Stock material or miscellaneous articles inventions

20080107827 - Diffusing structure: P

20080107830 - Image-providing apparatus and method for communication device: A structure and related method of providing a morphing appearance of a surface of such a structure can be implemented in relation to a wireless communication device such as a cellular telephone. In at least one embodiment, the structure is implemented in a cellular telephone and includes a first layer... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080107834 - Color filter substrate and method for manufacturing the same: The invention provides a color filter substrate and a method for manufacturing the same, including a substrate, a plurality of color filters, and a plurality of banks. The banks separate the color filters, and the angle between the sidewall and the substrate is about 60° to 90°. The banks of... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080107833 - Metal-clad laminate and method for production thereof: A metal-clad laminate excellent in isotropy, appearance, bondability between a TLC polymer film and a metallic sheet, and dimensional stability is provided less costly with a first step of thermally compressing the film with the metallic sheet by passing them through a nipping region between heating rolls, and a second... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080107835 - Diamond clears gemstone parcel paper: The nature of the technical disclosure show the three separate sheets of Gemstone parcel paper bonded at the edge of a plastic window, which is placed relatively in the center of a unfolded three ply gemstone paper.... Agent: Leonard Mark Weinstein

20080107836 - Method and apparatus for spacing artwork from a transparent covering in a picture frame: The invention provides a method and apparatus for spacing artwork from a transparent covering in a picture frame that addresses production problems encountered by large chain stores and high volume framers that use current spacer designs. The spacer herein disclosed is generally rectangular in shape with a protrusion extending from... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080107837 - Pushpin bulletin board with a textured and embossed surface to look like a framed three-dimensional oil painting: A pushpin bulletin board with a decorative surface to look like a framed artwork. The pushpin bulletin board includes a panel of fiberboard having an upper surface and an embossed vinyl canvas sheet adhered to the upper surface of the fiberboard panel. A painting is applied to the embossed vinyl... Agent: Ezra Sutton Pa Plaza 9 Building

20080107840 - Convertible/inverted tree: An invertible decorative tree having sections that are each provided with complementary receiving and associating mechanisms. The sections include a stand, a trunk segment, at least one tree body and a tree top. Through the complementary relationships of the receiving and associating mechanisms, the tree can be arranged to provide... Agent: G. Brian Pingel, Brown, Winick, Graves, Gross, Baskerville And Schoenebaum, P.L.C

20080107841 - Reflective clear coat composition: A reflective clear coat composition. In at least one embodiment, the composition includes a clear coat composition including a polymeric binder comprised of one or more resins and reflective flakes having a reflectivity of at least 30% in at least a portion of the near infrared radiation (NIR) region of... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c./fgtl

20080107845 - Packaging laminate, a method in connection with the production of it, and a packaging container: A packaging laminate for a packaging container for a food product, which packaging laminate comprises an outer polypropylene based heat sealable layer, a paper or paperboard based bulk layer, an aluminium gas barrier layer, and an inside comprising an inner polypropylene based heat sealable layer. The inner polypropylene based heat... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080107846 - Composite hollow body and method and device for making same: A method of manufacturing a composite hollow body including an internal coating and at least one external coating of composite based on thermoplastic and glass. A powder is sprayed onto a support of a shape suited to the shape of the hollow body to cover the support, and a composite... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080107849 - Bio-based materials and containers involving such materials: Containers are provided. An exemplary container for storing an item comprises: an insulating material defining an interior, the insulating material comprising a bio-based polyurethane; and an outer shell located about at least a portion of the exterior of the insulating material, the outer shell comprising a bio-based polyurethane. The bio-based... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080107848 - Medicament container: A medicament source has a container and a crimped closure. The closure sealingly holds to the container a metered-dose release valve, of which the spout only is visible externally. The container has a neck and a protruding rim at which the crimp locates. The container is of moulded polymer and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080107847 - Multilayered polyglycolic-acid-resin sheet: A polyglycolic acid resin-based multilayer sheet is formed by laminating a biological polymer substrate sheet and a polyglycolic acid resin with each other via an aqueous adhesive layer. The multilayer sheet is formed of biodegradable materials as a whole and allows recovery of paper, etc. alone, as desired, by preferential... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080107851 - Storage container, method for molding resin, and method for forming plating film: A storage container is provided, which includes carbon dioxide containing a functional material and a container body in which carbon dioxide has been hermetically contained. Accordingly, a method for molding a resin, a method for forming a plating film, and the storage container for carbon dioxide, which are excellent in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080107852 - Foamed plastic structures: Foamed plastic structures that include one or more foamed plastic bodies containing a polymer matrix that includes one or more polymers formed by polymerizing a monomer mixture that includes vinyl aromatic monomers and divinyl aromatic monomers. The structures formed can include, as non-limiting examples, pallets, containers, stackable containers, produce boxes,... Agent: Nova Chemicals Inc.

20080107853 - Substrate, method for the production thereof and use thereof in order to form cultures of organic cells: A substrate for forming cultures of organic cells, comprising the following a spatial body—the cross section of the body comprises a plurality of at least first pores. wherein the pre size of a majority thereof is =1000 μm, preferably 10-500 μm. more preferably 10-200 μm, most preferably 10-100 μm t—the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080107855 - Easy painting drop board: The Easy Painting Drop board is made of white high core plastic with vertical corrugated lines imprinted, also can be made in different colors. The drop board can be used in cold and hot weather condition. This condition doesn't take away from protection of the floor inside or outside. The... Agent: Curtis Everett

20080107857 - Method and apparatus for the connection of skin members of a covering skin for moulded articles: First and second skin members for moulded articles provided with rearwardly folded connecting rims are positioned into a mould. Keeping the connecting rims side by side arranged into a cavity of the mould; a polyurethane mixture is injected and cured between the opposite rims to form a first joining bead;... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080107860 - Metal-graphite brush: The metal-graphite brush of the present invention contains graphite, a metal, a lubricant, and bismuth or bismuth oxide in an amount of 1.0 wt. % to 3.0 wt. %. For example, the metal is copper, and the lubricant is molybdenum sulfide.... Agent: Mcglew And Tuttle, P.c.

20080107829 - Cellulose compound, cellulose film, optical compensation sheet, polarizing plate, and liquid crystal display device: wherein DS16long, DS13long, and DS12long represent a substitution degree at the 6-, 3- or 2-position of the substituent having absorption at the longest wavelength, among the 3n1 substituents on the 6-, 3- or 2-position; and said substituent has an absorption maximum wavelength at the longest wavelength in the range of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080107828 - Optically-compensatory sheet, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device: An aim of the invention is to provide an optically-compensatory sheet having little change of optical characteristics with ambient temperature and humidity and a high degree of freedom of design of in-plane retardation Re and thickness-direction retardation Rth, and to provide a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080107831 - Alignment material and liquid crystal display using the same: Disclosed are an alignment material comprising a solvent, a polymer resin, and a cross-linking agent, and a liquid crystal display using the alignment material. The polymer resin is mixed with the solvent to have a weight percent ranging from about 4% to about 8% and includes an amic acid monomer... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080107832 - Optical film, process of producing the same, polarizing plate including the same, and liquid crystal display: s

20080107838 - Decorative grass having optical effect: Decorative grass having an optical effect constructed of a sheet of material aligned with and bonded to a substantially iridescent sheet of material to form an optical effect material. The optical effect material is shredded to produce a plurality of strips of decorative grass having an optical effect. A third... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.c.

20080107839 - Method for making contoured decorative grass: Method for producing decorative grass, such as Easter grass, from a sheet or web of material having a decorative pattern thereon. The decorative pattern may be printed material and/or embossed patterns thereon, or a non-linear side edge that provides the decorative grass with a contoured configuration.... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.c.

20080107842 - Three-dimensional product with dynamic visual impact: The present invention relates to three-dimensional products comprising a structure having a first surface and a z-direction perpendicular to the first surface, the structure further comprising a base, a plurality of raised protrusion areas raised at least about 300 μm above the base of the structure, and a plurality of... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080107843 - Print media for ink-jet ink applications having improved image quality: A printing arrangement can include an ink-receiving coating applied to a media substrate, the ink-receiving coating having a coating thickness being configured to have a concentration gradient relative to the thickness. In the concentration gradient, the concentration of a cationic agent is greater in a center region of the ink-receiving... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080107844 - Structure: A structure of the present invention is the structure which is formed of a base made of a metal and an inorganic material surface layer made of crystalline and amorphous inorganic materials, wherein thermal conductivity of the inorganic material surface layer is lower than the thermal conductivity of the base,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080107850 - Method to reduce the aldehyde content of polymers: Methods to minimize aldehyde content of a polymer are provided. An effective amount of an additive that contains a P-H functionality is incorporated into the polymer in the presence of an acidic of basic catalyst compositions are also provided.... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller Llc

20080107854 - Label tape roll, label production cartridge, label producing apparatus, and rfid label: A label producing apparatus is provided that produces a label using a label tape, and the label tape includes a magnetic film layer having a magnetic film in a substantially sheet-state intermittent in a tape longitudinal direction and having a width-direction dimension smaller than the width-direction dimension of the label... Agent: Pitney Hardin LLP

20080107856 - Provision of frames or borders around pigment flakes for covert security applications: Opaque flakes, such as pigment or bright flakes used in paints and inks, have a selected shape and/or other indicia to provide a covert security feature to an object. Shaped opaque covert flakes are not readily detectable by causal observation, but in some embodiments are easily seen at 50× magnification.... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.a.

20080107858 - Polycarbonate for transparent injection-molded articles: A polycarbonate resin comprising fluorescing particles that feature a particular size distribution is disclosed. The size distribution of these particles that fluoresce upon excitation at wavelengths of 400-440 nm, 50× magnification and illumination time of 40 msec per scan was found to be critical in determining the suitability of the... Agent: Bayer Material Science Llc

20080107859 - Optical information recording medium: An optical information recording medium, on which information is recorded by interference of light beams, includes a recording layer in which the information is recorded; a reflective layer that reflects a light beam transmitted through the recording layer; and a protective layer that is provided between the recording layer and... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080107861 - Non-tacky adhesive fastening system: Non-tacky adhesive fastening systems are disclosed, which systems include non-tacky patterned adhesive systems and non-tacky three-dimensional adhesive systems. In a non-tacky adhesive fastening system, an engaging member including a non-tacky adherent is engageable with a receiving member including a non-tacky adherend. In a non-tacky patterned adhesive system, at least one... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080107862 - Ceiling fan blade: A ceiling fan blade sequentially comprises a patterned layer and a shining layer on a surface thereof. The blade is only attached with two layers, reducing the working procedures. The shining layer uses the thermosetting powder coating to be thermally fixed on the blade by heating without using the solvent... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080107863 - Multilayered printed wiring board: A multilayered printed wiring board includes a multilayered core substrate having multiple insulation layers and one or more stacked via structure formed through the multiple insulation layers, and a build-up structure formed over the multilayered core substrate and including multiple interlaminar insulation layers and multiple conductor circuits. The stacked via... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080107865 - Electrodeposited copper foil with carrier foil with a primer resin layer and manufacturing method thereof: Present invention provides an electrodeposited copper foil with carrier foil that assure high bonding strength between a surface of the bulk copper layer and a resin substrate layer even when surface roughness is low, and hardly occurs delamination even when pin holes and the like remain in a bulk copper... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.c.

20080107866 - Laminate for flexible printed wiring board: To provide a laminate for a flexible printed wiring board excellent in signal response in the high frequency region. A laminate for a flexible printed wiring board having a three-layer laminated structure where a reinforcing layer (A), an electrical insulator layer (B) and an electrical conductor layer (C) are laminated... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080107864 - Method of making a surface hydrophobic: A method for rendering a microstructured surface of a substrate hydrophobic comprises a first step of applying to the microstructured surface a coating composition capable of forming a hydrophobic coating having a nanoscale roughness on the microstructured surface. The composition is then cured to form a hydrophobic coating having a... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080107868 - Water repellent anti-reflective structure and method of manufacturing the same: A water repellent anti-reflective structure with a superior water repellent function and an anti-reflective function, a method of manufacturing the same, and components of vehicles comprising the water repellent anti-reflective structure (e.g., display or window panel) are taught. Numerous cone-shaped projections having a circular or polygonal bottom surface and a... Agent: Young & Basile, P.c.

20080107867 - Thermally conductive low profile bonding surfaces: Low profile circuit boards having heat dissipative properties are disclosed having numerous discrete heat dissipating bonding zones. These electric circuit boards help dissipate heat from individual components such as transistors. Thermally conductive protrusions that may have an ultra low profile may be employed to promote bonding and remove heat. The... Agent: Denis Khoo

20080107869 - Methods of making electroforms, mounting plates therefore, products made therefrom: Disclosed herein are mounting plates and methods for making an electroforms. In one embodiment, the master comprises an edge, a back, a master area, and a pattern having a pattern area. The mounting plate comprises a cutout having a cutout size that is smaller than the master area and larger... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080107870 - Photocurable composition, micropattern-formed product and its production process: A photocurable composition capable of producing a micropattern-formed product efficiently, which is excellent in physical properties such as heat resistance, chemical resistance, releasability and optical characteristics (transmittance and low refractive index), and a process for producing a micropattern-formed product, capable of highly precisely transferring a micropattern of a mold to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080107871 - Composite decking system: A composite deck assembly includes a baseplate and a top plate secured to the baseplate. The baseplate is formed from a first composite matrix comprising strands of reinforcing fibers oriented in first direction and a polymer resin. The baseplate includes a plurality of ribs and a plurality of laterally extending... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080107872 - Artificial cane: An artificial cane has a central strip, multiple spokes and multiple intervals. The central strip is bendable and has an outer surface. Each spoke is a strip, is formed and protrudes spirally from the outer surface of the central strip and has a proximal section, a distal section and an... Agent: Cooper & Dunham LLP

20080107873 - Masking apparatus and method of fabricating electronic component: A masking apparatus includes a mask base body and a mask plate. The mask base body includes at least one spacer plate, and a cavity in which an electronic component can be housed. The mask plate is disposed on an upper surface and/or a lower surface of the mask base... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080107874 - Optical element including dielectric multilayer film and manufacturing method thereof: An optical element including a dielectric multilayer film according to the present invention is configured such that the dielectric multilayer film is deposited onto one of faces of a substrate transparent to an incident light, and further, a stress relaxation film is deposited onto a surface of the dielectric multilayer... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080107875 - Knitted structure designed to be incorporated in a sheet material: The invention concerns a sheet material, characterized in that it incorporates at least one knitted structure. The invention also concerns a document and a base fabric comprising said sheet material, as well as a method for making said material. The invention further concerns a knitted structure comprising at least one... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080107876 - Zinc oxide microstructures and a method of preparing the same: Disclosed herein is a method of selectively growing zinc oxide microstructures and the zinc oxide microstructures prepared using the method. The method includes the steps of applying an organic material or an inorganic material on a substrate, forming a pattern having a predetermined specific location and a predetermined interval on... Agent: Intellectual Property Law Group LLP

20080107877 - Nanoprinted device comprising metallic patterns and method of nanoprinting metallic patterns: The invention concerns a nanoprinted device comprising point shaped metallic patterns, in which. each metallic pattern has a bilayer structure controlled in hardness and in chemical properties comprising a lower layer (30) constituting the base of the point and an upper layer (31) constituting the point itself.... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080107878 - Colored mask for forming transparent structures: The invention relates to a process for forming a stacked transparent structure comprising providing a support, coating one side of said support with a multicolored mask, coating the other side of the support with a layer curable by visible light, and exposing the light-curable layer through the mask with visible... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20080107880 - Multilayer, white, laser-cuttable and laser-inscribable polyester film: The invention relates to a white, coextruded, oriented polyester film with a base layer (B) and with at least one outer layer (A), where the base layer (B) includes a whitening pigment and/or void-forming incompatible polymer at a concentration of from 2 to 35% by weight (based on the weight... Agent: Propat, L.l.c.

20080107879 - Multilayer, white, laser-cuttable polyester film: The invention relates to a white, coextruded, oriented polyester film with a base layer (B) and with at least one outer layer (A), where the base layer (B) includes from 2 to 35% by weight, based on the weight of the base layer (B), of a whitening pigment and/or void-forming... Agent: Propat, L.l.c.

20080107881 - Material for substrate mounting optical circuit-electrical circuit mixedly and substrate mounting optical circuit-electrical circuit mixedly: A material for an optical circuit-electrical circuit mixedly mounting substrate comprises a light permeable resin layer, and an optical circuit forming layer that is made of a light permeable resin of which refractive index increases (or decreases) when irradiated with an activating energy beam and is disposed adjacent to the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080107882 - Coated cutting tool insert: The present invention relates to a CVD-coated cutting tool insert with a TiCxNy layer with a low tensile stress level of from about 50 to about 390 MPa and an α-Al2O3 layer with a high surface smoothness with a mean Ra is equal to or less than about 0.12 μm... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080107883 - Coated sealer and method of use: A sealer is formed having a core material and an adhesive material at least partially coating the core material.... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch Pc

20080107884 - Polyimide composite flexible board and its preparation: s

20080107885 - High-capacity, low-leakage multilayer dielectric stacks: The present disclosure is directed to an exemplary method for designing, implementing, and making a high capacity low leakage multilayer stack for various electronic applications. In a particular embodiment, the multilayer stack is made up of a dielectric/ferroelectric/dielectric trilayer. This configuration has shown to have giant dielectric permittivity which is... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP Attn.: Basam E. Nabulsi

20080107886 - Protective garments for firefighters: A protective garment for firefighters having a breathable moisture barrier layer film which is does not suffer destruction on exposure to the Thermal Protective Performance Test of the National Fire Protection Association 1971 Standard.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080107887 - Double-sided tape, display module, and method of separating chassis from display panel: A display module including a display panel, a chassis on a non-image-displaying surface of the display panel, and a double-sided tape between the display panel and the chassis, the double-sided tape including a foam layer, a top adhesive layer on an upper surface of the foam layer, and a first... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.c.

20080107888 - Self-repairing, reinforced matrix materials: Self-repairing, fiber reinforced matrix materials include a matrix material including inorganic as well as organic matrices. Disposed within the matrix are hollow fibers having a selectively releasable modifying agent contained therein. The hollow fibers may be inorganic or organic and of any desired length, wall thickness or cross-sectional configuration. The... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080107889 - Vehicle component and method for making a vehicle component: A process for providing a cushioned region (14) on a substrate (12) is disclosed. The substrate (12) is at least partially covered by a sheet (18) of preferably textured material. A skin (22) is coupled to the substrate (12) and a compressible material (24) (such as foam) is injected between... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080107890 - Tie layer and method for forming thermoplastics: A tie layer for bonding a ceramic or metallic coating to a thermoplastic substrate is described. The tie layer comprises from 2 to 70% ceramic and/or metallic filler particles in a thermoplastic matrix. The thermoplastic matrix is compatible with the thermoplastic substrate. Further, a method of bonding a ceramic or... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20080107891 - Laminated panel: A method for the production of a laminate is provided, comprising the steps of: 1) providing a stack of layers including a decorative layer, a core layer, and optionally an overlayer; 2) impregnating one or both of the decorative layer and overlayer with a resin formulation that includes nanoclay particles... Agent: O'shea, Getz & Kosakowski, P.c.

20080107892 - Method for synthesizing nanoscale structures in defined locations: A method is disclosed for directly synthesizing nanoscale structures, particularly in defined locations. The method overcomes problems in nanoscale manufacturing by enabling the direct fabrication of composites useful for constructing electronic devices. In one aspect of the method, nanotubes and arrays of nanotubes are synthesized directly at defined locations useful... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080107893 - Electroconductive tin oxide having high mobility and low electron concentration: Tin oxide having high mobility and a low electron concentration, and methods for producing layers of the tin oxide layers on a substrate by atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition (APCVD) are disclosed. The tin oxide may undoped polycrystalline n-type tin oxide or it may be doped polycrystalline p-type tin oxide.... Agent: Arkema Inc. Patent Department - 26th Floor

20080107895 - Offset ps plate with compound support and its manufacturing process: This invention involves with a kind of offset PS plate with compound support and its manufacturing process. PS plate has sensitization imaging layer set up on the front side of its aluminum substrate, and has a membrane of polymer materials covered on the back side of the substrate, which form... Agent: Eric Chan

20080107894 - Polysilazane-based coating solution and the use thereof for coating films, especially polymer films: wherein R′, R″, R″′ are the same or different and independently represent hydrogen or an optionally substituted alkyl, aryl or (trialkoxysilyl)alkyl group, where n is an integer and is selected in such a manner that the polysilazane has a number-average molecular weight of from 150 to 150 000 g/mol, and... Agent: Clariant Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080107896 - Composite wear-resistant member and method for manufacture thereof: Provided are a composite wear-resistant member which can be manufactured with a lowered sintering temperature, and thus can prevent the carbonization of a material around super hard particles such as diamond; and a method for manufacturing the member. The member, characterized in that it comprises hard particles comprising diamond particles... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080107897 - Polyimide composite flexible board and its preparation: o

20080107898 - Integrating security particles in value documents or value products: A coherent sheet-like or tape-like product (10) adapted to be integrated into value products or documents, comprises: security particles (12) in the form of metal fibers or metal coated fibers; a paper or plastic compatible binder (14). The sheet-like or tape-like product allows a better controllable concentration of the security... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080107899 - Metallized multi-layer films, methods of manufacture and articles made therefrom: Multi-layer films particularly suited for packaging applications, including a core layer, a metallizable layer located on a side of the core layer, the metallizable layer comprising polyethylene and a cyclic olefin copolymer are provided. Optionally, the multi-layer film may have a tie layer located intermediate the core layer and the... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company Law Technology

20080107900 - Drawn gel-spun polyethylene yarns: Drawn multi-filament polyethylene yarns and articles thereof having unique signatures in dynamic mechanical analysis reflective of unique microstructures, and having superior ballistic resistant properties.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080107901 - Composite comprising heat-resistant fiber and siloxane polymer: The present invention provides a fiber-reinforced glass having excellent heat resistance and toughness, or a composite comprising a heat-resistant fiber and a siloxane polymer, which has a modified surface structure and is useful as a heat-resistant fiber.... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080107902 - Spherical ultrafine particles and process for producing the same: The method of the present invention can 1) produce spherical and scaly ultrafine particles without pulverization, 2) obtain spherical ultrafine particles having a sharp spherical particle diameter distribution without requiring a sieving step, 3) produce spherical ultrafine particles extremely approximating a true circle and possessing a particle diameter of 100... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080107903 - Close-bonded diffractive optical element, optical material used therefor, resin precursor, and resin precursor composition: To obtain a close-contact multi-layer type diffractive optical element having a homogeneous high-refractive-index and low-dispersion resin layer, an acrylate-terminated oligomer, obtained by allowing excess bifunctional acrylate to react with bifunctional thiol, is used as a resin precursor for the high-refractive-index and low-dispersion resin layer.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080107904 - Hydroxyl-containing resin composition for coating materials, coating composition, coating finishing method, and coated article: The present invention relates to a hydroxyl-containing resin composition for a coating material, characterized in comprising a hydroxyl-containing resin that has a hydroxyl value of 50 to 400 mg KOH/g and a weight-average molecular weight of 2,000 to 100,000, and in being a resin obtained by copolymerizing, in the presence... Agent: Basf Corporation Patent Department

20080107905 - Rubber laminate: A rubber laminate comprised of a cross-linked rubber layer containing a carboxyl-group containing nitrile copolymer rubber (A), a carboxyl-group containing acryl-based polymer (B), and a specific phosphonium salt and a fluorine-based polymer layer. Preferably, the carboxyl-group content per 100 grams of the (A) ingredient is 2×10−3 to 1×10−1 equivalents and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080107906 - Method for preparing polymer actuators with high stability and polymer actuators prepared by the method: Provided are a method for preparing polymer actuators with high stability and polymer actuators prepared by the method, and more specifically, to a method for preparing polymer actuators with high stability that use low power, are extremely thin, and can be substituted in a motor of a camera module, and... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080107907 - Low refractive index fluoropolymer compositions having improved coating and durability properties: A low refractive index composition that forms a low refractive index layer on an optical display is formed having a co-crosslinked interpenetrating polymer network of a fluoropolymer phase and an acrylate phase. The fluoropolymer phase is preferably formed from fluoropolymers based on THV or FKM and having either a degree... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080107908 - Compressible flexographic printing plate construction: The present invention relates to an improved compressible flexographic printing plate that uses a compressible layer comprising a polyurethane (meth)acrylate resin and microspheres. The process of the invention produces a chemically fused printing plate that eliminates the need for an adhesive to secure the compressible layer to the back of... Agent: John L. Cordani Carmody & Torrance LLP

20080107909 - Use of antiadhesive packaging materials for packaging chemicals and foodstuffs: The present invention relates to the use of antiadhesive packaging materials for packaging chemicals and foodstuffs, especially fine chemicals such as vitamins, carotenoids, fragrances and flavors, and pharmaceutical chemicals, and also for their formulations and preparations.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080107910 - Resin-coated hot dip galvanized steel sheet superior in weldability and corrosion reistance and method for producing the same: A resin film is formed on the surface of a hot dip galvanized steel sheet by applying emulsion of a polyolefin copolymer resin molecular-associated by ion cluster to the steel sheet surface. The resin film contains, in terms of solids content, 10 to 55 mass % of silica particles, 1... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080107911 - Water-stable semiconductor nanocrystal complexes and methods of making same: A water-stable semiconductor nanocrystal complex and methods of making the same are provided. The water-stable semiconductor nanocrystal complex includes a semiconductor nanocrystal composition, a surfactant layer, and an outer layer. The outer layer and/or the surfactant layer can be cross-linked.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080107912 - Multi-layer coated products and curtain coating process for same: The invention relates to coated products for printing on including a substrate and at least two different coatings having different properties, which comprise a low-coat layer, adjacent to the substrate, preferably pigmented, for printing properties and possibly optical properties, and a different top-coat layer, farther from the substrate, comprising optical... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080107913 - Composition for cord coating, cord for rubber reinforcement made with the same, and rubber product made with the same: A composition for cord coating of the present invention comprises a latex of a first rubber, a phenol resin, and a water-soluble condensation product of resorcinol-formaldehyde so that a ratio of the first rubber to a solid content of the composition, a ratio of the phenol resin thereto, and a... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.c.

20080107914 - Composition for conductive materials comprising tetra acrylate functionalised arylamines, conductive material and layer, electronic device and equipment: The object of the present invention is to provide a composition for conductive materials from which a conductive layer having a high carrier transport ability can be made, a conductive material formed of the composition and having a high carrier transport ability, a conductive layer formed using the conductive material... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080107915 - Method and apparatus for polishing an aluminum-zinc alloy hot-dip coating and the product therefrom: The present invention is directed to a method of polishing a minimum spangle aluminum-zinc alloy hot-dip coating applied to sheet steel to provide a polished hot-dip coating having a continuous, consistent surface appearance suitable for use in an unpainted condition.... Agent: Harold I. Masteller, Jr.

20080107916 - Method for producing a functionally gradient component: The present invention provides a method for producing a functionally gradient component, such a component having an outer layer of a first material, and an inner core of a second material, there being a gradual change in microstructure across the interface between the two materials, the method having particular application... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080107917 - Wear resistant coatings for race land regions of bearing materials: Embodiments of a coated substrate (for example, a coated race land region of a roller bearing element) comprise a metallic substrate, a ceramic underlayer comprising a nitride, a carbide, a carbonitride, a boride, or combinations thereof disposed over the metallic substrate, and a mixed layer comprising titanium nitride and silver... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080107918 - Method for synthesizing anthracene derivative and anthracene derivative, light emitting element, light emitting device, electronic device: It is an object to provide a novel method for synthesizing an anthracene derivative with the small number of steps. It is another object to provide a novel anthracene derivative. It is further another object to provide a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, and an electronic device, each using the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080107919 - Phenylcarbazole-based compound and organic electroluminescent device employing the same: A phenylcarbazole-based compound is represented by Formula 1, and has superior electric properties and charge transport abilities, and thus is useful as a hole injection material, a hole transport material, and/or an emitting material which is suitable for fluorescent and phosphorescent devices of all colors, including red, green, blue, and... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080107920 - Thermal barrier coated articles and methods of making the same: A coated article comprises a substrate; and a multilayer thermal barrier coating disposed on the substrate, the multilayer thermal barrier coating comprising at least a first layer comprising a first ceramic composition having a thermal conductivity less than 1 W/m° K; a second layer having an erosion resistance greater than... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080107921 - Magnetic tape and magnetic tape cartridge: A magnetic recording medium comprising a non-magnetic support; at least one lower magnetic layer containing magnetic powder and a binder resin, which is formed on one side of the non-magnetic support with or without a non-magnetic primer layer interposed between the non-magnetic support and the lower magnetic layer; at least... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080107922 - Magnetic film for magnetic head: The magnetic film includes an FeCo layer, restrains erasing data by a magnetic field leaked from a magnetic pole, has high saturation magnetic flux density and soft magnetism and writes data with high recording density. The magnetic film for a magnetic head of the present invention comprises: a nonmagnetic layer... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080102226 - Polyarylate optical compensator film for lcd and method for preparing the same: The present invention relates to a polyarylate film having high level of negative phase difference toward out of plane direction, which is good enough to be used as an optical compensator film providing wide view angle. The polyarylate film prepared in the present invention has bigger birefringence toward out of... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080102227 - Liquid crystal display: A liquid crystal display is provided, which includes first and second substrates, a liquid crystal layer formed between the first and second substrates, an alignment layer formed on at least one of the first and second substrates, and a blocking layer formed between at least one of the first and... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080102228 - Adhesive, polarizer using the same, and liquid crystal display having the same: An adhesive, a polarizer using the adhesive, and a liquid crystal display having the polarizer are disclosed. The adhesive includes a polymer compound that is formed by bonding a polymer having an acryl group to a diisocyanate-based compound having an isocyanate group that reacts with the acryl group. The polarizer... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080102230 - Diffusing plate for transmissive screen, transmissive screen and rear projection display apparatus: A transmissive screen includes a diffusing plate 7 having two first diffusing layers 13 and 15, to which diffusing particles are added respectively, arranged with a second diffusing layer 14, to which diffusing particles whose particle size is smaller than that of the first diffusing layers 13 and 15 are... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080102231 - Heat-resistant sheet: t

20080102234 - Hot-embossable polyester film: The present invention relates to a transparent, hot-embossable, biaxially oriented polyester film having a base layer (B), an amorphous outer layer (A) with a coating on this outer layer (A), and a crystalline outer layer (c). The invention further relates to the use of such film and to a process... Agent: Propat, L.L.C.

20080102233 - Porous films: The present invention relates to porous or breathable film compositions and processes for producing such compositions. The porous or breathable films preferably comprise a polyolefin. Said films are useful in many applications including bags for packaging cement.... Agent: James T Hoppe The Dow Chemical Company

20080102236 - Pipes containing nanoclays and method for their manufacture: A pipe or comprising a melt-mixed blend of polyamide and incompatible polyolefin and a compatibilizing agent where the polyamide exists as a discontinuous phase that is dispersed in a polyolefin matrix and wherein nanoclay is exfoliated in the polyamide phase. The pipe has enhanced resistance to the permeation of hydrocarbons... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080102237 - Method and device for producing a profiled bar: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a profiled flexible bead (1) in a polymer material on a glazing (2) by encapsulation, the said device comprising a step of moulding, having brought at least one moulding element (3, 3′) into contact with the said glazing (2), by means of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080102238 - Destructible privacy label: A destructible privacy label includes a sheet-like member having an upper surface and an adhesive lower surface. The upper surface is capable of displaying information-conveying indicia thereon. The sheet-like member includes two conjoined segments formed by a separation line that traverses the sheet-like member. Each sheet-like member segment is separable... Agent: Christopher J. Fildes Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20080102239 - End of roll paper sensing and system management: The present invention is directed to flocked articles comprising a porous film and methods of manufacturing such articles.... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20080102240 - Polymeric composite adhesive tape: An adhesive tape comprising a layer of metallized polymeric material having a first side and a second side, and a layer of adhesive compound applied to the first side of the layer of metallized polymeric film is provided. An adhesive tape meeting Underwriter Laboratories criteria for use with both rigid... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. MoserIPLaw Group

20080102241 - Surface protecting film and optical film with surface protecting film: To present a surface protecting film low in peeling strength (rewinding force) on own back side even by using a rubber material pressure-sensitive adhesive, and excellent in adhesion reliance on an adherend, and an optical film using such surface protecting film. A surface protecting film having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080102244 - Wooden newel post: A newel post comprising a core that has an upper portion and a lower portion with a laminate applied around the lower portion to cover minor inconsistencies in the timber. The core includes at least one single, continuous board of high quality timber which extends along the entire length of... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20080102245 - Leather-like sheet, method for producing leather-like sheet and ball using the same: A leather-like sheet having hills on the surface thereof is characterized by having a composite layer comprising nap-like ultra fine fibers connected to fibers constituting a substrate layer and an elastic polymer (B) joined to the ultra fine fibers, on one surface of the substrate layer comprising the ultra fine... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080102229 - Decorating with a lighted device: A decoration device may include a backlit panel inside an interior space of an ornament structure. The panel may include a decorative scene that is viewable from outside the ornament structure, and one or more light sources may be substantially aligned with certain elements of the scene (e.g., candles, a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080102232 - synthetic based self seal adhesive system for packaging: The present invention provides a waterbased self seal adhesive system utilizing a self seal adhesive containing no natural rubber. The self seal adhesive system is comprised of a transfer adhesive disposed on a transfer web and an anchor adhesive disposed on an anchor web with the two adhesives forming the... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080102235 - Plastic carpule and method of manufacture: A carpule and its method of manufacture, the carpule tubular body composed of a polypropylene or similar polymer, the tubular body being sealed at one end by a seal of a thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) or similar polymer, the seal having been injection molded in contact with the tubular body prior... Agent: Rogers Towers, P.A.

20080102243 - Laminate fire retardant systems and uses: Fire retardant roofing membranes and laminates are provided, wherein the laminates have an outer layer of a cured polymeric film comprising a non-halogenated fire retardant component, the fire retardant component being from greater than about 55% to about 95% of the outer layer by weight. Methods of protecting a substrate... Agent: Kagan Binder, PLLC

20080102242 - Skid resistant moisture barriers and process for making same: Skid-resistant moisture barriers of the invention, such as house wrapping, waterproofing membranes, and roofing underlayments, have a carrier sheet with polymer nodules deposited thereon through a rotating screen roll or by transfer means such as a gravure roll. Precise coating levels and polymer distribution can be achieved more easily when... Agent: W. R. Grace & Co.-conn Attention: Patent Department

20080102246 - Plated-shaped carbon fibre composite material: A plate-shaped carbon fiber composite with an impact surface that is exposed to a particle flux. The plate-shaped carbon fiber composite includes a base fabric in a carbon matrix. The base fabric has pitch fibers that are substantially perpendicular to the impact surface and second fibers disposed at an angle... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080102247 - Biaxially oriented polyproplyene film: The present invention relates to a biaxially oriented polypropylene film containing: a polypropylene resin as a main component thereof, having a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 or more and 500,000 or less, the weight average molecular weight being determined by gel permeation chromatography, wherein at least one surface of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080102248 - Grip belt having large-sized air cells: A grip belt for serving a grip of which skidproof and shock-absorbing properties are required possesses large-sized air cells internally and dents on the surface thereof formed during manufacture to perform enhanced shock-absorbency, tender touch, firm feel and skidproof efficiency.... Agent: Fanny Chung

20080102249 - Injectable structural adhesive: Injectable structural adhesives, methods of using the same, and products formed therewith, are described. The adhesive is introduced through a first opening into an internal cavity formed between two or more components. The adhesive is then permitted or forced to flow through the internal cavity, substantially filling the cavity, until... Agent: Warn Hoffmann Miller & Lolone PC Dow Global Technologies Inc.

20080102250 - Absorbent paper product having non-embossed surface features: A cellulosic fibrous structure product having one or more plies. At least one of the plies has one or more unembossed areas, and the one or more unembossed area has a macroscopic first surface and a macroscopic second surface. The fibrous structure product also has a first wall which forms... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080102251 - Plating method and apparatus for controlling deposition on predetermined portions of a workpiece: The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for plating a conductive material on a workpiece surface in a highly desirable manner. Using a workpiece-surface-influencing device, such as a mask or sweeper, that preferentially contacts the top surface of the workpiece, relative movement between the workpiece and the workpiece-surface-influencing device... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080102252 - Methods for forming improved self-assembled patterns of block copolymers: A method for forming self-assembled patterns on a substrate surface is provided. First, a block copolymer layer, which comprises a block copolymer having two or more immiscible polymeric block components, is applied onto a substrate that comprises a substrate surface with a trench therein. The trench specifically includes at least... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080102255 - Acrylic decorative board: A decorative board includes two transparent surface layers spaced from each other, a transparent intermediate layer mounted between the surface layers, and a plurality of decorative members located in the intermediate layer. Thus, the surface layers and the intermediate layer are made of transparent material to expose the decorative members... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080102253 - Patterned thin-film layer and method for manufacturing same: A patterned thin-film layer (100) includes a substrate (102), a plurality of banks (104) formed on the substrate and a plurality of thin-film layers (106). The plurality of banks define a plurality of spaces therein, and the spaces are arranged in rows and columns. The plurality of patterned thin-film layers... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang J

20080102254 - Reinforced packing tape with tamper indicator: A reinforced packing tape having a tamper indicator is disclosed. The reinforced packing tape is constructed of a base layer of kraft paper having a lower surface coated with a water-activated adhesive and an upper surface printed with a tamper indicator pattern. A portion of the tamper indicator pattern is... Agent: Peter I. Bernstein Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080102256 - Coating, coated media, and method for coating media: The present invention provides a coating composition, a coated transparent thermoplastic electrophotographic recording medium, for example, a coated lenticular lens electrophotographic recording medium, and a method for coating the transparent thermoplastic electrophotographic recording medium.... Agent: International Paper Company

20080102258 - Ink-jet ink set, producing method of ink-jet ink set, image forming method, and ink-jet recording apparatus: The present disclosure relates to ink-jet ink compositions, systems, and/or methods including a yellow ink, a magenta ink and a cyan ink for producing ink-jet printed matter having desirable color balance (e.g., difference in percent residual optical densities (ODs) between individual colors) and/or color retention (e.g., percent residual OD) following... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080102257 - Paper-or cardboard-based security product: A paper- or cardboard-based security product and a method of manufacturing it. The product comprises a paper or a cardboard which is equipped with an identifiable security symbol. According to the present invention, the security symbol comprises a layer in the product, one which consists of a synthetic, electrically conductive... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080102259 - Oxide materials, articles, systems, and methods: This disclosure relates to oxide materials, as well as related articles, systems and methods.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080102260 - Gas barrier plastic body and gas barrier plastic film: Films of a plastic resin such as a polyester film for packaging use can be imparted with improved gas barrier property or decreased permeability to gases such as water vapor and oxygen without decreasing pliability or flexibility and without degradation of the appearance and transparency so as to be useful... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080102261 - Clothlike non-woven fibrous structures and processes for making same: Fibrous structures, more particularly non-woven fibrous structures that exhibit properties that consumers associate with cloths, sanitary tissue products incorporating such fibrous structures and processes for making such fibrous structures are provided.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080102262 - Radiation curable composition and curing product thereof, and laminate including the same: A radiation-curable composition capable of giving a cured product which has excellent transparency, mechanical strength and an excellent balance between surface hardness and resistance to deformation by heat/humidity; the cured product; and a multilayer structure which has a layer of the cured product and is suitable for use as an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080102263 - Low density structural laminate: The present invention provides a structural laminate comprising a core layer disposed between and bonded to each of a first metal skin layer and a second metal skin layer, the core layer comprising: a low density composite layer including a mixture of thermoplastic resin, and natural fiber. The core layer... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20080102264 - Attachment of integrated circuit chip to display screen: A display (200) that includes a first screen layer (205) having a first dimension (230) and a second screen layer (210) having a first side (211) bonded to a first side (206) of the first screen layer. The second screen layer can have a second dimension (225) that is greater... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20080102265 - Non-oxide selectively porous materials: A process for providing pores in a structure and a structure according to any selected physical characteristics. Generally pins or pore forming members may be positioned in a laminate preform and the laminate preform formed into a laminate structure including the pins therein. The pins generally include a size, density,... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20080102266 - Composite material sheet and production method thereof: The present invention provides a composite material sheet wherein a filler is oriented in a given direction in an organic resin matrix by an electric field. The composite material sheet of the present invention 10 contains filler 1 and organic resin 3, and is characterized in that the filler 1... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080102267 - Metallic groundcoat coating composition: A groundcoat coating composition comprising: between about 1% by weight and 10% by weight based on the total weight of the groundcoat coating composition of at least one metallic flake pigment comprising pigment particles having an average particle size in the range of 5 to 15 microns; between about 1%... Agent: The Sherwin-williams Company

20080102268 - Adhesive for production of ic card, process for producing ic card, and ic card: A process for producing an IC card comprising: an application/bonding step of applying an adhesive having a curing rate ratio (80° C./40° C.) of 30 or more on the surface of an inlet film, on which a number of IC modules are mounted, and/or a skin film for covering at... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080102269 - Multilayered effect pigment comprising a central absorber layer, method for the production thereof, use of the same, coating agent and coated object: The invention relates to a multilayered PVD effect pigment in which the PVD effect pigment comprises the following layer sequence: (a) a dielectric layer having a geometrical thickness of from 25 nm to not more than 180 nm, (b) a metallic absorptive layer having a geometrical thickness of not more... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080102270 - Fence or decking materials with enhanced solar reflectance: A co-extruded structural member is disclosed having first and second co-extruded layers. The first co-extruded substrate layer comprises a structural preform and is substantially reflective of near-infrared (near-IR) radiation. A co-extruded cap layer is substantially transparent to near-IR radiation. The cap layer can be provided in aesthetically pleasing dark colors,... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20080102271 - Release sheets and methods of making the same: Release sheets are disclosed that include a substrate and a coating. The coating is formed on the substrate by crosslinking a material. Methods are also disclosed.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080102272 - Adhesive wrapping film: The present invention relates to a wrapping film comprising, as at least one surface layer, a resin composition (D) layer comprising 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having a vinyl acetate content of 30 to 60% by weight (B) and 5 to 40 parts by... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080102273 - Drawn gel-spun polyethylene yarns: Drawn multi-filament polyethylene yarns and articles thereof having unique signatures in dynamic mechanical analysis reflective of unique microstructures, and having superior ballistic resistant properties.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080102274 - Powdered acetylenic surfactants and compositions containing them: a

20080102275 - Method for coating powders: The invention concerns a method for coating powdery solid active substances characterized in that it comprises the following steps: a) providing (2; 3; 4) a mixture comprising at least one coating agent wherein is dissolved a supercritical or subcritical fluid in conditions of temperature and pressure enabling said fluid to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080102277 - Conductive particles comprising complex metal layer with density gradient, method for preparing the particles, and anisotropic conductive adhesive composition comprising the particles: Disclosed herein are anisotropic conductive particles having superior electrical reliability which are useful as materials for electrical connection structures. Further disclosed is a method for preparing conductive particles comprising polymer resin base particles and a conductive complex metal plating layer formed on the surface of the base particles wherein the... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.A.

20080102276 - Controlled release of a curing agent for the generation of microstructures: A controlled release fabrication process includes shaping a precursor material into a desired configuration with a mold, supplying a curing agent from the mold to the precursor material, curing the precursor material to form a mechanically stable structure, and releasing the mechanically stable structure from the mold. Mechanically stable structures... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080102278 - Carbon filament memory and method for fabrication: A nonvolatile memory cell is described, including a carbon layer system that includes an sp2-rich amorphous carbon layer and an sp3-rich amorphous carbon layer, wherein information is stored in the nonvolatile memory cell by reversibly forming an sp2-rich filament in the sp3-rich amorphous carbon layer.... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20080102279 - Borate and near-infrared ray absorption material: A borate for a near-infrared ray absorption material, having an anion represented by the formula (1): [BR1mR24−m]− (wherein R1 represents an aryl group having an electron withdrawing group; R2 represents an organic group, a halogen group or a hydroxyl group; and m is an integer in the range of 1... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080102280 - Multiple layer interlayers having a gradient region: The present invention provides multiple layer interlayers that can be used in multiple layer glass panel type applications to reduce the amount of sound transmitted through the panel while also providing a colored region within a gradient region. The acoustic effect can be achieved by using two or more polymer... Agent: Brenc Law Andrew Brenc

20080102281 - Multifunctional self-decontaminating surface coating: A coating having an adhesive hydrophilic polymer and an amphiphilic additive. The amphiphilic additive has a hydrophilic chain, a biocidal functional group bonded to the hydrophilic chain, and a hydrophobic moiety bonded to the hydrophilic chain or to the biocidal functional group. A method of forming a biocidal surface by... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20080102282 - Infrared radiation blocking laminate: A laminate comprising metal oxide and a dye is effective for blocking at least 90% of infrared radiation at a wavelength of 1000 nm while providing transmission of at least 40% of visible light at a wavelength of 555 nm. The laminate includes a transparent substrate such as glass or... Agent: Hudak, Shunk & Farine, Co., L.p.a.

20080102284 - Bonding film composition for semiconductor assembly, bonding film therefrom, and dicing die bond film comprising the same: A die bonding film composition for semiconductor assembly may include an elastomer resin containing a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, or an epoxy group. The die bonding film composition may also include a film forming resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) in the range of about 0 to 200°... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20080102283 - Coating composition and structural member of automotive body: There is provided a coating film applied onto structural members of automotive body, such as drive shaft, which coating film is formed by hardening of a coating composition comprising an epoxy resin powder coating material and at least either a polyolefin resin or a modified olefin resin containing a polar... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080102285 - Multilayer laminate of fluororesin: A multilayer laminate containing a laminate (I)/(II) formed by directly bonding by means of thermal lamination or the like, a layer (I) made of a fluororesin (A) with a functional group (a) and a layer (II) made of a thermoplastic resin (B) with a functional group (b) capable of forming... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080102286 - Hydrophilic member and substrate for hydrophilic member: A hydrophilic member includes a base material, an undercoat layer and a hydrophilic layer, in this order, wherein (1) the undercoat layer contains a partial structure represented by the formula, M-OH in which M represents Si, Ti, Zr or Al in which a surface of the undercoat layer has a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080102288 - Composites containing crosslinkable thermoplastic and tpv show layer: Methods for forming a composite for use as a vehicle weather strip and the products formed thereby are disclosed in which a main body member is formed from an elastomer polymer and an abrasion resistant decorative layer including a blend of a crosslinkable thermoplastic polyolefin and a thermoplastic vulcanizate is... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080102287 - Silicon wafer for igbt and method for producing same: A silicon wafer for an IGBT is produced by forming an ingot having an interstitial oxygen concentration [Oi] of not more than 7.0×1017 atoms/cm3 by the Czochralski method; doping phosphorus in the ingot by neutron beam irradiation to the ingot; slicing a wafer from the ingot; performing annealing of the... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080102289 - Textile coating formulations comprising crosslinkable liquid silicones, metal alkoxides and functional coreactants: Crosslinkable liquid silicone compostions suited, on curing, for the long-lasting protective and/or applicational coating/treatment of textile substrates, for example, for imparting softness, hydrophobicity, oleophobicity, hydrophilicity or antistatic properties thereto, comprise a formulation of (a) at least one particular polyorganosiloxane (POS) resin, (B) at least one metal alkoxide and/or polyalkoxide, or... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080102294 - Electrically conductive paste and method of making the same: Metallic powder particles disperse in paste matrix made of resin material. The metallic powder particles each defines a dissolved surface layer having reacted with acid solution. The metallic powder particles having reacted with acid solution is allowed to have a high electrical conductivity. The electrically conductive paste containing the mentioned... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080102290 - Ferroelectric recording medium and method of manufacturing the same: Provided are a ferroelectric recording medium and a method of manufacturing the same. The ferroelectric recording medium includes a substrate, a plurality of supporting layers which are formed on the substrate, each of the supporting layers having at least two lateral surfaces; and data recording layers formed on the lateral... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080102291 - Method for coating a substrate: A method for coating a substrate is disclosed. The method includes applying a coating to a surface of the substrate and heating the applied coating and a first portion of the substrate. The first portion includes the surface of the substrate and less than the entire substrate. The method further... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080102293 - Method for manufacturing titanium ball: The present invention provides a manufacturing method for a titanium ball that improves a deodorizing function, an antibacterial function, an antifouling function, and an air and water purifying function of titanium dioxides so as to allow coating a base material (21, 22) with titanium oxide (23) simply and accurately, which... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080102292 - Surface treatment for a thin titanium foil: A method of surface treating a thin titanium foil having a thickness of less than about 3 mils is used to facilitate adequate bonding of the foil with an adhesive. The method includes cleaning the foil with an acid solution and further cleaning the foil using an ultrasonic water treatment.... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20080102295 - Thermally conductive, electrically insulating material and production method thereof: Means for a thermally conductive and electrically insulating material 1 containing an AlN crystal 150 mainly comprising AlN, and a production method thereof. In production, a molten aluminum layer is formed on an AlN substrate 11 with at least its surface comprising AlN in an atmosphere of a non-oxidizing gas,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080102296 - Erosion resistant coatings and methods of making: A coated turbine engine component includes a turbine engine component and an erosion resistant coating disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the turbine engine component using electron beam physical vapor deposition or ion plasma cathodic arc deposition.... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080102298 - Production of wear-resistant layers on barrier-layer-forming metals or their alloys by means of laser treatment: Disclosed is a method for producing wear-resistant layers on materials of barrier-layer-forming metals, such as aluminum, magnesium and titanium and their alloys and mixtures, preferably aluminum or its alloys, by means of laser treatment, the material surface being exposed to a laser irradiation in the presence of an atmosphere containing... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20080102297 - Non-chromium containing black multi-layer coatings: The disclosed invention relates to black multi-layer coatings for metallic substrates (1) or substrates having a metallic coating (2) and to articles covered, or partially covered with such coatings. The black coating consists of a black first layer (3) substantially comprised of nickel and a second polymeric silicate inorganic layer... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080102299 - Connector, a forming mold therefor: A holding wall (6) of a connector housing (1) has terminal holding holes (7) for receiving terminal fittings. Two tight holding walls (11) are formed at opposite sides of each terminal holding hole (7) on the outer surface of the holding wall (6). The terminal fitting is pressed into the... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080102300 - Wear-resistant metal matrix ceramic composite parts and methods of manufacturing thereof: The invention relates to a metal matrix ceramic composite (MMCC) wear-parts comprising a wearing portion formed by a ceramic cake and is impregnated by metal. The ceramic cake comprises ceramic grains and carbide grains. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the wear-parts. The invention further describes a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080102303 - Co-sintered multi-system tungsten alloy composite: A composite is produced by the steps of (a) blending a first mixture of metallic powders; (b) compacting the blended first mixture of metallic powders to a plurality of discretely shaped articles; (c) blending a second mixture of metallic powders; (d) mixing the plurality of discretely shaped articles with the... Agent: Wiggin And Dana LLP Attention: Patent Docketing

20080102302 - Method for producing dust core compact and dust core compact: A method for producing a dust core compact includes the steps of forming a compact component by pressure-forming a soft magnetic powder having an average particle diameter Da under a pressure Pa, and forming a compact by pressure-forming a soft magnetic powder having an average particle diameter Db and the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080102301 - Process for producing dispersoid-strengthened material: In a first embodiment the invention relates to a process for producing a dispersoid-strengthened material, comprising the steps of: (i) providing metal particles, wherein the metal is selected from platinum group metals, gold, silver, nickel and copper, as well as alloys thereof; (ii) mixing the metal particles with a precursor... Agent: Kalow & Springut LLP

20080102304 - Refractory metal substrate with improved thermal conductivity: A substrate for semiconductor and integrated circuit components including: a core plate containing a Group VIB metal from the periodic table of the elements and/or an anisotropic material, having a first major surface and a second major surface and a plurality of openings extending, at least partially, from the first... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080102305 - Adhesiveless copper clad laminates and method for manufacturing thereof: In adhesiveless copper clad laminates wherein a base metal layer is directly formed on at least one side of an insulating film without using an adhesive and a copper conductor layer having a desired thickness is formed on the base metal layer, the adhesiveless copper clad laminates is characterized in... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080102306 - Platinum group bond coat modified for diffusion control: A modified platinum group metal coating composition comprising a phase having a solid solution face-centered cubic (fcc) crystal structure, rich in platinum group materials. In order to be effective, the platinum group metal coating material was modified based on the chemical composition and chemical activity of the substrate material. The... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20080102307 - Multi-layered bearing: The invention describes a multi-layered bearing with a supporting metal layer, optionally a bearing metal layer disposed on top of it, an anti-friction layer on top of the latter as well as a wearing layer on top of it. The wearing layer is made from bismuth or a bismuth alloy... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20080102308 - Method for joining iron member and aluminum member and iron-aluminum joined body: There is provided a method for joining an iron member and an aluminum member, the iron member including a plated layer at least on a joining side with the aluminum member; the aluminum member formed of an aluminum cladding material including an aluminum core material mainly formed of aluminum and... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080102309 - Heating element sheaths: The present invention is directed to a nickel-based alloy, such as INCOLOY or INCONEL, clad stainless steel sheath tubing material for heating elements. This clad material is designed to minimize the cost of heating elements generally constructed entirely of nickel-based alloys alone while providing necessary material requirements of weldability, hot... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080102310 - Materials and architectures for efficient harvesting of singlet and triplet excitons for white light emitting oleds: The present invention relates to organic light emitting devices (OLEDs), and more specifically to OLEDS that emit light using a combination of fluorescent emitters and phosphorescent emitters for the efficient utilization of all of the electrically generated excitons.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080102311 - Material for organic electroluminescent element and organic electroluminescent element employing the same: A material for electroluminescence devices comprising an aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure having bulky substituents at end portions and an organic electroluminescence device comprising an organic thin film layer which comprises a single layer or a plurality of layers comprising at least a light emitting layer and is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080102312 - Electroluminescent polymers containing planar arylamine units, the preparation and use thereof: m

20080102314 - Low swell, water vapour permeable poly(urethane-urea)s:

20080102313 - Thin films prepared with gas phase deposition technique: A process for the preparation of thin films of an organic-inorganic nature comprising growing with a gas phase deposition technique preferable the ALCVD (atomic layer chemical vapour deposition) technique. As an example, trimethylaluminium (TMA), hydroquinone (Hq) and phloroglucinol (PhI) have been used as precursors to fabricate thin films of aluminium... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080102316 - Magneto-resistive magnetic read head and storage apparatus using the same magnetic read head: A magnetic read head has a first free-magnetic layer, a second free-magnetic layer, a non-magnetic layer provided between the first free-magnetic layer and the second free-magnetic layer, and a bias applying layer for applying a bias magnetic field in the vertical direction to the medium facing plane of the first... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080102315 - Method for manufacturing a magneto-resistance effect element, and magneto-resistance effect element: In a method for manufacturing a magneto-resistance effect element having a pinned magnetic layer of which a magnetization is fixed substantially in one direction, a free magnetization layer of which a magnetization is rotated in accordance with an external magnetic field and a spacer layer, which is located between the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080102317 - Magnetic film for magnetic head: The magnetic film includes an FeCo layer, restrains erasing data by a magnetic field leaked from a magnetic pole, has high saturation magnetic flux density and soft magnetism and writes data with high recording density. The magnetic film for a magnetic head of the present invention comprises: a nonmagnetic layer... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20080102318 - Magneto-optical recording medium and its manufacturing method: In a manufacturing method of a magneto-optical recording medium formed by laminating a plurality of magnetic layers, there is provided a manufact