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| 20080218540 | DUAL PRINTER FOR REGULAR AND RAISED PRINT - Disclosed is an ink jet printing device including an ink jet print head and a print region surface toward which ink is jetted from the ink jet print head, wherein a height distance between the ink jet print head and the print region surface is adjustable. The ink jet printing device is thus a dual printing device capable of printing both regular height and raised height images such as Braille. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080220187 | DOCUMENT AND METHOD OF MAKING DOCUMENT INCLUDING INVISIBLE INFORMATION FOR SECURITY APPLICATIONS - A document includes paper having an average surface roughness of at least about 0.5 microns and including one or more optical brighteners, and includes at least one image thereon wherein the at least one image includes clear binder and light absorbing material that absorbs light only at wavelengths below 350 nm. The image is substantially not detectable to a naked human eye through differential gloss or exposure to light having wavelengths of 365 nm or more, but may be revealed to the naked human eye by exposing the document to light having a wavelength at which the light absorbing material absorbs light. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080237581 | DEVICE WITH PHASE-SEPARATED DIELECTRIC STRUCTURE - An electronic device including in any sequence: (a) a semiconductor layer; and (b) a phase-separated dielectric structure comprising a lower-k dielectric polymer and a higher-k dielectric polymer, wherein the lower-k dielectric polymer is in a higher concentration than the higher-k dielectric polymer in a region of the dielectric structure closest to the semiconductor layer. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080242112 | PHASE-SEPARATED DIELECTRIC STRUCTURE FABRICATION PROCESS - A process for fabricating an electronic device including: depositing a layer comprising a semiconductor; liquid depositing a dielectric composition comprising a lower-k dielectric material, a higher-k dielectric material, and a liquid, wherein the lower-k dielectric material and the higher-k dielectric material are not phase separated prior to the liquid depositing; and causing phase separation of the lower-k dielectric material and the higher-k dielectric material to form a phase-separated dielectric structure wherein the lower-k dielectric material is in a higher concentration than the higher-k dielectric material in a region of the dielectric structure closest to the layer comprising the semiconductor, wherein the depositing the layer comprising the semiconductor is prior to the liquid depositing the dielectric composition or subsequent to the causing phase separation. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080302271 | NANOSIZED PARTICLES OF MONOAZO LAKED PIGMENT - A nanoscaled pigment particle composition includes an organic monoazo laked pigment including at least one functional moiety, and a sterically bulky stabilizer compound including at least one functional group, wherein the functional moiety associates non-covalently with the functional group; and the presence of the associated stabilizer limits the extent of particle growth and aggregation, to afford nanoscale-sized pigment particles. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080310869 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING REIMAGEABLE TRANSIENT DOCUMENTS - A system and a method print one or more images to one or more reimageable documents, wherein the one or more representative of at least a portion of a digital file. The method includes a connecting a portable printer to a computing device. Moreover, the method includes emitting ultraviolet light from a light source, wherein an imaging layer of the reimageable document is imageable by ultraviolet light, wherein ultraviolet light forms a color contrast on the imaging layer that defines an image representative of at least a portion of the digital file. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090097898 | HAND HELD PHOTOCHROMIC MARKING IMPLEMENT - Disclosed is a hand-held photochromic marking implement including photochromic colorants and a solid phase colorant carrier which can be used in direct-to-media marking and a method of forming same. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090128290 | INDIVIDUALLY UNIQUE HYBRID PRINTED ANTENNAE FOR CHIPLESS RFID APPLICATIONS - A method of printing chipless RFID tags with unique features, includes printing a RFID antenna pattern precursor using a first printing process, wherein the RFID antenna pattern precursor includes a plurality of disconnected wire segments; and printing a conductive ink using a second print process to interconnect at least two of the plurality of disconnected wire segments, to produce a final RFID antenna with a unique antenna geometry. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090130299 | GALVANIC PROCESS FOR MAKING PRINTED CONDUCTIVE METAL MARKINGS FOR CHIPLESS RFID APPLICATIONS - A process for printing a metal wire pattern on a substrate, including: printing a first salt solution including a metal ion that will undergo a reduction half-reaction; printing a second salt solution containing an oxidizing agent that will undergo an oxidation half-reaction in contact with the first salt solution, resulting in the reduction of the metal ions of the first salt solution; and allowing the first and second salt solutions to react by a galvanic reaction, causing reduced metal ions of the first salt solution to precipitate as a solid, on the substrate. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090140236 | THIN FILM TRANSISTORS - A thin film transistor has a semiconducting layer comprising a semiconductor and surface-modified carbon nanotubes. The semiconducting layer has improved charge carrier mobility. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090140237 | THIN FILM TRANSISTORS - A thin film transistor has a semiconducting layer comprising a semiconductor and a mixture enriched in metallic carbon nanotubes. The semiconducting layer has improved charge carrier mobility. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090142482 | Methods of Printing Conductive Silver Features - A method of forming a conductive ink silver features on a substrate by printing a silver compound solution and a hydrazine compound reducing agent solution on the surface of a substrate with a printhead. The silver compound solution and the hydrazine compound reducing agent solution are mixed just before, during, or following the printing of both solutions on the surface of the substrate, and the silver compound is then reduced to form conductive silver ink features on the substrate. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090148600 | Metal Nanoparticles Stabilized With a Carboxylic Acid-Organoamine Complex - Metal nanoparticles with a stabilizer complex of a carboxylic acid-amine on a surface thereof is formed by reducing a metal carboxylate in the presence of an organoamine and a reducing agent compound. The metal carboxylate may include a carboxyl group having at least four carbon atoms, and the amine may include an organo group having from 1 to about 20 carbon atoms. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090181183 | Stabilized Metal Nanoparticles and Methods for Depositing Conductive Features Using Stabilized Metal Nanoparticles - A metal nanoparticle composition includes a thermally decomposable or UV decomposable stabilizer. A method of forming conductive features on a substrate, includes providing a solution containing metal nanoparticles with a stabilizer; and liquid depositing the solution onto the substrate, wherein during the deposition or following the deposition of the solution onto the substrate, decomposing and removing the stabilizer, by thermal treatment or by UV treatment, at a temperature below about 180° C. to form conductive features on the substrate. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090200792 | DOCUMENT WITH INVISIBLE ENCODED INFORMATION AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A document includes a paper substrate having an average surface roughness of at least about 0.5 microns, wherein the paper substrate includes encoded information printed thereon, and wherein the encoded information is printed with an ink comprised of light absorbing material that absorbs light only at wavelengths below 350 nm and an optional clear binder in a solvent. The encoded information is substantially not detectable to a naked human eye through differential gloss or exposure to light having wavelengths of 365 nm or more, and is only revealed upon exposing the document to light having a wavelength at which the light absorbing material absorbs light, which is less than 350 nm. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201321 | INLINE PRINTING OF INVISIBLE INFORMATION WITH AN INK JET IN A DIGITAL PRESS SYSTEM - A system integrating a digital press with an ink jet device to form a security document, which includes a xerographic portion and an invisible ink portion, produces documents in a continuous inline process. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090212115 | SYSTEM FOR EMBEDDING MACHINE-READABLE INFORMATION WITH FLUORESCENT MATERIALS - Disclosed is a system for embedding and recovering machine readable information on a substrate, including an image forming device containing at least two fluorescent marking materials, wherein the image forming device receives data representative of the machine readable information, and forms an image corresponding to the data in a machine readable code format with the at least two fluorescent marking materials on the substrate, and a document reading device including a radiation emitting unit that emits radiation effecting fluorescence of a first fluorescent marking material and/or second fluorescent marking material, and a reader that detects the data in the image on the image receiving substrate while the first fluorescent marking material and/or second fluorescent marking material is fluorescing. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090214764 | METAL NANOPARTICLES STABILIZED WITH A BIDENT AMINE - A metal nanoparticle composition includes a bident amine stabilizer associated with an external surface of the metal nanoparticle. A method of forming conductive features on a substrate, providing a solution of dispersed bident amine-stabilized metal nanoparticles, depositing the bident amine-stabilized metal nanoparticle dispersion onto a substrate, and heating the printed substrate to form conductive features on the surface of the substrate. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090256139 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS - A thin film transistor having a semiconducting layer with improved flexibility and/or mobility is disclosed. The semiconducting layer comprises a semiconducting polymer and insulating polymer. Methods for forming and using such thin-film transistors are also disclosed. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090321676 | FERROMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES WITH HIGH MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY FOR MICR INK APPLICATIONS - An ink including stabilized magnetic single-crystal nanoparticles, wherein the value of the magnetic anisotropy of the magnetic nanoparticles is greater than or equal to 2×10 | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090325098 | FERROMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES WITH HIGH MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY FOR MICR TONER APPLICATIONS - A toner including stabilized magnetic single-crystal nanoparticles, wherein the value of the magnetic anisotropy of the magnetic nanoparticles is greater than or equal to 2×10 | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100053287 | Ultra-Violet Curable Gellant Inks For Braille, Raised Print, And Regular Print Applications - An ink jet printing device including an ink jet print head and a print region surface toward which ink is jetted from the ink jet print head, wherein a height distance between the ink jet print head and the print region surface is adjustable; wherein the ink jet print head jets an ultra-violet curable phase change ink composition comprising an optional colorant and a phase change ink vehicle comprising a radiation curable monomer, or prepolymer; a photoinitiator; a reactive wax; and a gellant; wherein a print deposited upon the print region surface is Braille, raised print, or a combination of regular print and one or both of Braille and raised print. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100083869 | FLUORESCENT NANOSCALE PARTICLES - A nanoscale pigment particle composition includes a fluorescent compound, such as a benzothioxanthene pigment, including at least one functional moiety, and a stabilizer compound including at least one functional group, wherein the functional moiety associates non-covalently with the functional group; and the presence of the associated stabilizer limits the extent of particle growth and aggregation, to afford nanoscale-sized particles. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100090200 | ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS - Organic thin film transistors with improved mobility are disclosed. The transistor contains two interfacial layers between the dielectric layer and the semiconducting layer. One interfacial layer is formed from a siloxane polymer or silsesquioxane polymer. The other interfacial layer is formed from an alkyl-containing silane of Formula (1): | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090201 | ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS - A thin film transistor having an improved gate dielectric layer is disclosed. The gate dielectric layer comprises a poly(hydroxyalkyl acrylate-co-acrylonitrile) based polymer. The resulting gate dielectric layer has a high dielectric constant and can be crosslinked. Higher gate dielectric layer thicknesses can be used to prevent current leakage while still having a large capacitance for low operating voltages. Methods for producing such gate dielectric layers and/or thin film transistors comprising the same are also disclosed. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100093129 | SEMICONDUCTING INK FORMULATION - A semiconducting ink formulation comprises a semiconducting material; a first solvent; and a second solvent which is miscible with the first solvent, has a surface tension equal to or greater than the surface tension of the first solvent, and in which the semiconducting material has a solubility of less than 0.1 wt % at room temperature The surface tension of the ink formulation can be controlled, allowing the formation of semiconducting layers in organic thin film transistors, including top-gate transistors. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100123123 | ORGANIC THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS - A thin-film transistor comprises a semiconducting layer comprising a semiconducting material selected from Formula (I) or (II): | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123124 | ORGANIC THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS - A thin-film transistor uses a semiconducting layer comprising a semiconducting material of (A): | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100140593 | ORGANIC THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS - A thin-film transistor has a semiconducting layer which comprises a halogen-coordinated metal phthalocyanine complex of Formula (I) or Formula (II): | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100140705 | DIELECTRIC STRUCTURE HAVING LOWER-K AND HIGHER-K MATERIALS - An electronic device including in any sequence: (a) a semiconductor layer; and (b) a dielectric structure comprising a lower-k dielectric polymer and a higher-k dielectric polymer, wherein the lower-k dielectric polymer is in a lower concentration than the higher-k dielectric polymer in a region of the dielectric structure closest to the semiconductor layer. | 06-10-2010 |
