Chemistry: electrical and wave energy inventions 03/08

20080073202 - Plasma nozzle array for providing uniform scalable microwave plasma generation: The present invention provides microwave plasma nozzle array systems (10, 70, 230, and 310) and methods for configuring microwave plasma nozzle arrays (37, 99, and 337). The microwaves are transmitted to a microwave cavity (323) in a specific manner and form an interference pattern (66) that includes high-energy regions (69)... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080073203 - Method of making first surface mirror with oxide graded reflecting layer structure: A method of making a mirror such as a first-surface mirror (FSM) is provided. The mirror includes a reflecting layer structure made of a visible light reflecting material such as aluminum (Al) or the like. At least part of the reflecting layer structure is oxide graded, continuously or discontinuously, so... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080073204 - Air filtering apparatus: In an air filtering apparatus in which power is supplied from a power supply to electrodes in an electrolytic bath to electrolyze water in the electrolytic bath and thus generate electrolytic water and the generated electrolytic water and air are supplied to a gas-liquid contact member to filter the air,... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080073205 - Integrated photovoltaic-electrolysis cell: A photovoltaic electrolysis (IPE) cell has a photovoltaic component and an electrolysis component which integrated, through an interconnect design, into a single unit.... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080073206 - Liquid circulating apparatus, and measurement apparatus: Provided are a liquid circulating apparatus capable of suppressing a concentration variation of a liquid to be supplied, and a measurement apparatus having the liquid circulating apparatus. A buffer liquid circulating apparatus 71 comprises a bottle 72, a buffer tank 74, a pump 75, a supply path 76 and a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080073207 - Mediator stabilized reagent compositions and methods for their use in electrochemical analyte detection assays: Mediator stabilized reagent compositions and methods for their use in electrochemical analyte determination assays are provided. The subject reagent compositions include an enzyme, a redox mediator and a mediator-stabilizing buffer. Optionally, the reagent compositions may further include one or more of a wetting agent, detergent, enzyme cofactor and combinations thereof.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080073208 - Biosensor requiring no code card: The present invention relates to a biosensor requiring no code card, which can be substantially a glucose monitor having a top key, a bottom key and a confirmation key arranged thereon for using the aforesaid top and bottom keys to control and select a set of English alphabet or numeral... Agent: Wpat, PC

20080073209 - Gas sensor: A gas sensor has a sensor element detecting a concentration of a specified gas, a housing fixing this element to a gas pipe to expose it to measuring-gas flow, and cylindrical inner and outer covers of a different radius, configured in concentric configuration, having a base part. Side surface openings... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080073210 - Electrochemical sensor and method of manufacture: An electrochemical sensor is provided that includes a housing defining a cavity for a reference electrolyte and defining an opening to the cavity configured to be proximate to a target fluid. The sensor further includes a junction plug comprising a porous material and a cross member impermeable to a target... Agent: Tsircou Intellectual Property Law

20080073211 - Non-volatile addressable electronic paper with gray level capability: A device and method for displaying grey levels on electronic paper is provided. According to various embodiments, a system for electronic paper can include an electret substrate embedded with at least one first capsule containing a first plurality of charged pigment particles and at least one second capsule containing a... Agent: Kurt A. Luther Honeywell International, Inc.

20080073212 - Purification and use of gellan in electrophoresis gels: Gellan can be purified from nucleic acid contamination by combining the contaminated gellan with DNase under conditions that allow the DNase to degrade the nucleic acid contaminant. The purified gellan is useful in gel electrophoresis. A buffer which allows cystamine to be used as a reversible cross-linker does not have... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080073213 - Sieve eop pump: An electroosmotic flow pump for generating a flow in an electrolyte from an inlet to an outlet in a channel, the electroosmotic flow pump comprising a housing with the channel for holding the ionic solution, a membrane separating the channel in a first part in contact with the inlet and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080073214 - Electrodialysis apparatus and electrodialysis method using the same: An electrodialysis apparatus includes a sample chamber including first and second dialysis membranes and filled with a sample between the first dialysis membrane and the second dialysis membrane, an anode chamber including an anode and filled with a first chamber solution between the anode and the first dialysis membrane, and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080073215 - Arrangement of ion exchange material within an electrodeionization apparatus: An electrodeionization apparatus is provided comprising an ion-concentrating compartment partially bounded by an anion permeable membrane and also partially bounded by a cation permeable membrane, and a first ion exchange material domain disposed within the ion-concentrating compartment, wherein the first ion exchange material domain is contiguous with at least a... Agent: Mark W. Sajewycz Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20080073216 - Actuator: An actuator includes a fixed including a substrate, electrodes disposed on a surface of the substrate, and an insulating layer disposed on the surface of the substrate to cover the electrodes. The actuator includes an electrically conductive, liquid member disposed on and contacting a surface of the insulating layer, a... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080067055 - High-throughput continuous-flow ultrasound reactor: Liquids are treated by ultrasound in a flow-through reaction vessel with an elongate ultrasonic horn mounted to the vessel with one end of the horn extending into the vessel interior. The liquid flow path inside the vessel is such that the entering liquid strikes the end of the horn at... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080067056 - Method and device for controlled release of biomolecules and nanoparticles: A method for the controlled release of an agent (e.g., a biomolecule or nanoparticle) into a specified environment, includes the steps of: (a) providing an electrode or array of electrodes, (b) functionalizing the electrode's surface by introducing to it a molecule or molecules (e.g., thiols on a gold electrode) that... Agent: Larry J. Guffey

20080067057 - Enhanced virtual anode: The apparatus and method involve using a gas manifold for introducing gas into a deposition chamber. Certain embodiments involve using a binary manifold for uniform distribution of the gas with good response time. During sputtering operations, provision of an anode using the gas manifold enables such anode to be entirely... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20080067058 - Monolithic target for flat panel application: The present invention generally comprises a monolithic sputtering target assembly for depositing material onto large area substrates. The sputtering target assembly may comprise both the sputtering target and the backing plate in one monolithic structure. By having the backing plate and sputtering target as a monolithic structure, bonding is not... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20080067059 - Fluid particle separating device: A fluid particle-separating device includes a sorting, first and second diverting channels, a detector, a microprocessor, first and second actuators, and first and second sieving valves. The sorting channel receives fluid containing first and second particles. The first and second diverting channels guide the first and second particles. The detector... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080067060 - Cermet inert anode assembly heat radiation shield: A method of protecting an inert anode assembly (16) operating in an electrolysis cell (10) for producing metal when an adjacent assembly (16′) is removed exposing remaining assemblies to low ambient temperatures (40) by utilizing heat radiation shields (24) which can circumscribe every inert anode assembly (16), where the shields... Agent: Intellectual Property

20080067061 - Membrane electrode unit for the electrolysis of water: m

20080067062 - Magnet arrangement for a planar magnetron background and summary of the invention: A magnetic arrangement for a planar magnetron, in which an initial magnetic pole encompasses a second magnetic pole. This magnetic arrangement is moved linear in longitudinal direction to a target by a specific value and then moved back in opposite direction by the same value. In one version, an additional... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20080067063 - Systems and methods for magnetron deposition: Systems and methods are disclosed for face target sputtering to fabricate semiconductors by providing one or more materials with differential coefficients of expansion in the FTS chamber; and generating a controlled pressure and size with the one or more materials during sintering.... Agent: Tran & Associates

20080067064 - Methods and apparatus for making integrated-circuit wiring from copper, silver, gold, and other metals: In recent years, copper wiring has emerged as a promising substitute for the aluminum wiring in integrated circuits, because copper offers lower electrical resistance and better reliability at smaller dimensions than aluminum. However, use of copper typically requires forming a diffusion barrier to prevent contamination of other parts of an... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A. Attn: Eduardo E. Drake

20080067065 - System for calibrating dissolved oxygen analyzers using compressed fluids during cleaning: A dissolved oxygen measurement system, and a method for calibrating a dissolved oxygen analyzer are provided. The method includes directing a pressurized cleaning fluid, having a known oxygen content, upon a sensing surface of a dissolved oxygen sensor disposed in a fluid. Then, the analyzer waits until the dissolved oxygen... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080067066 - Gas sensor: A detecting element (10) of a gas sensor (1) is held with a detecting portion (11) projecting from a front-end engaging-portion (56) of a metallic shell (50) and is accommodated for protection in an inner protector (120) in a gas detection chamber (129). Exhaust gas introduced into the gas detection... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080067067 - Sensor element, gas sensor, and method of manufacturing the sensor element: A sensor element having a plate-like shape and extending in a longitudinal direction and having a chamfered portion at an edge between a main surface and a rear-end surface or between a main surface and a side surface of the sensor element. The sensor element includes a solid electrolyte layer,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080067068 - Dc-dielectrophoresis microfluidic apparatus, and applications of same: The present invention relates to an apparatus and methods of separating particles or cells according to their sizes, wherein the size of each of the particles or cells is characterized by a corresponding diameter. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of providing a microchannel structure having at least... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20080067069 - Low scale potential water treatment: An electrochemical treating device having low scale potential is disclosed. The device has a variety of configurations directed to the layering of the anionic exchange and cationic exchange. The treatment device can also comprise unevenly sized ion exchange resin beads and/or have at least one compartment that provides a dominating... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP U0105

20080067070 - Cell separation: A process for separating a cell type from a mixture of cell types by electrophoresis comprising providing a sample containing a mixture of cell types to a sample chamber of membrane-based electrophoresis apparatus adapted to separate cells and applying an electric potential causing at least one cell type in the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080067071 - Concentrate recycle loop with filtration module: Water purification systems include a concentrate filtration membrane and an electrodeionization unit. A concentrate effluent stream from the electrodeionization unit is filtered in the concentrate filtration membrane; the filtered concentrate effluent stream is provided to concentrating compartments of the electrodeionization unit.... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20080060930 - Method for manufacturing magnetic head device: A method for manufacturing a magnetic head device that includes a soft magnetic layer includes the steps of forming a plating base layer in the soft magnetic layer through sputtering, and applying, during the forming step, a magnetic field in a direction parallel to an orientation fringe of a wafer... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080060931 - Method for composing a nano-particle metal treatment composition for creating a ceramic-metal layer: A metal treatment composition including Tin (II) Chloride and processed montmorillonite clay. The addition of Tin (II) Chloride to the composition provides Tin for forming a ceramic-metal layer on the surfaces of the friction pair. Tin (II) Chloride provides Chlorine ions for forming Chloric films for protecting juvenile surfaces which... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080060932 - Pumping line device of dry etching apparatus: Disclosed herein is a pumping line for a plasma dry etching device. The pumping line discharges charged ions or reactive byproducts generated after the etching process and includes a high frequency applying coil which circumferentially surrounds an outer wall of the pumping line, a high frequency generator connected to the... Agent: Sherr & Nourse, PLLC

20080060933 - Device for carrying out a plasma-assisted process: A device for carrying out a plasma enhanced process includes, within a vacuum chamber, at least one magnetron electrode (32) constituting an unbalanced magnetron having a flat magnetron face (20) with peripheral and central magnetic poles of opposite polarities connected to a source (34) of alternating voltage. The device further... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080060934 - Process and device for the producing and recycling of nanoemulsions as well as for the surface treatment of parts by means of the same: The invention relates to a device comprising a tubular circuit provided with at least one pump (9), a vacuum chamber (1) for processing the surfaces of parts placed therein, an actuation device (10), high voltage electrodes and a high frequency coil comprising a separate generator provided with a frequency converter... Agent: Yi Li

20080060935 - High purity hydrogen and electric power co-generation apparatus and method: An apparatus to produce high purity hydrogen and electricity is disclosed in one embodiment of the invention as including a fuel cell configured to convert the chemical energy of a fuel to electricity and heat. An electrolyzer cell is placed in electrical and thermal communication with the fuel cell and... Agent: Ceramatec, Inc.

20080060936 - Ozone producing system: In an ozone producing electrolytic cell for producing ozone gas by water electrolysis, said anode compartment 1, said cathode compartment 2, said anode compartment frame 6, said anode 8, said ion exchange membrane 9, said cathode 10, said current collector 11, and said cathode compartment frame 12 constituting the electrolytic... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20080060937 - Apparatus and method for maintaining compression of the active area in an electrochemical cell: An electrochemical cell includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a proton exchange membrane disposed between and in intimate contact with the electrodes, and a pressure pad disposed in electrical communication with the first electrode. The pressure pad is an electrically conductive sheet and is of a structure that is... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP - Proton

20080060938 - Coaxial shafts for radial positioning of rotating magnetron: A magnetron actuator for moving a magnetron in a nearly arbitrary radial and azimuthal path in the back of a target in a plasma sputter reactor. The magnetron includes two coaxial rotary shafts extending along the chamber central axis and coupled to two independently controllable rotary actuators. An epicyclic gear... Agent: Law Offices Of Charles Guenzer Attn: Applied Materials, Inc.

20080060939 - Method of diagnosing malfunction in gas concentration detecting unit and malfunction diagnostic apparatus thereof: To provide a malfunction diagnosing method and apparatus capable of reliably determining a malfunction even where the malfunction occurs in a common wire connecting a gas sensor and a control circuit for driving it. In a gas concentration measurement unit 1 having a sensor control circuit 50 which is connected... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080060940 - Base sequence detection apparatus and base sequence automatic analyzing apparatus: A base sequence detection apparatus is provided with a channel formed on a base sequence detection chip. Working electrodes are formed along the channel and include a probe immobilized thereon, counter electrodes are formed on the inner surface of the channel and, reference electrodes are formed on the inner surface... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080060941 - Gas sensor control device and method: A control device for a gas sensor is configured to: receive a mode command to specify one of a plurality of sensor energization modes including at least a gas concentration detection mode, a protection mode and a pre-energization mode; switch a sensor element of the gas sensor into the one... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080060942 - Length-dependent recoil separation of long molecules: Separation of long molecules by length is obtained by forcing such molecules to traverse a boundary between a low free-energy region and a high free-energy region. In one embodiment, the high free-energy region is a dense pillar region or other structure formed on a semiconductor substrate. One or more membranes... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20080060943 - Device and method for the treatment of drinking water: According to a method and device, enriched drinking water is provided in which reduced ionized basic water is produced by means of an electrolysis unit. A probiotic fluid, liquid minerals, or liquid trace elements as well as gaseous and/or stabilized oxygen may be added to the reduced ionized basic water... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080060944 - Electrophoresis apparatus having an outlet passage: An electrophoresis apparatus is generally disclosed for sequentially analyzing a single sample or multiple samples having one or more analytes in high or low concentrations. The apparatus comprises a relatively large-bore transport capillary which intersects with a plurality of small-bore separation capillaries. Analyte concentrators, having antibody-specific (or related affinity) chemistries,... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20080053816 - Plasma processing apparatus and method: A plasma processing apparatus includes a plasma processing chamber and a source of microwaves. The microwaves are introduced to the processing chamber by a slotted annular waveguide having inner and outer arc-shaped slots. The distance between the centerline of the inner and outer arc-shaped slots is set to be an... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080053817 - Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method: A plasma processing apparatus includes a high-frequency power supply applying a high-frequency power to at least any of plural electrodes; a direct-current power supply applying a direct-current voltage to at least any of the plural electrodes; a matching device provided between the electrode to which the high-frequency power is applied... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080053818 - Plasma processing apparatus of substrate and plasma processing method thereof: A first RF voltage and a second RF voltage are applied to an RF electrode disposed opposite to an opposing electrode in a chamber of which the interior is evacuated under a predetermined vacuum condition from a first RF voltage applying device and a second RF voltage applying device, respectively.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080053819 - Method of fabricating conductive carbon thin-film of high-hardness and application of the carbon thin-film as electrode for thin-film electro-luminescent device: The present invention provides a method of fabricating a carbon thin-film having high conductivity and high hardness, comprising the steps of: supplying argon (Ar) to the chamber as sputtering gas; maintaining the initial vacuum of the chamber at about 10−6 Torr; forming deposition pressure of about 10−3 Torr so as... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080053820 - Polymer electrolyte membrane, method for producing the same, and proton conductivity evaluation method for polymer electrolyte membrane: The present invention provides a polymer electrolyte membrane with excellent proton conductivity in its thickness direction. Preferably, the polymer electrolyte membrane containing a polymer compound comprising an ionic segment having an ionic functional group and a nonionic segment having substantially no ionic functional group, and the phase containing ionic segments... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080053821 - Ion exchange membrane electrolyzer: There is provided an ion exchange membrane electrolyzer, wherein at least one electrode is energized by coming into contact with plate spring bodies formed on the electrode side of an electrode holding member forming a space with an electrode chamber partition bonded to a plate-like electrode chamber partition by a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080053822 - Water purification apparatus: The present invention intends to provide a water purification apparatus that is small and easy-to-use, yet being capable of efficiently creating flocs of impurities and removing the impurities from the wastewater in a single pass. To achieve this objective, an inner tubular anode 12 made of stainless steel or carbon... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080053823 - Cylindrical electrode: The invention relates to a cylindrical electrode for gas evolution comprising a non-activated conductive core whereto an easily detachable and replaceable component provided with catalytic activation is secured, for instance an undulated sheet or a mesh.... Agent: Michele M. Tyrpak Eschweiler & Associates

20080053824 - Device for galvanic coating of a piston: A device for galvanic coating of a piston has a pot-shaped interior for accommodating the piston and an electrolyte fluid, a holder device for fixing the piston in place, a cover that is structured like a shutter and leaves only the surfaces of the piston that are to be coated... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080053825 - Differential ph probe having multiple reference chambers: A differential pH probe design uses a container having an outer surface and an inner volume, where the inner volume is divided into a first, a second, and a third chamber. A first pH-sensitive area is located on the outer surface of the first chamber where the first pH-sensitive area... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC

20080053826 - Ion solution concentration-detecting device: An ion solution concentration-detecting device includes a working electrode, a reference electrode and a replaceable link element. The reference electrode includes a polymeric membrane with ion material covering silver/silver chloride (Ag/AgCl) electrode to provide a fixed and stable electrical potential. The working electrode usually is a contact-detecting electrode having a... Agent: Wpat, PC

20080053827 - Gas sensor and method of manufacturing the same: With a gas sensor comprising a structure including a reference pole having a reference material and an electronic conductive material and a sensing pole having a sensing material and an electronic conductive material provided through a solid electrolyte in which the said solid electrolyte, the said reference material and the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080053828 - Particle extraction methods and systems for a particle concentrator: Method and Systems for extracting a concentrated sample of particles include priming a concentrate reservoir by passing a fluid through the concentrate reservoir to remove air. The concentrate reservoir has a first end with an opening and second end with an opening. The second end of the concentrate reservoir is... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Parc

20080053829 - 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

20080053830 - Multi-component, simultaneous, independent multi-gradient system for liquid chromatography: Systems and methods for separating charged molecules on the basis of their differential electrostatic binding to a charged stationary phase comprise controlling the creation of simultaneous independent or dependent pH and additive gradients.... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group