Chemistry: electrical and wave energy inventions 10/07

20070246346 - Electroformed sputtering target: A sputtering target comprising an inverted annular trough encircling a central cylindrical well, and additionally comprising a plurality of electroplated layers of sputtering material is described. The sputtering material comprises at least one of aluminum, copper, tantalum, titanium and tungsten.... Agent: Janah & Associates, P.C.

20070246347 - Scraper for a device for breaking bath crust in an electrolytic cell intended for aluminium production: The invention relates to a scraper (40) for a crust breaking member (33) such as a crust breaker, useable to form an opening in an alumina and solidified bath crust in a fused bath electrolytic cell by a back and forth motion of the said member along a translation axis... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070246348 - Stabilizer with cathodic protection: A cathodic protection system for protecting an underwater structure includes a plurality of blocks which are capable of conforming to various structures. Each of the blocks include: a flexible wire rope, the rope constructed and arranged to pass through the center of each block in two directions, and embedded therein... Agent: Tim Headley

20070246349 - Barrel plating device: A barrel plating device includes a cylindrical drum which is immersed in a plating solution in a horizontal state and configured for containing objects to be plated; a support member for rotatably supporting the drum; a drive mechanism for rotatably drive the drum; and a conductive member in a shape... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish Suite 240

20070246350 - Plating apparatus: A plating apparatus includes a bath configured to reserve a plating solution for plating a substrate and a holder configured to hold the substrate. The bath includes an anode electrode provided inside the bath. The holder includes a cathode electrode for applying a voltage to the substrate. The bath is... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070246351 - Device for generating hydrogen for use in internal combustion engines: An electrolysis conversion system for converting water into hydrogen and oxygen, includes a housing in which are housed electrodes. The electrodes are immersed in an electrolyte and are connected to a positive and negative sides of an energy source. The housing is a non conductive material that has chambers to... Agent: Matthew M. Smola

20070246352 - Flow-through-resin-impregnated monolithic graphite electrode and containerless electrolytic cell comprising same: An electrolytic cell is provided that can include: a first electrode plate including a first surface that can include a graphite material; a second electrode plate including a second surface that can include a graphite material opposing the first surface; an electrolytic reaction zone between the first surface and the... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20070246353 - Self-healing and adaptive materials and systems: Solid electrolyte and at least one of piezoelectric and thermoelectric materials are incorporated into material systems to provide them with self-healing and adaptive qualities. The piezoelectric and thermoelectric constituents convert the mechanical and thermal energy, respectively, concentrated in critical areas into electrical energy which, in turn, guides and drives electrolytic... Agent: Parviz Soroushian

20070246356 - Sputtering apparatus: A sputtering apparatus is disclosed which enables highly accurate monitor control of a film thickness and allows enhanced flexibility in design. The apparatus includes a substrate placement area in which a substrate is placed, a particle emission area in which a target is placed and sputter particles from the target... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070246355 - Batch-type remote plasma processing apparatus: A plasma processing apparatus comprises a processing chamber in which a plurality of substrates are stacked and accommodated; a pair of electrodes extending in the stacking direction of the plurality of substrates, which are disposed at one side of the plurality of substrates in said processing chamber, and to which... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070246354 - Plasma systems with magnetic filter devices to alter film deposition/etching characteristics: Plasma systems with magnetic filter devices to alter film deposition/etching characteristics by altering the effective magnetic field distribution. The magnetic filter devices are placed between the magnet or magnets and a target, typically a semiconductor wafer, and selected and configured to alter the magnetic field to obtain the desired processing... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070246357 - Concentration determination in a diffusion barrier layer: The present invention relates to improved electrochemical biosensor strips and methods for determining the concentration of an analyte in a sample. By selectively measuring a measurable species residing in a diffusion barrier layer, to the substantial exclusion of the measurable species residing exterior to the diffusion barrier layer, measurement errors... Agent: Blanchard & Associates

20070246358 - Sensor element for determining a physical property of a measuring gas: A sensor element is described for determining a physical property of a measuring gas, in particular the pressure or the concentration of a gas component in a gas mixture, in particular in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine. The sensor element has an electrode exposed to the measuring... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070246359 - Gas sensing element, gas sensor using the same and related manufacturing method: A gas sensing element and related manufacturing method are disclosed with a solid electrolyte body having one surface formed with a measuring-gas-side electrode and the other surface formed with a reference-gas-side electrode, wherein a measuring-gas-side lead portion is formed on the solid electrolyte body in connection with the measuring-gas-side electrode... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070246360 - Contamination-resistant gas sensor element: A contamination-resistant sensor element and methods for making the same are provided. A sensor element may include a contamination-resistant coating on at least a portion thereof. The coating may comprise gamma-delta alumina and lithium oxide and may have a thickness of about 100 to about 600 microns and a porosity... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070246361 - Gas sensor with increased sealing performance: A gas sensor and method of manufacturing the gas sensor are disclosed. The gas sensor comprises a gas sensing element, an insulating element holder having an element inserting bore through which the gas sensing element axially extends, a housing fixedly supporting the insulating element holder, an airtight sealant and a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070246362 - Charged particle reduction in analyte processing: A method for processing analytes in a first solution containing charged particles, wherein the first solution is filling a compartment having reservoirs. The compartment is subjected to an electric field, so that the charged particles are mainly moved into the reservoirs, thereby reducing the amount of the charged particles in... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20070246363 - Integrated electrochemical hydrogen compression systems: Apparatus and operating methods are provided for integrated electrochemical hydrogen compression systems. In one possible embodiment, an electrochemical hydrogen pumping cell is energized to generate a hydrogen output from a hydrogen source that can be pure hydrogen or a mixed gas containing hydrogen. The hydrogen output is fed to a... Agent: H2 Pump, LLC

20070246364 - Selectively placing catalytic nanoparticles of selected size for nanotube and nanowire growth: A method is provided for selectively placing catalytic nanoparticles (22) for growing one dimensional structures (28) including nanotubes and nanowires. The method comprises providing a solution (23) including a plurality of catalytic nanoparticles (28) suspended therein. An alternating current is applied between two electrodes (12, 14) submersed in the solution... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070246365 - Liquid moving apparatus: A liquid moving apparatus is disclosed. The liquid moving apparatus may include a container having a holding chamber enclosed by first and second end walls facing against each other and side walls connecting the first and second end walls, a polarized or conductive first liquid filled in the holding chamber,... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070246366 - Composite oxygen-permeable membrane: The proposed composite oxygen-permeable membrane comprises a solid ceramic layer with ion and/or electron conductivity and at least one layer of gas-permeable structure made of an alloy containing elements of groups VIII and VI of Mendeleev's Periodic Table and aluminum. In specific implementations the gas-permeable layer is made of an... Agent: United Research And Development Centre LLC

20070240975 - System, method and apparatus for treating liquids with wave energy from an electrical arc: The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for treating a liquid by providing a wave energy source and creating a thin film of the liquid whirling around the wave energy source such that one or more wave energies irradiate the liquid. Likewise, the present invention provides a method... Agent: Chalker Flores, LLP

20070240976 - Method and apparatus for the application of powder material to substrates: An apparatus for electrostatically charging powder material and supplying it to an applicator for electrostatically applying the powder material to solid dosage forms includes a mixer for mixing a sump of the powder material to electrostatically charge the powder material, the mixer including two substantially parallel elongate mixing shafts having... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070240977 - Sputtering with cooled target: The present invention concerns a device and a method for coating substrates by means of sputtering a coating material in the form of a target, wherein the target is cooled during sputtering by means of a cooling medium fed at the target or past the region of the target or... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070240978 - Electrolysis cell: Electrolysis cell in the constructive form of single elements, intended for instance for the production of chlorine, hydrogen and/or caustic soda and designed in such a way that the portion of inactive membrane surface is minimised thanks to an optimised flange type so that the ratio between the flange surface... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070240979 - Shield body and vacuum processing apparatus: A vacuum processing apparatus using a shield member that is used in a processing chamber of the vacuum processing apparatus, that has a heating unit and that has a simple structure enabling the shield member to be thinned. A vacuum processing apparatus having a processing chamber, a gas exhaust unit... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070240980 - Sputtering target and sputtering equipment: A sputtering target having at least one flat first sputtering surface and at least one second sputtering surfaces respectively and laterally abutted against the flat first sputtering surface and slanting in one direction relative to the first sputtering surface. By means of adjusting the position of the second sputtering surface... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070240981 - Sputter target with high-melting phase: A sputter target is made of a material comprising at least two phases or components, wherein at least one minor phase has low solubility in the matrix and has a higher melting point than the matrix. The at least one minor phase has a mean particle size of 10 μm... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070240982 - Arc ion plating apparatus: An arc ion plating apparatus comprises a vacuum chamber, a rotary table for moving a substrate within the vacuum chamber vertically relative to its height direction, an arc evaporation source for bombardment for cleaning the surface of the substrate with metal ions, and an arc evaporation source for deposition group... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070240983 - Amperometric sensor for uric acid and method for the same: An amperometric sensor for uric acid and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed, in which polyacrylamide is used to fix catalase, uricase and ferrocenecarboxylic acid on a working electrode. In determining concentration of uric acid, hydrogen peroxide is produced when enzyme and uric acid react with each other and then... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070240985 - Device used to detect nucleic acid: A device includes a flow channel through which a solution containing at least one of a target nucleic acid and a nucleic acid recognition body flows. The flow channel includes a flat bottom surface parallel to the flowing direction of the solution and an inclined surface gradually projecting from the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070240984 - Biosensors comprising heat sealable spacer materials: Disclosed herein is a biosensor for measuring analyte in a fluid that comprises a substrate layer having disposed thereon at least one each of an electrode, cathode, anode, and a novel spacer material. The spacer material according to the present disclosure comprises a heat sealable organic layer that covers at... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070240986 - Microfluidic device with minimized ohmic resistance: An electrochemical microfluidic device has one or a plurality of microstructures, such as a microchannel, in which an electrically conductive means is integrated to reduce the ohmic resistance within the microstructure and hence to improve electrochemical measurements particularly when large current densities are involved. The electrically conductive means can be... Agent: Howson And Howson

20070240987 - Apparatus and method for measuring nitric oxide in exhaled breath: A sensing apparatus to measure nitric oxide (NO) in exhaled breath is disclosed. An embodiment of the sensing apparatus includes an inlet, a pretreatment element, and a sensing electrode. The inlet is configured to receive the exhaled breath. The pretreatment element is configured to receive the exhaled breath from the... Agent: Ceramatec, Inc.

20070240988 - Method for controlling concentration of electrophoresis solution of carbon nano tube: A method for controlling concentration of electrophoresis solution of field emission display cathode substrate carbon nano tubes includes: (1) preparing an index electrophoresis solution and setting the electrophoresis conditions, wherein the concentration is 0.025% for magnesium nitrate and 0.0125% for the carbon nano tube of ethanol as an index solution;... Agent: Hdsl

20070240989 - Microfluidic pumps and mixers driven by induced-charge electro-osmosis: This invention provides devices and apparatuses comprising the same, for the mixing and pumping of relatively small volumes of fluid. Such devices utilize nonlinear electrokinetics as a primary mechanism for driving fluid flow. Methods of cellular analysis and high-throughput, multi-step product formation using, devices of this invention are described.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070240990 - Analysis: A method for collecting an analyte species from a sample is provided, the method of collection potentially being supplemented to give a method of preparing a sample for analysis and/or a method of analysis. The method including providing part of a sample in a substrate, causing the sample to migrate... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070240991 - Gelling electrophoresis loading buffer: A sample for an electrophoresis device is provided which converts from a liquid to a gel upon contact with the running buffer of an electrophoresis device. The sample preparations of this invention permit improved electrophoresis resolution, image sharpness, and efficiencies of cost, time and space. The sample is prepared by... Agent: Gosz And Partners LLP

20070235319 - Multi-processing using an ionized physical vapor deposition (ipvd) system: A method and system for performing multiple depositions on a substrate using an improved Ionized Physical Vapor Deposition (IPVD) system that allows IPVD processes and plasma-enhanced processes, such as PEALD and PECVD, to be performed in a single processing chamber. A determination of the state of an in-coming substrate can... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (tokyo Electron)

20070235320 - Reactive sputtering chamber with gas distribution tubes: A sputtering apparatus for processing large area substrates is provided. By introducing gas across the entire target surface, a uniform composition film may be formed on the substrate. When the gas is introduced merely at the perimeter, the gas distribution is not uniform. By providing a gas introduction tube across... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070235321 - Depositing rhuthenium films using ionized physical vapor deposition (ipvd): An iPVD system is programmed to deposit a barrier and/or seed layer using a Ru-containing material into high aspect ratio nano-size features on semiconductor substrates using a process which enhances the sidewall coverage compared to the field and bottom coverage(s) while minimizing or eliminating overhang within an IPVD processing chamber.... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (tokyo Electron)

20070235322 - Method for real-time monitoring the fabrication of magnetic memory units: A method for real-time monitoring the fabrication of magnetic memory units uses an ion beam milling machine, mainly using plasma to etch the films. The method for real-time measuring resistance during etching can acquire the charge carriers' transport characteristics of tunneling resistance with current perpendicular to the plane of film.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070235323 - Integrated electrolytic acting torch for the surface working of metals: The torch with integrated electrolytic action for the surface treatment of metals, comprises a peak-paddle (2) connected with the unipolar electric current supply (7, 16) from an external apparatus, the other pole being connected with the metal surface being treated, and has the electrolytic solution used, for the specific treatment,... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070235324 - Membrane electrode assembly incorporating unified encapsulation and electrocoat paint systems incorporating the same: A membrane electrode assembly incorporating an encapsulation assembly process that separates the counter-electrode, and the electrocoat medium from contacting the electrode, which is located behind the membrane ion exchange layer. The encapsulation process provides of method of singularly encasing independent components that comprise the membrane electrode assembly, without the assistance... Agent: Timothy C Walker

20070235325 - Thermoelectric conversion apparatus: A thermoelectric conversion apparatus has an evaporator for heating a working medium in liquid-phase to evaporate the working medium, an electric generator for forming a concentration cell for electric power generation when it is supplied with a reactive gas and the working medium evaporated by the evaporator, and a gas-liquid... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070235326 - Solar-powered oxyhydrogen generating system: A solar-powered oxyhydrogen generating system includes an electric oxyhydrogen generator and a solar-power generator. The electric oxyhydrogen generator includes an electrolysis tank for receiving water, a plurality of electrodes extending into the electrolysis tank so as to be immersed in the water, and a gas outlet in spatial communication with... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20070235327 - Internal coil with segmented shield and inductively-coupled plasma source and processing system therewith: An RF antenna assembly is provided having a segmented, conductive, deposition baffle covering an antenna conductor designed for operation internal to a vacuum processing chamber in presence of metal vapor or ions. The antenna can be placed either above the wafer, or around it. The baffle includes two concentric layers... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070235328 - Power supply device: A high power supply device for a vacuum coating system with at least one magnetron disposed in a coating chamber comprises a line adapter for a DC power supply for converting a line voltage into a DC voltage, a line connection for supplying the line voltage, and a medium-frequency generator... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070235330 - Electrochemical sensor strip and manufacturing method thereof: An electrochemical sensor strip is provided. The electrochemical sensor strip includes an insulation substrate, a conduction film, an insulation layer, wherein the conduction film is mounted on the insulation substrate and has a first and a second ends, and the insulation layer is mounted on the conduction film to cover... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070235331 - Analyte sensors having a signal-to-noise ratio substantially unaffected by non-constant noise: Systems and methods of use involving sensors having a signal-to-noise ratio that is substantially unaffected by non-constant noise are provided for continuous analyte measurement in a host. In some embodiments, a continuous analyte measurement system is configured to be wholly, transcutaneously, intravascularly or extracorporeally implanted.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070235329 - Method and apparatus for monitoring alteration of flow characteristics in a liquid sample: A device for measuring blood coagulation time is formed from a first substrate; a second substrate; a spacer layer disposed between the first and second substrates, said spacer layer having an opening formed therein defining a sample receiving chamber, a vented sink chamber, and an elongated reservoir forming a conduit... Agent: Marina Larson & Associates, LLC

20070235332 - Structure of gas sensor ensuring adhesion of electric lead: A gas sensor includes a sensor element and a porcelain insulator in which the sensor element is retained. The sensor element includes a measurement gas electrode, an electric lead extending from the measurement gas electrode, a dense protective layer covering the lead, and a porous protective layer disposed on the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070235333 - Patterned chip with adjustable surface and method for manufacturing the same: The invention is to provide a method for fabricating a patterned chip with adjustable surface including of a basic layer, an insulating layer and a layer of biomolecules or cells. The method comprises of the following steps: pre-patterning a basic layer by photolithography; coating the pre-patterned basic layer with an... Agent: J.c. Patents

20070235334 - Electrophoretic deposition system: An electrophoretic disposition system for simultaneously coating the exterior and interior of metal parts having an exterior portion and an interior portion comprising an emersion tank having four side walls and a bottom, at least one vertical anode for conducting current through the paint positioned along one of the walls,... Agent: Robert L. Knechtel, M.d., J.d.

20070235335 - Electrophoretic devices, instruments and systems including same: Devices, systems and methods are provided for processing fluid samples containing one or more analytes. In certain examples, an electrophoretic device comprises a separation chamber and an electrode chamber, each of which may be uniform or non-uniform. The electrode chamber includes two or more electrodes or may include an electrode... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070235336 - Electrical treatment for oil based drilling or completion fluids: A method of removing particulate solids from an oil based drilling or completion fluid (1) is disclosed. The method involves exposing the fluid to an electric field to electrically migrate particulate solids suspended therein, and collecting the migrated particulate solids to remove them from the fluid.... Agent: Carter J. White Legal Department M-i L.L.C.

20070235337 - Electrophoresis cassette with collapsible buffer chamber: A slab gel electrophoresis cassette with an integrated upper buffer chamber is constructed such that the integrated chamber is collapsible to allow the cassette to assume a reduced thickness for purposes of stacking during storage and shipping.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070235338 - Ion exchange membrane electrolyzer: An ion exchange membrane electrolyzer is provided, which is characterized in that a current is passed through at least one electrode in contact with a plate spring member formed at a portion of an electrode retainer member parallel with a flat plate form of electrode chamber partition, wherein said electrode... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070235339 - Method and apparatus for treating a fluorocompound-containing gas stream: A method for treating a perfluorocompound-containing gas stream, for example an effluent fluid stream from a semi-conductor manufacturing process tool. In one embodiment, a plasma torch is used to generate a plasma from an ionisable gas, such as nitrogen or argon. This plasma is injected into a reaction chamber, which... Agent: The Boc Group, Inc.

20070235340 - Cantilever probes for nanoscale magnetic and atomic force microscopy: The various embodiments discloses a cantilever probe comprising a first electrode and a second electrode engaged to a substrate and a branched cantilever wherein the cantilever comprises a nanostruture. Furthermore, the probe comprises a first arm of the cantilever engaged to the first electrode and a second arm of the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070227877 - Magnetron-sputtering film-forming apparatus and manufacturing method for a semiconductor device: A magnetron-sputtering film-forming apparatus includes: a vacuum film-forming chamber (11); electrostatic chuck units (12) for adjusting a temperature of the substrate (14); a target (15) for causing high-frequency magnetron sputtering; power supply units (17) for applying a discharge voltage between the substrate (14) and the target (15), and calculating an... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070227876 - Rf powered target for increasing deposition uniformity in sputtering systems: A method and apparatus for sputter depositing a film on a substrate is disclosed. By providing a superimposed RF bias over a DC bias, plasma ionization is increased. In order to increase the resistive load across the substrate, an impedance circuit is provided between the substrate and the susceptor. The... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070227878 - Forming ovonic threshold switches with reduced deposition chamber gas pressure: A phase change memory including an ovonic threshold switch may be formed with reduced argon in the ovonic threshold switch. The presence of argon adversely impacts the performance of the ovonic threshold switch. Argon concentration can be reduced by depositing the phase change material for the ovonic threshold switch in... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070227879 - Ultra precise polishing method and ultra precise polishing apparatus: Irradiation time of a surface position of an object to be processed by a gas cluster ion beam is controlled, and creation and polishing of a desired surface profile of the object to be processed is achieved by controlled irradiation of the gas cluster ion beam.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070227880 - Testing arrangement: A testing arrangement for testing the dielectric strength of liquid insulating media has a test cell comprising an interior space for receiving the insulating medium to be tested and a first test electrode and a second test electrode for generating an electric field in a test volume of the test... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070227882 - Sputter chamber for coating a substrate: The invention relates to a sputter chamber for coating substrates, in which the so-called “picture frame effect” is eliminated or at least largely reduced. The thickness of the coating at the margin of a substrate hereby no longer deviates significantly from the thickness of the coating in the center of... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070227883 - Systems and methods for a helium ion pump: Ion pump systems and methods are disclosed.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070227881 - Rotary vacuum feedthrough for rotatable magnetrons: The present invention concerns a cathode arrangement, preferably for a magnetron cathode, especially for operation in the case of medium-to-high frequency alternating voltage or currents with a rotatable cathode, of which at least one part is arranged rotatably and vacuum-tight in at least one fixed component, and an insert, which... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070227885 - Nucleic acid detection device: A nucleic acid detection device includes a flow channel through which a solution containing a nucleic acid recognition body flows, probe electrodes having immobilized nucleic acid probes, and a counter electrode used to measure an electrochemical response of the nucleic acid recognition body. The flow channel includes a curved portion... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070227884 - Uricase enzyme biosensors and fabrication method thereof, sensing systems and sensing circuits comprising the same: A uricase enzyme biosensor and fabrication method thereof. The uricase enzyme biosensor includes a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor, a sensing unit including a substrate, a titanium dioxide film formed thereon and a uricase enzyme sensing film formed on the titanium dioxide film, and a conductive wire connecting with... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070227886 - Biosensor to determine potassium concentration in human blood serum: The present invention relates to the development of a biosensor to determine potassium in human blood serum using dibenzo-18-crown-6 (DB18C6) as ionophore. Human blood serum contains potassium in ppm levels i.e. 137 to 200 mg/litre and sodium co exists with a 30 times higher concentration. Such a high concentration tends... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20070227887 - Capacitive liquid state sensor: The present invention provides a capacitive liquid state sensor configured to release a pressure in an intervening gap by providing slits to an outer tubular electrode while inhibiting decrease in strength caused by forming of the slits. The outer tubular electrode 20 disposed with a predetermined distance from an inner... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070227888 - Microdevice and method for separating an emulsion: An active method for decanting the dispersed phase in the continuous phase of an emulsion. According to the method, repulsive forces created by an electric field are used on the drops constituting the dispersed phase. The electric field scans the reservoir containing the emulsion, enabling the dispersed phase to be... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070227889 - Exhaust gas sensor: An exhaust gas sensor, especially a lambda probe, preferably for motor vehicles, containing at least one reference electrode in a solid electrolyte and an exhaust gas electrode exposed to the exhaust gas, which has a porous ceramic coating is characterized by a circuit arrangement, through which an oxygen current flowing... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070227890 - Microfluidic devices for the controlled manipulation of small volumes: A method for conducting a broad range of biochemical analyses or manipulations on a series of nano- to subnanoliter reaction volumes and an apparatus for carrying out the same are disclosed. The invention is implemented on a fluidic microchip to provide high serial throughput. In particular, the disclosed device is... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20070227891 - Differential alternating field electrophoresis method and an electrophoresis system therefor: Notable techniques for protein separation prior to any further downstream analysis include the Sodium Doecyl Sulphate-PolyAcrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). However, SDS-PAGE suffers from limitations such as band broadening and the ineffective separation of proteins or proteins isoforms with very similar migration mobilities under the influence of an electric field. Currently,... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose