Chemistry of inorganic compounds inventions 02/08

20080050293 - Leach extraction method: There is provided a method for leach extraction of copper/iron/sulphur ores and concentrates including leaching the mineral with an aqueous stream containing ferric ions and sulphuric acid in the presence of oxygen, the aqueous stream including a solution formed by reaction of basic ferric sulphate with excess suphuric acid. Integrated... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20080050294 - Consecutive or simultaneous leaching of nickel and cobalt containing ores: A process for the recovery of nickel and cobalt from nickel and cobalt containing ores, including the steps of first leaching a laterite ore and/or a partially oxidised sulfide ore with an acid solution to produce a pregnant leach solution containing at least dissolved nickel, cobalt and ferric ions, and... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080050295 - Lithium battery treatment method: A method of recovering valuable materials from lithium batteries wherein a lithium/transition metal composite oxide is used as a positive electrode active material. In this disposal method, a sheeted positive electrode having a positive electrode active material disposed on a positive electrode collector is immersed in an oxalic acid solution.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080050296 - Method of capturing carbon dioxide from gas streams: The present invention relates to a method for removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from a gas stream. Particularly, the present invention relates to a method for removing CO2 from a gas stream by a liquid absorbent having an amino alcohol derived from 4-amino-2-butanol. In comparison to conventional amines, the amino alcohols... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080050297 - Thermal decomposition of urea in a side stream of combustion flue gas using a regenerative heat exchanger: This invention relates generally to the treatment of NOx in combustion flue gas. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to the use of a regenerative heat exchanger (RHE) to convert urea to ammonia in a side stream of flue gas. Ammonia and/or other urea decomposition products exit the heat exchanger,... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20080050298 - Method for improving the hf capture efficiency of dry scrubbers: The present invention provides, a method of reducing fluoride emissions from aluminum smelting including the steps of providing alumina at a preselected feed rate to pots containing an aluminum producing molten electrolyte, wherein the aluminum producing molten electrolyte evolves gaseous fluoride byproducts; transporting the gaseous fluoride byproducts to alumina-based dry... Agent: Harry A. Hild, Jr. Intellectual Property

20080050299 - Wet gas scrubbing process: The removal of particulates and acidic gases from the effluent from a fluid catalytic cracking process regenerator. The effluent is treated in two contacting stages with an effective amount of both a caustic solution as well as ammonia and the composition of the contacting solutions in the two stages is... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20080050300 - Selective permeation membrane reactor and method of manufacturing hydrogen gas: There are disclosed a selective permeation membrane reactor which includes a selective permeation membrane having an excellent permeation performance and a separation performance with suppresses of methanation reaction of CO2 contained in hydrogen-containing gas to efficiently perform CO methanation reaction and manufacture highly pure hydrogen, and a method of manufacturing... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080050301 - Silicon carbide single crystal and method of etching the same: Single-crystal silicon carbide is obtained, which finds a wide variety of applications including semiconductors, and an etching method for single-crystal silicon carbide is provided, by which nitrogen trifluoride plasma is used in single-crystal silicon carbide to obtain a smooth surface. In order to obtain single-crystal silicon carbide having the smoothness... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080050302 - Process for producing ammonium thiosulfate: Process for the production of ammonium thiosulfate from gas streams comprising ammonia and hydrogen sulfide. One embodiment of the invention provides absorbing SO2 into a solution of ammonium sulfite and then contacting gaseous feed streams with portions of the resulting solution in a plurality of contact zones where portions of... Agent: D'ambrosio & Associates, P.l.l.c.

20080050303 - Reactant liquid system for facilitating the production of carbon nanostructures: A method includes isolating carbon atoms as conditioned carbide anions below a surface of a reactant liquid. The conditioned carbide anions are then enabled to escape from the reactant liquid to a collection area where carbon nanostructures may form. A carbon structure produced in this fashion includes at least one... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20080050304 - Method of producing carbon nanomaterials and centrifugal melt spinning apparatus: A carbon nanomaterial produced by: performing centrifugal melt spinning of core-shell particles that are prepared by using fine particles containing a carbon precursor polymer and a thermally decomposable polymer that disappears as a result of heat treatment, wherein the core-shell particles are heated up to a temperature at which phase... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080050305 - Method for producing graphite film, and graphite film produced by the method: A graphite film excelling in heat conductivity, especially, a graphite film of high heat conductivity that even when its thickness is large, would not suffer damage by heat treatment. There is provided a process for producing a graphite film, including graphitizing a raw material film of a polymer film and/or... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080050306 - Increased capacity sulfur recovery plant and process for recovering elemental sulfur: Claus sulfur recovery plants that include one or more single-stage or multi-stage compact tubular Claus catalytic reactor-heat exchanger units are disclosed. In some instances, these new or improved Claus plants additionally include one or more compact heat exchanger containing cooling tubes that are filled with a heat transfer enhancement medium.... Agent: Conocophillips Company - I. P. Legal

20080050307 - Synthesis of tetragonal phase stabilized nano and submicron sized nanoparticles: Novel, monodispersed, spherical ZrO2 particles in the size range of approximately 10 to approximately 600 nm exhibiting metastable tetragonal crystal structure at room temperature and novel methods of preparation. The ZrO2 particles are approximately 100% in the tetragonal phase at room temperature and can be pure and free of foreign... Agent: Law Offices Of Brian S Steinberger

20080050308 - Zeolite compositions and preparation and use thereof: This invention relates to novel compositions of zeolites or microporous metallosilicates characterised by a continuous spatial distribution of the metal and silicon in the crystals and characterised by a crystal surface enriched in silicon relative to the internal part of the same crystals. This invention also relates to a synthesis... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080044328 - Method for producing perovskite-type complex oxide: A method for producing a highly crystalline perovskite-type complex compound is provided that exhibits stably a high Seebeck coefficient and a low electric resistivity even at higher temperatures. A method for producing a complex perovskite-type compound with less environmental load is also provided. The method comprises a step of dissolving... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080044329 - Layered catalyst composite: A layered, three-way conversion catalyst having the capability of simultaneously catalyzing the oxidation of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide and the reduction of nitrogen oxides is disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the catalyst comprises three layers in conjunction with a carrier: a first layer deposited on the carrier and comprising... Agent: Basf Catalysts LLC

20080044330 - Layered catalyst composite: A layered, three-way conversion catalyst having the capability of simultaneously catalyzing the oxidation of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide and the reduction of nitrogen oxides is disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the catalyst comprises three layers in conjunction with a carrier: a first layer deposited on the carrier and comprising... Agent: Basf Catalysts LLC

20080044331 - Method for reducing the content of n2o and nox in gases: A method of reducing the content of NOx and N2O in gases using a gaseous reducing agent which is used in the amount required for reduction of the NOx in the presence of one or more iron-laden zeolites which have no pores or channels having a width of greater than... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080044332 - Integrated dry and wet flue gas cleaning process and system: A process and system for removing sulfur oxide, other gases, and particulate from a flue gas. The process includes treating flue gas with a slurry formed from water, an alkaline reagent, and the purge stream from a wet scrubber in a spray dryer, thereby producing a dry by-product. The process... Agent: Wiggin And Dana LLP Attention: Patent Docketing

20080044333 - Method and apparatus for nox and hg removal: A cyclic process for the removal of NOx from a NOx containing feed gas, and optionally removal mercury vapour and/or sulfur dioxide is provided. A process is also provided by which an iron chelate absorbent may be thermally regenerated.... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080044334 - Method for the decomposition of n2o, catalyst therefor and preparation of this catalyst: The invention relates to a method for the catalytic decomposition of N2O in a gas containing N2O in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises a zeolite that has been loaded with a first metal selected from the group of noble metals consisting of ruthenium, rhodium, silver, rhenium,... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080044335 - Method and an equipment for reducing the sulphur dioxide emissions of a marine engine: A method and an equipment for reducing sulphur dioxide emissions of a marine engine, wherein flue gases are scrubbed with a scrubbing solution in a scrubber. Fresh water with added sulphur removal reagent is used as the scrubbing solution.... Agent: Venable LLP

20080044337 - Method and apparatus for improving the efficiency of purification and deposition of polycrystalline silicon: Methods and apparatus for the commercial-scale production of purified polycrystalline silicon granules with one or more tailored levels of n- and p-type impurities from an impure silicon source such as, for example, metallurgical-grade silicon. Purification systems and methods involve: (1) one or more series of temperature controlled reactors or vessels... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20080044336 - Silicon nanosized linear body and a method for producing a silicon nanosized linear body: Silicon nanosized linear bodies with different structures and properties can be produced by appropriately setting the condition for the pretreatment by a radical (reaction condition of a hydrogen radical, e.g. concentration). A silicon nanosized linear body is produced from a silicon radical active species in the presence of a catalyst.... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080044338 - Damage evaluation method of compound semiconductor member, production method of compound semiconductor member, gallium nitride compound semiconductor member and gallium nitride compound semiconductor membrane: A method of evaluating damage of a compound semiconductor member, comprising: a step of performing measurement of photoluminescence on a surface of the compound semiconductor member; and a step of evaluating damage on the surface of the compound semiconductor member, using a half width of a peak at a wavelength... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080044339 - 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.

20080044340 - Method for producing highly monodisperse quantum dots: A method for producing highly monodisperse nanocrystals comprising the steps of: a) preparing a precursor comprising a metal ion and a coordinating ligand; b) dissolving the precursor in a solvent mixture comprising coordinating solvent and optionally non-coordinating solvent; c) raising the temperature of the step b mixture into the range... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20080044342 - Fail-safe, on-demand sulfurous acid generator: A generator to provide sulfurous acid on demand and fail-safe operation includes a hopper to provide a supply of sulfur, and a burner connected to the hopper to receive the sulfur and combust it to produce sulfur dioxide gas. An inlet passes air from the environment into the burner. A... Agent: Pate Pierce & Baird

20080044341 - Sulfurous acid mist and sulfur dioxide gas recovery system: A system is disclosed for retrieving a mist of sulfurous acid and creating sulfurous acid from residual sulfur dioxide gas originating from an exhaust of a sulfurous acid generator. In one embodiment, such a system includes a sulfurous acid generator to output sulfurous acid, in a primary stream, and exhaust... Agent: Pate Pierce & Baird

20080044343 - Process for the production of hydrogen peroxide: The invention relates to a process for the production of hydrogen peroxide comprising a liquid-liquid extraction step, said extraction step comprising contacting an organic feed solution containing hydrogen peroxide with an extraction solvent comprising less than about 30 wt % of water to achieve extraction of hydrogen peroxide to said... Agent: Akzo Nobel Inc.

20080044344 - Process for production of powder of perovskite compound: wherein A is at least one A group element and B is at least one B group element; and the second step for heating the aggregate of perovskite compound obtained in the first step in a solvent at a temperature in a range from 30° C. to 500° C. whereby... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20080044345 - Process for the production of titanium dioxide: (a) a titanium ore containing iron, preferably ilmenite, is reacted with an aqueous NH4F solution; (b) the aqueous suspension thus obtained is filtered with consequent separation of a sludge fraction, which contains ammonium fluoroferrates, and a filtrate fraction, which contains ammonium fluorotitanates; (c) the filtrate fraction thus obtained is subjected... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080044346 - Use of a powder composition and a medium: The invention relates to the use of a powder composition comprising at least 95% by weight of magnetite (Fe3O4) particles as a magnetisable component in a medium for magnetically storing information. At least 99.9% by weight of the magnetite particles have a particle size of less than 5 μm, and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080044347 - Onboard reforming of fuel and production of hydrogen: The invention provides a method for the production of hydrogen comprising providing a first stream comprising fuel, providing a second stream comprising a partial exhaust stream from an internal combustion engine wherein the exhaust stream further comprises steam, providing a third stream of air, passing the first, second, and third... Agent: Robert L. Rispoli Precision Combustion, Inc.

20080038168 - Solvent extraction process for separating cobalt and/or manganese from impurities in leach solutions: A process for the separation of cobalt and/or manganese from impurity elements selected from one or more of calcium and magnesium contained in a leach solution, the process comprising the step of subjecting the leach solution to solvent extraction using an organic solution of a carboxylic acid such as Versatic... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080038169 - Method for treating heavy metals from an effluent containing chelating agents (edta, cdta, or citrate): p

20080038170 - Methods of fabricating nanoscale-to-microscale structures: Methods for the production of shaped nanoscale-to-microscale structures, wherein a nanoscale-to-microscale template is provided having an original chemical composition and an original shape, and the nanoscale-to-microscale template subjected to a chemical reaction, so as to partially or completely convert the nanoscale-to-microscale template into the shaped nanoscale-to-microscale structure having a chemical... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20080038171 - Effluent gas scrubber and method of scrubbing effluent gasses: An effluent gas scrubber and a method of scrubbing effluent gases are provided. An inlet port receives an effluent gas. The gas passes through successive chambers in which it is sprayed with a scrubbing fluid. An oxidizer within the scrubbing fluid is effective to oxidize non-water soluble gases within the... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20080038172 - Phosgard, a new way to improve poison resistance in three-way catalyst applications: The present invention provides for novel poisoning-resistant catalysts used for automobile exhaust gas treatment systems. To alleviate the detrimental affects of engine oil and/or fuel additive poisoning the present invention provides for an overcoat layer comprising a porous refractory oxide and one or more base metal oxides, which is coated... Agent: Chief Patent Counsel Basf Catalysts LLC

20080038173 - System and process for cleaning a flue gas stream: A process for cleaning a flue gas stream (10) in a flue gas cleaning system (2) to remove contaminants such as particulates and acidic components therefrom. The process includes admitting the flue gas stream to a particle collection device (18) to deposit the contaminants onto collector surfaces (19) therein, contacting... Agent: Wiggin And Dana LLP Attention: Patent Docketing

20080038174 - Nitrogen oxide removal catalyst system and nitrogen oxide removal method: Provided in a catalyst system are: a first reaction part fitted with a first catalyst containing, as active constituents, at least, a complex oxide consisting of two or more oxides selected from among silica, alumina, titania, zirconia, and tungsten oxide, and a rare earth metal or transition metal (except Cu,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080038175 - Method of working up liquid substances: The invention concerns a method for preparing liquid substances, whereby the preparation is made in one or several micro-reactors and/or micro-mixers, the liquid substance to be prepared being continuously mixed with a washing liquid in the micro-reactors and/or micro-mixers.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080038176 - Unsymmetrical inorganic particles, and method for producing the same: The method of preparation comprises the following steps: 1) the zone Z2 of the surface of the initial particles is masked by fixing a polymer nodule thereto; 2) the masked particles obtained at the end of step 1) are treated in order to modify the nonmasked surface zone Z1 thereof;... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080038178 - Method and device for producing high purity polycrystalline silicon with a reduced dopant content: In the batch production of high purity polycrystalline silicon, in which a U-shaped silicon carrier body is fastened in an open deposition reactor, the deposition reactor is hermetically sealed, the U-shaped carrier body is heated electrical current, a silicon-containing reaction gas and hydrogen are introduced into the reactor through a... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080038179 - Apparatus and method for producing single crystal, and silicon single crystal: The invention provides an apparatus for producing a single crystal, and a method for producing a silicon single crystal using the same. An apparatus for producing a single crystal includes a heating device which heats polycrystalline silicon raw material held in a crucible to form silicon melt, and a pulling... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080038177 - Cooled lump from molten silicon and process for producing the same: A solidified mass for a high-purity multicrystal silicon material that is preferably applicable to producing crystal type silicon ingots for photo voltaics, and a process for producing the solidified mass are provided. The mass of silicon solidified from molten state is a solidified mass produced by dropping molten silicon into... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080038180 - Method and apparatus for the production of gaseous ammonia from a urea solution: A safe, economical and predictable process for producing ammonia from a urea solution, preferably where only a small amount of ammonia is required, (i.e. for SCR denitrification for small boilers, flue gas conditioning to enhance precipitator efficiency and/or alleviate plume problems, SNCR and the like), using an ultrasonic processor to... Agent: Howard E. Sandler

20080038181 - Alkaline-earth metal carbonate core coated with at least one group iv transition metal compound: The invention relates to an alkaline-earth metal carbonate powder comprising a core consisting essentially of at least one alkaline-earth metal carbonate and a shell consisting essentially of at least one Group IV transition metal compound, to the method for manufacturing the same and to an improved method for preparing highly... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080038182 - Spherical carbons and method for preparing the same: The present invention provides a method for preparing spherical carbon comprising step of heat-treating a mixture of a carbon precursor and dispersion media, a spherical non-graphitizable carbon using the same, and a method for preparing spherical artificial graphite.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080038183 - Method for producing carbon nanotube-containing material: A solution is produced by introducing carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and a carbon nanotube bulk material containing a cluster of aggregated single-walled carbon nanotubes into water (H2O). The single-walled carbon nanotubes are solubilized by CMC in the solution and separated from the cluster. The solution in which the single-walled carbon nanotubes... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20080038184 - Process and apparatus for the production of sulphur oxides: s

20080038185 - Production of export steam in steam reformers: A process and apparatus are provided for generating steam in steam reformation processes in which at least one first steam stream and one second steam stream are generated. The first steam stream (process steam) is preferably completely used in the steam reformation process, while the second steam stream (export steam)... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20080038186 - Catalyst for hydrogen generation through steam reforming of hydrocarbons: A catalyst that can be used for the production of hydrogen from hydrocarbon fuels in steam reforming processes contains an active metal of, e.g., at least one of Ir, Pt and Pd, on a catalyst support of, e.g., at least one of monoclinic zirconia and an alkaline-earth metal hexaaluminate. The... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080038187 - Process for producing antimony pentaoxide: A process for producing an aqueous sol of diantimony pentoxide, which comprises mixing diantimony trioxide (Sb2O3) and an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution in an aqueous medium, and after the temperature has reached from 50 to 80° C., reacting the diantimony trioxide with the aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution while keeping the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080038188 - Indium adsorbent and indium fractioning method: The invention provides an indium adsorbent that can cause indium to be adsorbed, and a simple and inexpensive indium fractioning method for isolating and recovering high-purity indium from an acid solution whose primary component is hydrochloric acid and that contains indium. A primary component of the indium adsorbent is an... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080031791 - Process for the separaton of hafnium and zirconium: A process for the separation and purification of hafnium and zirconium.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080031792 - Process for the reduction/removal of the concentration of hydrogen sulfide contained in natural gas: Process for the removal/reduction of the hydrogen sulfide contained in natural gas which comprises: a) feeding natural gas and water to a reaction vessel maintained under thermodynamic conditions favourable for the formation of H2S hydrates and substantially at the production pressure of natural gas; b) discharging the H2S hydrates, from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080031793 - Compositions and methods for treating exhaust gases: The present invention provides compositions, systems, and methods for achieving high efficiencies of nitrogen oxide (NOx) removal from exhaust gases while minimizing ammonia slip and sulfur dioxide oxidation. In one embodiment, a method of removing nitrogen oxides from an exhaust gas comprises providing a first catalyst layer, adding an ammonia-containing... Agent: J. Clinton Wimbish Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

20080031794 - Integrated lime kiln process: A process and system for recovering waste heat from a kiln used for lime or cement production. The system unifies the kiln, a waste heat recovery and power generation circuit and a dry scrubber for scrubbing the pollutants from the kiln offgas. Essentially, the system employs the boiler component of... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080031795 - Method of making multiple carbonaceous nanomaterials: A method of making multiple carbonaceous nanomaterials is provided. Embodiments of the method can produce a reaction product that includes trimetaspheres, nanotubes, and at least one of fullerenes and metallofullerenes. A preferred embodiment of the method includes reacting at least one carbon source, nitrogen source, copper source, yttrium source, transition... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080031796 - Method of preparing ceramic powders using ammonium oxalate: Wet-chemical methods involving the use of water-soluble hydrolytically stable metal-ion chelate precursors and an ammonium oxalate precipitant can be used in a coprecipitation procedure for the preparation of ceramic powders. Both the precursor solution and the ammonium oxalate precipitant solution are at neutral or near-neutral pH. A composition-modified barium titanate... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080031797 - Silicate phosphor and its manufacture method as well as light-emitting device using the same: The invention relates to an ultraviolet to green light region silicate phosphor capable of being excited by radiation light source and its manufacturing method, particularly to white and multicolor systems light-emitting device. The material has luminous color in the range from blue to red color system. The essential composition of... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080031798 - Powdery compound of mixed titanium lithium oxide, method for producing said compound and electrode comprising said compound: A powdery compound of mixed titanium lithium oxide, preferably used as active material of an electrode for a lithium storage battery, consists of particles having a diameter smaller than or equal to 1 μm and of at least 10% by volume of grains having a diameter smaller than or equal... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080031799 - Method for refining silicon and silicon refined thereby: In order to provide silicon for solar batteries inexpensively by efficient refining and without lowering the refining rate, the present invention is directed to a method for refining molten silicon containing an impurity element. According to one aspect, the method includes the steps of: bringing a refine gas containing a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080031800 - Process and apparatus for generating hydrogen: A process is described for generating hydrogen through the oxidation of fuels that contain chemically bound hydrogen, in particular hydrocarbons, having the following process steps: a) introducing the fuel (1) as well as the oxidation agent (2) into a reactor (3) having a porous material (4′) that is embodied in... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080031801 - Carbon dioxide capture and mitigation of carbon dioxide emissions: The present invention describes methods and systems for extracting, capturing, reducing, storing, sequestering, or disposing of carbon dioxide (CO2), particularly from the air. The CO2 extraction methods and systems involve the use of chemical processes, mineral sequestration, and solid and liquid sorbents. Methods are also described for extracting and/or capturing... Agent: Wilmerhale/columbia University

20080031802 - Ozonolysis of carbon nanotubes: Methods of treating single walled and multiwalled carbon nanotubes with ozone are provided. The carbon nanotubes are treated by contacting the carbon nanotubes with ozone at a temperature range between 0° C. and 100° C. to yield functionalized nanotubes which are greater in weight than the untreated carbon nanotubes. The... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080031803 - Vapor grown carbon fiber, production method thereof and composite material containing the carbon fiber: The invention relates to a vapor grown carbon fiber having a mean fiber diameter of 80 to 500 nm, an aspect ratio of 100 to 200 and preferably a bulk density of 0.02 g/cm3 or less, wherein filaments having a diameter within ±20% the mean fiber diameter occupies 65% (on... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080031804 - Carbon nanotube assembly and manufacturing method thereof: A method for manufacturing a carbon nanotube assembly including the steps of: forming metallic fine particles, having a predetermined particle diameter, on a substrate; heating the metallic fine particles to a predetermined temperature of 300° C. to 400° C. in a reducing atmosphere to cause reduction at surfaces thereof; heating... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080031805 - Method for the production of chlorine dioxide: Disclosed are a method and a preparation for producing chlorine dioxide for disinfection purposes using a two-component system in an aqueous solution. According to the invention, the two-component system is formed by a chlorite component and a salt component. The chlorite component is composed of an alkaline earth chlorite or... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080031806 - Continuous process for making nanocrystalline metal dioxide: The present invention is directed to a continuous process for forming a hydrated Group IVB metal oxide using continuous mixing followed by calcination to form a nanocrystalline mesoporous Group IVB metal oxide and particles produced thereby. The particles thus formed are readily dispersible.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080031807 - Fine hollow powder, thin flaky titanium oxide powder obtained by pulverization of the fine hollow powder and processes for producing the same: The present invention relates to fine hollow powder with a titanium oxide shell, obtained by spray drying an exfoliated titania sol, and thin flaky titanium oxide powder obtained by pulverizing the fine hollow powder, and also to processes for producing the same. The present fine hollow powder and thin flaky... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20080031808 - Seeded boehmite particulate material and methods for forming same: A boehmite particulate material is disclosed. The material is formed by a process that includes providing a boehmite precursor and boehmite seeds in a suspension, and heat treating the suspension to convert the boehmite precursor into boehmite particulate material. The boehmite particulate material has an aspect ratio of not less... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080031809 - Controlling the synthesis gas composition of a steam methane reformer: A method for controlling the synthesis gas composition obtained from a steam methane reformer (SMR) that obtains its feedstock as product gas directly from a steam hydro-gasification reactor SHR). The method allows control of the H2/CO syngas ratio by adjusting the hydrogen feed and the water content of feedstock into... Agent: Berliner & Associates

20080031810 - Uzm-22 aluminosilicate zeolite, method of preparation and processes using uzm-22: where M is an alkali, alkaline earth, or rare earth metal such as lithium and strontium, R is a singly charged organoammonium cation such as the choline cation and E is a framework element such as gallium. These zeolites are similar to ZSM-18 but are characterized by unique x-ray diffraction... Agent: Honeywell Intellectual Property Inc Patent Services