Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: product or process of making inventions 09/07

20070225155 - On-board fuel desulfurization unit: The athermal sorbent bed regeneration system of the present invention includes a main fuel supply, at least one sorbent bed, a source of microwave energy, and a secondary fuel supply. The main fuel supply has a first concentration of an impurity and the secondary fuel supply has a second concentration... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070225156 - Desulfurization with octane enhancement: A desulfurization system employing a system of fluidizable and circulatable solid particles to desulfurize a hydrocarbon-containing fluid in a fluidized bed reactor. The solid particulate system includes solid sorbent particles operable to remove sulfur from the hydrocarbon-containing fluid stream and solid catalyst particles operable to enhance the octane of the... Agent: Richmond, Hitchcock, Fish & Dollar

20070225157 - Method for producing asymmetric alkyl compound using alkali-treated solid saupport, and alkali-treated solid support used in this method: An asymmetric alkyl compound producing method of the present invention includes a synthesizing step of carrying out an asymmetric synthesis reaction by mixing (i) a reaction solution containing a glycine imine ester, an alkyl halide, and an asymmetric catalyst having a catalytic action which causes the asymmetric synthesis reaction to... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070225158 - Transition metal complex, catalyst composition including the same and olefin polymer using catalyst composition: The transition metal complex has a pentagon ring structure having an amido group connected by a phenylene bridge in which a stable bond is formed in the vicinity of a metal site, and thus, a sterically hindered monomer can easily approach the transition metal complex. By using a catalyst composition... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070225159 - Exhaust gas purifying catalyst and production process thereof: The present invention relates to an exhaust gas purifying catalyst comprising first and second metal oxide supports and a noble metal supported thereon, wherein the first and second metal oxide supports both have a primary particle diameter of less than 100 nm, primary particles of the first and second metal... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070225160 - Production method for water-absorbing resin composition: The present invention provides a method for being capable of sufficiently exerting property improvement effect by the addition of additive particles other than water-absorbing resin to water-absorbing resin particles. The problems can be solved by using additive particles having over cohesive particles in an amount equal to or less than... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070219082 - Adsorbent for hydrocarbons, catalyst for exhaust gas purification and method for exhaust gas purification: An object of the present invention is to improve hydrocarbon adsorbing property when zeolite is used as an adsorbent for hydrocarbons. The present invention provides an adsorbent for hydrocarbons characterized by comprising A Type of β-zeolite having a SiO2/Al2O3 ratio (molar ratio) in a range of 10 or more and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070219081 - Process for the preparation of magnesia (mgo): The present invention provides an improved process for the preparation of MgO of high purity >99% from salt bitterns via intermediate formation of Mg(OH)2 obtained from the reaction of MgCl2 and lime, albeit indirectly, i.e., MgCl2 is first reacted with NH3 in aqueous medium and the slurry is then filtered... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070219083 - Stable concentrated metal colloids and methods of making same: A method for manufacturing stable concentrated colloids containing metal nanoparticles in which the colloid is stabilized by adding a base. This allows the metal particles to be formed in higher concentration without forming larger agglomerates and/or precipitating. The method of manufacturing the stable colloidal metal nanoparticles of the present invention... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070219084 - Stable concentrated metal colloids and methods of making same: Metal-containing colloids are manufactured by reacting a plurality of metal ions and a plurality of organic agent molecules to form metal complexes in a mixture having a pH greater than about 4.25. The metal complexes are reduced for at least 0.5 hour to form stable colloidal nanoparticles. The extended reduction... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070219085 - Process for the reduction of activated chromium oxide catalyst: Process for the reduction of a hexavalent chromium oxide based catalyst comprising contacting, under mixing conditions, a hexavalent chromium oxide based catalyst, with a molar excess, in respect of the chromium species, of a solid reducing agent and subjecting the mixture to a temperature in the range 30-1000 C.°. The... Agent: Basell Usa Inc.

20070219086 - Catalyst for oxygen reduction: A method of producing a catalyst for oxygen reduction and a gas diffusion electrode.... Agent: Charles A. Muserlian C/o Hedman And Costigan

20070219087 - Functional sheet: A functional sheet which exercises desired actions such as healing effect in high efficiency, without restriction by its use condition and the like is provided. A functional sheet 1 which exercises functions such as healing effect, relaxation effect, decomposition and removal of harmful substances according to complex functions such as... Agent: Donn K Harms

20070219088 - Soot oxidation catalyst and method of making: A catalyst composition for facilitating the oxidation of soot from diesel engine exhaust is provided. The catalyst composition includes a catalytic metal selected from Pt, Pd, Pt—Pd, Ag, or combinations thereof, an active metal oxide component containing Cu and La, and a support selected from alumina, silica, zirconia, or combinations... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP One Dayton Centre

20070219089 - Catalyst for exhaust gas purification, production method therefor, and method for purification of exhaust gas using the catalyst: It is an object of the present invention to provide a catalyst for the exhaust gas purification having excellent ignition performance and NOx purification performance. The present invention provides a catalyst for the exhaust gas purification which comprises a catalytically active component (I) having palladium and barium supported on a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070219090 - Supported gold catalysts: The invention provides a process for the production of a supported gold catalyst suitable for catalysing the oxidation of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. A porous support is impregnated with a solution of gold compound and with a basic solution, using an incipient wetness impregnation technique, such that gold hydroxide... Agent: Ernest D. Buff Ernest D. Buff And Associates, LLC.

20070219091 - Composition of, and process for preparing, silica xerogel for beer stabilization: A silica xerogel, a process for making it, and a process for using it to reduce chill haze in beer includes incorporation in the xerogel of one or more alkali metals, optionally in combination with one or more alkaline earth metals. The pH of the xerogel is between 8.0 and... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070219092 - Catalyst supporting body: There is provided a catalyst supporting body including a porous alumina support and a catalyst supported on the porous alumina support in which the surface of the porous alumina support has at least one selected from the group consisting of irregularities having an average wavelength of 5 to 100 μm,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070213203 - Method of making fuel cell components including a catalyst layer and a plurality of ionomer overcoat layers: A process comprising: providing a substrate with a catalyst layer thereon; depositing a first ionomer overcoat layer over the catalyst layer, the first ionomer overcoat layer comprising an ionomer and a first solvent; drying the first ionomer overcoat layer to provide a first electrode ionomer overcoat layer; depositing a second... Agent: Charles H. Ellerbrock General Motors Corporation

20070213204 - Ziegler-natta catalyst with in situ-generated donor: In one aspect, the invention relates to a method for producing a polymerization catalyst, the method comprising: (a) providing a catalyst support material comprising a magnesium component bound or complexed to a metal oxide component, the magnesium component being either a magnesium(Y) component wherein Y is an alkoxide group or... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070213205 - Polyethylene and catalyst composition for its preparation: Polyethylene which comprises ethylene homopolymers and copolymers of ethylene with α-olefins and has a molar mass distribution width Mw/Mn of from 6 to 100, a density of from 0.89 to 0.97 g/cm3, a weight average molar mass Mw of from 5000 g/mol to 700 000 g/mol and has from 0.01... Agent: Basell Usa Inc.

20070213206 - Magnesium compound, solid catalyst component, olefin polymerization catalyst, and method for producing polyolefin: l

20070213207 - Porous mullite bodies and methods of forming them: A porous mullite composition is made by forming a mixture of one or more precursor compounds having the elements present in mullite (e.g., clay, alumina, silica) and a property enhancing compound. The property enhancing compound is a compound having an element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Fe,... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20070213208 - Perovskite-type composite oxide, catalyst composition and method for producing perovskite-type composite oxide: wherein A represents at least one element selected from rare earth elements and alkaline earth metals; B represents at least one element selected from transition elements (excluding rare earth elements, and Pd), Al and Si; x represents an atomic ratio satisfying the following condition: 1<x; y represents an atomic ratio... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070213209 - Peroxide decomposition catalyst particles: A catalytically active component is provided which comprises particles containing a metal oxide such as silica, metal or metalloid ions such as ions that include boron, and a catalyst. When introduced into the membrane electrode assembly of a fuel cell, the particles increase peroxide radical resistance in a membrane electrode.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070213210 - Process for the production of hetreroaromatic nitriles, improved catalyst therefor and a process for the production of said improved catalyst: A process for preparation of heteroaromatic nitrile from the corresponding alkyl pyridine is disclosed. The process comprises contacting the alkyl pyridine with ammonia and an oxygen source in the presence of a catalyst comprising an active component comprising of oxide of vanadium and antimony and a promoter provided on a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070213211 - Process for producing inorganic particles for selectively removing contaminants from fluids: The present paper proposes the production process of an inorganic medium, particulate, regeneratable, and able to remove contaminants by catalytic oxidation or reduction, as well as heavy metals removal by absorption from superficial, subterranean or dirty waters. The specific material is constituted by a composite of porous inorganic particles, on... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070213212 - Fine particle: A fine particle uniformly holding a substance having a catalytic influence on a surface. Sputtering is performed by agitating or rotating the fine particles 3 in a vacuum container 1, which has a polygon inner cross-section shape, by rotating the vacuum container 1, having a rotating axis almost vertical to... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070207914 - Catalyst composition: There is provided a catalyst carrier comprising a refractory inorganic material having a sodium solubilization rate no greater than 5 ppmw/5 minutes. There is further a catalyst comprising a refractory inorganic material carrier having a sodium solubilization rate no greater than 5 ppmw/5 minutes; and one or more catalytically reactive... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20070207915 - Treatment of air to a catalyst regenerator to maintain catalyst activity: The invention relates to a conversion process for making olefin(s) using a molecular sieve catalyst composition. More specifically, the invention is directed to a process for converting a feedstock comprising an oxygenate in the presence of a molecular sieve catalyst composition, wherein the air feed to the catalyst regenerator is... Agent: Honeywell Intellectual Property Inc Patent Services

20070207916 - Catalyst system for olefin polymerization, its production and use: Process for producing a catalyst system, which comprises the following steps: A) provision of a mixture of at least two different organic transition metal compounds, at least one hydrolyzed organoaluminum compound and a solvent and impregnation of a dry porous support component with the mixture from step A), with the... Agent: Basell Usa Inc.

20070207917 - Activated carbon monoliths and methods of making them: Resol beads are disclosed that are prepared in high yield by reaction of a phenol with an aldehyde, with a base as catalyst, in the presence of a colloidal stabilizer, and optionally a surfactant. The resol beads have a variety of uses and may be carbonized and activated to form... Agent: Michael K. Carrier Eastman Chemical Company

20070207918 - Polymerisation and oligomerisation catalysts: A polymerisation catalyst composition comprising (1) a transition metal compound of Formula (A), Z being 5-membered heterocyclic containing at least one carbon, at least one nitrogen and at least one of nitrogen, sulphur and oxygen, the others being nitrogen or carbon; M is a Group 3 to 11 metal or... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070207919 - Oxide material and a fuel cell electrode containing said material: The invention relates to an oxide material of general formula (I) A2-x-yA′XA″yM1-z M′Z04+7, wherein A and A′ are independently a metal cation of a group formed by lanthanides and/or alkalis and/or alkaline earths, A″ is a cationic gap, i.e. a cation vacancy A and/or A′, M and M′ are independently... Agent: Miller, Matthias & Hull

20070207920 - Production method for noble-metal-cluster-supporting catalyst: The present invention provides a method for more easily producing a controlled-cluster-size noble-metal catalyst. This method comprises depositing a polynuclear complex comprising a plurality of organic polydentate ligands and a plurality of noble metal atoms on an oxide support, and then removing the organic polydentate ligands.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070207921 - Chromium-free catalysts of metallic cu and at least one second metal: Described is a method for the preparation of a chromium-free catalyst comprising Cu and at least one second metal in metallic or oxidic form, comprising the steps of a) preparing a final solution comprising ions of Cu and of at least one second metal, said final solution additionally comprising ions... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070207922 - Method for finishing absorbent materials: A process for finishing absorbent material which comprises it being (A) hydrophilicized in a first step (B) treated in a subsequent step with at least one aqueous liquor comprising (a) at least one organic polymer, (b) at least one organic or inorganic solid in particulate form other than (a), and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070207923 - Flue gas purification process using a sorbent polymer composite material: This invention provides a process of removing sulfur oxides, mercury vapor, and fine particulate matters from industrial flue gases that contain such pollutants. The pollutants are removed by modules, which contain microporous adsorbent (i.e., sorbent) material that is held within a polymer matrix. The preferred polymers are fluoropolymers. The composite... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20070207924 - Aqueous-liquid-absorbing agent and its production process: An object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous-liquid-absorbing agent which comprises water-absorbent resin particles as essential components and is suitable for uses in sanitary materials. As a means of achieving this object, an aqueous-liquid-absorbing agent according to the present invention is an aqueous-liquid-absorbing agent comprising water-absorbent resin... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.