Chemistry of inorganic compounds inventions 10/08

20080260610 - Reverse platinum group metal zoned lean nox trap system and method of use: The invention, in at least one embodiment, relates to a reverse platinum group metal zoned lean NOx trap system included in a vehicle and its method of use. One embodiment of the trap system is in a vehicle exhaust system operable during lean and rich periods. The trap system may... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080260611 - Method for direct oxidation of hydrogen sulfide to elemental sulfur at low temperatures: A method for removal of hydrogen sulfide and mercury from a gaseous stream containing hydrogen sulfide and mercury in which a hydrogen sulfide conversion catalyst is contacted with the gaseous stream at a temperature less than or equal to the dewpoint of elemental sulfur, and the hydrogen sulfide is oxidized,... Agent: Mark E. Fejer Gas Technology Institute

20080260612 - Oxidation of metallic materials as part of an extraction, purification and/or refining process: Multi-step metal compound oxidation process to produce compounds and enhanced metal oxides from various source materials, e.g. metal sulfides, carbides, nitrides and other metal containing materials with metal oxides from secondary reaction steps being utilized as an oxidation agent in the first reactions.... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20080260613 - Garnet-type compound, and method of manufacturing the same: l

20080260614 - Process for producing carbonate particles: To provide a process for producing carbonate particles, particularly carbonate particles that are needle- or rod-shaped, which can efficiently and readily form carbonate particles which offer orientation birefringence without heating at approximately room temperature, and can control the particle size. In the process, a carbon dioxide gas from a carbonate... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080260615 - Process for the preparation of micron/nano sized inorganic material: The invention discloses methods for making micron/nano meter sized particles of various inorganic materials such as minerals/oxides/sulphides/metals/ceramics at a steadily expanding liquid-liquid interface populated by suitable surfactant molecules that spontaneously organize themselves into superstructures varying over large length-scales. This experiment is realized in a radial Hele-Shaw cell where the liquid-liquid... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20080260616 - Bulk separation of carbon nanotubes by bandgap: The present invention is directed to methods of separating carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by their electronic type (e.g., metallic, semi-metallic, and semiconducting). Perhaps most generally, in some embodiments, the present invention is directed to methods of separating CNTs by bandgap, wherein such separation is effected by interacting the CNTs with a... Agent: Winstead PC

20080260617 - Functionalized few-walled carbon nanotubes (fwnts) and methods of making and using the same: Few-walled carbon nanotubes (FWNTs) can be synthesized in a simple chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system using a mixture of methanol and ethanol as the carbon source. In preferred embodiments, the present invention uses an ethanol/methanol mixture as the carbon source so that few walled nanotubes (FWNTs) with high purity can... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080260618 - Method of growing carbon nanotube and carbon nanotube growing system: w

20080260619 - Processes for the oxidation of hydrogen chloride: A process for carrying out an optionally catalyst-assisted hydrogen chloride oxidation process by means of oxygen is described. The process comprises single- or multi-stage cooling of the process gases and separating off of unreacted hydrogen chloride and water of reaction from the process gas, drying of the product gases, separating... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080260623 - Production of inorganic doped-zircon pigments: A process for producing an inorganic doped-zircon pigment includes calcining a base mixture comprising raw plasma-dissociated zircon, a chromophore, and at least one mineralizer, to produce a raw pigment. The raw pigment is refined to obtain an inorganic doped-zircon pigment.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080260620 - Powder material that generates heat in an alternating current magnetic field and the manufacturing method thereof: The powder material is expressed by the general formula Mg1-xAxFe2O4 (where A in the formula is at least one element selected from the group of Ca, Sr and Ba, and the range of x in the formula is 0.05≦x≦0.95). It is preferred that the range of x in the general... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080260621 - Preparation of complex metal oxides: The present invention provides a process for making a complex metal oxide comprising the formula AxByOz. The process comprises the steps of: (a) reacting in solution at a temperature of between about 75° C. to about 100° C. at least one water-soluble salt of A, at least one water-soluble salt... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20080260622 - Indium tin oxide: A method of preparing indium tin oxide (ITO) and such an oxide per se are described. The method utilises a cryogenic process wherein an aqueous formulation of indium sulphate, ammonium sulphate and a tin compound, optionally in the presence of an organic polymer, are frozen to produce a solid; the... Agent: Jones Day

20080260624 - Process for production of composition: The process provides a composition comprising an ABO3 compound in the form of uniform and fine spherical particles which have an average particle diameter of 1 μm or less, preferably within a range of 0.01 to 0.5 μm, high crystallinity, and a controlled A/B ratio as desired, as well as... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20080260625 - Fine particulate titanium dioxide, and production process and use thereof: A high-purity ultrafine particulate titanium dioxide with a reduced fluctuation of the adsorbed water content which is a large mass fluctuation factor in a fine particulate powder body, is provided. The fine particulate titanium dioxide has a BET specific surface area of 10 to 200 m2/g, wherein when a powder... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080260626 - Photocatalysts based on titanium dioxide: A powdery photocatalyst based on titanium dioxide displays a bimodal particle size distribution of primary particles, with one particle component under about 30 nm and a second particle component over about 100 nm. The photocatalyst is manufactured by mixing at least two TiO2 components. One component is a TiO2 photocatalyst... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn: Michael Ritchie, Docketing

20080260627 - Methods of controlling the particle of titanium dioxide produced by the chloride process: A process for manufacturing titanium dioxide by the chloride process is provided. In one embodiment, a particle size control agent comprising an ionizing agent such as potassium chloride is introduced into the reaction zone of the oxidation reactor to control the particle size of the titanium dioxide. In a first... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080260628 - Ni-based catalyst for tri-reforming of methane and its catalysis application for the production of syngas: The present invention relates to a Ni-based catalyst for preparing syngas and a tri-reforming reaction of methane using the catalyst, particularly to a Ni-based catalyst, where an active ingredient (a nickel) is impregnated in a zirconia support and the zirconia is doped with a yttrium and a metal selected among... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080260630 - Autothermal hydrogen storage and delivery systems: Processes are provided for the storage and release of hydrogen by means of dehydrogenation of hydrogen carrier compositions where at least part of the heat of dehydrogenation is provided by a hydrogen-reversible selective oxidation of the carrier. Autothermal generation of hydrogen is achieved wherein sufficient heat is provided to sustain... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20080260629 - Method for energy conversion minimizing oxygen consumption: The invention concerns a method for energy conversion of solid fuels in particular containing carbon comprising a first step which consists in reacting said fuels in a first energy conversion reactor (2, 20). The invention is characterized in that it comprises a second step which consists in injecting oxygen brought... Agent: Alstom Power Inc. Intellectual Property Law Dept.

20080260631 - Hydrogen production process: e

20080260632 - Production of hydrogen from aluminum and water: A method and compositions for producing hydrogen by water split reaction, at near neutral pH conditions and without requiring preheating of the reactant materials. Metallic aluminum in particulate form is blended particulate with a water-soluble inorganic salt that causes progressive pitting of the aluminum to prevent passivation and a particulate... Agent: Todd N. Hathaway

20080260633 - Supramolecular complexes as photocatalysts for reduction of substrates: Supramolecular complexes, methods and systems for photocatalysis of the reduction of substrates are described. The supramolecular complexes of the invention have a light absorbing metal center, an electron collector ligand and a catalytically active metal. When the supramolecular complexes are exposed to radiant energy, the light absorbing metal center creates... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20080260610 - Reverse platinum group metal zoned lean nox trap system and method of use: The invention, in at least one embodiment, relates to a reverse platinum group metal zoned lean NOx trap system included in a vehicle and its method of use. One embodiment of the trap system is in a vehicle exhaust system operable during lean and rich periods. The trap system may... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080260611 - Method for direct oxidation of hydrogen sulfide to elemental sulfur at low temperatures: A method for removal of hydrogen sulfide and mercury from a gaseous stream containing hydrogen sulfide and mercury in which a hydrogen sulfide conversion catalyst is contacted with the gaseous stream at a temperature less than or equal to the dewpoint of elemental sulfur, and the hydrogen sulfide is oxidized,... Agent: Mark E. Fejer Gas Technology Institute

20080260612 - Oxidation of metallic materials as part of an extraction, purification and/or refining process: Multi-step metal compound oxidation process to produce compounds and enhanced metal oxides from various source materials, e.g. metal sulfides, carbides, nitrides and other metal containing materials with metal oxides from secondary reaction steps being utilized as an oxidation agent in the first reactions.... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20080260613 - Garnet-type compound, and method of manufacturing the same: l

20080260614 - Process for producing carbonate particles: To provide a process for producing carbonate particles, particularly carbonate particles that are needle- or rod-shaped, which can efficiently and readily form carbonate particles which offer orientation birefringence without heating at approximately room temperature, and can control the particle size. In the process, a carbon dioxide gas from a carbonate... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080260615 - Process for the preparation of micron/nano sized inorganic material: The invention discloses methods for making micron/nano meter sized particles of various inorganic materials such as minerals/oxides/sulphides/metals/ceramics at a steadily expanding liquid-liquid interface populated by suitable surfactant molecules that spontaneously organize themselves into superstructures varying over large length-scales. This experiment is realized in a radial Hele-Shaw cell where the liquid-liquid... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20080260616 - Bulk separation of carbon nanotubes by bandgap: The present invention is directed to methods of separating carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by their electronic type (e.g., metallic, semi-metallic, and semiconducting). Perhaps most generally, in some embodiments, the present invention is directed to methods of separating CNTs by bandgap, wherein such separation is effected by interacting the CNTs with a... Agent: Winstead PC

20080260617 - Functionalized few-walled carbon nanotubes (fwnts) and methods of making and using the same: Few-walled carbon nanotubes (FWNTs) can be synthesized in a simple chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system using a mixture of methanol and ethanol as the carbon source. In preferred embodiments, the present invention uses an ethanol/methanol mixture as the carbon source so that few walled nanotubes (FWNTs) with high purity can... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080260618 - Method of growing carbon nanotube and carbon nanotube growing system: w

20080260619 - Processes for the oxidation of hydrogen chloride: A process for carrying out an optionally catalyst-assisted hydrogen chloride oxidation process by means of oxygen is described. The process comprises single- or multi-stage cooling of the process gases and separating off of unreacted hydrogen chloride and water of reaction from the process gas, drying of the product gases, separating... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080260623 - Production of inorganic doped-zircon pigments: A process for producing an inorganic doped-zircon pigment includes calcining a base mixture comprising raw plasma-dissociated zircon, a chromophore, and at least one mineralizer, to produce a raw pigment. The raw pigment is refined to obtain an inorganic doped-zircon pigment.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080260620 - Powder material that generates heat in an alternating current magnetic field and the manufacturing method thereof: The powder material is expressed by the general formula Mg1-xAxFe2O4 (where A in the formula is at least one element selected from the group of Ca, Sr and Ba, and the range of x in the formula is 0.05≦x≦0.95). It is preferred that the range of x in the general... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080260621 - Preparation of complex metal oxides: The present invention provides a process for making a complex metal oxide comprising the formula AxByOz. The process comprises the steps of: (a) reacting in solution at a temperature of between about 75° C. to about 100° C. at least one water-soluble salt of A, at least one water-soluble salt... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20080260622 - Indium tin oxide: A method of preparing indium tin oxide (ITO) and such an oxide per se are described. The method utilises a cryogenic process wherein an aqueous formulation of indium sulphate, ammonium sulphate and a tin compound, optionally in the presence of an organic polymer, are frozen to produce a solid; the... Agent: Jones Day

20080260624 - Process for production of composition: The process provides a composition comprising an ABO3 compound in the form of uniform and fine spherical particles which have an average particle diameter of 1 μm or less, preferably within a range of 0.01 to 0.5 μm, high crystallinity, and a controlled A/B ratio as desired, as well as... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20080260625 - Fine particulate titanium dioxide, and production process and use thereof: A high-purity ultrafine particulate titanium dioxide with a reduced fluctuation of the adsorbed water content which is a large mass fluctuation factor in a fine particulate powder body, is provided. The fine particulate titanium dioxide has a BET specific surface area of 10 to 200 m2/g, wherein when a powder... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080260626 - Photocatalysts based on titanium dioxide: A powdery photocatalyst based on titanium dioxide displays a bimodal particle size distribution of primary particles, with one particle component under about 30 nm and a second particle component over about 100 nm. The photocatalyst is manufactured by mixing at least two TiO2 components. One component is a TiO2 photocatalyst... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn: Michael Ritchie, Docketing

20080260627 - Methods of controlling the particle of titanium dioxide produced by the chloride process: A process for manufacturing titanium dioxide by the chloride process is provided. In one embodiment, a particle size control agent comprising an ionizing agent such as potassium chloride is introduced into the reaction zone of the oxidation reactor to control the particle size of the titanium dioxide. In a first... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080260628 - Ni-based catalyst for tri-reforming of methane and its catalysis application for the production of syngas: The present invention relates to a Ni-based catalyst for preparing syngas and a tri-reforming reaction of methane using the catalyst, particularly to a Ni-based catalyst, where an active ingredient (a nickel) is impregnated in a zirconia support and the zirconia is doped with a yttrium and a metal selected among... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080260630 - Autothermal hydrogen storage and delivery systems: Processes are provided for the storage and release of hydrogen by means of dehydrogenation of hydrogen carrier compositions where at least part of the heat of dehydrogenation is provided by a hydrogen-reversible selective oxidation of the carrier. Autothermal generation of hydrogen is achieved wherein sufficient heat is provided to sustain... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20080260629 - Method for energy conversion minimizing oxygen consumption: The invention concerns a method for energy conversion of solid fuels in particular containing carbon comprising a first step which consists in reacting said fuels in a first energy conversion reactor (2, 20). The invention is characterized in that it comprises a second step which consists in injecting oxygen brought... Agent: Alstom Power Inc. Intellectual Property Law Dept.

20080260631 - Hydrogen production process: e

20080260632 - Production of hydrogen from aluminum and water: A method and compositions for producing hydrogen by water split reaction, at near neutral pH conditions and without requiring preheating of the reactant materials. Metallic aluminum in particulate form is blended particulate with a water-soluble inorganic salt that causes progressive pitting of the aluminum to prevent passivation and a particulate... Agent: Todd N. Hathaway

20080260633 - Supramolecular complexes as photocatalysts for reduction of substrates: Supramolecular complexes, methods and systems for photocatalysis of the reduction of substrates are described. The supramolecular complexes of the invention have a light absorbing metal center, an electron collector ligand and a catalytically active metal. When the supramolecular complexes are exposed to radiant energy, the light absorbing metal center creates... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20080253948 - Method for the recycling and purification of an inorganic metallic precursor: Methods and apparatus for the recycling and purification of an inorganic metallic precursor. A first gaseous stream containing ruthenium tetroxide is provided, and transformed into a solid phase lower ruthenium oxide. This lower phase ruthenium oxide is reduced with hydrogen to form ruthenium metal. The ruthenium metal is contacted with... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property

20080253949 - Process for removing sulfur from a fuel gas stream: A process for removing organic sulfur from a fuel gas stream that further contains light olefins by catalytic hydrodesulfurization to yield a treated fuel gas having an very low concentration of organic sulfur. The effluent of the catalytic hydrodesulfurization reactor may be cooled with a portion thereof being recycled and... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20080253950 - Hydrothermally stable ag-zeolite traps for small olefin hydrocarbon molecules: A hydrocarbon trap comprises an Ag-zeolite which is heated by a unique steaming regimen.... Agent: Basf Catalysts LLC

20080253952 - Fluorescent substance containing nitrogen, method for manufacturing the same, and light-emitting device: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a nitrogen-containing fluorescent substance comprising accommodating an oxide fluorescent substance containing two or more elements in a receptacle made of a material containing carbon, and sintering the oxide fluorescent substance in a mixed gas atmosphere containing nitrogen gas.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080253951 - Phosphor: A phosphor is provided. The phosphor includes a composition represented by the formula: M1O2.aM2O.bM3X2:M4,where M1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, Ti, Zr, and Sn; M2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn;... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080253953 - Silicate producing method: p

20080253954 - Method for producing powder forsterite powder, forsterite powder, sintered forsterite, insulating ceramic composition, and multilayer ceramic electronic component: A forsterite powder with superior characteristics which can be sintered at a relatively low temperature can be economically produced, when a magnesium source, a silicon source, and copper particles are mixed to prepare a mixed powder containing 300 to 2,000 ppm by weight of the copper particles, and the mixed... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080253955 - Process and apparatus for purifying low-grand silicon material: A process and apparatus for purifying low-purity silicon material and obtaining a higher-purity silicon material is provided. The process includes providing a melting apparatus equipped with an oxy-fuel burner, and melting the low-purity silicon material in the melting apparatus to obtain a melt of higher-purity silicon material. The melting apparatus... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080253956 - Process and system for producing commercial quality carbon dioxide from high solids lime mud: The invention features methods and systems for producing commercial quality carbon dioxide (CO2) of 90% to +99% purity using, wet calcium carbonate lime mud produced in a manufacturing operation, for instance, Kraft pulp mill lime mud (a.k.a., “lime mud”) as a feedstock to a multi-stage lime mud calcination process. This... Agent: Klauber & Jackson

20080253957 - Process and plant for producing sulfuric acid: There are described a process and a plant for producing sulfuric acid by catalytic oxidation of SO2 to SO3 and subsequent absorption of SO3 in sulfuric acid, wherein the SO3 is introduced into a first absorption stage and absorbed there in concentrated sulfuric acid, wherein the sulfuric acid having a... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080253958 - Production of high-purity titanium monoxide and capacitor production therefrom: The present invention relates to high-purity titanium monoxide powder (TiO) produced by a process of combining a mixture of titanium suboxides and titanium metal powder or granules; reacting the mixture at a temperature above about 1200° C.; and fragmenting the body to form TiO particles suitable for application as e.g.,... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20080253959 - Synthesis crystalline molecular sieves: In a process for synthesizing a crystalline molecular sieve, an aqueous synthesis mixture is produced capable of forming the crystalline molecular sieve. Crystallization of the synthesis mixture is induced so as to form crystals of said molecular sieve in the synthesis mixture and, when crystallization is complete, the molecular sieve... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20080247925 - Separation and recovery of precious metals using polymer materials: A method of separation and/or recovery of a precious metal from a solution containing said precious metal in ionic form, optionally in the presence of impurities, including the step of contacting a solution containing said precious metal in ionic form with a conducting polymer. The method is generally applicable to... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080247926 - Catalytic peroxide oxygen generator-concentrator: A method for generating concentrated oxygen at elevated pressure comprising the steps of (a) injecting a molecular oxygen precursor into a pressurized reaction vessel; (b) contacting the molecular oxygen precursor within a reaction vessel with a catalyst to cause the molecular oxygen precursor to decompose to liquid water and gaseous... Agent: Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson PC

20080247927 - Ammonia destruction methods for use in a claus tail gas treating unit: Oxidative and reductive methods are described for the cost-effective destruction of an ammonia-bearing gas stream, potentially containing minor but significant quantities of hydrogen sulfide (H2S), in a conventional Claus sulfur recovery tail gas treating unit, using controlled rates and compositions of combustion gases in order to obtain the temperatures necessary... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn:IPDocketing

20080247929 - High activity titania supported metal oxide denox catalysts: The present invention is directed to high activity titanium oxide DeNOx catalysts. In preferred embodinents, by depositing vanadium oxide on a titania supported metal oxide such as tungsten oxide, an improved catalyst may be generated. This catalyst may be used in the treatment of exhaust from sources such as automobiles... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20080247928 - Method of removing nitrous oxide: Hydroxylamine is formed in a reactor through a partial hydrogenation of nitric oxide gas (NO) with hydrogen gas (H2) in an aqueous medium with nitrogen gas (N2) as an inert gas. The formation of the hydroxylamine forms nitrous oxide gas (N2O). The gasses and the water vapor are flowed away... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080247930 - Nano-fusion reaction: A nano-fusion reactor comprised of nano-particles such as carbon based nanotubes, endohedral fullerenes and other nano materials encapsulating fusible fuels such as the hydrogen isotopes, deuterium, and tritium. The nano-devices encapsulate the fusible materials and ignite fusion reactions which in some of the embodiments consume the nano-fusion reactor device requiring... Agent: Law Office Of Donald L. Wenskay

20080247933 - Inorganic pigments and process for preparing same: The present invention provides yellow inorganic pigments comprising praseodymium, oxides of transition metals selected from molybdenum, titanium, zirconium and combinations thereof, essentially molybdenum, optionally with alkaline earth metal (A) and the said yellow inorganic pigment has a general formula APr2MoTmxO6+η or Pr2MoTmxO6+η (Tm=Ti or Zr, x=0 or 1, and wherein... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080247932 - Method for making colloidal nanocrystals: A method for making colloidal nanocrystals includes the following steps: dissolving a nanocrystal powder in an organic solvent, and achieving a solution A of a concentration of 1-30 mg/ml; dissolving a surfactant in water, and achieving a solution B of a concentration of 0.002-0.05 mmol/ml; mixing the solution A and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080247931 - Method for producing multi-constituent, metal oxide compounds containing alkali metals,and thus produced metal oxide compounds: The preparation of finely divided, alkali metal-containing metal oxide powders which contain at least one alkali metal and at least one further metal from the group consisting of the transition metals, the remaining main group metals, the lanthanides and actinides is described. Precursor compounds of these components are introduced in... Agent: Kalow & Springut LLP

20080247934 - White light emitting diode component having two phosphors and related phosphor and formation method: A white light emitting diode component capable of emitting white light includes an LED chip capable of emitting luminescent light, a first phosphor for absorbing first luminescent light of the luminescent light and emitting first emission, and a second phosphor for absorbing second luminescent light of the luminescent light and... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080247935 - Compound semiconductor substrate: It is to provide a substrate for epitaxial growth, which is capable of improving a surface state of an epitaxial layer at microroughness level. In a substrate for epitaxial growth, when haze is defined as a value calculated by dividing intensity of scattered light obtained when light is incident from... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080247936 - Method for producing high purity silicon: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a great deal of inexpensive high purity silicon useful in a solar battery. Disclosed is a method for producing the high purity silicon by migrating impurities in molten silicon to slag including the step of feeding an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080247937 - Carbonate and method for producing the same: To provide a method for producing a carbonate, including: growing seed crystals, wherein the seed crystals are grown in a reaction solution containing at least urea. An aspect in which the seed crystals are strontium carbonate particles, an aspect in which the reaction solution contains a metal ion source and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080247938 - Process of growing carbon nanotubes directly on carbon fiber: A process for growing a carbon nanotube directly on a carbon fiber includes at least the steps of depositing a metallic film of at least 1 nm in thickness on at least one surface of a flake-shaped carbon-fiber substrate; placing the substrate into a reactor; introducing a gas including carbon-containing... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080247939 - Process for producing carbon nanotubes: The invention provides a process for producing carbon nanotubes which includes supplying a continuous fluidized feed of a catalyst and at least one hydrocarbon to a reactor operating under conditions suitable to produce carbon nanotubes. The fluid is made to flow though the reactor with a swirling motion which ensures... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080247940 - Carbon black coloring agent for semiconductor sealing material and method of manufacturing the same: The present invention provides a carbon black coloring agent suitable as a black coloring agent for a semiconductor sealing material, exhibiting excellent dispersibility in a resin component, and capable of forming a semiconductor sealing material having a high volume resistivity and excellent shading properties, and a method of manufacturing the... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20080247941 - Mechanically stable catalyst based on alpha-alumina: e

20080247942 - Method and reactor for carrying out endothermic catalytic reactions: A method and device for the endothermic catalytic reaction of a supply flow is disclosed. The supply flow is divided into at least two partial flows that are parallelly guided through reactor tubes, which are situated inside the combustion chamber of a reactor and which are at least partially filled... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080241024 - Method for leaching metal sulphide minerals: The invention relates to a method for the sulphate-based leaching of metal sulphide minerals, such as chalcopyrite, CuFeS2, containing ore in atmospheric conditions. It is beneficial for the leaching of metal sulphides that the sulphide to be leached is treated before leaching or at the beginning of leaching with a... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20080241025 - Method and apparatus for isolating 186rhenium: A method of isolating 186Re according to example embodiments may include vaporizing a source compound containing 185Re and 186Re. The vaporized source compound may be ionized to form negatively-charged molecules containing 185Re and 186Re. The negatively-charged molecules may be separated to isolate the negatively-charged molecules containing 186Re. The isolated negatively-charged... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080241026 - Titaniferous ore beneficiation: This invention relates to a process for beneficiating a titaniferous ore. The process comprises calcining the titaniferous ore, at least one alkali or alkaline earth metal salt, and at least one alumina-containing material in the presence of oxygen to form a calcined ore mixture, then leaching the calcined ore mixture... Agent: King & Spalding

20080241027 - Method and apparatus for removing mercury from combustion exhaust gas: A method for reducing mercury emissions in combustion flue gas is provided. The method includes combusting coal such that a flue gas flow is created. The flue gas flow includes at least mercury and carbon-containing fly ash. The method further includes cooling the flue gas flow within a duct and... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080241029 - Methods and apparatus for removing mercury from combustion flue gas: A method for reducing an amount of mercury in flue gases generated by the combustion of coal is provided. The method includes combusting a quantity of coal and a quantity of air within a primary combustion area such that a fly ash containing carbon and elemental mercury is formed within... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080241028 - Methods and apparatus to facilitate reducing mercury emissions: A method for reducing an amount of mercury in flue gas is provided. The method includes injecting a quantity of coal having a fineness of less than 70%<200 mesh and greater than or equal to 50%<200 mesh. The quantity of coal is combusted in a quantity of air such that... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080241030 - Emission control system: Methods and apparatus utilizing chlorine dioxide and hydrogen peroxide are useful to reduce emissions of NOx, SOx, and heavy metals, e.g., mercury, emissions from combustion flue gas streams.... Agent: Nasa John F. Kennedy Space Center

20080241031 - Fast-regenerable sulfur dioxide adsorbents for diesel engine emission control: Disclosed herein are sorbents and devices for controlling sulfur oxides emissions as well as systems including such sorbents and devices. Also disclosed are methods for making and using the disclosed sorbents, devices and systems. In one embodiment the disclosed sorbents can be conveniently regenerated, such as under normal exhaust stream... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080241032 - Catalyzing lean nox filter and method of using same: A NOx trapping filter is provided for use in emission control systems, for example, on the exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine. The NOx trapping filter has a substrate constructed using bonded fiber structures, which cooperate to form a highly uniform open cell network, as well as to provide... Agent: Geo2 Technologies

20080241033 - Ammonia storage for on-vehicle engine: Ammonia is used as precursor source of hydrogen fuel in an on-vehicle internal combustion engine. Ammonia is stored as, for example, a ligand in an on-vehicle transition metal composition. Upon demand for hydrogen by the vehicle's engine control system, ammonia is expelled as a gas from some of the composition... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080241034 - Method for reducing the nitrogen oxide concentration in gases: The method comprises passing an N2O- and NOx-containing gas over a sequence of two catalyst beds, adding reducing agents for NOx and for N2O between the catalyst beds in such an amount that not only NOx but also a predetermined proportion of N2O is reduced. The reaction conditions are set... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080241035 - Agent for rendering halogen-containing gas harmless, and method of rendering halogen-containing gas harmless using same: An agent for rendering harmless a halogen-containing gas such as a halogen-containing exhaust gas, which comprises a faujasite zeolite having a SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of 2.0 to 2.3 and containing at least one cation selected from alkali metal cations and alkaline earth metal cations. The cation is preferably selected from Na... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080241036 - Method and device for separation of sulphur dioxide from a gas: A system for separating sulfur dioxide from a gas using an aqueous absorption liquid. The system includes a housing, an apertured plate, an outlet box, a distribution mechanism, a container, and a pump. The housing has an inlet and an outlet. The apertured plate is positioned between the inlet and... Agent: Wiggin And Dana LLP

20080241037 - Method and system of controlling sulfur oxides in flue gas from coal or oil-fired boilers: A method of removing SO3 from a flue gas of a boiler. The method includes the following steps: injecting chloride salts into a stream of the flue gas at a position located downstream of an air pre-heater—the position is selected so that the flue gas has a temperature at the... Agent: Wiggin And Dana LLP

20080241039 - Method for production of carbon monoxide-reduced hydrogen-containing gas: A method for the oxidative removal of carbon monoxide from a hydrogen containing gas employing a catalyst for the selective oxidation of carbon monoxide is provided.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080241038 - Preparation of manganese oxide-ferric oxide-supported nano-gold catalyst and using the same: This present invention provides the preparation of a manganese oxide-ferric oxide-supported nano-gold catalyst and a process for subjecting carbon monoxide and oxygen to interaction resulting in the formation of carbon dioxide in a hydrogen-rich environment by a manganese oxide-ferric oxide-supported nano-gold catalyst to remove carbon monoxide in hydrogen stream. The... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080241042 - Method for making metal titanate: A method for making a mono-dispersed metal titanate includes the steps of: (a) mixing titanate ester, metal salt, and rare earth metal salt in a molar ratio of 1:1:x in a reaction medium comprised of ethanol and water to form a solution, wherein x is in the range from 0... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080241040 - Nano-scale metal halide scintillation materials and methods for making same: Crystalline scintillator materials comprising nano-scale particles of metal halides are provided. The nano-scale particles are less than 100 nm in size. Methods are provided for preparing the particles. In these methods, ionic liquids are used in place of water to allow precipitation of the final product. In one method, the... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20080241041 - Nano-scale metal oxyhalide and oxysulfide scintillation materials and methods for making same: Crystalline scintillator materials comprising nano-scale particles of metal oxides, metal oxyhalides and metal oxysulfides are provided. The nano-scale particles are less than 100 nm in size. Methods are provided for preparing the particles. In one method, used to form oxyhalides and oxysulfides, metal salts are dissolved in water, and then... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20080241043 - Method for making phosphate-based electrode active materials: The invention is directed to synthesizing a phosphate-based electrode active material. The method includes the step of reacting two or more starting materials collectively containing at least a PO33− anion, an alkali metal and a metal which is redox active in the final reaction product, at a temperature and for... Agent: Valence Technology, Inc.

20080241044 - Process for the production of monodisperse sio2 particles: The present invention relates to processes for the production of monodisperse SiO2 particles by hydrolytic polycondensation of tetraalkoxysilanes and/or organotrialkoxysilanes, in which the hydrolytic polycondensation is carried out in a medium comprising water, one or more solubilisers and one or more amines, and in which highly monodisperse, non-porous particles are... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20080241045 - Method for producing high purity silicon: An object of the invention is to provide a method for producing a large amount of inexpensive high purity silicon useful for a solar battery. Disclosed is a method for producing high purity silicon by migrating impurities in silicon to slag including performing a first slag purification of a first... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080241046 - Method and device for producing granulated polycrystalline silicon in a fluidized bed reactor: A fluidized bed process for the production of polycrystalline silicon granules supplies, in addition to reaction gas, a gas containing 99.5 to 95 mol. percent hydrogen and 0.5 to 5 mol. percent gaseous silicon compounds, and the reactor wall is maintained at the same or a higher temperature than the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080241047 - Surface modifying carbon nanotube material, manufacturing method therefor, electronic component and electronic device: A carbon nanotube material is exposed to ultraviolet rays, and a silicon-containing compound capable of modifying the surface of the carbon nanotube material in combination with the ultraviolet rays is supplied to thereby modify the surface of the carbon nanotube material.... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080241048 - Carbonates and method for producing the same: The present invention provides a method for producing carbonates, which includes at least adding an aqueous solution containing a carbonate source into an alcoholic solution containing a metal ion source, wherein an alkaline chemical is added when the carbonate source is reacted with the metal ion source.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080241049 - Ultrahard diamonds and method of making thereof: A single crystal diamond grown by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition annealed at pressures in excess of 4.0 GPa and heated to temperature in excess of 1500 degrees C. that has a hardness of greater than 120 GPa. A method for manufacture a hard single crystal diamond includes growing a... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080241050 - Semiconducting aerogels from chalcogenido clusters with broad applications: Soluble chalcogenido clusters together with transition metal ions and main group elements are shown to provide gels having interconnected, open frameworks. Following supercritical drying with liquid carbon dioxide, the chalcogels may be converted to aerogels. The aerogels possess high internal surface areas with a broad pore size distribution that is... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.c. Attn: Linda Kasulke, Docket Coordinator

20080241051 - Methods of processing nanocrystals, and compositions, devices and systems including same: Methods of processing nanocrystals to remove excess free and bound organic material and particularly surfactants used during the synthesis process, and resulting nanocrystal compositions, devices and systems that are physically, electrically and chemically integratable into an end application.... Agent: Nanosys Inc.

20080241052 - Apparatus, method and system for delivering oxygen-ozone: Apparatus, method and system for delivering a sterile unit dose of ozone that may include concentrating oxygen from air, which can include pressurizing at least one zeolite chamber having at least one zeolite material where the at least one zeolite material selectively adsorbs a substantial amount of nitrogen and not... Agent: Maier & Maier, PLLC

20080241053 - Lithium-nickel-cobalt-manganese containing composite oxide: Coagulated particles of nickel-cobalt-manganese hydroxide wherein primary particles are coagulated to form secondary particles are synthesized by allowing an aqueous solution of a nickel-cobalt-manganese salt, an aqueous solution of an alkali-metal hydroxide, and an ammonium-ion donor to react under specific conditions; and a lithium-nickel-cobalt-manganese-containing composite oxide represented by a general... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080241054 - Method for making metal oxide nanocrystal: A method for making the metal oxide includes the following steps: mixing a metal nitrate with a solvent of octadecyl amine, and achieving a mixture; agitating and reacting the mixture at a reaction temperature for a reaction period; cooling the mixture to a cooling temperature, and achieving a deposit; and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080241055 - Method for producing iron oxyhydroxide particle: First, a ferrous iron-containing suspension solution is obtained by mixing an aqueous ferrous salt solution and an aqueous alkali solution containing one or two of an alkali carbonate and an alkali hydroxide. Then, an iron oxyhydroxide particle precursor is obtained by blowing an oxygen-containing gas having an oxygen component proportion... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080241056 - Hydrogenation of aluminum using a supercritical fluid medium: An apparatus and a method for controllably converting aluminum into alane. In the system of the invention, a reaction between aluminum and hydrogen to form alane is performed at temperatures below 100° C. using a supercritical fluid such as CO2 as a reaction medium, with the optional inclusion of a... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20080241057 - Heat exchanger having plural tubular arrays: A heat exchange apparatus including a housing, a first array of fluid conduits provided within the housing, and a second array of fluid conduits provided within the housing. The first and second arrays of fluid conduits are configured to carry a first fluid. The heat exchange apparatus also includes a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080241058 - Process for producing hydrogen with permselective membrane reactor and permselective membrane reactor: h

20080241059 - Catalytic steam reforming with recycle: A method for generating hydrogen in a production facility having a catalytic steam reformer, a boiler downstream of the catalytic steam reformer, optionally having a prereformer, and optionally having a shift reactor, wherein the reformer feed gas mixture is formed using a steam-containing recycle gas mixture which was formed from... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20080241060 - Novel microporous crystalline material comprising a molecular sieve or zeolite having an 8-ring pore opening structure and methods of making and using same: There is disclosed a hydrothermally stable microporous crystalline material comprising a molecular sieve or zeolite having an 8-ring pore opening structure, such as SAPO-34 or aluminosilicate zeolite, able to retain a specific percentage of its surface area and micropore volume after treatment with heat and moisture, such as at least... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP