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Chemistry of inorganic compounds March list of patents 03/08

20080069746 - Method and apparatus for microwave induced pyrolysis of arsenical ores and ore concentrates: A method is provided that includes the steps of passing microwave energy through a sulfidic material comprising arsenopyrite and pyrite to reduce at least most of the arsenopyrite to arsenic sulfide and form a calcine, the material being positioned in a reaction chamber of a reactor vessel and removing the... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20080069747 - Destruction of organics in bayer process streams: A Bayer process is disclosed. The Bayer process includes a step of treating any one or more of: (a) Bayer liquor or liquors produced in the process, (b) precipitated aluminium trihydrate particles produced in the process, and (c) other solids added to or produced in the process, with ultrasonic energy... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080069748 - Multivalent iron ion separation in metal recovery circuits: The present invention is directed to the selective removal of ferric ion and/or ferric compounds from valuable metal recovery process streams.... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20080069749 - Method and systems for removing mercury from combustion exhaust gas: A method for facilitating reducing mercury in a fluid stream using a catalytic bed assembly including at least a first catalytic bed. The method includes receiving a flow of fluid including mercury at the catalytic bed assembly; injecting a flow of a compound including ammonia and a first mercury oxidizer... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20080069750 - Ammonia vapor storage and purge system and method: A method of operating a reductant delivery and storage system of a vehicle, comprising of storing an ammonia-containing fluid in a first storage device, generating ammonia vapors in the first storage device and storing said generated ammonia vapors in a second storage device, purging said stored vapors from the second... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080069751 - Method of neutralizing acid exhaust gas: A method of treating an acidic component in an exhaust gas includes contacting the exhaust gas with an aqueous solution including a water-soluble amine that produces a water-soluble salt when reacted with the acidic component of the exhaust gas.... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080069752 - Process for production of a borohydride compound: A process for production of a borohydride compound. The process comprises the steps of: (a) combining a boron-containing salt, at least one of a metal and its hydride; wherein the metal is Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Al, Ga, Si or a transition metal; and a solvent in which the... Agent: Rohm And Haas Company Patent Department

20080069753 - Method of preparing hydrophobic silica: The invention provides hydrophobic surface-treated silica particles having (1) a ratio T2:T3 of about 0.4 or more, wherein T2 is the intensity of a peak having a chemical shift in the CP/MAS 29Si NMR spectrum centered within the range of −56 ppm to −59 ppm, and wherein T3 is the... Agent: Michelle B. Lando Cabot Corporation

20080069754 - System, method, and apparatus for conversion bonding of precursor subcomponents into a unitary monolith: A process for converting precursor objects into a unitary ceramic object produces, for example, a ceramic, optical scan mirror that is formed from at least two pieces. An optical section has at least one optical surface and at least one attachment surface, and a support section has at least one... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20080069755 - Method for manufacturing polycrystalline silicon, and polycrystalline silicon for solar cells manufactured by the method: [Means for solution]The method for deposition of high-purity polycrystalline silicon, at a high temperature, onto a white-heated seed rod in a closed reaction furnace by pyrolysis or hydrogen reduction of a starting silane gas supplied thereto, is characterized in that the seed rod is a member made from an alloy... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080069756 - Preferential etching method and silicon single crystal substrate: There is provided a preferential etching method wherein a preferential etchant which contains at least a hydrofluoric acid whose composition by volume falls within the range of 0.02 to 0.1, a nitric acid whose composition by volume falls within the range of 0.5 to 0.6, an acetic acid whose composition... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080069757 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing of a calcium carbonate product, the product and its use: A method and apparatus for producing a calcium carbonate product formed of small <100 μm sized separate calcium carbonate particles. Calcium hydroxide is fed through a disintegration and spraying apparatus (14), operating on the principle of a pin mill, into a gas which contains carbon dioxide for precipitating calcium carbonate... Agent: James C. Lydon

20080069758 - Carbon nanotube purification and separation system: The present invention provides systems and methods for quantifying, purifying and separating fullerenes, such as single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). The purification/separation combination provides nearly 100% carbonaceous impurity-free SWNT content from a given impure sample and provides a desired chirality and diameter from a given non-separated sample. Nanometrological validation of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080069759 - Direct liquid-phase collection and processing of fullerenic materials: An in-situ method and system of collecting, in a liquid, non-agglomerated fullerenic material from a gaseous suspension is provided. The method and system collects non-agglomerated fullerenic material by contacting a gaseous suspension comprising fullerenic material with a suspension liquid, so as to capture the fullerenic material in the suspension liquid;... Agent: Wilmerhale/dc

20080069760 - Methods for preparing single -walled carbon nanoturbes: The present invention relates to cobalt and molybdenum doped mesoporous silica catalysts and methods for using the catalysts to making Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. The methods offer increased control over the orientation, length and diameter of the nanotubes produced.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080069761 - Method for recovering titanium tetrachloride from a waste liquid: A method for continuously recovering titanium tetrachloride TiCl4 from a waste liquid comprising TiCl4 and by-products, wherein said waste liquid is subjected, as a flowing liquid film, to an evaporation step for a residence time of less than 15 minutes at a temperature higher than 90° C.... Agent: Basell Usa Inc.

20080069762 - Process for manufacturing ultra low consistency alpha- and beta- blend stucco: A process is disclosed for making a blend of alpha- and beta-stucco including a slurry calcination step to produce alpha calcium sulfate hemihydrate followed by a fluidized bed calcination step to produce beta calcium sulfate hemihydrate. The process starts with 50-75% gypsum-containing solids slurry, and then steam calcines the slurry... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20080069763 - Method for manufacturing titanium oxide-containing slag: The present invention provides a method for efficiently manufacturing a titanium oxide-containing slag from a material including titanium oxide and iron oxide, wherein a reduction of titanium dioxide is suppressed and the electric power consumption is minimized. The method includes the steps of: heating a raw material mixture including titanium... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080069764 - Process for making pigmentary titanium dioxide: A process is disclosed for making pigmentary titanium dioxide through the oxidation of titanium tetrachloride in the presence of aluminum chloride, in which aluminum chloride solids are sublimed and combined with titanium tetrachloride gases and the combination oxidized in an oxidizer. Also, a process and apparatus for subliming aluminum chloride... Agent: William B. Miller

20080069765 - Catalyst configuration and methods for syngas production: An improved process for the catalytic partial oxidation of hydrocarbons to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide is disclosed. The process also utilizes a novel catalyst configuration apparatus containing a first stage reactor which contains a first layer of a noble or transition metal catalyst on a support and a second... Agent: The Boc Group, Inc.

20080069766 - Process for producing synthesis gas by steam reforming and partial oxidation:

20080069767 - Method for producing hydrogen by using magnesium scrap and apparatus thereof: A method for producing hydrogen by using magnesium scrap is provided. First, adhering the melting magnesium scrap to platinum-coating titanium meshes, and putting the adhered meshes in an airtight reaction chamber, which is loaded with sodium chloride solution, to carry out a spontaneously hydrogen producing reaction. The gas produced by... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080069768 - Simultaneous production of hydrogen and energy: Hydrogen and energy are simultaneously produced from hydrogen containing matter by predetermined methods.... Agent: Mohamed Elgafi

20080069769 - Method of making porous crystalline materials: d

20080063581 - Systems and methods for removing materials from flue gas via regenerative selective catalytic reduction: Regenerative selective catalytic reduction (RSCR) systems and process are provided whereby NOx levels in gases are reduced by mixing the gas with a reactant and then introducing the gas into an RSCR apparatus for treatment that entails heating the gas, causing the gas to undergo one or more catalytic reactions,... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080063582 - Process for removing tar-forming high molecular weight hydrocarbons from gas mixture: Method for production of iron carbide while removing tar-forming hydrocarbons from effluent gas mixtures from Chemical Vapor Deposition or Chemical Vapor Infiltration processes. Method includes passing effluent gas mixture containing hydrogen, methane, and high molecular weight hydrocarbons through a bed that contains iron pellets at elevated temperature, thereby decomposing tar-forming... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080063583 - Boron carbide based sintered compact and method for preparation thereof: A boron carbide based sintered body having a four-point flexural strength of at least 400 MPa and a fracture toughness of at least 2.8 MPa·m1/2, which has the following two preferred embodiments. (1) A boron carbide-titanium diboride sintered body obtained by sintering a mixed powder of a B4C powder, a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080063584 - Method and apparatus for algan vapor phase growth: An epitaxial growing method in which a crystal of AlxGa1-xN wherein x is a desirable constituent ratio can be grown on an Si substrate or sapphire substrate according to the HVPE process. Crystal of AlxGa1-xN is grown according to the HVPE process in which use is made of an aluminum... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080063585 - Fullerene nanotube compositions: This invention relates generally to a fullerene nanotube composition. The fullerene nanotubes may be in the form of a felt, such as a bucky paper. Optionally, the fullerene nanotubes may be derivatized with one or more functional groups. Devices employing the fullerene nanotubes of this invention are also disclosed.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080063586 - Carbon nanotube and process for producing the same: The carbon nanotube of the present invention has an outer diameter of not more than 500 nm and a length of not less than 50 nm, and comprises a wall which is made of carbon and includes an outside region of an amorphous structure and an inside region of a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080063588 - Method for purification of as-produced fullerene nanotubes: This invention relates generally to a fullerene nanotube purification process and more particularly to a purification process that comprises heating the fullerene nanotube-containing felt under oxidizing conditions to remove the amorphous carbon deposits and other contaminating materials. In a preferred mode of this purification procedure, the felt is heated in... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080063587 - Selective functionalization of carbon nanotubes: The present invention is directed toward methods of selectively functionalizing carbon nanotubes of a specific type or range of types, based on their electronic properties, using diazonium chemistry. The present invention is also directed toward methods of separating carbon nanotubes into populations of specific types or range(s) of types via... Agent: Winstead PC Winstead PC

20080063589 - Production method for carbon nano structure of catalyst particle diameter control mode, production device, and carbon nano structure: The subject invention provides a stable mass production method of carbon nano structure at low cost immune to variation of particle diameter of the catalyst microparticle in the catalyst material. The subject invention also provides a production device used for the method, and a new carbon nano structure having a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080063590 - Low cte highly isotropic graphite: A process for producing a graphite article having a CTE of less than about 2.0 ppm/° C. over the temperature range of from 30° C. to 100° C. and an isotropy ratio of less than about 1.5 also advantageously having a thermal shock resistance parameter of greater than about 150×103... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20080063591 - Porous carbon material and method of manufacturing the same: Porous carbon materials and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. One method includes forming a carbon-metal oxide composite by heating a coordination polymer to form a carbon-metal oxide composite, and then removing the metal oxide from the carbon-metal oxide composite. The porous carbon material has an average pore diameter... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080063592 - Spherical active carbon and process for producing the same: An active carbon produced from an infusible carbonaceous material as a raw material, which active carbon when used for prevention of automobile fuel evaporation, etc., would not cause any trouble attributed to dust generation, exhibiting reduced pressure loss; and a process for producing the same. There is provided a spherical... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080063593 - Low temperature process for regenerating spent sulfuric acid: A process for the regeneration of spent sulfuric acid comprises decomposing the spent sulfuric acid to SO2, a reducing agent, such as hydrocarbon and water, preferably in a thin film on a solid surface in the presence of a hydrocarbon reducing agent. The SO2 generated in the decomposition step is... Agent: Osha Liang LLP / Cdtech

20080063594 - Rhodium sulfate production for rhodium plating: Rhodium solutions, methods for plating structures using such rhodium solutions, and rhodium plated structures are described. The rhodium solutions can contain an increased concentration of rhodium in the form of a monomer sulfate salt. The rhodium solutions can be formed under conditions of controlled pH and controlled temperatures that increase... Agent: N. Kenneth Burraston Kirton & Mcconkie

20080063595 - Multifunctional additive: The invention relates to a transparent conductive oxide material. According to the invention, said oxide material is provided with at least one metal that is capable of modifying the spectral characteristics.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080063596 - Titanium oxide and alumina alkali metal compositions: The invention relates to Group 1 metal/porous metal oxide compositions comprising porous metal oxide selected from porous titanium oxide and porous alumina and an alkali metal or an alkali metal alloy. The compositions of the inventions are described as Stage 0 and I materials. These materials differ in their preparation... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080063597 - Power generation from solid aluminum: A fuel for splitting water into hydrogen and an oxide component comprises a substantially solid pellet formed from a solid-like mixture of a solid-state source material capable of oxidizing in water to form hydrogen and a passivation surface layer of the oxide component, and a passivation preventing agent that is... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20080056970 - Treatment of engine exhaust using molecular sieve ssz-75: The present invention relates to new crystalline molecular sieve SSZ-75 having STI framework topology prepared using a tetramethylene-1,4-bis-(N-methylpyrrolidinium) dication as a structure-directing agent and its use in treating engine exhaust.... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20080056971 - System and process for treating gasification emission streams: The application is directed to an adaptable system for treating gasification emission streams that are generated during gasification operations, the system comprising a gasification zone configured to generate one or more gasification emission streams; a contact zone in fluid communication with the gasification zone configured to contact the gasification emission... Agent: Terry Huges

20080056972 - Co2 recovery system and co2 recovery method: A CO2 recovery system includes an absorption tower and a regeneration tower. CO2 rich solution is produced in the absorption tower by absorbing CO2 from CO2-containing gas. The CO2 rich solution is conveyed to the regeneration tower where lean solution is produced from the rich solution by removing CO2. A... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080056973 - Method and apparatus for mitigating mercury emissions in exhaust gases: The illustrated embodiment of the invention is a method for mitigating mercury emissions in an exhaust gas. The method includes the steps of noncatalytically forming a chemically deposited compound of mercury on a surface from a substantial portion of the total amount of mercury in the exhaust gas. The deposited... Agent: Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20080056974 - Fast, high capacity hydrogen sulfide scavengers: Selective, irreversible removal of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and other sulfhydryl compounds from a gas stream, such as sour natural gas and sour hydrocarbon liquids is achieved with a scavenging agent having hydroxyalkyl functionality and alkylamine functionality. This scavenger possesses a higher capacity for H2S removal compared with a scavenger having... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20080056975 - Method of forming metal oxide and apparatus for performing the same: In a method and an apparatus for forming metal oxide on a substrate, a source gas including metal precursor flows along a surface of the substrate to form a metal precursor layer on the substrate. An oxidizing gas including ozone flows along a surface of the metal precursor layer to... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080056976 - Substrate and method for the formation of continuous magnesium diboride and doped magnesium diboride wires: A chemically doped boron coating is applied by chemical vapor deposition to a silicon carbide fiber and the coated fiber then is exposed to magnesium vapor to convert the doped boron to doped magnesium diboride and a resultant superconductor.... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20080056977 - Production of ultrafine metal carbide particles utilizing polymeric feed materials: The production of ultrafine metal carbide powders from polymeric powder and metallic precursor powder starting materials is disclosed. In certain embodiments, the polymeric powder may comprise polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene, polyester, polybutylene, nylon, polymethylpentene and the like. The metal precursor powder may comprise pure metals, metal alloys, intermetallics and/or metal-containing compounds... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080056978 - Method and devices for producing air sensitive electrode materials for lithium ion battery applications: A unit for use within a furnace which is absent a controlled atmosphere, for carrying out a synthesizing process for synthesizing precursors to form a synthesized product at elevated temperatures. The unit consists of a vessel, having at least one opening, for containing materials of the synthesizing process, and a... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080056979 - Silicon production with a fluidized bed reactor integrated into a siemens-type process: A fluidized bed reactor and a Siemens reactor are used to produce polycrystalline silicon. The process includes feeding the vent gas from the Siemens reactor as a feed gas to the fluidized bed reactor.... Agent: Dow Corning Corporation Co1232

20080056980 - Spherical carbon nanostructure and method for producing spherical carbon nanostructures: A method for producing carbon nanostructures according to the invention includes injecting acetylene gas into a reactant liquid. The injected acetylene molecules are then maintained in contact with the reactant liquid for a period of time sufficient to break the carbon-hydrogen bonds in at least some of the acetylene molecules,... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20080056981 - Method for crystallizing soluble salts of divalent anions from brine: The invention pertains to a method for at least partially removing soluble divalent anions from an aqueous divalent anion-containing brine solution comprising a crystal growth inhibitor (CGI) for the divalent anion, the method comprising the process steps: obtaining a sodium chloride concentration between 100 g/L and saturation in the presence... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080056982 - Process for recycling waste acid: A recycling process is presented to treat spent waste acid solutions whereby useful products are produced. Spent waste acid containing inorganic and organic contaminants is mixed with a magnesium compound containing aluminum and iron compounds that form oxyhydroxide flocs that complex, react, sequester and/or co-precipate the contaminates from the admixture.... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080056983 - Process for producing ammonia and sulfuric acid from a stream comprising ammonium sulfate: A process for producing ammonia and sulfuric acid from a stream comprising ammonium sulfate is provided. The process comprises the steps of heating the stream to produce ammonia and a decomposition product comprising one or more than one of a bisulfate salt, a pyrosulfate salt, or a combination thereof. The... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080056984 - Hexagonal wurtzite type single crystal, process for producing the same, and hexagonal wurtzite type single crystal substrate: Provided is a single crystal with a hexagonal wurtzite structure which is useful as a substrate for various devices and has high purity and is uniform. The single crystal with a hexagonal wurtzite structures which is obtained by a crystal growth on at least an m-plane of a columnar seed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080056985 - Catalyst for production of hydrogen and synthesis gas: A high efficiency catalyst for use in a catalytic partial oxidation process for the production of hydrogen or syngas gas from hydrocarbons is disclosed. The catalyst comprises rhenium in combination with a second metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, iridium, ruthenium, rhodium, and palladium at an atomic ratio... Agent: Sud-chemie Inc.

20080056986 - Power generation from solid aluminum: A fuel for splitting water into hydrogen and an oxide component comprises a substantially solid pellet formed from a solid-like mixture of a solid-state source material capable of oxidizing in water to form hydrogen and a passivation surface layer of the oxide component, and a passivation preventing agent that is... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower