Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: product or process of making inventions 03/09

20090082193 - Fcc catalyst: This invention relates to a mesoporous catalytic cracking catalyst, a process for the production of such catalysts, and a process utilizing such catalysts in cracking operations. The mesoporous fluidized catalytic cracking catalyst is selective for minimizing the production of coke and light gas. The catalyst comprises an amorphous, porous matrix... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20090082194 - Adsorber unit for volatile hydrocarbons comprising an adsorber material made from an iron-containing molecular sieve: The invention relates to an adsorber unit for volatile hydrocarbons in order to control the emission of volatile hydrocarbons, comprising a hydrocarbon adsorber material, wherein the adsorber material is an iron-containing zeolite, which can be optionally promoted with monovalent metal ions. The invention further relates to a method for production... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20090082195 - Olefin polymerization catalysts: A catalyst composition and method for olefin polymerization are provided. In one aspect, the catalyst composition is represented by the formula αaβbγgMXn wherein M is a metal; X is a halogenated aryloxy group; β and γ are groups that each comprise at least one Group 15 atom; α is a... Agent: Univation Technologies, LLC

20090082196 - Highly active photocatalyst particles, method of production therefor, and use thereof: A method of producing composite particles of titanium dioxide and a compound inactive as a photocatalyst, comprising the steps of preparing a water based slurry of pH 3 to 5 comprising titanium dioxide, preparing a water based solution comprising a compound inactive as a photocatalyst, and reacting the slurry and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090082197 - Methods of preparing a polymerization catalyst: A method of preparing a catalyst comprising contacting a support with a trivalent titanium compound and a chromium-containing compound. A catalyst composition comprising a support, chromium, and titanium, wherein the titanium is derived from TiCl3, Ti2(SO4)3, Ti(OAc)3, Ti(+3) oxylate, Ti(NO3)3, Ti(+3) lactate or combinations thereof.... Agent: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

20090082198 - Methanol oxidation catalyst: In the formula (1), the T-element is at least one selected from the group consisting of W and V, x is 20 to 80 at. %, y is 10 to 60 at. %, z is 1 to 30 at. % and u is 1 to 30 at. %. The area... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090082199 - Catalyst for purifying exhaust gases: A catalyst for purifying exhaust gases includes a carrier substrate and a catalyst layer which is carried on the carrier substrate and contains a noble metal, a porous oxide and an addition oxide containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Ni, Bi, Sn, Fe, Co, Cu and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090082200 - Animal litter for animals: Animal litter for animals which consist of a plurality of granular materials, wherein the granular materials contain aromatic granular materials each of which has base material which generates heat by absorbing water and an aromatic component adsorbed onto the base material. According to the present invention, the animal litter for... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090082201 - Mesoporous silica thick-film, process for producing the same, absorption apparatus and adsorbing film: A mesoporous silica thick-film comprising a layer of mesoporous silica formed in a thickness of 10 μm to 1 mm, and a process for producing a mesoporous silica thick-film, which comprises disposing a substrate in a solution containing mesoporous silica suspended therein and subsequently applying a voltage thereby to form... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090075813 - Catalyst and method of manufacture: Disclosed herein is a catalytic composition comprising a first catalyst composition portion that comprises a zeolite; and a second catalyst composition portion that comprises a catalytic metal disposed upon a porous inorganic substrate; the first catalyst composition portion and the second catalyst composition portion being in an intimate mixture. Disclosed... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090075814 - Promoted, attrition resistant, silica supported precipitated iron catalyst: A catalyst support solution for improving the attrition resistance of a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst, the solution comprising: crystalline silica and at least one chemical promoter selected from alkali metal bases, wherein the support solution has a pH of greater than or equal to about 7. A structurally promoted catalyst comprising: crystalline... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20090075815 - Fine tetrahedral palladium particle and process for producing fine metallic particle: The present invention provides fine palladium particles comprising particles having a tetrahedral shape in a proportion of 60 to 100% by number of particles; a palladium colloid obtained by uniformly dispersing the fine palladium particles within a solvent; a supported catalyst comprising the fine palladium particles dispersedly supported on the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090069170 - Hot melt desiccant matrix composition based on plasticized polyolefin binder: A hot melt desiccant matrix composition has an organic binder and an absorbent material as components thereof. The organic binder includes about 10% to 80% by weight of a propylene based poly-α-olefin polymer having a melting point or a glass transition temperature less than 180° C., a density in the... Agent: Thomas M. Wozny Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20090069171 - Catalysts for olefin polymerization, process for production of the catalysts, and method for preservation thereof: Olefin polymerization catalysts for producing polyolefin resins which can dispense with a melt-kneading step necessitating great energy or a substitute addition step therefor and to which small amounts of antioxidants have been effectively added; and a process for the production of the catalysts. Specifically, a catalyst for olefin polymerization characterized... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090069173 - Method and apparatus for depositing particles: A supporting method for supporting a metal particle including at least two elements on a surface of a plurality of granular supports in a decompression device, the supporting method supporting the metal particle whose particle diameter being smaller than a grain size of the granular support comprises holding the plurality... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090069172 - Novel platinum-ruthenium based catalysts for direct methanol fuel cell: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to ternary and/or quaternary catalyst alloys for a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC). The catalyst has the composition (Pt1-xRux)yM′zM″1-y-z, where M′ is selected from the group consisting of W, Mo, Nb, and Ta; M″ is selected from the group consisting of V, Co,... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20090069174 - Catalyst for purification of exhaust gas and method of manufacturing the same: a ratio of the CO2 adsorption amount per unit weight of the catalyst to the CO2 adsorption amount per unit weight of the catalyst component A [(CO2 adsorption amount of the catalyst/CO2 adsorption amount of the catalyst component A)×100] being 75% or more.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090069175 - Nanostructured anode pt-ru electrocatalysts for direct methanol fuel cells: An aerosol-assisted method for synthesis of nanostructured metallic electrocatalysts and the electrocatalysts formed thereby. The electrocatalyst may be formed from metals such as, but not limited to, platinum, platinum group metals, and binary and tertiary compositions thereof such as, for example, platinum-ruthenium and platinum-tin. The resulting unsupported electrocatalyst is homogenous... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20090069176 - Removing metals from solution using metal binding compounds and sorbents therefor: Removing metals from metal containing acidic solutions, such as contaminated waters and industrial wastewaters, is described. An amphipathic, heterocyclic, metal-coordinating compound (an extraordinary ligand) and a sorbent are added to a solution, such that the addition, at a specific acidic pH of the solution, causes at least some of the... Agent: Pritzkau Patent Group, LLC

20090069177 - Laser desorption substrate: Articles and methods for the high-energy desorption/ionization of various compositions are disclosed. Methods of the invention utilize porous substrates, optionally in combination with one or more surface coatings and fillers, to provide enhanced desorption of analytes. Such enhanced desorption is particularly useful in fields of analysis such as mass spectrometry.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090062108 - Strengthened iron catalyst for slurry reactors: P

20090062109 - Composite catalytic material and process for manufacture of such material: A composite catalytic material (and process for its manufacture) is provided which comprises a catalyst adhered to a polymeric support material. This composite catalytic material can be used to remove or degrade contaminants in water and to remove or degrade carbon monoxide or other airborne contaminants.... Agent: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Intellectual Property Department

20090062110 - Metal complex and use thereof: A polynuclear metal complex having in each molecule not only at least one large cyclic ligand having 5 to 15 coordinating atoms but also multiple metal atoms is subjected to any of heating treatment, radiation exposure treatment and electric discharge treatment, thereby providing a polynuclear metal complex exhibiting a ratio... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090062111 - Transparent, stable titanium dioxide sols: A method of preparing stable, transparent photocatalytic titanium dioxide sots is disclosed which involves thermal treatment of a suspension of amorphous titanium dioxide in the presence of certain alpha-hydroxy acids. The sots comprise titanium dioxide particles in the anatase form having a crystallite size less than about 10 nm and... Agent: King & Spalding

20090062112 - Boron carbide as an effective friedel-crafts type catalyst: The compound boron carbide, B4C, is an effective catalyst for the alkylation and acylation of aromatics to produce polybenzyls, ketones, esters and alkyl benzenes. The catalyst boron carbide is also effective in conducting intramolecular Freidel-Crafts type reactions to produce cyclic ketones.... Agent: Professor Philip Dumas The College Of New Jersey

20090062113 - Water treated catalyst to produce light olefins: A process is presented for the formation of a SAPO-34 catalyst product. The process, that involves treatment with water or optionally at least one dissolved solid selected from the group consisting of ammonium chloride, ammonium phosphate, ammonium sulfate, ammonium acetate, ammonium carbonate, ammonium nitrate and mixtures thereof creates a SAPO-34... Agent: Honeywell International Inc Patent Services

20090062114 - Perovskite type oxide, ferroelectric film, process for producing same, ferroelectric device, and liquid discharge apparatus: the standard composition being such that δ=0, and z=3, with the proviso that the value of δ and the value of z may deviate from the standard values of 0 and 3, respectively, within a range such that the perovskite structure is capable of being attained.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090062115 - Amorphous silica-alumina composition and a method of making and using such composition: Described is a novel amorphous silica-alumina composition having a high ratio of pore volume contained in large pores to pore volume contained in medium to small pores. The amorphous silica-alumina composition also may have the characteristic of a strong aluminum-NMR penta-coordinated peak representing greater than 30% of the total aluminum... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20090062116 - Vermiculite supported catalyst for co preferential oxidation and the process of preparing the same: A vermiculite supported catalyst for carbon monoxide (CO) preferential oxidation (PROX) is disclosed. The CO PROX catalyst comprises at least one catalytic agent, one optional modifier agent, one carrier material, and a vermiculite support. The process for preparing the vermiculite supported catalyst in this invention includes depositing first the carrier... Agent: Michael Lin

20090062117 - Nitrogen oxide storage material and nitrogen oxide storage catalyst produced therefrom: A nitrogen oxide storage material which is based on storage compounds of elements selected from the group consisting of magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, the alkali metals, the rare earth metals and mixtures thereof and has a homogeneous magnesium-aluminium mixed oxide doped with cerium oxide as support material for the storage... Agent: Kalow & Springut LLP

20090062118 - Porous cellulose gel, method for producing the same and use thereof: The present invention provides a porous cellulose gel having a high mechanical strength capable of being operated at a higher flow rate, and a method for producing the same. To a suspension liquid of cellulose particles, a crosslinking agent in an amount of from 4 to 12 times the amount... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20090062119 - Sorbents for the oxidation and removal of mercury: A promoted activated carbon sorbent is described that is highly effective for the removal of mercury from flue gas streams. The sorbent comprises a new modified carbon form containing reactive forms of halogen and halides. Optional components may be added to increase reactivity and mercury capacity. These may be added... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose