Chemistry: electrical and wave energy inventions 12/07

20070295593 - Process, method and device for the production and/or derivation of hydrogen utilizing microwave energy: This invention is directed toward a process, method and device for the production and/or derivation of hydrogen utilizing microwave energy through use of a microwave susceptor that absorbs/assimilates microwave energy and converts it to radiant/heat energy which is imparted to iron and alters its physical characteristics such that water in... Agent: Eric Hanscom

20070295594 - Method and apparatus for microwave assisted high throughput high pressure chemical synthesis: A method and associated instrument are disclosed for increasing the sequential rate at which a series of microwave assisted chemical reactions that potentially generate high pressure can be carried out. The method includes the steps of opening a pressure-resistant valve on a microwave-transparent pressure-resistant vessel to define a unpressurized pathway... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.A.

20070295595 - Ultrasonic solution separating method and ultrasonic separating apparatus used in this method: An ultrasonic solution separating method wherein a solution is ultrasonically vibrated and atomized into mist in a carrier gas in an ultrasonic atomizing chamber (4) and the carrier gas including atomized mist is transferred to a collecting part (5) and in the collecting part (5) the mist component comprising solution... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070295598 - Backing plate assembly: In certain embodiments, the invention comprises a backing plate for accommodating large area sputtering targets is disclosed. The backing plate assembly has cavities carved into the back surface of the backing plate. The backing plate may further include cooling channels that run through the backing plate to control the temperature... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070295599 - Cryopump, sputtering apparatus, and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus: A cryopump includes a thermal shield where a first panel 56 is provided; and a cryocooler connected to the thermal shield; wherein the thermal shield is divided into a plurality of members including a first member and a second member; the first member forms a thermal path between the first... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070295596 - Pvd target: A physical vapor deposition target assembly is configured to isolate a target-bonding layer from a processing region. In one embodiment, the target assembly comprises a backing plate, a target having a first surface and a second surface, and a bonding layer disposed between the backing plate and the second surface.... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070295597 - Sputter deposition apparatus and method: A sputter deposition apparatus and method, and a substrate holder for use with a sputter deposition apparatus is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the invention, a sputter deposition apparatus is provided, including at least one sputter target, a first plasma, a substrate holder, and a further plasma. In one... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20070295600 - Wet chemical processing chambers for processing microfeature workpieces: A wet chemical processing chamber comprising a fixed unit, a detachable unit releasably coupled to the fixed unit, a seal contacting the fixed unit and the detachable unit, and a processing component disposed in the fixed unit and/or the detachable unit. The fixed unit can have a first flow system... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/semitool

20070295601 - Anode support apparatus: An apparatus for supporting anodes above a cathode in an electrolysis cell comprising a superstructure, an anode beam to which a plurality of individual anodes 24 are attached, each anode having an anode stem 26 for attachment to the anode beam by a main clamp 54, the anode beam being... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070295602 - Ground shield with reentrant feature: The invention generally provides a ground shield for use in a physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber. In one embodiment, a ground shield includes a generally cylindrical body comprising an outer wall, an inner upper wall, an inner lower wall having a diameter less than a diameter of the inner upper... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070295603 - Method of manufacturing hexagonal nanoplate diamond: Provided is a method of manufacturing a nanoplate diamond. In the method, nanotemplates having a plurality of holes are provided, and nanoplate diamonds are formed in the holes of the nanotemplate using an electrochemical method. After that, the nanotemplate is removed to separate the nanoplate diamonds from it.... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070295604 - Electrically-driven separation apparatus: The disclosed techniques involve electrical separation systems that allow recovery of species from feedstreams, typically aqueous solutions. The disclosed techniques can also provide electrical separation systems having reduced tendency to form scale especially when water is being purified to reduce the concentration of hardness-causing species.... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070295605 - Micropump controlled by electrocapillary and gas pressures: A micropump utilizes electrically controlled interfacial tension between a mercury column and an electrolyte solution in a capillary tube, and also uses the gas pressure in a confined chamber connected to the capillary tube as the restoring pressure. Accordingly, the pump operates without generating external jitter or noise, in vertical,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070289864 - Large area sputtering target: A sputtering target forming method, a sputtering target, and a method of using a sputtering target are herein disclosed. Large area sputtering targets are necessary for producing films on large area substrates. To save on material costs, the large area sputtering target can be formed of multiple target tiles that... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070289866 - Material for structural components of an electrowinning cell for production of metal: s

20070289865 - Pd-containing coatings for low chlorine overvoltage: The present invention relates to an electrocatalytic coating and an electrode having the coating thereon, wherein the coating is a mixed metal oxide coating, preferably platinum group metal oxides with or without valve metal oxides, and containing a transition metal component such as palladium, rhodium or cobalt. The electrocatalytic coating... Agent: Michele M Tyrpak Eltech Systems Corporation

20070289867 - Apparatus for enhanced electrochemical deposition: One embodiment of the invention is an apparatus for electrochemical deposition (ECD) of a metal or an alloy inside at least one opening located at a front surface of a substrate, said apparatus including: (a) an electrochemical deposition (ECD) cell adapted to contain an electrolyte, the electrolyte including plating metallic... Agent: Uri Cohen

20070289868 - System, method, and apparatus for continuous electroplating of elongated workpieces: A system electroplates the interior or exterior cylindrical surfaces of an elongated workpiece, such as a pipe or shaft. The workpiece is continuously electroplated with metallic solutions via a traveling anode that gradually plates along the axial length of the workpiece instead of plating the entire part or large portions... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20070289869 - Large area sputtering target: A sputtering target forming method, a sputtering target, and a method of using a sputtering target are herein disclosed. Large area sputtering targets are necessary for producing films on large area substrates. To save on material costs, the large area sputtering target can be formed of multiple target tiles that... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070289870 - Ammonia gas sensor with dissimilar electrodes: A sensing apparatus to measure ammonia in a gas mixture. The sensing apparatus includes a sensing element, which includes substrate, a first electrode assembly, and a second electrode assembly. The first electrode assembly includes a first sensor electrode coupled to the substrate. The first electrode assembly is configured to react... Agent: Ceramatec, Inc.

20070284241 - Managing a chemical reaction and moving small particles: P

20070284242 - Method for treating gases by high frequency discharges: The invention relates to a method for the treatment of gases comprising impurities, in which the gas, which is essentially at atmospheric pressure, is subjected to a radio-frequency inductive plasma (RF-ICP) discharge.... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property

20070284243 - Modular system for improving electro-metallurgical processes: A modular system for improving electro-metallurgical processes comprising a nucleus formed by upper and lower rectangular frames, the nucleus. At least one cathode guide is attached to at least one of longitudinal beams. The at least one cathode guide is operable to keep positive ions from reaching border or edge... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070284244 - Electrolysis apparatus with pulsed, dual voltage, multi-composition electrode assembly: An electrolysis system (100) is provided. In addition to an electrolysis tank (101) and a membrane (105) separating the tank into two regions, the system includes at least one pair of low voltage electrodes (115/117) of a first type comprised of a first material, at least one pair of low... Agent: Patent Law Office Of David G. Beck

20070284245 - Water treatment system: A system for the treatment of water to remove metals and undesirable substances from well and groundwater so as to render the water potable is disclosed. The system employs microbubbles of oxygen, which remain suspended in water at a concentration above 100% of the calculated saturated concentration at a particular... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070284246 - Method and apparatus to detect fault conditions of plasma processing reactor: A method of fault detection for use in a plasma processing chamber is provided. The method comprises monitoring plasma parameters within a plasma chamber and analyzing the resulting information. Such analysis enables detection of failures and the diagnosis of failure modes in a plasma processing reactor during the course of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070284247 - Bioassay substrate with feeder wirings: A contrivance is applied to the wiring configuration for securely feeding electricity to electrodes provided in a multiplicity of reaction regions arranged on a substrate, irrespectively of the arrangement configuration of the electrodes. A bioassay substrate being a disk-shaped substrate having such a configuration that reaction regions 2 to be... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070284248 - Gas concentration measuring apparatus designed to enhance measurement accuracy in desired range: A gas concentration measuring apparatus for use in air-fuel ratio control of automotive engines is designed to determine the concentration of oxygen within a wide and a narrow range using a sensor current flowing through a sensor element. The apparatus includes an amplifier circuit equipped with an operational amplifier and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070284249 - Microchannel cleaning method: A microchannel cleaning method includes: generating bubbles by electrolyzing a fluid flowing through a microchannel; and passing the fluid containing the bubbles through the microchannel.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070284250 - Multifunctional electrophoresis cassette: Devices and methods are provided for more efficiently performing electrophoresis and electroblotting. A sandwich structure includes an electrophoresis gel affixed to a blotting membrane. A gel casting and/or running frame is used to hold the sandwich. A method and composition that allows separation of the gel and membrane after performing... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070284252 - Method and system for irrigation: An electrically-driven separation apparatus can be utilized to desalinate seawater and/or brackish water to provide irrigation water having a desired sodium adsorption ratio (SAR).... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070284251 - Method and system for providing potable water: An electrically-driven separation apparatus can be used with a pressure-driven separation apparatus to provide potable water having a desired total dissolved solids (TDS).... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070284253 - Fuel cell water management: A polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell water management device is provided. The device includes a hydrophilic water transport element spanning from inside the fuel cell to outside the fuel cell and disposed between a gas diffusion layer and a current collector layer in the cell. The transport element includes an... Agent: Lumen Intellectual Property Services, Inc.

20070284254 - Apparatus for and method of separating polarizable analyte using dielectrophoresis: An apparatus separating a polarizable analyte using dielectrophoresis includes a vessel including a membrane having a plurality of nano- to micro-sized pores, the membrane disposed inside the vessel, electrodes generating spatially non-uniform electric fields in the nano- to micro-sized pores of the membrane when an AC voltage is applied to... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070278089 - Multi-component doping of copper seed layer: A method of sputtering a copper seed layer and the target used therewith. The copper included in the sputtering target includes a first dopant reactive with copper and a second dopant unreactive with copper. Examples of the first dopant include Ti, Mg, and Al. Examples of the second dopant include... Agent: Law Offices Of Charles Guenzer

20070278090 - Hard laminated film, method of manufacturing the same and film-forming device: Alternatively, Layer A has a specific atomic ratio composition of (Ti1-x-yAlxMy)(BaCbN1-a-b-cOc), and Layer B has one or more specific atomic ratio compositions selected from among the compositions B1-x-yCxNy, Si1-x-yCxNy, C1-xNx, Cu1-y(CxN1-x)y. Alternatively, Layer A has one of the following Compositional Formulae 1 or 2. Formula 1: (Ti1-x-yAlxMy), (BaCbN1-a-b-cOc), Formula 2:... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070278091 - Sputtering apparatus, method of operating the same, and method of manufacturing substrate using the same: A sputtering apparatus includes a susceptor for receiving a substrate, and a first target device disposed to be opposite to a center region of a substrate and at least second and third target devices disposed to be opposite to peripheral regions of the substrate, wherein the second and third target... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw, LLP

20070278092 - Steam electrolysis: The present invention relates to a method of producing hydrogen comprising: contacting steam 20 with a proton conducting membrane 7 supported on a porous redox stable substrate 8, through said substrate 8. The membrane 7 is non-permeable to molecular gas and to oxide ions. A DC voltage is applied across... Agent: Christopher P. Harris Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino

20070278093 - Electrical conductive contact ring for electroplating or electrodeposition: A conductive contact ring for an electroplating or electrodeposition process on a cylindrical surface includes a frame defining an opening through which the object can be passed and an array of electrically conductive fibers spanning the opening. The frame is electrically conductive and is connected to a DC power source... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070278094 - Method for preparing membrane electrode assemblies from fluoropolymer dispersions: Described are methods for producing membrane electrode assemblies containing crosslinked membranes and electrodes, which membranes and electrodes are prepared from fluoropolymer organic-liquid dispersions containing a homogeneous mixture of reacted and unreacted sulfonyl halide groups.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070278095 - Ion exchange membrane electrolyzer: An ion exchange membrane electrolyzer comprises electrodes at least either of which is held in contact with leaf springs formed integrally with a leaf spring holding member arranged in an electrode chamber so as to extend toward the electrode and remain electrically energized at the respective electrode touching sections thereof,... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070278096 - Method and apparatus for stripping voltammetric and potentiometric detection and measurement of contamination in liquids: A sampling system for measuring the presence and concentration of inorganic ion species, including, metals, metalloids and non-metals, in a liquid solution including a first sampling unit. The first sampling unit includes a potentiometric subsystem configured to gather environmental metrics of the liquid sample, a preparation subsystem, coupled to the... Agent: Geza C. Ziegler, Jr. Perman & Green, LLP

20070278097 - Biosensor with laser-sealed capillary space and method of making: A test strip or biosensor comprising a base substrate on which an electrode system is formed. One or more laminate layers overlie the base substrate to form a sample-receiving chamber in which a reagent is deposited. An opening is provided from the sample-receiving chamber to the exterior of the biosensor.... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070278098 - Gas sensor and gas detection system using the same: Two terminals 10 and 11 are arranged at a sensitive electrode 31 formed on a gate insulation film of an FET, and different potentials are applied thereto to cause a current to flow. The sensitive electrode 31 functions as a heating element by causing a current to flow in the... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070278099 - Method and apparatus for shifting current distribution in electrodeionization systems: An electrodeionization (EDI) apparatus and method comprising an ion-depleting chamber for removing ions from liquids passed therethrough, wherein a resistive component is coupled proximate the outlet region of the chamber so as to increase the electrical resistance of the outlet region of the chamber with respect to the inlet region... Agent: Wegman, Hessler & Vanderburg

20070278100 - Apparatus for controlling flow rate in micro-flow path, microchip apparatus comprising flow-rate-controlling apparatus, and flow-rate-controlling method: An apparatus for controlling the flow rate of a fluid passing through a micro-flow path, comprising an electrode layer, an electrolyte layer and a conductive polymer membrane in this order, the conductive polymer membrane being exposed to the micro-flow path, and the flow rate being controlled by supplying electric current... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070278101 - Capillary electrophoresis apparatus: The present invention provides a capillary electrophoresis apparatus in which a capillary is easily attached to and detached from a migration medium filling unit without mixing impurities into the capillary. Mixture of impurities such as dust is also prevented when a capillary negative-electrode end is brought into contact with a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070278102 - Electrophoresis apparatus and device therefor: There is provided an electrophoresis device (100) including an insulator (10) that includes: a first-separating-medium storing section (4′) for storing therein a first separating medium (4); a first opening (7) and a second opening (8) that are in communication with the first-separating-medium storing section (4′) and for defining a direction... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC