Chemical Agent Applied To Treat Coating Patents (Class 427/337)
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Patent number: 8455043Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of fabricating a transparent conductive film, including preparing a carbon nanotube composite composition by blending a carbon nanotube in a solvent; coating the carbon nanotube composite composition on a base substrate to form a carbon nanotube composite film, and acid-treating the carbon nanotube composite film by dipping the carbon nanotube composite film in an acid solution, followed by washing the carbon nanotube composite film with distilled water and drying the washed carbon nanotube composite film to form a transparent electrode on the base substrate. The transparent conductive film can have excellent conductivity, transparency and bending properties following acid treatment, so that it can be used in touch screens and transparent electrodes of foldable flat panel displays. Further, the carbon nanotube composite conductive film can have improved conductivity while maintaining transparency after acid treatment.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2010Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.Inventors: Young Kyu Chang, Seung Yong Bae, Young Sil Lee, Young Hee Lee, Hong Zhang Geng
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Publication number: 20130108858Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for making a substrate coated with a mesoporous photochromic film, comprising: a) preparing a precursor sol of a mesoporous film comprising an inorganic precursor agent, at least one organic solvent, water, at least one pore-forming agent and one hydrophobic precursor agent bearing at least one hydrophobic group; b) depositing a film of the precursor sol onto a main surface of a substrate; c) removing the pore-forming agent from the film resulting from the previous step at a temperature ?150° C.; d) impregnating the mesoporous film resulting from step c) with a solution comprising at least one photochromic agent. In an alternative embodiment, the photochromic agent is directly introduced into the precursor sol. In an alternative embodiment of the previous alternative embodiment, the precursor sol does not comprise any hydrophobic precursor agent but the photochromic film is made hydrophobic by a treatment subsequent to its preparation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2007Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: Essilor International (Compagnie Generate d OptiqueInventors: John Biteau, Jean-Pierre Boilot, Thierry Gacoin, Muriel Matheron, Lorraine Raboin
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Patent number: 8414978Abstract: A method for fixing images in plastic moldings which allows images to be fixed in a plastic molding in such a way that the image is embedded therein and does not experience lasting changes, even for elastic plastic moldings. To avoid loss of image quality when the image is transferred into the plastic molding, the method for fixing images in plastic moldings after generating an image on an adhesive layer is characterized in that an image receptor layer of liquid plastic is applied to the image which, with or without an additional carrier, is generated on the adhesive layer. Components of the adhesive layer are at least partially miscible with the liquid plastic when it is applied. The liquid plastic phase is then converted to a solid plastic phase.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2008Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Coyando GmbHInventor: Konstanze Schaefer
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Publication number: 20130081801Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of degradable coatings suitable for use on downhole tools. In particular, the present invention relates to pliable coatings for use on downhole tools that have been designed to be able to resist flaking or breaking off of the tool in response to a physical shock. Some embodiments of the present invention provide methods of reacting lactic acid, glycolic acid, or a combination thereof in a polymerization reaction to form a degradable polymer; combining the degradable polymer and a plasticizer to form a coating composition; applying the coating composition to a downhole tool; placing the coated downhole tool into a portion of a subterranean formation; and, hydrolyzing the degradable polymer of the coating composition to release an acid and degrade the coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Inventors: Feng Liang, Bradley L. Todd, Thomas D. Welton, Rajesh K. Saini
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Patent number: 8404307Abstract: The present invention provides a hydrophilic film, which displays excellent hydrophilicity, and also displays excellent durability with respect to acidic, neutral, and alkaline detergents and chemicals. A hydrophilic film of the present invention comprises a double oxide of silicon and zirconium, an alkali metal, and water. Furthermore, the film may also comprise aluminum or a bivalent metal, and may also contain at least one of a silane coupling agent and an acrylic resin.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2009Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keijiro Shigeru, Daisaku Maeda
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Patent number: 8394503Abstract: Disclosed is a resin-metal bonded article which is improved in adhesion between a copper component and a PPS or PBT resin. Also disclosed is a method for producing such a resin-metal bonded article. The resin-metal bonded article is obtained by bonding the resin component onto the surface of the copper component through a copper component bonding surface where there is copper oxide in the following range: 10%?Cu2O/(Cu2O+CuO)?75%. Preferably, this resin-metal bonded article further contains a triazine thiol derivative in the resin-component-side bonding surface of the copper component.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Toadenka CorporationInventors: Masumi Kuroyama, Kazuo Kato, Tomonori Ishikawa, Yaeko Sasaki, Setsuko Sato, Masayuki Nakamura, Shuhei Miura
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Patent number: 8383197Abstract: A metal powder is applied to the surface of the area of a carbon-carbon composite brake disc to be protected against migration of antioxidant. The metal powder may be titanium powder or tungsten powder. A chemical reaction between the metal powder and carbon is then initiated by heating the powder-coated brake to the ignition temperature via application of electric current (Joule preheating) or by heating it in a furnace. Upon combustion, the metal particles react with carbon in the composite, forming liquid carbide that flows into pores of the composite brake disc to be protected.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2009Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignees: Honeywell International Inc., University of Notre Dame Du LacInventors: Mark L. La Forest, Allen H. Simpson, Slawomir Fryska, Alexander Mukasyan
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Publication number: 20130029050Abstract: A composition that may be used to retain moisture within fresh concrete as it cures to optimize the curing of the concrete may include one or more hardening and densifying agents and one or more temporary moisture sealing agents. Additionally such a composition may include a siliconate. The hardening and densifying agent of such a composition may penetrate the surface of fresh concrete to react with free lime, providing the fresh concrete with a strong surface. The temporary moisture sealing agent may form a moisture barrier on the surface of the fresh concrete to prevent moisture from escaping from the fresh concrete before the fresh concrete has sufficiently cured. The temporary moisture sealing agent may degrade within a matter of days, facilitating its removal from the surface of the concrete once the concrete has cured and enabling further treatment of the surface without undue delay.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: ADVANCED CONCRETE TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Dal N. Hills, Kent Barrus
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Publication number: 20130004900Abstract: A method for forming a resist under layer film includes providing a composition for forming a resist under layer film on a substrate which is to be processed. The composition includes a solvent and a calixarene compound or a derivative of the calixarene compound. The composition is set under an oxidizing atmosphere with an oxygen content of 1% or more by volume to form a resist under layer film.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: JSR CorporationInventors: Yousuke Konno, Nakaatsu Yoshimura, Fumihiro Toyokawa, Hikaru Sugita
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Patent number: 8343584Abstract: A method of manufacturing a decorative article, including a first coating formation step of forming a first coating of primarily TiN on a substrate; a second coating formation step of forming a second coating on the first coating by means of a dry plating method using a target containing 70.0 wt %?85.0 wt % Au and 15.0 wt %?30.0 wt % Cu; a heat treatment step of promoting formation of a solid solution of the constituents of the second coating by applying a heating process that heats the substrate on which the first coating and the second coating are disposed to 300° C.?395° C. and then applying a cooling process; and an acid treatment step that, of the constituents of the second coating to which the heating process was applied, removes the constituents not forming a solid solution by applying an acid treatment.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Atsushi Kawakami, Yuzuru Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 8343585Abstract: Mechanisms for coating surfaces of materials, the resulting coated materials, and solutions for use in material-coating processes are described. Triblock molecule components may be selected for desired properties. When applied in solution to a material, the molecules self-assemble into similarly oriented micro- or nanostructures coating the surface of the material. Various molecule properties can be tailored to produce a range of desirable surface coating properties. The surface coating may optionally be self cleaning if selected to be appropriately hydrophobic, allowing water and particulates to roll off of the surface with minimal friction.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLCInventor: Janelle Gunther
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Patent number: 8337936Abstract: The present invention proposes a method for manufacturing an implant, in particular an intraluminal endoprosthesis, having a body such that the body has metallic material. To control the degradation in a desired time window, e.g., between four weeks and six months, the following production method is performed: a) preparing the body of the implant, and b) plasma-chemical treatment of at least a portion of the surface of the body in an aqueous solution by applying a plasma-generating electric alternating voltage to the body (5) of the implant, said voltage having a frequency of at least approximately 1 kHz, to create a first layer. The invention also relates to an implant obtainable by such a method.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Biotronik VI Patent AGInventors: Ullrich Bayer, Jan Schettler, Guenter Ewert
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Patent number: 8323741Abstract: A composition for enhancing the corrosion resistance of an article comprising a silver coating deposited on a solderable copper substrate. The composition comprises: a) a multi-functional molecule comprising at least one organic functional group that interacts with and protects copper surfaces and at least one organic functional group that interacts with and protects silver surfaces; b) an alcohol; and c) a surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2012Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Inventors: Joseph A. Abys, Shenliang Sun, Theodore Antonellis
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Patent number: 8313802Abstract: Provided here is a method of producing a monolithic body from a porous matrix, comprising: (i) providing a porous matrix having interstitial spaces and comprising at least a first reactant; (ii) contacting the porous matrix with an infiltrating medium that carries at least a second reactant; (iii) allowing the infiltrating medium to infiltrate at least a portion of the interstitial spaces of the porous matrix under conditions that promote a reaction between the at least first reactant and the at least second reactant to provide at least a first product; and (iv) allowing the at least first product to form and fill at least a portion of the interstitial spaces of the porous matrix, thereby producing a monolithic body, wherein the monolithic body does not comprise barium titanate.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2008Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyInventors: Richard E. Riman, Vahit Atakan
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Publication number: 20120282405Abstract: Devices for preserving components with a preservative agent, e.g., for cavity preservation of motor vehicle body components, are disclosed. An exemplary device, in addition to a preservative agent, may apply a hardener configured to react with the preservative agent, which causes the preservative agent to harden.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2010Publication date: November 8, 2012Inventor: Frank Herre
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Publication number: 20120282404Abstract: The invention relates to an at least two-stage method for corrosion protection treatment of metal surfaces, wherein, in a first step (i), an organic coating comprising an aqueous phase (A) is applied to the metal surface and, in a following step (ii), the organic coating applied to the metal surface contacted with an acidic, aqueous composition (B) comprising at least one or more water-soluble compounds containing at least one atom selected from the elements Zr, Ti, Si, Hf, V and/or Ce and one or more water-soluble compounds that release copper ions. The invention further comprises a metal component that is at least partially made of steel, iron, zinc and/or aluminum and the alloys thereof and has been treated by the method according to the invention, and to the use thereof in automobile construction and in the construction industry and for producing household appliances and electronics housings.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Christian ROSENKRANZ, Andreas Arnold, Klaus Lepa, Konstantinos Markou
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Publication number: 20120273000Abstract: A coated article having a substrate coated with a layer of a sulfonate-functional coating, and methods of making and using.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2010Publication date: November 1, 2012Inventors: Naiyong Jing, Justin A. Riddle, Xue-hua Chen, Erik D. Olson
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Publication number: 20120266825Abstract: A first embodiment of this invention is a cat litter bag composed of a thin plastic bag having a scratch resistant surface on the upper surface to avoid being damaged when used by cats. The scratch resistant material also serves to absorb cat urine to minimize odor during use. By a second embodiment the cat litter bag is shown filled with clean litter for convenience and travel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2011Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventors: John S. Lechaton, Marie Lechaton
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Patent number: 8293320Abstract: The conductor, including the points being kept free insulation, is initially surrounded by a liquid, electrically non-conducting bonding agent which forms the insulation after solidifying. The conductor can be a transposed conductor in which the individual conductors thereof are electrically isolated relative to each other and are interconnected by the bonding agent. Using a liquid stripping agent based on a polyvinyl alcohol or a long-chain hydrocarbon mixture and a polysaccharide filler on the point of the conductor being kept free of the insulation locally prevents the bonding agent from bonding to the conductor or the individual conductors of the transposed conductor from being interconnected by means of the unsolidified mixture. Once the entire bonding agent is hard and thus the bonding agent/stripping agent mixture has solidified, the bonding agent/stripping agent mixture can easily be removed in a mechanical manner from the treated points of the conductor.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2011Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ivanka Atanasova-Hoehlein, Ulrich Duellberg, Peter Heinzig, Bogdan Kokotowski, Konrad Unterlugauer
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Patent number: 8287939Abstract: A substrate for biochips is manufactured so that the substrate has a substrate surface having a reaction region capable of reacting with biological substances and a non-reaction region not reacting with the biological substances, sunken bottomed wells formed in the substrate surface, and a layer of a material capable of reacting with the biological substances having a surface exposed only at the bottoms of the bottomed wells, the exposed surface forming the reaction region.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2010Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Azbil CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Goshoo, Takaaki Kuroiwa, Naohiro Ishikawa, Daisuke Obara, Shinsuke Yamasaki, Françoise Vinet
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Patent number: 8287776Abstract: The present invention relates to a photochromic ink, the process for its preparation which is based on a spiropyran powder obtainable by melting, cooling and crushing, and to a new form of a spiropyran obtainable thereby. Said process to prepare a photochromic ink comprises the steps of a) heating and melting the spiropyran at a temperature below 250 C, b) cooling the melt to obtain a solidified spiropyran, c) crushing the solidified spiropyran to obtain a powder, d) optionally adding the powder to a binder providing the basis for the photochromic ink.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Marc Maurer, Max Hügin, Thomas Raimann, Leonhard Feiler, Bruno Inderbitzin, André Fuchs
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Patent number: 8287941Abstract: A simple and efficient method for transforming conformation of parts of chains in the amorphous phase in a conjugated polymer to extended conjugation length (termed as ? phase) is disclosed. The ? phase acts as a dopant and can be termed self-dopant. The generated self-dopant in the amorphous host allows an efficient energy transfer and charge trapping to occur and leads to more balanced charge fluxes and more efficient charge recombination. For example, a polyfluorene film was dipped into a mixed solvent/non-solvent, tetrahydrofuran/methanol in volume ratio of 1:1, to generate a ?-phase content up to 1.32%. A polymer light emitting diode with the dipped polyfluorene film as a light emitting layer therein provides a more pure and stable blue-emission (solely from the self-dopant) with CIE color coordinates x+y<0.3 and a performance of 3.85 cd A?1 (external quantum efficiency 3.33%) and 34326 cd m?2.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2008Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: National Tsing Hua UniversityInventors: Show-An Chen, Hsin-Hung Lu, Ching-Yang Liu, Chih-Hao Chang
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Publication number: 20120258248Abstract: A method of protecting wood through enhanced penetration of wood preservatives includes providing a solution including (a) at least one amine oxide, (b) at least one organic wood preservative and (c) a non-borate buffering based agent. The solution has a pH of 5 to 12.4 and preferably about 7 to 10. The solution is applied to the surface of the wood after which, with or without intervening storage, the materials are activated to effect enhanced penetration of the organic wood preservative into the wood. One may effect application at a solution temperature of about 30° C. to 75° C. and preferably about 50° C. to 60° C. to effect activation at a higher temperature and high relative humidity. In a preferred practice, the wood may be heated before and/or after application of the solution. The solution is also disclosed as a product.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2011Publication date: October 11, 2012Inventors: Alan S. Ross, Kenneth Allen Cutler
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Patent number: 8277868Abstract: A drug delivery device for delivering therapeutic agents and a method of making such a device is disclosed. The device includes an inflatable balloon. A microporous coating covers a portion of the outer surface of the wall of the balloon. The thickness of the coating and the size of the micropores can permit desirable delivery of a substance from the micropores of the coating and into the tissue of a patient's lumen.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2009Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Lyudmila Kokish, Stephen D. Pacetti, John Stankus
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Patent number: 8273410Abstract: A process for manufacturing a hydrophobized microporous film includes: forming an organic silica insulating film 2 on a substrate 1; supplying a gaseous mixture 3 composed of a silylation gas and an inert gas in an apparatus having the substrate 1 disposed therein at a temperature of the substrate 1, the substrate 1 having the organic silica insulating film 2 formed thereon, and the temperature being equal to or higher than a dew point temperature of the silylation gas and equal to or lower than a vaporizing temperature of the silylation gas; stopping the supply of the gaseous mixture 3 into the apparatus; and heating the substrate having the organic silica insulating film 2 formed thereon, so that a hydrophobizing organic silica insulating film, in which the surface of the organic silica insulating film 2 and the surfaces of the pores are hydrophobized, can be obtained with reduced increase in the specific dielectric constant.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2008Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignees: Renesas Electronics Corporation, ULVAC Inc.Inventors: Shinichi Chikaki, Takahiro Nakayama
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Publication number: 20120213931Abstract: The disclosure relates to a coating method including the steps of providing a multi-component coating composition including two or more components, applying each component to a porous substrate, mixing each component with at least one other component thereby causing at least two components to undergo a chemical reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.Inventors: Kevin W. Evanson, Brian L. Marty, Stephen M. Carlson, Andrew Ubel
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Patent number: 8241705Abstract: A process for producing a polyurethane coated glove includes steps of: coating a knitted glove with a solvent, wherein the solvent is prepared by a polyurethane resin and a component selected from the group consisting of N-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP), dimethylacetamide (DMAC), and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), wherein the component participates in synthesizing the polyurethane resin; treating the knitted glove with water bath; drying the knitted glove under 100˜110° C., for 50˜60 minutes; and recycling the component in the solvent from the water after treating with water bath by vacuum decompression.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2009Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Inventor: Xiaolin Sha
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Patent number: 8236382Abstract: A method for preparing a surface of a substrate is provided. The method includes scanning the surface of the substrate by a meniscus, preparing the surface of the substrate using the meniscus, and performing a next preparation operation on the surface of the substrate that was prepared without performing a rinsing operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2004Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Lam Research CorporationInventors: Michael Ravkin, John M. de Larios, Mikhail Korolik, Michael G. R. Smith, Carl Woods
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Publication number: 20120192931Abstract: Disclosed is a carbonaceous nanocomposite including: a substrate; a graphene sheet formed on a top surface of the substrate in parallel with the substrate; and a carbonaceous nanomaterial provided on another surface of the graphene sheet, the nanomaterial having an aspect ratio of 2 to 75,000 to make a predetermined angle with the graphene sheet. The carbonaceous nanocomposite according to the present disclosure has excellent adhesivity to the substrate and can be attached to the substrate without undergoing a pasting process. Since a two-directional current flow is generated, the electrical resistance of the graphene and carbon nanotube is considerably reduced. In addition, the graphene allows the carbon nanotube to have a high current density and a high specific surface area, thereby accelerating a redox reaction. The excellent heat-radiating property of the graphene sheet allows fast transfer of heat generated in the carbon nanotube to outside, thereby avoiding degradation of the carbon nanotube.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2009Publication date: August 2, 2012Inventors: Min-Hyon Jeon, Hyon-Kwang Choi, Sook-Hyun Hwang, Hyun-Kook Kim
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Patent number: 8231941Abstract: This invention provides novel methods for the formation of redox-active polymers attached to surfaces. In certain embodiments, the methods involve providing redox-active molecules bearing at least a first reactive site or group and a second reactive site or group; and contacting the surface with the redox-active molecules where the contacting is under conditions that result in attachment of said redox-active molecules to said surface via the first reactive site or group and attachment of redox-active molecules via the second reactive site or group, to the redox-active molecules attached to the surface thereby forming a polymer attached to said surface where the polymers comprise at least two of said redox-active molecules.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2008Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, The North Carolina State UniversityInventors: David F. Bocian, Zhiming Liu, Jonathan S. Lindsey
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Patent number: 8232068Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of immunology and hyperproliferative diseases. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of detecting and monitoring therapeutic antibody:antigen complex, soluble antigen and soluble therapeutic antibody, wherein a patient has undergone at least one course of immunotherapy. Yet further, levels of therapeutic antibody:antigen complexes, soluble antigens or soluble therapeutic antibodies may be measured and used to stage or monitor a hyperproliferative disease.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2012Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas SystemInventors: Maher Albitar, Michael J. Keating, Taghi Manshouri
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Patent number: 8227040Abstract: A method for forming an inorganic or hybrid organic/inorganic layer on a substrate, which method comprises applying a metal alkoxide to form a layer atop the substrate and exposing the metal alkoxide layer to heat from a catalytic combustion heater in the presence of water to cure the layer is provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2007Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Mark A. Strobel, Michael J. Ulsh, Christopher S. Lyons, Judith M. Invie
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Publication number: 20120183494Abstract: Novel acrylamide and methacrylamide hydantoin monomers which can be reacted with other acrylamide, methacrylamide, acrylate, and methacrylate monomers to form copolymers, which upon halogenation, provide oxidative coatings which are biocidal for use with various materials including, but not limited to, textiles, filters, and latex paints.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2011Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: AUBURN UNIVERSITYInventors: Shelby D. Worley, Royall M. Broughton, Hasan B. Kocer, Idris Cerkez
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Publication number: 20120177826Abstract: The invention relates to a process for coating metallic surfaces with a composition containing at least one of a silane, silanol, siloxane or polysiloxane that is capable of condensation, water and optionally an organic solvent. The composition also contains compound containing Ti, Hf, Zr, Al or B; and at least one type of cation or an organic compound d) selected from monomers, oligomers, polymers, copolymers and block copolymers. The coating freshly applied with this composition is rinsed with a fluid and is not dried thoroughly before this rinsing step so that the compound capable of condensation does not condense substantially before the rinsing step.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventors: Thomas KOLBERG, Manfred Walter, Peter Schubach
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Publication number: 20120177813Abstract: There is disclosed a method of coordinating ligands, such as nitrogen-containing ligands to metal centers of metal-containing macrocyclic compounds, such as Magnesium Tetraphenyl Porphyrin (MgTPP) or Zinc Tetraphenyl Porphyrin (ZnTPP). The disclosed method comprises (a) forming an organic film comprising the disclosed metal-containing, macrocyclic compound; and (b) exposing the organic film to a vapor comprising at least one ligand for a time sufficient to coordinate the ligand to metal centers in the metal-containing, macrocyclic compound. There is also disclosed a method for preparing an organic photovoltaic device, such as a solar cell, comprising an ordered crystalline organic film made by the disclosed chemical annealing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventors: Mark E. Thompson, Cong Trinh, Matthew T. Whited
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Patent number: 8216645Abstract: A method for enhancing the corrosion resistance of an article comprising a silver coating deposited on a solderable copper substrate is provided. The method comprises exposing the copper substrate having the immersion-plated silver coating thereon to an anti-corrosion composition comprising: a) a multi-functional molecule comprising at least one organic functional group that interacts with and protects copper surfaces and at least one organic functional group that interacts with and protects silver surfaces; b) an alcohol; and c) a surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2008Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Enthone Inc.Inventors: Joseph A. Abys, Shenliang Sun, Theodore Antonellis
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Publication number: 20120160805Abstract: A substrate processing method comprises: an execution step of executing the first processing for the plurality of substrates, and executing the second processing for the substrates having undergone the first processing; a recovery step of recovering the plurality of substrates having undergone the first processing and the second processing to the retraction chamber; a conditioning step of, after completion of the first processing for the last substrate among the plurality of substrates, loading a dummy substrate into the first processing chamber, executing the third processing for the dummy substrate, and unloading the dummy substrate from the first processing chamber; and a second execution step of, after the dummy substrate is unloaded from the first processing chamber in the conditioning step, loading the substrates recovered in the recovery step into the first processing chamber, and executing the third processing for the substrates loaded into the first processing chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: CANON ANELVA CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyoshi Ehara, Mitsuo Suzuki
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Patent number: 8206788Abstract: In the manufacture of electronic devices that use porous dielectric materials, the properties of the dielectric in a pristine state can be altered by various processing steps. In a method for restoring and preserving the pristine properties of a porous dielectric layer, a substrate is provided with a layer of processed porous dielectric on top, whereby the processed porous dielectric is at least partially exposed. A thin aqueous film is formed at least on the exposed parts of the processed porous dielectric. The exposed porous dielectric with the aqueous film is exposed to an ambient containing a mixture comprising at least one silylation agent and dense CO2, resulting in the restoration and preservation of the pristine properties of the porous dielectric.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2007Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: IMECInventors: Fabrice Sinapi, Jan Alfons B. Van Hoeymissen
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Patent number: 8206779Abstract: A method for producing a laminate comprising a support; and at least two layers provided by coating at least two kinds of coating compositions, respectively, the method comprising: simultaneously coating at least two kinds of coating compositions on a support; and drying the at least two kinds of coating compositions, wherein the at least two kinds of coating compositions each comprises a compound having a polymerizable functional group capable of forming a chemical bond to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2007Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Takato Suzuki, Jun Watanabe, Hiroyuki Yoneyama
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Publication number: 20120152839Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a matrix comprising a modified sulfonamide polymer, processes for producing the same and uses thereof. In particular, the matrix comprises sulfonyl compound residues and aliphatic amine compound residues, and further comprises acyl compound residues and amine compound residues having at least two amine moieties, wherein the aliphatic amine compound residues and amine compound residues are different.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventors: David Allen Olson, Qingshan Jason Niu
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Publication number: 20120156389Abstract: A method for making a layered material can include providing a substrate having a surface with at least one region having a charge and forming layers by sequentially contacting the at least one region with a first solution and a second solution. The first solution comprises a first layering material in an ionic liquid and the second solution comprises a second layering material in a second ionic solution. The first and second layering materials can have a chemical affinity to each other. The first layering material and/or the second layering material can include polyelectrolytes, polymers, carbon nanotubes, or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANInventor: Nicholas A. Kotov
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Patent number: 8192798Abstract: A process for coating the exterior surfaces of a pipeline with a polymer that is cross-linkable under exposure to water, including a) coating the exterior surface of the pipeline with at least one polymer that is cross-linkable under exposure to water, where the employed cross-linkable polymer includes alkoxy silane grafted HDPE; and b) cross-linking of the cross-linkable polymer by exposure to water at elevated temperatures so as to form a cross-linked polymer layer having a degree of cross-linking of from 30% to 80% is reached.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2006Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignees: Basell Polyolefine GmbH, Mulheim Pipecoatings GmbHInventors: Heinz Vogt, Peter Josef Gronsfeld, Klaus Schmidt
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Patent number: 8183002Abstract: The present disclosure provides immunoassays and kits for detection or quantification of an analyte of interest in a test sample that potentially contains endogenously produced autoantibodies reactive with the analyte.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2009Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Abbott LaboratoriesInventors: Maciej Adamczyk, Jeffrey R. Brashear, Phillip G. Mattingly
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Patent number: 8173219Abstract: The present invention relates to formaldehyde scavenger treatments for porous fiberglass material having formaldehyde emitting binders thereon. The invention also relates to methods of making porous fiberglass material having reduced formaldehyde emissions.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2007Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: Kim Tutin, Ramji Srinivasan, Natasha Wright, Peter Boyer, Kurt Gabrielson, Robert Fleming
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Patent number: 8168267Abstract: A method for manufacturing a preform for optical fibers by a vapor deposition process wherein an intermediate step is carried out between one deposition phase and the next deposition phase(s), wherein the intermediate step includes supplying an etching gas to the supply side of the hollow substrate tube.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Draka Comteq B.V.Inventors: Johannes Antoon Hartsuiker, Igor Milicevic, Mattheus Jacobus Nicolaas Van Stralen, Rob Hubertus Matheus Deckers, Marco Korsten
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Patent number: 8158187Abstract: The methods of the present disclosure in a broad aspect provide for dry diazeniumdiolation procedures for producing nitric oxide releasing medical devices. These medical devices may alternatively have cap coats applied prior to dry diazeniumdiolation to produce nitric oxide releasing medical devices with cap coats.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Mingfei Chen, Peiwen Cheng, Kishore Udipi
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Patent number: 8147920Abstract: A carbon nanotube (CNT) attraction material is deposited on a substrate in the gap region between two electrodes on the substrate. An electric potential is applied to the two electrodes. The CNT attraction material is wetted with a solution defined by a carrier liquid having carbon nanotubes (CNTs) suspended therein. A portion of the CNTs align with the electric field and adhere to the CNT attraction material. The carrier liquid and any CNTs not adhered to the CNT attraction material are then removed.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationInventors: Jan M. Smits, Russell A. Wincheski, JoAnne L. Patry, Anthony Neal Watkins, Jeffrey D. Jordan
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Publication number: 20120070667Abstract: Processes for growing carbon nanotubes on carbon fiber substrates are described herein. The processes can include depositing a catalyst precursor on a carbon fiber substrate, optionally depositing a non-catalytic material on the carbon fiber substrate, and after depositing the catalyst precursor and the optional non-catalytic material, exposing the carbon fiber substrate to carbon nanotube growth conditions so as to grow carbon nanotubes thereon. The carbon nanotube growth conditions can convert the catalyst precursor into a catalyst that is operable for growing carbon nanotubes. The carbon fiber substrate can remain stationary or be transported while the carbon nanotubes are being grown. Optionally, the carbon fiber substrates can include a barrier coating and/or be free of a sizing agent. Carbon fiber substrates having carbon nanotubes grown thereon are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: APPLIED NANOSTRUCTURED SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: Brandon K. Malet, Tushar K. Shah
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Patent number: 8136596Abstract: A thermal insulating packer fluid contains at least one water superabsorbent polymer and optionally water and/or brine, and a viscosifying polymer. The composition is capable of inhibiting unwanted heat loss from production tubing or uncontrolled heat transfer to outer annuli. The viscosity of the composition is sufficient to reduce the convection flow velocity within the annulus.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2010Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Cristian A. Lopez, Xiaolan Wang, Qi Qu, Paul H. Javora
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Patent number: RE44108Abstract: A high performance flame retardant textile fabric is provided which is suitable for use in producing close-fitting garments, such as undergarments, that come into direct contact with the skin of the wearer and provide a protective function, as well as in non-apparel applications. The fabric is formed of yarns of rayon continuous filaments, the yarns having outer filaments along the periphery of the yarn and inner filaments in the interior of the yarn. A cured phosphorus-based flame retardant compound is durably affixed to the filaments and imparts flame retardant properties to the fabric. The outer filaments of the yarns have a phosphorus content at least 25% greater than the inner filaments of the yarn.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2011Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: SSM Industries, Inc.Inventors: Scott Hilleary, Greg Watson