constructed depending on the particular combination of properties desired... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080286545 - Mask having implant stopping layer: Methods of forming a mask for implanting a substrate and implanting using an implant stopping layer with a photoresist provide lower aspect ratio masks that cause minimal damage to trench isolations in the substrate during removal of the mask. In one embodiment, a method of forming a mask includes: depositing... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080286546 - Continuous glassy carbon composite materials reinforced with carbon nanotubes and methods of manufacturing same: A method for manufacturing a carbon composite is provided. The method includes providing a carbon-containing resin material having an appropriate concentration of catalyst particles. Thereafter, the resin material may be extruded through an aperture while being exposed to a high temperature range to permit polymerization of the extruded resin material.... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080286548 - Down-drawable, chemically strengthened glass for cover plate: An alkali aluminosilicate glass that is chemically strengthened and has a down-drawable composition. The glass has a melting temperature less than about 1650° C. and a liquidus viscosity of at least 130 kpoise and, in one embodiment, greater than 250 kpoise. The glass undergoes ion exchange at relatively low temperatures... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080286549 - Nanothin polymer films with selective pores and method of use thereof: A method of preparing nanothin polymer films having uniform and selectively sized pores utilizing pore forming templates. Lipids and pore forming templates are dissolved into a first solution. The solvent is removed thereby creating a lipid bilayer with pore forming templates dispersed throughout. The bilayer is hydrated and monomers and... Agent: Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP

20080286551 - Plastic-cellulosic composite articles: Articles containing a cellulosic fiber filled thermoplastic that includes about 10% to about 99.9% by weight of a copolymer; optionally 0.1% to 30% by weight of one or more elastomeric polymers; and 0.1% to 70% by weight of one or more cellulosic fibers. The copolymer contains residues formed by polymerizing... Agent: Nova Chemicals Inc.

20080286550 - Polycrystalline silicon rod for zone reflecting and a process for the production thereof: The invention relates to a polysilicon rod for FZ applications obtainable by deposition of high-purity silicon from a silicon-containing reaction gas, which has been thermally decomposed or reduced by hydrogen, on a filament rod. The polysilicon rod contains, surrounding the filament rod, an inner zone having but few needle crystals,... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080286547 - Polypropylene films with enhanced moisture barrier properties, process for making and composition thereof: Multi-layer films particularly suited for packaging applications, including a core layer, the core layer having at least one nucleating agent and at least one water vapor transmission inhibitor are provided. Optionally, the multi-layer film may have at least one skin layer and at least one tie layer located intermediate the... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company Law Technology

20080286552 - Method for manufacturing of cellular board, cellular board, method for producing cellular board element of steel plate strip, and production line: The object of the invention is a method for manufacturing cellular board (1), a cellular board, a method for producing cellular board element of steel plate strip, and a production line. A cellular board (1) according to the invention comprises a number of originally separate profiles (4, 6) of plate-like... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080286553 - Building componet and method of reinforcing a building structure: The building component comprises a central structure covered by a layer of cement mortar in which a reinforcement structure formed of poly[benz(1,2-D:5,4-D′)bisoxazole-2,6-diyl-1,4-phenylen] fibre is embedded. The method consists of forming a layer of cement mortar on the structure to be reinforced and embedding in the cement mortar layer a reinforcement... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080286554 - Ceramic substrate material, method for the production and use thereof, and antenna or antenna array: A method for producing a ceramic substrate material having a first layer and possibly a further layer is specified. The first layer comprises at least one first component made of a crystalline ceramic material and/or a glass material as a matrix and a second component made of a further crystalline... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20080286555 - Closed-cell foam silica: A method of making a closed-cell silica foam glass is provided which can include diffusing a substance into a porous glass substrate to form an impregnated substrate, sealing the impregnated glass substrate and heating to a first temperature, wherein the pressure is greater than one atmosphere, heating the container to... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20080286556 - Super-hydrophobic water repellant powder: A composition of matter is a plurality of solid particles of at least 100 nm to about 10 μm in size having a plurality of nanopores where at least some of the nanopores provide flow through porosity, and the surface of the particles displays a plurality of spaced apart nanostructured... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080286557 - Pyrolysis systems, methods, and resultants derived therefrom: A system and process for gasification of a carbonaceous feedstock uses pyrolysis to produce a gas product, which may include methane, ethane, and other desirable hydrocarbon gases, and a solids product, which includes activated carbon or carbon. The gas product may then be filtered using at least a portion of... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080286558 - Cbn sintered body for high surface integrity machining, cbn sintered body cutting tool, and cutting method using the same: To provide a high cBN content ratio sintered body that improves fatigue life of the machined part and has a longer tool lifespan than conventional cBN sintered body tools by suppressing the production of the affected layer by machining formed on the machined surface of the workpiece to be cut... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080286560 - Highly conductive electrical wires and conductive strips having a reduced weight: An electrical conductor is described that includes a plurality of nano-scale material elements and a resin matrix, wherein the nano-scale material elements are aligned within the resin matrix. A method for fabricating such a conductor is also described.... Agent: John S. Beulick (24691) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080286559 - Method of manufacturing transparent conductive film containing carbon nanotubes and binder, and transparent conductive film manufactured thereby: This invention relates to a method of manufacturing a transparent conductive film containing carbon nanotubes and a binder, in which the carbon nanotubes are subjected to acid treatment, dispersion in a solvent, mixing with the binder, and application on the substrate, and to a transparent conductive film manufactured thereby. The... Agent: Hyun Jong Park Tuchman & Park LLC

20080286561 - Pla film comprising good antistatic properties: The invention relates to a multilayered, film which having a base layer and at least one covering layer, wherein the top layer contains at least one polymer of at least one aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid and 0.002 to 20% by weight starch-based particles relative to the weight of the covering layer.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080286562 - Thermosetting encapsulation adhesive sheet: A thermosetting encapsulation adhesive sheet which is used for encapsulating a chip type device (1) having connection electrodes (bumps) (3) and mounted on a wiring circuit board (2). The thermosetting encapsulation adhesive sheet is composed of an epoxy resin composition having a viscosity of 5×104 to 5×106 Pa·s as measured... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080286563 - Probe used for surface enhanced vibrational spectroscopic analysis and method of manufacturing the same: Provided are a probe for surface enhanced vibrational spectroscopic analysis which has excellent detection sensitivity to laser light having an intensity level at which a sample is not damaged and which has a long life, and a method of manufacturing the probe. The probe for surface enhanced vibrational spectroscopic analysis... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080286565 - Method for manufacturing epitaxial wafer: A method for manufacturing an epitaxial wafer includes: a step of pulling a single crystal from a boron-doped silicon melt in a chamber based on a Czochralski process; and a step of forming an epitaxial layer on a surface of a silicon wafer sliced from the single crystal. The single... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080286564 - Nanotube-enhanced interlayers for composite structures: Carbon nanotube interlayer assemblies, methods of manufacturing carbon nanotube interlayer assemblies, and methods of manufacturing composite parts with carbon nanotube interlayer assemblies are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a composite structure in accordance with an embodiment of the invention includes producing a plurality of carbon nanotubes... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP (boeing)

20080286566 - Process for forming an organic light-emitting diode and devices made by the process: There is provided a new process for forming a light-emitting diode device having first, second, and third subpixel areas. In the process a hole injection layer is applied over an anode layer. The hole injection material has a conductive polymer and a fluorinated acid polymer. A hole transport layer is... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080286567 - Polyamide fluidized-bed-coating powder for thin-layer fluidized-bed coating: at least 75% by weight of spherical particles in which all three spatial axes x, y and z of the individual particles have the same dimensions to within ±10%. Other embodiments of the invention provide a process for making and using the powder, and articles coated articles obtained thereby.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080286568 - Heat-reflecting adhesive tape having high abrasion protection: Heat-reflecting adhesive tape, preferably for wrapping elongate material such as, more particularly, leads or cable harnesses, having a tapelike backing composed of an assembly comprising at least one first layer, formed by a glass fabric having a basis weight of 30 to 200 g/m2, and at least one second layer,... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, Pa

20080286569 - Double-sided adhesive having light-absorbing properties for producing and/or gluing lc-displays: An adhesive strip or tape for producing or gluing optical liquid crystal data displays (LCD's) is disclosed. The adhesive tape comprises an upper side and a lower side; a carrier film having an upper side and a lower side, wherein a laminate made from a dye-free adhesive layer and a... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, Pa

20080286571 - Surface protective sheet: The present invention relates to a surface protective sheet having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on at least one side of a substrate; wherein, the pressure-sensitive adhesive contains 100 parts by weight of a styrene-isobutylene block copolymer, and 0 to 300 parts by weight of a softening agent and 0 to... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080286570 - Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape and method for production thereof: e

20080286572 - Reinforced composite material: The present invention relates to a reinforced composite material and a method for its production. The composite material comprises at least one cured resin having a reinforcing material. Preferably the reinforcing material is a plurality of glass fibres which are treated such that the properties of the interphase substantially surrounding... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080286573 - Color decorating wire: A color decorating wire includes at least one color wire of a different color and a transparent plastic skin formed on the color wire by an extrusion molding or an injection molding and wrapped completely onto the color wire. The transparent plastic skin includes at least one connecting plate extended... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080286574 - Pelletization of pyrolyzed rubber products: A system and method for preparing a pelletized carbon black product is provided. The system includes a source of a carbon black product from a pyrolysis process. A mixer is in communication with the source of the carbon black product. A binder oil storage tank is in fluid communication with... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20080286575 - Multi-layered plastic body for medical applications: A multi-layered plastic body for containing, storing or conducting a medical, diagnostic, pharmaceutical, cosmetic or other product, the plastic body including a first layer made of a stress fracture resistant plastic material, and at least a second layer adjacent to the first layer and made of a plastic material exhibiting... Agent: David E. Bruhn, Esq. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20080286576 - Protective sheets, articles, and methods: Multi-layer protective sheets of the invention are extensible. They are useful in a range of indoor and outdoor applications in, for example, the transportation, architectural and sporting goods industries. The protective sheets can advantageously be applied to at least a portion of a surface of any article where protection is... Agent: The Griffith Law Firm, A P.C.

20080286577 - Toughened polyacetal compositions and blends having low surface gloss: Polyacetal compositions and blends toughened with polyvinylbutyral having enhanced adhesive surface properties, including enhanced surface adhesion and low surface gloss, are disclosed. Also disclosed are articles of manufacture comprising the polyacetal compositions described herein.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080286578 - Composite materials with blend of thermoplastic particles: Pre-impregnated composite material (prepreg) is provided that can be cured to form composite parts that have high levels of damage tolerance. The matrix resin includes a thermoplastic particle component that is a blend of particles that have a melting point above the curing temperature and particles that have a melting... Agent: Hexcel Corporation

20080286579 - Method for identification of equipment: A method and kit for the personal identification of a piece of equipment. An identifying mark having a pre-selected color is applied to a surface of the piece of equipment. The identifying mark is strongly adhered to the surface and has a high abrasion resistance and impact resistance. The identifying... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080286580 - Polymeric optical waveguide: An organic polymeric optical waveguide or optical fiber and methods of making same are described herein. The waveguide can be used in an integrated optical waveguide device. The polymer is a homo- or copolymer having an olefinic backbone with a pendant group comprising fluorinated aromatic and aliphatic moieties, and is... Agent: Santopietro, Lois A. E.i. Du Pont De Nemours And Company

20080286581 - Thin-layer lignocellulose composites having increased resistance to moisture and methods of making the same: A method to produce thin-layer lignocellulosic composites, such as wood-based doorskins, that exhibit substantial resistance to moisture is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes the steps of forming a mixture including a refined lignocellulosic fiber, wax, and an organic isocyanate resin. The mixture is initially pressed to form a... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20080286582 - Surge absorbing material with dual functions: A surge absorbing material with dual functions has one of the characteristics among capacitance, inductance, voltage suppressor and thermistor in addition to surge absorbing characteristic, which microstructural compositions include a glass substrate with high resistance and three kinds of low-resistance conductive or semiconductive particles in micron, submicron and nanometer size... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080286583 - Coating composition and production process thereof: There is provided a process for producing the coating composition to provide a hard coat which has excellent adhesion, scratch resistance, solvent resistance and weatherability when it is applied to the surface of a synthetic resin lens and is free from fine holes or depressions on the surface, particularly a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080286584 - Oxygen-absorbing resin compositions: The invention provides oxygen-absorbing resin compositions which are reduced in the quantity of by-product oxides and are excellent in oxygen-absorbing capacity, more specifically, an oxygen-absorbing resin composition which comprises a styrene resin, a thermoplastic resin having ethylene structure in the molecular structure, and a transition metal catalyst and in which... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080286585 - Method to produce adhesiveless metallized polyimide film: The present invention is directed to a method for the adhesiveless deposition of metal, and especially copper, to the surface of polyimides and derivatives of polyimide. More specifically, the invention is directed to the method for surface modification of polyimides and derivatives of polyimides by plasma graft co-polymerization with the... Agent: Collen Ip

20080286586 - Polypropylene modification for improved adhesion of polypropylene-based multilayer packaging film structure to vaccum deposited aluminum: There is provided a metallizable alkene or olefin polymer composition. The composition results from the blending of a modifier with an alkene or olefin polymer composition. The modifier is selected from the group consisting of: a maleic anhydride grafted ethylene copolymer, an ethylene copolymer containing acid monomers and/or ester monomers,... Agent: Bromels Marilyn H E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company

20080286587 - Apparatus having electric circuitry and method of making same: An apparatus includes a first crystalline material layer, a second crystalline material layer positioned adjacent to the first crystalline material layer to form an electron gas, a first interface, and a first ferroelectric layer having ferroelectric domains that apply an electric field to portions of the first interface. A method... Agent: Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP

20080286588 - Metallic component with wear and corrosion resistant coatings and methods therefor: A component shielded with layers for impeding wear and corrosion includes: a metallic member having an outer surface, and a matrix of layers including a carbon-based layer and at least one oxide layer disposed on the outer surface. The layers may be formed by deposition or by other methods.... Agent: Trego, Hines & Ladenheim, PLLC

20080286589 - Incorporation of nitrogen into high k dielectric film: A high k dielectric film and methods for forming the same are disclosed. The high k material includes two peaks of impurity concentration, particularly nitrogen, such as at a lower interface and upper interface, making the layer particularly suitable for transistor gate dielectric applications. The methods of formation include low... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP

20080286590 - Ceramic and metallic components and methods for their production from flexible gelled materials: According to one embodiment of the present invention there is provided a method of producing a sheet of flexible gelled ceramic and/or metallic containing material, comprising the steps of: (a) combining water, ceramic and/or metallic powder, polymer, plasticiser, water soluble cross-linking agent precursor and optional further components to produce a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080286591 - Laminate electrical insulation part: This invention relates to a laminate electrical insulation part for an electrical device comprising a thermoplastic film positioned between, adjacent to, and attached to two nonwoven sheets. Each of the nonwoven sheets consists of multicomponent polymeric fibers comprising at least a first polymer and a second polymer, the first polymer... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080286592 - Radiation-curable coating compositions, composite and plastic materials coated with said compositions and methods for their preparation: Curable coating composition suitable for use on composite substrates such as plastic composites, cementitious composites, ceramic composites, and engineered wood, or on plastic materials. The curable coating composition comprises a multifunctional oligomer, a monomer selected from the group consisting of monofunctional monomers, difunctional monomers and mixtures thereof, a photoinitiator, a... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080286594 - Adhesive sheet, dicing tape integrated type adhesive sheet, and method of producing semiconductor device: The invention provides an adhesive sheet which can be stuck to a wafer at low temperatures of 100° C. or below, which is soft to the extent that it can be handled at room temperature, and which can be cut simultaneously with a wafer under usual cutting conditions; a dicing... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080286593 - Multi-layer articles prepared from microporous materials: Provided is a multi-layer article including (1) a sheet of microporous material having opposing surfaces, and (2) an adhesive composition applied over at least a portion of at least one of the surfaces of the sheet. The microporous material contains (A) a polymeric matrix component of 5 to 100 weight... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080286595 - R-fe-b rare earth sintered magnet and method for producing same: In a method for producing an R—Fe—B based rare-earth sintered magnet according to the present invention, first, provided is an R—Fe—B based rare-earth sintered magnet body including, as a main phase, crystal grains of an R2Fe14B type compound that includes a light rare-earth element RL, which is at least one... Agent: Hitachi Metals, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080286596 - Metal fabric based multiple ply laminated structure: The invention is multilayer laminate comprising at least one scouring layer and at least one nonmetal layer; wherein the scouring layer includes a scouring surface and a laminating surface such that the laminating surface is laminated to the nonmetal layer.... Agent: Rosenbaum & Associates, P.C.

20080286597 - Process of forming ultrafine crystal layer, machine component having ultrafine crystal layer formed by the ultrafine crystal layer forming process, process of producing the machine component, process of forming nanocrystal layer, machine component having: An ultrafine crystal layer forming process of forming an ultrafine crystal layer in a workpiece constituted by a metallic material. The process includes: performing a machining operation on a surface of the workpiece using a machining tool, so as to impart a large local strain to the machined surface of... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20080286598 - Abrasion and impact resistant coatings: A method of hard facing a metal substrate with a two-layer abrasion and impact resistant coating by fusing a softer inner first coat of a matrix alloy of nickel-, cobalt- or iron-base alloy with carbide particles onto the substrate and fusing a harder second outer coat of a matrix alloy... Agent: Arne I. Fors C/o Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20080286599 - Method and device for producing metal panels with a pattern: The invention relates to a device and method for producing metal panels. First a metal melt is produced, then a substrate, which has a lower temperature than the metal melt, is brought into contact with it so that some of the metal melt crystallises on the substrate. The substrate is... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080286600 - Designs and fabrication of structural armor: Fabrication techniques for and examples of metallic composite materials with high toughness, high strength, and lightweight for various structural, armor, and structural-armor applications. For example, various advanced materials based on metallic-intermetallic laminate (MIL) composite materials are described, including materials with passive damping features and built-in sensors.... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20080286601 - Part machining method, mold, long part, table apparatus, and x-ray imaging system: A method for machining the surface of a long metal member flatwise substantially throughout the overall length of the surface, a mold for the machining, a machined long part, a table apparatus using the machined part, and an X-ray imaging system using the table apparatus, are to be provided. The... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080286602 - Heat conductor: A heat conductor that improves heat conductivity is provided. The heat conductor has a first heat conductive region and a second heat conductive region. The first heat conductive region is configured by lamination of a first metal member and a graphite member. The second heat conductive region is configured by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080286603 - Steel sheet for hot press forming having excellent heat treatment and impact property, hot press parts made of it and the method for manufacturing thereof: Disclosed is a steel sheet that exhibits an ultra-high strength after hot press forming followed by rapid cooling, and an enhanced yield strength after painting. The steel sheet has a composition comprising 0.1% to 0.5% by weight of C, 0.01% to 1.0% by weight of Si, 0.5% to 4.0% by... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080286605 - Organic electroluminescent device: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and contiguous substituents of R1 to R8 may be bonded to each other to form a condensed ring; R9 represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, a hetero-aryl group,... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080286606 - Organic light emitting diode and flat panel device including the same: An organic light emitting diode and a flat panel device including the same includes: a substrate; a first electrode formed on the substrate; a second electrode; and an organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the organic layer comprises an emissive layer, a first hole... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080286604 - Organometallic complex, composition and light emitting element including the organometallic complex: To provide a novel organometallic complex, and light emitting elements, light emitting devices, and electronic devices which include the organometallic complex. In addition, to provide a composition in which the organometallic complex is dissolved and to provide a method for manufacturing light emitting elements using the composition. An organometallic complex... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler, Ltd.

20080286607 - Triazole derivative, and light-emitting device, and electronic device with the use of triazole derivative: It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel triazole derivative. Further, it is another object of the present invention to provide a light-emitting element having high luminous efficiency with the use of the novel triazole derivative. Moreover, it is still another object of the present invention... Agent: Eric Robinson

20080286608 - Cutting tool: The invention provides a single or a multilayer PVD coated sharp edged cutting tool, which can at the same time exhibit satisfactory wear and thermochemical resistance as well as resistance to edge chipping. The cutting tool comprises a sintered body made of a cemented carbide, a CBN, a cermet or... Agent: Notaro And Michalos

20080286609 - Low embodied energy wallboards and methods of making same: Wallboards, as well as cement boards, are produced by methods which use significantly reduced Embodied Energy when compared with the energy used to fabricate gypsum wallboard. A novel binder, consisting in one embodiment of phosphoric acid and calcium silicate, and combined with various fillers, is used to provide a controlled... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080286611 - Benzo(ghi)fluoranthene derivative and organic light emitting device using the same: To provide an organic light emitting device with high color purity, high efficiency, high luminance, and a long life, the organic light emitting device includes: a pair of electrodes having an anode and a cathode, and at least one layer containing an organic compound sandwiched between the pair of electrodes,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080286610 - Hybrid oled with fluorescent and phosphorescent layers: An electroluminescent device comprises a cathode and an anode; and located therebetween, a fluorescent light-emitting layer (LEL) comprising at least one fluorescent emitter and a host, together with at least one phosphorescent light-emitting layer comprising at least one phosphorescent emitter and a host, and having a spacer layer interposed between... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20080286612 - Tunneling magnetic sensing element including pt sublayer disposed between free magnetic sublayer and enhancing sublayer and method for producing tunneling magnetic sensing element: There is provided a tunneling magnetic sensing element having an insulating barrier layer composed of Ti—O, a high rate of resistance change (ΔR/R) compared with the known art, and an interlayer coupling magnetic field Hin lower than that in the known art while low RA is maintained and the coercivity... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080280071 - Polymer/liquid crystal composite and liquid crystal element: The invention is generally related to a polymer/liquid crystal composite, which includes a liquid crystal material which exhibits an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase in the temperature range of approximately 5° C. or more in the elevated temperature process but does not exhibit a nematic phase; and a polymer, and... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20080280072 - Cellulose ester film and production method thereof: A dope containing a retardation controller, cellulose ester, and a solvent is prepared. In a first film producing apparatus, the dope is cast onto a casting drum whose surface is cooled to form a casting film in a gel state. The casting film is peeled off from the casting drum,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080280073 - Substrate and display device: The present invention provides a substrate and a display device. The substrate comprises a resin layer 1 and a resin layer 2, wherein the resin layer 1 is composed of a liquid crystalline polyester A and a polymer B having a functional group reactive with a liquid crystalline polyester, and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080280074 - Pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film and image display: A pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film of the present invention comprises an optical film; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer laminated on at least one side of the optical film, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed from a pressure-sensitive adhesive containing a (meth)acrylic polymer (A) and a resin component (B) having... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080280075 - Artificial grass built up of fibres that consist of a core and a cladding, as well as an artificial lawn built up therefrom: The invention relates to a drain for liquid comprising a detachable pipe part provided with a stench-trap, placed substantially horizontal in or in connection to a drainage pipe, wherein the pipe part comprises positioning means for placing the pipe part in or in connection to the drainage pipe with a... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080280076 - Decorative safety glass: An image-bearing article comprising an interlayer bearing an image wherein the interlayer is an acoustic poly(vinyl acetal) interlayer having a Tg 23° C. or less. The acoustic poly(vinyl acetal) interlayer is preferably laminated to a film layer, a white layer, a second interlayer sheet or a rigid layer. The image-bearing... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080280077 - Transfer printing structure capable of sensing and indicating intensity of ultraviolet rays: A transfer printing structure capable of sensing and indicating intensity of ultraviolet rays. The transfer printing structure includes a substrate having a transfer print face and a transfer print sensitive layer laid on the transfer print face of the substrate. The transfer print sensitive layer is able to sense environmental... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080280078 - Carbon nanotube glazing technology: The invention provides a glazing that includes a substrate on which there is provided a coating comprising carbon nanotubes. The glazing can be an IG unit comprising two spaced-apart panes bounding a between-pane space, the IG unit having at least one exterior surface on which there is provided a transparent... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20080280079 - Composite luminous vessels: A composite luminous vessel container 3 has a hollow and polycrystalline alumina capillary 1 and one or more transparent disk(s) 2 of monocrystalline alumina. The polycrystalline alumina luminous container member 3 functions as a luminous part for a high intensity discharge lamp. Light is emitted from the inside of the... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080280080 - Cold shrinkable article including an epichlorohydrin composition: A tubular cold shrinkable material can include an elastomeric composition including an epichlorohydrin composition, where the elastomeric composition is substantially free of a fluoroelastomer composition. The tubular cold shrinkable material can further include a filler material including a reinforcement-grade carbon black. The tubular cold shrinkable material can further include a... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080280081 - Polylactic acid blown film and method of manufacturing same: The invention provides polylactic acid (PLA) films substantially free of plasticizers and methods of manufacturing same by blown film process are provided. PLA films are environmentally degradable and have applications in, at least, packaging and labeling.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080280082 - Injection co-molding and assembling method and apparatus for articles made of plastic material having parts connectable by hinging during a demolding step: Method and apparatus for injection co-molding and assembling of articles made of plastic material, the articles having a first part provided with a hinge pin, and a second part provided with an annular element designed to be connected to each other by hinging. The apparatus includes a mold having separate... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080280083 - Housing for an electronic device and method of making the same: A housing (10) is applied to an electronic device. The housing includes a transparent base (12) and a first metal coating (14). The base contains a first surface (122). The first metal coating is formed on the first surface of the base. A plurality of first through holes (142) is... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080280084 - Multiple layer structures comprising a poly (vinylidene chloride) layer: Multiple layer structures comprising one or more poly(vinylidene chloride) layers and containers made from the multiple layer structures are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a multiple layer structure comprising one or more PVDC layers comprising a component selected from the group consisting of a poly(vinylidene chloride),... Agent: Baxter Healthcare Corporation

20080280085 - Dynamically tunable fibrillar structures: A multi-mode adhesive is disclosed comprising a plurality of fibers connected to a backing material where applying an external influence causes a change in properties of the plurality of fibers or backing. This change in properties causes the multi-mode adhesive to change from one level of adhesive strength to another.... Agent: Oren Livne

20080280086 - Multi-layer assembly, multi-layer stretch releasing pressure-sensitive adhesive assembly, and methods of making and using the same: A multi-layer assembly that includes a release liner, a first layer disposed on the release liner, the first layer including a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition that includes a silicone polymer that includes silicone polyurea block copolymers, polydiorganosiloxane polymers, or combinations thereof, a second layer disposed on the first layer, the second... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080280087 - Light-adjusting film: The present invention is related to a light-adjusting film including a light-adjusting film consisted of an anti-dirty layer, a curing layer, two polymer complex layers, a light-adjusting liquid crystal layer, and an attaching layer, wherein the anti-dirty layer provides an dirty-proof function, the curing layer is assembled under the anti-dirty... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080280089 - Method for manufacturing lightweight building boards: The invention relates to methods for manufacturing lightweight building boards (1) starting from a workpiece (2) which comprises two thin-walled cover layers (4, 6) and at least one core layer (8) which is disposed between the cover layers (4, 6) and is made of a light filling material, the at... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080280088 - Tissue roll with angled perforations: A tissue roll for peripheral dispensing is provided with zones of perforations for facilitating the detachment of tissue substrate sheet. The tissue roll is wound along its length and has a width that is perpendicular to its length. The zones of perforations have a general direction that is at an... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20080280090 - Vaccum insulation panal and insulation structure of refrigerator using the same: Disclosed are a vacuum insulation panel and an insulation structure of a refrigerator using the same. The vacuum insulation panel comprises a core material formed by gather glass fiber, a getter having a container to receive an absorbent having quicklime of 90 wt % or greater as a main component,... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080280091 - Method for calibrating the measurements of an annular body: Disclosed is a method for calibrating an annular-shaped body which is made of thermoplastic or at least partially crystalline plastic material, to an annular-shaped body which is produced according to the method, and to an oscillating object which is used in the method. Also disclosed is an oscillating object which... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080280092 - 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 outdoor/indoor use are made from the harder portions of the... Agent: Paul M. Denk

20080280093 - Homogenously branched ethylene polymer carpet backsizing compositions: The present invention pertains to carpet and methods of making carpet. In one aspect, the carpet includes (a) a primary backing which has a face and a back surface, (b) a plurality of fibers attached to the primary backing and extending from the face of the primary backing and exposed... Agent: Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

20080280094 - Cleaning and personal care articles: A textile sheet element having selectively applied arrays of surface projection elements defining raised zones across an active surface for cleaning and/or personal care, The textile sheet element is adapted for use by itself and/or for attachment to a user manipulated support with or without a handle such as a... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080280095 - Surface protection mat: A mat for protecting surfaces from the accumulation of liquids is provided. The mat comprises a molded polymeric grid layer made of an elastomeric material having several openings and an absorbent core. The absorbent core comprises a moisture absorbent layer and a moisture barrier layer. The grid layer has a... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080280096 - Gliding board having a reinforced sandwich structure: The invention proposes a gliding board including a sandwich-type layered structure comprising at least one first core layer (12) made of alveolar material, a first reinforcing layer (14) connected to a first surface of the first core layer, and a second reinforcing layer (14) connected to the second surface of... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080280097 - Replaceable wet-set tactile warning surface unit and method of installation and replacement: A replaceable, wet-set tactile warning surface unit having a body defining an upper surface and a lower surface, the body defining a series of raised projections on its upper surface, and defining a plurality of spaced through-holes from the top to the bottom surface, in which the raised projections are... Agent: Mirick, O'connell, Demallie & Lougee, LLP

20080280100 - Microlens transcription molding roller, manufacturing method thereof, manufacturing apparatus thereof, and microlens optical sheet: A microlens transcription molding roller used for transcription-molding a plurality of microlenses on a sheet includes a plurality of microlens molding surfaces arrayed on an outer circumference of the roller along one spiral around an axis of the roller at a constant interval.... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080280099 - Silicon substrates with thermal oxide windows for transmission electron microscopy: Silicon grids with electron-transparent SiO2 windows for use as substrates for high-resolution transmission electron microscopy of chemically-modified SiO2 surfaces are fabricated by forming an oxide layer on a silicon substrate. An aperture is defined in the silicon substrate by etching the substrate to the oxide layer. A single substrate can... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080280098 - Stretch film: A stretch film comprising a base film made of a stretchable plastic film material, a multiplicity of holes in the base film arranged in several columns along a main direction, at least one reinforcement strip made of a stretchable plastic film material. The reinforcement strip is arranged and fixed on... Agent: D. Peter Hochberg

20080280101 - Patterned reduction of surface area for abradability: A gas turbine component (20) with a layer of ceramic material (22) defining a wear surface (21), in which an array of cross-shaped depressions (26A, 26B) formed in the wear surface (21) define a continuous labyrinth of orthogonal walls (28, 30) of the ceramic material, and reduce the area of... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080280102 - Shear and water resistant felt pad: A protector pad for use with a piece of furniture with legs, and having a flat body with a lower pad face to slide against surfaces and an upper pad face to be fixed to the leg. The flat body includes a base and a sole. The base includes a... Agent: Marcel Brouard C/o Paul Biron

20080280103 - Titanium oxide coating agent and titanium oxide film forming method: This invention provides a coating agent, which can form a coating film over a wide area in a simple manner, is chemically and physically stable, and can form an ultrathin film, a coating film, a method for formation of coating film, and various products coated with the coating film. The... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20080280104 - Silicon-carbide nanostructure and method for producing the silicon-carbide nanostructure: A method for producing a silicon-carbide nanostructure, which includes steps of: irradiating a carbon-source supplied to a reaction chamber at a pressure of 1. Pa to 70 Pa with microwaves of 0.5 kW to 3 kW; generating plasma in a space above the silicon substrate at a temperature of 350°... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080280105 - Etch method: An improved method of etching a structure and a structure etched by the method is disclosed. The bottom side of a leadframe of an IC-package is an example of a structure, which advantageously may be etched with the disclosed method. The method includes the steps of providing an etch mask... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080280106 - Method of reusing flexible mold and microstructure precursor composition: The present invention relates to methods of making microstructures with a flexible mold (100), microstructure precursor compositions and particles.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080280107 - Film comprising a polymer layer: The invention concerns a film, in particular a stamping film, laminating film or sticker film, which has at least one anisotropic polymer layer of an at least partially oriented liquid crystal material. The anisotropic polymer layer has one or more first regions which form a first security feature and in... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080280109 - Apparatus for re-usable learning card: A learning card system comprised of a rigid backing, an ultra-peelable decal affixed using electrostatic adhesion. Said learning card system being sized to fit in a human hand.... Agent: The Farrow Law Firm

20080280108 - Fabrication of decorative laminates and panels: The invention relates to a Matrix (1,2) for fabrication of a matrix (3) in the fabrication process of a decorative laminate (11′) for a panel with a surface structure wherein the matrix (1,2) for fabrication of the matrix (3′) comprises a wood member (13) with a surface structure. The invention... Agent: David I. Roche Baker & Mckenzie LLP

20080280110 - Method of activating a silicon surface for subsequent patterning of molecules onto said surface: The present invention relates to a method of activating a silicon surface for subsequent patterning of molecules onto said surface, and to patterns produced by this method, and further to uses of said pattern.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080280111 - In-mold labels and uses thereof: An in-mold label film comprises a core layer and a heat seal layer wherein the heat seal layer comprises a very low density polyethylene and a high density polyethylene. The inventive film is useful in providing a method of in-mold labeling an article, a labeled article and a method to... Agent: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP (avery)

20080280112 - Method fo manufacturing a microsystem, such a microsystem, a stack of foils comprising such a microsystem, an electronic device comprising such a microsystem and use of the electronic device: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a microsystem and further to such microsystem. With the method a microsystem can be manufactured by stacking pre-processed foils (10) having a conductive layer (11a,11b) on at least one side. After stacking, the foils (10) are sealed, using pressure and heat. Finally... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080280113 - Resin film and method for producing same, printed matter, label and resin molded article: A resin film comprising a multilayer structure of a print layer (A), a gloss-imparting layer (B) and a substrate layer (c) as laminated in that order, wherein the print layer (A) comprises from 90 to 100% of a propylene random copolymer or the like and from 0 to 10% of... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080280114 - Method for depositing a target material onto a substrate, laser deposition system for performing the method, and housing made by the method: A laser deposition system (10) for depositing a target material onto a substrate includes a target (12), a laser emitter (13), and a substrate (20). The laser emitter is configured to emit a laser beam (130). The target has a first surface (121), with the laser beam shining onto the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080280115 - Method for fabricating macroscale films comprising multiple-walled nanotubes: A technique is provided for the fabrication of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWNT) and carbon nanofiber (CNF) film materials. The method includes mixing a relatively small amount of single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) with larger amounts of MWNTs and CNFs, which enables one to produce highly flexible SWNT materials—advantageously without the need for... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080280116 - Laminated glass and interlayer film for laminated glasses: t

20080280117 - Coextruded blown films of polylactide and polyolefins: Coextruded blown films comprising coextruded layers of polylactic acid bioresin and polyolefins. Also, a method for making the coextruded blown films.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080280118 - Polyester foamed sheet: The present invention provides a polyester foamed sheet composed of a resin composition comprising 50 to 100 weight % of a polyalkylene terephthalate, wherein the resin composition has an isothermal crystallization peak time of 5 to 60 seconds at any temperature of 100 to 150° C., and wherein the sheet... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080280119 - Conductive film and method for manufacturing the same: A ZnO-based conductive film having acceptable practical use moisture resistance, properties required for a transparent conductive film, and economical advantage and a method for manufacturing the film are provided. A first ZnO conductive film layer 1, optionally containing a Group III oxide dopant, is formed on a surface of a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080280122 - Integrating non-elongated security particles in value documents: A coherent sheet-like or tape-like product adapted to be integrated into value products or documents, includes non-elongated security particles in the form of metal particles or metal coated particles, and includes a paper or plastic compatible binder. The sheet-like or tape-like product provides a better controllable concentration of the security... Agent: Shlesinger, Arkwright & Garvey LLP

20080280121 - Panels and conduits with antimicrobial characteristics: The invention relates to the field of panels for the conveyance medium or high pressure air for ambient or to build up an ambient with air hygienically controlled, with one or more faces treated with a silver ion solution with an antimicrobial function to improve the hygiene possibilities in rooms... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080280120 - Thermally insulating molded element: The invention relates to moldings which comprise a rigid compact polyurethane or a rigid polyurethane foam having a compact outer skin and a cellular core and contain at least one vacuum insulation panel.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080280123 - Bimodal cellular thermoplastic materials: Methods for reducing the density of thermoplastic materials and the articles made therefrom having similar or improved mechanical properties to the solid or noncellular material. Also disclosed are improvements to foaming methods and the cellular structures of the foams made therefrom, and methods for altering the impact strength of solid... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080280124 - Self-inflated micro-glass blowing: A method for glass-blowing on a microscopic level includes the steps of defining a plurality of microholes in a wafer, disposing a sheet of thermally formable material onto the wafer covering the microholes, heating the sheet of thermally formable material until a predetermined degree of plasticity is achieved, applying self-induced... Agent: Law Offices Of Daniel L. Dawes

20080280125 - Components with a conductive copper sulfide skin: The present disclosure relates to a conductive component that may be used in an image forming device. The component includes a compressible material such as open cell foam having external and internal surfaces and a conductive material disposed thereon to a selected thickness. The conductive material includes copper sulfide.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080280126 - Open-celled foam having flam-retardant and oleophobic/hydrophobic properties and a process for producing it: The invention relates to a foam which comprises a foam matrix having essentially open cells and an impregnation comprising essentially fluorocarbon resin or silicone resin applied to the foam matrix. The impregnation additionally comprises at least one flame-retardant substance. The invention further relates to a process for producing a foam... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080280127 - Heat-curable molding material pellet having multilayer structure: A heat-curable molding material pellet comprising a heat-curable epoxy-containing material, a thermoplastic component and a curing agent for the epoxy-containing material, wherein the pellet has a multilayer structure comprising a core containing a first heat-curable component and a sheath containing a second heat-curable component, disposed in the periphery of the... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080280128 - Water-absorbing polymer structure surface-treated with polycations: The present invention relates to water-absorbing polymer structures, whose surface has been brought into contact with a compound comprising a polycation and at least one anion. The invention further relates to a process for treating the surface of water-absorbing polymer structures, the surface-treated water-absorbing polymer structures obtainable by this process,... Agent: Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP

20080280129 - Chaff molding and production method thereof: This invention provides a chaff molding which is excellent in a compressive strength. Said chaff molding comprises a chaff and a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin having a 1,2-diol structure as a side chain.... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20080280130 - Component, an apparatus and a method for the manufacture of a layer system: The invention relates to a component and also an associated coating apparatus and method, including a base body (1), in particular a metallic base body, which includes at least one nickel and/or cobalt base alloy, and also a layer system arranged directly on the base body (1). The layer system... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080280131 - Insulation for high temperature applications: Insulation for high temperature applications includes glass fibers having an average diameter of between about 2.7 to about 3.8 microns. In one possible embodiment the insulation includes a polyacrylic acid binder. Such insulation has about 98 weight percent glass fibers and about 2 weight percent binder.... Agent: Owens Corning

20080280132 - Thick insulation band: The insulating tape has a backing layer, which has two opposite sides, and segments of an insulating layer of rigid insulation material, which are attached adhesively to the first side of the backing layer. The segments of the insulating layer are separated from each other by incisions arranged a predetermined... Agent: Jansson Shupe & Munger Ltd.

20080280134 - Process for the production of fibre-reinforced composite parts: e

20080280135 - Dc plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition apparatus in the absence of positive column, method for depositing material in the absence of positive column, and diamond thin layer thereby: Disclosed are DC plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition (DC PA-CVD) apparatus operable in the absence of a positive column, a method for depositing a material by DC PA-CVD in the absence of a positive column, and a diamond thin film fabricated thereby. In the method for depositing a material in... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080280136 - Carbon nanotube structures formed on large free floating substrates: Carbon nanotube structures are formed by providing metal composite particles including a catalyst metal and a non-catalyst metal, where the catalyst metal catalyzes the decomposition of a hydrocarbon compound and the formation of carbon nanotube structures on surfaces of the particles. The metal composite particles are combined with the hydrocarbon... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20080280137 - Aligned carbon nanotube-polymer materials, systems and methods: The invention is directed to carbon nanostructure composite systems which may be useful for various applications, including as dry adhesives, electronics and display technologies, or in a wide variety of other areas where organized nanostructures may be formed and integrated into a flexible substrate. The present invention provides systems and... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20080280138 - Coating composition, coating and an object coated with the coating composition: Coating composition comprising particles grafted with reactive groups and hydrophilic polymer chains. The hydrophilic polymer chains dissolves in water at least one temperature between 0 and 100° C. The reactive group may react with the substrate and or reacts to form a cross-linked coating, comprising the particles. The invention also... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080280140 - Porous particles and methods of making thereof: Provided is a particle that includes a first porous region and a second porous region that differs from the first porous region. Also provided is a particle that has a wet etched porous region and that does have a nucleation layer associated with wet etching. Methods of making porous particles... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20080280139 - Radiation-curable dispersible polyurethanes and polyurethane dispersions: The present invention relates to UV-curable, dispersible polyurethanes and polyurethane dispersions, to a process for preparing them, and to their use.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080280141 - Lithium-based compound nanoparticle compositions and methods of forming the same: Lithium-based compound small particle compositions, as well as methods and structures associated with the same, are provided. The particle compositions, in some cases, are characterized by having an nano-size particles. The particle compositions may be produced in a milling process. In some embodiments, the particles may be coated with a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080280142 - Preparation of organic additive-treated, pyrogenic silica-encapsulated titanium dioxide particles: One aspect of the invention is to provide a composition comprising a titanium dioxide particle having on the surface of said particle a substantially encapsulating layer comprising a pyrogenically-deposited metal oxide; said substantially encapsulating layer having on its surface at least one organic surface treatment material selected from an organo-silane,... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080280143 - Method of coating a surface with nanoparticles: Known techniques for forming nanoparticles require a multiple-step process to coat a surface with nanoparticles. The present invention provides a single-step process that requires the deposition of a substrate in a mixture of a solvent, ligands and organometallic precursors. The mixture containing the substrate is heated under pressure in a... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20080280144 - Coating composition yielding abrasion-resistant tintable coatings: A coating composition based upon at least partially hydrolyzed epoxy-functional alkoxy silanes and having particular utility in forming tintable, abrasion resistant coatings on lenses. Incorporation in the composition of a non-hydrolyzed epoxy-functional alkoxy silane provides a desired reduction in viscosity. Incorporation in the composition of a polyether surfactant provides a... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20080280145 - Laminates joined by polyurethane hot-melt adhesive and process for bonding plasticizer-containing plastics: The present invention relates to laminates of a plasticizer-containing plastic, obtained by bonding by means of a moisture-reactive hot-melt adhesive which comprises at least one aldimine and at least one polyurethane polymer which contains isocyanate groups and is solid at room temperature. The bonded assembly is notable for improved adhesive,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080280146 - Pre-cut wafer structure with heat stress effect suppressed: A wafer is cut before a heat treatment. By the cutting, cutting lines are not bended after the heat treatment. A cutting accuracy is therefore improved and a good light-shining efficiency is obtained.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080280147 - Vehicle transparency: A vehicle roof transparency includes a first ply having a first visible light transmission and a second ply having a second visible light transmission, with the first visible light transmission being greater than the second visible light transmission. A solar control coating is formed over at least a portion of... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080280148 - Method for coating substrates: v

20080280149 - Primer composition and coated article: A primer composition comprising (A) a vinyl polymer having hydrolyzable silyl groups and/or SiOH groups and organic UV-absorbing groups and (B) an organopolysiloxane cures into a primer layer having a coefficient of linear expansion equal to or less than 150×10−6/° C., which allows a polysiloxane hard coat to be applied... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080280151 - Copper diffusion barrier: The invention concerns a method of forming a copper portion surrounded by an insulating material in an integrated circuit structure, the insulating material being a first oxide, the method having steps including forming a composite material over a region of the insulating material where the copper portion is to be... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080280150 - Iridescent magnetic effect pigments: Iridescent magnetic pigments are produced by depositing a ferrite layer and a second metal oxide layer in succession on a substrate. The substrate may be platy and is coated with the ferrite, which is then coated with the second metal oxide layer to provide interference color effect. At least one... Agent: Basf Catalysts LLC

20080280152 - Fireproof molded articles or materials and method for the production thereof: The invention relates to fireproof molded articles or materials as well as a method for obtaining a high-strength binding phase in magnesium oxide, aluminum oxide, zirconia mullite, zirconium dioxide, magnesium aluminate spinel, bauxite, yttrium oxide, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, or boron nitride products, or mixtures of carbon-bonded products, such as... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080280153 - Method of anodizing aluminum utilizing stabilized silicate solutions: An anodizing solution, and method of anodizing, comprising suspending at least one aluminium substrate in an anodizing solution and applying an anodizing current to the anodizing solution. The anodizing solution comprises 0.01-5%, by weight, sodium silicate and 0.01-5%, by weight, α-amino acid.... Agent: Nexsen Pruet, LLC

20080280154 - Process for producing water-absorbing resin particles, water-absorbing resin particles made by the process, and absorbent materials and absorbent articles made by using the particles: The present invention provides a process for producing water-absorbing resin particles which possess a high water retention capacity (absorbing capacity), a high water-absorbing capacity under pressure, and a high gel strength and a small amount of water-soluble substance and is favorably usable in sanitary materials; water-absorbing resin particles obtained by... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080280155 - Method of manufacture of direct pressure laminates: Using a method of direct-pressure laminating employing short cycle presses (low pressure process), one or more impregnated overlays and a non-impregnated decor sheet are laminated to a base material.... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20080280156 - Preform for forming complex contour structural assemblies: A preform for forming a structural assembly that defines a complex contour is provided. The preform and, hence, the structural assembly includes first and second skin members and a cellular core member between the first and second skin members. The skin members and/or the core member can be formed to... Agent: Alston & Bird, LLP

20080280157 - Composite metal article and method of making: A composite metal article from two dissimilar metals is prepared. A metal base is comprised of a first metal and having first and second opposing surfaces and a least one longitudinally-positioned depression in each of the first and second opposing surfaces for receiving a wire. An elongated metal element comprised... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080280158 - Coated sanitaryware item: An object, in particular an item of sanitaryware, has a base body, a first layer that is optionally present on the base body and a ruthenium-containing layer above this first layer. This ruthenium-containing layer has been applied using a PVD process and preferably consists of a ruthenium-containing alloy. This alloy... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - PhiladelphiaIPDepartment

20080280159 - Copper foil and method of manufacturing the same:

20080280160 - Isolation and purification of single walled carbon nanotube structures: Disclosed are methods for isolating and purifying single wall carbon nanotubes from contaminant matrix material, methods for forming arrays of substantially aligned nanotubes, and products and apparatus comprising a plurality of nanotube structures.... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080280161 - Light emitting diode device using nanocrystal-metal oxide composite and method for fabricating the same: A light emitting diode device includes a light emitting diode chip and a nanocrystal-metal oxide monolith having a nanocrystal-metal oxide composite disposed on a light emitting surface of the light emitting diode chip... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080280162 - Organic electronic device: An organic electronic device includes: a pair of electrodes, an organic film layer containing an organic substance having a benzothiadiazole skeleton, a metal oxide layer provided on the organic film layer by vacuum vapor deposition, and an interface formed between the pair of electrodes out of the organic film layer... Agent: Edward Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080280163 - Organometallic compounds having host and dopant functionalities: Organometallic compounds comprising an emissive core and one or more poly-phenylene branches linked to the emissive core. Host moieties are provided as pendant groups on the branches. In some cases, the poly-phenylene chain is linked in meta configuration to reduce π-conjugation in the chain. Suitable host moieties for use in... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080274303 - Polymer compound and polymer light emitting device using the same: (wherein, Ar1 and Ar2 represent an arylene group or divalent heterocyclic group. a and b represent each independently 0 or 1, E1, E2 and E3 represent an aryl group having three or more substituents selected from alkyl groups, alkoxy groups and the like, or a monovalent heterocyclic group having one... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080274304 - Functionalized photoreactive compounds: The present invention concerns functionalized photoreactive compounds of formula (I), that are particularly useful in materials for the alignment of liquid crystals. Due to the adjunction of an electron withdrawing group to specific molecular systems bearing an unsaturation directly attached to two unsaturated ring systems, exceptionally high photosensitivities, excellent alignment... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080274305 - Liquid crystal sealant and liquid crystal display cell utilizing the same: [PROBLEMS] To provide a liquid crystal sealant that exhibits high bonding strength at high temperatures even at a cell gap as narrow as =3 m, being able to provide a liquid crystal display cell of high reliability, and that with respect to the production process, is applicable to both of... Agent: Nields & Lemack

20080274306 - Stepping stones made of recycled material and related manufacturing methods: Methods of manufacturing multi-colored, rubber steps such as stepping stones and pavers include providing a mold; mixing together a rubber component, a binder and a first coloring agent to form a matrix having a first colored surface; and introducing a second coloring agent onto the matrix to create a multicolored... Agent: Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A.

20080274307 - Hot film lamination (vacuum assisted) for carpet backing applications: A process for laminating a substrate, where the process may include: disposing at least one a thermoplastic film on a porous substrate; heat softening the at least one thermoplastic film; conjoining the at least one thermoplastic film and the porous substrate to form a laminated substrate; and cooling the laminated... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company Osha Liang LLP

20080274308 - Sticker having hidden image made visible by water: The sticker contains a flat base member made of a water-permeable material, a water-resistant ink layer on a top surface of the base member, a water-soluble dye layer on a bottom surface of the base member, and an adhesive layer on a bottom surface of the dye layer for attaching... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080274309 - Ink jet recording media having enhanced toughness: A ink jet recording medium and, in particular, an ink jet recording medium of photographic quality that in one embodiment exhibits scratch resistance and/or toughness and/or resistance to softening upon printing.... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20080274310 - Thermal transfer sheet: The present invention pertains to a thermal transfer sheet, wherein an under coat layer containing a thermoplastic resin and colloidal inorganic pigment ultrafine particles and a dye layer are formed in order on a face on one side of a base and a thermal transfer sheet, wherein an under coat... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080274312 - Bag house filters and media: A bag filter having a support structure clothed in a filter bag. The cloth of the filter bag is a composite of at least one substrate layer and at least one nanoweb bonded thereto in a face-to-face relationship. The nanoweb is positioned at the surface of the filter bag first... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080274311 - Protective tube: The invention relates to a protective tube comprising a plurality of threads which are braided, knit-braided or knitted to one another. The invention is characterised in that the length of the cross-section of the threads along a first axis is substantially greater than the length of said cross-section along a... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080274313 - Tear strip and a method for providing same: A sausage-shaped product, in particular a sausage product, made of a protective casing and a viscous or granular filling material, in particular sausage meat, which is accommodated inside the protective casing. The protective casing being formed from a flat web material which is shaped into a tube closed at both... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20080274314 - Stack sealable heat shrinkable film: The present invention refers to a multilayer heat shrinkable film characterized by a combination of desirable properties, such as high shrinkage, good optical properties, excellent sealability and stack sealability. The invention further is directed to a method of producing a packaged food item by using said film. The invention is... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080274315 - Laminated film and a fluid dispenser including such a film: A fluid dispenser comprising a fluid reservoir (CO), a portion of the reservoir being formed by a laminated film (O; O′) defining a front face (A) and a rear face (B) and comprising a plurality of layers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; 1′, 2′, 3′, 4′, 5′, 6′,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080274316 - Alumina-enhanced polyester resins and methods for making the same: The invention embraces polymer resins, such as polyethylene terephthalate resin, that includes surface-compatibilized alumina. The invention also embraces methods of making polyethylene terephthalate resins that are capable of being formed into low-haze, high-clarity articles possessing reduced coefficient of friction.... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.A.

20080274317 - Polyester resins for high-efficiency injection molding: The present invention relates to titanium-catalyzed polyethylene terephthalate resins that are capable of being formed into articles (e.g., carbonated soft drink and water bottle preforms) at reduced injection-molding cycle times. In particular, the titanium-catalyzed polyethylene terephthalate resins of the present invention can be formed into carbonated soft drink bottle preforms... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.A.

20080274318 - Polyester resin and heat and pressure resistant plastic bottle: This invention is intended to improve the heat resistance of PET bottles from a material aspect. A technical problem of this invention is to find a polyester resin which is suitable for heat and pressure resistant plastic bottles and which does not eat into productivity and is available at a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080274319 - Composite article and method of manufacturing same: There is provided a multi-layered composite article having an inner core of a first composite material and one or more than one outer layers of a second composite material, the second composite material comprising an aliphatic isocyanate polyurethane overlaying the inner core. A method of manufacturing such a composite article... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20080274320 - Process for producing polyalkylene terephthalate, process for producing polyalkylene terephthalate molding and polyalkylene terephthalate molding: The present invention provides a method of producing polyalkylene terephthalate, which comprises: introducing a prepolymer of polyalkylene terephthalate that is in a molten state comprising 70 mol % or more of ethylene terephthalate or 1,4-butylene terephthalate repeating units and having an intrinsic viscosity [η] between 0.2 and 2 dl/g through... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080274321 - Plastic glazing panel having uv curable printed pattern and process for making the same: An economical method of manufacturing a plastic glazing panel having a decorative marking and/or opaque border printed from a UV curable ink is presented. This economical method includes the steps of forming a plastic panel; printing an opaque pattern from an ink, the pattern having an A-side and a B-side... Agent: Exatec C/o Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080274322 - Fiber composite component and method for the production of a fiber composite component: Alternatively, the first partial element is consolidated with a fiber structure (102a) unwetted by the matrix system (103) while leaving a transitional region (104), intended for adjoining to the second partial element (105), and subsequently the second partial element (105) is consolidated once the matrix system (106) of the second... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20080274323 - Process for producing an optical recording medium with several stages and medium obtained thereby: The recording medium comprises at least a first (L1) and a second (L2) micro-structured stage assembled by an adhesive layer (4) and arranged between micro-structured bottom (2) and top substrates. A polymerizable layer forming the adhesive layer (4) is deposited on the first stage (L1). Then a micro-structured transparent matrix... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080274324 - Honeycomb structure: There is provided a honeycomb structure which is useful as a trapping filter for exhaust gas, especially as a DPF for a diesel engine and capable of effectively inhibiting defects such as a crack due to thermal stress from being generated upon use and regeneration. The honeycomb structure is provided... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080274325 - Multi-layer thermal insulation for a bonding system: A thermal insulation system is provided for a component of a bonding system, such as an optical system. The thermal insulation system comprises multiple insulation layers located between the component and a heat source. The multiple insulation layers comprise at least one layer of moving air injected into the layer... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080274326 - Fabric based laminar composite and method for manufacture thereof: Fiber based z-directional reinforced composites having enhanced inter-laminar strength, impact toughness, transmission properties (electrical and thermal conduction) and coefficient of thermal expansion are provided. The composites include at least two substrates separated by a reinforcement zone that includes a plurality of fibers disposed in a binder resin. At least some,... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20080274327 - Aldimines or ketimines for improved adhesion of uv clears: A coating system for application to a porous substrate such as wood is disclosed. The coating system comprises a color-imparting stain or toner and a UV-curable clear coat. The stain and/or toner contains an aldimine or a ketimine that improves the adhesion of the coating system to the substrate.... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080274328 - Thermoforming films: The present invention is directed to a thermoforming pack made of top and bottom web films and to a method of forming said pack.... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080274329 - Arrangement of multiple sheet pile components and welding profile therefor: The invention relates to an assembly of several sheet pile walls and at least one pair of connecting profiles (10, 20) with uniform cross section viewed along the longitudinal direction to connect two sheet pile walls (90, 94). In this assembly (100), the first of the two connecting profiles (10)... Agent: Milde & Hoffberg, LLP

20080274330 - Method of manufacturing a laminate of polymeric tapes as well as a laminate and the use thereof: A method of manufacturing a laminate of polymeric tapes, characterised in that polymeric tapes of the core-cladding C) type are used, in which the core material has a higher melting temperature than the cladding material, which method comprises the following steps: i) biassing the polymeric tapes, ii) positioning the polymeric... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080274331 - Nestable molded articles, and related assemblies and methods: A man-made, molded article is provided. The article includes a profile including a planar wall, and an adjacent integral molded depression having a contoured wall extending downwardly from the planar wall. The contoured wall includes a bead portion, a cove portion, and a ledge between the bead and cove portions.... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20080274333 - Composite structure and production method thereof: It is intended to provide a composite structure excellent in resistance characteristics such as plasma resistance. The composite structure includes a base material having a surface containing a ceramic polycrystal and a structure formed on the surface of the base material containing the ceramic polycrystal, wherein the structure contains a... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080274332 - Optical recording medium and method for manufacturing same, substrate and method for using same, and stamper and method for manufacturing same: An optical recording medium has a first substrate on which an information recording layer and an image recording layer are formed in this order, and a second substrate formed on the image recording layer, in which a surface of the image recording layer side of the second substrate is roughened.... Agent: Taiyo Corporation

20080274334 - Dry etching gas and method of dry etching: A dry etching gas comprising a C4-6 fluorine compound which has an ether bond or carbonyl group and one or more fluorine atoms in the molecule and is constituted only of carbon, fluorine, and oxygen atoms and in which the ratio of the number of fluorine atoms to the number... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080274335 - Photolytic polymer surface modification: The present invention provides a method for modifying a surface of a polymer derived from a mixture comprising a thiol monomer and an olefinic monomer. The method comprises exposing at least a portion of the polymer surface to electromagnetic radiation of sufficient energy to modify the polymer surface. The present... Agent: Don D. Cha

20080274336 - High temperature insulation with enhanced abradability: A enhanced abradable friable graded insulator FGI results from the laser patterning of a coating where a series of top surfaces reside on a series of columns such that the walls of the columns are not significantly densified relative to the interior of the columns. Patterns can be generated where... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080274337 - Laminate and method for making horn wraps: A laminate comprising a compressible, cushioning layer and an open layer comprised of a tough, reinforcing woven or non-woven mesh, net, webbing, scrim or sheet material having openings therein and attached to the compressible, air permeable, cushioning layer is particularly useful for producing horn wraps that permit ventilation for the... Agent: John H. Miller

20080274339 - Ink set and media for ink-jet printing: An ink set for ink-jet printing includes a medium cyan ink-jet ink, a magenta ink-jet ink, and a gray ink-jet ink. Each of the medium cyan ink-jet ink, the magenta ink-jet ink, and the gray ink-jet ink are configured to have a lightness at a predetermined/given number of drops per... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080274338 - Wiring substrate and method for manufacturing the same: A method for manufacturing a wiring substrate includes the steps of: (a) forming a sacrificial layer in a first pattern on a substrate; (b) forming a catalyst layer in a second pattern on the substrate; (c) immersing the substrate in an electroless plating liquid, thereby depositing a metal layer on... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080274340 - Non-specular iridescent films: A transparent thermoplastic resinous film of at least 10 generally parallel layers in which the contiguous adjacent layers are of diverse transparent thermoplastic material differing in refractive index by at least about 0.03, the planarity of the film being modified so as to reflect non-specular color. Modification of the film... Agent: Cheng Song Basf Corporation

20080274341 - Multilayer film: A multi-layer film having a layer structure that a polyvalent metal compound-containing layer adjoins one side or both sides of a polymer layer containing a carboxyl group-containing polymer and a polyvalent metal salt of the carboxyl group-containing polymer, wherein the polymer layer has a concentration gradient structure that the concentration... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080274342 - Edging and mats made of recycled material and related manufacturing methods: Methods of manufacturing multi-colored, rubber pads such as edging and mats include providing a mold; mixing together a rubber component, a binder and a first coloring agent to form a matrix having a first colored surface; and introducing a second coloring agent onto the matrix to create a multicolored pad... Agent: Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A.

20080274343 - Thick solid surface laminate product and method of making same: A solid surface product having a thickness of 3 cm or greater is provided which is substantially free from warping, has a homogeneous surface appearance, and is substantially free from entrapped air bubbles or voids. The solid surface material includes from about 25 to about 95 wt %, i.e. weight... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080274344 - Method to prepare nanoparticles on porous mediums: A method to prepare porous medium decorated with nanoparticles involves contacting a suspension of nanoparticles in an ionic liquid with a porous medium such that the particles diffuse into the pores of the medium followed by heating the resulting composition to a temperature equal to or greater than the thermal... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080274345 - Absorbent moulded bodies method for production and use: The invention relates to an absorbent moulded body, a method for production and use thereof, comprising micro- or meso-porous adsorbents. The moulded bodies serve as process heat and refrigeration sources, whereby a vapour working medium is expelled from the moulded body by the introduction of heat energy and optionally condensed... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080274346 - Solid-state cellular and noncellular thermoplastic materials: processing, properties, and applications: Methods for reducing the density of thermoplastic materials and the articles made therefrom having similar or improved mechanical properties to the solid or noncellular material. Also disclosed are improvements to foaming methods and the cellular structures of the foams made therefrom, and methods for altering the impact strength of solid... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080274347 - Method for producing film using aerosol, particles mixture therefor, and film and composite material: There is disclosed a method for producing a film with use of aerosol which is capable of forming a film of satisfactory quality at a high film formation rate. In the method, first, a carrier gas is mixed into a particle mixture which comprises raw fine particles comprising a brittle... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080274348 - Method for producing coating film using aerosol, fine particles for use therein, and coating film and composite material: There is disclosed a method for producing a film with use of aerosol which is capable of forming a film of satisfactory quality at an extremely high film formation rate. In the method, first, a carrier gas is mixed into fine particles comprising a brittle material as a main component... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080274349 - Multipath soldered thermal interface between a chip and its heat sink: The invention comprises a process for joining a first surface and a second surface where the first surface comprises an initially non-solderable surface which comprises coating the first surface with a solder-adhesion layer to produce a solder-adhesion layer on the first surface and providing a Thermal Interface Material (“TIM”) composition... Agent: The Law Offices Of Robert J. Eichelburg

20080274350 - Coating material composition with gas-barrier property, process for producing the same, and gas-barrier packaging container obtained therefrom: e

20080274351 - Sintered body, sputtering target and molding die, and process for producing sintered body employing the same: The sputtering target is produced by using a sintered body having the content of carbon contained as an impurity reduced to less than 0.005 wt %. Such a sintered body is obtainable by molding a raw material powder by cold isostatic pressing directly without adding a binder containing an organic... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080274352 - Optical film comprising antistatic primer and antistatic compositions: Optical films are described that comprise an antistatic primer disposed on the substrate and a high refractive index layer disposed on the primer. The primer comprises a sulfopolymer and at least one antistatic agent. The high refractive index layer comprises surface modified inorganic nanoparticles dispersed in a crosslinked organic material.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080274353 - Polyethylene molding composition for external sheathing of electric cables: The invention relates to a polyethylene molding composition which has a multimodal molar mass distribution and is particularly suitable for producing external sheathing of electric or information transmission cables. The molding composition has a density at a temperature of 23° C. in the range from 0.94 to 0.95 g/cm3 and... Agent: Basell Usa Inc.

20080274354 - Embossed metallic flakes process and product: A process for preparing embossed fine particulate thin metal flakes having high levels of brightness and color intensity. The process comprises forming a release coat on a flexible polymeric carrier film, embossing the release coat with a diffraction grating pattern that is monoruled at an angle above 45°, vacuum metalizing... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080274355 - Semiaromatic polyamide molding compositions and their use: where the entirety of components A to C is 100%, with the proviso that in component (A) up to 30 mol %, based on the entirety of the dicarboxylic acids, of the terephthalic acid can have been replaced by other aromatic, aliphatic, or cycloaliphatic dicarboxylic acids, and with the proviso... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080274356 - Functionalized nanoparticles and their use in particle/bulk material systems: A process for creating readily or highly dispersible nanoparticles on which chemically reactive functional groups or ligands have been placed. An ultra-high shear fluidic processor is used to change the size distribution of nanoparticle agglomerations and facilitate the formation of stable dispersions of such nanoparticles, as well as the placement... Agent: Legal Department (m-495)

20080274357 - Resin composition for molding material and molded article made therefrom: A resin composition for molding materials according to the present invention comprising an acrylic polymer and a plasticizer, wherein the acrylic polymer consists of primary particles which have a core-shell structure comprising a core polymer and a shell polymer, and wherein the core polymer and shell polymer comprise methyl methacrylate... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080274358 - Carbon materials: r

20080274359 - Surface for promoting droplet formation: A surface (30) suitable for promoting the formation of droplets of liquid (35) is provided comprising alternating regions of liquid repelling (32) and liquid attracting (33) material in at least one direction across the surface wherein the diameter of the droplets is controlled by the size of the smallest dimension... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080274360 - Polyaryl ether ketone - polycarbonate copolymer blends: A polymer composition comprising a mixture of a) a first resin component comprising a polyaryl ether ketone, a polyaryl ketone, a polyether ketone, a polyether ether ketone, or a combination of two or more of the foregoing, and b) a second resin component comprising a specific type of copolycarbonate, wherein... Agent: Sabic - Lexan Sabic Innovative Plastics -IPLegal

20080274361 - Low nwp aqueous polyurethane composition: An aqueous composition with a sediment content ≦5%, comprising a polyurethane dispersion wherein the polyurethane has an acid value in the range of from 25 to 65 mgKOH/g and comprises (i) 36 to 60 wt % of at least one aromatic polyisocyanate and where the polyurethane is prepared in the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080274362 - Method of joining metals to ceramic matrix composites: A method of joining metals to a ceramic material such as a ceramic matrix composite is provided which utilizes a compliant interlayer having a coefficient of thermal expansion between the coefficient of thermal expansion of the metal and that of the ceramic matrix composite. The compliant interlayer is bonded to... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080274363 - Passivating of tin, zinc and steel surfaces: A method for coating zinc, zinc plated, or steel articles with a hydroxy benzoic acid protective coating by coating a cleaned zinc, zinc plated, or steel with a hydoxy benzoic acid composition having a pH of about 2.0 to 5.0; and coating cleaned tin surfaced articles with a composition having... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Welsh & Katz

20080274364 - Plasticised polyvinyl chloride: Esters of cyclohexane polycarboxylic acids are used as plasticisers for polyvinyl chloride to enable products with comparable mechanical properties to be obtained using less polyvinyl chloride. Use of these esters also produces formulations with increased stability to ultra-violet light, improved low temperature properties, lower viscosity and improved processability as well... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company Law Technology

20080274365 - Process for making multilayer coated paper or paperboard: The present invention refers in one embodiment to a method of manufacturing multilayer coated papers and paperboards, but excluding photographic papers and pressure sensitive copying papers, that are especially suitable for printing, packaging and labeling purposes, in which at least two curtain layers selected from aqueous emulsions or suspensions are... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20080274366 - Carbon fiber-metal composite material and method of producing the same: A method of producing a carbon fiber-metal composite material includes: (a) mixing an elastomer, a reinforcement filler, and carbon nanofibers, and dispersing the carbon nanofibers by applying a shear force to obtain a carbon fiber composite material; and (b) replacing the elastomer in the carbon fiber composite material with a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080274367 - Recovered high strength multi-layer aluminum brazing sheet products: A multi-layer metallurgical product comprising a core aluminum alloy, purposefully tailored through chemistry and processing route to resist recrystallization during the brazing cycle to intentionally exploit the higher strengths immediately after brazing of a deformed and recovered microstructure, the core aluminum alloy being positioned on one side to an aluminum... Agent: Intellectual Property

20080274368 - Layer system with diffusion inhibiting layer: The lifespan of a layer system at high temperatures is determined by the diffusion of single elements between the substrate and the layers on the substrate. A diffusion inhibiting layer according to the invention with an adapted aluminum content which lies between the aluminum content of the substrate and the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080274369 - Novel ruthenium-based materials and ruthenium alloys, their use in vapor deposition or atomic layer deposition and films produced therefrom: An alloy for use in vapor deposition or atomic layer deposition is described herein that includes ruthenium and at least one element from group IV, V or VI of the Periodic Chart of the Elements or a combination thereof. In addition, a layered material is described herein that comprises at... Agent: Buchalter Nemer

20080274370 - Method for forming insulation film: In a process involving the formation of an insulating film on a substrate for an electronic device, the insulating film is formed on the substrate surface by carrying out two or more steps for regulating the characteristic of the insulating film involved in the process under the same operation principle.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080274371 - Composite substrates for high temperature superconductors having improved properties: A composite substrate for superconductors and methods for making the same are described. The composite substrate of the present invention includes at least a core layer having and a sheath layer having a cube texture on at least a portion its surface. In certain embodiments, the core layer can include... Agent: Wilmerhale/new York

20080274372 - Corrosion resistant object having an outer layer of a precious metal: An object comprising a conductive body part, a layer comprising a refractory metal (e.g. tantalum), and a layer comprising a precious metal (e.g. platinum or gold). A metallurgical bond has been formed between the layers. Thereby oxidation of the refractory metal layer, and thereby passivation of the object, can be... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080274373 - Engine part: An engine part according to the present invention includes: a metal substrate; a chromium plating layer covering at least a portion of a surface of the metal substrate, the chromium plating layer being formed from a trivalent chromium plating solution. The chromium plating layer includes a boron content of no... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080274375 - Anodizing aluminum and alloys thereof: This invention encompasses methods of producing a colored oxide layer on an aluminum material by anodizing the aluminum material in an electrolyte comprising water, sulfuric acid and oxalic acid. The anodizing step comprises passing at least two sequential current densities through the electrolyte. Methods of making and using article with... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20080274374 - Resin-coated sand: The present invention provides resin-coated sand containing spherical molding sand with a binder composition, the spherical molding sand having an average particle diameter of 0.02 to 1.5 mm and being produced by a flame fusion method.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080274376 - Slurry composition for ceramic green sheets and method for producing the same and multilayer ceramic electronic component and method for producing the same: A slurry composition includes a ceramic raw powder including boron and an alkaline earth metal, an acrylic binder component, a β-diketone, functioning as a chelating agent, and an organic solvent. The content of the β-diketone is about 0.020 to about 0.040 times by weight the total content of boron and... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080274377 - Resin artcraft with electric conduction function and method of manufacturing the same: A method of manufacturing a resin artcraft with an electric conduction function includes the steps of: coating an electrically conductive material onto a resin semi-finished good; baking the resin semi-finished good at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time to form a conductive layer on the electrically conductive material; baking... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080274378 - Magnetic alloy for magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus using the magnetic alloy: A magnetic alloy for a magnetic recording medium contains 40 to 60 at % of Pt and 60 to 40 at % of at least three species selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, Mn and Cr as 3d transition metal elements. The magnetic alloy has a Co content... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080274379 - Thin film device with lead conductor film of increased surface area: The present invention relates to a thin-film device including a thin-film element and a lead conductor film. The thin-film element and the lead conductor film are embedded in an insulating film. The lead conductor film has a terminal area at one end thereof, is connected to the thin-film element at... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

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20080274381 - Perpendicular magnetic recording medium with patterned magnetic islands and nonmagnetic trenches and manufacturing method for suppressing surface diffusion of trench material: A patterned perpendicular magnetic recording medium of the type that has spaced-apart pillars with magnetic material on their ends and with trenches between the pillars that are nonmagnetic regions is made with a method that allows use of a pre-etched substrate. A nonmagnetic capping layer is located in the trenches... Agent: Thomas R. Berthold