Chemistry: electrical and wave energy inventions 08/08

20080202915 - Methods and apparatus for ionization and desorption using a glow discharge: A method for ionizing and desorbing a sample for analysis includes energizing a first and second electrode to produce a glow discharge at atmospheric pressure. The method further includes supplying a carrier gas to at least a portion of the glow discharge to create effluents thereof. The method further includes... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080202916 - Controlling magnetic leakage flux in sputtering targets containing magnetic and non-magnetic elements: Various exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for controlling magnetic leakage flux in a sputtering target containing magnetic and non-magnetic elements. The method relates to selecting a particle size of at least one non-magnetic phase in a microstructure, where the particle size of the non-magnetic phase... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080202917 - Method for manufacturing a magnetoresistive multilayer film: This application discloses a method and apparatus for manufacturing a magnetoresistive multilayer film having a structure where an antiferromagnetic layer, a pinned-magnetization layer, a nonmagnetic spacer layer and a free-magnetization layer are laminated on a substrate in this order. A film for the antiferromagnetic layer is deposited by sputtering as... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080202918 - Phase plate for phase-contrast electron microscope, method for manufacturing the same and phase-contrast electron microscope: A phase plate (10) for phase-contrast electron microscopes is characterized by comprising a conductive core phase plate (14) which has a phase plate body (11) and a phase plate support (12) supporting it and is arranged in the path of electrons having passed through the objective lens of an electron... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080202919 - Apparatus and method for manufacturing stress-free flexible printed circuit board: An apparatus and method for manufacturing a highly efficient flexible thin metal film-laminated strip by improves adhesiveness between a polyimide strip and a thin metal film, and removes stress from thin films laminated through magnetron sputtering, which is a dry deposition process. The stress-free flexible circuit board manufacturing method includes... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080202920 - Ion milling system and ion milling method: In an ion milling system and an ion milling method for making unnecessary the effort of resetting a sample in a sample stage mechanism whenever a machining region is changed, the system includes an ion gun that generates an ion beam with which a sample is to be irradiated, a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080202921 - Method and apparatus for converting water into hydrogen and oxygen for a heat and/or fuel source: A water separation apparatus is provided to separate hydrogen and oxygen from water that includes a reaction chamber containing a plurality of spaced apart conductive plates, a positive electrical terminal electrically connected to one of the conductive plates, and a negative electrical terminal electrically connected to another of the conductive... Agent: Jessica W. Smith

20080202922 - Hybrid electro-deposition of soft magnetic cobalt alloy films: A hybrid electro-deposition process for soft magnetic cobalt alloy films comprises providing a plating bath that includes cobalt and a reducing agent, providing a cobalt-containing anode in the plating bath coupled to a power supply, providing a substrate in the plating bath coupled to the power supply, wherein the substrate... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080202923 - Catalyst for electrochemical reduction of oxygen: The invention relates to a sulphide catalyst for electrochemical reduction of oxygen particularly stable in chemically aggressive environments such as chlorinated hydrochloric acid. The catalyst of the invention comprises a noble metal sulphide single crystalline phase supported on a conductive carbon essentially free of zerovalent metal and of metal oxide... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20080202924 - Power source arrangement for multiple-target sputtering system: An arrangement for concurrently powering a plurality of sputtering sources. A power supply is coupled to a charge accumulator. The charge accumulator is coupled to several sputtering sources via switching devices. The duty cycle of each switching device is used to individually control the power delivered to each sputtering source.... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080202925 - Single, right-angled end-block: A single, right-angled end-block is claimed for rotatably carrying a target in a sputtering apparatus. The end-block comprises all necessary means to drive, energise, bear and seal (coolant and gas) the target in the sputtering apparatus from the outside through a single opening in a wall or door. The right-angled... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080202926 - Detector for chemical sensor device and use thereof: Disclosed is a detector for chemical sensor devices, the detector being improved in detection sensitivity. Also disclosed is use of such a detector for chemical sensor devices. Specifically, disclosed is a detector for chemical sensor devices by which a substance to be measured is detected by adsorbing the substance contained... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080202927 - Devices and methods for biochip multiplexing: The invention is directed to devices that allow for simultaneous multiple biochip analysis. In particular, the devices are configured to hold multiple cartridges comprising biochips comprising arrays such as nucleic acid arrays, and allow for high throughput analysis of samples.... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP

20080202928 - Multi-layer strip for use in measuring biological material and system for measuring biological material: The multi-layer strip for use in measuring biological material and the system for measuring a biological material are provided, wherein the multi-layer strip includes a stack of a plurality of strips, each having a flow channel and a reaction unit, and the strips may react with specific materials contained in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080202929 - Oxygen sensors: An electrochemical oxygen sensor includes a micro-porous plastic membrane supported on a sealing disk and located between a gas inflow port and the sensor's electrolyte. The membrane and disk minimize thermal shock effects due to using the sensor at a first location, at a first temperature, and then moving it... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080202930 - Electrochemical gas sensor containing electric connection lines or housing contact bridges comprising carbon nanotubes: An electrochemical gas sensor (9) has improved electrochemical measurement properties and housing tightness for an electrolyte at the sites at which the connection lines (11, 21, 31) pass through. The sensor (9) includes a housing (4), containing at least one measuring electrode (1) and a counterelectrode (2) and with electric... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20080202932 - Electrophoresis device and electrophoresis method: To reduce the elongation of the migration time for the first electrophoresis cycle in successive electrophoresis cycles and improve the reliability of electrophoresis analysis. The present invention relates to making the condition of a migration medium at the start of the first electrophoresis analysis in successive electrophoresis analyses after the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080202931 - Ion specific control of the transport of fluid and current in fluidic nanochannels: The present disclosure provides various means for optimizing fluid transport in micro and nanofluidic devices. Such means may be used to construct fluidic devices specifically suited to particular tasks such as molecular and biomolecular sensing and analysis, biosensors for clinical diagnostics; memory devices; screening devices for pharmaceutical applications; the provision... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20080202933 - Microfluidic detection of analytes: An apparatus and methods for concentrating samples for application to microfluidic devices are disclosed. The methods involve electrophoresing charged molecules from a high volume sample into a smaller volume. The analyte of interest can be a charged molecule or can be modified to be charged using, for example, one or... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20080202934 - Method and apparatus for the simultaneous separation of biological molecules by two dimensional electrophoresis: The patent describes a method for the simultaneous and repeatable separation of biological molecules by bidimensional electrophoresis and the apparatus usable to carry out thereof. And in particular, the present invention refers to a method and to an apparatus as defined above, capable to transfer and separate, on a matrix,... Agent: Jay S Cinamon Abelman Frayne & Schwab

20080202935 - Apparatus and method for performing vertical electrophoresis: An apparatus for performing vertical electrophoresis comprises a main body, a pair of gel plates, a pair of clamping devices, and a lower buffer tank. The clamping devices are slidably attachable to the sides of the main body between a loading position for allowing the gel plates to be inserted... Agent: EagleIPLimited

20080197013 - Microwave induced destruction of impurities from biogas and nitrogen oxides from engine exhaust: Granulated Activated Carbon (GAC) is used to remove hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from the biogas produced in an anaerobic digester. The cleaned biogas is then combusted in a reciprocating engine. The exhaust of the engine is passed through a heat exchanger and then through GAC in an adsorber to adsorb nitrogen... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20080197014 - Reactor, plant and industrial process for the continuous preparation of high-purity silicon tetrachloride or high- purity germanium tetrachloride: A reactor, a plant, and a continuous, industrial process carried out therein for preparing high-purity silicon tetrachloride or high-purity germanium tetrachloride by treating the silicon tetrachloride or germanium tetrachloride to be purified, which is contaminated by at least one hydrogen-containing compound, by a cold plasma and isolating purified high-purity silicon... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080197015 - Multiple-magnetron sputtering source with plasma confinement: A sputtering source has a magnetron and a target. Control magnets are provided about the target to modify the magnetic lines of the magnetron. A sputtering source has several magnetrons, each having a respective target. A plasma/sputtering shield is provided in front of the targets. The shield has several windows,... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080197016 - Thin film deposited substrate and deposition system for such thin film: The present invention aims to provide a ZnO thin film deposited substrate and a thin film deposition system exhibiting a specific resistance sufficiently reduced to be useful for transparent electrodes of a liquid crystal display, characterized in that Zn material evaporated and oxidized by microwave oxygen plasma to the compound... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080197017 - Target/backing plate constructions, and methods of forming them: The Invention includes target/backing plate constructions and methods of forming target/backing plate constructions. The targets and backing plates can be bonded to one another through an appropriate interlayer. The targets can comprise one or more of aluminum, copper, tantalum and titanium. The interlayer can comprise one or more of silver,... Agent: Buchalter Nemer

20080197018 - Device with a pre-defined and guided capillary fill design: The present invention discloses a device with a predefined capillary fill design comprising a substrate (1), a working electrode (2), a reference electrode (3), a functional electrode (4), a reaction chamber (5) and a plastic covering film (6), wherein the reaction chamber (5) is provided with one or more hydrophilic... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20080197019 - Method of detecting directly undetecable analytes using directly detectable spacer molecules: The present invention provides a method of indirectly detecting at least one directly undetectable analyte of interest. According to the method, a leading electrolyte and a trailing electrolyte are provided. In addition, a mixture of the at least one directly undetectable analyte and at least two directly detectable spacer molecules... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm, Inc.

20080190757 - Electro-chemical processor with wafer retainer: A wafer plating apparatus has a rotor in a head including wafer retainers which properly hold a wafer on the rotor in position. A seal on the head seals plating bath liquid away from the edges of the wafer. After plating is completed and the wafer is moved away from... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/semitool

20080190756 - Object separation device using optical method: A method for separation of particles with different sizes. The method introduces radiation in a waveguide, coupled to a second guide in a coupling area, the radiation entraining all particles towards the coupling area, and separates the particles as they pass into the coupling area.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080190758 - Method of deposition of a layer on a razor blade edge and razor blade: A method for deposition of a layer on a razor blade edge of a razor blade, the layer including at least two components, in an enclosure comprising at least first and second sputter targets, each sputter target including at least one of the components to be deposited on the edge... Agent: Jones Day

20080190759 - Electrode of electrochemical/electrically-driven devices: An electrochemical/electrocontrollable device having variable optical and/or energetic properties, including at least one carrier substrate including an electroactive layer or an electroactive layer stack arranged between a lower electrode and an upper electrode. At least one of the lower or upper electrodes includes at least four layers including at least... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080190760 - Resputtered copper seed layer: An integrated copper deposition process, particularly useful for forming a copper seed layer in a narrow via prior to electrochemical plating of copper, including at least one cycle of sputter deposition of copper followed by sputter etching of the deposited copper, preferably performed in a same sputter chamber. The deposition... Agent: Law Offices Of Charles Guenzer Attn: Applied Materials, Inc.

20080190761 - Technique and apparatus for depositing thin layers of semiconductors for solar cell fabrication: The present invention advantageously provides for, in different embodiments, low-cost deposition techniques to form high-quality, dense, well-adhering Group IBIIIAVIA compound thin films with macro-scale as well as micro-scale compositional uniformities. In one embodiment, there is provided a method of growing a Group IBIIIAVIA semiconductor layer on a base, and includes... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080190762 - Exhaust gas treating system: The present invention, aiming at providing an exhaust gas treating system capable of increasing the exhaust gas treating volume, through increase of the diameter of the reaction tube, stabilizing the state of generation of plasma without requiring any water membrane, and improving the harmful matters removing performance by extending the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080190763 - On site portable electrolytic sodium hypochlorite generator: The present invention describes an apparatus for the production on site of a solution of sodium hypochlorite. It is based on the electrolysis of a dilute solution of sodium chloride and operates in flow through mode. Its main use is the potabilization of drinking water. Other uses include the production... Agent: Giovanni Del Signore

20080190764 - Method of manufacturing aluminum and aluminum alloy sputtering targets: A manufacturing method of sputtering targets uses a direct-chill method to fabricate various aluminum and aluminum alloy ingots. Without the need of follow-up forging processes, the fabricated aluminum alloy ingots can be cut to attain aluminum and aluminum alloy sputtering targets. The method according to the present invention features the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080190765 - Sputtering magnetron: The invention relates to a magnetron with a planar target and a planar magnet system. The planar magnet system comprises a bar-shaped first magnet pole with enlarged ends and a frame-shaped second magnet pole, wherein a relative movement between the magnet poles and the target is such that every point... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.l.p.

20080190766 - Sensor-dispensing instruments: A sensor-dispensing instrument is adapted to determine an analyte concentration of a fluid and comprises a body, a cap, a cartridge, a test-sensor receptacle, and a sensor-advancement mechanism. The cap is adapted to move between an open position and a closed position. The cap and body are adapted to correspond... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080190767 - Laminated gas sensor having improved structure for reliably preventing cracks: A laminated gas sensor includes a solid electrolyte layer, a measurement gas chamber, a reference gas chamber, a measurement gas chamber formation layer, and a reference gas chamber formation layer. The measurement gas chamber formation layer has an opposite pair of inner side surfaces that extend in a longitudinal direction... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080190768 - Gas sensor having extra high accuracy and reliability and method of manufacturing the same: A gas sensor includes a sensing element, a housing, a metal cover, and an oxide layer. The sensing element generates a signal indicative of an oxygen concentration in a measurement gas. The housing holds therein the sensing element with a portion of the sensing element protruding outside of the housing.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080190769 - Electrodeposition paint pigments, production and use thereof: The invention relates to electrophoretic pigments, wherein the electrophoretic pigments are platelet-like metal pigments coated with at least one coating composition and the coating composition has (a) one or more binder functionalities of anodic electrophoretic paint binders and (b) one or more functional groups for effecting adhesion or binding to... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080190770 - Treatment of fluids and/or sludge with electro plasma: A process for the treatment and/or removal from Condenser of contaminants from a waste water, waste stream, industrial or municipal sludge, metals, oils, organics and other materials consider to be harmful to the environment are removed from the feed stock; in the case of non-metals, mineralized and in the case... Agent: Warner J Delaune Jr Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz

20080190771 - Method and apparatus for treatment of a fluid: An apparatus for the magnetic treatment of a fluid which produces at least one magnetic field for a period of time, Tc at or above a critical magnetic field strength, Hc, the period Tc and the field strength Hc determined relative to one another and dependant upon the properties of... Agent: Martin P. Hoffman Hoffman, Wasson & Gitler

20080190772 - Apparatus and method for removing particles from air: An electrically enhanced filter apparatus for removing particles from air passing through the filter in a flow path from an upstream locus to a downstream locus includes: a plurality of electrically conductive particle-permeable electrodes situated in the flow path. A first electrode is an electrically conductive permeable electrode situated substantially... Agent: Law Office Of Donald D. Mondul

20080190773 - Microfluidic flow manipulation device: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for the mixing of two microfluidic channels wherein several wells are oriented diagonally across the width of a mixing channel. The device effectively mixes the confluent streams with electrokinetic flow, and to a lesser degree, with pressure driven flow. The device and method may... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young Llc

20080190774 - Silver ion water generating apparatus: Disclosed is a silver ion water generating apparatus which can improve sterilizing and purifying forces even in a large water tank by widening the contact surface of silver as same weight increasing the amount of the generated silver ions, can be easily maintained by facilitating the exchange of a silver... Agent: Schmeiser Olsen & Watts

20080185284 - Internal balanced coil for inductively coupled high density plasma processing chamber: A coil is provided for use in a semiconductor processing system to generate a plasma with a magnetic field in a chamber. The coil comprises a first coil segment, a second coil segment and an internal balance capacitor. The first coils segment has a first end and a second end.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP / Amat

20080185285 - Design supporting method, system, and program of magnetron sputtering apparatus: A static magnetic field structure data is read, a cross section which is parallel with the target surface and in which plasma is generated is specified at an arbitrary position, and an erosion center line segment having an endless shape which goes through the center of a region in which... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080185286 - Method for thinning a sample and sample carrier for performing said method: The invention describes a sample carrier (3) for thinning a sample (1) taken from e.g. a semiconductor wafer. The sample carrier comprises a ridged part (5), e.g. made of e.g. copper, with an outer boundary (6), and a supporting film (4), e.g. made of carbon, extending beyond the outer boundary.... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20080185287 - Sputtering apparatus with rotatable workpiece carrier: An exemplary sputtering apparatus is provided. The sputtering apparatus includes a chamber, a workpiece carrier and at least a sputtering cathode. The chamber defines a sputtering cavity. Disposed in the sputtering cavity, the workpiece carrier includes a rotating disk and a plurality of rotating rods extending through and slidably engaged... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080185288 - Detection element: A detection element includes a detector by which a salt or an ion in an analyte is detectable. The detector includes a base and a reaction layer disposed on the base. The reaction layer has a polymer that has a main chain with an end thereof linked to the base,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080185289 - Sensor control device: A current detection resistance in a sensor control device is connected to a sensor element. The current flowing in the sensor element is detected through the current detection resistance. The current detection resistance is connected to an inverting amplification circuit for outputting an air/fuel output voltage to be transferred to... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080185290 - Recovery system of dna and rna or protein fragments with agarose gel or polyacrylamide gel: This is a device that directly collects DNA, RNA, or protein on agarose gel or polyacrylamide gel, which is separated and purified after applying electrophoresis to DNA, RNA, or protein on agarose gel or polyacrylamide gel. The present invention has improved the traditional methods that collect DNA, RNA, or protein... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC