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Chemistry of inorganic compounds June archive of inventions by patent app class 06/07

20070148065 - Method of preparing ceramic powders using chelate precursors: Wet-chemical methods involving the use of water-soluble hydrolytically stable metal-ion chelate precursors and the use of a nonmetal-ion-containing strong base can be used in a coprecipitation procedure for the preparation of ceramic powders. Examples of the precipitants used include tetraalkylammonium hydroxides. A composition-modified barium titanate is one of the ceramic... Agent: Campbell Stephenson Ascolese, LLP

20070148066 - Process to obtain titanium concentrates with high contents of tio2 and low contents of radionuclide elements from anatase mechanical concentrates: The present invention relates to a unique process for production of titanium concentrate with low contents of radionuclide elements from anatase mechanical concentrates. This high TiO2 containing concentrate is essentially directed for the chloride process of titanium dioxide pigment manufacture. The process here described basically involves processing anatase mechanical concentrates... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070148067 - Treatment of engine exhaust using molecular sieve ssz-74: The present invention relates to new crystalline molecular sieve SSZ-74 prepared using a hexamethylene-1,6-bis-(N-methyl-N-pyrrolidinium) dication as a structure-directing agent, and its use in treating engine exhaust.... Agent: Chevron Texaco Corporation

20070148069 - Carbon dioxide recovery from flue gas and the like: Carbon dioxide is recovered in concentrated form from a gas feed stream also containing oxygen by absorbing carbon dioxide and oxygen into an amine solution that also contains another organic component, removing oxygen, and recovering carbon dioxide from the absorbent.... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20070148070 - Production of moderate purity carbon dioxide streams: A gaseous product stream having a predetermined carbon dioxide content of 10-95 mol. % is produced from a gaseous feed stream containing 3-20 mol. % carbon dioxide by converting a portion of the feed stream to a purified stream containing 95-99.9 mol. % (dry basis) carbon dioxide and adding the... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20070148068 - Reclaiming amines in carbon dioxide recovery: Alkanolamine absorbent solution useful in recovering carbon dioxide from feed gas streams is reclaimed by subjecting it to vaporization in two or more stages under decreasing pressures.... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20070148071 - Reduction of oxides of nitrogen in a gas stream using molecular sieve ssz-74: The present invention relates to new crystalline molecular sieve SSZ-74 prepared using a hexamethylene-1,6-bis-(N-methyl-N-pyrrolidinium)dication as a structure-directing agent, and its use in the reduction of oxides of nitrogen in a gas stream such as the exhaust from an internal combustion engine.... Agent: Chevron Texaco Corporation

20070148072 - Cerium-zirconium mixed oxide and method for manufacturing the same: A cerium-zirconium mixed oxide with improved heat resistance of the specific surface area at a high temperature (1000° C.) is provided along with a manufacturing method therefor. This cerium-zirconium mixed oxide comprises of spherical particles 5 to 20 nm in size and rodlike particles 5 to 20 nm in diameter... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070148073 - Non-aqueous borate routes to boron nitride: A non-aqueous route and process for preparation of boron nitride utilizing aerosol assisted vapor phase synthesis (AAVS) wherein boron precursors are nitrided in one or two heating steps, and wherein a boron oxide nitride carbide intermediary composition is formed after the first heating step and may be further nitrided to... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group

20070148074 - Nanoparticle based stabilization of ir fluorescent dyes: This invention relates to a highly effective nanoparticle system for stabilizing near-infrared (near-IR) fluorescent dyes such as indocyanine (ICG) in order to enhance the dye's utility for biomedical application. This invention further relates to nanoparticles comprised of biodegradable polymer materials such as poly(dl-lactide-co-glycolide)(PLGA). The invention also relates to methods of... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070148075 - Process for producing silicon: The present invention relates to a process for producing silicon by thermal decomposition of a gaseous mixture comprising monosilane, monochlorosilane and, if desired, further chlorosilanes, e.g. dichlorosilane.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070148076 - Method for producing a reversible hydrogen storage medium with high storage capacity and ultrafast kinetics: A method is provided for the preparation of a hydrogen storage medium having a high hydrogen storage capacity, high reversibility and fast reaction time. A high storage capacity Li2NH -containing media with high reversibility is also provided. The method comprises an ultra-fast solid reaction between Li3N and LiNH2 to provide... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20070148077 - Production of lithium compounds directly from lithium containing brines: Methods and apparatus for the production of low sodium lithium carbonate and lithium chloride from a brine concentrated to about 6.0 wt % lithium are disclosed. Methods and apparatus for direct recovery of technical grade lithium chloride from the concentrated brine are also disclosed.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070148078 - Method and system for growing larger precipitated calcium carbonate crystals: The present invention relates to methods of precipitating calcium carbonate (PCC) in a manner that can control the size and surface area of PCC. For example, the calcium carbonate crystals can be formed through the use of two or more doses of slaked lime slurry in the presence of a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070148080 - Lower pressure synthesis of diamond material: Methods of synthesizing a diamond material, particularly nanocrystalline diamond, diamond-like carbon and bucky diamond are provided. In particular embodiments, a composition including a carbon source, such as coal, is subjected to addition of energy, such as high energy reactive milling, producing a milling product enriched in hydrogenated tetrahedral amorphous diamond-like... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070148079 - Thick single crystal diamond layer method for making it and gemstones produced from the layer: A layer of single crystal CVD diamond of high quality having a thickness greater than 2 mm. Also provided is a method of producing such a CVD diamond layer.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070148081 - Surface modified nanoparticle and method of preparing same: The present disclosure relates to a nanoparticle containing at least one metal sulfide nanocrystal having a surface modified with a carboxylic acid, wherein the carboxylic acid has at least one aryl group. The present disclosure also describes a method of preparing the nanoparticle, the method consisting of: (a) providing a... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070148082 - Synthesis of nanparticles comprising metal (iii) vanadate: The present invention relates to a method for the production of nanoparticulate metal(III) vanadates or vanadate/phosophate mixed crystals, comprising the reaction in a reaction medium of a reactive vanadate source and optionally a phosphate source dissolvable or dispersible in the reaction medium and of a reactive metal(III) salt dissolvable or... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20070148083 - Novel boehmite and polymer materials incorporating same: A modified polymer material is discloses, including a polymer base and boehmite particles provided in the polymer base. the boehmite particles are made up of mainly anisotropically shaped particles.... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20070148084 - Concentrating catalytic hydrogen production system: A solar-powered hydrogen production system directly produces hydrogen. The solar-powered hydrogen production system includes at least one concentrator, a hydrogen-rich source, a catalytic layer, and a hydrogen separation membrane. The hydrogen-rich source is positioned to receive focused sunlight collected by the concentrator and is in direct contact with the catalytic... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070148085 - Method of manufacturing ceramic film and ceramic film manufacturing apparatus: A method of manufacturing a ceramic film including: forming a material layer above a base; introducing a gas including steam and oxygen gas into an oxidizing gas production section; and heating the gas in the oxidizing gas production section and supplying the heated gas to an oxidizing furnace to oxidize... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070148086 - Molecular sieve ssz-74 composition of matter and synthesis thereof: The present invention relates to new crystalline molecular sieve SSZ-74 prepared using a hexamethylene-1,6-bis-(N-methyl-N-pyrrolidinium) dication as a structure-directing agent, and methods for synthesizing SSZ-74.... Agent: Chevron Texaco Corporation

20070140936 - Corundum crystal formed body: A corundum crystal formed body having a corundum crystal grown directly on a base material and a production process capable of producing the corundum crystal formed body easily at low costs. The a corundum crystal formed body has a platinum base material and a corundum crystal portion formed on the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070140937 - Method for solubilizing metal oxides by surface treatment, surface treated metal oxide solutions and method for separating metal oxides: The invention relates to soluble metal oxides and mixed metal oxides and to solutions comprising metal oxides and mixed metal oxides. The invention further relates to a process for preparing a soluble metal oxide and a soluble mixed metal oxide and additionally relates to a process for modifying the solubility... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070140938 - Deagglomerated barium sulfate: The invention discloses deagglomerated barium sulphate which has an average primary particle size of less than 0.5 μm and is coated with a dispersant. The dispersant has preferably reactive groups which are able to interact with the surface of the barium sulphate; particularly preferred dispersants are those which are able... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070140939 - Apparatus and method for treating discharge gas: The invention provides a discharge gas treatment apparatus and method which prevent increase in treatment cost and which attain efficient removal of mercury contained in a discharge gas. The discharge gas treatment apparatus, for treating a discharge gas containing nitrogen oxide, sulfur oxide, metallic mercury, and hydrogen chloride, includes a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070140940 - Compositions and methods for removing mercury from mercury-containing fluids: Oxidative sorbents are provided for adsorbing elemental or oxidized mercury from mercury-containing fluids such as flue gas from a coal-burning power utility or the like at a temperature range of about 50 to 350 ° C. The method of preparing and using the oxidative sorbents is also provided. The oxidative... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20070140941 - Nitrogenous sorbent for coal combustion: Sorbent compositions for coal contain nitrogenous components that reduce the level of mercury and/or sulfur emitted into the atmosphere upon combustion. The sorbent compositions are added directly to the fuel before combustion; directly into the fireball during combustion; are added to the fuel before combustion and into the flue gas... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070140942 - Reduction of co and nox in regenerator flue gas: A hot oxygen stream is fed into a catalyst regenerator flue gas stream that contains carbon monoxide to remove carbon monoxide. NOx precursors are converted into N2 and if NOx is present in the flue gas stream the addition of the hot oxygen stream lowers the amount of NOx present.... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20070140943 - Sorbent composition to reduce emissions from the burning of carbonaceous fuels: Sulfur emissions from combustion of coal and other fuels are reduced by using sugar beet lime as a sorbent during the coal burning process. In various embodiments, the sugar beet lime is added onto the coal before combustion, along with the coal into the furnace, is injected directly into the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070140944 - Method for manufacturing magnesium borohydride: Disclosed herein is a method comprising reacting a metal borohydride with a metal chloride composition that comprises magnesium chloride in a solvent to form a reaction mixture; wherein either the metal borohydride, the metal chloride composition or both the metal borohydride and the metal chloride composition are soluble in the... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070140945 - Production of sodium sesquicarbonate and sodium carbonate monohydrate: A process for the production and recovery of crystalline sodium sesquicarbonate and of crystalline sodium carbonate monohydrate from aqueous liquors containing sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate. The crystalline products may optionally be heated or calcined to produce soda ash. The process is particularly suited for the recovery of soda ash... Agent: Patent Administrator Fmc Corporation

20070140946 - Dispersed growth of nanotubes on a substrate: Methods of forming a dispersion of nanostructures, a distribution of carbon nanotubes, and an array of nanostructure devices are described. The methods involve providing a substrate, applying growth promoter to at least a portion of the substrate, exposing the substrate and the growth promoter to a plasma, and forming a... Agent: O'melveny & Myers LLP

20070140947 - Continuous production of carbon nanotubes: The invention relates to a nanoparticle growing mat (30), a method of manufacturing the mat, and a method for the continuous production of organized nanotubes using the mat. The mat (30) comprising a substrate including carbon, on which is deposited in a predetermined pattern of nanosized catalytic particles whose pattern... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070140949 - Extraction of peroxide treated petroleum streams: This invention relates to a method for generating peroxides in petroleum streams and extracting oxidized sulfur and nitrogen compounds. Peroxides are generated in-situ by combining the petroleum stream with a high neutralization number (HNN) crude and adding an oxygen-containing stream. Alternatively, the oxidation of sulfur and nitrogen compounds may be... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20070140950 - In-situ generation of peroxides in petroleum streams: This invention relates to a method for generating peroxides in petroleum streams. More particularly, peroxides are generated in-situ by combining the petroleum stream with a high neutralization number (HNN) crude and adding an oxygen-containing stream. HNN crudes contain molecules sufficient for peroxide generation.... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20070140948 - Peroxides and homogeneous catalysts in petroleum streams: This invention relates to a method for generating peroxides in petroleum streams. More particularly, peroxides may be generated in-situ by combining the petroleum stream with a high neutralization number (HNN) crude and adding an oxygen-containing stream. HNN crudes contain molecules sufficient for peroxide generation. Peroxides may also be added directly... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20070140951 - Nano-sized particles, processes of making, compositions and uses thereof: The present invention describes methods for preparing high quality nanoparticles, i.e., metal oxide based nanoparticles of uniform size and monodispersity. The nanoparticles advantageously comprise organic alkyl chain capping groups and are stable in air and in nonpolar solvents. The methods of the invention provide a simple and reproducible procedure for... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth/columbia

20070140952 - Layered porous titanium oxide, process for producing the same, and catalyst comprising the same: This invention provides layered porous titanium oxide comprising an inorganic oxide as a core and titanium oxide deposited on the surface of the inorganic oxide, wherein the titanium localization index B/A represented by the ratio of the proportion of titanium (Ti) to the sum of the constituent metal (M) of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070140953 - Process conditions for pt-re bimetallic water gas shift catalysts: Operating conditions for generating hydrogen by the water-gas shift reaction have been found which reduce the aging of Pt—bimetallic water-gas shift catalysts. The process parameters provide a stable operation in residential fuel processors and in hydrogen generators for on-site hydrogen generation.... Agent: Gus T. Hampilos, Esq. Chief Patent Counsel

20070140954 - Process for the preparation hydrogen and a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide: Process for the preparation hydrogen and a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide containing gas from a carbonaceous feedstock by performing the following steps: (a) preparing a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide having a temperature of above 700° C. (51); (b) catalytic steam reforming a carbonaceous feedstock in a... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20070140955 - Microchannel with internal fin support for catalyst or sorption medium: This invention relates to an apparatus, comprising: at least one process microchannel having a height, width and length, the height being up to about 10 mm, the process microchannel having a base wall extending in one direction along the width of the process microchannel and in another direction along the... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070140956 - Methods of producing hydrogen via the water-gas shift reaction over a pd-zn catalyst: Methods for producing hydrogen via the water-gas shift reaction utilizing a palladium-zinc on alumina catalyst are described.... Agent: Frank Rosenberg

20070134144 - Gold- and reducible oxide-based composition, method for the preparation and the use thereof in the form of a catalyst, in particular for carbon monoxide oxidation: The invention relates to a gold-based composition on a reducible oxide-based support characterised in that the halogen content thereof with respect to a molar halogen/gold ratio is equal to or less than 0.05, wherein the gold is embodied in the form of particles whose size is equal to or less... Agent: Jean-louis Seugnet Rhodia Inc-legal Department

20070134143 - Removal of mercury compounds from glycol: The invention is a process for removing mercury compounds from a glycol- or alcohol-containing liquid absorbent stream which contains mercury compounds, especially a glycol stream which has been used in a glycol drying plant for removing water from natural gas streams. The process comprises contacting the mercury-laden liquid absorbent stream... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070134145 - Precious metal catalyst stabilized with iron oxide for the removal of pollutants from exhaust gases from leanburn engines: Catalyst for exhaust-gas purification in lean-burn engines, characterized in that the catalyst comprises at least the following components: (i) iron oxide, (ii) platinum or rhodium or a mixture of platinum and rhodium as active metal, (iii) a support oxide, the support oxide containing zirconium oxide, cerium/zirconium mixed oxide or mixtures... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20070134146 - Zeolite catalyst with improved nox reduction in scr: The present invention is directed to a novel metal-promoted zeolite catalyst, a method of producing the catalyst and a method of using the catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx with improved hydrothermal durability. The novel metal-promoted zeolite is formed from a low sodium zeolite and is hydrothermally treated... Agent: Gus T. Hampilos Basf Catalysts LLC

20070134148 - Process and apparatus for the selective removal of sulfur-containing components from feed gas streams obtained periodically: From a gas stream, which in a process for the selective removal of sulfur-containing components is obtained periodically and in fluctuating amounts and/or with fluctuating concentrations of sulfur-containing components, the sulfur-containing components are absorbed by means of a washing agent, the washing agent loaded with the sulfur-containing components subsequently is... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20070134147 - Process for recovering sulphur from a gas stream containing hydrogen sulphide: A feed gas stream containing hydrogen sulphide is a subjected to Claus reaction in a Claus furnace (16). Oxygen or oxygen-enriched air containing at least 80% by volume of oxygen is supplied to the furnace (16) to support combustion of the hydrogen sulphide. The ammonia is completely destroyed in the... Agent: The Boc Group, Inc.

20070134149 - Spheroidizing agent of graphite: A graphite spheroidizing agent capable of spheroidizing graphite while preventing formation of chunky graphite is provided. The graphite spheroidizing agent of the present invention comprising silicon, magnesium, calcium and rare earth elements, wherein the graphite spheroidizing agent contains rare earth elements of 0.6 to 3.0 mass % and a calcium... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070134150 - Method of fullerene separation and complex containing fullerene: A fullerene mixture comprising any two or more of C60, C70 and higher fullerenes having greater than 70 carbon atoms is brought into contact with an amine having two or more nitrogen atoms, especially an amine having an amidine structure, in a solvent to form a complex of a specific... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070134151 - Ultrafine porous graphitic carbon fiber and preparation method thereof: The present invention discloses an ultrafine graphitic carbon fiber and a preparation method thereof. An ultrafine fiber having a diameter of 1 to 3000 nm is prepared by electrospinning a halogenated polymer solution containing a metal compound inducing graphitization. In carbonization, an ultrafine porous graphitic carbon fiber having a large... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070134152 - Process for preparation of zbm-30-type zeolites using a diammonium ether-type compound as an organic structuring agent: The invention relates to a process for preparation of a zeolite that is selected from among the ZBM-30, ZSM-48, EU-2 and EU-11 zeolites, comprising the mixing in an aqueous medium of at least one source of at least one element X (Si and/or Ge) and at least one nitrogen-containing organic... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20070128096 - Integrated approach to reduction of mercury emissions: Method for reducing mercury emissions from coal-fired combustion comprising staging of a combustion unit to remove mercury with fly ash from the flue gas, introducing activated carbon to remove mercury from the flue gas, and collecting the fly ash, activated carbon, and associated mercury in a particulate control device.... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070128097 - Ceric oxide and method for production thereof, and catalyst for exhaust gas clarification: The present invention relates to ceric oxide that has excellent heat resistance and oxygen absorbing and desorbing capability useful as a co-catalyst material suitable for a catalyst for purifying exhaust gas, that is capable of maintaining a large specific surface area even in use in a high temperature environment, and... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070128098 - Process and device for the preparation of inorganic materials: Process and device for the preparation of inorganic materials, in which salt solutions and solids are mixed with one another and a solid is precipitated out by addition of a further salt solution, the suspension is frozen and the solvent is removed. The solid can be investigated for its catalytic... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070128099 - Silicon feedstock for solar cells: The present invention relates to silicon feedstock for producing directionally solidified silicon ingots, thin sheets and ribbons for the production of silicon wafers for PV solar cells where the silicon feedstock contains between 0.2 and 10 ppma boron and between 0.1 and 10 ppma phosphorus distributed in the material. The... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070128100 - Method for making hydrogen using a gold containing water-gas shift catalyst: The present invention relates to a method for making hydrogen comprising contacting in a water-gas shift reaction zone a feed comprising carbon monoxide and water under water-gas shift conditions with an effective catalytic amount of a catalyst comprising highly dispersed gold on a sulfated zirconia, and collecting from the water-gas... Agent: Chevron Texaco Corporation

20070128101 - Method of forming a heterojunction of a carbon nanotube and a different material, method of working a filament of a nanotube: A carbon nanotube is contacted with a reactive substance which is a metal or a semiconductor. The reactive substance is heated to diffuse atoms of the reactive substance into the carbon nanotube so that the carbon nanotube is partially transformed or converted into carbide as a reaction product. Thus, a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070128102 - Simultaneous production of high density carbon foam sections: The present invention includes methods for simultaneously producing, within a single container, two or more sections of high density carbon foam materials of defined shape. A method used to prepare high density carbon foam sections may involve heating a comminuted agglomerating bituminous coal bed, that is at least partially divided... Agent: Philip D. Lane

20070128103 - Method and apparatus for corrosive gas purification: Herein is disclosed a method and an apparatus for preparing a highly purified gas from a crude liquid comprising the gas and one or more of a metal, particulates, water vapor, or a volatile impurity. The method comprises: (a) vaporizing the crude liquid, to yield (i) a first vapor stream... Agent: Air Liquide

20070128104 - Water reforming method and water reformer: Mineral particles consisting essentially of metallic magnesium particles subjected to special processing are accommodated directly in a microporous cartridge made of a sintered polypropylene material, and the cartridge is closed. The cartridge is put in a closed raw water container, whereby a large amount of hydrogen gas is generated in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070128105 - Process for preparing mtt zeolites using n,n,n,n',n',n'-hexamethyl-propane-1,3-diammonium dication structure directing agent: The present invention rebates to a process for preparing zeolites having the MTT framework topology defined by the connectivity of the tetrahedral atoms in the zeolite, such as zeolites SSZ-32 and ZSM-23, using an N,N,N,N′,N′,N′-hexamethyl-propane-1,3-diammonium dication as a structure directing agent.... Agent: Chevron Texaco Corporation

20070128106 - Boron-containing molecular sieve mtt: The present invention relates to boron-containing zeolites having the MTT framework topology defined by the connectivity of the tetrahedral atoms in the zeolite, such as boron-containing SSZ-32 and boron-containing AZM-23 zeolites.... Agent: Chevron Texaco Corporation