Steven P. Griffin

US Patent 7097738 Process for producing pulp

US Patent 7115187 Method and device for continually producing a suspension of cellulose in an aqueous amine oxide

US Patent 7118706 Method of sealing a silicon nitride filter

US Patent 7125469 Temporary wet strength resins

US Patent 7135140 Method of producing silicon nitride honeycomb filter

US Patent 7141139 Multiple cleaning stages with various dilution points and accepts recirculated through a common pipe

US Patent 7141203 Method of making a diffuser assembly

US Patent 7146828 Glass molding die

US Patent 7150850 Process for producing silicon carbide sinter jig

US Patent 7155939 Apparatus for bending glass panels

US Patent 7162893 Glass sheet bending station and method for glass sheet bending

US Patent 7162894 Method for charging quartz glass objects with hydrogen

US Patent 7163604 Production of fiber suspension from waste paper

US Patent 7163650 Process for producing ceramic bearing components

US Patent 7165424 Method of joining glass plates

US Patent 7169347 Making a molding tool

US Patent 7172723 Method of producing a shaped composite material

US Patent 7175786 Methods of making Al

US Patent 7175796 Method for producing ceramic brake disks from bmc

US Patent 7178366 Method for the production of an internally vitrified SiO2 crucible

US Patent 7178367 Apparatus and method for bend-shaping a glass sheet

US Patent 7185515 Invert arm assembly for glassware forming machine

US Patent 7186360 Method of making ceramic composite devices with unidirectionally aligned reinforcing fibers

US Patent 7186368 Method for producing an electrode that has a temperature-stabilized conductivity

US Patent 7198695 Method for separating hemicelluloses from a biomass containing hemicelluloses and biomass and hemicelluloses obtained by said method

US Patent 7198747 Fabrication of ceramic microstructures

US Patent 7225643 Recirculation bubbler for glass melter apparatus

US Patent 7225644 Bendable support structure in a bending section

US Patent 7229527 Method for the controlled thickening of low consistency fiber suspensions

US Patent 7231786 Process and device for manufacturing glass sheet

US Patent 7231787 Apparatus and method for bending and/or tempering glass

US Patent 7231924 Deodorizer for cigarette butt collection containers

US Patent 7232503 Method in internal sizing of liquid packaging board and internal size

US Patent 7234471 Cigarette and wrapping materials therefor

US Patent 7237559 Wrapping materials for smoking articles

US Patent 7243657 Multi-function portable ashtray

US Patent 7243659 Recess filter and smokeable article containing a recess filter

US Patent 7254963 Method and device for continuous production of glass-sheathed metal wires

US Patent 7255776 Paper product and method therefor using molten wax suspension

US Patent 7258763 Temporary wet strength additives

US Patent 7258764 Soft and strong webs from highly refined cellulosic fibres

US Patent 7259218 Processes for making temporary wet strength additives

US Patent 7260960 Selective glass batching methods for improving melting efficiency and reducing gross segregation of glass batch components

US Patent 7264690 Catalyzer for clean pulping and process for using the same

US Patent 7269974 Bushing temperature controller

US Patent 7272879 Glass molding die, renewal method thereof, and glass fabricated by the molding die

US Patent 7272956 Method for manufacturing a multimode fiber pump power combiner

US Patent 7275549 Garniture web control

US Patent 7278282 Device for transferring hollow glass objects from a glass-forming machine onto a conveyor belt

US Patent 7281395 Gob distributor for a glass forming machine

US Patent 7282113 Method for enzymatic deinking of waste papers, the waste papers so treated and the treating composition

US Patent 7282117 Cellulosic fiber composites using protein hydrolysates and methods of making same

US Patent 7284397 Method of controlling the polarization mode dispersion of an optical fiber during fiber drawing

US Patent 7285182 Composition for surface treatment of paper

US Patent 7287529 Cigarette maker

US Patent 7287531 Method of making a smoking product

US Patent 7290404 Gemstone material

US Patent 7290406 I.S. machine

US Patent 7293430 Press molding apparatus and press molding method of optical element

US Patent 7296442 Neck ring cooling

US Patent 7296579 Method and device for producing filter cigarettes

US Patent 7297231 Binders curable at room temperature with low blocking

US Patent 7297309 Process for producing silicatic moldings

US Patent 7300621 Method of making a ceramic matrix composite utilizing partially stabilized fibers

US Patent 7302814 Apparatus for preventing deflection of substrate tube

US Patent 7302953 Built-in ashtray for a motor vehicle and method of making same

US Patent 7305851 Method for fabricating silica glass containing Bi and Ti using a sol-gel process

US Patent 7306701 Production of paper, board and cardboard

US Patent 7308806 Air-exhausting lehr for laminated glass sheets

US Patent 7308898 Process for making a bandcast tobacco sheet and smoking article therefrom

US Patent 7310974 Method for producing twisted optical fiber with reduced polarization mode dispersion

US Patent 7310975 Method and device for producing a cylindrical body consisting of quartz glass

US Patent 7314049 Unit for transferring cigarette sticks from a cigarette maker to a filter tip attachment

US Patent 7318329 Method of making a container from a bottle

US Patent 7320230 Pushout mechanism for I.S. machine

US Patent 7320326 Method for the treatment of tobacco

US Patent 7322361 Method for supplying a flowable medium to the tobacco of a smoking product

US Patent 7325419 Method of forming a phosphorus doped optical core using a PECVD process

US Patent 7325547 Curling device

US Patent 7326317 Lignocellulose product

US Patent 7337633 Process for producing flat glass

US Patent 7343761 Device for producing a glass rod

US Patent 7344621 Paper additive composition and method for producing paper using the same

US Patent 7353666 Method for press molding a glass optical element

US Patent 7364642 Recycling of latex-containing broke

US Patent 7371307 Kraft pulp yield by heat treatment of polysulphide liquors generated by oxidation

US Patent 7374709 Method of making carbon/ceramic matrix composites

US Patent 7377996 Card sheet with starch compositions forming breakable layers in pre-cut substrates

US Patent 7378049 Method for producing ceramic substrate and electronic component module using ceramic substrate

US Patent 7380417 Continuous forming system for producing lenses

US Patent 7380418 Continuous forming system for producing lenses

US Patent 7381047 Mold

US Patent 7381362 Production method for ceramic porous material

US Patent 7383699 Method of manufacturing glass and compositions therefore

US Patent 7383700 System for heat treatment of glass

US Patent 7383703 Anti-PMD system for optical fibers

US Patent 7384592 Methods for manufacturing ultrahard compacts

US Patent 7386998 Method of manufacturing holder-mounted optical element

US Patent 7386999 Defect control in the making of sheet glass by the fusion process

US Patent 7387127 Cigar holder for golf cart

US Patent 7387506 Mold apparatus

US Patent 7392667 Method and an apparatus for shaping a tubular object made of thermoplastic material

US Patent 7392809 Electrically heated cigarette smoking system lighter cartridge dryer

US Patent 7393201 System and apparatus for manufacturing thermoplastic micropellets

US Patent 7395679 Method of manufacturing glass substrate for information recording medium

US Patent 7396407 Trench-edge-defect-free recrystallization by edge-angle-optimized solid phase epitaxy: method and applications to hybrid orientation substrates

US Patent 7401477 Method for bending a glass sheet

US Patent 7401478 Manufacturing methods of double-spiral arc tubes

US Patent 7402030 Apparatus for everting a lining material

US Patent 7404302 Method of depositing glass soot

US Patent 7406841 Glass-ceramic product with variably adjustable zero crossing of the CTE-T curve

US Patent 7407561 Use of water-soluble crosslinked cationic polymers for controlling deposition of pitch and stickies in papermaking

US Patent 7409839 Method and apparatus for making a glass sheet

US Patent 7413700 Methods of manufacturing insulated ceramic matrix composite

US Patent 7413701 Clutch linings comprising fiber-reinforced ceramic materials

US Patent 7415841 Method for producing chemically strengthened glass substrate for information recording medium

US Patent 7415842 Optical glass element and manufacturing method thereof

US Patent 7415843 Apparatus and method for producing a glass optical element and glass optical element produced thereby

US Patent 7415844 Device for manufacturing a preform for optical fibres through chemical deposition

US Patent 7415982 Smokeless pipe

US Patent 7416401 Lightweight composite fairing bar and method for manufacturing the same

US Patent 7416690 Method for making product from fiber glass waste

US Patent 7418835 Low loss chalcogenide glass and process for making same using arsenic monochalcogenide

US Patent 7421857 Process for fabricating glass art

US Patent 7429308 Method of manufacturing an article comprising at least one electronic chip

US Patent 7431580 Mold for forming workpiece

US Patent 7431799 Epichlorohydrin-based polymers containing primary amino groups used as additives in papermaking

US Patent 7435074 Method for fabricating dual damascence structures using photo-imprint lithography, methods for fabricating imprint lithography molds for dual damascene structures, materials for imprintable dielectrics and equipment for photo-imprint lithography used in dual damascence patterning

US Patent 7437892 Apparatus having vacuum applying facilities and method of using vacuum to bend and/or shape one or more sheets

US Patent 7441417 Outside vapor deposition apparatus for making optical fiber preform

US Patent 7442027 Pellet transfer apparatus and method

US Patent 7451619 Organic-inorganic hybrid glassy materials and their production processes

US Patent 7451621 Bubble formation in liquid such as molten glass

US Patent 7451622 Mold open and close mechanism for an I.S. machine

US Patent 7452837 Fibrous ceramic monoliths made from multi-phase ceramic filaments

US Patent 7459122 Methods of forming aluminum oxynitride-comprising bodies, including methods of forming a sheet of transparent armor

US Patent 7461523 Apparatus for contactless measurement of the temperature in a melting furnace

US Patent 7461524 Device and method for manufacturing a preform for optical fibres by chemical vapour deposition

US Patent 7462027 Mold apparatus

US Patent 7468156 Method for manufacturing porous ceramic structure

US Patent 7469559 Method for making low loss optical fiber

US Patent 7470346 Aqueous compositions and their use in the manufacture of paper and paperboard

US Patent 7470390 Production method of polycrystalline ceramic body

US Patent 7475567 Method and apparatus for continuously manufacturing calibrated round or profiled glass tubes

US Patent 7475568 Method of fining glass

US Patent 7476356 Method of firing ceramic core bodies

US Patent 7481640 Scrapless thermoforming machine

US Patent 7481642 Method and apparatus for controlling a vent gap with active material elements

US Patent 7481879 Diamond single crystal substrate manufacturing method and diamond single crystal substrate

US Patent 7485246 Fabrication method of sintered duplex nuclear fuel pellet

US Patent 7487649 Method for manufacturing glass substrate for image display

US Patent 7490486 Method for producing borosilicate glasses

US Patent 7494334 Mold assembly

US Patent 7497096 Apparatus and method for conveying curved glass sheets

US Patent 7497983 Coloring of ceramics by atmosphere control

US Patent 7500840 Apparatus for molding a mold and a metal used therefor

US Patent 7504084 High velocity, low pressure process for making silica gels and microgels

US Patent 7507361 Pultrusion process

US Patent 7509961 Cigarettes and cigarette components containing nanostructured fibril materials

US Patent 7513130 Apparatus for producing tesserae of glass mosaic containing a metal foil

US Patent 7513480 Climbing system for shuttering, scaffolding and loads in general

US Patent 7517207 Injection molding device

US Patent 7517489 Process for making ceramic, mineral, and metal beads from powder

US Patent 7524451 Method of manufacturing an insulating target material

US Patent 7524452 Low temperature process for making radiopac materials utilizing industrial/agricultural waste as raw material

US Patent 7527756 Mold temperature adjusting apparatus/method and mold temperature control unit

US Patent 7527757 Method of producing polyimide matrix composite parts

US Patent 7527761 Preparation of yttria-stabilized zirconia reaction sintered products

US Patent 7530239 Method of drawing a glass clad multi core lead telluride wire

US Patent 7530240 Method for producing high-silicate inorganic fibers of rocks

US Patent 7534323 Use for the oleo-repellent paper sizing of carboxylic perfluoropolyethers

US Patent 7536876 Method for forming a longitudinal solid body within an optical fiber

US Patent 7537013 Apparatus for manufacturing cigarettes

US Patent 7537716 Method for producing porous ceramic

US Patent 7540173 Method and apparatus for bending glass sheets

US Patent 7543461 Variable radius deflector

US Patent 7547376 Paper improver

US Patent 7547406 Method for the direct and continuous production of hollow articles from a polymer melt

US Patent 7547407 Manufacturing method for sintered body with buried metallic member

US Patent 7547408 Process for reducing non-uniformities in the density of sintered materials

US Patent 7550106 Process for the manufacture of slabs and panels of ceramic material

US Patent 7550107 Method of forming CMC component

US Patent 7552601 Optical component of quartz glass, method for producing the optical component, and use thereof

US Patent 7553148 Production apparatus and production method for producing bent portion of multi-channel tube

US Patent 7553395 Print media and methods of making print media

US Patent 7553437 Method and mold assembly for making a molded foam article

US Patent 7559214 Method of manufacturing optical element made of glass

US Patent 7559215 Methods of drawing high density nanowire arrays in a glassy matrix

US Patent 7565818 Apparatus and methods for manufacturing cigarettes

US Patent 7565819 Method and device for melting and refining materials capable of being vitrified

US Patent 7568369 Mold construction for a process and apparatus for manufacturing shaped containers

US Patent 7569120 Method for converting an up-flow tower for cellulose pulp to a down-flow tower

US Patent 7578145 Device and method for manufacturing glass preforms for optical elements

US Patent 7581543 Reduction of phenolic compound precursors in tobacco

US Patent 7582236 Film stretching apparatus and solution film-forming method

US Patent 7587912 Method for producing quartz glass crucible for use in pulling silicon single crystal and quartz glass crucible produced by said method

US Patent 7587914 Burner for manufacturing a glass optical fibre preform by vapour deposition

US Patent 7588706 Multi-layer films with improved properties

US Patent 7588716 Peripheral layer forming method for manufacturing honeycomb structure

US Patent 7591151 Glass molding die and renewing method thereof

US Patent 7596969 Mold support mechanism for an I. S. machine

US Patent 7596970 Method for producing fibers from molten waste

US Patent 7597839 Method for manufacturing artificial ultra-lightweight aggregate using raw sewage sludge

US Patent 7600397 Process and installation for granulating slag

US Patent 7600399 Method and device for producing a cylindrical glass body

US Patent 7607321 Apparatus and method for single-sided loading of a furnace or other process station

US Patent 7610776 Method and machine for the production of hollow glassware articles

US Patent 7618580 Method for fabrication of a polymeric, conductive optical transparency

US Patent 7628038 System and method for controlling the environment around one or more vessels in a glass manufacturing system

US Patent 7628039 System and method for controlling the environmental around one or more vessels in a glass manufacturing system

US Patent 7628041 Carbon particle fiber assembly technique

US Patent 7632435 Activated carbon to immobilize pitch in constraint fixture during carbonization

US Patent 7637125 Glass tube processing method, apparatus and glass tube

US Patent 7637126 Method for the production of laser-active quartz glass and use thereof

US Patent 7637997 Silicon wafer, method for producing silicon wafer and method for growing silicon single crystal

US Patent 7638086 Manufacturing method of plugged honeycomb structure

US Patent 7641459 Foam cushion molding system and method

US Patent 7641468 Imprint lithography apparatus and method employing an effective pressure

US Patent 7641766 Method of using aldehyde-functionalized polymers to enhance paper machine dewatering

US Patent 7641828 Methods of making orthodontic appliances

US Patent 7641840 Method for expelling gas positioned between a substrate and a mold

US Patent 7644597 Apparatus and method for manufacturing plate glass

US Patent 7647792 Method for fabricating porous silica preform

US Patent 7651327 Production line for producing sheets based on hydraulic binder and method of manufacturing the same

US Patent 7651655 Production methods of dielectric layer and dielectric element, dielectric element, and piezoelectric transformer

US Patent 7661953 Process for producing exterior member/seal member assembly

US Patent 7665331 Method and machine for the production of convex glass sheets

US Patent 7665468 Cigarette making machine and method

US Patent 7666332 Process for producing optical glass element

US Patent 7669440 Side-hole cane waveguide sensor

US Patent 7670459 Soft and durable tissue products containing a softening agent

US Patent 7670517 Method of producing polyurethane foam sheet and laminated sheet using same

US Patent 7670525 Method for fabricating a curved beam from composite material

US Patent 7673477 Optical fiber processing apparatus

US Patent 7677058 Process and apparatus for making glass sheet

US Patent 7677059 Tellurite optical fiber and production method thereof

US Patent 7677060 Method for manufacturing optical fiber and the cooling of the optical fiber

US Patent 7677251 Apparatus and methods for manufacturing cigarettes

US Patent 7678234 Dewatering arrangement on the press section of a web-forming machine

US Patent 7681416 Method for production of an optical component made from quartz glass

US Patent 7682438 Paper substrate having enhanced print density

US Patent 7685841 Method for making a glass sheet

US Patent 7685842 Invert mechanism for a glassware forming machine

US Patent 7685844 Method and device for producing mineral fibres

US Patent 7687013 Method for firing ceramic molded body and method for manufacturing honeycomb structure

US Patent 7687014 Co-firing of magnetic and dielectric materials for fabricating composite assemblies for circulators and isolators

US Patent 7687015 Method for producing laminated dielectric

US Patent 7690222 Glass gob distribution

US Patent 7691319 Method of manufacturing porous body

US Patent 7694530 Chemical strengthening treatment method of magnetic disk glass substrate

US Patent 7694531 Method and apparatus for wafer-level micro-glass-blowing

US Patent 7694535 Method of fiberizing molten glass

US Patent 7695655 Method for cutting ceramic molded body and method manufacturing honeycomb structured body

US Patent 7695671 Method for manufacturing a honeycomb structured body

US Patent 7696253 Water-resistant additives for gypsum wood fiber products

US Patent 7698907 Mold assembly for glass articles

US Patent 7700014 VPI-RTM-CVD brake disc preform densification

US Patent 7703303 Magnetic disk glass substrate manufacturing method

US Patent 7703304 Apparatus for quantitative solidification of molten salt by using vacuum transfer and dual vessel

US Patent 7704066 Heat insulating stamper structure

US Patent 7704318 Silicon wafer, SOI substrate, method for growing silicon single crystal, method for manufacturing silicon wafer, and method for manufacturing SOI substrate

US Patent 7708933 Drying method of ceramic molded body

US Patent 7712333 Method for smoothing a surface of a glass substrate for a reflective mask blank used in EUV lithography

US Patent 7713455 Method of manufacturing a molding with a core

US Patent 7716951 Method for manufacturing article comprising deposited fine glass particles

US Patent 7716953 Method and assembly for fiberizing molten glass

US Patent 7721572 Method for reshaping glass-ceramic articles, apparatus for performing the method and glass-ceramic articles made thereby

US Patent 7721573 Method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles

US Patent 7722797 Method for producing a ceramic substrate

US Patent 7722798 Method of manufacturing porous body

US Patent 7726155 Cooling apparatus for fiberizing bushings

US Patent 7727358 Pulp comprising polypyridobisimidazole and other polymers and methods of making same

US Patent 7727451 Sealing method of honeycomb molded body, and method for manufacturing cell-sealed honeycomb fired body

US Patent 7727458 Method of forming a chalcogenide compound target

US Patent 7727459 Method of manufacturing ceramic honeycomb structure

US Patent 7730746 Apparatus to prepare discrete hollow microsphere droplets

US Patent 7731872 Methods and systems for forming ophthalmic lens mold assemblies

US Patent 7731874 Method of molding optical component

US Patent 7731878 Process of forming a microperforated polymeric film for sound absorption

US Patent 7735338 Method and device for producing thin glass panes

US Patent 7736550 Method of manufacturing an optical device by means of a replication method

US Patent 7736566 Manufacturing process for hydrogen pressure tank

US Patent 7736581 Manufacturing method of plugged honeycomb structure

US Patent 7736582 Method for consolidating tough coated hard powders

US Patent 7740742 Powder composition for paper manufacturing

US Patent 7744725 Paper quality improver

US Patent 7748236 Overflow downdraw glass forming method and apparatus

US Patent 7748237 Convection glass heating furnace

US Patent 7748238 Neck ring cooling

US Patent 7748972 Tensioning installation for the frameworks of pre-tensioned architectural elements

US Patent 7752869 Optical fiber preform, method for manufacturing thereof, and optical fiber obtained by drawing thereof

US Patent 7752870 Hydrogen resistant optical fiber formation technique

US Patent 7754048 Bleaching of cellulosic fibre material with peroxide using polymers as a stabiliser

US Patent 7754139 Method for preparing triethylenediamine (TEDA)

US Patent 7758330 Method and apparatus for forming a ready-to bake, endless dough ring and method for the manufacture of a baked ring article from such a pre-formed dough ring

US Patent 7758790 Method and device for producing corrugated sheet material

US Patent 7758803 Resorbable macroporous bioactive glass scaffold and method of manufacture

US Patent 7762105 Backup structure for an uprising pipe or downfalling pipe in a vacuum degassing apparatus

US Patent 7765832 Method of producing reflectors from glass or glass ceramics

US Patent 7765833 Apparatus for adjustable stacker bar assembly having quick change features

US Patent 7767059 Strong and dispersible paper products

US Patent 7767135 Method of forming a sintered microfluidic device

US Patent 7776238 Methods and systems for leaching silicone hydrogel ophthalmic lenses

US Patent 7779651 Process for manufacturing a micro-structured optical fibre

US Patent 7780905 Supporting ceramic articles during firing

US Patent 7785432 Method for positioning sheets of glass in a vertical assembly and press device for insulating glass panes

US Patent 7785527 Method of making mixed metal oxide ceramics

US Patent 7788948 Process for producing substrate

US Patent 7790085 Long molding manufacturing method and apparatus

US Patent 7798797 Foaming die device for forming armrest

US Patent 7799267 Method for manufacture of transparent ceramics

US Patent 7802452 Processes for making inorganic fibers

US Patent 7815424 Imprinting machine and device manufacturing method

US Patent 7815844 Metal, ceramic and cermet articles formed from low viscosity aqueous slurries