Chemistry: electrical and wave energy inventions 04/07

20070089978 - Low molecular weight chitosan oligosaccharides and its preparation method: The present invention relates to low molecular weight chitosan oligosaccharides and its preparation method. Chitosan oligosaccharides were obtained under microwave irradiation assisted the electrolyte. The method of preparing chitosan oligosaccharides was described as follows: acid solvent containing electrolyte was added to chitosan. The reaction was performed at 480˜800 W for... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070089979 - A method and device for the surface treatment of a metal substrate, and corresponding product: A method for the surface treatment of a metal substrate, whether previously painted or not, in particular for decorated containers and for decorated containers and for the packaging of foodstuffs consists in applying, using an electrode, an electrical discharge having a voltage of between 17,000 V and 49,000 V and... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070089980 - Ion source control system: A gridless ion source operates from a control system (201) that generates an anode voltage (215) comprising a mains rectified signal such that the anode voltage modulates between a first voltage above a threshold and a second voltage below the threshold. The mains rectified signal is provided by transformer (210)... Agent: Darren Gardner

20070089981 - Therapeutic electrolysis device: An electrolysis device is provided. The electrolysis device includes an ionizer unit having first and second plate assemblies that each provide a different surface area that is contacted by water when the unit is in use. The plate assemblies may each provide a different surface area by providing a different... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070089983 - Cathode incorporating fixed or rotating target in combination with a moving magnet assembly and applications thereof: A sputtering cathode apparatus having a hollow cylindrical sputter target that is fixed or rotatable about its central axis and an internal magnet assembly that is rotated axially within the sputter target.... Agent: Mesmer & Deleault, PLLC

20070089982 - Sputtering target and method/apparatus for cooling the target: A sputtering target includes an outer target tube, an inner support tube of rectangular cross-sectional shape supporting a magnet carrier extending along substantially the entire length of the inner support tube; and a water cooling circuit including at least one passageway within said inner support tube with an inlet at... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070089984 - Methods of making molybdenum titanium sputtering plates and targets: Molybdenum titanium sputter targets are provided. In one aspect, the targets are substantially free of the β(Ti, Mo) alloy phase. In another aspect, the targets are substantially comprised of single phase β(Ti, Mo) alloy. In both aspects, particulate emission during sputtering is reduced. Methods of preparing the targets, methods of... Agent: Bayer Material Science LLC

20070089985 - Sputtering target and method/apparatus for cooling the target: A sputtering target comprising an outer target tube, an inner support tube supporting a magnet carrier extending along substantially the entire length of the inner support tube; and a water cooling circuit including at least one passageway within the inner support tube with an inlet at one end thereof adapted... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070089986 - Sputtering target and method/apparatus for cooling the target: A sputtering target includes an outer target tube, an inner support tube supporting a magnet carrier bar extending along substantially the entire length of the inner support tube; and a water cooling circuit including at least one passageway within the inner support tube with an inlet at one end thereof... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070089987 - Systems and methods for blood glucose sensing: A system for measuring a glucose level in a blood sample includes a test strip and a meter. The test strip includes a sample chamber, a working electrode, a counter electrode, fill-detect electrodes, and an auto-on conductor. A reagent layer is disposed in the sample chamber. The auto-on conductor causes... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070089988 - Electronic circuit for ion sensor with body effect reduction: An electronic circuit for ion sensor with the body effect reduction includes a bridge-type floating source circuit provided with an input terminal, an output terminal reflecting the change in the potential dependent on ion concentration, and an ion-sensitive field effect transistor (ISFET) wherein one terminal of the ISFET is coupled... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070089989 - Conformable hydrogen indicating wrap to detect leaking hydrogen gas: A hydrogen gas leak detector comprises a thin film hydrogen detector on a sheet of conformable substrate material, for example, a plastic cling wrap material or a plastic heat shrink material, that is wrappable around a component from which hydrogen gas might leak or evolve. The thin film hydrogen detector... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC

20070084715 - Method for the production of a substrate: Method for producing a substrate includes establishing a plasma discharge with a locally inhomogeneous density distribution and exposing the substrate to the inhomogeneously density-distributed plasma discharge. The distribution is established by establishing a specified relative movement of the inhomogeneous density distribution and of the substrate and establishing a specified time... Agent: Notaro And Michalos

20070084717 - Back-biased face target sputtering based high density non-volatile caching data storage: Systems and methods are disclosed for forming stacked substrates with data storage arrays formed on each substrate in an air-tight chamber in which an inert gas is admittable and exhaustible; a pair of target plates placed at opposite ends of said air-tight chamber respectively so as to face each other... Agent: Baotran Tran & Associates

20070084716 - Back-biased face target sputtering based high density non-volatile data storage: Systems and methods are disclosed for forming stacked substrates with data storage arrays formed on each substrate in an air-tight chamber in which an inert gas is admittable and exhaustible; a pair of target plates placed at opposite ends of said air-tight chamber respectively so as to face each other... Agent: Tran & Associates

20070084718 - Apparatus and method for creating a hydrogen network using water treatment facilities: The invention is an apparatus and method for producing two chemical products, hypochlorite for use as a sanitizing solution and hydrogen as a fuel source for vehicles, and a system to create a hydrogen fuel network therefrom.... Agent: Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber

20070084719 - Inertial bonding method of forming a sputtering target assembly and assembly made therefrom: A method of forming a sputtering target assembly and the sputtering target assembly made therefrom are described. The method can include bonding a sputtering target to a backing plate with the use of solder, braze metal, or alloys thereof, and reflowing the solder or braze metal after bonding the sputtering... Agent: Mary E. Porter, Esq. Cabot Corporation

20070084720 - Magnetron sputtering system for large-area substrates having removable anodes: 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

20070084721 - Drift calibration method and device for the potentiometric sensor: The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus of the drift calibration of sensors. The method includes shifting the sensing signal and differential technology to remove the drift signal by time during a long measuring. The apparatus includes two voltage sensors and readout circuits, a signal-shifting circuit and a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070084722 - Water quality analyzer: A water quality analyzer comprises: sensor electrodes 1a, 1b made of different metals from each other, the electrodes in a liquid of inspecting object generating a sense voltage in proportion to the liquid's impurities concentration; an operational amplifier OP1 amplifying the sense voltage without inverting to provide for a CPU... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070084724 - Gas sensing device and gas sensor: This invention provides a gas sensing device and gas sensor including a porous portion in which a first porous portion absorbs phosphorus and silicone sufficiently so as to suppress generation of clogging in a second porous portion meeting demands for intensifying the performance and accuracy of a gas sensor, so... Agent: Kusner & Jaffe Highland Place Suite 310

20070084726 - Hydrogen gas visualization device: A hydrogen gas visualization device comprises a hydrogen sensor having a thin film layer formed on the surface of a substrate and a catalyst layer formed on the surface of the thin film layer which, when contacted by hydrogen gas contained in an atmosphere, hydrogenates the thin film layer and... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070084725 - Oxygen sensor: An oxygen sensor including an oxygen concentration sensing unit including a pair of electrodes and a solid electrolyte layer which is disposed between the pair of electrodes and has an oxygen ion conductivity. A porous protective coat is disposed on an outer surface of the oxygen concentration sensing unit. A... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070084723 - Structure of gas sensor element to provide enhanced measurement accuracy: A gas sensor element is designed to determine the concentration of a selected component contained in gas and includes a sensor cell. The sensor cell is equipped with two electrodes one of which is exposed to a gas chamber into which the gas flows from outside the gas sensor element.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070084727 - Coherent nonlinear chromatography and methods and devices thereof: Disclosed herein are methods and devices for coherent nonlinear chromatography. As disclosed, the devices comprise microchannels having at least one perturber which produces a non-uniformity in a field spanning the width of the microchannel. The interaction of the field non-uniformity with a particle produces a secondary flow or particle motion... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell (snl)

20070084728 - System for recovering gas produced during electrodialysis: Disclosed is a system for recovering gas produced during electrodialysis of a saline solution, from gas entrained in an electrolyte solution circulating through anode and cathode compartments of an electrodialysis (ED) unit. In one embodiment, the system provides separate catholyte and anolyte towers within a closed, re-circulating loop between the... Agent: Sean W. Goodwin

20070080053 - Method and apparatus for deposition of films of coating materials, in particular of superconductive oxides: There are provided herein a method and an apparatus for deposition of films of coating materials on a substrate, of particular use in obtaining superconductive composite tapes for deposition of films of superconductive oxides and/or buffer layers. A step of deposition of the film on the substrate is associated to... Agent: Venable LLP

20070080054 - Production of nanoparticles and microparticles: A method of producing microparticles including: (a) providing a system including: (i) a vessel containing a liquid; (ii) at least a first pair of electrodes; (iii) a mechanism for igniting an electrical arc between the electrodes; (b) disposing the first pair of electrodes within the liquid, and (c) effecting at... Agent: Mark Friedman Bill Polkinghorn

20070080055 - Metallic reagent: A reagent suitable for use as a catalyst comprises a first metal species substrate having a second reduced metal species coated thereon, the second reduced metal species being less electropositive than the first metal. Methods of manufacture are also provided.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070080056 - Method and apparatus for cylindrical magnetron sputtering using multiple electron drift paths: A cylindrical cathode target assembly for use in sputtering target material onto a substrate comprises a generally cylindrical target, means for rotating the target about its axis during a sputtering operation, a magnetic array carried within the target for generation of a plasma-containing field including a plurality of electron drift... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20070080057 - Plating apparatus, plating cup and cathode ring: A plating apparatus (10) provided with: a plating vessel (61a to 61d) having a cylindrical side wall (361) for containing a plating liquid; a substrate holding mechanism (74a to 74d) for generally horizontally holding a generally round substrate (W) to be treated; a cathode ring (80) provided in the substrate... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070080058 - Electrode for electrochemical cell and electrochemical cell: p

20070080059 - Sputtering device: A sputtering device according to the present invention comprises at least a vacuum container, a substrate holder arranged in the vacuum container, plural sputtering cathodes each of which has a target for sputtering to a substrate installed on the substrate holder, wherein the plural sputtering cathodes are arranged so that... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070080060 - Potentiostatic circuit arrangement on a biosensor for digitisation of the measured current: A circuit arrangement, an electrochemical sensor, a sensor arrangement, and a method for processing a current signal provided by a sensor electrode are disclosed. The circuit arrangement includes a sensor electrode, a first circuit unit, electrically coupled to the sensor electrode and a second circuit unit, including a first capacitor,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070080061 - Solid-state electrochemical nox sensors: The embodiments generally relate to porous electrodes for use in solid-state NOx sensors, whereby the electrodes are comprised primarily of ceramic material and electronically conducting material. The electrodes are prepared by impregnating a porous ceramic material with precursors to the electronically conducting material.... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070080062 - Coated metal structures and methods of making and using thereof: Disclosed herein are methods and devices for applying two or more mobilization fields in a microchannel using a multifunctional structure and manipulating particles and fluids based on more than one characteristic. Specifically, a fluidic channel comprising at least one metal structure having a coat comprising a conductive material, an insulative... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell (snl)

20070080063 - Microfluidic sample delivery devices, systems, and methods: An electrode alignment apparatus may be used with a microfluidic device for accurate and repeatable alignment of electrode pins with reservoirs on the microfluidic device. The apparatus includes a base unit and an electrode block assembly that are moveable with respect to each other from an open position to a... Agent: Caliper Life Sciences, Inc.

20070080064 - Micro-loading device: An electrophoresis gel sample loader and method for making the same is disclosed. One embodiment includes the electrophoresis gel sample loader comprising a loader having a backing material and a plurality of porous sample holders mounted on the backing material. The porous sample holders retain a sample by absorption. In... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070074967 - Photodegradable protective group: A photodegradable protective group comprising a benzyl group which is bound with a light capturing moiety that can absorb light of around 470 nm and having one or more nitro groups on the benzene ring.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070074968 - Icp source for ipvd for uniform plasma in combination high pressure deposition and low pressure etch process: A system and method is provided for using an ionized physical vapor deposition (iPVD) source for uniform metal deposition having uniform plasma density at relatively low (5 mTorr) and relatively high (65 mTorr) operation. Magnet structure is combined with an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) source to shift the plasma toward... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (tokyo Electron)

20070074969 - Very long cylindrical sputtering target and method for manufacturing: The present invention includes a long cylindrical sputtering target assembly and a method for manufacturing the assembly. The long cylindrical sputtering target assembly comprises a cylindrical sputtering target having a length greater than approximately thirty-six inches and being comprised of one or more cylindrical sputtering target sections; a cylindrical backing... Agent: Donald J. Pagel

20070074970 - 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

20070074971 - Sensor for ascorbic acid or a salt thereof: A sensor for detecting ascorbic acid or a salt thereof is provided, the sensor having sensor means for detecting ascorbic acid or a salt thereof in a liquid sample and buffer means for buffering the sample before and/or at the time that the sample contacts the sensor means, said buffer... Agent: Unilever Intellectual Property Group

20070074972 - Microfluidic assay devices and methods: A microfluidic device adapted to perform many simultaneous binding assays including but not limited to immunological experiments, such as ELISA assays, with minimal cross-talk between primary and secondary antibodies.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070074973 - Electrophoresis apparatus for simultaneous loading of multiple samples: The present invention includes apparatus for simultaneous loading of multiple samples for molecular separation, including a separation area with walls wherein at least one of the walls has apertures having loading sites, a gel located within the separation area, and a plurality of wells within the gel. The apertures are... Agent: Invitrogen C/o Intellevates Sughrue Mion PLLC