Samsung filed more patent applications in Europe last year than any other company, according to figures released by the European Patent Office (EPO) on Wednesday. In 2012, the EPO received a record number of patent applications, with ...
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U.S. 8,202,581 B2 Valspar Sourcing, Inc. has been granted a patent for a method for preparing a coated article comprised of providing a cement fiberboard substrate having an outer surface, applying directly to the cement fiberboard ...
U.S. 8,202,919 B2 Polyguard Products, Inc. has been granted a patent for a composition for application to provide a water barrier coating on a construction surface comprised of at least one of wood, cement, masonry, plaster, stone, clay ...
Samsung was the largest applicant for European patents last year. Siemens, BASF, Ericsson and Bosch were all in the top ten for applications and, for the first time, A Chinese company – ZTE – made it into the top ten. The ...
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U.S. 8,197,654 B2 PPG Industries has been awarded a patent for a method for preparing an electrodepositable coating comprised of mixing a flatting agent with an electrodepositable resin; combining the mixture with a pigment paste to form ...
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U.S. 8,206,681 B2 Rockwood Italia SpA has been granted a patent for a process for producing red iron oxide comprised of providing a ferrous chloride feedstock, precipitating high surface area lepidocrocite seeds having a BET surface area ...
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U.S. 8,211,224 B2 Sun Chemical Corp. has been granted a process for making a pearlescent pigment comprised of reducing a metal oxide coated substrate with a hydrogen source in the presence of a particulate noble metal catalyst in a ...
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U.S. 8,216,687 B2 United Technologies Corporation has been granted a patent for an article comprised of a metallic substrate; a coating system atop the substrate and comprised of an alumina-chromia layer having a thickness at least 50% of ...
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U.S. 8,188,183 B2 Imperial Chemical Industries has been granted a patent for an autoxidisable coating comprised of a liquid dispersion medium and a binder wherein the binder is comprised of an unsaturated copolymer which is produced by ...
U.S. 8,188,184 B2 Omnitech Environmental has been awarded a patent for a vehicle system comprised of by weight relative to the vehicle system, 4%-45% of a first component, the first component comprised of at least one material selected ...
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Swedish medical device company Dignitana's subsidiary Brain Cool has announced that its medical brain cooling system is being tested in a Phase One clinical trial at the University of Edinburgh. The Brain Cool system, which uses a ...
China signaled it wants to reduce its dependence on Google's Android OS, alleging that the U.S. company has discriminated against local companies over the use of the mobile operating system. "Our country's mobile operating system research ...
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In April, AATCC will honor Charles Yang as the 2012 recipient of the Olney Medal for outstanding achievement in the field of textile chemistry. The Olney Medal is the Association’s highest honor. Yang is a world-renowned scholar in ...
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Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA, a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-sapphire (SOS), is to collaborate with Murata Manufacturing Company on a multisource arrangement for ...
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The Merino Company (TMC) has acquired renowned spinning facility NUYARN®, strengthening its fabric and garment offerings to the outdoor, fashion, performance socks and seamless markets. Since its beginnings some 14 years ago in ...