Patents Issued in June 1, 2010
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Patent number: 7727572Abstract: A method of producing hexose oxidase by recombinant DNA technology, recombinant hexose oxidase and the use of such enzyme, in particular in the manufacturing of food products such as doughs and dairy products, animal feed, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, dental care products and in the manufacturing of lactones. Suitable sources of DNA coding for the enzyme are marine algal species including Chondrus crispus, Iridophycus flaccidum and Euthora cristata. In useful embodiments, the recombinant hexose oxidase is produced by Pichia pastoris, Saccharomyces cerevisiae or E. coli.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Danisco A/SInventors: Peter Stougaard, Ole Cai Hansen
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Patent number: 7727573Abstract: An aerated frozen confection having reduced ice crystal growth after heat shock, and being prepared from a mixture of ingredients suitable for forming the confection and at least one emulsifier for reducing ice crystal growth after heat shock. Advantageously, the emulsifier facilitates formation and stabilization of fat alpha crystals, the confection having an overrun of about 20% to about 250%, uniformly distributed small air cells having an average size of less than about 50 microns, ice crystals having a size of 30 microns or less after heat shock, and a smooth texture.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2005Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Madansinh Vaghela, Tawfik Yousef Sharkasi, Björn F. Groh, Myriam Schlegel, Josélio Batista Vieira
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Patent number: 7727574Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing water-containing chocolates in which an aqueous component and a fat and oil composition containing tri-saturated fatty acid glyceride crystals dispersed in a fat or oil whose melting point is at or below body temperature are added to and emulsified with a chocolate mass.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2002Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Fuji Oil Company, LimitedInventors: Toshio Ushioda, Masayuki Matsui, Haruyasu Kida
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Patent number: 7727575Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for forming an inorganic coating on a protein template. The method comprises contacting the template with an anionic polymer interface followed by an inorganic material for a sufficient period of time to allow mineralization of the inorganic material thus forming an inorganic coating on the template. Preferably, the coating is aligned.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2005Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Trustees of Tufts CollegeInventors: David L. Kaplan, Chunmei Li
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Patent number: 7727576Abstract: A method for producing an oral medication includes dispensing a structural material, the structural material including one of a polymer or a gelatin, curing the structural material, and dispensing a jettable pharmaceutical solution onto the cured structural material.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2004Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Iddys D. Figueroa, Orlando Ruiz
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Patent number: 7727577Abstract: An apparatus for fabricating a liquid crystal display panel includes a vessel for containing a spacer material, an ink-jet device for jetting the spacer material across a space onto a substrate; and a heater for heating the ink-jet device. A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display panel includes the steps of aligning an ink-jet device filled with a spacer material relative to a substrate of a liquid crystal display device, jetting the spacer material from the ink-jet device across a space onto the substrate and heating the spacer material before the spacer material is jetted from the ink-jet device.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2002Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Hong Jun, Yong Bum Kim
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Patent number: 7727578Abstract: Transparent conductors and methods for fabricating transparent conductors are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method for fabricating a transparent conductor comprises forming a dispersion comprising a plurality of conductive components and a solvent, applying the dispersion to a substrate in an environment having a predetermined atmospheric humidity that is based on a selected surface resistivity of the transparent conductor, and causing the solvent to at least partially evaporate such that the plurality of conductive components remains overlying the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: James V. Guiheen, Lingtao Yu, Kwok-Wai Lem
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Patent number: 7727579Abstract: The formation of band-shaped HTSL on a metal substrate is disclosed. The HTSL includes at least one buffer layer comprising zirconates and/or rare-earth oxides. The HTSL layer is formed on the buffer layer. The buffer layer has a texturing that in the case of a RHEED measurement results in discrete reflexes and not only in diffraction rings. In particular, the buffer layer may be textured along its interface with the HTSL layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Zenergy Power GmbHInventors: Michael Backer, Brigitte Schlobach, Kerstin Knoth, Barbara Schupp-Niewa, Ruben Huhne, Martina Falter
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Patent number: 7727580Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrode for a lithium secondary battery in which a thin film of active material is deposited on a current collector is provided that eliminates adverse effects on the battery caused by protrusions adhered on an electrode surface. The method of manufacturing an electrode for lithium secondary batteries includes depositing a thin film of active material on a current collector using thin-film deposition equipment as shown in FIG. 1, and performing a compression process after depositing the thin film, whereby the heights of protrusions formed on the electrode surface are reduced.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2006Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Hirase, Hiromasa Yagi, Daizo Jito, Kei Kobayashi, Katsunobu Sayama
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Patent number: 7727581Abstract: A process is provided where at least one main face of an optical lens is subjected to a corona discharge or atmospheric plasma treatment. The optical lens is dipped in a curable coating composition to deposit a layer of the curable coating composition on said main face, and is then cured. During the whole process, the optical lens is carried by a same lens holder so that the lens face is freely accessible and without necessitating manual handling of the lens.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2004Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Essilor International Compagnie Generale d' OptiqueInventors: Agnès Jallouli, Gerald Fournand, James A. Reed, Danne Wright
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Patent number: 7727582Abstract: According to the rubbing method of the present invention, since the support is pressed against the rubbing roller by applying fluid pressure to the backside of the support (web), uniform rubbing can be performed without generating wrinkles on the web. In other words, because the web is pressed by fluid pressure, the web follows the rubbing roller, and the orientation film on the surface of the web can be controlled to the optimal condition upon rubbing treatment without generating wrinkles on the web. With this, defects on the surface caused by poor orientation can be significantly reduced.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2006Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Masumi Sakamoto
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Patent number: 7727583Abstract: Provided is a process for producing a structured surface possessing a high level of hydrophilicity, wherein the process involves: coating a surface with a mixture to produce the structured surface, wherein the mixture includes: particles (a) having a number average particle diameter of from 0.1 ?m to 10 ?m; and particles (b) having a number average particle diameter of from 5 nm to 0.5 ?m and a 20° C. surface energy of greater than or equal to 80 mN/in, and wherein the mixture exhibits a bimodal particle diameter distribution of particles (a) and particles (b). The mixture may optionally include an aqueous liquor, an emulsifier, a binder, an adhesion promoter, a thickener, and/or a pigment. Also provided is a structured surface produced by the process. A non-limiting example of the structured surface produced by the process is a structured textile surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2005Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Cedric Dieleman, Harald Keller, Wolfgang Schrepp, Thomas Frechen
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Patent number: 7727584Abstract: A manufacturing method of a dielectric device includes steps described below. (1) Mixing step: Powders serving as a matrix and additive powders for sintering the matrix are mixed. (2) Mixture heat-treating step: The mixture of the matrix and the additive that has been subject to the mixing step is heat-treated. (3) Deposition layer formation step: The material powders obtained through the mixture heat-treating step are injected toward a substrate so as to form a deposition layer on the substrate. (4) Deposition layer heat-treating step: The deposition layer formed on the substrate through the deposition layer formation step is heat-treated so as to form the dielectric layer on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Kei Sato, Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Tsutomu Nanataki
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Patent number: 7727585Abstract: A manufacturing method of a dielectric device includes steps described below. (1) Mixing step: Powders serving as a matrix and additive powders for sintering the matrix are mixed. (2) Mixture heat-treating step: The mixture of the matrix and the additive that has been subject to the mixing step is heat-treated. (3) Deposition layer formation step: The material powders obtained through the mixture heat-treating step are injected toward a substrate so as to form a deposition layer on the substrate. (4) Deposition layer heat-treating step: The deposition layer formed on the substrate through the deposition layer formation step is heat-treated so as to form the dielectric layer on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Kei Sato, Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Tsutomu Nanataki
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Patent number: 7727586Abstract: A process for producing water-absorbing polymeric particles by dropletization polymerization in the gas phase, which comprises drying the polymeric particles after the polymerization in a fluidized bed, the water-absorbing polymeric particles themselves, hygiene articles comprising these water-absorbing polymeric particles and also apparatus for implementing the process.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2006Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Stefan Bruhns, Volker Frenz, Dennis Lösch, Volker Seidl, Uwe Stueven, Carolin Nadine Dücker, Matthias Weismantel, Wilfried Heide, Stefan Blei
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Patent number: 7727587Abstract: A composite product is formed from a honeycomb panel having an array of hexagonal tubular cells which clamped between two press plates where a layer of a foaming agent is applied to only the bottom press plate such that the foaming agent expands into the cells. An array of grooves is provided in the top press plate and connected at one or both edges of the plate to a source of vacuum so as to draw air through the grooves and cells. A sheet of a polyethylene material having the characteristics that it is permeable to air, substantially impermeable to liquid and resistant to bonding to the foam is applied onto the press plate to prevent the foam entering the grooves and bonding to the press plate while allowing the air to be drawn from the cells.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Inventor: Edward Kaspersion
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Patent number: 7727588Abstract: A process for the coating of substrates comprising insertion of a substrate into a process oven, dehydration of the substrate, withdrawal of a metered amount of one or more chemicals from one or more chemical reservoirs, vaporizing the withdrawn chemicals in one or more vapor chambers, and transfer of the vaporized chemicals into a process oven, thereby reacting with the substrate. An apparatus for the coating of substrates comprising a process oven, a metered chemical withdrawal subsystem, and a vaporization subsystem.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2003Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Yield Engineering Systems, Inc.Inventors: William A. Moffat, Craig Walter McCoy
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Patent number: 7727589Abstract: Carbon components contained in large quantities in bone components are isolated. The isolated carbon components are gasified and plasma-processed by means of microwave or high-frequency heating and the etching curing of hydrogen atoms is utilized to form diamond-like film on the surface of the base material to produce an esthetically pleasing ornament.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2006Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Inventors: Terumitsu Hasebe, Tetsuya Suzuki
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Patent number: 7727590Abstract: A hot wire chemical vapor deposition apparatus comprises a vacuum chamber, a substrate support member located in the vacuum chamber, a filament assembly support member located in the vacuum chamber, a precursor gas inlet located in the vacuum chamber and a device for providing a clean portion of at least one filament inside the vacuum chamber without breaking vacuum.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: California Institute of TechnologyInventors: Christine Richardson, Harry A. Atwater
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Patent number: 7727591Abstract: A load comprising one or more porous substrates (10) for densification is heated in an oven into which a reaction gas containing at least one carbon-precursor hydrocarbon is admitted, the effluent gas being extracted from the oven via an extraction pipe (26) connected to an outlet from the oven. The content in the effluent gas of at least one compound selected from allene, propine, and benzene is measured, and as a function of the measured content, the process is controlled by adjusting at least one parameter selected from the rate at which the reaction gas is admitted into the oven, the rate at least one component of the reaction gas is admitted into the oven, the transit time of the gas through the oven, the temperature to which the substrate(s) is/are heated, and the pressure that exists inside the oven. The at least one parameter is adjusted in such a manner as to maintain the measured content at a value which is substantially constant.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2004Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Messier-BugattiInventors: Eric Sion, Paul-Marie Marquaire, René Fournet, Guy-Marie Come
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Patent number: 7727592Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting insert particularly for turning of stainless steel comprising a cemented carbide substrate and a post-treated coating with a substrate of cemented carbide having a composition of from about 5.0 to less than about 8.0 wt % Co, from about 3.0 to about 8.0 wt % cubic carbides of the metals Ti, Ta and Nb with a Ti/(Ti+Ta+Nb) ratio of from about 0.05 to about 0.3 and balance tungsten carbide (WC) having a grain size of from about 1.5 to about 3.5 ?m in the as-sintered state. Further, the substrate has a surface zone of from about 5 to about 30 ?m characterized by an enrichment of binder phase and a depletion of cubic carbides, and a coating having a first, innermost layer system of one or several layers of TiCxNyOz with x+y+z?1 with a total thickness of from about 0.7 to about 5.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2008Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property ABInventors: Gunilla Cedergren, Mikael Lindholm, Ann-Britt Ljungberg, Mikael Lagerquist, Frida Cullin
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Patent number: 7727593Abstract: A method for providing a cured coating on a tube, comprising masking and sealing an end of the tube with a self-venting cap and plug, the cap and plug comprising a tubular member comprising a resilient material having an open end and a closed end, and having an outermost sidewall; the outermost sidewall having an interior surface having an annular ridge; the closed end having a hollow dome portion defined by an annular recess, the annular recess defining an inner sidewall with an upwardly-extending annular recess, the inner sidewall containing at least one gas venting groove terminating along the longitudinal extent of the inner sidewall, and the inner sidewall being spaced from the interior surface of the outermost sidewall of the tubular member a distance greater than the height of the inwardly-directed ridge; coating the tube with a curable coating; and curing the curable coating at an elevated temperature.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2009Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Protective Industries, Inc.Inventor: Frederick W. Zeyfang
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Patent number: 7727594Abstract: According to the drying method and apparatus of the present invention, at first, the coated film on one end side of the support is more quickly dried than that on the other end side, because drying air is supplied from one end side of the support. Subsequently, the coated film on the other end side of the support is more quickly dried than that on one end side, because drying air is supplied from the other end side of the support. Accordingly, the method and the apparatus can diminish a difference between drying rates in on one end side and in the other end side of the long support, in the whole drying zone. Thus, the method and the apparatus can uniformly dry the support and inhibit the production of a dry spot.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2008Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Shimoda, Kyohei Yoshimura, Nobuo Hamamoto
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Patent number: 7727595Abstract: A radiation or thermal curable coating composition contains a cycloaliphatic epoxide resin, a carbinol functional silicone resin or an anhydride functional silicone resin, and a thermal or photoactivated acid catalyst. An organic polyol may also be included in the composition as an optional component. The composition is useful as a radiation curable coating, as an adhesive, a photodefinable coating, or as a thermal cure coating. The cycloaliphatic epoxide resin adds toughness and adhesion to the composition, whereas either of the carbinol functional silicone resin or the anhydride functional silicone resin provides the composition with water resistance, weatherability, thermal stability, and flexibility.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2005Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Dow Corning CorporationInventors: Glenn Viaplana Gordon, John Bernard Horstman, Randall Gene Schmidt, Gary Michael Wieber, Arthur James Tselepis
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Patent number: 7727596Abstract: A method for fabricating a composite gas separation module includes depositing a preactivated powder over a porous substrate; depositing a binder metal onto the preactivated powder; and depositing a dense gas-selective membrane to overlie the preactivated powder and binder metal, thereby forming the composite gas separation module. The preactivated powder can be, for example, selected from the group consisting of preactivated metal powders, preactivated metal oxide powders, preactivated ceramic powders, preactivated zeolite powders, and combinations thereof. The preactivated powder can be deposited, for example, from a slurry such as a water-based slurry. In some embodiments, the dense gas-selective membrane is a dense hydrogen-selective membrane.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2004Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Worcester Polytechnic InstituteInventors: Yi Hua Ma, Federico Guazzone
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Patent number: 7727597Abstract: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for preparing a silicon-containing solid film, which can form a thin film uniformly over a wide area. Raw-material fluid comprising a silane derivative and a hydrocarbon derivative is mixed with carrier fluid comprising carbon dioxide to form a supercritical condition. Further, an active-state is produced in the raw-material fluid of the supercritical fluid by a catalytic reaction with at least one metal catalyst selected from a group consisting of platinum, tungsten, cobalt, nickel, iron or an alloy of each of them. The fluid is blown to the substrate, thereby forming a silicon-containing solid film or a hydrocarbon-containing solid film on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2005Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignees: Tokyo University of Agriculture & Tech., Itec Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eizo Watanabe, Toshiyuki Watanabe, Masato Sone, Yoshinori Matsuoka, Hideo Miyake, Masayasu Iida
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Patent number: 7727598Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods, processes, and systems for roll coating portions of a workpiece as well as to workpieces that have themselves been roll coated in accord with the invention. Under these methods and processes of the invention, one of a roller and/or the workpiece may be moved longitudinally to apply coating to a target surface of a workpiece. In some embodiments, a plurality of rollers may be used and supported by arms. Still further, in accord with the embodiments of the present invention, a dispensing member may be provided to fluidly connect the roller with a reservoir. In still other embodiments, the workpiece may be an implantable medical device and the coating may include a therapeutic.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2006Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Anthony O'Brien, Aiden Flanagan
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Patent number: 7727599Abstract: The invention relates to a durably homogeneous, low-viscosity, radiation-curable coating material comprising a) x (meth)acrylated polysiloxanes and if desired b) y (meth)acrylated organic compounds and c) at least one particulate emulsifier having an average particle size of <1000 nm in at least one dimension, with the proviso that x?1, y?0, the sum of x+y?2 and the mixture of components a) and b) alone is not durably homogeneous.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Goldschmidt GmbHInventors: Hardi Doehler, Michael Ferenz, Sascha Herrwerth, Matthias Naumann, Joachim Venzmer, Andreas Landgraf
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Patent number: 7727600Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a color filter substrate and an array substrate. An optical compensation film is disposed on the color filter substrate and/or the array substrate, wherein the optical compensation film comprises a polyimide, comprising the following formula: wherein n is an integer greater than 1, and wherein when A is cyclo-aliphatic compound, B is aromatic compound or cyclo-aliphatic compound, and when A is aromatic compound, B is cyclo-aliphatic compound.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2008Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Chyi-Ming Leu, Horng-Long Tyan, Tzong-Ming Lee
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Patent number: 7727601Abstract: An edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device. The device includes an environmentally sensitive device, and at least one edge-sealed barrier stack. The edge-sealed barrier stack includes a decoupling layer and at least two barrier layers. The environmentally sensitive device is sealed between an edge-sealed barrier stack and either a substrate or another edge-sealed barrier stack. A method of making the edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Vitex Systems, Inc.Inventors: Paul E. Burrows, Eric S. Mast, Peter M. Martin, Gordon L. Graff, Mark E. Gross, Charles C. Bonham, Wendy D. Bennett, Michael G. Hall
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Patent number: 7727602Abstract: A recording sheet with an ink-receptive layer which can be used not only for dye type inks but also for pigment type inks is provided. Also provided is a coating liquid for forming an ink-receptive layer. The recording sheet with an ink-receptive layer includes a substrate sheet and an ink-receptive layer formed thereon, wherein the ink-receptive layer includes (i) fibrous crystalline particles on surfaces of which a cationic hydrated metal compound is supported and (ii) a binder. The fibrous crystalline particles have an average fiber diameter (D) of 0.1 to 2 ?m, an average fiber length (L) of 1 to 200 ?m and a ratio (aspect ratio) of an average fiber length (L) to an average fiber diameter (D) of 5 to 500.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2003Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.Inventors: Manabu Watanabe, Hiroyasu Nishida
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Patent number: 7727603Abstract: A transfer member of an image forming material for electrophotography, the transfer member including a substrate and an image receiving layer disposed on at least one surface of the substrate. The image receiving layer includes at least a releasing material and has a surface resistivity of 1.0×108 to 3.2×1013?/? at 23° C. and 55% RH.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2004Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoo Kobayashi, Kunio Sakurai, Kaoru Torikoshi, Tetsuro Kodera, Naoyuki Egusa
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Patent number: 7727604Abstract: The present invention proposes a smokable planar or hose-type food casing or food casing film for food packagings, such as, e.g., sausage casings, shrink bags or the like on polymer basis, which is for the first time manufactured in the jet-blasting process from a homogeneous molten plastic material consisting of a plastic mixture consisting of at least of PA (polyamide) with PVAL (polyvinyl alcohol) and PEBAX (polyether block amide). The food casing or food casing film has a water vapor permeability that is at least 1 kg/m2 within 24 h. Its oxygen permeability at a film thickness of 30 ?m is less than 2.1 cm3/m2 within 24 h. Moreover the present invention for the first time proposes a method for manufacturing it.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2004Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Kuhne Antagenbau GmbHInventor: Jürgen Schiffmann
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Patent number: 7727605Abstract: A plastic container having a base portion adapted to support the container, a cylindrical sidewall projecting upwardly from the base, and a neck finish projecting upwardly from the sidewall and having an opening to the inside of the container. The container has a molded outer layer with inner and outer surfaces and an inner layer extending over the inner surface of the sidewall and base, with the neck finish free from the inner layer. The outer layer contains at least one oxygen scavenger material that reacts with oxygen, and the inner layer includes at least one oxygen barrier material.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.Inventors: Richard C. Darr, Marc A. Pedmo
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Patent number: 7727606Abstract: A polylactic acid resin foamed molding obtained by placing in a mold a cylindrical body having a foamed layer, which is formed by extruding a foamable molten resin composition prepared by kneading together a polylactic acid resin and a physical blowing agent from a die into a low-pressure zone, and molding it, wherein the molding's foamed layer constituting the foamed molding has a difference (?Hendo:2° C./min??Hexo:2° C./min) between the endothermic calorific value (?Hendo:2° C./min) and the exothermic calorific value (?Hexo:2° C./min) obtained by heat flux differential scanning calorimetry (heating rate of 2° C./min) of 10 J/g or more and a melt tension at 190° C. of 2 cN or more.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2005Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: JSP CorporationInventors: Kenichi Takase, Masayasu Okuda, Masato Naito
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Patent number: 7727607Abstract: A decorative dry paint wall film includes a layer of dry paint, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on one side of the dry paint layer, and a release liner in releasable contact with the dry paint layer on a side opposite from the pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA). The release liner has a matte release coat layer that contacts the dry paint layer. The release liner is released from the dry paint layer after the PSA side is attached to a wall. The matte release coat transfers a matte finish to the dry paint layer when the release liner is removed. The wall film includes a barrier layer to protect against significant discoloration of the color in the dry paint layer caused by migration of azo-type pigments from a painted wall surface. The barrier layer in one embodiment comprises a dry emulsion containing ethylene-vinyl alcohol and a dispersed polymeric material which in one embodiment comprises a urethane material.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Frank Yen-Jer Shih, Roger A. Fahlsing, Anneke Margaret Kaminski, John Vincent Fontana, Douglas Bruce Zeik, Martin Ian James
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Patent number: 7727608Abstract: An adhesive pad kit for footwear has a schematic having an indication of footwear. The adhesive pad kit has at least two pairs of thin adhesive backed pads. Each pad in the first pair has a predetermined shape having a length and a width. The length is at least four times the width. The indication depicts an operative location for at least one of the pads on the footwear.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2008Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: The Blister Sister, Inc.Inventor: Kathleen Cunningham
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Patent number: 7727609Abstract: A sports arena-wall impact barrier for athletes comprising TEMPER-FOAM™ (T-foam) which has an impact absorbency factor greater than foam rubber and therefore will result in less injury to players. The players are absorbed into the pad, never contacting the solid wall eliminating injury to hand, wrist, arm shoulder, hip, knees etc. The impact barrier is comprised of overlapping panels of Temper-Foam™ (T-foam) to prevent seam separation under pressure. Preferably, Velcro® serves as the panel bonding element with the sides having a three surface contour comprising two offset substantially perpendicular surfaces with the third substantially parallel extending between the other surfaces interior ends forming a somewhat Z-shape in cross section. Since each perpendicular surface extends only partially between the front and back and that they are offset provides that an impact on the bound seam can not breech to the underlying structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Inventor: Dean Crasno
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Patent number: 7727610Abstract: Compositions for protective films for optical disc are provided. Compositions for protective films, particularly compositions for protective films for optical discs having low viscosity and low shrinkage without compromising scratch resistance even when a dilution solvent is not used. The compositions for protective films for optical discs include a composition for protective films containing a UV-curable acrylic radical-based resin as the main component including a multifunctional acrylic monomer, a multifunctional acrylic oligomer and a bifunctional acrylic monomer containing repeating units including at least one of an ethoxy and propoxy group as starting materials for the acrylic radical-based resin; and a photoinitiator.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2006Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Chemical & Information Device CorporationInventor: Kiichiro Oguni
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Patent number: 7727611Abstract: The invention relates to a film comprising individual anchored filaments. More specifically, the invention relates to the female part of a hook-and-loop self-adhering support, comprising a plastic film and independent filaments which are fixed to one of the faces of the film. The invention is characterized in that part of the length of each filament is anchored to the plastic film, while the remainder thereof is disposed at a distance from the film, such as to form loops. According to the invention, the film is made from a non-elastic and non-heat-shrinkable material and the filaments have a count of less than 10, preferably less than or equal to 7.7, for example between 2 and 5 decitex.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2005Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: APLIXInventor: Jean-Pierre Ducauchuis
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Patent number: 7727612Abstract: An automotive vehicle floor mat M to be laid on a foot space of a driver's seat, characterized in that retainer holes to be retained at retainer pins implanted on a vehicle floor side, are provided at two positions at a predetermined interval near a rear edge portion of the mat, a first retainer hole of the two position retainer holes is provided on a right rear side of the mat and in the vicinity of a rear extension portion of an accelerator pedal, a second retainer hole is provided on a rear extension portion of a brake pedal and rather on a center side of the mat than the first retainer hole, a retainer member having a rigidity is provided on an inner edge of each retainer hole, and a thickness of the retainer member is smaller than a height of the retainer pins.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2001Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Honda Access Corp.Inventors: Hirotaka Haraguchi, Hinako Tamagawa, Toshihide Matsuoka, Masashi Takahashi
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Patent number: 7727613Abstract: A ceramic honeycomb structure comprising a ceramic honeycomb body comprising axial grooves on its periphery and cell walls constituting a larger number of flow paths inside the grooves, and a peripheral wall layer covering the grooves, wherein there are stress release portions at least partially in the peripheral wall layer and/or between the peripheral wall layer and the grooves. The thermal expansion coefficient of the peripheral wall layer is preferably smaller than those of the cell walls in a radial direction. The peripheral wall layer is preferably formed on the ceramic honeycomb body formed by removing a peripheral wall from a ceramic green body, before or after firing the ceramic honeycomb body.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2003Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Hirohisa Suwabe, Yasuhiko Otsubo, Toshiaki Kimura
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Patent number: 7727614Abstract: An edge protector is provided for protecting an edge or corner of an article. The edge protector includes a cushion insert having an inner surface adapted to engage the corner of the article, and an outer surface provided with a pair of spaced apart retaining elements. A reinforcing body has an inner surface engaged against the outer surface of the cushion insert and a pair of spaced apart outer edges retained by the retaining elements of the cushion insert.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Great Northern CorporationInventor: Dan Stubing
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Patent number: 7727615Abstract: To provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet according to which air entrapment and blistering can be prevented or eliminated via through-holes, and yet the appearance compares favorably with that of a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having no through-holes therein, as a substrate 11 there is used one having a surface roughness (Ra) of not less than 0.03 ?m, a lightness (L*) in the L*a*b* color system of not more than 60 in the case of having a chroma (C*) of not more than 60 and a lightness (L*) of not more than 85 in the case of having a chroma (C*) greater than 60, and a contrast ratio of not less than 90%, through-holes 2 passing through the substrate 11 and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 12 are made to have a diameter in the substrate 11 and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 12 of from 0.1 to 200 ?m, a diameter at a surface of the substrate 11 of from 0.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2005Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Lintec CorporationInventors: Kiichiro Kato, Kazuhiro Tsuda, Yumiko Matsubayashi
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Patent number: 7727616Abstract: The invention pertains to a scratch-resistant thin film comprising a transparent substrate wherein the substrate comprises at least one micro structured layer on the lower side and at least one scratch-resistant layer on the upper side, wherein said scratch-resistant layer has a convex-concave structure, a surface resistivity in the range from 108 to 1012?/?, a pencil hardness of 3H or more as measured according to JIS K5400 standard method, and a haze in the range from 30% to 98% as measured according to JIS K7136 method. The thin film of the invention exhibits both light enhancement and light uniformization properties, has a low volume shrinkage, does not warp, and possesses excellent anti-static and high hardness properties.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Eternal Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Lung-Lin Hsu
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Patent number: 7727617Abstract: Retroreflective sheeting is described comprising a viewing surface and a non-viewing surface and a thermal mass transferred image disposed in the optical path of the viewing surface wherein the thermal mass transferred image comprises a homogeneous unreactive thermoplastic composition. In one embodiment, the unreactive thermoplastic composition comprises at least one acrylic resin and at least one colorant, wherein the composition has less than 3 wt-% of components that are opaque at ambient temperature. The percent maximum diffuse luminous transmittance to total luminous transmittance of the composition is less than 50%.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2006Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Jennifer L. Lee, Mark W. Leverty, Scott A. Boyd, Eugene H. Carlson, Lisa Flatt Nelson
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Patent number: 7727618Abstract: A decorative molded body can be structured such that an inside thereof looks three-dimensional from a surface thereof, the decorative molded body being a substituted for a decorative molded body of the related art. An example of a decorative molded body can include a three-dimensional base pattern layer having, on a bottom surface of a transparent molded body, a transparent printing layer and a brilliant layer containing brilliant particles, in which the brilliant layer is raised brightly and three-dimensionally on the transparent printing layer as a background. The decorative molded body is excellent in design, and structured so that irregular shapes formed of portions where the transparent printing layer is provided and other portions can look three-dimensional from a surface of the molded body.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2006Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Polymatech Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shinya Iwano
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Patent number: 7727619Abstract: In a developer carrying member used in a developing apparatus by means of which an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrostatic latent image bearing member is developed with a developer to render it visible, the developer carrying member has at least a substrate and a resin coat layer formed on the substrate surface, and the resin coat layer contains at least a binder resin and graphitized particles. The surface of the resin coat layer has an average value A and a standard deviation ? of 100?A?800 (N/mm2) and ?<30 (N/mm2), respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2004Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naoki Okamoto, Yasuhide Goseki, Masayoshi Shimamura, Yasutaka Akashi, Kazunori Saiki, Kenji Fujishima, Satoshi Otake
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Patent number: 7727620Abstract: A heat-shrinkable polyolefin series laminated film having excellent firmness (stiffness at ordinary temperature) of film, resistance to fingerprint bleaching, shrink finishability, transparency and regeneration additivity, with a small natural shrinkage and accurately separable by specific gravity, can be provided by, in a laminated film provided with a surface layer (I) and an intermediate layer (III), forming the surface layer (I) with a mixed resin of cyclic olefin series resin and a polyethylene series resin (A) with a Tm of 80° C. or higher but no greater than 125° C. as a main component, and, forming the intermediate layer (III) with a resin composition having as a main component a cyclic olefin series resin, preferably a mixed resin composition of a cyclic olefin series resin and a polyethylene series resin (C) with a Tm exceeding 125° C. but no greater than 140° C., as a main component.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2005Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Takeyoshi Yamada, Kouichirou Taniguchi, Hideyasu Miyazaki
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Patent number: 7727621Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting tool, e.g. carbide insert, solid carbide drill or mill or carbide tip, particularly for milling of steels, stainless steel, HRSA, titanium or any alloyed material from any of these groups, comprising a cemented carbide substrate and an aperiodic multilayer coating with: a substrate of cemented carbide having a composition of from about 8 to about 11 wt-% Co, from about 0.1 to about 0.5 wt-% Cr and balance essentially tungsten carbide and a coating which is essentially an aperiodic multilayer consisting of layers A+B+A+B+A . . . where the sublayers A and B consist of AlxTi1-xN and TiyAl1-yN respectively. The typical average thickness of each A+B sequence is in the range from about 30 to about 300 nm and the total thickness of the coating in the range from about 0.5 to about 20 ?m. The total chemical composition averaged over the whole coating consists of TizAl1-zN where z lies in the range from about 0.40 to about 0.70.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2006Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property ABInventors: Kjell Nordlöf, Maria Åstrand, Toril Myrtveit, Anders Lundquist, Mats Ahlgren