Chemistry: electrical and wave energy inventions 02/08

20080047823 - Method of forming a chemical composition: A method of forming a chemical composition such as a chemical hydride is described and which includes the steps of selecting a composition having chemical bonds and which is capable of forming a chemical hydride; providing a source of hydrogen; and exposing the selected composition to an amount of ionizing... Agent: Stephen R. Christian Bechtel Bwxt Idaho, LLC

20080047824 - Process for the preparation of polyols and/or polyamines from polyurethanes, polyurethane ureas and polyureas: The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of NCO-reactive components from fully reacted products of the isocyanate polyaddition process, in particular those based on MDI and/or TDI, using reactive solvents in a microwave field.... Agent: Bayer Material Science LLC

20080047825 - Electrostatic particle exposure system and method of exposing a target material to small particles: A system for exposing a target material to small particles. The system includes an exposure chamber that receives the target material. A stream of charged particles is directed via an inlet into the exposure chamber toward the target material. One or more electrodes are located relative to the target material... Agent: Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

20080047826 - Protective coating method of pervoskite structure for sofc interconnection: A protective coating is formed on a stainless interconnecting plate used in solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). With the protective coating, a contact resistance of the plate is effectively lowered. Anode and cathode of SOFC are also prevented from being poisoned by chromium diffusion from the plate. Therefore, after a... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080047827 - Apparatus and method for preventing copper peeling in ecp: An apparatus and method for preventing the peeling of electroplated metal from a wafer, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a seed layer detector system having a light source and a reflectivity detector. According to the method, the light source emits a beam of light onto a wafer and the reflectivity... Agent: Tung & Associates

20080047828 - Electrochemical cell assembly: An electrochemical cell assembly in which one or more grounded conduits, that can be an oxygen product tube or simply inlets or outlets, are connected to the electrically driven oxygen separator. In order to prevent the conduit(s) from degrading due to electrochemical reduction due to the electrical potential produced between... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20080047829 - Plating apparatus: A plating apparatus has a tubular electrode (16) placed in a hollow section (12) of work (11). The tubular electrode (16) has a through-hole (16a) formed in the longitudinal direction. A circular tube-like gap (S1) in which a plating liquid (17) flows is formed between the tubular electrode placed in... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20080047830 - Oxygen-hydrogen generator for internal combustion engines: A hydrolytic cell consists of upper and lower chambers sealed from each other by a divider, with one or more openings in the divider for the passage of gas into the upper chamber. Liquid is prevented from entering the upper chamber by gas-permeable filters such as Hastelloy™ metal filters. Also... Agent: Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne

20080047831 - Segmented/modular magnet bars for sputtering target: A modular and/or segmented magnetic bar for magnetron sputtering targets is provided. A magnet bar is made up of a plurality of magnet segments aligned in a substantially linear manner. One or more magnet bars may be provided. The positions of the magnet segments may be selectively adjusted to, for... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080047832 - Integrated portable biological detection system: We have performed separation of bacterial and cancer cells from peripheral human blood in microfabricated electronic chips by dielectrophoresis. The isolated cells were examined by staining the nuclei with fluorescent dye followed by laser induced fluorescence imaging. We have also released DNA and RNA from the isolated cells electronically and... Agent: O''melveny & Myers LLP Ip&t Calendar Department La-1118

20080047833 - Microfluidic device, measuring apparatus, and microfluid stirring method: Conventionally, it has been difficult to effectively and promptly stir and mix fluids together by use of a microfluidic device having a simple flow path structure. Additionally, there has been no means for keeping a particulate sample floating in a fluid in a flow path for a long time without... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080047834 - Separation method for multi channel electrophoresis device having no individual sample wells: The present invention is related to a method of separation of compounds by electrophoresis in which the compounds such as genes, proteins, etc. may be analyzed very precisely as samples are introduced directly into the separation tubes of the chip at the collection site, and therefore, it is not necessary... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080047835 - Genomic dna purifier: A system and method for purifying genomic DNA requires the use of a cassette that is formed with a plurality of wells. Each well has first and second apertures that are respectively covered by a section made of an electrophoretic filter medium (e.g. agarose). In use, a lysate is loaded... Agent: Nydegger & Associates

20080047836 - Configurable microfluidic substrate assembly: A microfluidic substrate assembly includes a substrate body having at least one fluid inlet port. At least one microscale fluid flow channel in the substrate is in fluid communication with the inlet port for transport of a fluid to be tested. The substrate body also has a plurality of sockets,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080041714 - Partially oxidized macroporous silicon with discontinuous silicon walls: A device and method for producing a “biochip base module” for detecting biochemical reactions for the study of enzymatic reactions, nucleic acid hybridizations, protein-protein interactions and other binding reactions in the field of genome, proteome, or active-agent research. A flat macroporous support material having a multiplicity of 500 nm to... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro, LLP

20080041715 - Embolization: Embolization, as well as related particles and methods, are described.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080041716 - Methods for producing photomask blanks, cluster tool apparatus for producing photomask blanks and the resulting photomask blanks from such methods and apparatus: Described herein are photomask blanks and photomasks prepared therefrom, methods for producing the photomask blanks and apparatus used in such methods. In one aspect, there is described methods for preparing photomask blanks having layers with a compositional gradient, i.e., a varying composition through the thickness of the layer. In other... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20080041717 - Apparatus for electrolyzing an electrolytic solution: A method for killing microorganisms in water, by passing an aqueous feed solution comprising of water containing some form of halide salt into a non-membrane electrolysis cell comprising an anode and a cathode, adjacent to the anode, while flowing electrical current between the anode and the cathode to electrolyze the... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080041718 - Device for compensation of magnetic field induced by a neighboring row of high-power reduction cells connected in series: A device for compensating a magnetic field in a linearly arranged series of electrolysis cells consists of a combination of main and supplemental electrical compensating conductors. Main inner and outer compensating conductors are spaced from the respective sides of the cells in a series. An inner supplemental compensating conductor is... Agent: Silber & Fridman

20080041719 - Circulated cooled target: A liquid and a gas is constantly filled into a target chamber of a target. Then the liquid and the gas flow around the chamber and are flown out. By doing so, the target is effectively cooled down.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080041720 - Novel manufacturing design and processing methods and apparatus for pvd targets: Methods for producing PVD sputtering targets comprising extended sidewalls are described that include: a) bonding a surface material to a core material to produce a rough part; b) forming the rough part; and in some embodiments, c) utilizing at least one machining step to form the target. In addition, methods... Agent: Buchalter Nemer

20080041721 - Wireless ph measurement system: A wireless pH measurement system is disclosed, the wireless pH measurement system includes a portable module and a receiver end. The portable module comprises a signal detecting and processing portion and a wireless transmission portion. The signal detecting and processing portion comprises a sensor unit for detecting a pH signal,... Agent: Wpat, PC

20080041722 - Method and device for controlling electoosmotic flow by using light: Electroosmosis is an effective way to move fluids in microfluidic devices. The process is driven by the interaction of a double-layer formed at the surface of the fluid in a microspace of the device and the electric field parallel with the surface. Surface conductivity of light sensitive surfaces can be... Agent: Hahn & Voight PLLC

20080041723 - Method and apparatus for the separation and quantification of particles: The invention pertains to a method and apparatus to separate and quantify particles using time-variable force fields. The force fields can be for dielectrophoresis (positive or negative), electrophoresis or electrohydrodynamic. In a first aspect of the method, the fields are translated and/or modified in space at a speed substantially comparable... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20080041724 - Capillary electrophoresis apparatus: A capillary electrophoresis apparatus capable of efficiently using a polymer in a polymer container is provided. The present invention relates to a mechanism for efficiently using the polymer in the polymer container in a capillary electrophoresis apparatus for the electrophoresis with a separation medium filled in a capillary. According to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080041725 - Method of selectively removing conductive material: An electrolyte solution, methods, and systems for selectively removing a conductive metal from a substrate are provided. The electrolyte solution comprising nanoparticles that are more noble than the conductive metal being removed, is applied to a substrate to remove the conductive metal selectively relative to a dielectric material without application... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.c.

20080035469 - Process and apparatus for chemical conversion: A process and reactor for chemical conversion is taught. The process allows the selective breaking of chemical bonds in a molecule by use of fast rise alternating current or fast rise pulsed direct current, each fast rise portion being selected to have a suitable voltage and frequency to break a... Agent: Wilmerhale/dc

20080035470 - Device for plasma-treating and/or coating work pieces: The invention relates to a device for the plasma and/or coating treatment of workpieces comprising a chamber (2) that can be evacuated, a holding device (3) for the workpieces to be treated that is rotatably mounted within the chamber (2) and a plasma source (4). In order to create a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080035471 - Silicon object forming method and apparatus: A silicon object formation target substrate is arranged in a first chamber, a silicon sputter target is arranged in a second chamber communicated with the first chamber, plasma for chemical sputtering is formed from a hydrogen gas in the second chamber, chemical sputtering is effected on the silicon sputter target... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080035472 - System for treating contaminated gas: This invention relates to a method of sterilizing air that contains airborne pathogenic agents or microorganisms such as spores, bacteria, viruses, yeasts and moulds The method consists in damaging and braking up the contaminant molecular structure by oxidation and ionization and chemical bond rupture. Through this process the microorganisms or... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080035474 - Apparatus for electroprocessing a substrate with edge profile control: Embodiments of the invention generally provide methods and apparatuses for electroprocessing a substrate. In one embodiment, an apparatus for electrochemically processing the substrate includes a conductive processing surface adapted for processing a substrate thereon, and a polishing head for retaining the substrate against the processing surface. At least one drive... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20080035473 - Process and plant for electrodepositing copper: The present invention relates to a process for electrochemically winning or refining copper by electrodepositing copper from an electrolyte solution containing the metal in ionogenic form, in which the electrolyte is passed through an electrolysis plant comprising at least one electrolytic cell, which in an electrolyte tank for receiving the... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080035475 - Electroplating cell with hydrodynamics facilitating more uniform deposition on a workpiece with through holes during plating: A method and apparatus for establishing more uniform deposition across one or more faces of a workpiece in an electroplating process. The apparatus employs eductors in conjunction with a flow dampener member and other measures to provide a more uniform current distribution and a more uniform metal deposit distribution as... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20080035476 - Interdigitated electrochemical gas generator: The invention relates to an electrochemical gas generator including a substrate for providing a surface for electrode deposition, a first electrode deposited on the surface for providing an electrical connection with a conducting medium, a second electrode deposited on the substrate for generating a gas, and a plurality of members... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080035477 - Vacuum coating system for coating elongate substrates: A vacuum coating system for coating elongate substrates includes one or several coating sections and one or several pump sections, at lease one magnetron in an arrangement as a sputter-down-variant above the substrate which has a target surface opposite the upper side of the substrate and/or in an arrangement as... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20080035478 - Methods for fabricating a biosensor with a surface texture: The present invention includes a biosensor having a generally planar substrate including a surface texture configured to increase a surface area of the generally planar substrate. The biosensor may also include at least one conductive component at least partially formed on a portion of the surface texture. The invention also... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080035479 - Redox polymers for use in electrochemical-based sensors: A redox polymer for use in an electrochemical-based sensor includes a hydrophobic polymer backbone (e.g., a hydrophobic poly(methyl methacrylate) polymer backbone) and at least one hydrophilic polymer arm (such as a hydrophilic oligo(N-vinylpyrrolidinone) polymer arm) attached to the hydrophobic polymer backbone. The redox polymer also includes a plurality of redox... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080035480 - Sensor element for determining the physical property of a test gas: A sensor element for determining a physical property of a test gas, e.g., the concentration of a gas component in a gas mixture, in particular the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas from internal combustion engines, has a solid electrolyte body, an external electrode exposed to the test gas situated... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080035481 - Electrochemical sensors: s

20080035482 - Method of concentrating and purifying nucleic acid and apparatus therefor: The conventional method of purifying and concentrating nucleic acids, because of dangerous chemicals, requires elaborate chemical equipment to result in restriction of environment available. Further, time-consuming operation is inevitable and high-speed centrifugation, etc. are needed to cause automation to be difficult and to cause high purification degree to be unattainable.... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080035483 - Electrophoresis separation methods: An improved method of separating a macromolecule by isoelectric focusing comprising subjecting the macromolecule to electrophoresis in an isoelectric-focusing medium including a substantially thiol-free reducing agent, preferably a trivalent phosphorous compound and more preferably tributyl phosphine, the improvement being the solubility and focusing of the macromolecule is enhanced compared to... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080035484 - Method and apparatus for precise selection and extraction of a focused component in isoelectric focusing performed in micro-channels: An apparatus and method are disclosed for the precise selection and extraction of a selected analyte in a focused zone produced by isoelectric focusing performed in micro-channels. A cross-channel microfluidic device comprises a sample mixture introduction and separation channel and an extraction channel, which are in fluid communication with each... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20080029383 - Apparatus for detoxifying compositions containing heavy metal and a method of detoxification: An apparatus for detoxifying a composition containing heavy metal having a simple and downsized structure with improved reaction efficiency and reduced energy cost and a method of detoxification. The apparatus is provided with a reaction pipe, a storage container mounted to the reaction pipe for storing a composition containing heavy... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080029382 - Ph-controlled photosynthesis of silver nanoprisms: Silver nanoprisms having a unimodal size distribution are disclosed. The size of the nanoprisms can be controlled by adjusting the pH during irradiation of silver nanocrystals.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080029384 - Electrochemical device: An electrochemical device including: (a) a semiconductor layer, wherein the semiconductor is silicon or silicon carbide, and where the layer has a thickness from 1 to 1000 μm; (b) a TiO2 layer on the semiconductor layer, where the layer may include an alkaline earth oxide MO up to an amount... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080029385 - Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method: A plasma processing apparatus includes a plurality of radio-frequency power supplies for supplying radio-frequency powers having frequencies different from each other, a common feeding line for superposing radio-frequency powers supplied respectively from the plurality of radio-frequency power supplies and feeding the superposed radio-frequency power to a same radio-frequency electrode, a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080029387 - Ganged scanning of multiple magnetrons, especially two level folded magnetrons: A magnetron assembly including one or more magnetrons each forming a closed plasma loop on the sputtering face of the target. The target may include multiple strip targets on which respective strip magnetrons roll and are partially supported on a common support plate through a spring mechanism. The strip magnetron... Agent: Law Offices Of Charles Guenzer Attn: Applied Materials, Inc.

20080029386 - Method and apparatus for trans-zone sputtering: Where it is applicable, especially in precise surface engineering and ultra-thin film deposition technologies, Trans-Zone Sputtering is characterized by exceptionally high productivity; it does not require expensive consumable targets, and in some instances it avoids the necessity of water cooling, thus simplifying the process and reducing the weight, while simultaneously... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20080029388 - Efficient reversible electrodes for solid oxide electrolyzer cells: An electrolyzer cell is disclosed which includes a cathode to reduce an oxygen-containing molecule, such as H2O, CO2, or a combination thereof, to produce an oxygen ion and a fuel molecule, such as H2, CO, or a combination thereof. An electrolyte is coupled to the cathode to transport the oxygen... Agent: Ceramatec, Inc.

20080029389 - Cold weather hydrogen generation system and method of operation: A system for providing hydrogen gas is provided. The system includes a hydrogen generator that produces gas from water. One or more heat generation devices are arranged to provide heating of the enclosure during different modes of operation to prevent freezing of components. A plurality of temperature sensors are arranged... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP - Proton

20080029391 - Biosensor membranes composed of polymers containing heterocyclic nitrogens: Novel membranes comprising various polymers containing heterocyclic nitrogen groups are described. These membranes are usefully employed in electrochemical sensors, such as amperometric biosensors. More particularly, these membranes effectively regulate a flux of analyte to a measurement electrode in an electrochemical sensor, thereby improving the functioning of the electrochemical sensor over... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20080029390 - Hydrogel for an intravenous amperometric biosensor: A hydrogel for an intravenous amperometric biosensor is formed on an electrode from a matrix of chitosan and a cross-linking agent, such as genipin to immobilize a reactive agent such as glucose oxidase. The matrix may also function as a rate-limiting layer to selectively control diffusion to the reactive agent.... Agent: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

20080029392 - Electrophoretic gels and their manufacture: h

20080029393 - Valve for controlling flow of a fluid: A valve for controlling flow of a primary fluid in a primary flow channel comprises a valve fluid channel, and a membrane of a porous dielectric material located in the channel so as to divide the channel into an inlet part and an outlet part and so that valve fluid... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080029394 - Stackable horizontal gel apparatus: Stackable horizontal gel system is introduced. Multiple units of apparatuses can be stacked together in a pile. Stacking gaps between every two neighboring units can be used to store gels for a month without wrapping. Engagement of every two units of neighboring apparatus forms a seal to prevent liquid loss... Agent: Stephen Liye Chen

20080029395 - Multi-functional filtration and ultra-pure water generator: A water purification system having a porous anode electrode (20) and a porous cathode electrode (21), each of which is made of graphite, at least one metal oxide, and an ion-exchange, cross-linked, polarizable polymer. Disposed between the electrodes is an electrically non-conductive, fluid permeable separator element (22), whereby wastewater is... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP