Immersion, Partial Immersion, Spraying, Or Spin Coating Utilized (e.g., Dipping, Etc.) Patents (Class 427/512)
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Patent number: 8252385Abstract: Processes for printing conductors, insulators, dielectrics, phosphors, emitters, and other elements containing elongated functional particles aligned along the axis of a spun fiber or film that can be for electronics and display applications are provided. Also provided are viscoelastic compositions used in the processes, and devices made therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2006Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Steven Dale Ittel, Jennifer Leigh White
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Patent number: 8236375Abstract: The specification describes a method for selectively depositing carbon nanotubes on the end face of an optical fiber. The end face of the optical fiber is exposed to a dispersion of carbon nanotubes while light is propagated through the optical fiber. Carbon nanotubes deposit selectively on the light emitting core of the optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2006Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: OFS Fitel, LLCInventor: Jeffrey Nicholson
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Publication number: 20120197407Abstract: Disclosed are: a sliding member which is capable of maintaining wear resistance over a long period of time; an artificial joint member in which the polymer base is reduced in thickness; and an artificial joint which exhibits high lubricating properties in the body, biocompatibility and resistance to dislocation. Specifically disclosed is a polymer sliding material which has a coating layer (B) that is composed of a graft polymer containing a phosphorylcholine group and having a density of at least 1.4 g/cm3 on at least a part of the surface of a polymer base (A) that has a ketone group on the surface. The sliding material can be obtained by immersing the polymer base (A) into a liquid of a monomer (C) that has a phosphorylcholine group, and causing surface graft polymerization by irradiation of light. Also specifically disclosed are an artificial joint member using the polymer sliding material, and an artificial joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2010Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, Japan Medical Materials CorporationInventors: Masayuki Kyomoto, Kazuhiko Ishihara
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Publication number: 20120183255Abstract: A lens-integrated optical waveguide includes an optical conduit, a lens, and a non-wetting coating underlying the lens. A method for making an lens-integrated optical waveguide includes: forming an optical conduit having an end defining a planar end surface through which lights are transmitted out and received in; injecting a curable glue into a mold to form a pool of curable glues, the mold including a cavity having a concave shape to define a lens outer face; dipping the planar end of the optical conduit into the pool of curable glues; and curing the pool of curable glues onto the planar end surface of the optical conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: GENN-SHENG LEE
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Publication number: 20120103511Abstract: A process for coating a metallic surface of a metallic substrate comprising applying, an organic, anionically, cationically or radically curable anticorrosive composition, to the metallic surface, wherein said anticorrosive composition is a dispersion or solution containing at least two components that are at least partially anionically, cationically or radically curable, wherein at least one monofunctional monomer or monofunctional oliger is present, a photoinitiator, and an first organic corrosion inhibition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2012Publication date: May 3, 2012Inventors: George Gros, Stefan Waidelich, Norbert Maurus
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Patent number: 8122583Abstract: Removing of a casting core from a metal casting leaves at least one opening in a surface of the metal. The opening is filled with a sacrificial material. The metal and sacrificial material are machined at the opening. After the machining, a remainder of the sacrificial material is removed.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2007Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Blake J. Luczak, Glenn A. Cotnoir, James T. Beals, Thomas M. Morin, Joseph J. Parkos, Jr.
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Patent number: 8124193Abstract: Methods of controlling gloss of an image are disclosed. The methods may include forming an image over a substrate by applying an ink composition and optionally an overcoat composition at least partially over the substrate. The ink composition or overcoat composition may include at least one gellant, at least one curable monomer, optionally at least one curable wax and optionally at least one photoinitiator. The ink composition or overcoat composition may be curable upon exposure to radiation. The methods may further include providing a micro-roughness to one or more portions of the ink composition or overcoat composition by non-uniformly curing the ink composition or overcoat composition, and flood curing the ink composition or overcoat composition to complete a cure. The methods may thereby provide a controlled gloss level to the image.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2009Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Jennifer L. Belelie, Michelle N. Chretien, Barkev Keoshkerian, Naveen Chopra, Peter G. Odell, Christopher A. Wagner
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Patent number: 8124167Abstract: A medical device such as a wire guide has a lubricious and/or therapeutic coating adhered to an etched, carbonaceous polymeric surface, for example a sodium-etched polymer surface. A method for preparing a lubricious and/or therapeutic coating on a medical device includes etching a polymeric portion of the device to create a carbonaceous surface and applying a lubricious and/or therapeutic coating on the etched surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLCInventors: Tamisha Clark, Barry H. Chilton
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Patent number: 8105659Abstract: A method of controlling gloss of an image includes forming an image over a substrate by applying a colored or colorless composition, included a colored ink and/or a colorless overcoat composition, over one or more portions of the substrate, wherein the colored or colorless composition includes at least one gellant, at least one curable monomer, at least one curable wax and optionally at least one photoinitiator, wherein the colored or colorless composition is curable upon exposure to radiation, and curing the colored or colorless composition following application by applying radiation to the colored or colorless composition and, during the curing, controlling an amount of oxygen present in an atmosphere around the image.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2008Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Michelle N. Chretien, Peter G. Odell, Jennifer L. Belelie, Gordon Sisler, Christopher A. Wagner
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Patent number: 8106134Abstract: A golf ball having a polymer layer that has been subjected to impregnation treatment with an isocyanate and/or isothiocyanate-containing olefin compound exhibits at least one improved golf ball attribute, such as scuff resistance or spin performance, compared with an original golf ball that has not been treated by impregnation.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2008Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinori Egashira, Jun Shindo, Eiji Takehana, Takashi Ohira
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Patent number: 8105505Abstract: An electrically conductive composite consisting of Vinyl-ester (as an anti-corrosive matrix), woven carbon fibers (as the reinforcement and conductive material) and carbon black powder (as a conductive filler) is manufactured. Various weight percentages of the matrix, fibers and filler are examined. The product cured at room temperature. Low weight, high strength, high stiffness, chemically corrosive resistance, electrically conductive characteristics are obtained from the product. The product may serve as electrically conductive polymeric composites in chemically corrosive environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Nokhbegan Institute of Technology (NITD)Inventors: Mahmood Mehrdad Shokrieh, Saber Mirzaee, Ali Naghashpour
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Publication number: 20120022665Abstract: Disclosed is a sliding member with excellent durability and capable of maintaining wear resistance over a long period of time. Further disclosed is an artificial joint member for which the film thickness of the polymer base material is reduced. Further disclosed is an artificial joint which is capable of demonstrating high lubricity, biocompatibility, and resistance to dislocation after introduction into the body. Further disclosed are a medical appliance material and a medical appliance which demonstrate excellent biocompatibility.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2009Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Masayuki Kyomoto, Kazuhiko Ishihara
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Publication number: 20120009352Abstract: Various embodiments provide methods and apparatus for forming intermediate transfer belts (ITBs) by combining a dip-coating process with a UV-curing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2010Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Geoffrey M.T. Foley, Jin Wu, Satchidanand Mishra, Kent J. Evans
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Patent number: 8093588Abstract: Dielectric compositions comprising siloxane and polymeric components, as can be used in a range of transistor and related device configurations.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2009Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Northwestern UniversityInventors: Tobin J. Marks, Antonio Facchetti, Myung-Han Yoon, He Yan
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Patent number: 8088455Abstract: A drain port and an exhaust port arranged at the bottom of a cup surrounding a substrate holding unit. A drainage tray is arranged below the cup so as to cover the moving area of the drain port when the substrate holding unit and the cup move in X-directions and Y-directions. An exhaust unit is arranged at a position corresponding to the position of the exhaust port of the cup when the substrate holding unit is in its spin-drying position. The exhaust unit is connected to the exhaust port to suck the interior of the cup when the spin-drying of the substrate is executed. The use of a flexible tube which is always connected to the exhaust port is no longer necessary.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2008Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Norihisa Koga, Shinji Koga, Naoto Yoshitaka, Akira Nishiya
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Patent number: 8071178Abstract: A method of forming a metal film and a metal wiring pattern is described a step of forming an organic film by applying and polymerizing an undercoat composition for forming a metal film containing an addition-polymerizable monomer having an acidic group and a polymerization initiator on a substrate or film, a step of converting the acidic group into a metal (M1) salt by treating the organic film with an aqueous solution containing a metal (M1) ion, a step of converting the metal (M1) salt into a metal (M2) salt by treating the organic film with an aqueous solution containing a metal (M2) ion having an ionization tendency lower than the metal (M1) ion, and a step of forming a metal film on the organic film surface by reducing the metal (M2) ion.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2006Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Seiji Nakajima, Tetsuya Mori, Hidemi Nawafune
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Patent number: 8063170Abstract: Radiation curable compositions comprising at least one radiation curable oligomer obtained from the reaction of one or more carboxyl functional polyester (a) having a glass transition temperature TG and/or melting temperature Tm of less than 30° C., with (b1) one or more (meth)acrylated mono-epoxide, and/or (b2) one or more polyepoxide and one or more ?, ? unsaturated carboxylic acid.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2007Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Cytec Surface Specialities, S.A.Inventors: Isabelle Fallais, Thierry Randoux, Marc Decaux
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Publication number: 20110281991Abstract: A method for manufacturing core-shell metal nanoparticles is provided. The method comprises providing a first solution containing a metal ion; providing a second solution containing Arabinogalactan and having a pH value ranging from about 1 to about 13; mixing the first solution and the second solution to form a third solution; and enabling the third solution to perform an oxidation-reduction reaction to form the core-shell metal nanoparticles. The core-shell metal nanoparticles comprise a core composed of metal; and a shell, composed of Arabinogalactan, covering the surface of he core.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2010Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Chih-Wei CHOU, Chih-Hsiu Chen, Wen-Hsin Lin, Hong-Ru Lin, Te-Hsing Wu, Yang-Chia Shih
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Publication number: 20110268911Abstract: The present invention describes a novel process for the conformal coating of polymer fibers on nonwoven substrates. This process is based on the modification of polymer fiber surfaces by controlling the degree of etching and oxidation, which improves adhesion of initiators to the surface and facilitates subsequent conformal polymer grafting. The modified fiber surfaces render new functionalities to the surface, such as increasing hydrophilicity, attaching ligands or changing surface energy. The invention includes the modified polymer fibers produced by the process described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2009Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicants: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, PATHOGEN REMOVAL AND DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Yong Zheng, Sumana Roy Chowdhury, Patrick Vasconcelos Gurgel, Haiyan Liu, Ruben G. Carbonell
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Publication number: 20110250405Abstract: A copolymer Tradenamed HexiLok is applied in the form of an ink as a decorative and protective outer covering to glassware and other tableware. It serves also as an adhesion coating to which a cross-linked ethylene acrylic acid copolymer is applied, to serve as a shock absorber and shard retention agent, in the event of breakage of the wares. The impact resistance of drinking glasses can be improved ten-fold with a 5 mil outer coating. The use of UV light as a curing agent in a 2-stage curing process, enables high production rates. The tough HexiLok ink serves to hermetically seal the decorated surface of the wares, enabling the use of non-FDA approved decorating agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2010Publication date: October 13, 2011Inventor: Hank Sawatsky
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Publication number: 20110226511Abstract: An inkjet ink includes a polymer which contains a functional group capable of forming an interaction with a plating catalyst or its precursor and a polymerizable functional group; and at least one solvent in which the polymer is dissolved or dispersed. The inkjet ink is capable of forming in a desired pattern a polymer layer having excellent adhesion to a metal film (plated film) and exhibits high stability in continuous discharge.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2011Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventor: Yasuaki MATSUSHITA
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Publication number: 20110223314Abstract: A device and method for generating microcapsules employs an inertial-focusing channel for introducing particles dispersed in a prepolymer suspension fluid, a droplet-generating junction for introducing oil evenly onto the flow of particles to create separated droplets of prepolymer suspension fluid encapsulating respective particles in a streamline flow, and a polymerization section for exposing the droplets to UV light or heat to cause polymerization of a polymer coating on separate microcapsules each containing a respective particle. Preferred suspension fluids may be aqueous solution of poly(ethylene-glycol)-diacrylate (PEGDA), or poly(N-isopropyl-acryalmide) (PNIPAAM). The preferred device may employ a curved or linear inertial-focusing microchannel. Functional tags and/or handles may be added to the microcapsules allowing easy detection, measurement and handling of the microcapsules.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Inventors: Xiaoxiao ZHANG, David Garmire, Aaron Ohta
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Publication number: 20110206414Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing an electrifying roller in which a highly precise electrifying roller can be manufactured at a low cost and with more ease and an electrifying roller manufactured by the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2009Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Hirotaka Tagawa, Junichi Takano, Izumi Egashira, Daijirou Sirakura
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Patent number: 7989517Abstract: Disclosed is an actinic ray curable composition comprising a cationically polymerizable compound, an onium salt, and a compound represented by formula 1, R1{(CR2R3)mOH}n??Formula 1 wherein R1 represents a condensed ring group; R2 and R3 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group; m represents an integer of from 2 to 4; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 10.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2006Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventor: Nobumasa Sasa
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Patent number: 7978416Abstract: A method for generating spontaneously aligned surface wrinkles utilizes control of local moduli-mismatch and osmotic pressure. The method includes modifying the surface of an elastomeric layer to form a superlayer that is stiffer and/or less absorbent than the elastomeric layer. The elastomeric layer is then swollen with a polymerizable monomer, which causes buckling of the superlayer. The monomer is then polymerized, dimensionally stabilizing the surface buckling. The buckled surfaces generated by the method are useful in a wide variety of end-use applications, including microlenses, microlens arrays, compound microlenses, diffraction gratings, photonic crystals, smart adhesives, mechanical strain sensors, microfluidic devices, and cell culture surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2010Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: The University of MassachusettsInventors: Alfred J. Crosby, Edwin P. Chan
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Patent number: 7951255Abstract: In order to impart, concurrently with the transfer of a decorative layer, a surface protection function able to mechanically and chemically protect the decorative layer to be hydraulic-transferred of an article, a solventless type ultraviolet-curing resin composition is applied onto the dried printed pattern of a transfer film, an article is pushed into water along with the transfer film, with the printed pattern activated by a non-solvent activating component in the ultraviolet (uv)-curing resin composition and its adhesion force reproduced, and a ultraviolet ray is applied to the article to which the printed pattern, now impregnated and completely integrated with the uv-curing resin composition, has been transferred to thereby cure the uv-curing resin composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2004Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Taica CorporationInventors: Wataru Ikeda, Nobuyuki Otaki, Tomomi Kiyotaki
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Publication number: 20110104391Abstract: When the coating object area is positioned on the suction table, the film is stopped and is mounted on the suction table, and is further provided with tension in the longitudinal direction to eliminate slacks or the like, but, curl is caused in the both side end regions in the coating object area. Therefore, the coating object area is mounted on the suction table, and at the same time, the curl correction bars disposed on the both sides of the suction table are moved to the curled portions of the coating object area, and then the curled portions are pressed against the suction surface of the suction table to thereby perform the curl correction. Further, in the coating process with the UV-curing coating material, the UV light from the UV light source formed integrally with the coating head is applied to cure the material. In the vacuum suction section, as the destination, the bubbles or the like in the coating head are sucked.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventors: Yoshitsugu MIYAMOTO, Toshiharu Kishimura, Hitoshi Manabe, Katsuyoshi Watanabe, Naoki Watase, Hideo Nakamura
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Publication number: 20110104392Abstract: This invention provides a coating apparatus and methods for coating a device, such as an industrially or medically applicable device. The apparatus is suitable for providing a coating using a photoactivatable compound and a polymerizable compound. In another aspect, the apparatus and methods are useful for coating a device wherein the surface of the device has small pores or apertures. The apparatus includes of containers suitable for holding the object to be coated and the coating solution, a gas supply source for supplying gas to solution, an irradiation station for providing light used in the coating process, and a conveyor mechanism to direct the containers to and from the irradiation station.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: SurModics, Inc.Inventors: Mark F. Carlson, Steven J. Porter, Sean M. Stucke, Ralph A. Chappa
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Publication number: 20110104390Abstract: A system and method for photo-grafting a coating polymer onto the surface of a medical device are provided. The system comprises a plurality of stations including a novel grafting station. The system and method of the invention are both time- and resource-efficient. The system includes several stations, each station including a dipping tank. The system allows for the automated, semi-automated, or manual dipping of medical devices into the dipping tanks in a specified order, as desired, wherein at least one of the stations is a grafting station for photo-grafting the coating polymer onto the surface of the medical device. The system is modular, which allows for modification of the process as required, depending on the needs of the user. The system may comprise stations for incorporating an antimicrobial agent into the coating, and/or for rendering the coating lubricious.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventors: Hamed Abbasian, Pamela Chan, Valerio Ditizio, Vyacheslav Dudnyk, Zhaopeng Li, Said Loloie, Natali Yakeemovich, Frank Dicosmo
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Patent number: 7935392Abstract: A high-solid UV-curable coating composition of the present invention, comprising a low viscosity multifunctional acrylate oligomer, a UV-curable monomer, 10% by weight or less of an organic solvent and a photoinitiator has good workability and environmental characteristics and provides a coating film having improved properties.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2006Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: SSCP Co., Ltd.Inventors: Su Dong Hong, Dong Soo Kim, Tae Yun Jeong, Sang Hwan Kim, Jung Hyun Oh
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Patent number: 7899291Abstract: Polymer-coated transmission media having water-blocking material embedded in the outer surface of the transmission media prevents water penetration into the transmission media and reduces the overall diameter of a cable made from the transmission media by eliminating a water-blocking tape layer in the cable. The outer surface of the transmission media is a polymer whose outer surface is embedded with a water-blocking material. The water-blocking material is applied before the polymer is cured. The transmission media may be any known type of optical media, which guides a light within the optical media. In various embodiments, optical fibers, buffered optical fibers and fiber ribbons are used as the transmission media.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2009Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: OFS Fitel, LLCInventors: Daniel Bardroff, Stefan Jost, Georg Koebler, Jason Pedder, Karl Uhl, Peter A. Weimann
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Patent number: 7863345Abstract: A process for producing a microparticulate hardening catalyst, comprising the steps of jetting a liquid composition containing epoxy resin hardening catalyst (A), monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated group (B) and photopolymerization initiator (C) through a minute nozzle into a gas so as to form microparticles; and while the microparticles are floating, irradiating the same with high-energy rays to thereby effect polymerization of the monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated group (B).Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2006Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroo Koyanagi, Makoto Uchida, Shigeru Moteki
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Patent number: 7829155Abstract: The present invention provides a new monomer and methods of using the monomer to fabricate robust polymer surface coatings with controlled thicknesses between 1 and 5 nanometers. The coatings are composed of a new material containing polymerized monomers of 4-vinylbenzenepropanethiol. The polymer surface coating may be applied to metal and silicon. The method includes exposing a metal substrate to a solution of the monomer in hexanes in order to deposit a monolayer of the monomer onto the metal surface. The substrate is then irradiated with ultraviolet radiation in order to graft a thin polymer coating onto the surface. The procedure can be repeated in order to control the thickness of the coating between about 1 nm and 5 nm. Alternatively, thermally initiated polymerization or deposition of partially oligomerized monomers onto the surface provides nanothin coatings with identical performance.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2007Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: The University of Memphis Research FoundationInventors: Evgueni Pinkhassik, Larry Todd Banner, Benjamin T. Clayton
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Publication number: 20100262237Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a joint prosthesis, bearing material and a production method thereof, which suppresses wear in a sliding section and suppresses the production of abrasive powder even during repeated daily operation. To achieve the object, there is provided a biomaterial comprising: a substrate made of metal, alloy or ceramic; and a biocompatible material layer laminated on the substrate, wherein hydroxyl groups are formed on the substrate by surface-treating, while the biocompatible material layer comprises a polymer containing phosphorylcholine groups, the substrate and the biocompatible material layer are bound via a binder layer which is combined with the hydroxyl groups of the substrate and with the biocompatible material layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2007Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicants: JAPAN MEDICAL MATERIALS CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Masayuki Kyomoto, Kazuhiko Ishihara, Yasuhiko Iwasaki, Toru Moro, Kozo Nakamura, Yoshio Takatori, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Tomohiro Konno, Noboru Yamawaki
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Patent number: 7812063Abstract: The invention relates to a flame-retardant resin formulation comprising respectively at least one flame-retardant component, one alkali-soluble component, one polymerizable monomer, one photoinitiator, and one epoxy component, which comprises, as flame-retardant component, a phosphinic salt of the formula (I), in which R1 and R2 are identical or different and, independently of one another, are C1-C6-alkyl, linear or branched, and/or aryl; M is Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Zn, Fe, Zr, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Li, Na, K, and/or a protonated nitrogen base, and m is from 1 to 4. This novel flame-retardant resin formulation is preferably used as solder resist.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2008Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Mathias Dietz, Harald Bauer, Werner Krause
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Publication number: 20100255120Abstract: The invention is directed to enzyme immobilization compositions comprising: one or more enzymes, a humectant, an acrylic-based monomer, a water-soluble organic photo-initiator and a water-soluble acrylic-based cross-linker in a substantially homogeneous aqueous mixture. The invention is also directed to methods for forming sensors comprising such compositions and to apparati for forming arrays of immobilized layers on an array of sensors by dispensing such compositions onto a substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2007Publication date: October 7, 2010Inventors: Gordon Bruce Collier, Jason Andrew Macleod, Anjulia Wong, Attila Csaba Nemeth
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Publication number: 20100221447Abstract: The invention relates to a coating mixture for applying a polymeric, corrosion-preventing protective layer to a metallic base for protecting an edge area, a soldered point, a weld seam or a repair point or for sealing the seam of one or more optionally interjoined strips, metal sheets or shaped parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2010Publication date: September 2, 2010Inventors: Georg Gros, Norbert Maurus, Karl-Heinz Stellnberger, Marcus Schinzel
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Patent number: 7781029Abstract: A method for protecting a wet lens element from liquid degradation is provided. The method includes applying a thin coating of an organoxy-metallic compound to the side portions of a wet lens element to leave behind an optically inert, light absorbing metal oxide film. A liquid shield coating is applied on top of the metal oxide coating. The two coating layers protect the wet lens element from liquid degradation when the side portion of the wet lens element is submerged into a liquid. In an embodiment, the wet lens element is an immersion lithography wet lens element and the liquid is an immersion lithography liquid.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2006Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: ASML Holding N.V.Inventors: Matthew Lipson, Taras Shvets, Richard Bruls
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Publication number: 20100206746Abstract: A multi-layer pad that is adapted to be used in determining an analyte concentration is disclosed. The multi-layer pad includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The first layer includes an enzyme wherein the enzyme is adapted to assist in determining the analyte concentration. The second layer is attached to a first surface of the first layer. The second layer is made of a skin-conforming material. The third layer is attached to a second surface of the first layer wherein the first layer is located between the second layer and the third layer. It is contemplated that the multi-layer pad may also be a two layer system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2007Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: Bayer HealthCare, LLCInventors: Boru Zhu, Mihailo V. Rebec, Pamela J. Burson
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Publication number: 20100189916Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a cylindrical printing substrate having a highly accurate thickness and surface smoothness suitable for printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2007Publication date: July 29, 2010Inventor: Miyoshi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20100190031Abstract: The invention relates to a process for applying a liquid UV-curable primer sealant to natural stone tiles and related articles followed immediately by the exposure to a requisite amount of low intensity UVA-type UV radiation to partially cure the primer sealant. The partial curing, or pre-setting, of the primer sealant enables control of the ultimate depth of penetration of the primer sealer into the natural stone tiles and natural stone articles of which many examples are quite porous. Because the low level UV irradiation is instantaneous after the primer sealant application the level of primer sealant penetration into the natural stone surface is regulated. The pre-curing of the primer sealant is conducted to intentionally solidify or immobilize the sealant that has actually penetrated into the natural stone surface. The uppermost layers of the primer sealant are left in a semi-liquid or uncured state to allow for wetting and intermingling by the top sealant once it is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2009Publication date: July 29, 2010Inventors: Roger Questel, Larry Wasowski, Dorian C. Guptill, David Pelletier
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Publication number: 20100168269Abstract: The present invention is directed to a coating composition that can be cured by radiation, chemical crosslink or both radiation and chemical crosslink. The coating composition comprises one or more radiation curable unsaturated double bonds and one or more crosslinkable functional groups, wherein a layer of said coating composition applied over a substrate cures into a dry coating when exposed to actinic radiation and said dry coating has a glass transition temperature between 15° C. to 120° C. The coating composition can be used in either 1K or 2K coating systems. This invention is also directed to a method of using said coating composition to coat a substrate including a vehicle, a vehicle body or parts thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2008Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And CompanyInventor: Gia Huynh-Ba
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Publication number: 20100166976Abstract: A method for manufacturing core-shell nanostructure is provided. A nanoparticle containing a metal is provided. The nanoparticle is capable of transforming the light energy to the thermal energy. The nanoparticle is distributed onto a first thermosetting material precursor. A second thermosetting material precursor is coated on the first thermosetting material precursor to cover the nanoparticle. The nanoparticle is irradiated by a light source to produce the thermal energy such that the first thermosetting material precursor and the second thermosetting material precursor around the nanoparticle are cured to form a material layer on the nanoparticle. The uncured portion of the first thermosetting material precursor and the uncured portion of the second thermosetting material precursor are removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2009Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Wen-Yang Lin, Ruoh-Huey Uang
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Publication number: 20100159762Abstract: The present invention relates to an automated method for manufacturing layer by layer a composite part with rotational symmetry and complex cross-section, comprising the following stages: a) a reel or roll comprising a reinforcement is continuously unwound; b) as an option, the reinforcement is impregnated with a liquid resin by passing through a bath; c) the impregnated reinforcement is wound onto a rotating cylindrical mandrel; d) the impregnated reinforcement is completely or partially polymerised in order to obtain a composite material; e) a support and/or support material is deposited on both sides of the composite material forming the part being manufactured in such a way as to fill the gaps surrounding said part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: TECHSPACE AERO S.A.Inventors: Philippe Laurent, Georges Duchaine
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Patent number: 7718551Abstract: A method for forming a photoresist layer is provided. The method includes following steps. A wafer is provided in a semiconductor machine. The wafer is spun at a first spin speed. A pre-wet solvent is dispensed on the spinning wafer by using a nozzle disposed at a fixed position. The pre-wet solvent then stops dispensing. The spin speed of the wafer is adjusted from the first spin speed to a second spin speed which is faster than the first spin speed. Thereafter, a photoresist layer is coated on the wafer.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2008Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: United MIcroelectronics Corp.Inventors: Yu-Huan Liu, Chih-Jung Chen, Chih-Chung Huang
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Publication number: 20100098872Abstract: The present invention relates to the production of filter membranes (10) and in particular to multilayered filters. The invention related to a method of producing a filter membrane (10) wherein at least two layers (12, 14) are sequentially built upon a forming member (18) such that, when the forming member (18) is removed, the resultant membrane (10) includes a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, and at least some of said apertures increase in cross-sectional area from a first surface of the membrane to a second surface of the membrane. The method of production reduces the risk of permanent plugging from particulates being trapped within the membrane itself and has strong bonds between the layers which reduce the risk of separation of the layers. The present method produces an even coverage of the forming member (18) which in turn results in a layer of uniform thickness. The layer can be controlled by changing the viscosity of the mixture into which the former (18) is dipped.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2007Publication date: April 22, 2010Inventors: Gilbert Erskine, Jeff Norton, Craig Erskine
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Patent number: 7696260Abstract: A composition comprising a cationically-polymerizable compound, an iodonium-based cationic initiator, a sensitizer for said cationic initiator and an antioxidant selected from the group consisting of phenol antioxidants, lactone antioxidants, and combinations of these antioxidants is provided. The addition of this antioxidant to this composition contributes to the reduction of potential run-away reaction when it is exposed in-bulk to actinic radiation.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2006Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.Inventors: Kangtal Ren, John A. Lawton
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Publication number: 20100080927Abstract: A method feeds a continuous core of a print cartridge cleaning blade along a path. The path passes, in the following order, firstly through a coating bath or spray coating station, secondly by a curing station, thirdly through a cutter, and fourthly to a finisher station. Thus, the method herein coats portions of the continuous core that are in the coating bath/spray station with an outer covering. For portions of the continuous core that are adjacent the curing station, the method cures the outer covering of the continuous core; for portions of the continuous core that are in the cutter, the method cuts the continuous core into predetermined lengths; and for portions of the predetermined lengths of the continuous core that are adjacent the finishing station, the method finishes the outer covering of the predetermined lengths of the continuous core to produce a finished print cartridge cleaning blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2008Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Jeffrey M. Fowler, Steven C. Hart
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Patent number: 7683105Abstract: A UV-A-curable, solvent-containing composition composed of (A) 1% to 50% by weight of a UV-A-curable constituent containing isocyanate-reactive groups; (B) 0.01% to 10% by weight of a colorless photoinitiator having an absorption maximum in the wavelength range of ?=300 to 400 nm; (C) 10% to 70% by weight of an alkyl and/or cycloalkyl acetate having 3 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical and/or in the cycloalkyl radical; (D) 10% to 70% by weight of an alkoxyalkyl, alkoxycycloalkyl, cycloalkoxyalkyl and/or cycloalkoxycycloalkyl acetate; (E) 0.01% to 5% by weight of a constituent that lowers the interfacial tension; (F) 0 to 50% by weight of an alkylaromatic having at least two alkyl radicals having 1 to 6 carbon atoms in the molecule; and (G) 0 to 50% by weight of an additive different from constituents (A) to (F); processes for preparing it, and its use as a spot blender in automotive refinishing, especially in spot repair, or for preparation thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2006Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: BASF Coatings AGInventors: Bernhard Lettmann, Klaus-Udo Reize, Egbert Nienhaus
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Patent number: 7674528Abstract: A paint and method are divulged for protecting the silver film of mirrors. The paint in its preferred embodiment includes a metal carboxylate which will contribute metal ions, namely stannous octoate for the contribution of stannous(II) ions in an amount of 0.5% or greater by weight. Alternate methods of the invention utilize an additional coating over the paint, such as an acrylic, epoxy or blend thereof which is UV curable. In another form of the paint, copper octoate is utilized in a minimum amount of 0.5% by weight for contribution of copper(II) ions.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2005Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Spraylat CorporationInventor: Ronald J. DeNuccio