Chemistry: electrical and wave energy inventions 01/07

20070017794 - Method of photoelectrolysis: A method for the photoelectrolysis of a liquid or gaseous species, comprises irradiating an ion exchange membrane of a membrane electrode assembly, wherein the membrane is an optically transparent material and comprises the species.... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20070017795 - Plasmon photocatalysis: Plasmons on a waveguide may deliver energy to photocatalyze a reaction.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070017796 - Plasmon photocatalysis: Plasmons on a waveguide may deliver energy to photocatalyze a reaction.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070017797 - Plasmon photocatalysis: Plasmons on a waveguide may deliver energy to photocatalyze a reaction.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070017798 - Evacuable magnetron chamber: A vacuum pumping system and method in conjunction with a sputter reactor having a vacuum-pumped magnetron chamber sealed to the target backing plate. A main sputter chamber is vacuum sealed to the target front and cryo pumped. A bypass conduit and valve connect the magnetron and main chambers. A mechanical... Agent: Law Offices Of Charles Guenzer Attn: Applied Materials, Inc.

20070017799 - Single-process-chamber deposition system: A deposition system includes a process chamber, a workpiece holder for holding the workpiece within the process chamber, a first target comprising a first material, a second target comprising a second material, a single magnet assembly disposed that can scan across the first target and the second target to deposit... Agent: George Xinsheng Guo

20070017800 - System and apparatus for real-time monitoring and control of sputter target erosion: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for real-time monitoring and controlling surface area erosion of a sputter target assembly utilized in a physical vapor deposition process.... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20070017801 - High electric field electrolysis cell: A High Electric Field Electrolysis (HEFE) cell is provided for electrolyzing water to transform it into Free Radical Solution (FRS) water for cleaning, deodorizing, and sterilizing. The HEFE cell is comprised of a pair of flat electrodes attached (or coated) onto a flat proton ion exchange membrane enclosed in a... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP

20070017802 - Automatic in-line sputtering system with an integrated surface corona pretreatment: An automatic in-line sputtering system with an integrated surface corona pretreatment includes a first loading region, a corona processing region, a first unloading/reversible region, a first return region, a transfer region, a second loading region, a pressure-down region, a sputtering region, a pressure-up region, a second unloading/reversible region, and a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070017803 - Enhanced sputter target manufacturing method: A method of manufacturing a sputter target the method including the step of preparing a plurality of raw materials into a composition corresponding to alloy system, the plurality of raw materials comprising pure elements or master alloys. The method also includes the step of heating the plurality of raw materials... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070017804 - Device for improving plasma activity pvd-reactors: The present invention relates to a device for improving plasma activity in a magnetron sputtering reactor containing substrates to be coated where a primary plasma is created by a DC or AC voltage applied between the substrates and an additional electrode. Increased plasma activity is obtained by thermionic emission of... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070017805 - Method and device for sampling and analyzing interstitial fluid and whole blood samples: The invention disclosed in this application is a method and device for combining the sampling and analyzing of sub-dermal fluid samples, e.g., interstitial fluid or whole blood, in a device suitable for hospital bedside and home use. It is applicable to any analyte that exists in a usefully representative concentration... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20070017806 - Gas sensor element and gas sensor: A gas sensor element including: a solid electrolyte layer having a first surface and a second surface; a first electrode formed on the first surface of the solid electrolyte layer; a second electrode formed on the second surface of the solid electrolyte layer; and an insulating layer provided between the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070017807 - Sensor for a short-range detection system and/or parking system of a motor vehicle and method for the production thereof: The invention relates to a sensor (12) for a short-range detection system and/or parking system of a motor vehicle, especially an ultrasound sensor. The sensor comprises a pot-shaped housing (10), whereby the base thereof (14) is embodied as an oscillating membrane. The housing comprises a coating on at least the... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20070017808 - Linear valve-coupled two-dimensional separation device and separation matrix and method: A two-dimensional separation apparatus includes first and second modules operating respectively to separate a sample amount in a first dimension and a second dimension. A valve structure controllably isolates the first separation module from the second separation module.... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20070017809 - Assay for als and als-like disorders: The invention relates to an assay for discriminating between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients and patients with ALS-like disorders that express symptoms like ALS. The method is based on the use of 2-dimensional (2D) gel electrophoresis to separate the complex mixture of proteins found in blood serum, the quantitation of... Agent: Ira L. Goldknopft, Ph.d. Power3 Medical Products, Inc.

20070017810 - Microfluidic device for electrochemically regulating ph of fluid therein and method of regulating ph of fluid using the microfluidic device: Provided is a microfluidic device for electrochemically regulating the pH of a fluid. The microfluidic device includes: an ion-exchange material; an anode chamber having a surface defined by a surface of the ion-exchange material and an anode electrode disposed along an edge of the surface of the anode chamber; and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070017811 - Method for flow improvement and reduction of fouling in process equipment: This invention relates to a method and apparatus for improvement of flow rates and reduction of fouling in process equipment such as for instance heat exchangers (2) where fluids are flowing in single or multiphase. This is obtained by imposing a DC-potential at the walls of the process equipment that... Agent: Christian D. Abel

20070017812 - Optimized sample injection structures in microfluidic separations: Methods and apparatus for providing improved sample injection systems and microfluidic devices with structures such as microchambers that can provide relatively large sample volumes. The microchambers can be formed with a geometry to define sample plugs that can be symmetrical from the perspective of a sample load channel and a... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20070017813 - Apparatus for use in gel electrophoresis: An apparatus for use in conducting gel electrophoresis. The apparatus includes a gel matrix and a tray for containing the gel. The tray consists of a bottom surface, opposed side walls and opposed end walls. The side walls are connected to the bottom surface and the end walls by frangible... Agent: Jerrold J. Litzinger

20070012557 - Low voltage sputtering for large area substrates: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to sputtering of materials. In particular, the invention relates to sputtering voltage used during physical vapor deposition of large area substrates to prevent arcing. One embodiment of the invention describes an apparatus for sputtering materials on rectangular substrates at a voltage less than... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070012558 - Magnetron sputtering system for large-area substrates: The present invention generally provides an apparatus and method for processing a surface of a substrate in physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber that has an increased anode surface area to improve the deposition uniformity on large area substrates. In general, aspects of the present invention can be used for flat... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070012559 - Method of improving magnetron sputtering of large-area substrates using a removable anode: The present invention generally provides an apparatus and method for processing a surface of a substrate in physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber that has an increased anode surface area to improve the deposition uniformity on large area substrates. In general, aspects of the present invention can be used for flat... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070012560 - Treatment unit for the wet-chemical or electrolytic treatment of flat workpieces: The present invention relates to treatment units for the wet-chemical or electrolytic treatment of flat workpieces (1), such as metal foils, printed circuit foils or printed circuit boards, in which the workpieces (1) are transported on a conveying path by means of conveying members (6, 6′, 6″, 7). The treatment... Agent: Paul And Paul

20070012561 - Wafer clamp assembly for holding a wafer during a deposition process: A wafer clamp assembly for holding a wafer during a deposition process comprises an outer annular member defining a central recess that has a diameter slightly greater than the diameter of the wafer. A plurality of finger members are carried by the outer annular member and extend radially inwardly from... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070012562 - Method and apparatus for sputtering onto large flat panels: A rectangular magnetron placed at the back of a rectangular sputtering target for coating a rectangular panel and having magnets of opposed polarities arranged to form a gap therebetween corresponding to a plasma track adjacent the target which extends in a closed serpentine or spiral loop. The spiral may have... Agent: Law Offices Of Charles Guenzer Attn: Applied Materials, Inc.

20070012563 - Multi chamber plasma process system: A multi-chamber plasma process system includes a plurality of process chambers, each of which has an inductively coupled plasma generator. The inductively coupled plasma generator is electrically connected to a main power supply through a first impedance matcher. The first impedance matcher has at least one variable inductor. Ignition electrodes... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell Attorney-at-law

20070012564 - Element crack detecting apparatus and method for oxygen sensor: An element crack detecting apparatus for an oxygen sensor detects a sensor output voltage for an abnormality detection period after a fuel cut-off is started during operation of an engine. When the output voltage becomes negative, an abnormality counter is counted up. When the abnormality counter value reaches a determination... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070012565 - Gas detection device, and air-fuel ratio control device and internal combustion engine incorporating the same: A gas detection device includes a gas sensing portion, a heater, and an insulating layer provided between the gas sensing portion and the heater. The gas detection device further includes a control section and a portion of an engine control device for controlling operations of the gas sensing portion and... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070012567 - Gas sensor designed to have enhanced thermal durability and mountability: A gas sensor is provided which has a water-repellent filter and a rubber tube through which air is admitted to inside the gas sensor. The water-repellent filter extends from an end of an air cover in a lengthwise direction of the gas sensor and is kept in a lower-temperature atmosphere... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070012566 - Multilayer ceramic nox gas sensor device: A mixed potential NOx sensor apparatus for measuring the total NOx concentration in a gas stream is disclosed. The NOx sensing apparatus comprises a multilayer ceramic structure with electrodes for sensing both oxygen and NOx gas concentrations and includes screen-printed metallized patterns that function to heat the ceramic sensing element... Agent: Ceramatec, Inc.

20070012568 - Capillary electrophoresis method: Disclosed is a capillary electrophoresis method for simultaneously electrophoresing an unknown sample and an internal standard material, determining an earliest peak as a peak derived from the internal standard material, and identifying the unknown sample on the basis of the internal standard substance-derived peak. The internal standard substance consists of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070012569 - Cationic electrodeposition coating composition: wherein Q is a reaction residual group formed by removing a hydrogen atom(s) from a number t of primary hydroxyl groups of nonreducing disaccharide or trisaccharide, L is the reaction residual group of isocyanate or the reaction residual group of dihalogenated alkyl, OA is an oxyalkylene group having a carbon... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070012570 - Electrochemical methods for making highly soluble oxidizing agents: Methods for preparing oxidizing agents having enhanced water solubility properties, such as magnesium permanganate, calcium permanganate and ammonium peroxydisulfate are prepared from oxidizing agents having more limited water solubility properties, such as potassium permanganate and potassium peroxydisulfate by electrochemical means employing oxidant stable, cationic permselective ion-exchange membranes that are also... Agent: Howard M. Ellis Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20070012571 - Apparatus, system and method for removing a contaminant in a fluid through the application of an electrostatic field: A device and method for the treatment of fluids using electrostatic fields generated by a high voltage electric current, which reduces or eliminates calcification, scaling and microbiological contamination. A high voltage negative DC current is applied to a core electrode, generating an electrostatic field which traverses a dielectric sleeve surrounding... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070007121 - Photochemical transformation of metallic and non-metallic ions in an aqueous environment: The invention comprises a method of photochemical transformation of metallic and non-metallic ions in an aqueous environment. The method comprises exposing the ions to UV irradiation in the presence of an organic acid. The aqueous ions are reduced by the method and may form hydrides, alkyl or carbonyl compounds.... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20070007123 - Silicon dot forming method and silicon dot forming apparatus: There are provided a method and an apparatus which form silicon dots having substantially uniform particle diameters and exhibiting a substantially uniform density distribution directly on a substrate at a low temperature. A hydrogen gas (or a hydrogen gas and a silane-containing gas) is supplied into a vacuum chamber (1)... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070007122 - System and method for forming thin film metal layers in vias: In one embodiment, a method for forming a metal layer in a via of a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate, the substrate having a plurality of vias formed therein, forming a first portion of a metal layer outwardly from the substrate using a long throw sputtering process, and forming... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070007124 - Back-biased face target sputtering based memory with low oxygen flow rate: Systems and methods are disclosed to form an exemplary memory structure by flowing argon gas and oxygen gas in a deposition chamber; providing a low oxygen flow rate approximately between 0 and ten percent (10%) of an argon flow rate, a pressure approximately between 2×10−5 Torr and 1×10−3 Torr, and... Agent: Tran & Associates

20070007125 - Coated article with transparent conductive oxide film doped to adjust fermi level, and method of making same: A transparent conductive oxide (TCO) based film is formed on a substrate. The film may be formed by sputter-depositing, so as to include both a primary dopant (e.g., Al) and a co-dopant (e.g., Ag). The benefit of using the co-dopant in depositing the TCO inclusive film may be two-fold: (a)... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070007126 - Electrohydrogen generator and molecular separator using moving electrodes and auxiliary electrodes: A cylinder containing electrolyte is rotated at a very high speed, which facilitates dissociation of the electrolyte, producing oxygen and hydrogen as well as generating an increased potential difference between an insulated, central cathode and grounded, peripheral, multiple, moving anodes. When the anodes are close to the cathode, there is... Agent: Paul D. Gornall Barrister & Solicitor

20070007127 - Electrolysis cell system with cascade section: Disclosed herein is an electrolysis cell system comprising a cell, a water source disposed in fluid communication with the cell, an electrical source disposed in electrical communication with the cell, and a cascade section disposed in fluid communication with the cell. The cascade section comprises a piping network configured to... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP - Proton

20070007128 - Silicon film forming apparatus: A silicon film forming apparatus includes a deposition chamber (10), a silicon sputter target (2) arranged in the chamber, a hydrogen gas supply circuit (102 or 102′) supplying a hydrogen gas into the chamber, and a high-frequency power applying device (antenna 1, 1′, power source PW and others) generating inductively... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070007130 - Enhanced magnetron sputtering target: An enhanced sputtering target is provided for use in a magnetron sputtering system. The sputtering target includes an active surface from which target material is sputtered and a back surface opposite the active surface. At least one magnet is embedded in the back surface of the target and is oriented... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070007129 - Universal vacuum coupling for cylindrical target: A coupling system (10) to releasably affix a cylindrical target (12) to a spindie (14) comprises the following parts: a) a spindle (14) terminating in a flange portion (16); b) a cylindrical target (12) having at its end a grooved outside circumferential surface (18); c) an interface ring (20) having... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070007131 - Variable thickness plate for forming variable wall thickness physical vapor deposition target: A variable thickness sputtering target which increases the target material thickness at strategic locations to greatly improve the yield of usable wafers per target, and a method of manufacturing such target comprising forming a generally flat and circularly shaped target blank so that a thickness dimension between the top and... Agent: Wegman, Hessler & Vanderburg

20070007132 - Transition metal complexes with bidentate ligand having an imidazole ring: Novel transition metal complexes of iron, cobalt, ruthenium, osmium, and vanadium are described. The transition metal complexes can be used as redox mediators in enzyme based electrochemical sensors. In such instances, transition metal complexes accept electrons from, or transfer electrons to, enzymes at a high rate and also exchange electrons... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20070007133 - Sensor with increased biocompatibility: Sensors and methods for producing them are disclosed. A cavity is created and filled with a reagent that includes a conductive matrix, enzyme, catalyst, and binding agent, in a preferred embodiment. The cavity is substantially enclosed, leaving enough of an opening to allow the sample to enter. A portion of... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070007134 - Gas concentration measuring apparatus designed to establish quick determination of degree of activation of gas sensor: A gas concentration measuring system for use in air-fuel ratio control of motor vehicle engines is provided which is designed to determine the concentrations of oxygen as a function of an air-fuel ratio of a mixture supplied to the engine through a sensor element. The sensor element is activated by... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070007136 - Lamination-type gas sensor element and gas sensor: A gas sensor element having an element body, the element body including: a ceramic heater having ceramic layers and a heater element embedded in the ceramic layers; and a solid electrolyte layer including a detection section covered by a pair of electrodes, the solid electrolyte layer being laminated together with... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070007135 - Methods for the selective absorption of oxygen from a gas mixture: The invention relates to a method for the selective absorption of oxygen from a gas mixture, preferably ambient air, into a liquid medium, followed by releasing of the oxygen so as to make it available in a concentrated form as a reaction partner for combustion or oxidation reactions, at least... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070007137 - Ionic conducting gels, preparation method thereof and use of same: A method of preparing an ionic conducting gel in solid form, known as ionogel. The method includes a step of mixing an ionic liquid with at least one molecular precursor containing at least one hydrolyzable group, if necessary in the presence of an acid, such as a carboxylic acid. The... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070007139 - Electrode for controlling/monitoring gel strips individually: An electrode arrangement for a gel electrophoresis device, the electrode arrangement comprising a first electrode member adapted to provide an electrical contact with at least two gel strips individually so that each electrical signal of the at least two gel strips is controllable and/or monitorable separately.... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070007140 - Magnetic locking mechanism for gel electrophoresis device: An electrode arrangement for a gel electrophoresis device, the electrode arrangement comprising a first electrode member adapted to provide an electrical contact with one or more gel strips, wherein the first electrode member comprises a first locking element to lock the first electrode member to the gel electrophoresis device.... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt , Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070007138 - Modular system for gel electrophoresis device: An insert element for a gel electrophoresis device, the insert element comprising a carrier element comprising one or more gel strip receptions, wherein each of the one or more gel strip receptions is adapted to receive a gel strip, and wherein each of the one or more gel strip receptions... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070000770 - Method for forming amorphous carbon film: Disclosed is a method for forming an amorphous carbon film, having the steps of: preparing at least two units of unbalanced magnetron sputtering evaporation sources, or at least one unit each of the unbalanced magnetron sputtering evaporation source and a magnetic field applied arc-discharge evaporation source, and using a solid... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070000771 - Method for manufacturing vehicle mirrors: Molding a carrier base from plastic having a curved base surface formed into a fixed shape prior to receiving a mirror coating. Sputtering a first mirror coating layer selected of chromium onto the curved base surface, wherein the first layer has a light reflectivity in the range of approximately 60%... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm, P.A.

20070000772 - Method for operating a pulsed arc source: The invention further relates to an arc source in which the target is connected to a power supply unit that encompasses either a minimum of one pulsed high-current power supply 18, 18′ and an additional power supply 13′, 18″, or a power supply 21, 21′, 22 designed with switchable combinatorial... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070000773 - Apparatus for generating gas by electrolysis of a liquid: Apparatus for generating gas by electrolysis of a liquid comprises an electrolysis cell, and first, second and third chambers. Liquid for supply to the electrolysis cell is stored in the first chamber. The second chamber contains liquid which is a product of the electrolysis reaction and is enriched with a... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20070000774 - Electrode with surface comprising oxides of titanium and bismuth and water purification process using this electrode: An electrode having a valve metal substrate and an electrocatalytic surface composition comprising titanium dioxide doped with bismuth is provided, and an electrolytic water purification process utilizing this electrode, wherein organic substances dissolved or dispersed in water are oxidized and degraded in a nonselective manner with good current efficiency.... Agent: Oleh Weres Sonoma Research Company

20070000775 - Electrochemical device: An electrochemical device includes a pair of electrodes, an electrolytic solution, and a container for containing the pair of electrodes and the electrolytic solution. The container includes a frame body having concave shape and a sealing plate configured to seal an opening of the frame body, and an electronic device... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070000776 - Biosensor and production method therefor: A downsized biosensor in which an electrode is formed on one sheet of electrically-insulated substrate, and a sheet of flat substrate is worked three-dimensionally so as to dispose the electrode on the inner side of the substrate to provide a two-dimensional or three-dimensional electrode disposition, whereby a sample introduced by... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

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20070000778 - Multi-parameter sensor with readout circuit: The present discloses an ion sensor and its readout circuit. The sensor includes potentiometric, amperometric ion sensors or dual mode electrochemical sensor. The dual mode electrochemical sensors can be measured by the same measurement circuit system. The dual mode sensors are extended gate ion sensitive field effect transistors and amperometric... Agent: Kusner & Jaffe Highland Place Suite 310

20070000780 - Plural-cell gas sensor with heater: A plural-cell gas sensor including at least an oxygen pump cell (40) comprising a solid electrolyte ceramic layer; an internal space (210) formed between the cells; and a heater substrate (190) arranged on the side of the oxygen pump cell; the heater substrate heating the oxygen pump cell that pumps... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070000779 - Sensor element: A sensor element is described, which is used in particular for detecting a physical property of a measuring gas, preferably for determining the oxygen partial pressure in an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine. The sensor element contains at least one electrochemical measuring cell, which includes a first electrode... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070000781 - Enzyme immobilization for electroosmotic flow: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus of immobilizing a biocatalyst on a microfluidic biochip for conducting reactions in the presence of electroosmotic flow. The biochip includes a polymer on its microfluidic flow surfaces, wherein the polymer includes a first substituent selected from ionic groups of the same polarity or... Agent: Elmore Patent Law Group, PC

20070000782 - Method for batch fabricating electron emission source of electrophoresis deposited carbon nanotubes: A method for batch fabricating electron emission source of electrophoresis deposited carbon nanotubes includes preparing a semi-manufactured cathode structure and a metallic plate connected with electrophoresis electrodes. The cathode structure and the metallic plate that are parallel to each other are separated with a fixed distance and are rinsed in... Agent: Hdsl

20070000783 - Method of forming an electrocoating film, electrocoating film, and electrodeposited article: The present invention has for its object to provide a method of forming an electrocoating film having an excellent smoothness and exceptionally high dielectric properties with a drastically reduced incidence of pinhole formation, such an electrocoating film, and such an electrodeposited article. A method of forming an electrocoating film comprising... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070000784 - Electroosmotic flow controller: Electroosmotic flow controllers and methods of fluid flow control are described. The invention uses an electroosmotically generated flow component in conjunction with a pressure driven flow component to modulate fluid flow. The devices and methods of the invention may include salt bridges for making electrical connection between a power supply... Agent: Eksigent Technologies, LLC C/o Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson