Chemistry of inorganic compounds inventions 04/08

20080095681 - Contacting systems and methods and uses thereof: The present invention provides systems and methods for facilitating contact between a liquid and a fluid. Such systems and methods may allow efficient removal of components from the liquid without using undesirable reducing agents. In this regard, the disclosed embodiments provide for the purification of a liquid by passing the... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080095682 - Ce-zr-r-o catalysts, articles comprising the ce zr r o catalysts and methods of making and using the ce-zr-r-o catalysts: Disclosed herein are NOx reduction catalysts, particulate filters, exhaust treatment systems, and methods of treating a gas stream. In one embodiment, a NOx reduction catalyst comprises Cea—Zrb—Rc-Ad-Me-Ox. “R” is W and/or Mn. If “R” is W, “A” is selected from the group consisting of Mo, Ta, Nb, and combinations comprising... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080095683 - Reduction of oxides of nitrogen in a gas stream using boron-containing molecular sieve cha: A process for reduction of oxides of nitrogen contained in a gas stream comprising contacting the gas stream with a boron-containing molecular sieve, the boron-containing molecular sieve having the CHA crystal structure and comprising (1) silicon oxide and (2) boron oxide or a combination of boron oxide and aluminum oxide,... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20080095684 - Porous substance and method for producing the same: The present invention provides a process for producing a porous substance, which is lightweight, and has a highly developed pore structure and an excellent gas absorbability, by dehydrogenating a compound having two or more amine-borane adduct structures per molecule.... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080095685 - Method for the production of rare earth containing phosphates: The present invention describes a method for the synthesis of rare earth containing phosphates of the LaPO4:Ce, Tb type.... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080095687 - Oxidation catalyst for purifying exhaust gas: An oxidation catalyst for purifying an exhaust gas, which can provide an excellent catalyst activity at lower temperatures for particulates and high boiling point hydrocarbons in an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, is provided. The oxidation catalyst for purifying an exhaust gas is composed of a composite metal... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080095686 - Magnetic garnet single crystal and optical element using same as well as method of producing single crystal: [Means for Resolution] The magnetic garnet single crystal is grown by the liquid phase epitaxial process and is represented by the chemical formula BixNayPbzM13-x-y-zFe5-wM2wO12 (M1 is at least one element selected from Y, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu; and M2 is at least one... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080095688 - Method for preparing electroconductive mayenite type compound: A method for preparing an electroconductive mayenite type compound comprises a step of subjecting a precursor to heat treatment, wherein the precursor contains Ca and/or Sr, and Al, a molar ratio of (a total of CaO and SrO:Al2O3) is from (12.6:6.4) to (11.7:7.3) as calculated as oxides, a total content... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080095689 - Apparatus and method for in situ production of fuel for a fuel cell: Fuel cell fuel supplies having single and multiple compartments for storing and containing fuel cell fuel precursor reagents. These fuel supplies allow storage and packaging of precursors for in situ production and use of fuel cell fuel. A method for making fuel cell fuel and a fuel cell system is... Agent: The H.t. Than Law Group

20080095690 - Nano-sized needle crystal mullite film and method of making: The present invention provides ceramic films and ceramic membranes of high stability, high permeability, and large surface area, the films and membranes comprising mullite having whisker (i.e. needle-like) crystal morphology. The invention also discloses environmentally friendly methods of producing such films and membranes. The applications include, for example, membrane ultra-filtration... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080095691 - Apparatus and process for preparing silanes: The invention relates to an apparatus, for preparing silanes of the general formula HnSiCl4-n where n=1, 2, 3 and/or 4 by dismutation of at least one relatively highly chlorinated silane in the presence of a catalyst, which is based on at least one distillation column (1) having a column bottom... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080095692 - Method for producing fabricated parts based on beta-sic for using in aggressive media: The invention relates to a method for producing a composite material based on β-SiC, said method comprising the following steps: (a) a precursor mixture is prepared, said mixture comprising at least one β-SiC precursor with at least one, preferably thermosetting, carbonated resin, (b) the precursor mixture is fabricated, especially in... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC Attn: Patent Docketing 32nd Floor

20080095693 - Methods and apparatus for production and use of [11c] carbon monoxide in labeling synthesis: Methods and apparatus for production and use of carbon-isotope monoxide in labeling synthesis are provided. The resultant carbon-isotope labeled reagents are useful as radiopharmaceuticals, especially for use in Positron Emission Tomography (PET). Associated kits for PET studies are also provided... Agent: Ge Healthcare, Inc.

20080095694 - Carbon-based fine structure array, aggregate of carbon-based fine structures, use thereof and method for preparation thereof: An aggregate of carbon-based fine structures in which a plurality of carbon-based fine structures are collected, wherein respective carbon-based fine structures are oriented in the same direction. The above aggregate of carbon-based fine structures is an aggregate of a plurality of carbon-based fine structures in a state they are pulled... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080095695 - Composite catalyst and method for manufacturing carbon nanostructured materials: A method of forming a carbon nanotube array on a substrate is disclosed. One embodiment of the method comprises depositing a composite catalyst layer on the substrate, oxidizing the composite catalyst layer, reducing the oxidized composite catalyst layer, and growing the array on the composite catalyst layer. The composite catalyst... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080095696 - Carbon black for functional rubber component: m

20080095697 - Producing method for metal oxide composite particle, metal oxide composite particle, and friction material: A metal oxide composite particle is produced by hydrolyzing and condensing a hydrolysable metal compound in a solvent and in the presence of an inorganic particle and/or an organic particle to form a metal oxide sol, and subjecting the obtained sol to drying, heating and crushing processes.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080095698 - Surface-treated metal oxide particles: The invention provides surface-treated metal oxide particles. The surface-treated metal oxide particles have specific ratios of (1) the integrated area of the resonance signals with chemical shifts in the range from −4 ppm to −33 ppm to the integrated area of the resonance signals with chemical shifts in the range... Agent: Michelle B. Lando Cabot Corporation

20080089819 - Purex method and its uses: P

20080089820 - Method and device for providing ammonia in an exhaust gas flow of an internal combustion engine: A method for providing ammonia (NH3) in an exhaust gas flow of an internal combustion engine includes generating nitrogen monoxide (NO) with a plasma generator, reversibly storing at least a portion of the nitrogen monoxide (NO), reducing at least a portion of the stored and/or generated nitrogen monoxide (NO) to... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080089821 - Method and system for reducing ammonia slip after selective reduction of nox: A process is described that removes by chemical oxidation the excess ammonia (NH3) gas from flue gases that have been subjected to selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) by ammonia injection. Methods for the removal of residual ammonia from flue gases prior... Agent: Wegman, Hessler & Vanderburg

20080089822 - Regeneration of nt-scr catalysts: A process and device for purifying flue gases in refuse incineration plants during regeneration of a catalyst which serves for reducing nitrogen oxides, by, in a first step, removing acidic pollutant gases from the flue gas in a wet or dry manner, in a second step adding ammonia for reducing... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates, LLC

20080089823 - Method for making hydrogen using a gold containing water-gas shift catalyst: The present invention relates to a method for oxidizing CO, comprising: passing a first feed comprising CO and a second feed comprising oxygen, in an oxidation zone, over a catalyst comprising highly dispersed gold on sulfated zirconia, at oxidation conditions, to produce an effluent comprising a lower level of CO... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20080089826 - Method for preparing electroconductive mayenite type compound: e

20080089825 - Nitride phosphor and production process thereof, and light emitting device: To provide a phosphor containing a comparatively much red component and having high light emitting efficiency, high brightness and further high durability, the nitride phosphor is represented by the general formula LXMYN((2/3)X+(4/3)Y):R or LXMYOZN((2/3)X+(4/3)Y·(2/3)Z):R (wherein L is at least one or more selected from the Group II Elements consisting of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080089824 - Single crystal for scintillator and method for manufacturing same: A single crystal for a scintillator that is a specific single crystal of a cerium-activated orthosilicate compound that comprises 0.00005 to 0.1 wt. %, based on the entire weight of the single crystal, of at least one element selected from a group consisting of elements belonging to Group 13 of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080089827 - C70fullerene tube and process for producing the same: Disclosed is a thin line having a hollow structure portion composed of a C70 fullerene molecule, which is a novel functional material useful for a capsule for containing various chemical substances, a reaction site, a gas adsorbent, a catalyst supporting material, an electrode material, a semiconductor and the like. Also... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080089828 - Method for producing vapor grown carbon nanotube: The invention provides a method for producing carbon nanotubes, comprising spraying an oil onto a catalyst metal supported by at least one support selected from the group consisting of silica gel, alumina, magnesia, silica-alumina and zeolite which is placed in an atmosphere that has been controlled to a specific temperature,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080089829 - In-situ back-contact formation and site-selective assembly of highly aligned carbon nanotubes: Controllably aligned carbon nanotubes are grown, without the use of a predeposition catalyst, on electrically conducting templates that form an electrical contact with the nanotubes. The method allows fabrication of nanotube-based devices with built-in back-side electrical contacts on silicon and other substrate surfaces.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080089830 - 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.

20080089831 - Method for producing znte system compound semiconductor single crystal, znte system compound semiconductor single crystal, and semiconductor device: The present invention relates to a method for producing an n-type ZnTe system compound semiconductor single crystal having high carrier concentration and low resistivity, the ZnTe system compound semiconductor single crystal, and a semiconductor device produced by using the ZnTe system compound semiconductor as a base member. Concretely, a first... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080089832 - Piezoelectric body and liquid discharge head: The present invention provides a piezoelectric element and having a piezoelectric body and a pair of electrodes being contact with the piezoelectric body, wherein the piezoelectric body consists of an ABO3 perovskite oxide in which an A-site atom consists of Bi and a B-site atom is composed of an atom... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080089833 - Process for making titanium dioxide: The disclosure relates to a process for making titanium dioxide, comprising: reacting titanium tetrachloride with oxygen by contacting the titanium tetrachloride with the oxygen in a vapor phase reactor under mixing conditions and at an elevated temperature to form a gaseous product stream containing titanium dioxide; separating the titanium dioxide... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080089834 - Reactive working material for use in hydrogen production by decompostion of water: Disclosed is a reactive working material for use in a process of producing hydrogen by splitting water based on a two-step thermochemical water-splitting cycle through the utilization of solar heat, industrial waste heat or the like, which comprises a ferrite fine powder and a cubic zirconia supporting the ferrite fine... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080089835 - Process for preparing aluminum-containing molecular sieve ssz-26: A process for directly preparing aluminum-containing molecular sieve SSZ-26 using a structure directing agent comprising a cis-N,N-diethyldecahydroquinolinium cation or mixture of a cis-N,N-diethyldecahydroquinolinium cation and a trans-N,N-diethyldecahydroquinolinium cation.... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20080085230 - Composite structures in an amorphous state for photocatalysis: P

20080085231 - System and method for reducing nitrogen oxides emissions: A method of removing at least nitrogen oxides from an exhaust gas comprises producing reducing agents including at least hydrogen gas upstream of a conversion catalyst; diverting a portion of the exhaust gas to a location upstream of the conversion catalyst; reacting the reducing agents with nitrogen oxides present in... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080085232 - Method of preparing silica nanoparticles from siliceous mudstone: There is provided a method of preparing silica (SiO2) nanoparticles from siliceous mudstone which is silica mineral sources, using a chemical reaction. The method of preparing silica nanoparticles from siliceous mudstone comprises: solving a silica constituent into a sodium silicate aqueous solution by a sodium hydroxide leaching reaction of the... Agent: Santangelo Law Offices, P.c.

20080085233 - Single crystal diamond: A method of producing a large area plate of single crystal diamond from CVD diamond grown on a substrate substantially free of surface defects by chemical vapour deposition (CVD). The homoepitaxial CVD grown diamond and the substrate are severed transverse to the surface of the substrate on which diamond growth... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080085234 - Chemical separation method for fullerenes: A method for separating two types of fullerene molecules in a mixture can comprise: contacting a mixture comprising different fullerenes with a reagent that reacts at different rates or to a different extent with different types of fullerenes in the mixture and separating the fullerenes based upon the extent of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080085235 - Processes for oxidation of bromides to produce bromine and catalysts useful therein: Methods are provided for producing bromine wherein an aqueous solution is formed from at least a bromide source, an oxidant, and a catalyst comprising a Group 1 cation and an oxide of a transition metal... Agent: Edgar Spielman Albemarle Corporation

20080085236 - Planar ceramic membrane assembly and oxidation reactor system: Planar ceramic membrane assembly comprising a dense layer of mixed-conducting multi-component metal oxide material, wherein the dense layer has a first side and a second side, a porous layer of mixed-conducting multi-component metal oxide material in contact with the first side of the dense layer, and a ceramic channeled support... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20080081008 - Oxide catalyst and phosphoric oxide catalyst for hydrocarbon steam cracking, method for preparing the same and method for preparing olefin by using the same: P

20080081009 - Method for recovering indium from indium-containing material: The present invention provides a recovery method in which the indium sponge that is deposited by substitution in the substitution deposition step in the recovery of indium from an indium-containing material is produced in the form of a powder rather than in a bulky form. This recovery method is a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080081010 - Modular system and method for the catalytic treatment of a gas stream: A system for catalytically treating a gas stream includes a gas phase reactor containing a catalyst for the treatment of the gas stream in at least one catalyst bed having an upstream end and a downstream end, an axial fan positioned upstream of the at least one catalyst bed and... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20080081012 - Electron beam-excited blue phosphor: Provided is an electron beam-excited blue phosphor, which is a rare earth-activated alkaline earth thiosilicate represented by a general formula M1xM22-xSi2OyS6-yRaz where M1 and M2 each represent an alkaline earth metal, Ra represents a rare earth ion Ce3+ or Eu2+, and x, y, and z satisfy relationships of 0≦x≦2, 0<y<6,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080081013 - Gallate single crystal, process for producing the same, piezoelectric device for high-temperature use and piezoelectric sensor for high-temperature use: A material for high-temperature region piezoelectric device that can be used at a high temperature zone exceeding 400 DEG C., having a resistivity whose temperature dependence is slight. The material is characterized by having a composition selected from the group consisting of RE3Ga5−xAlxSiO14 (wherein RE represents a rare earth, and... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080081011 - Oxynitride phosphor and light-emitting device: An oxynitride phosphor containing a luminescent center ion in a crystal lattice of an oxynitride is used, in which the oxynitride is a compound represented by a chemical formula: M2Si5-pAlpOpN8-p, where M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn, and... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20080081014 - Rapid preparation process of aerogel: The rapid preparation process comprises mixing a cation exchange resin with sodium silicate (water glass) as a starting material, and removing the sodium ion from the sodium silicate, to subject the sodium silicate to ion exchange; adding a base catalyst and an organosilane compound to the sodium silicate to subject... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080081015 - Crystal producing apparatus, crystal producing method, substrate producing method, gallium nitride crystal, and gallium nitride substrate: A crystal producing apparatus includes a crystal forming unit and a crystal growing unit. The crystal forming unit forms a first gallium nitride (GaN) crystal by supplying nitride gas into melt mixture containing metal sodium (Na) and metal gallium (Ga). The first GaN crystal is sliced and polished to form... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080081016 - Multi-dimensional complex nanocrystal structures and methods of making same: A method of synthesizing nanostructures. In one embodiment, the method includes the step of heating a reaction mixture at an elevated temperature, T, for a period of time effective to allow the growth of desired nanostructures. The reaction mixture contains an amount, P, of a carboxylate salt and an amount,... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20080081017 - Methods for manufacturing bi-metallic catalysts having a controlled crystal face exposure: Improved bimetallic nanocatalysts are manufactured using a control agent to produce nanoparticles having a controlled crystal face exposure. The bimetallic nanocatalyst particles are manufactured in a two-step process. In a first step, nanocatalyst particles are manufactured using the control agent and the primary metal atoms. The primary metal atoms and... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080081018 - Thermo-neutral reforming of petroleum-based liquid hydrocarbons: A method for the thermo-neutral reforming of liquid hydrocarbon fuels which employs a Ni—Ce2O—Pt—Rh catalyst having dual functionalities to achieve both combustion and steam reforming.... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab