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| 264496000 | While contacting a shaping surface (e.g., in mold curing, etc.) | 87 |
| 20080217822 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ELECTRICAL FIELD ASSISTED IMPRINTING - A method and apparatus for performing nanoimprint lithography. When an electric field is applied between the mold and the substrate, various forces can be generated among molds, substrates, and resists. The electrostatic force between the mold and the substrate can serve as an imprinting pressure to press the structured mold into the conformable resist. In addition, the electric field induces additional wetting forces (electrowetting or dielectrophoresis) in a liquid resist, which can assist the flow and filling of the liquid resist into fine structures. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080224359 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THIN KEYPAD ASSEMBLY - In a method of manufacturing a thin keypad of a keypad panel having a smooth surface, a mist surface or a lines layer, the method includes the steps of: preparing a mold with an internal bottom surface of a coarse surface, a smooth surface or a lines surface; applying an adhesive into the mold and coating a carrier onto the surface of the adhesive; rolling the surface of the carrier by a roller to level the adhesive in the mold; performing a ultraviolet projection to cure the adhesive to form a keypad layer on the carrier; filming a ground color layer, a function color layer and a font color layer sequentially on the carrier as the background of the keypad panel; and hot pressing and combining the keypad layer and silicon to produce the keypad panel. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080230960 | Method for manufacturing information recording medium, method for forming resin mask, transferring apparatus, and light-transmitting stamper - An information recording medium manufacturing method is provided in which a resin material can be reliably cured even when a light-transmitting stamper is used repeatedly. A resin mask forming method and a transferring apparatus and a light-transmitting stamper used in these methods are also provided. In the above methods, a visible light curable resin material is spread over a workpiece. Then, a light-transmitting stamper including a transferring portion having a predetermined concavo-convex pattern formed therein is brought into contact with the resin material to transfer the concavo-convex pattern to the resin material, and light including visible light is projected onto the resin material through the light-transmitting stamper to cure the resin material. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080237938 | Method for manufacturing information recording medium, method of transferring concavo-convex pattern, and transfer apparatus - A method for manufacturing an information recording medium, a method of transferring a concavo-convex pattern, and a transfer apparatus are provided which are capable of curing a resin material with reliability even when using a light-transmitting stamper repeatedly. A stamper made of a light-transmitting resin, having a predetermined concavo-convex pattern formed on its transfer area, is inspected for an optical characteristic. The stamper is brought into contact with an energy-ray curable resin material applied to an object to be processed, thereby transferring the concavo-convex pattern to the resin material, and the resin material is irradiated with an energy ray through the stamper so that the resin material cures. The stamper is used a plurality of times to repeat these steps a plurality of times, thereby manufacturing a plurality of information recording media. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090008834 | Curable resin composition, molded product, and process for producing the same - By heating, allowing to stand at normal temperature, or irradiating in the presence of a photo-polymerization initiator, a curable resin composition which contains (A) a resin material having a radical polymerizable unsaturated group and an epoxy group, (C) a radical polymerization initiator, (D) an amine compound and/or a mercaptan compound containing one or more of active hydrogen in one molecule, and (E) a compound, which is an adduct in which the (D) amine compound and/or a mercaptan compound, is reacted with the radical polymerizable unsaturated group of the (A) resin material, thereby a cured product can be obtained. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090166933 | Template Pattern Density Doubling - A sub-master template is patterned to provide at least double the density of features of a master template. The sub-master template and master template may employ the use of alignment marks during the patterning process. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090194914 | Mold, process for producing mold, and process for producing sheet - A mold comprising alumina having a microscopic pattern, in which distances between adjacent recesses or salients therein are not longer than wavelength of visible light, formed by anodic oxidation on a surface of an aluminum pre-mold without a rolling mark, wherein height or depth difference at a crystal grain boundary is 300 nm or less. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090200710 | EXTRUSION REDUCTION IN IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY - Devices positioned between an energy source and an imprint lithography template may block exposure of energy to portions of polymerizable material dispensed on a substrate. Portions of the polymerizable material that are blocked from the energy may remain fluid, while the remaining polymerizable material is solidified. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090256289 | Preserving Filled Features When Vacuum Wiping - A method/process for curing imprint on a template prior to contact with a substrate. A curing process is used to adhere the imprint to a wafer or substrate. Monomer is deposited on a template and then partially cured using a UV exposure. The exposure is controlled so that the imprint is cured past the gel point, but still retains a thin liquid layer of uncured monomer at the surface that will bond with the wafer. Further, this partially cured layer enables the alignment adjustments between the template and the substrate to be performed after contact between the two without pulling any monomer out of the features. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090273124 | NANOIMPRINTING METHOD AND MOLD FOR USE IN NANOIMPRINTING - A nanoimprinting method includes: forming at a region for performing a first nanoimprinting process on a substrate, a first patterning region with a first affinity to resin; forming at a region for performing a second nanoimprinting process on the substrate, a second patterning region with a second affinity to resin, the second affinity being lower than the first affinity; applying the resin to the first patterning region and transferring a pattern of a mold to the resin by the first nanoimprinting process; and modifying the second patterning region to a region with affinity to resin that is higher than the second affinity, then applying the resin to the modified region, and performing the second nanoimprinting process to process the second patterning region thereby connecting patterns formed at the first patterning region and the second patterning region to each other. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090302507 | MOLD, PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BASE MATERIAL HAVING TRANSFERRED MICROPATTERN - To provide a mold having optical transparency, release properties, mechanical strength, dimension stability and a highly precise micropattern, and having less deformation of the micropattern; and a process for producing a base material with a transferred micropattern having less deformation of the transferred micropattern, capable of transferring highly precise micropattern of the mold. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090309267 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LAYERWISE PRODUCTION OF A TANGIBLE OBJECT - A method cycle of a method for layerwise production of a tangible object ( | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100038831 | PHOTOCURABLE COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLDED PRODUCT WITH FINE PATTERN - To provide a photocurable composition from which a cured product excellent in mold release characteristics and mechanical strength can be obtained, and a method for producing a molded product excellent in durability, with a fine pattern having a reverse pattern of a mold precisely transferred on its surface. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100044926 | FABRICATING POLYMERIC NANOWIRES - Techniques for fabricating nanowires are disclosed. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100072675 | Method of forming a pattern using nano imprinting and method of manufacturing a mold to form such a pattern - Example embodiments relate to a method of forming a three-dimensional micro pattern or a multi-step pattern using a nano imprinting process and a method of manufacturing a mold to form such a pattern. A molding polymer may be patterned in a one-step shape on a substrate having UV barrier patterns, thereby easing the manufacture of a mold for multi-step imprinting and simplifying the formation of a multi-step pattern using the one-step shaped mold by avoiding the repetition of more complicated processes. Consequently, it may be possible to form a relatively large-area micro pattern, a relatively large-area pattern usable in flat panel displays, and a nano pattern having a size of several tens of nanometers in a semiconductor process, thereby contributing to the reduction of process costs, the reduction of process time, and the improvement of production yield. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100078860 | IMPRINT METHOD - An imprint method includes applying a light curable resin on a substrate to be processed, the substrate including first and second regions on which the light curable resin is applied, contacting an imprint mold with the light curable resin, curing the light curable resin by irradiating the light curable resin with light passing through the imprint mold, generating gas by performing a predetermined process to the light curable resin applied on a region of the substrate, the region including at least the first region, wherein an amount of gas generated from the light curable resin applied on the first region is larger than an amount of gas generated from the light curable resin of the second region, and forming a pattern by separating the imprint mold from the light curable resin after the gas being generated. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100084794 | METHOD OF IN-MOLD DECORATION - A method of in-mold decoration (IMD) comprises the steps of providing a thin-film substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface, printing a pattern on the first surface of the thin-film substrate, coating a hard-coating layer on the pattern and applying a UV light to harden the hard-coating layer, cutting the thin-film substrate, and performing an injection molding procedure to form a plastic layer on the second surface of the thin-film substrate. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100117269 | COLLECTION TUBES APPRATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Methods of producing collection tubes are presented. The methods include providing a separator substance that can rapidly polymerize in a short time to a desired hardness and disposing the separator substance within the lumen of the tube. The separator substance is formulated to have a density between an average density of a serum fraction of whole blood and a cell-containing fraction of whole blood, and to be flowable with whole blood. Upon centrifugation of a tube having blood, the separator substance forms a barrier between the whole blood fractions. The barrier rapidly hardens forming a solid barrier when triggered by a suitable energy source. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100133728 | CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR PHOTOIMPRINT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CURED PRODUCT USING SAME - A curable composition for photoimprints containing a photopolymerizable monomer and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the proportion of the compound having a molecular weight of at most 190 in the composition is at most 20% by mass, and the viscosity of the composition is from 3 to 50 mPa·s at 25° C., is excellent in patterning accuracy. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100148407 | Imprint Mold, Imprint Apparatus and Method of Forming Pattern - An imprint apparatus includes an imprint mold including a flexible base plate with a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of about 17 ppm/° C. or less, and a mold pattern formed on the base pattern. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100201043 | VINYL ETHER RESIST FORMULATIONS FOR IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY AND PROCESSES OF USE - Coating compositions suitable for UV imprint lithographic applications are disclosed that include at least one vinyl ether crosslinker having at least two vinyl ether groups; at least one diluent comprising a monofunctional vinyl ether compound; and at least one photoacid generator soluble in a selected one or both of the at least one monofunctional ether compound and the at least one vinyl ether compound, wherein the at least one monofunctional ether compound and the at least one vinyl ether compound are free from fluorine and silicon substituents. Also disclosed are imprint processes. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100244332 | METHODS UTILIZING REVERSIBLY ADHESIVE LAYERS FOR FORMING PATTERNED MICROSTRUCTURES - A method for forming a nano/microstructure includes applying a release coating having a transition temperature to a mold, the release coating promoting adhesion thereto at temperatures below the transition temperature and release at temperatures above the transition temperature. A cast material is adhered to the release coating at a first temperature below the transition temperature and released from the mold by exposing the release coating to a second temperature greater than the transition temperature. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100258983 | EPOXY GROUP-CONTAINING ORGANOSILOXANE COMPOUND, CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR TRANSFER MATERIALS AND METHOD FOR FORMING MICROPATTERN USING THE COMPOSITION - The present invention has an object to provide a curable composition for transfer materials. The curable composition is applicable to a UV nanoimprint process capable of forming micropatterns with high throughput, is applicable to a thermal nanoimprint process in some cases, and is capable of forming a micropattern having high selectivity on etching rates regarding a fluorine-based gas and an oxygen gas. A curable composition for transfer materials of the present invention contains a curable silicon compound produced by subjecting a silicon compound (A) having a Si—H group and a compound (B) having a curable functional group and a carbon-carbon double bond other than the curable functional group to a hydrosilylation reaction. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100270711 | PATTERN TRANSFER METHOD - A pattern transfer method for filling a surface on a template having a concave-convex pattern with a resist material has contacting the template with the resist material applied on a substrate, curing the resist material while contacting the template with the resist, electrically charging the template and the resist with an identical polarity, and removing the template from the resist material while eclectically charging the template and the resist with an identical polarity. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100270712 | MICROPATTERN TRANSFER METHOD AND MICROPATTERN TRANSFER DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a micropattern transfer method and a micropattern transfer device in which the small amount of resin is applied to a substrate, and the nonuniformity in thickness is prevented to arise on the obtained pattern forming layer. In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a micropattern transfer method in which a micropattern is transferred to a resin by pressing a stamper having the micropattern onto the resin applied to a substrate, including the steps of: applying the resin to a surface of the substrate discretely in order to obtain a plurality of resin islands so that a center portion of each of the resin islands forms a planar thin-film, and a peripheral portion of the resin island rises higher than the center portion. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100289190 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A processing method for transferring a relief pattern of a mold to a resist includes the steps of compressing the mold having the relief pattern against the resist on a substrate, irradiating an exposure light onto the resist through the mold, vibrating the mold and the substrate relative to each other during the irradiating step, and releasing the mold from the resist. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100295219 | METHODS OF MAKING SHAPED POLYMERIC MATERIALS - The present disclosure describes methods for making shaped polymeric materials. Methods are provided for making shaped polymeric materials from a precursor composition that contains a polar solvent and a polymerizable material that is miscible with the polar solvent. The precursor composition is at least partially polymerized in a mold. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100308512 | NANOIMPRINT RESIST, NANOIMPRINT MOLD AND NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY - A nanoimprint mold includes a flexible body and a molding layer formed on the flexible body. The molding layer includes a plurality of protrusions and recesses. The molding layer is a polymer material polymerized via a cross linking polymerization of a nanoimprint resist which includes a hyperbranched polyurethane oligomer (HP), a perfluoropolyether (PFPE), a methylmethacrylate (MMA), a diluent solvent and a photo initiator. A method for making the nanoimprint mold is also provided. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100308513 | TEMPLATE AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a template for imprint lithography includes a transparent substrate having a pattern with a recess portion and a protruding portion, and a light-shielding portion formed on a bottom surface of the recess portion and on a top surface of the protruding portion. A side wall of the protruding portion is inclined. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110006464 | FLUIDIC CHANNEL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING FINE STRUCTURE - A fluidic channel system is provided. The fluidic channel system includes a light projection apparatus, a fluidic channel, and a rail. The light projection apparatus provides light. A photocurable fluid, which is selectively cured by the light, flows inside the fluidic channel. A fine structure which is to be formed by curing the photocurable fluid moves along the rail. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110024950 | SELF-ASSEMBLED NANO-LITHOGRAPHIC IMPRINT MASKS - The present disclosure relates to techniques for replicating large-scale nano-pattern structures using a block copolymer structure as a mask in a replication process. Example methods may include performing self-assembling block copolymer reactions to create large self-assembling nano-structures. The nano-structures may then be replicated by using the large self-assembling nano-structure as a mask in nano-imprint lithography. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110031658 | METHOD OF REDUCING THE DIMENSION OF AN IMPRINT STRUCTURE ON A SUBSTRATE - A method of reducing the dimension of an imprint structure on a substrate, the method comprising the steps of:
| 02-10-2011 |
| 20110068514 | Manufacture of Composites by a Flexible Injection Process Using a Double or Multiple Cavity Mold - The present invention generally relates to a mold assembly ( | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110089612 | TIO2-CONTAINING QUARTZ GLASS SUBSTRATE - An object of the present invention is to provide a TiO | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110156322 | IMPRINT MATERIAL AND PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an imprint material includes a resin and a plurality of fine particles. The resin is cured from a liquid state by receiving energy while being in contact with a protrusion-depression pattern of a template. The plurality of fine particles are contained in a solid state in the resin and are different from the resin in volume shrinkage ratio upon receiving the energy. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110163482 | PHOTO-CURABLE COMPOSITION HAVING INHERENTLY EXCELLENT RELEASING PROPERTY AND PATTERN TRANSFER PROPERTY, METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING PATTERN USINGTHE COMPOSITION AND LIGHT RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING POLYMER PATTERN LAYER PRODUCED USING THE COMPOSITION - A method of forming a patterned polymer layer on a substrate is provided. The method of forming a patterned polymer layer on a substrate includes forming a coating of a photo-curable composition on a substrate, imprinting the coating by embedding a stamper having a predetermined pattern in the photo-curable composition, irradiating the coating with light to cure the photo-curable composition, while the stamper is embedded in the coating, and separating the stamper from the coating on the substrate. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110198783 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A DEVICE USING A MOLD - In order to provide a mold and an imprint apparatus which permit adjustment of a depth of an imprint pattern after the imprint pattern is formed, the mold is constituted by a mold substrate including a first material and a surface layer, constituting a projection of the mold and including a second material, for forming a pattern on the photocurable resin material. The first material is more etchable than the second material. The first material and the second material have optical transmittances capable of curing the photocurable resin material with respect to at least a part of wavelength range of ultraviolet light. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110227257 | PHOTOCURABLE COMPOSITION AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MOLDED PRODUCT HAVING FINE PATTERN ON ITS SURFACE - To provide a photocurable composition whereby it is possible to obtain a cured product having both a release property and flexibility, and a process whereby it is possible to produce a flexible molded product having on its surface a fine pattern having a reverse pattern of a mold precisely transferred. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110278772 | PHOTO-CURABLE TRANSFER SHEET AND METHOD FOR FORMING CONCAVE-CONVEX PATTERN USING THE SAME - The present invention is to provide a photo-curable transfer sheet suitable for the preparation of an intermediate stamper in a nanoimprint method, in which the peeling property from a mold having a fine concave-convex pattern used in the preparation of the intermediate stamper and the peeling property of a cured photo-curable resin that is a product having a fine concave-convex pattern transferred from the intermediate stamper are excellent, and the adhesion to a base film is good; and a method for forming a concave-convex pattern by using the above-mentioned photo-curable transfer sheet. The photo-curable transfer sheet | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120061882 | IMPRINT APPARATUS AND METHOD - In one embodiment, an imprint apparatus includes a template holding part configured to hold a template for imprint. The apparatus further includes a template moving part configured to move the template to press the template onto a light curing resin on a transfer target substrate or to demold the template from the light curing resin. The apparatus further includes a light source configured to irradiate the light curing resin with light to cure the light curing resin. The apparatus further includes a demold control part configured to control a demold speed or a demold angle of the template, based on a position of a shot region from which the template is to be demolded, when demolding the template from the light curing resin. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120104661 | SEAMLESS INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER PROCESS - Described herein is a method of forming a seamless transfer member suitable for use with an image forming system. The method includes flow coating a mixture of an ultraviolet (UV) curable mixture comprising a chlorinated polyester resin, a reactive diluent, conductive species and a photoinitiator onto a rotating substrate. The UV curable polymer is cured with ultraviolet energy. The cured UV polymer is removed from the rotating substrate. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120274004 | NANOPATTERNING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of the invention relate to methods and apparatus useful in the nanopatterning of large area substrates, where a movable nanostructured film is used to image a radiation-sensitive material. The nanopatterning technique makes use of Near-Field photolithography, where the nanostructured film used to modulate light intensity reaching radiation-sensitive layer. The Near-Field photolithography may make use of an elastomeric phase-shifting mask, or may employ surface plasmon technology, where a movable film comprises metal nano holes or nanoparticles. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20130001835 | STAMPER FOR TRANSFERRING FINE PATTERN AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - An object of the present invention is to provide a stamper for transferring fine pattern and a method for manufacturing the stamper, the stamper has a fine structure layer to improve a continuous transferring property of the resinous stamper, and to allow accurate and continuous transferring. In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a stamper for transferring fine pattern, including: a fine structure layer on a supporting substrate, in which the fine structure layer is a polymer of a resinous compound whose principal component is silsesquioxane derivative having a plurality of polymerizable functional groups. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130001836 | AIR VENTING VALVE OF VULCANISING MOULD - An air venting valve and method for removing air from a vulcanizing mould of a vehicle tire by the aid of an air venting valve having a body functioning as an air channel and an inner part movable in a longitudinal direction. The body includes a stem and a valve disc disposed at an inner end of the stem on the side of a mould surface, the diameter of the valve disc is larger than the inner diameter of the body. A spring member is arranged in the air venting valve for forcing the inner part in a predetermined position for opening the valve when a blank is removed from the vulcanizing mould. The lower part of the inner part of the body includes an outer thread and in the lower part of the body a respective inner thread for screwing the valve stem in the body. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130062818 | INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS AND COMPOSITIONS WITH IMPROVED SEALING CHARACTERISTICS FOR MOLD-IN-PLACE GASKETS - The present disclosure relates to liquid injection molding of a curable gasket composition to form mold-in-place gaskets. The curable gasket composition is prepared from at least an actinic radiation curable acrylic component and (meth)acrylate-functionalized silica. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130075961 | Method for Making a Shock-Absorptive Material from a Micro- or Nano-Colloidal Solution - Disclosed is an efficient and inexpensive method for making an effective shock-absorptive material from a micro- or nano-colloidal solution. The method includes the steps of providing a liquid mixture via mixing silicon dioxide grains, poly ethylene glycol and an additive evenly, providing a colloidal solution-based raw material via heating the liquid mixture to evaporating and removing the additive, providing a colloidal solution-based mixture via adding a cross-linking agent into the colloidal solution-based raw material, and molding the colloidal solution-based mixture into a shock-absorptive plastic material via filling the colloidal solution-based mixture in a mold and casting ultraviolet light onto the mold or heating the mold to heat and cure the colloidal solution-based mixture. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130075962 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRODUCT HAVING UNEVEN MICROSTRUCTURE ON SURFACE THEREOF, MOLD RELEASE TREATMENT METHOD, AND ACTIVE ENERGY RAY CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR MOLD SURFACE RELEASE TREATMENT - The producing method includes: (I) providing an active energy ray curable resin composition for mold surface release treatment between a mold having uneven microstructure on its surface and a substrate, and after curing the resin composition by irradiation with an active energy ray, peeling off the substrate together with a cured article of the active energy ray curable resin composition from the surface of the mold, thereby performing a release treatment to the surface of the mold; and (II), after step (I), providing an active energy ray curable resin composition for shaping between the substrate and the mold, the surface of which has been treated by the release treatment, and after curing the resin composition by an active energy ray, peeling off the substrate together with a cured article of the active energy ray curable resin composition for shaping from the surface of the mold. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130093123 | CASE FOR ENCLOSING A PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURED FROM A POLYURETHANE OR SILICON COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - A method for manufacturing a case with a cavity for retaining a personal electronic device is disclosed. The case comprises a thin film outer layer and a soft inner layer. The method employs a transparent mold that allows a reactive compound to be cured in the mold. The thin film outer layer may be preformed and placed in the mold or it may be formed in the mold. The reactive compound is placed within the thin film inner layer and then the top portion of the mold is inserted to form the cavity. Ultraviolet light may be transmitted through the mold and used to cure the reactive compound. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093124 | UV Curing Method And An Assembly Therefor - It is presented a method for producing a cured polymer structure from a polymer compound which is UV curable and partly UV transparent. The method comprises injecting the polymer compound into a mould ( | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130099423 | PHOTOCURABLE COMPOSITION FOR IMPRINT AND METHOD FOR FORMATION OF PATTERN USING THE COMPOSITION - Disclosed is a photocurable composition for imprint which has good pattern-transferring property and good detachability from mold (pattern formation surface) regardless of the type of polymerizable monomer to be used, whereby it is possible to form a pattern having a shape with excellent reproducibility; and a method for forming a pattern on a substrate by photoimprint using the composition. The photocurable composition for imprint includes (A) polymerizable monomer having (meth)acrylic group, (B) photoinitiator, and (C) hyperbranched polymer obtained by polymerizing polymerizable monomer having (meth)acrylic group. Preferably, the composition includes 0.1-10 parts by mass of the photoinitiator (B) and 0.1-10 parts by mass of the hyperbranched polymer (C) relative to 100 parts by mass of the polymerizable monomer (A). | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130134636 | APPARATUS, MOLD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SHAPED ARTICLES FROM A UV-CURABLE COMPOSITION - A mold for molding a UV cured article in an inner volume thereof, the mold including a mold wall surrounding the inner volume, the mold including a UV-transparent polymer and UV radiation deflecting particles immersed in or adhered to a surface of the mold wall. Also provided is an apparatus including the mold and a process for molding a UV cured article. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130147095 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL ELASTOMER - Disclosed is a method and electromagnetic device for manufacturing an anisotropic magneto-rheological elastomer (MRE) with an improved magneto-rheological effect. The electromagnetic device includes upper and lower electromagnets, and a test piece located therebetween. The upper and lower electromagnets are configured to apply a magnetic field of variable strength, which may be controlled by current applied from a power controller, to the test piece in a desired direction or orientation. More specifically, the device is designed in such a manner that carbonyl iron powder (CIP) (magnetic-responsive particles) dispersed in a magneto-rheological elastomer using natural rubber as a matrix can be oriented in the application direction of the magnetic field. A MRE produced by the method and electromagnetic device of the invention prevents formation of bubbles within a test piece, thereby improving the arrangement/orientation of CIP with the matrix. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147096 | Imprinting Stamp And Nano-Imprinting Method Using The Same - An imprinting stamp and a nano-imprinting method using the imprinting stamp are provided. The imprinting stamp includes a first substrate; one or more field regions on the first substrate, the first substrate including nano-patterns; and a first dummy pattern region on the first substrate and adjacent to the field region, the dummy pattern region including first dummy patterns having greater dimensions than that of the nano-patterns, the first dummy patterns being a plurality of polygons, each of the polygons having a vertex pointing in a first direction proceeding from the field region toward the first dummy pattern region. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130234372 | SINGLE STEP POLYMERIZATION OF COVALENTLY BOUND MULTILAYER MATRICES - A method is provided for forming complex tissue using density gradient multilayer polymerization (DGMP) to form strong hydrogels with smooth transitions between layers. The multicompartment hydrogel is formed by co-dissolving a polymer precurser with a constituent in multiple solvent fractions to a create prepolymer solutions with different densities, layering the prepolymer solutions on top of each other from high to low solvent density, and irradiating the prepolymer solutions to form a polymer. The hydrogels may be used as biomimetic matrices. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130241116 | EARPIECE AND METHOD FOR FORMING AN EARPIECE - An earpiece is provided containing a thermal activator layer comprised of a first polymer, the thermal activator layer being separated from the tympanic membrane of the user's ear by an air gap, and an acoustical reflector layer, containing a second polymer and pigment particles, adjacent to the thermal activator layer. The earpiece may be produced by sequential introduction of various liquefied components in layers within the ear canal, with the components being cured to provide the thermal activator layer and the acoustical reflector layer. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130270749 | EMBEDDED OPTICS IN MODULAR ASSEMBLIES - An enhanced multiobject potting fixture for exposure to a curing modality that sets an adhesive includes a fixture housing supporting a plurality of objects, the fixture housing having a wall defining a plurality of bonding wells with each the bonding well receiving a first portion of one of the objects, each the bonding well including an aperture in the wall proximate the first portion wherein each bonding well includes a target zone for selective cure of the adhesive to inhibit the adhesive from exiting the aperture; and a fixture enhancement structure integrated into the wall concentrating the curing modality in each the target zone. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130277890 | Dual-Cure Polymer Systems - The present invention includes compositions that are useful to prepare dual-cure shape memory polymer systems. The present invention further provides methods of generating a shape memory polymer, optical device, polymer pad with an imprint, or suture anchor system. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130313759 | Manufacturing method of a retaining wall of an LED - A manufacturing method of a retaining wall of a light emitting diode includes the steps of: providing a ceramic substrate; providing a soft mold having a plurality of molding concaves; forming plurality of electrode groups on the ceramic substrate; filling the ceramic slurry into the corresponding molding concaves; pressing the soft mold on the ceramic substrate; forming a plurality of retaining walls by curing the ceramic slurry using UV curing porcess and connecting the retaining walls on the ceramic substrate by pressing the soft mold; and separating the soft mold from the ceramic substrate. Compared with the traditional technology, the manufacturing method of the present invention is quite simple and can greatly reduce the process steps of screen printing for improving the production efficiency. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140035204 | METHOD FOR FORMING AN EDGE PROTECTION ELEMENT ON A GLASS ARTICLE - The disclosure is directed to methods of forming edge protection on glass and in particular on glass that has been chemically strengthened by ion exchange. In one embodiment an edge protection or bumper is placed about the glass's edge(s) in a manner such that it does not cover the face(s) of the glass, and the bumper and glass are such that a cavity is formed between the glass edge(s) and the bumper. An adhesive is injected into the cavity, the air in the cavity is vented, and the adhesive is cured to firmly attach the bumper to the glass edge(s). In another embodiment a mold is placed about the glass edge(s), and the mold and glass edge(s) are such that a cavity is formed between the glass edge(s) and the mold. A polymer-forming fluid is injected into the cavity and then cured. The mold is then removed. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140061978 | LIGHT IRRADIATION MOLDING APPARATUS AND LIGHT IRRADIATION MOLDING METHOD - A light irradiation molding apparatus includes a pair of rubber molds through which light passes, and a light-irradiating means for emitting light from surfaces of the pair of rubber molds to a particulate thermoplastic resin placed in the cavity. The light irradiation molding apparatus relatively and sequentially moves the pair of rubber molds and the light-irradiating means so that an irradiation position of light emitted from the light-irradiating means moves from a melted portion to an unmelted portion of the thermoplastic resin, and the light irradiation molding apparatus sequentially melts portions of the thermoplastic resin. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140061979 | METHOD OF FORMING SINGLE-MODE POLYMER WAVEGUIDE ARRAY CONNECTOR - A method of forming a single-mode polymer waveguide array connector that provides precise alignment of a plurality of cores of polymer waveguide arrays with respect to an absolute reference position, such as a guide pin hole in a ferrule, when the polymer waveguide array connector is connected to another polymer waveguide array connector or provides precise alignment of a plurality of cores of a polymer waveguide array and a fiber array with respect to the absolute reference position when the polymer waveguide array connector is connected to a single-mode fiber array connector. A plurality of cores of single-mode polymer waveguide arrays or single-mode fiber arrays is precisely aligned with each other. In addition, there is provided a combination of a plurality of molds, e.g., a first mold (A) and a second mold (B), used in a plurality of processes in a specific method. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140167333 | RADIATION CURABLE RESIN SYSTEMS FOR COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF - Methods of forming a curable pre-impregnated composite precursor material with radiation (e.g., actinic or electron-beam) curable resin composition systems are provided, as are the curable pre-impregnated composite precursor materials themselves. The resin systems have reversible temperature-viscosity control, which are advantageously used to form curable pre-impregnated composite precursor materials (pre-preg) that can be cured to form a composite article. The uncured resin composition comprises: (a) an acrylate or a methacrylate monomer; (b) an oligomer species selected from the group consisting of: polyethers, polyesters, epoxies, and combinations thereof; and (c) a photoinitiator. The uncured resin has a first viscosity at 21° C. (70° F.) of ≧about 200,000 centipoise (cP) and a second viscosity of ≦about 5,000 cP at 65° C. (149° F.) or above. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140191445 | Irradiation And Molding Unit - The invention relates to an irradiation and molding unit which can be cooled for curing light-curable polymer compositions, a method for preparing cured polymer moldings or articles coated with cured polymers by using the irradiation and molding unit which can be cooled, as well as the use of such irradiation unit for preparing polymer moldings or polymer coated articles. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140339742 | METHOD FOR DIRECT INLINE MOLDING OF PRE-IMPREGNATED COMPOSITES - A system for fabricating a composite article includes a pre-impregnation station for forming a prepreg comprising a reinforcement impregnated with a resin. The prepreg is provided to a blanking station where a blank is cut from the partially cured prepreg and arranged onto a preforming mold. The blank is then transferred to a forming station, and is formed into the composite article using a compression mold. The pre-impregnation station, the blanking station and the forming station are co-located. During forming of the blank into the composite article using the compression mold, additional prepreg is formed in the pre-impregnation station and passes to the blanking station so as to form a next blank for being formed into a next composite article during a subsequent molding cycle. Optionally, the prepreg is partially cured prior to being cut in the blanking station. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140346713 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FORMING FINE PATTERNS - A method for forming fine patterns, including: holding, by a holding member, a sheet-like deformable thin-plate mold with fine patterns having been predeterminedly formed, above a UV-light-transparent substrate such that a UV hardening resin has been applied beforehand on a surface thereof, in such a manner that the mold is at a predetermined angle inclined with tension being applied; and letting a surface of the thin-plate mold serially get in contact with the UV hardening resin by allowing, after a first pressing roll installed above the thin-plate, mold is allowed to descend from above the thin-plate mold, the first pressing roll to relatively move concerning the substrate in a lateral direction while pressing, by the first pressing roll, the thin-plate mold against the UV hardening resin with a predetermined pressure. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140361466 | Method for Preparing A Sample of Rock Cuttings Extracted From A Subsoil and Associated Analysis Assembly - The method comprises placing a sample of rock on a mold surface ( | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150048559 | MOLD MANUFACTURING METHOD, MOLD MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND PATTERN FORMATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a mold manufacturing method includes obtaining a first distribution, obtaining a second distribution, generating a correction data, and forming a second mold. The first distribution is a distribution of level difference included in a first layer on a substrate. The obtaining the second distribution obtains the second distribution when a first mold having the concave-convex pattern is brought into contact with a photosensitive resin applied on the first layer and the resin is cured. The second distribution is a distribution of film thickness of the resin remaining between the substrate and a convex pattern feature of a concave-convex pattern. The correction data is a data for suppressing a difference between one of the first distribution and the second distribution, and a film thickness of a reference set beforehand. The second mold is different from the first mold using the correction data. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150054205 | USE OF PTFE SHEET IN MANUFACTURING WOOD-BASED PRODUCTS - The present invention provides for methods of manufacturing wood-based composite products, articles of manufacture employed in the manufacturing of wood-based products (e.g., PTFE sheet configured to be attached to platen and/or platen configured to attach to PTFE sheet), systems used in the manufacturing of wood-based products (e.g., platens having PTFE sheet attached thereto), methods of using such articles of manufacture, methods of using such systems, and wood-based products (e.g., OSB, PB, MDF and/or HDF) obtained from such methods. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150108694 | CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITION HAVING OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY AND METHOD OF FABRICATING MOLDED MATERIAL OF PHOTOCURABLE RESIN USING THE SAME - Provided herein is a curable silicone composition that has high optical transparency after being cured and that is in a putty form to be hand-mixable. A curable silicone composition contains: a specific organopolysiloxane as a component (1); a specific organohydrogenpolysiloxane as a component (2); a filler as a component (3); and a catalyst as a component (4). The difference between the refractive index of one of the components (1) to (3) that has the highest refractive index and the refractive index of one of the components (1) to (3) that has the lowest refractive index is 0.1000 or less. The complex viscosity of any of constituent compositions of the curable silicon composition before the curable silicone composition is cured is 10 Pa·s to 100000 Pa·s, as measured under predetermined measurement condition. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150137429 | FABRICATION METHOD FOR A THREE DIMENSIONAL MICRO-STRUCTURE ON POLYMERS - The present invention provides a fabrication method of a three dimensional micro-structure on polymers. The fabrication method of the present invention comprises the following steps of: preparing a sacrifice material; micro-processing the sacrifice material to form a pattern with micro-features; putting the sacrificed material with the micro-features into a mold and injecting a liquid state polymer into the mold; and solidifying the polymer by using a predetermined process and removing the sacrificed material through a guiding channel to create a three dimensional micro-structure on polymers. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150306792 | LIGHT-TRANSMITTING IMPRINTING MOLD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LARGE-AREA MOLD - An imprint method including the steps of: an exposing step to irradiate a photo curing resin, coated on a large-area substrate, with a curing light while the light-transmitting imprint mold is pressed against the photo curing resin, an amount of the curing light applied onto the photo curing resin in a light shielding region provided with the light shielding member made less than an amount of the curing light applied onto the photo curing resin in a light transmitting region of the mold so that a portion of the photo curing resin in the light shielding region is semi-cured by the use of the light shielding member provided so as to reproduce the concave-convex pattern of the transparent substrate. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20160002497 | METHODS FOR MAKING ELASTOMERS, ELASTOMER COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED ELASTOMERS - Methods of producing an elastomer are disclosed that include (I) applying an actinic radiation curable composition preferably selected from a urethane (meth)acrylate, an allophanate urethane (meth)acrylate or a lactone-containing (meth)acrylate to a substrate at a thickness of at least 0.25 mm (10 mils); (II) exposing the composition ultraviolet radiation to produce a cured film; and (III) removing the film from the substrate. Related compositions are also disclosed. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160039122 | Device and Method of Manufacturing a Structure Made of a Curable Material by Means of Molding - A device for varyingly irradiating by means of ray shaping is described. Furthermore, a method of manufacturing a structure made of a curable material by means of molding is described. In a first step of the method, a molding tool is arranged above a surface such that the curable material abuts on the surface and a molding surface, facing the surface, of the molding tool in a region between the molding tool and the surface and such that further curable material may continue to flow to the region. In a second step, the curable material is irradiated in the region in a locally varying manner such that the ray experiences ray shaping in an optical channel and such that the curable material cures at different speeds in a laterally varying manner. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160046045 | IMPRINT APPARATUS, ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An imprint apparatus includes: a heating unit configured to heat an imprint region where an imprint process on a substrate is performed and change a shape of the imprint region. The heating unit includes a first optical system configured to emit a light beam extending in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to an optical axis, a changing unit configured to change a ratio of widths of the light beam emitted from the first optical system in the first direction and the second direction, and an intensity distribution adjusting unit configured to adjust an intensity distribution of the light beam the ratio of which has been changed, and the heating unit heats the imprint region by irradiating the imprint region with the light beam from the intensity distribution adjusting unit. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160046079 | Ultra-Violet Curable Gel Ink And Process - A process including depositing a non-curable wax to form a mold; depositing one or more layers of an ultra-violet curable phase change gellant ink onto the mold; curing the ink layers; and removing the mold. A process including an ink set comprising a plurality of differently colored curable phase change inks, wherein each ink of the ink set comprises an ink vehicle, a gelling agent, a pigment, and a dispersant, wherein the dispersant is identical in each colored ink and the dispersant is present in a substantially same amount in each colored ink; combining at least two inks from the set prior to depositing; melting the at least two inks; mixing the at least two inks to form a custom color ink; depositing one or more layers of the custom color ink onto the mold; curing the one or more layers; and removing the mold. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160089817 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING A SANDWICH BOX IMPACT BEAM - A method for fabricating a sandwich box impact beam for a vehicle. The method includes fabricating inner and outer facing sandwich structures each including an inner facesheet, an outer facesheet and a micro-truss core therebetween. The micro-truss cores are an ordered three-dimensional network of self-propagating polymer waveguides grown from a photo-monomer resin using a controlled exposure to collimated UV light sources at specified orientations through a plurality of apertures in a mask. The method includes mounting the inner and outer sandwich structures so that an open area is provided therebetween where the inner facesheets face each other across the open area. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160089819 | METHOD OF FORMING FILM FOR A COMPONENT - A method of forming a film on a component includes providing a curing device. The curing device includes a grooved receiving die, a suction device, and a UV curing system. The suction device vacuum-lifts the component into the groove and a gap between the component and the groove is thus created. A vacuum is created in the gap and a UV curing glue is injected into the gap, the UV curing glue being selected from a monomer, an oligomer, and a photoinitiator. The UV curing glue is cured by the UV curing system and the component with a cured film is easily demolded. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160096291 | METALLOGRAPHIC SAMPLE PREPARATION METHOD AND METALLOGRAPHIC SAMPLE MOLD - The present disclosure relates generally to method for preparing metallographic samples including the steps of placing a specimen into a mold, inserting an epoxy into the mold, and exposing the mold to an ultraviolet light for a duration of time to create a mounting sample. The mold includes a peripheral wall and a bottom defining a cavity therein. The mold is formed from a material that allows ultraviolet light to penetrate the peripheral wall and bottom into the cavity. The mold includes a material operative to allow an ultraviolet light to penetrate the peripheral wall and the bottom surface into the cavity. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160096292 | Method of Manufacturing an Artificial Elastic Implant for Restorative an Reconstructive Surgery - A method for manufacturing an artificial elastic implant for restorative and reconstructive surgery includes two casting steps performed in a casting mold. The mold has at least a cover that is optically and UV transparent. In a first step, a first layer of a first photo-curable material or of a second photo-curable material is cast while forming a meniscus. Using one of two photo masks, the mold is irradiated with UV light to cure the first layer. In a second step, a second layer of either the first or the second photo-curable material is cast onto the cured first layer while forming a meniscus. After irradiating the mold again with ultraviolet light, unhardened photo-curable material is removed from the product by dissolving in a suitable solvent. After additionally irradiating the product with UV light, the product is soaked, separated from the mold, placed in isopropyl alcohol and then vacuum dried. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160128636 | FABRICATION, METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND SYSTEMS FOR ULTRA-COMPLIANT PROBES FOR NEURAL AND OTHER TISSUES - Methods, systems and apparatuses of ultra-miniature, ultra-compliant probe arrays that allows for design flexibility to match the stiffness of the tissue it is being applied to, such as the brain tissue, in all three axes (x, y and z), with interconnect cross section smaller than cell dimensions. Stiffness matching requires specific geometric and fabrication approaches, commonly leading to ultra-thin probe wires. Sizing of the electrodes for specific cell dimensions reduces glial formation. Further reduction in stiffness is obtained by incorporating different geometric features to the electrode, such as meandering the electrode wires. The small thickness and geometric features of the wires commonly result in very high compliance. To enable effective insertion of the probes to the tissue, the present invention uses stiff biodisolvable and/or biodegradable polymers, including single use or combinations of carboxymethyl cellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinyl alcohol, maltose, other sugar molecules, polylactic acid and its co-polymers. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160144561 | Pattern-Forming Three-Dimensional Printing System and Method Thereof - Examples of the present disclosure describe a system and method for pattern-forming three-dimensional printing. According to one implementation, a layer of material curable by energy in a predetermined wavelength range is provided, and a pattern of ink opaque to energy in the predetermined wavelength range is printed onto a moveable element. Moreover, energy in the predetermined wavelength is applied through the moveable element and onto the deposited material so as to cure the material in those regions on which no ink is printed. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160185034 | Dial Production Method and Dial - A dial includes a transparent PC sheet serving as a substrate, a shape transfer resin layer provided on a front surface of the PC sheet and having an irregular shape in a surface of the shape transfer resin layer, and a mirror layer and an ink layer for forming a translucent display portion in at least a part of a back surface of the PC sheet. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160193753 | TURBOMACHINE AUXILIARY LEAD-THROUGH DEVICE | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160194197 | MEMS Display Manufacturing Method | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160374939 | MICROARRAY FOR DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENT, METHODS OF USE, AND METHODS OF MAKING - Devices and methods for manufacturing and using microstructure arrays are described. In the methods, formulation is introduced into cavities of a microprojection array mold by means that include a vacuum to achieve a more efficient and uniform filling of the cavities and/or reduce bubble formation in the cavities. | 12-29-2016 |
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| 20170232681 | 3D PRINTER AND 3D PRINTING METHOD | 08-17-2017 |
