SEARCH:      Monitor Keywords |  Custom RSS

Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing November recently filed with US Patent Office 11/09

20090291018 - Inductive heating of workpiece using coiled assemblies, system and method: A system for inductively heating a workpiece including a heating coil that surrounds the sides and ends of the workpiece, wherein the heating coil comprises a first coil assembly that encloses a first portion of the workpiece and a second coil assembly that encloses a second portion of the workpiece.... Agent: Howrey LLP-hn

20090291019 - Device and method for sterilizing, cooling, drying transferring closures: The apparatus and method for sterilising caps/stoppers for pharmaceutical purposes comprises a vessel, pump, heater, circulation line. The sterilising liquid (hot water, steam) is heated and pumped to the vessel where a fluidised bed of caps etc. is generated. After leaving the vessel the liquid is circulated/heated. Optionally an additive... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090291021 - Methods for preventing microbial colonization of gas cylinders and coupling components: This invention relates to the field of gas-containing storage vessels, and more specifically to the provision for antimicrobial surfaces within such vessels and in the connecting hardware associated with various applications of such vessels, so that microbial colonization of the interior of such vessels may be eliminated or retarded. This... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20090291020 - Soft contact lens solution containing hyaluronic acid: A contact lens kit may include one or more soft contact lenses stored in an ophthalmologically acceptable solution of hyaluronic acid or a salt of hyaluronic acid. A method of disinfecting a soft contact lens, storing a soft contact lens, or facilitating insertion of a soft contact lens in an... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, World Trade Center West

20090291022 - Anti-microbial gas apparatus and method: An apparatus and method administering nitric oxide at very high concentrations to healthy skin, tools, implements, support surfaces, and sterile fields to provide sterilization. The apparatus and method providing sterilization in a dry environment lacking the common undesirable effects of anti-microbial soaps and antiseptics.... Agent: Pate Pierce & Baird

20090291023 - Chemistry for effective microbe control with reduced gas phase corrosiveness in pulp & paper processing systems: Processes for biofilm or microorganism growth control in an aqueous system such as a pulp, paper or board manufacturing system are described in which a halogenated hydantoin is added to the aqueous system in combination with haloamine, chlorine dioxide or a combination thereof. The halogenated hydantoin is preferably a fully... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20090291024 - Formation of highly porous gas-sensing layers by deposition of nanoparticles produced by flame spray pyrolysis: o

20090291025 - Microchip and method of using the same: A microchip is provided, which includes: a second substrate, and a first substrate having a groove on its surface, stacked on the second substrate; and a fluid circuit composed of a cavity defined by the groove and a surface of the second substrate on the side of the first substrate;... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090291026 - Catalytic alloy hydrogen sensor apparatus and process: An apparatus comprising a processing unit; a feed conduit and an effluent conduit connected to the processing unit; at least one operating parameter device associated with the processing unit, the feed conduit, the effluent conduit or a combination thereof; a catalytic alloy hydrogen sensor in fluid communication with the processing... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20090291028 - Catalytic alloy hydrogen sensor apparatus and process: An apparatus comprising a processing unit; a feed conduit and an effluent conduit connected to the processing unit; at least one operating parameter device associated with the processing unit, the feed conduit, the effluent conduit or a combination thereof; a catalytic alloy hydrogen sensor in fluid communication with the processing... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20090291027 - Plasma reactor with internal transformer: There is provided a plasma reactor with an internal transformer. The plasma reactor comprises: a plasma chamber with a gas inlet and a gas outlet, for providing a plasma discharging space; one or more core cylinder jackets for providing a core storage space in the plasma discharging space and forming... Agent: North Star Intellectual Property Law, PC

20090291029 - Lighting apparatus having excellent air purifying property: A full spectrum light emitting lamp and one or more translucent base bodies surrounding the lamp are disposed in the lighting apparatus, the one or more translucent bas bodies having a photocatalytic reaction layer which bears a photocatalyst made of a titanium dioxide thin film therein, or the one or... Agent: Clark & Brody

20090291031 - Integrated hydrocarbon cracking and product olefin cracking: Processing scheme and arrangement for increasing the relative yield of light olefins involves integration of the cracking a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock to produce an effluent comprising a range of hydrocarbon products including C4-C7 olefins and the subsequent cracking at least a portion of the C4-C7 olefins to produce additional light... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20090291030 - Method and apparatus for the production of particulate carbon products: This invention relates to a method for the production of particulate carbon products in a reactor vessel wherein gas flow between a gas inlet port and a gas outlet port suspends a bed of catalyst-containing particulate material in said vessel and wherein the product is discharged from said vessel by... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090291032 - Honeycomb structure, exhaust gas cleaning unit, and manufacturing method of honeycomb structure: A honeycomb structure includes an inorganic particle, inorganic binder, a honeycomb unit, a first end face, and a second end face. The honeycomb unit includes plural partition walls extending along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb unit to define through-holes. The first end face is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090291033 - Filter comprising a plurality of honeycomb elements joined together in an offset assembly: The invention relates to a structure for filtering particle-laden gases, comprising an assembly of elements of the honeycomb type linked by a joint or seal, each element incorporating a set of adjacent ducts or channels 20 of mutually parallel axes and separated by porous walls, which ducts are closed off... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090291034 - Honeycomb structure, exhaust gas conversion apparatus, and manufacturing method of the honeycomb structure: A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit including zeolite, an inorganic binder, and cell walls. The cell walls extend from a first end face to a second end face to define cells along a longitudinal direction of the at least one honeycomb unit. Each of the cell walls... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090291035 - Vacuum chamber: A vacuum chamber 2 has walls having an inner layer 20 of a gas impermeable electrically non-conductive material and an outer layer 22 of a different electrically non-conducting material. The inner layer 20 is a polymeric film layer of Kapton® polyimide. The outer layer 22 is a composite material which... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

20090291036 - Uv sterilizer for fluid of large flow rate: A UV sterilizer for fluid of large flow rate comprises at least one U V sterilization module and an mounting part for said module, each module comprising at least one UV lamp tube, said mounting part comprising a body in the form of a duct for the passage of fluid... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20090285718 - Polymer active complex fibers: The invention comprises a method of forming functionally active fibers and substrates comprising functionally active fibers. The method includes forming a mixture of at least one poly vinyl polymer and at least one bleaching active. The mixture is then injected at a controlled flow rate into an electric field to... Agent: The Clorox Company

20090285719 - Compressible transparent sealing for open microplates: An apparatus for sealing a microplate, wherein the apparatus comprises a microplate having a first surface and an opposing second surface. A plurality of wells is formed in the first surface of the microplate, wherein each of the plurality of wells is sized to receive an assay therein. A sealing... Agent: Life Technologies Corporation C/o Intellevate

20090285720 - Channel substrate: The present application provides a channel substrate has a channel provided therein and includes a plurality of detection portions configured to detect a specimen in the channel using an optical means, an introducing portion configured to introduce the specimen into the channel, and a discharging portion configured to discharge the... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090285721 - Apparatus for chemical analysis of a sample: The present invention provides an apparatus for the chemical analysis of a sample.... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20090285722 - Collection container assembly with nanocomposite barrier coating: An evacuated container assembly suitable for use in connection with blood collection including: (a) a container member formed of a first polymeric material and having a sidewall and one or more openings; (b) a nanocomposite barrier coating disposed on the container member having a thickness of up to about 30... Agent: Ferrells, PLLC

20090285723 - Sample container holder: The present invention provides a sample container holder for securely holding sample containers of various shapes and sizes. The holder comprises a base having at least one slot extending from an upper portion of the base to a lower portion of the base. The holder further comprises at least one... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler PC

20090285724 - Exhaust device for a diesel engine: A flammable-gas led-out pipe (5) has a terminal end portion (5a) disposed in an exhaust-gas route (7) and a metal cylinder (10) is arranged at the terminal end portion (5a) of the flammable-gas led-out pipe (5). An oxidation catalyst (8) is disposed within the metal cylinder (10). On an upstream... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090285725 - Apparatus and method for rapid and continuous generation of phosphine gas: Phosphine gas is generated by agitating a reaction mixture of a metal phosphide and water with agitation air in a reaction pot of a phosphine gas generator. The resulting phosphine gas is then diluted with dilution air to produce a fumigant phosphine gas which is directly delivered to a commodity... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20090285726 - Holding sealing material, method for manufacturing holding sealing material and exhaust gas purifying apparatus: A holding sealing material includes a needle mat, a sheet-processed mat, and a sheet-processed mat. The needle mat includes entangled first inorganic fibers and a binder. The sheet-processed mat includes a binder and second inorganic fibers processed into a sheet. The needle mat and the sheet-processed mat are laminated together.... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090285727 - Illumination unit for liquid disinfection systems: Some demonstrative embodiments of the invention include an illumination-based liquid disinfection device. The disinfection device may include, for example, a conduit to carry a flowing liquid to be disinfected, the conduit having an inlet to receive the liquid and an outlet to discharge the liquid, one or more UV transparent... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090285728 - Isolation and subsequent utilization of saturated fatty acids and alpha-olefins in the production of ester-based biolubricants: The present invention is generally directed to the synthesis and/or manufacture of ester-based lubricant compositions. The present invention is also directed to methods of making these and other similar lubricant compositions, and to systems for implementing such methods (processes). In some embodiments, the methods for making such ester-based lubricants utilize... Agent: Chevron Services Company Law, Intellectual Property Group

20090285729 - Enhanced bed separation in a styrene monomer reactor using milled plates: An apparatus for use in radial flow reactors is presented. The apparatus includes a plate of sufficient thickness to impart strength in supporting a solid particle bed, and is milled to have narrow slots allowing the flow of fluid through the plate, while preventing the passage of catalyst through the... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20090285730 - Internal grids for adsorbent chambers and reactors: A milled plate is presented that is provided for use in a radial flow reactor. The milled plate has narrow slots milled in the plate on the solid particle side and slots of slightly greater width milled on the fluid side of the plate. The plates provide strength to support... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20090285731 - Conversion of nitrogen dioxide (no2) to nitric oxide (no): Inhalation of low levels of nitric oxide can rapidly and safely decrease pulmonary hypertension in mammals. A nitric oxide delivery system that converts nitrogen dioxide to nitric oxide employs a surface-active material, such as silica gel, coated with an aqueous solution of antioxidant, such as ascorbic acid.... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090285732 - Optimized counter-current flow baffle: A new reactor design is presented for a counter-current flowing reactor. The reactor has a catalyst flowing down through the reactor, and over baffles. Gas is admitted under the baffles and flows up through the solid catalyst bed. The design includes slotted plates that extend from the bottom of the... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20090280027 - Photocatalytic air treatment system and method: A photocatalytic air treatment system, including an apparatus and method, is provided for killing and/or mineralizing bacteria, viruses, mold, fungi, spores, mycotoxins, allergens, and other similar microorganisms and agents and similar organic matter, and for oxidizing volatile organic compounds. The system comprises one or more reactor beds configured in one... Agent: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Intellectual Property Department

20090280028 - Package for meidcal device: This invention provides a medical device container comprising thermoplastic materials wherein said container is transmissive over substantially all of the surface area of said container to greater than 30% of the radiation in the range of 240 to 280 nm which impinges upon said container, and wherein said container is... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20090280029 - High throughput materials-processing system: The present invention discloses a materials-processing system, which comprises an inputting subsystem, a processing apparatus coupled to the inputting subsystem and a collecting subsystem coupled to the processing apparatus. The inputting subsystem comprises three or more sample vessels, which can be connected to the processing apparatus. Since the processing system... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090280030 - Apparatus for automated accelerated extraction of trace elements from biomass: A method and apparatus automates and accelerates the extraction and analysis of trace elements from biomass. The method and apparatus are especially useful at key segregation points in the food chain where speed and accuracy is necessary to separate agricultural cereals that are elevated in beneficial trace element content which... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090280031 - Methods for use of a sensitive layer for hydrogen sulphide detection with saw/baw devices: Methods can be adapted for design of a sensitive monolayer for detection of hydrogen sulphide at room temperature with SAW/BAW devices. The sensitive monolayer can be synthesized based on chemical compounds, which belongs to a class of thiacalix[n]arenas, mercapto halides, mercapto alcohols and chloromethylated thiacalix[n]arenas. The sensitive monolayer can be... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090280032 - Improved multi-well assay plate: The invention relates to the field of analytical chemistry, in particular to multi-well assay plates having a unique flatness for use in high throughput (bio)chemical and biological assays which rely on luminescence detection. Provided is a multi-well assay plate a top layer including walls defining a plurality of adjacent sample... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20090280033 - Pipette tip mounting and ejection assembly and associated pipette tip: An air displacement pipette has a tubular pipette tip with an upper section surrounding a locking chamber, and a body section leading from the upper section and tapering downwardly to a reduced diameter end. A tubular mounting shaft on the pipette has a distal end configured and dimensioned for axial... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20090280034 - Process for control of a system for metering and mixing a product with several components, as well as this metering and mixing system: The system comprises a first alternating pump (1) for injecting a dose of a first component (4) into a mixer (3) and a second alternating pump (2) for injecting a dose of a second component (5) into the mixer (3) sequentially relative to the first pump. The movement of the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090280035 - Biological activity monitoring and/or suppression: Ultraviolet radiation is shone within an area and detected. The detected ultraviolet radiation is monitored over a period of time to determine a set of biological activity dynamics for the area. Ultraviolet radiation detected during a calibration period can be used to provide a baseline with which analysis of subsequently... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090280036 - Catalytic combustors keeping contained medium warm in response to hydrostatic valve: Water (9) in a fuel cell accumulator (10) is kept above freezing by a hydrogen/oxygen catalytic combustor (13) fed hydrogen through a mechanical thermostatic valve (25) in thermal communication (26) with the container (10) or the air nearby, and connected to hydrogen (28), optionally in series with a timer valve... Agent: M.p. Williams

20090280037 - Exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine: There is provided a technique which can reduce the NOx stored in an NOx storage reduction catalyst. In case where concentrated reduction is carried out so as to add a reducing agent to the NOx storage reduction catalyst in a concentrated manner when a shift has been made from a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090280038 - Fresh scent flowers: Fresh Scent Flowers (Patent Pending) is a faux floral arrangement consisting of plastic, silk, and an air freshener. The pot holding the flowers is made of plastic. The stems for the flowers are plastic and the petals of the flowers are silk. The air freshener is small and compact, fitting... Agent: Guy Waltz Ii

20090280039 - Device for removing pollutants from the exhaust gases of a heat engine: A device for removing pollutants from exhaust gases of a combustion engine, includes a longitudinal outer casing (23) defining a passage through which the exhaust gases flow, and first and second pollution-removal members (18, 20) mounted in series in the passage. The device includes a holding sleeve (38) holding the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090280040 - Plasma reactor: A plasma chemical reactor is provided. The reactor includes a chamber, a cathode assembly, and a baffle plate. The chamber forms a plasma reaction space. The cathode assembly includes a cathode support shaft and a substrate support. The cathode support shaft is coupled at one side to a wall surface... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20090280042 - Controlling tar by quenching cracked effluent from a liquid fed gas cracker: In a system for thermal cracking gaseous feedstocks, the system including a gas cracker for producing an effluent comprising olefins, at least one transfer line exchanger for the recovery of process energy from the effluent and a water quench tower system, a process for extending the range of system feedstocks... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company Law Technology

20090280041 - Process for the double bond hydroisomerization of butenes: A process is disclosed for the preferential conversion to 2-butene of a stream containing C4 compounds including 1-butene and 2-butene. The process involves mixing the C4 stream with a first hydrogen stream to form a feed stream, hydroisomerizing the feed stream in the presence of a first hydroisomerization catalyst in... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20090280043 - Activation device: A device for activating a two component reaction system where the two reaction component are in separate containers with one container inside the other. The containers are sealed from each other and the inner container includes an activation element for opening a part of the seal. A pressure differential between... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090274576 - System and method for container sterilization using uv light source: Packaging materials and containers may be treated with sterilization dosages internally and externally using monochromatic, continuous wave, high-intensity, incoherent light in single and/or multiple light source configurations. The treatment systems and methods preserve physical and performance properties of the packaging/container while achieving a desired level of sterilization. The sterilized materials... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP Stamford

20090274577 - Sterilization by treatment with reductant and oxidant: The present invention relates to the field of sterilization of items that are sensitive to e.g. temperature, pH, positive or negative pressure, radiation or oxidation. More particularly, the invention concerns a method, the use of this method and an apparatus for sterilization or disinfection, comprising the steps of contacting one... Agent: Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., L.p.a.

20090274578 - Method of monitoring corrosion potential of engineering alloys in aqueous systems: An apparatus and method for measuring and monitoring the corrosion potential of engineering alloys used in aqueous systems is disclosed and claimed. The method is applicable for a variety of alloys including, but not limited to, copper-based, iron-based, nickel-based, other metallic-based alloys, and their combinations. The corrosion potential is typically... Agent: Edward O. Yonter Patent And Licensing Department

20090274580 - Method and apparatus for controlling the movement of a liquid on a nanostructured or microstructure surface: A method and apparatus is disclosed wherein the movement of a droplet disposed on a nanostructured or microstructured surface is determined by at least one characteristic of the nanostructure feature pattern or at least one characteristic of the droplet. In one embodiment, the movement of the droplet is laterally determined... Agent: Hitt Gaines, PC Alcatel-lucent

20090274579 - Methods and devices for controlled monolayer formation: Disclosed herein are methods and devices for the formation of a monolayers comprising, for example, one or several phospholipids or cholesterol-conjugated nucleic acids. The monolayers are on or associated, for example, with a surface comprising a hydrophobic material.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer Dodge LLP

20090274581 - Micro fluid system support and manufacturing method thereof: A support unit for a microfluidic system includes a first support; a first adhesive layer provided on a surface of the first support; and a hollow filament laid on a surface of the first adhesive layer to have an arbitrary shape and functioning as a flow channel layer of the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090274582 - Micro fluid system support and manufacturing method thereof: A support unit for a microfluidic system includes a first support; a first adhesive layer provided on a surface of the first support; and a hollow filament laid on a surface of the first adhesive layer to have an arbitrary shape and functioning as a flow channel layer of the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090274583 - Micro fluid system support and manufacturing method thereof: A support unit for a microfluidic system includes a first support; a first adhesive layer provided on a surface of the first support; and a hollow filament laid on a surface of the first adhesive layer to have an arbitrary shape and functioning as a flow channel layer of the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090274584 - Micro fluid system support and manufacturing method thereof: A support unit for a microfluidic system includes a first support; a first adhesive layer provided on a surface of the first support; and a hollow filament laid on a surface of the first adhesive layer to have an arbitrary shape and functioning as a flow channel layer of the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090274585 - Micro fluid system support and manufacturing method thereof: A support unit for a microfluidic system includes a first support; a first adhesive layer provided on a surface of the first support; and a hollow filament laid on a surface of the first adhesive layer to have an arbitrary shape and functioning as a flow channel layer of the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090274586 - Micro fluid system support and manufacturing method thereof: A support unit for a microfluidic system includes a first support; a first adhesive layer provided on a surface of the first support; and a hollow filament laid on a surface of the first adhesive layer to have an arbitrary shape and functioning as a flow channel layer of the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090274587 - Multi-channel pipettor with repositionable tips: A hand-held, multi-channel pipettor has an electronically controlled motor to reposition pipette tips for different center to center spacing. Each repositionable tip fitting assembly has a cam following pin that is driven by cam tracks in a motor driven roller drum. Stationary ports for the multiple aspiration cylinders are strategically... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20090274588 - Fixture for dispersion of aromatic vapors: A dispenser fixture for dispersing aromatic vapors into a facility includes an elongated dispenser chamber bounded by end walls, one containing a motor driven fan and the other wall containing fixtures for supplying and controlling electrical current for powering the fan motor. The chamber, containing trays supporting a replaceable supply... Agent: Clifford A. Poff

20090274589 - Process and plant for producing metal oxide from metal compounds: A plant for producing metal oxide from metal compounds includes a fluidized-bed reactor in which the metal compounds are heated by a combustion of a fuel to produce metal oxide. The fluidized-bed-reactor reactor includes at least one gas supply tube at least partly surrounded by an annular chamber in which... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090274591 - Apparatus for catalytic thermophysical scission of liquid ammonia in gaseous nitrogen and hydrogen: A compact apparatus for the thermophysical catalytic resolution of liquid ammonia (pressure 10 bar) to produce hydrogen and nitrogen at the gas state. The apparatus uses three reactors placed in cascade, the first two reactors carrying out a thermocatalytic resolution, and the third reactor being a microwave resonator. Hydrogen adapted... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090274590 - Plasma reactor electrostatic chuck having a coaxial rf feed and multizone ac heater power transmission through the coaxial feed: A workpiece support pedestal includes an insulating puck having a workpiece support surface, a conductive plate underlying the puck, the puck containing electrical utilities and thermal media channels, and an axially translatable coaxial RF path assembly underlying the conductive plate. The coaxial RF path assembly includes a center conductor, a... Agent: Law Office Of Robert M. Wallace

20090274592 - Plasma-based air purification device including carbon pre-filter and/or self-cleaning electrodes: In one aspect of the invention, a plasma reactor is arranged to treat aerosol particulates in a fluid stream passing through the reactor. The plasma reactor includes a plasma chamber having a self-cleaning electrode. The self-cleaning electrode is configured to clean various residues from the electrode without need to open... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20090274593 - Internal combustion exchanger-reactor for fixed bed endothermic reaction: in which said collection means (6) comprise conduits passing right through the catalytic zone (10), said conduits being distributed in the catalytic zone and interposed between the heating means, and in which the heating means of the catalytic zone are contained in sheaths (8) which are partially immersed in the... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20090274594 - Methods and systems for feed injector multi-cooling channel: Methods and systems for a feed injector are provided. The feed injector includes a conduit including a flow passage extending along a longitudinal axis of the conduit to a distal end opening and a cooling passage integral to the conduit circumscribing the distal end opening. The cooling passage is configured... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090274595 - Hydrogen generator: A hydrogen gas generator generates hydrogen gas by mixing two reactants. The generator has a reaction chamber for receiving a solid reactant. The chamber has a reaction product separator impermeable to the solid reactant and a biasing means for biasing reactant products against the separator. The generator also has a... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20090274596 - Method and apparatus for processing silicon particles: Provided are a recovery unit 12 for recovering the silicon particles from silicon-particle-containing waste liquid from a silicon ingot processing unit; a liquid mixture tank 1 for storing dissolved liquid mixture in which impurities is dissolved by mixing of the silicon particles unit with an acid; a filter-cloth-type filter 2... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.