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Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: product or process of making July category listing 07/10

20100190631 - Method for recovering reforming catalyst, catalyst and adsorbent: A method for recovering reforming catalyst comprises obtaining spent reforming catalysts; immersing the spent reforming catalysts with different degrees of aging into a light solution to obtain immersed catalysts and allowing the light solution to enter pores in the spent reforming catalysts to lower a pseudo-skeletal density of each spent... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20100190632 - Compositions and methods for improving the hydrothermal stability of mesostructured zeolites by rare earth ion exchange: Compositions and methods for preparing mesostructured zeolites having improved hydrothermal stability. Such mesostructured zeolites can be prepared by subjecting a zeolite to rare earth ion exchange prior to and/or subsequent to introducing mesoporosity into the zeolite.... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20100190633 - Photocatalytic coating: In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a coating composition. The coating composition comprises a dispersion of photocatalysts having a mean cluster size of less than about 300 nm and an alkali metal silicate binder. In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a coated article. The... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20100190634 - Nox purifying catalyst: Disclosed is a NOx purifying catalyst which is capable of removing NOx sufficiently efficiently even during operations at low temperatures such as operations in diesel cars. Specifically disclosed is a NOx purifying catalyst for processing NOx in an exhaust gas by performing lean/rich control of air/fuel ratio of the exhaust... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20100190635 - Promotors for controlling acidity and pore size of zeolite catalysts for use in alkylation: A metal-modified alkylation catalyst including a metal/zeolite is provided where the metal is one or two selected from the group consisting of yttrium and a rare earth of the lanthanide series other than cerium. Where two metals are used, one may be Ce or La. The metal-promoted zeolite is useful... Agent: Fina Technology Inc

20100190636 - Processes for making catalyst activators: Processes are provided for producing activators, wherein the processes comprise use of borane compositions that are at least 95 mol % pure and trialkylsilyl halides such as R2R3R4SiX2, where R2 is ethyl (Et), isopropyl (iPr), or phenyl (Ph), R3 is methyl (Me), ethyl (Et), or phenyl (Ph), and R4 is... Agent: Albemarle Corporation Patent Department

20100190637 - Curing catalyst: The invention relates to the use of nanoscale zinc oxide, prepared by a sol-gel process, as curing catalyst, in particular for liquid coatings.... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20100190638 - Method for producing a shell catalyst and corresponding shell catalyst: A method for producing a shell catalyst comprising a porous catalyst support shaped body with an outer shell containing at least one transition metal in metal form. To provide a shell catalyst with a relatively small shell thickness, a device is set up to circulate the catalyst support shaped bodies... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20100190639 - High surface area, electrically conductive nanocarbon-supported metal oxide: A metal oxide-carbon composite includes a carbon aerogel with an oxide overcoat. The metal oxide-carbon composite is made by providing a carbon aerogel, immersing the carbon aerogel in a metal oxide sol under a vacuum, raising the carbon aerogel with the metal oxide sol to atmospheric pressure, curing the carbon... Agent: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC

20100190640 - Catalytic support and exhaust-gas converting catalyst (as amended): A catalytic support 10 is made of rare-earth-element-oxide fine particles (e.g., ceria fine particles 11) comprising primary particles of a rare-earth element oxide, alumina fine particles 12 comprising primary particles of alumna, and barium-compound fine particles 13 comprising primary particles of a barium compound, rare-earth-element-oxide fine particles, alumina fine particles... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100190641 - Method for manufacture of noble metal alloy catalysts and catalysts prepared therewith: The present invention provides a method for manufacture of supported noble metal based alloy catalysts with a high degree of alloying and a small crystallite size. The method is based on the use of polyol solvents as reaction medium and comprises of a two-step reduction process in the presence of... Agent: Kalow & Springut LLP

20100190642 - Catalyst for decomposition of nitrogen oxides: This invention relates generally to a platinized tin oxide-based catalyst. It relates particularly to an improved platinized tin oxide-based catalyst able to decompose nitric oxide to nitrogen and oxygen without the necessity of a reducing gas.... Agent: National Aeronautics And Space Administration Langley Research Center

20100190643 - Deactivation resistant photocatalyst and method of preparation: A photocatalyst formed using a sol-gel process provides high photo activity, increased photocatalyst lifetime, and improved resistance to performance degradation caused by siloxane-based contaminants. The photocatalyst comprises particles of photocatalytically-active oxide having a surface area of greater than about 190 m2/cm3 of skeletal volume and having pores with a diameter... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20100184586 - Metal catalyst and method for production thereof: The present invention relates to a metal catalyst containing fine metal particles, characterized in that the fine metal particles have a particle diameter of 3 nm or less and also have a proportion of metallic bond state of 40% or more, which is ascribed by subjecting to waveform separation of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20100184587 - Palladium-gold catalyst synthesis: A supported palladium-gold catalyst is produced under mild conditions using a commonly available base, such as sodium hydroxide (NaOH) or sodium carbonate (Na2CO3). In this method, support materials and a base solution are mixed together and the temperature of the mixture is increased to a temperature above room temperature. Then,... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20100184588 - Methods of making catalytic materials by dispersion of nanoparticles onto support structures: Methods are disclosed herein for improving efficient catalyst utilization in processes including thermal catalysis using dry nanoparticle promoters, rather than salts of metal promoters in liquid form. Using selected process steps, the nanoparticles are more controllably dispersed on primary support particles, for effective use on secondary supports when it desired... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100184589 - Honeycomb catalytic article: There is provided a honeycomb structure where a catalyst is loaded on surfaces of inner pores of the surface layer and on a surface of the surface layer; a relation between a catalyst area proportion A of the catalyst to a gap area proportion B of a gap in a... Agent: Burr & Brown

20100184590 - Honeycomb body having a metallic foil with an oxide coat, foil having an oxide coat and method for producing an oxide coat on a metallic foil: A honeycomb body, in particular a catalyst carrier body, includes metallic foil of high-temperature corrosion-resistant steel with connecting points and an oxide layer with a thickness of 60 to 80 or 70 to 75 nm on each surface. The foil is composed of steel with chromium and aluminum components, particularly... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20100184591 - Method of preparing heteropoly acid catalyst: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a heteropoly acid catalyst used for the production of methacrylic acid by gas phase oxidation of methacrolein, more precisely a method of preparing a heteropoly acid catalyst comprising the steps of preparing a slurry by adding metal precursors and ammonium salt... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20100184592 - Particles or coating for splitting water: Surprisingly, it has been found that corrosive damage to the reactive particles is (largely) prevented by the targeted separation of the reaction particles and the cleavage products over the kinetic range of the released electrons.... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20100184593 - Method to activate a catalyst for a continuous process for the preparation of phenol from benzene in a fixed bed reactor: r

20100184594 - Water-absorbing polymeric particles and method for the production thereof:

20100184595 - Transition metal complex anion-based hydrogen storage material system: An exemplary embodiment and associated method of use discloses a hydrogen storage system that liberates hydrogen and includes a combination of at least one complex hydride containing a cation and a complex hydride anion based on boron, aluminum or nitrogen, together with an approximately stoichiometric or chemically equivalent amount of... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20100179053 - Metal oxide nanotube-supported gold catalyst and preparing method thereof: A metal oxide nanotube-supported gold catalyst and a preparing method thereof are disclosed. The metal oxide nanotube-supported gold catalyst includes a metal oxide support and a plurality of gold particles loaded into the metal oxide support, and there are at least two gold species with different oxidation states are loaded... Agent: Brian M. Mcinnis

20100179054 - High charge density structures, including carbon-based nanostructures and applications thereof: The present invention generally provides compositions including carbon-based nanostructures, catalyst materials and systems, and related methods. In some cases, the present invention relates to carbon-based nanostructures comprising a high density of charged moieties. Methods of the invention may provide the ability to introduce a wide range of charged moieties to... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20100179055 - Activating supports with non-metallocene complexes: The present invention discloses an active supported catalyst system comprising: a) an iron-based non-metallocene catalyst component; b) an alkylating agent; c) an activating functionalised and fluorinated support. It also discloses a method for preparing said active supported catalyst system and its use in the polymerisation of olefins.... Agent: Fina Technology Inc

20100179056 - Process for initiation of oxidative steam reforming of methanol at room temperature: A self-started OSRM (oxidative steam reforming of methanol) process at room temperature for hydrogen production. In the process, an aqueous methanol and oxygen are pre-mixed. The mixture is then fed to a Cu/ZnO-based catalyst to initiate an OSRM process at room temperature. The temperature of the catalyst bed, with suitable... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20100179057 - Production of activated char using hot gas: A gas mixture preheated to high temperatures using an oxy-fuel, an oxygen-enriched air-fuel or an air-fuel burner is used to devolatilize and partially oxidize carbonaceous feedstock, thereby producing an active residual char that can be used in applications utilizing activated carbon. Use of hot gas and ground carbonaceous feedstock allows... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20100173769 - Enhanced procatalyst composition and process: Disclosed herein are processes for preparing procatalyst compositions and polymers, i.e., propylene-based polymers, produced therefrom. The present procatalyst compositions improve catalyst selectivity and also increase the bulk density of the formant polymer.... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.c./dow Intellectual Property Department

20100173770 - Method for producing catalysts and catalysts thereof: The invention relates to a process to produce catalysts by powder injection moulding and the catalysts thereof, wherein the catalysts are made by preparing a ceramic formulation with temperature controlled rheological properties comprising catalytic components, heating the powder formulation up to at least the fluid state transition temperature, shaping a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20100173771 - Catalysts having enhanced stability, efficiency and/or activity for alkylene oxide production: A catalyst for the manufacture of alkylene oxide, for example ethylene oxide, by the vapor-phase epoxidation of alkene containing impregnated silver and at least one efficiency-enhancing promoter on an inert, refractory solid support, said support incorporating a sufficient amount of zirconium component (present and remaining substantially as zirconium silicate) as... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20100173772 - Composite adsorbent material: The invention is directed to shaped composite adsorbent material, comprising particulate activated carbon material, bound by a suitable binder, preferably selected from the group of sodium alginate calcium alginate, chitosan, polyacrylamide, poly-ethylene oxide and mixtures thereof, more in particular a combination of chitosan and alginate, whereby the activation of the... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20100167910 - Heavy oil upgrade process including recovery of spent catalyst: A process to upgrade heavy oil and convert the heavy oil into lower boiling hydrocarbon products is provided. The process employs a catalyst slurry comprising catalyst particles with an average particle size ranging from 1 to 20 microns. In the upgrade process, spent slurry catalyst in heavy oil is generated... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20100167911 - Catalyst regeneration: A method is disclosed for regenerating regenerating a used catalyst mixture comprising (i) an isomerization catalyst comprising magnesium oxide and (ii) a metathesis catalyst comprising an inorganic carrier and at least one of molybdenum oxide and tungsten oxide. The method comprises (a) decoking the used catalyst mixture in the presence... Agent: Lyondellbasell Industries

20100167912 - Thermal treatment processes for spent hydroprocessing catalyst: A process to upgrade heavy oil and convert the heavy oil into lower boiling hydrocarbon products is provided. The process employs a catalyst slurry comprising catalyst particles with an average particle size ranging from 1 to 20 microns. In the upgrade process, spent slurry catalyst in heavy oil is generated... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20100167913 - Catalyst with an ion-modified binder: A solid catalyst, such as a molecular sieve catalyst or solid acid catalyst, is supported by a binder, such as amorphous silica or alumina, wherein the binder is charged with metal ions to form an ion-modified binder. The ion-modified binder is capable of attachment to polar contaminants and inhibit their... Agent: Fina Technology Inc

20100167914 - Nano-scale catalysts: A method includes collapsing a polymer on a precursor moiety including a catalyst to form a composite having the polymer and the precursor moiety; and forming a nanoparticle from the composite.... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20100167915 - Hydrodesulphurization nanocatalyst, its use and a process for its production: A nano-supported hydrodesulphurization (HDS) catalyst is prepared for hydrodesulphurization of hydrocarbonaceous feed stock. The catalyst can be prepared through different methods and also used under milder conditions than those required for conventionally used HDS catalysts, but can also function under other hydrodesulphurization operating conditions.... Agent: Arash Behravesh

20100167916 - Ionic liquid catalyst comprising an alkyl-pyridinium haloaluminate and an impurity: There is provided an ionic liquid catalyst comprising an alkyl-pyridinium haloaluminate and an impurity, wherein the ionic liquid catalyst has a molar ratio of Al to N greater than 2.0 when held at a temperature at or below 25° C. for at least two hours.... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20100167917 - Method for producing a hydrogen storage material: Method for producing a hydrogen storage material that includes a metal hydride and a non-hydrogenated material and that is doped with a metal as a catalyst, includes; mixing a catalyst precursor, which includes the metal, with the non-hydrogenated material so as to provide a first mixture; agitating the first mixture;... Agent: Leydig, Voit And Mayer

20100167918 - Aligned carbon nanotube with electro-catalytic activity for oxygen reduction reaction: A catalyst for an electro-chemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) of a bundle of longitudinally aligned carbon nanotubes having a catalytically active transition metal incorporated longitudinally in said nanotubes. A method of making an electro-chemical catalyst for an oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) having a bundle of longitudinally aligned carbon nanotubes with... Agent: Olson & Cepuritis, Ltd.

20100167919 - Hydrocarbon reforming catalyst, method of preparing the same and fuel cell including the hydrocarbon reforming catalyst: A hydrocarbon reforming catalyst includes an oxide support as well as a nickel active catalyst layer, a metal oxide, an alkali metal supported by the oxide support.... Agent: Stein Mcewen, LLP

20100167920 - Exhaust gas purification catalyst and exhaust gas purification honeycomb structure with catalyst: Disclosed are: an exhaust gas purification catalyst which is an inexpensive three-way catalyst, which contains a reduced amount of an expensive noble metal, particularly does not use Pt, and contains no expensive rare earth element, and which has the same level of catalytic activity as that of a conventional one;... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100167921 - Process for roasting diatomaceous earth ore to reduce organic content: Disclosed herein is a method for processing diatomaceous earth ore comprising roasting a diatomite feed at a temperature ranging from about 850 to about 1600° F. Also disclosed herein is a method for processing a diatomite feed comprising at least one impurity to produce a diatomite product having at least... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP