Patents Examined by Elizabeth Mulvaney
  • Patent number: 9748516
    Abstract: An environmentally sensitive electronic device package including a first adhesive, at least one first side wall barrier, a first substrate, and a second substrate is provided. The first adhesive has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first side wall barrier is distributed in the first adhesive. The first substrate is bonded with the first surface. The first substrate has an environmentally sensitive electronic device formed thereon and the environmentally sensitive electronic device is surrounded by the first side wall barrier. The second substrate is bonded with the second surface. A manufacturing method of the environmentally sensitive electronic device package is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventor: Kuang-Jung Chen
  • Patent number: 9738973
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tools and system designs for chemical vapor deposition (CVD) systems and CVD synthesis used to deposit one or more thin film layers onto a flexible substrate or to grow nano-structured materials on large area flexible substrates and, more particularly, to scalable CVD coating and nanostructure manufacturing including CVD thin films and nano-structured materials such as nanotubes, nanowires and nanosheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: CVD Equipment Corporation
    Inventor: Karlheinz Strobl
  • Patent number: 9739452
    Abstract: A method of producing a conversion element includes providing a conversion body that converts electromagnetic radiation with regard to the wavelength thereof; applying an inorganic material to at least one portion of the conversion body; and forming a reflective layer that reflects the electromagnetic radiation and/or converted electromagnetic radiation with the inorganic material such that the inorganic material of the reflective layer enters into an adhesive connection with the conversion body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Grötsch, Michael Brandl
  • Patent number: 9732438
    Abstract: A silicon-carbide volume monocrystal is produced with a specific electrical resistance of at least 105 ?cm. An SiC growth gas phase is generated in a crystal growing area of a crucible. The SiC volume monocrystal grows by deposition from the SiC growth gas phase. The growth material is transported from a supply area inside the growth crucible to a growth boundary surface of the growing monocrystal. Vanadium is added to the crystal growing area as a doping agent. A temperature at the growth boundary surface is set to at least 2250° C. and the SiC volume monocrystal grows doped with a vanadium doping agent concentration of more than 5·1017 cm?3. The transport of material from the SiC supply area to the growth boundary surface is additionally influenced. The growing temperature at the growth boundary surface and the material transport to the growth boundary surface are influenced largely independently of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: SiCrystal AG
    Inventors: Ralf Mueller, Matthias Stockmeier, Michael Vogel
  • Patent number: 9731479
    Abstract: A display device includes a transparent laminated body 6 formed of transparent substrates 1 that are arranged in layers; an image display body 2 that faces the transparent laminated body 6; and a resin layer 3 that is disposed between the transparent laminated body 6 and the image display body 2 and is made of a photo-curable resin. The transparent substrates 1 are bonded with a thermal adhesive film 5. The thermal adhesive film 5 has optical transmittance of 50% or more at wavelength of 395 nm and optical transmittance of 10% or less at wavelength of 365 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiichi Uriu, Kenji Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 9725911
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, among other things, articles with a design material directly applied to a base material to form products with desirable properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: CONGOLEUM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Richard C. MacQueen
  • Patent number: 9718094
    Abstract: A block copolymer film having a line pattern with a high degree of long-range order is formed by a method that includes forming a block copolymer film on a substrate surface with parallel facets, and annealing the block copolymer film to form an annealed block copolymer film having linear microdomains parallel to the substrate surface and orthogonal to the parallel facets of the substrate. The line-patterned block copolymer films are useful for the fabrication of magnetic storage media, polarizing devices, and arrays of nanowires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: UNIST ACADEMY-INDUSTRY, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
    Inventors: Thomas P. Russell, Sung Woo Hong, Dong Hyun Lee, Soojin Park, Ting Xu
  • Patent number: 9713915
    Abstract: The invention relates to at least partly transparent or translucent molded plastic parts for producing noise protection walls, facade components, and glazings which ensure effective bird protection. In particular, the invention relates to molded plastic parts comprising g) at least one substrate layer (matrix/base layer) containing at least one thermoplastic polymer, wherein the substrate layer comprises a base layer and a coextrusion layer adjoining said base layer, said coextrusion layer comprising at least one IR absorber; a) optionally at least one cover layer on at least one face of the substrate layer; and b) optionally a primer or an intermediate layer between the layers a) and b). The invention is characterized in that the molded plastic part has markings in the substrate layer, said markings reducing the transparency of the molded part in the wavelength range of 380 to 780 nm in the marked regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Timo Kuhlmann, Michael Erkelenz, Emmanuel Bral
  • Patent number: 9711176
    Abstract: A multilayer optical information recording disk comprising a plurality of recording layers and intermediate layers provided between the plurality of recording layers, and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. At least one of two intermediate layers disposed adjacent to respective sides of one recording layer is made of adhesive. Each of the recording layers includes a polymer binder and a dye dispersed in the polymer binder or includes a polymer to which a dye is bonded. Each recording layer is configured such that the dye absorbs a recording beam and generates heat which deforms the recording layer, causing an interface between the recording layer and the intermediate layer made of adhesive to have a protrusive shape protruding into the intermediate layer, thereby recording information thereat. The interface between the recording layer and the recording layer made of adhesive has a groove for track-following servo control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kitahara, Tatsuo Mikami, Atsushi Tatsugawa
  • Patent number: 9706653
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a conductive structure body and a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Junghwan Yoon, Jin Hyong Lim, Yong Chan Kim, Ilha Lee, Ki-Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 9695090
    Abstract: A composite material combining—a precious metal or an alloy containing a precious metal—and a boron-based ceramic having a melting point greater than that of said precious metal and a density at most equal to 4 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: HUBLOT SA
    Inventors: Senad Hasanovic, Andreas Mortensen, Ludger Weber, Reza Tavangar
  • Patent number: 9689631
    Abstract: Condensation can be an important process in both emerging and traditional power generation and water desalination technologies. Superhydrophobic nanostructures can promise enhanced condensation heat transfer by reducing the characteristic size of departing droplets via a surface-tension-driven mechanism. A superhydrophobic surface can include a heterogeneous surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Rong Xiao, Nenad Milikovic, Evelyn N. Wang, Ryan Enright
  • Patent number: 9676890
    Abstract: A local probe storage array is provided that includes a substrate, and a polymeric layer over the substrate, the polymeric layer comprising a crosslinking agent comprising at least three alkyne groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Urs T. Duerig, Bernd W. Gotsmann, Armin W. Knoll, David S. Pires
  • Patent number: 9676167
    Abstract: A method of laser processing a material to form a separated part. The method includes focusing a pulsed laser beam into a laser beam focal line, viewed along the beam propagation direction, directed into the material, the laser beam focal line generating an induced absorption within the material, the induced absorption producing a hole or fault line along the laser beam focal line within the material, and directing a defocused carbon dioxide (CO2) laser from a distal edge of the material over the plurality of holes to a proximal edge of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Sasha Marjanovic, Garrett Andrew Piech, Sergio Tsuda, Robert Stephen Wagner
  • Patent number: 9676950
    Abstract: Articles are prepared with a substrate and an ink jetted and UV-curable image some of which also include metal nanoparticles or reducible metal ions. The in jetted and UV-curable image can be obtained from an ink jettable and UV-curable composition comprising: a reactive polymer comprising: (a1) or (a2) recurring units comprising pendant metal complexing water-solubilizing groups, (b) at least 5 mol % of recurring units comprising a pendant group capable of crosslinking via [2+2] photocycloaddition, and optionally (c) at least 1 mol % of recurring units comprising a pendant amide, hydroxyl, or lactam group, or a pendant precursor moiety for the pendant amide, hydroxyl, or lactam group. Such articles can be used to provide electrically-conductive articles and devices after electrolessly plating a complex of the metal nanoparticles and the UV-cured reactive polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas B. Brust, Anne Troxell Wyand
  • Patent number: 9672861
    Abstract: There is provided an optical recording medium including: three reproduction layers, wherein reflectance R1, R2, and R3 of the three reproduction layers on a side of a surface irradiated with reproduction light is equal to or greater than 5%, and wherein any absolute value of a difference delta R between two selected from the reflectance R1, R2, and R3 is equal to or less than 7%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kensaku Takahashi, Yo Ota, Hidehiro Kosaka
  • Patent number: 9656440
    Abstract: A method and system provide a releasable substrate on a carrier. The method includes providing the carrier with a bonding layer of radiation curable adhesive; selectively irradiating a first area subsection of the bonding layer with a first radiation for selectively at least partially curing the first area subsection; bringing a substrate in contact with the first area subsection and a second area subsection of the bonding layer; and curing the second area subsection in contact with the substrate for forming an adhesion area between the second area subsection and the substrate. The first area subsection forms a release area with an adhesion force between the bonding layer and the substrate lower in the release area than in the adhesion area as a result of the first area subsection being more cured than the second area subsection prior to being in contact with the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO
    Inventors: Martin K. P. van Neer, Karin Tempelaars, Linda B. van Leuken
  • Patent number: 9653554
    Abstract: Techniques for processing materials for manufacture of gallium-containing nitride substrates are disclosed. More specifically, techniques for fabricating and reusing large area substrates using a combination of processing techniques are disclosed. The methods can be applied to fabricating substrates of GaN, AlN, InN, InGaN, AlGaN, and AlInGaN, and others. Such substrates can be used for a variety of applications including optoelectronic devices, lasers, light emitting diodes, solar cells, photo electrochemical water splitting and hydrogen generation, photo detectors, integrated circuits, transistors, and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Soraa, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark P. D'Evelyn, Michael Ragan Krames
  • Patent number: 9650483
    Abstract: A carrier plate for a decorative panel comprising a partly foamed plastic plate on the basis of a filler-admixed polyolefin as a carrier plate for the production of a decorative panel, a method for producing such a plate and its use as a support plate in a decorative panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: AKZENTA PANEELE + PROFILE GMBH
    Inventor: Hans-Jürgen Hannig
  • Patent number: 9643377
    Abstract: The floor member has a closed-cell foam core that constitutes approximately 50% of the overall thickness of the floor member. All constituents of the floor member, including a design layer, wear layer and resilient foam plastic underlayer, are highly water resistant and essentially water repellant. The closed-cell foam core is relatively lightweight and the floor member is also relatively lightweight compared to equally dimensioned floor planks formed exclusively of solid laminated plastic materials or wood-based laminated materials. The floor member has edge connecting means for convenient floating floor installation without the need to adhere the floor member to a floor base. The floor member is also easy to handle to permit a do-it-yourselfer to install a floor covering with the floor member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Tower IPCO Company Limited
    Inventor: Jincheng Song