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Chemistry: electrical and wave energy March list of published pending patents 03/07

20070068793 - Electrode for discharge surface treatment, manufacturing method for electrode for discharge surface treatment, discharge surface treatment apparatus, and discharge surface treatment method: An electrode is used for discharge surface treatment of a work piece. The electrode is made of a green compact obtained by compression-molding an electrode material including powder of any of a metal and a metallic compound, and the discharge surface treatment generating an electric discharge between the electrode and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070068794 - Anode reactive dual magnetron sputtering: A sputtering apparatus of the present invention includes a chamber for containing a plasma. A first and a second target are positioned in the chamber proximate to a substrate. The first and the second targets include at least one type of target material. A power supply is coupled to the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070068795 - Hollow body plasma uniformity adjustment device and method: The uniformity of a plasma distribution having a tendency to peak toward the axis of a processing chamber is improved by positioning a hollow body on the chamber axis with an open end facing the processing space. The hollow body controls the distribution of the plasma away from the center... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (tokyo Electron)

20070068796 - Method of using a target having end of service life detection capability: A method and system for detecting a lifetime of a slab of consumable material used by a process tool. In the method and system, the slab of consumable material is provided with at least one indicator. A determination is made as to whether a value of a signal generated by... Agent: Duane Morris LLPIPDepartment (tsmc)

20070068797 - Method for providing an endpoint layer for ion milling of top of read sensor having top lead connection and sensor formed thereby: A method for providing an endpoint layer for ion milling of top of read sensor having top lead connection and sensor formed thereby. A cap layer includes a thin layer of an endpoint detection material, such as a conductive or insulating material, that is inserted in the cap layer. The... Agent: David W. Lynch Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel

20070068798 - Structure for plasma processing chamber, plasma processing chamber, plasma processing apparatus, and plasma processing chamber component: A structure for a plasma processing chamber which makes it possible to control the potential therein and simplify the construction of the plasma processing chamber. A gas-introducing showerhead 34 is disposed in the plasma processing chamber 10 including a container 11 having a process space S for receiving a semiconductor... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070068800 - Electrodes useful for molten salt electrolysis of aluminum oxide to aluminum: The present invention provides a method of making a carbon electrode, suitable for use as an anode in an aluminum reduction cell, which comprises mixing an aggregate, comprising a mixture of particulate shot coke, and a particulate carbonaceous material other than shot coke with coal tar pitch or petroleum pitch... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20070068799 - Three-dimensional electrode for electrolysis, ion exchange membrane electrolytic cell and method of electrolysis using three-dimensional electrode: A three-dimensional electrode with higher strength and higher toughness is provided. The three-dimensional electrode is fabricated by bending a plurality of snicks which are formed in a plate-like electrode substrate toward the same direction. The stabilization of the positional relation among the elements generated by the three-dimensional electrode neither mechanically... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070068801 - System for plating: A system for plating according to one embodiment includes a plating cell containing plating solution; an anode in contact with the plating solution; a cathode in contact with the plating solution; and a hydrogen electrode in contact with the plating solution.... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20070068802 - Substrate carrier: The invention relates to a substrate carrier comprising two vertical plates and two horizontal plates. In order for the substrate during its transport through a sputter unit to be coated uniformly in its margin regions, a lever arrangement is provided between the two vertical plates. The lever arrangement comprises at... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070068803 - Pvd target with end of service life detection capability: A PVD target structure for use in physical vapor deposition. The PVD target structure includes a consumable slab of source material and one or more detectors for indicating when the slab of source material is approaching or has been reduced to a given quantity representing a service lifetime endpoint of... Agent: Duane Morris LLPIPDepartment (tsmc)

20070068804 - Pvd target with end of service life detection capability: A PVD target structure for use in physical vapor deposition. The PVD target structure includes a consumable slab of source material and one or more detectors for indicating when the slab of source material is approaching or has been reduced to a given quantity representing a service lifetime endpoint of... Agent: Duane Morris LLPIPDepartment (tsmc)

20070068806 - Biosensor strip having an identification function and its sensor: A biosensor strip having an identification function includes a first insulating substrate and a second insulating substrate, and the first substrate is deposited on the second substrate, and the first substrate has an electrode and an identifying electrode area, and the electrode and identifying electrode area are exposed from the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070068808 - Blood test chip for blood substance measuring device: The blood test chip for a blood substance measuring device has an isolated substrate, first and second electrodes, an identification electrode, an electric resistor and a reactive film. When performing a blood test, a blood sample is dropped into an opening on the blood test chip, which is inserted into... Agent: Patenttm.us

20070068807 - In vitro analyte sensor and methods of use: In vitro electrochemical sensors that provide accurate and repeatable analysis of a sample of biological fluid are provided. Embodiments include sensors that include a sample chambers having overhangs extending therefrom.... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070068805 - Operating circuit for a biosensor arrangement: The invention relates to a sensor arrangement and sensor array with a sensor arrangement for the detection of particles possibly contained in an electrolytic analyte, comprising a working electrode which may be electrically coupled to the electrolytic analyte, with immobilized trap molecules such that in the presence of the electrolytic... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070068809 - Gas probe with hygroscopically coated protective device, method of producing a gas probe and exhaust gas purification component and vehicle having a gas probe: A gas probe, in particular a lambda probe for the analysis of exhaust gases from a mobile internal combustion engine, includes at least one protective device, at least partly surrounding a sensitive sensor element of the gas probe, which comes into contact with a gas. The at least one protective... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070068810 - Respiratory monitoring, diagnostic and therapeutic system: Disclosed is a system and method for monitoring the breath chemistry of a patient's breath using a specially designed self-condensing sensor module mounted in a mask, nasal cannula, headband with boom apparatus, or similar device for directing the patients' breath towards the self-condensing sensor. Monitoring of a patient's breath pH... Agent: Michael E. Klicpera

20070068811 - Respiratory monitoring, diagnostic and therapeutic system: Disclosed is a system and method for monitoring, diagnosing, and treating certain respiratory conditions, such as asthma. The system includes a mask apparatus fitted with a pH sensor and thermocouple, a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device, a processing receiver, and a therapeutic nebulizer/atomizer/humidifier device. The mask apparatus, CPAP device... Agent: Michael E. Klicpera

20070068812 - Microfluidic device for electrochemically regulating the ph of a fluid therein using semiconductor doped with impurity and method of regulating the ph of a fluid in a microfluidic device using the same: Provided is a microfluidic device for electrochemically regulating the pH of a fluid comprising: a cathode substrate; an anode substrate facing the cathode substrate and forming a reaction chamber with the cathode substrate; and a nonconductor which forms a boundary between the portions of the cathode substrate and the anode... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070068813 - Microfluidic device for electrically regulating the ph of a fluid therein and method of regulating the ph of a fluid in a microfluidic device using the same: Provided is a microfluidic device for electrically regulating the pH of a fluid comprising: a first chamber comprising a first electrode; a second chamber comprising a second electrode; a third chamber comprising a third electrode, a metal ion exchange membrane between the first and second chambers; and a hydrogen ion... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070068814 - Electro-osmotic pulse (eop) treatment system and method of use therefor: A system and method for de-watering porous material, e.g., concrete. In select embodiments, durable, dimensionally stable anodes (DDAs), preferably configured as arrays on a strip, are impressed into the concrete and a pulsed signal is provided by a DC power supply to the DDAs and cathode rods inserted in soil.... Agent: Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity Attn: Cehec-oc

20070068815 - Micro electro-kinetic pump having a nano porous membrane: An electro-kinetic micro pump having a nano porous membrane is introduced. When a voltage is applied to two opposing sides of the nano porous membrane, an electro-osmotic flow can be induced in each nano pore of the membrane. Since the pore diameter of the nano porous membrane is in the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070068816 - Hydrogel preparation and process of manufacture thereof: A separation medium comprising a hydrogel preparation having macropores and micropores, wherein the hydrogel preparation is prepared by reacting a first gel component and a second gel component in an aqueous solvent. The first gel component comprises a first monomer, oligomer, polymer, or combination thereof having at least one polymerizable... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070068817 - Stationary separation system for mixture components: Components of a mixture are separated by feeding charged molecules of the components into a end surface of a suitable medium, for example a gel. The molecules are drawn in a first direction through the medium by means of an DC electric field, while at the same time being subjected... Agent: Law Offices Of Paul E. Kudirka

20070062801 - Treatment of fluids with wave energy from a carbon arc: A method of and apparatus for treating liquids flowing in a thin film around a source of wave energy to directly exposes the liquid to the wave energy, preferably generated in whole or part by an electrical arc between carbon electrodes. In addition to the wave energy generated by the... Agent: Chalker Flores, LLP

20070062802 - System and method for managing a plasma process and method for manufacturing an electronic device: A system for managing a plasma processing apparatus includes an impedance matching tool for matching impedance in a transmission line feeding a high frequency wave generating a plasma into a processing chamber; a collection unit collecting time series data of an adjustment parameter of the impedance matching tool; a reference... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070062803 - Device and method of manufacturing sputtering targets: The present invention comprises an apparatus for manufacturing a sputtering target that has a crucible for holding a liquid material. The crucible has a discharge opening. A positioning mechanism is mounted adjacent the crucible. A substrate is held by the positioning mechanism. The positioning mechanism moves the substrate such that... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20070062804 - Device and method of manufacturing sputtering targets: The present invention comprises an apparatus for manufacturing a sputtering target that has a crucible for holding a liquid material. The crucible has a discharge opening. A positioning mechanism is mounted adjacent the crucible. A substrate is held by the positioning mechanism. The positioning mechanism moves the substrate such that... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20070062809 - Rotary sputtering target, apparatus for manufacture, and method of making: The process that is the subject of this invention is a method of making a rotary sputtering target having the steps of providing a cylinder of sputtering target material having an adhesion-wetting layer on its inside surface; providing a stainless steel sputtering target backing tube having an outside diameter smaller... Agent: Mesmer & Deleault, PLLC

20070062808 - Sputtering target for phase-change memory, film for phase change memory formed by using the target, and method for producing the target: The present invention provides a sputtering target for a phase change memory and a phase change memory film formed with such a target, and the manufacturing method thereof, characterized in that the sputtering target is composed from elements of not less than a three component system and has as its... Agent: Howson And Howson

20070062805 - Sputtering target with bonding layer of varying thickness under target material: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to a rotatable magnetron sputtering target(s) for use in sputtering material(s) onto a substrate. In certain example embodiments, the target includes a cathode tube with a target material applied thereto via plasma spraying or the like. A bonding layer is provided on the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070062806 - Tantalum sputtering target and method for preparation thereof: Provided is a tantalum sputtering target having a crystal structure in which the (222) orientation is preferential from a position 10% of the target thickness toward the center face of the target, and a manufacturing method of a tantalum sputtering target, including the steps of forging and recrystallization annealing, and... Agent: Howson And Howson

20070062807 - Tantalum sputtering target and method for preparation thereof: Provided is a tantalum sputtering target having a crystal structure in which the (222) orientation is preferential from a position 10% of the target thickness toward the center face of the target, and a manufacturing method of a tantalum sputtering target, including the steps of forging and recrystallization annealing, and... Agent: Howson And Howson

20070062810 - Sputtering system using silver-based alloy: An alloy based on silver is provided, which can be used for reflective layers with a reflection factor of >90% in the visible spectral range of daylight and which exhibits a high resistance to corrosion in sulfur-containing atmospheres. The alloy contains about 0.01 to 5 wt % indium and/or tin... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070062811 - Bioelectrochemical sensor strip capable of taking trace samples: A bioelectrochemical sensor strip capable of taking trace samples includes an insulating substrate, a reacting area protruded from the edge of the insulating substrate and the periphery of the reacting area is open, and a working electrode and a reference electrode of different electrodes are disposed between the insulating substrates,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070062812 - Gas sensor and method for the production thereof: The invention relates to a gas sensor comprising a membrane layer (3) formed on a semiconductor substrate (2), an evaluation structure (7) being arranged on said substrate in an evaluation area (8) and a heating structure (9) outside the evaluation area (8), in addition to a gas-sensitive layer (10) arranged... Agent: The Firm Of Karl F Ross

20070062813 - Electrophoresis standards, methods and kits: Electrophoresis Compositions, methods and kits useful for, among other things, detecting, quantifying and/or characterizing analytes are provided. The compositions are useful as electrophoresis standards for determine the isoelectric point and molecular weight of an analyte. The electrophoresis standards generally comprise at least one label moiety and one or more reactive... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070062814 - Capillary array and electrophoresis apparatus, and methods: A capillary array capable of being easily mounted on an electrophoresis apparatus without damaging the capillaries. The capillary array can include a plurality of capillaries that can be fixed via hollow electrodes on a load header in a matrix arrangement. The load header can be disposed on the electrophoresis apparatus.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070056840 - Modified process for synthesis or perovskite ceramics: The present invention relates to a process for the synthesis of perovskite ceramics and more particularly relates to the preparation of perovskites with general formula LnMO3, where Ln represents lanthanide element and M a transition metal.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070056842 - Process for production of hydrogen from anaerobically deomposed organic materials: A process for the production of hydrogen from anaerobically decomposed organic materials by applying an electric potential to the anaerobically decomposed organic materials, including landfill materials and sewage, to form hydrogen, and for decreasing the time required to treat these anaerobically decomposed organic materials. The organic materials decompose to volatile... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070056841 - System and method for the manufacture of hydrogen cyanide and acrylonitrile with simultaneous recovery of hydrogen: A system and method for the manufacture of hydrogen cyanide, acrylonitrile, and acetonitrile are provided. The system comprises at least one pulsed corona discharge reactor with each pulsed corona discharge reactor having a reaction zone. At least one reactant feed stream containing hydrogen is introduced into the pulsed corona discharge... Agent: Emery L Tracy

20070056844 - Coating machine and method for operating a coating machine: A coating machine for coating a substrate by means of sputtering, comprises a process chamber and, in the process chamber, targets 3, 3′ from which target material is sputterable in the direction of the substrate for coating the substrate. The coating machine features means of aligning the sputter direction S... Agent: Kenneth J. Johnson, Esq. Marsh Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20070056843 - Method of processing a substrate using a large-area magnetron sputtering chamber with individually controlled sputtering zones: The present invention generally provides a method for processing a surface of a substrate in a physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber that has a sputtering target that has separately biasable sections, regions or zones to improve the deposition uniformity. In general, aspects of the present invention can be used for... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070056845 - Multiple zone sputtering target created through conductive and insulation bonding: The present invention generally provides a sputtering apparatus and method in which a sputtering target has a plurality of target sections bonded to a common backing plate. Each segment can be bonded to the common backing plate using a different bonding material. One target segment can be bonded to the... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070056846 - Silicon dot forming method and silicon dot forming apparatus: A substrate is accommodated in a vacuum chamber provided with a silicon sputter target, a sputtering gas (typically a hydrogen gas) is supplied into the vacuum chamber, a high-frequency power is applied to the gas to form plasma in the chamber, a bias voltage is applied to the target for... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070056847 - Electrochemical liquid treatment equipments: The present invention aims to provide electrode compartment structures in electrochemical liquid treatment equipments, which enable stable operation using pure water as an electrode compartment liquid requiring no concentration adjustment without adverse electrode reaction. The present invention relates an electrochemical liquid treatment equipment comprising ion exchange membranes between an anode... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070056848 - Inert anode for the production of aluminium by fused bath electrolysis and method of making this anode: The purpose of the invention is a process for making a solid part designed to form all or part of an anode for the production of aluminium by fused bath electrolysis, containing a cermet formed from at least one metallic oxide such as a mixed oxide with spinel structure, and... Agent: Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC

20070056849 - Magnet incorporated electrically conductive electrodes: An electrically conducting electrode having a composite and a current collector in electrical contact with the composite, the composite can comprise at least about 10 weight percent electrically conductive particles, at least about 0.5 weight percent magnetic particles, and an optional polymeric binder, wherein composite is at least about 80... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070056850 - Large-area magnetron sputtering chamber with individually controlled sputtering zones: The present invention generally provides an apparatus for processing a surface of a substrate in a physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber that has a sputtering target that has separately biasable sections, regions or zones to improve the deposition uniformity. In general, aspects of the present invention can be used for... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070056851 - Method for the testing of multiple materials for electrochemical uses: An electrochemical cell for testing the electrochemical behaviour of a plurality of materials comprises: a first electrode; a counter-electrode bearing an electrochromic material having a visual or measurable property which changes in a manner proportional to the total charge passed through it; and an electrolyte between and in electrical contact... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek, LLP Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070056852 - Enzyme electrode sensor fuel cell and electrochemical reactor: An enzyme electrode comprises a conductive member and an enzyme, wherein a first mediator and a second mediator are immobilized by a carrier onto the conductive member, the first mediator and the second mediator having different redox potentials (reduction-oxidation potentials). A sensor employs the enzyme electrode as a detection portion... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070056853 - Micro-chemical mixing: A method comprising, providing a droplet having a first chemical species and a second chemical species on a substrate, and applying a voltage across the droplet to physically repeatedly deform the droplet. In this embodiment, the applying causes the droplet to move with respect to an object located therein and... Agent: Hitt Gaines, PC Lucent Technologies Inc.

20070056854 - Electrophoresis cassette with sealing and closure features: Slab gel electrophoresis cassettes constructed from two flat rectangular plates, with features that allow the plates to be joined parallel to and facing each other with a gap between them that is sealed at the sides and open at the top and bottom for access to upper and lower electrodes,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070051614 - Chemical elements extraction process by non-thermal plasma and device for implementation: The present invention has for its objects a process for extracting the chemical elements contained in diverse products (i.e. waste, ashes, used catalysts, etc..) or in raw materials such as soils, sediments, lands, brownfields and ores and a device to implement the process. The process consists in forming volatile compounds... Agent: Em Research Labs Llc

20070051615 - Method of converting green house gases from fossil fuels into non-toxic base elements: A process which includes the steps of first collecting the green house gases, such as CO2, SO2, Nox, CO, emitted from a furnace where fossil fuels are burned; flowing the gases to a sequestration unit where the gases are cleaned and scrubbed; moving the scrubbed gases to a compressor for... Agent: Garvey Smith Nehrbass & North, Llc

20070051617 - Apparatus and method of positioning a multizone magnetron assembly: The present invention generally provides an apparatus and method for processing a surface of a substrate in a PVD chamber that has a magnetron assembly whose shape can be distorted to adjust the magnetic field strength in the processing region of the deposition chamber to improve the deposition uniformity. In... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070051616 - Multizone magnetron assembly: The present invention generally provides an apparatus and method for processing a surface of a substrate in physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber that has a magnetron assembly that has separately positionable magnetron sections to improve the deposition uniformity. In general, aspects of the present invention can be used for flat... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070051618 - Method and apparatus for electrochemical machining: An electrochemical machining apparatus and method for machining a workpiece (60). The apparatus provides a pulse of electric power, which is conducted from the workpiece (60), to an electrolyte (68) flowing through a gap (62), and then to an electrode (58). Material is eroded from the workpiece (60) when the... Agent: Dickinson Wright Pllc

20070051619 - Apparatus adapted for membrane-mediated electropolishing: This invention provides a membrane-mediated electropolishing apparatus for polishing and/or planarizing metal work-pieces. The work-piece is wetted with a low-conductivity fluid. The wetted work-piece is contacted with a first side of a charge-selective ion-conducting membrane, wherein the second side contacts a conductive electrolyte solution in electrical contact with a electrode.... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070051620 - Polymer adhesive seals for protected anode architectures: Protected anode architectures for active metal anodes have a polymer adhesive seal that provides an hermetic enclosure for the active metal of the protected anode inside an anode compartment. The compartment is substantially impervious to ambient moisture and battery components such as catholyte (electrolyte about the cathode), and prevents volatile... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070051621 - Cathode plate: A cathode plate (1) comprises a cathode blade (10) and a hanger bar (20) attached to the upper end portion thereof to support the cathode blade (10) in an electrolytic bath. The area of the blade being defined by the hanger bar (20) at the upper periphery and two substantially... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP

20070051622 - Simultaneous ion milling and sputter deposition: A magnetron sputter reactor including an ion beam source producing a linear beam that strikes the wafer center at an angle of less than 35°. The linear beam extends across the wafer perpendicular to the beam but has a much short dimension along the beam propagation axis while the wafer... Agent: Law Offices Of Charles Guenzer Attn: Applied Materials, Inc.

20070051623 - Method of making sputtering target and target: Method of making a sputtering target wherein the number of processing steps is reduced by providing melted sputtering target material in a heated mold and solidifying the melted material in the mold using a unidirectional heat removal process to produce a sputtering target with a selective grain orientation. The method... Agent: Mr. Edward J. Timmer

20070051624 - Copper or copper alloy target/copper alloy backing plate assembly: Provided is a copper or copper alloy target/copper alloy backing plate assembly in which the anti-eddy current characteristics and other characteristics required in a magnetron sputtering target are simultaneously pursued in a well balanced manner. This copper or copper alloy target/copper alloy backing plate assembly is used for magnetron sputtering,... Agent: Howson And Howson

20070051625 - Diamond microelectrodes: A microelectrode comprising a diamond layer formed from electrically non-conducting diamond and containing one or more pins or projections of electrically conducting diamond extending at least partially through the layer of non-conducting diamond and presenting areas of electrically conducting diamond.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070051626 - Cataphoresis apparatus cataphoresis method, and detection method for organism-related material using the apparatus and the method: An electrophoresis apparatus that has a gel retaining layer; one or two sample solution storage portions disposed on either side or both sides of said gel retaning layer; two semi-permeable membranes disposed on the outer sides of said sample solution storage portions; buffer solution storage portions disposed on the outer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070051627 - Removal of metal ions from onium hydroxides and onium salt solutions: The present invention relates to a process for removing dissolved metal ions from an onium hydroxide and/or salt solution, including providing a weak acid ion exchange medium; providing a solution comprising magnesium ions; forming a magnesium-loaded ion exchange medium by contacting the ion exchange medium with the solution comprising magnesium... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070051628 - Neutral polysaccharide wall coating for electrophoretic separations in capillaries and microchannels: The present invention describes a method of preparation of a neutral wall coating made of thermally immobilized polysaccharides. The coating suppresses electroosmotic flow and adsorption on the wall under acidic, neutral, and basic conditions in capillary electrophoresis.... Agent: Vladislav Dolnik

20070051629 - Poly(amino saccharide) wall coating for electrophoretic separations in capillaries and microchannels: The present invention describes a method of preparation of a charged wall coating made of thermally immobilized cationic polysaccharides. The coating enables stable electroosmotic flow to be generated.... Agent: Vladislav Dolnik

20070051630 - Electrophoretic support: The present invention relates to electrophoresis and in particular low fluorescent electrophoretic supports for hydrogels used for separation of fluorescence labelled biomolecules. More particularly, the invention relates to use of a polymer having the following formula: wherein n=0-100 000 R1, R2, R3 and R4=H, F, Cl, Br, I, methyl groups... Agent: Ge Healthcare Bio-sciences Corp. Patent Department

20070045101 - Self-regenerating particulate trap systems for emissions and methods thereof: A method and system for treating emissions includes charging particles in an exhaust stream, producing one or more radicals, and oxidizing at least a portion of the charged particles with at least a portion of the produced radicals. At least a portion of the charged particles in the exhaust stream... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20070045103 - Aluminum sputtering while biasing wafer: An aluminum sputtering process including RF biasing the wafer and a two-step aluminum fill process and apparatus used therefor to fill aluminum into a narrow via hole by sputtering under two distinctly different conditions, preferably in two different plasma sputter reactors. The first step includes sputtering a high fraction of... Agent: Law Offices Of Charles Guenzer Attn: Applied Materials, Inc.

20070045102 - Method of sputter depositing an alloy on a substrate: An improved planetary sputter deposition method for sputter depositing an alloy on a substrate wherein the sputter deposited amount, or thickness, of a specific material of the alloy can be controlled so that different substrates can be provided with an alloy having a different composition, i.e. having different percentages of... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070045104 - Method for reducing cell voltage and increasing cell stability by in-situ formation of slots in a soderberg anode: A self-baking, Soderberg type carbon anode (40) for use in an aluminum electrolyses cell (1) to form product aluminum (11), where the anode (40) is consumable in molten electrolyte (12) in the cell, the anode having top, bottom and side surfaces and at least four layers of vertically disposed plate... Agent: Intellectual Property

20070045105 - Method of operating a diaphragm electrolytic cell: Describes a method for lowering the flow of liquid anolyte through perforations in the diaphragm of a diaphragm electrolytic cell, e.g., a chlor-alkali diaphragm electrolytic cell, comprising introducing ceramic fiber into the anolyte compartment of the electrolytic cell, e.g., during cell operation. The benefits described for lowering the flow of... Agent: Linda Pingitore Ppg Industries, Inc.

20070045106 - Method for preparing solid-state polymer zinc-air battery: This invention relates to a method for fabricating solid-state alkaline polymer Zn-air battery, which consists of a zinc-gel anode, an air cathode electrode, and alkaline polymer electrolyte. The formulation of said zinc gel anode is similar to that of alkaline Zn—MnO2 battery. The zinc gel anode contains a mixture of... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070045107 - Electrolytic cell and method of assembling and operation of an electrolytic cell: An electrolytic cell (1) for the production of a halogen biocide from an aqueous solution with an electrolyses process comprises an enclosure (5) and electrode plates (2, 3, 4). The enclosure (5) consists of two parts which are connected by at least one connector (9). Only few components are used... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070045108 - Monolithic sputter target backing plate with integrated cooling passages: A single-piece backing plate for a sputtering target is disclosed where cooling passages are formed internal to the backing plate. In some embodiments, cooling passages can be formed through the edges of a single plate of material by gun drilling. These passages can then be sealed at the edge so... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070045109 - Insulating target material, method of manufacturing insulating target material, insulating complex oxide film, and device: An insulating target material for obtaining an insulating complex oxide film represented by a general formula AB1-XCXO3, an element A including at least Pb, an element B including at least one of Zr, Ti, V, W, and Hf, and an element C including at least one of Nb and Ta.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070045110 - Carrier and manufacturing apparatus having the same: A carrier having a plurality of support bars for safely transferring a substrate is provided. The carrier includes a frame having a through-hole formed at a center, the center through-hole including a first inner surface and a second inner surface that faces the first inner surface within in the through-hole;... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070045111 - Plasma excitation system: A plasma excitation system includes at least one DC current supply connected to a mains supply, at least one medium frequency (MF) unit connected to the at least one DC current supply for generating an AC voltage at its output, and a controller. The output of the MF unit is... Agent: J. Peter Fasse Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070045112 - Failure detection apparatus and failure detection method for exhaust gas sensor: An air-fuel ratio sensor has an exhaust-side electrode and an atmosphere-side electrode. The atmosphere-side electrode is disposed in an atmosphere layer that communicates with the atmosphere. Since the air-fuel ratio sensor is disposed in an exhaust passage, exhaust gas enters the atmosphere layer if a sensor crack occurs. Ordinarily, forward... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070045113 - Solid electrolyte gas sensor: A solid electrolyte gas sensor of the invention includes a sensor main body S3 having a solid electrolyte board 10, a gas detecting electrode layer (auxiliary electrode layer) 12 formed on one face of the board, and a reference electrode 14 formed on a face thereof on a side opposed... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070045114 - Gas sensor and method for forming same: A sensor including a species selective electrode and a reference electrode having an electrolyte layer disposed therebetween; a reference gas channel in fluid communication with the reference electrode; a heater and a temperature sensor; wherein the species selective electrode is disposed on a first side of an insulating layer separating... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070045115 - Dual electrode injection of analyte into a capillary electrophoretic device: An injection system including a first electrical circuit for concentration of an analyte and a second electrical circuit for injection of the concentrated analyte into an electrophoretic device is described, as well as methods of using the injection system.... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20070045116 - Electrodepositable coating compositions and related methods: An electrodepositable coating composition is provided including a resinous phase and catalyst nanoparticles dispersed in an aqueous medium, the resinous phase including (a) at least one active hydrogen-containing, ionic salt group-containing resin; and (b) at least one curing agent; and the catalyst nanoparticles for effecting cure between the resin (a)... Agent: Ppg Industries, Inc. Law Dept. - Intellectual Property

20070045117 - Apparatuses for mixing droplets: Apparatuses for mixing droplets, such as a binary mixing apparatus, are provided. The binary mixing apparatus includes an array of electrodes and a conducting element positioned in relation to at least one of the electrodes to enable a droplet placed in electrical communication with the at least one electrode to... Agent: Ward And Smith, P.A.

20070045118 - Automated two-dimensional electrophoresis apparatus and instrument constituting the apparatus: The present invention is to provide a sample separation instrument used in a sample separation apparatus which includes: holding means for holding a first medium supporter which supports a first medium; and driving means for moving fixing means or the holding means in a direction parallel or perpendicular to a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC