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

20090275463 - Method of making a catalyst washcoat: A method for making a catalyst includes providing a sol that sol includes a catalyst and a catalyst substrate; drying the sol via freeze-drying, spray drying, freeze granulation, or supercritical fluid drying to form a powder; mixing the powder with a solvent to form a slurry; and washcoating the slurry... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090275465 - Dna-guided nanoparticle assemblies: In some embodiments, DNA-capped nanoparticles are used to define a degree of crystalline order in assemblies thereof. In some embodiments, thermodynamically reversible and stable body-centered cubic (bcc) structures, with particles occupying <˜10% of the unit cell, are formed. Designs and pathways amenable to the crystallization of particle assemblies are identified.... Agent: Brookhaven Science Associates/ Brookhaven National Laboratory

20090275464 - Photocatalyst-containing organic material: The present invention is to provide a photocatalyst-containing organic material which is suppressed in the decomposition or deterioration of an organic substance being in contact with a photocatalyst with the photocatalytic function retained. It is provided a photocatalyst-containing organic material comprising a member comprising an organic substance; and a photocatalyst... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090275466 - Preparation of intermetallics by metallo-organic decomposition: A metallo-organic decomposition process for the preparation of intermetallic powders and films. A liquid mixture containing a first metal precursor and a second metal is heated to a temperature in a first temperature range so as to convert the first metal precursor to a first metal followed by heating to... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090275467 - Exhaust gas purifying catalyst and production method thereof: An exhaust gas purifying catalyst including: rhodium particles having catalytic activity; compound particles which are formed on peripheries of the rhodium particles and support the rhodium particles; and oxides which are formed on peripheries of the compound particles and suppress coagulation of the compounds.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090275468 - Exhaust gas purifying catalyst: An exhaust gas purifying catalyst is provided which includes a catalyst substrate and a catalyst coating layer. The catalyst coating layer is formed on the catalyst substrate and contains a noble metal and a refractory inorganic oxide. The catalyst coating layer has a layered structure including an A-layer and a... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20090275469 - Ph stable chromatographic media using templated multilayer organic/inorganic grafting: An advanced silica gel sorbent for use in chromatographic separations that has been chemically modified by surface polycondensation of a trifunctional and/or difunctional organosilane. The chromatographic media exhibits a wider pH range and improved pH stability as compared to other silica gel based sorbents, while retaining all other positive aspects... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20090275470 - Particulate water absorbing agent and manufacturing method of same: The application relates to the particulate water absorbing agent of the present invention composed primarily of a polyacrylic acid- or polyacrylate-based water absorbing resin and containing a chelating agent and a phosphorous compound. Accordingly, the particulate water absorbing agent composed primarily of a water absorbing resin achieves both excellent water... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090270245 - Catalytic materials and method for the preparation thereof: The invention is related to catalytic materials and particularly to mesoporous molecular sieves embedded with a zeolite, which are thermally stable at a temperature of at least 900° C., and to a method for the preparation of the catalytic materials. Said catalytic materials are suitable for applications in the field... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090270246 - Structured bodies with siliceous binder: The invention relates to the use of particulate silicone resins in the absence of added organic solvents with particulate inorganic materials to form structured bodies and in particular molecular sieve containing structured bodies. The silicone resin is used in the form of a particulate with an average particle size of... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20090270247 - In situ olefin polymerization catalyst system: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass methods of forming in situ olefin polymerization catalyst systems, catalysts encompassed by such systems and polymers made using such systems. For such in situ olefin polymerization catalyst systems, a hydrocarbyl magnesium halide is generally contacted with a halohydrocarbyl compound to form a... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090270248 - Basic ionic liquids: Use of ionic liquids as solvents in base-catalysed chemical reactions wherein the ionic liquid is composed of at least one species of cation and at least one species of anion, characterised in that a cation of the ionic liquid comprises a positively charge moiety and a basic moiety, and further... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20090270249 - Method for forming a catalyst carrier: A method of forming a carrier material suited to use in Fischer-Tropsch reactions includes forming a dispersion of first and second hydrated alumina materials in a liquid dispersant, such as an acid solution. The first alumina can be derived from an alkali aluminate, such as is formed in the Bayer... Agent: Saint-gobain Norpro

20090270250 - Production method of oxidation catalyst device for exhaust gas purification: According to a first embodiment of a production method of an oxidation catalyst device for exhaust gas purification of the present invention, a plurality of slurries containing a catalyst precursor prepared from mutually different organic acids is coated respectively on a porous filter carrier (2) and calcined. According to a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090270251 - Cobalt compositions and methods of making the same: The present invention is directed to cobalt compounds and methods for making such metal oxide compositions, specifically, metal oxide compositions having high surface area, high metal/metal oxide content, and/or thermal stability with inexpensive and easy to handle materials.... Agent: Derick E. Allen (28217) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090270252 - Acid resistant ceramic materials, filter using the same, and preparation of them: The present invention provides porous ceramic materials having good resistance to heat, acid and base, comprising three or more oxides selected from an oxide of silicon (SiO), an oxide of aluminum (AlO), an oxide of a transition metal, MxOy, [wherein M represents a 4B, 5B or 6B-group transition metal which... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090270253 - Composite metal oxide adsorbent for fluoride removal: The invention provides a composite metal oxide adsorbent for fluoride removal and the preparation method thereof. Said composite metal oxide adsorbent for fluoride removal comprises: 0.05-0.15 molar parts of transition metal, 0.2-0.6 molar parts of Al and/or Mg, and 0.05-0.15 molar parts of rare earth metal. The composite metal oxide... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090264277 - Picoscale catalysts for hydrogen catalysis: A catalyst for hydrogen generation from an alkaline aqueous solution of hydrogen containing salts comprising a silicon-based ceramic surface covered with a mixture of metals known as transition metals and noble metals. The silicon-based ceramic surface may be self-supporting or may be deposited as a thin film on a carbonaceous... Agent: Rishi Raj

20090264278 - Method and apparatus for addition of an alkali metal promoter to a dehydrogenation catalyst: An apparatus and method for adding an alkali metal promoter into steam and contacting the solution with a dehydrogenation catalyst during a dehydrogenation reaction is disclosed. The apparatus has a first conduit capable of transporting an alkali metal salt solution and a second conduit in fluid communication with the first... Agent: Fina Technology Inc

20090264279 - Three-stage counter-current fcc regenerator: This invention is directed to a method and apparatus for regenerating a catalyst used in an FCC unit, including providing a spent catalyst into an upper portion of a regenerator, maintaining a calcination phase, a gasification phase, and a combustion phase of fluidized catalyst in the regenerator, combusting carbon in... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20090264280 - Sorbent for removing heavy metal ions from water: i

20090264281 - Metal alloy for electrochemical oxidation reactions and method of production thereof: A method of production of highly alloyed supported or unsupported platinum-ruthenium catalysts by simultaneous precipitation of the corresponding hydrous oxides or hydroxides and subsequent reduction wherein the simultaneous precipitation of platinum and ruthenium hydrous oxides is made possible by mixing two separate precursor solutions of the two metals, one in... Agent: Charles A. Muserlian C/o Hedman And Costigan

20090264282 - Magnesium-titanium-hafnium for high temperature polymerization: A magnesium titanium olefin polymerization procatalyst is prepared by A) reacting a diorganomagnesium compound with a source of active chlorine, (with the proviso that the amount of chlorine is insufficient to completely convert the diorganomagnesium to magnesium dichloride); then B) removing unreacted diorganomagnesium from the reaction product; then C) adding... Agent: Kenneth H. Johnson

20090264283 - Stabilized iridium and ruthenium catalysts: Provided herein is a non-single phase perovskite-type bulk material comprising one or more of Ru and Ir. In one embodiment, the surface region of the material is enriched with one or more of Ru and Ir relative to the bulk material. Also provided are methods for preparing the non-single phase,... Agent: Basf Catalysts LLC

20090264284 - Sulfur-tolerant catalyst systems: Methods for improving the sulfur-tolerance of nickel-based catalyst systems, as well as the improved catalyst systems, are disclosed. The methods can include adding praseodymium alone, or in combination with ruthenium and/or cerium, to a nickel-based catalyst system, thereby inhibiting sulfur poisoning of the catalyst system. Improved catalyst systems can have... Agent: Battelle Memorial Institute Attn:IPServices, K1-53

20090264285 - Catalyst and process for the synthesis of c2-oxygenates by the hydrogenation of carbon monoxide: A catalyst is invented for the synthesis of C2-oxygenates by the hydrogenation of CO. The catalyst is composed of Rh—Mn—Fe-M1-M2/SiO2, among them Mn, Fe, M1 and M2 and additives. M1 can be Li or Na while M2 can be Ru or Ir. The content of Rh is 0.1-3% by weight;... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090264286 - Production process of composite metal oxide: A process for producing a composite metal oxide of an acidic metal oxide and a basic metal oxide, wherein the process comprises (a) providing an aqueous solution containing a colloidal particle of the acidic metal oxide and a salt of the basic metal, (b) adjusting the pH of the aqueous... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090264287 - Processes for reducing beer soluble iron in diatomaceous earth products, diatomaceous earth products and compositions thereof, and methods of use: Processes for preparing diatomaceous earth filter aids having a reduced beer soluble iron content, diatomaceous earth filter aids and compositions comprising the same, and methods for using the improved diatomaceous earth filter aids are disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are processes for reducing beer soluble iron content by saturated steam... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP