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Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: product or process of making March listing by industry category 03/10

20100075827 - Catalytic nanoporous membranes: A nanoporous catalytic membrane which displays several unique features Including pores which can go through the entire thickness of the membrane. The membrane has a higher catalytic and product selectivity than conventional catalysts. Anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membranes serve as the catalyst substrate. This substrate is then subjected to Atomic... Agent: Michael J. Cherskov

20100075828 - Hydrogenation catalyst with improved textural properties: A method is provided for making a catalyst support, and includes the steps of providing an aqueous suspension of refractory inorganic oxide and refractory inorganic carbide; forming the suspension into droplets; exposing the droplets to a gelling agent whereby the droplets are at least partially solidified so as to provide... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20100075829 - Stripping process with multi-sloped baffles: A process for stripping gases from catalyst material in which catalyst travels down baffles at a first acute angle and then at a second acute angle on the same baffle. Traveling down the baffle at the second angle assures the catalyst will cross a downcomer channel and land on an... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20100075830 - Activated carbon separation and reuse: A method of treating spent sorbent from power plants containing materials including mercury absorbed from emission gases comprising putting said spent sorbent in an atmosphere isolated container or furnace chamber and heating said sorbent by microwave, radio frequency and/or infrared irradiation. The sorbent is heated to a temperature of at... Agent: Jiann-yang Hwang

20100075832 - Hydrocracking catalyst and process using insitu produced y-fauajasite: A hydrocracking catalyst comprising zeolite crystallized as a layer on the surface of a porous alumina-containing matrix, said zeolite-layered matrix arranged in a configuration to provide macropores in which the zeolite layer is provided on the walls of the macropores. Hydrogenating metals can be incorporated into the catalyst.... Agent: Basf Catalysts LLC

20100075831 - Multiple molecular sieve catalyst for sour service dewaxing: Catalysts for dewaxing of hydrocarbon feeds, particularly feeds with elevated sulfur and nitrogen levels, are provided. The dewaxing catalysts include at least two zeolites, including a zeolite with a low silica to alumina ratio. The catalysts may be combined with a low surface binder, or alternatively the catalysts as formulated... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20100075833 - Processes for producing alkylbenzenes over solid acid catalyst at low benzene to olefin ratios and low heavies make: The alkylation of aromatic compound with acyclic mono-olefin is effected at low aromatic compound to mono-olefin ratios with reduced co-production of heavies. In the processes a small crystal, acidic FAU molecular sieve is used as a catalyst under alkylation conditions. This invention also relates to catalysts containing small crystal, acidic... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20100075834 - Method for producing metal-doped zeolites and use thereof for the catalytic conversion of nitrogen oxides: The invention further relates to the use of a metal-doped zeolite prepared by means of the process according to the invention for the conversion of NOx and N2O into harmless products.... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20100075835 - Nanocarbon aggregate and method for manufacturing the same: A nanocarbon aggregate including a graphite aggregate including a graphene sheet having a petal shape and a nanohorn. The petal-shaped graphite aggregate achieves a reduction in the particulate size and a higher dispersibility by allowing the edge of the petal shape to locally absorb a metal, a metal complex and... Agent: Young & Thompson

20100075836 - Deactivation resistant photocatalyst and method of preparation: A photocatalyst formed using a sol-gel process provides high photoactivity, increased photocatalyst lifetime, and improved resistance to performance degradation caused by siloxane-based contaminants. The photocatalyst is formed by a method including the steps of photocatalyst template creation, template conditioning, template refinement, and coating application.... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20100075837 - Methods for promoting syngas-to-alcohol catalysts: The present invention provides methods of intercalating a catalyst promoter to form a catalyst composition suitable for converting syngas into alcohols, such as ethanol. Effective conditions for promoter intercalation are provided herein. This invention also provides novel compositions that can be characterized by interplanar spacings of the promoter within the... Agent: Range Fuels, Inc. Attn: Ryan O'connor

20100075838 - Ceramic fiber and method for production of ceramic fiber: There is provided a method for production of ceramic fibers that have small fiber diameters and adequate photocatalytic activity even when exposed to high-temperature environments, the method providing cost advantages and a safe production environment. Specifically, a composition containing titanium atoms, silicon atoms and aluminum atoms is used for production... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100075839 - Exhaust gas purification catalyst for internal combustion engine: An exhaust gas purification catalyst includes a catalytic layer constituted by a heap of particles each obtained by applying a thin film of an oxygen storage material containing ceria to the surface of a base made of a material having a high-specific surface area, and allowing a precious metal to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100075840 - Methods of activating chromium catalysts: New methods for activating chromium catalysts for polymerization processes decrease the amount of time required for activation and increase catalyst activity. Rapid heating to a first temperature is followed by a first hold period before heating to a higher second temperature and maintaining the second temperature for a second hold... Agent: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

20100075841 - Rhodium-loading solution and rhodium catalyst prepared using the same: A rhodium-loading solution characterized by comprising rhodium atoms and an organic base in a molar ratio of 1:0.5-35.... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20100075842 - Potassium oxide-incorporated alumina catalysts with enhanced storage capacities of nitrogen oxide and a producing method therefor: Disclosed herein is a method of producing a catalyst for storing nitrogen oxides, including: supporting a potassium oxide on alumina, which serves as a support, and then calcining the alumina supported with the potassium oxide at a high temperature, thus chemically bonding potassium oxide with the alumina. The method is... Agent: Ballard Spahr LLP

20100075843 - Ink absorbing particle, material set for recording and recording apparatus: Ink absorbing particle to absorb an ink includes a polymer. The ink absorbing particles in a TMA needle penetration have a minimum temperature Ts10b of from about 80° C. to about 150° C. at which a needle enters to a depth of 10 μm, a minimum temperature Ts100w of about... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20100075844 - Water-absorbing polymer structures produced using polymer dispersions: The present invention relates to a process for the production of water-absorbing polymer structures, comprising the process steps of providing of an aqueous monomer solution comprising a polymerizable, monoethylenically unsaturated monomer (α1) carrying acid groups or a salt thereof; free-radical polymerization of the aqueous monomer solution to give a polymer... Agent: Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP

20100075846 - Hydrothermally stable alumina: The hydrothermal stability of transition aluminas used as adsorbents and catalyst carriers is improved through their treatment with a soluble silicon inorganic compound such as sodium silicate wherein the silicon compound is mixed with the alumina powder at the production stage of forming particulates by liquid addition. The silicon containing... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20100075845 - Method and apparatus for an extruded ceramic biosoluble fiber substrate: A porous ceramic substrate is disclosed that is fabricated from biosoluble ceramic fibers. Porosity and permeability of the substrate is provided by intertangled biosoluble fibers, that can be formed into a honeycomb form substrate through an extrusion process. The fibrous structure is formed from mixing biosoluble fibers with additives that... Agent: Geo2 Technologies

20100075847 - Hydrotalcite-like particulate material and method for production thereof: A hydrotalcite-like granular material having a grain size of 0.24 mm or larger is produced by drying a material that contains at least a hydrotalcite-like substance and that has a water content of 70% or lower at equal to or lower than a temperature at which the hydrotalcite-like substance is... Agent: Factor & Lake, Ltd

20100069228 - Electrochemical catalysts: A composition useful in electrodes provides higher power capability through the use of nanoparticle catalysts present in the composition. Nanoparticles of transition metals are preferred such as manganese, nickel, cobalt, iron, palladium, ruthenium, gold, silver, and lead, as well as alloys thereof, and respective oxides. These nanoparticle catalysts can substantially... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100069229 - Method for synthesising a nano-product: A method for the synthesis of nano-products, such as atomic titanium oxide wires. The method allows wires of anatase titanium oxide wires to be formed in a range of tunable diameters and aspect ratios in the nanometer and subnanometer size scales. The method also allows the titanium wires to be... Agent: William J. Sapone Coleman Sudol Sapone P.C.

20100069230 - Heteropoly acid catalyst and method of preparing the same: The present invention relates to a heteropoly acid catalyst which is used for the production of methacrylic acid by gas phase oxidation of methacrolein and a preparing method thereof. The present invention, thereby, provides a novel heteropoly acid catalyst having excellent methacrolein conversion rate, methacrylic acid selectivity and yield.... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20100069231 - Base for catalyst, catalyst and methods for producing those: The present invention provides a catalyst base material and a catalyst which have high strength, high porosity or high activity and methods of producing the catalyst base material and catalyst. The present invention relates to a method of producing a catalyst base material, the method comprising dispersing or dissolving a... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20100069232 - Automobile exhaust gas purification catalyst and method of production of same: An automobile exhaust gas purification catalyst comprised of a support mainly comprised of ZrO2 in which Rh is supported as a catalyst metal preventing sintering of the support, raising the supporting efficiency, and raising the low temperature activity and a method of production of the same are provided. An automobile... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100069233 - Nanostructured titanium oxide material and its synthesis procedure: Nanomaterials of the JT phase of the titanium oxide TiO2-x, where 0≦x≦1 having as a building block a crystalline structure with an orthorhombic symmetry and described by at least one of the space groups 59 Pmmn, 63 Amma, 71 Immm or 63 Bmmb. These nanomaterials are in the form of... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20100069234 - Gas adsorption on metal-organic frameworks: The present invention involves the use of certain metal organic frameworks that have been treated with water or another metal titrant in the storage of carbon dioxide. The capacity of these frameworks is significantly increased through this treatment.... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20100069235 - Method for preparing water-absorbing polymer particles by suspension polymerization: In a process for producing water-absorbing polymeric particles by suspension polymerization, a monomer solution is metered into a stirred reactor via at least one feed line, the stirred reactor has a volume of at least 1 m3 and the at least one feed line ends in the stirred reactor at... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20100069236 - Methods for manfacturing li-doped silica nanotube using anodic aluminum oxide template and use of the li-doped silica nanotube for energy storage: Disclosed herein are a method of preparing Li-doped silica nanotubes using an anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) template, and a method of storing energy using the prepared Li-doped silica nanotubes. Unlike prior methods for preparing metal nanotubes, according to the disclosed preparation method, the Li-doped silica nanotubes having a uniform size... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100069237 - Mesoporous silica particles: The present invention relates to (1) hollow silica particles including an outer shell portion having a mesoporous structure with an average pore size of from 1 to 10 nm, wherein the silica particles have an average particle diameter of from 0.05 to 10 μm, and 80% or more of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100062925 - Method of inhibiting in situ silicate formation in desulfurization sorbents: A method for regenerating desulfurization sorbents that minimizes the in situ formation of one or more silicates. It has been discovered that regenerating sulfur-laden sorbent particles in a carbon oxide-rich environment unexpectedly reduces the in situ silicate formation rate, as compared to similar sorbents regenerated using conventional methods.... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20100062926 - Absorbent regeneration with flashed lean solution and heat integration: A method for regeneration of a rich absorbent having absorbed CO2 (5) to give a regenerated, or lean absorbent (4) wherein the lean absorbent leaving the regenerator column is flashed (32) to produce a gaseous phase (33) that is compressed (34) and reintroduced into the regeneration column, and a liquid... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100062927 - Method for preparing transition metal complexes, transition metal complexes prepare using the method, catalyts composition containing the complexes: The present invention provides a novel transition metal complex where a monocy-clopentadienyl ligand to which an amido group is introduced is coordinated, a method for synthesizing the complex, and olefin polymerization using the same. The method for preparing a transition metal complex according to the present invention comprises a step... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20100062928 - Method for production of doped titanium oxide, doped titanium oxide, and visible light-responsive photocatalyst comprising the doped titanium oxide: The present invention provides a doped titanium oxide having visible light-responsiveness whose structure is specified, and a simple production method thereof. By burning with heat a layered structure composite laminated alternately with polymer and the titania, which is obtained using basic polymer having amino group(s) and water-soluble titanium compound, carbon... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20100062929 - Core shell catalyst: A core-shell catalyst material can include a core and a shell material. Each of the core material and the shell material can have crystal structures and lattice parameters which allow for a substantially coherent core-shell interface. The shell material can include a catalytically active metal. The circumferential stress of the... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20100062930 - Exhaust gas purification catalyst: The invention provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst comprising one or more catalyst coating layers having platinum and/or palladium with rhodium supported on a carrier, characterized in that the (platinum and/or palladium)/rhodium weight ratio is 1.0 or less.... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20100062931 - Porous titanium dioxide coatings and methods of forming porous titanium dioxide coatings having improved photocatalytic activity: Methods for forming porous anatase titanium dioxide coatings are disclosed. Sol-gel compositions are prepared having at least one porosity agent, are applied to a substrate, and at least one porosity agent is removed. Porous anatase titanium dioxide coatings having at least one of improved antimicrobial properties, self-cleaning properties, hydrophilicity, and/or... Agent: O'brien Jones, PLLC

20100062933 - Functionalized green filtration media for passive underground drainfield for septic tank nutrient removal: Methods, systems and compositions for a green sorption media for bioretention soil amendments in drainfields for on-site waste water systems filled with the green sorption media to foster an anaerobic or anoxic environment saturated. The green sorption media includes one or more recycled materials, including tire crumb, sawdust, orange peel,... Agent: Law Offices Of Brian S Steinberger

20100062932 - Method for producing water-absorbent polymer particles by the polymerization of droplets of a monomer solution: A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles by polymerizing droplets of a monomer solution in a surrounding gas phase, said monomer solution comprising at least one azo compound and at least one persulfate, the resulting polymer particles having a water content of at least 5% by weight, and being aftertreated... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20100062934 - Highly absorbent composite and method of making the same: A composite structure mainly composed of hydratable fine fibers in the form of microfibril and a water swellable solid body, the fibers being obtained from cellulose or derivatives thereof, and at least part of the surface of the solid body is covered with the fine fibers. The absorbent composite can... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20100056359 - Process for preparing an olefin polymerisation catalyst component with improved high temperature activity: The invention refers to a process for increasing the polymerization activity of a titanium containing catalyst, in particular an olefin polymerization catalyst component in particulate form having an improved high temperature activity and the use thereof in a process for polymerizing olefins.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20100056360 - Magnetic mesoporous material as chemical catalyst: Magnetic mesoporous materials as chemical catalyst and methods of making magnetic mesoporous materials as catalyst are provided. The mesoporous materials have mesopores. The mesoporous materials can contain magnetic nanoparticles in wall of the mesoporous material and chemical catalysts in the mesopores. The mesoporous material continaing magnetic nanoparticles and catalysts can... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20100056361 - Process for producing dispersion of fine core/shell type metal oxide particles and dispersion: The present invention is to provide a process for producing a dispersion of fine core/shell type metal oxide particles and the dispersion thereby produced, the present invention are a process for producing a dispersion of fine core/shell type metal oxide particles comprising the steps of mixing a metal salt and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100056362 - Thermocatalytically active coating, substrate having the thermocatalytically active coating at least in parts, and process for producing same: A substrate, such as a glass, glass ceramic, ceramic or metal substrate, is provided with a thermocatalytically active coating on at least a part of the substrate surface. The thermocatalytic coating contains an inorganic lithium salt or organic lithium-containing compound in an amount that is equivalent to not less than... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20100056363 - Chemical processing of nanoparticles: Disclosed is a method of processing a polycrystalline nanoparticle. The method includes exposing a polycrystalline nanoparticle that includes at least two metal oxide crystallites bonded to each other to a chemical composition that includes a catalyst in order to at least partially separate the at least two metal oxide crystallites... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100056364 - Catalyst and process for hydrogenating carbonyl compounds: A process for hydrogenating an organic compound which has at least one carbonyl group, in which the organic compound is hydrogenated in the presence of a shaped article which contains (i) an oxidic material comprising copper oxide, aluminum oxide and lanthanum oxide, and (ii) powdered metallic copper, copper flakes, powdered... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100056365 - Method for producing coating agent exhibiting photocatalytic activity and coating agent obtained thereby: With respect to 100 parts by volume of an aqueous alcohol solution containing 0.01 to 50% by volume of an alcohol, 20 or less parts by volume of titanium tetrachloride is added thereto to obtain a coating agent wherein titanium oxide or a precursor thereof in the form of nanoparticles... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100056366 - Nanoparticles including metal oxide having catalytic activity: Core-shell nanoparticles having a core material and a mesoporous silica shell, and a method for manufacturing the core-shell nanoparticles are provided.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100056367 - Exhaust gas purifying catalyst: An exhaust gas purifying catalyst 1 has a catalyst substrate 3 and catalyst coating layers 5, 7 that are formed on the catalyst substrate 3 and contain (a) Rh, (b) Pt, (c) an alkali metal or alkaline earth element, and (d) an inorganic oxide. The catalyst coating layers 5, 7... Agent: Intellectual Property / Technology Law

20100056368 - Catalyst support particle, production process thereof and exhaust gas purifying catalyst: A catalyst support particle 10 is disclosed, wherein the particle comprises a zirconia-based metal oxide particle 1, and rare earth oxide-enriched areas 2 dotted on the surface thereof. A production process of a catalyst support particle is disclosed, wherein the process comprises (a) providing a colloidal solution containing a colloidal... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100056369 - Methods of making inorganic membranes: Methods of making inorganic membranes, for example, methods of making gamma-alumina inorganic membranes which can be useful for, for example, molecular level gas separations and/or liquid filtration are described.... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20100056370 - Catalyst carrier: A catalyst carrier which includes a catalyst support layer containing an alkaline earth metal and/or an alkali metal disposed on an alumina substrate. The alkaline earth metal and/or the alkali metal is suppressed or prevented from diffusing into the substrate to react with alumina in the substrate. A catalyst support... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC