Chemistry of inorganic compounds inventions 07/09

20090191106 - Processes and devices for removing ruthenium as ruo4 from ruthenate-containing solutions by distillation: P

20090191107 - Processes for the recovery of ruthenium from materials containing ruthenium orruthenium oxides or from ruthenium-containing noble metal ore concentrates:

20090191108 - Zirconium/praseodymium oxide nox traps and prufication of gases containing nitrogen oxides (nox) therewith: A method for treating/purification a gas containing nitrogen oxides (NOx) includes conveying same through a NOx trap containing a composition based on a catalyst for oxidizing NOx into NO2 and a compound based on zirconium oxide and praseodymium oxide in a proportion of praseodymium oxide ranging from 5 wt. %... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090191109 - Exhaust structure of film-forming apparatus, film-forming apparatus, and method for processing exhaust gas: A film-forming apparatus 100 includes a processing chamber 11, and TiCl4 gas and NH3 gas are supplied into the processing chamber 11 for forming a TiN film on a substrate W in the processing chamber 11 by CVD. The processing chamber 11 has a gas exhaust system 300. The gas... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090191110 - Regeneration of polyborazylene: Method of producing ammonia borane, comprising providing polyborazylene; digesting the polyborazylene with a dithiol-containing agent to produce a boro-sulfide compound and a byproduct; converting the byproduct to the boro-sulfide product of step (b) by reaction with a first alkyl-tin hydride; and, converting the boro-sulfide compound produced in steps (b) and... Agent: Los Alamos National Security, LLC

20090191111 - Preparation method of calcium phosphate-based ceramic powder and compact thereof: Disclosed herein is a method of preparing a highly sinterable calcium phosphate-based ceramic powder and a compact thereof. The calcium phosphate-based ceramic powder and compact thereof according to the present invention are advantageous in that they are very biocompatible and economical because they are prepared using natural materials, have nano-sized... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090191112 - Method and apparatus for fabricating high purity silicon compacts using silicon powders, and binder-free silicon compact fabricated by the same: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for fabricating solar-grade high purity polycrystalline silicon compacts. Silicon compacts are fabricating by loading polycrystalline silicon powders into a mold without addition of binders in a vacuum atmosphere, and pressurizing and heating the polycrystalline silicon powders. Heating method includes a high-frequency induction heating... Agent: LexyoumeIPGroup, LLC

20090191113 - Method for removing ammonia from a methanol containing stream: A stream of liquid methanol containing ammonia and other species is sent to the top of a countercurrent stripping column. The stream is stripped with a flow of ambient-temperature nitrogen or another inert gas. The column can be packed with random dumped packing. The overhead vapor contains ammonia and the... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20090191114 - Method for preparing ammonium bicarbonate with flue gas and devices thereof: The present invention relates to a method for preparing ammonium bicarbonate with flue gas and device thereof. The method includes quantitatively collecting flue gas with a carbon dioxide concentration of about 8% to about 15% (volume), decreasing the temperature of the flue gas to about 50° C. or less with... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090191115 - Burners and combustion apparatus for carbon nanomaterial production: The invention provides improved burners, combustion apparatus, and methods for carbon nanomaterial production. The burners of the invention provide sooting flames of fuel and oxidizing gases. The condensable products of combustion produced by the burners of this invention produce carbon nanomaterials including without limitation, soot, fullerenic soot, and fullerenes. The... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20090191116 - Porous filamentous nanocarbon and method of forming the same: A method for forming a porous filamentous nanocarbon involves radially forming a tunnel-like mesopore from an outer periphery toward the central axis of a filamentous nano carbon by attaching a material having a metal catalyst on an outer periphery of the filamentous nanocarbon and removing a carbon hexagonal plane through... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn:IPDocketing

20090185965 - Method for separating zirconium and hafnium: A method for separating zirconium and hafnium from a mixture of ZrCl4 and HfCl4 containing 3 wt. % or less of Hf based on Zr+Hf, the method includes the following steps: 1) hydrolyzing a mixture of ZrCl4 and HfCl4 in an aqueous solution of strong inorganic acid, so as to... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090185966 - Preparation and manufacture of an overlayer for deactivation resistant photocatalysts: A photocatalyst system for volatile organic compounds with two parts that include a photocatalyst layer on a substrate and a porous overlayer. The photocatalyst layer is reactive with volatile organic compounds when UV light is projected on it. The overlayer is situated on the photocatalyst layer. The overlayer is UV... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090185967 - Composition based on zirconium, cerium and tin oxides, preparation and use as catalyst: The invention concerns a composition based on zirconium oxide and cerium oxide and, optionally, an oxide of another rare earth, characterized in that it contains tin oxide in a proportion of more than 25 wt. % of oxide. Said composition is obtained by a method which consists in forming a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090185968 - Application of a metallic anchor layer from a wire feed source to a metallic surface: The present invention is directed to a catalytic member, and a method of use for the treatment of pollutants in a gaseous stream. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a catalyst member comprising a substrate coated with a metallic anchor layer to enhance the adherence of a catalytic... Agent: Basf Catalysts LLC

20090185969 - Helium recovery from semiconductor cluster tools: Systems for the recovery of rare gas from a mixed gas stream are described. In particular, systems for the recovery of helium from cluster tools used in semiconductor fabrication are described. In one embodiment, these systems allow for the recovery of rare gas, such as helium, from the waste gas... Agent: The Boc Group, Inc.

20090185970 - Stable chlorine dioxide tablet: Provided is a stable solid composition that produces chlorine dioxide upon contact with water.... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20090185971 - Crystallographically-oriented ceramic: A crystallographically-oriented ceramic including first regions, in which crystal nuclei remain and which contain a specific element in a predetermined concentration range and extend at least partially in a layered shape along a crystal plane, and second regions, which contain the specific element in a different concentration range from the... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090185972 - Methods for hydrogen storage and refrigeration: A hydrogen storage system for storing hydrogen gas at elevated pressures and cryogenic temperatures is disclosed. The hydrogen gas is fed to a storage container which contains a physisorption type material and a volatile liquid container for liquid nitrogen. Cryogenic conditions are maintained within the storage container during the periods... Agent: The Boc Group, Inc.

20090180941 - Deactivation resistant photocatalysts: The present disclosure relates to a fluid purification device that has a deactivation resistant photocatalyst having nanocrystallites of less than 14 nanometers (nm) in diameter with at least 200 m2 surface area/cm3 of skeletal volume in cylindrical pores of 5 nm in diameter or larger, with the mode of the... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090180942 - Selective ammonia oxidation catalysts: Catalysts, methods and systems for treating diesel engine exhaust streams are described. In one or more embodiments, the catalyst comprises a refractory metal oxide, a transition metal oxide, and platinum, the catalyst being effective to oxidize ammonia at temperatures less than about 300° C. and exhibiting no significant decrease in... Agent: Basf Catalysts LLC

20090180943 - Selective ammonia oxidation catalysts: Catalysts, methods and systems for treating diesel engine exhaust streams are described. In one or more embodiments, the catalyst comprises a refractory metal oxide, a transition metal oxide, and platinum, the catalyst being effective to oxidize ammonia at temperatures less than about 300° C. and exhibiting no significant decrease in... Agent: Basf Catalysts LLC

20090180944 - Process for depositing polycrystalline silicone: separating the second offgas fraction into tetrachlorosilane and a high boiler fraction of high boilers, optionally also containing some tetrachlorosilane, and supplying the high boiler fraction to the reaction gas of a silicon deposition and heating the reaction gas to a temperature which ensures that the high boiler fraction is... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090180945 - Liquid and solid effluent treatment process: This process of liquid and solid effluent treatment is provided with flexibility to process several types of effluents presenting wide variations in their chemical composition. The main steps of this process are: (1) equalization of liquid effluent, (2) precipitation of metals as sulphides, (3) oxidation of metallic sulphides and crystallization... Agent: Vale Inco Intellectual Property Group

20090180946 - Fiber containing carbon, substrate and electron emission device using fiber containing carbon, electron source using the electron emission device, display panel using the electron source, and information displaying/playing apparatus using the display pane: The invention provides a fiber containing carbon which is less deteriorated in terms of electron emission characteristic, is excellent in terms of reproducibility, and can in addition be formed at a low cost, a substrate and electron emission device using the fiber containing carbon, an electron source using the electron... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090180947 - Method for producing calcium fluoride, reusing method and recycling method thereof: To recycle fluoride by recovering calcium fluoride having a particle size and purity suitable for production of hydrogen fluoride, from a fluoride-containing effluent or a hydrofluoric acid-containing effluent. This method comprises reacting the fluoride-containing effluent or the hydrofluoric acid-containing effluent with an aqueous calcium chloride solution, under an acidic condition... Agent: Rutan & Tucker, LLP.

20090180948 - Method of making large-volume caf2 single crystals for optical elements with an optic axis parallel to the (100)-or (110)-crystal axis and caf2 single crystal made thereby: The method of making a single crystal, especially a CaF2 single crystal, includes tempering, in which the crystal is heated at <18 K/h to a temperature of 1000° C. to 1350° C. and held at this temperature for at least 65 hours with maximum temperature differences within the crystal of... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20090180949 - System and process for making hydrogen from a hydrocarbon stream: This invention relates to a process and apparatus for the production of pure hydrogen by steam reforming. The process integrates the steam reforming and shift reaction to produce pure hydrogen with minimal production of CO and virtually no CO in the hydrogen stream, provides for CO2 capture for sequestration, employs... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20090175771 - Abatement of effluent gas: Systems and methods are provided involving abatement of effluents. Aspects of the invention may include starting an abatement system at a high level setting; receiving an effluent having an undesirable material at the abatement system; abating the undesirable material using the abatement system at the high level setting; receiving information... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20090175772 - High-efficiency catalytic converters for treating exhaust gases: Several embodiments of high-efficiency catalytic converters and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a catalytic converter for treating a flow of exhaust gas comprising a reaction chamber, a heating enclosure enclosing at least a portion of the reaction chamber, and an optional coolant channel encasing the heating... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090175773 - Multilayered catalyst compositions: A layered, three-way conversion catalyst having the capability of simultaneously catalyzing the oxidation of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide and the reduction of nitrogen oxides is disclosed. Engine exhaust treatment systems including such catalysts are also provided. The catalyst generally comprises three layers in conjunction with a carrier. The three layers... Agent: Basf Catalysts LLC

20090175774 - Hydrate inhibition test loop: The detecting and monitoring of solid structure or phase transformation, such as those used for testing the formation of gas hydrates and their inhibition by chemical additives may be conducted in a multi-test assembly of laboratory bench scale loops. The test loop contains a fluid that includes water and hydrate-forming... Agent: Madan & Sriram, P.C.

20090175775 - Metal complexes having vitamin b12 as a ligand: The present invention relates to a metal complex of the general formula M(L)n, wherein each L is independently selected and represents a ligand and at least one L is vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) or a derivative thereof bound through the nitrogen atom of its cyanide group to M, which is an... Agent: Jerad Seurer Mallinckrodt

20090175776 - Fine powder of single crystalline diamond particles and a method for the production thereof: The method comprises mechanically crushing a raw material of single crystalline diamond particles to prepare starting minute particles of diamond, then imparting hydrophilic quality to the surface of diamond particles. As hydrophilic the diamond particles are dispersed in water to form a slurry, which is set and kept weakly alkaline.... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20090175777 - Single crystal diamond prepared by cvd: A single crystal diamond prepared by CVD and having one or more electronic characteristics; making the diamond suitable for electronic applications. Also provided is a method of making the single crystal CVD diamond.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090175778 - Spheroidal aggregates comprising single-wall carbon nanotubes and method for making the same: A method for separating single-wall carbon nanotubes from an aqueous slurry comprises adding a water-immiscible organic solvent to an aqueous slurry comprising single-wall carbon nanotubes, isolating at least some of the single-wall carbon nanotubes in the solvent, and removing the solvent from the single-wall carbon nanotubes to form dried single-wall... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20090175779 - System and method for activating carbonaceous material: A system for activating carbonaceous material including a carbonaceous material feedstock unit for producing a carbonaceous material of less than 5% mineral content; a digestion unit in communication with the carbonaceous material feedstock unit; an acid feedstock unit in communication with the digestion unit for providing an acid mixture solution;... Agent: V. Craig Belair Patton Boggs LLP

20090175780 - System and method for making low volatile carboneaceous matter with supercritical co2: A system for making low volatile carbonaceous material including a digestion vessel in communication with a carbonaceous material feedstock unit for producing a digested carbonaceous material; an extraction vessel in communication with the digestion vessel, the extraction vessel containing supercritical carbon dioxide fluid for extracting hydrocarbons from the digested carbonaceous... Agent: Patton Boggs, LLP

20090175781 - Process for the preparation of common salt of high purity from brines in solar salt pans: The process of the invention is an improvement over the existing process of producing salt of high purity from alum-treated brine disclosed recently in the prior art. More particularly, the invention rectifies the ratio of Ca2+ to Mg2+ from a value <1 to a value in the range of 2-3... Agent: Dla Piper LLP (us)

20090175782 - Method for obtaining magnetite: The invention relates to a method for obtaining magnetite using red mud, which is produced by the method used by Bayer for the manufacture of aluminum. The method according to the invention comprises at least the reduction of hematite and/or goethite to form magnetite using at least one reductant, said... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20090169447 - Methods and compositions for the removal of impurities and water from the bayer process: A liquid phase that comprises an oxalate-extracting amount of an organic salt is useful as an extractant in a liquid/liquid extraction process for purifying Bayer process streams.... Agent: Cytec Industries Inc.

20090169448 - Catalytic gasification process with recovery of alkali metal from char: Processes are described for the extraction and recovery of alkali metal from the char that results from catalytic gasification of a carbonaceous material. Among other steps, the processes of the invention include a hydrothermal leaching step in which a slurry of insoluble particulate comprising insoluble alkali metal compounds is treated... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20090169449 - Catalytic gasification process with recovery of alkali metal from char: Processes are described for the extraction and recovery of alkali metal from the char that results from catalytic gasification of a carbonaceous material. Among other steps, the processes of the invention include a hydrothermal leaching step in which a slurry of insoluble particulate comprising insoluble alkali metal compounds is treated... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20090169450 - Mercury removing apparatus and mercury removing method: The invention relates to a mercury removing apparatus and a mercury removing method in which a mercury removing ratio is improved with low cost, the mercury removing apparatus removes mercury from exhaust gas generated by coal combustion, an acidic solution spraying nozzle for spraying sulfuric acid into exhaust gas is... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090169451 - Catalytic reduction of nox: A system for NOx reduction in combustion gases, especially from diesel engines, incorporates an oxidation catalyst to convert at least a portion of NO to NO2, a particulate filter, a source of reductant such as NH3 and an SCR catalyst. Considerable improvements in NOx conversion are observed.... Agent: Monte R. Browder, P.A.

20090169452 - Methods of sequestering co2: Methods of sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2) are provided. Aspects of the methods include precipitating a storage stable carbon dioxide sequestering product from an alkaline-earth-metal-containing water and then disposing of the product, e.g., by placing the product in a disposal location or using the product as a component of a manufactured... Agent: Calera Corporation Eric Witt

20090169453 - Device and method for processing cement kiln combustion exhaust: A combustion exhaust gas processing device to efficiently remove harmful substances such as dust, NOx, persistent organic pollutants, a volatile organic compound and CO in cement kiln combustion exhaust gas, thereby holding down facility cost and operating cost low. The combustion exhaust gas processing device 1 comprises: a dust collector... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20090169454 - 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

20090169455 - Ink-jet recording material: An ink-jet recording material having a support and at least one ink-receiving layer, the ink-receiving layer comprising at least one binder and a cationized fumed silica prepared by copolymerizing at least one cationic monomer and at least one non-cationic monomer monomer in the presence of a fumed silica. A cationized... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090169456 - Apparatus for manufacturing nanoporous silica method thereof: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for manufacturing amorphous nanoporous silica enabling mixing of source materials with accurate equivalence ratio by generating an eddy current using high-speed reaction nozzles and capable of controlling physical properties using a continuous circulation polymerizer which performs high-speed stirring and low-speed... Agent: John W. Renner Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar

20090169457 - Polysilane processing and use: The invention relates to a method for the final product-related manufacture of low-molecular, medium-molecular, and high-molecular halogenated polysilanes, the distillation thereof into selected fractions, the direct deposition of silicon from the gas phase or a liquid phase of polysilane mixtures or polysilanes, the hydrogenation or derivation of halogenated polysilanes, and... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20090169458 - Method of producing silicon carbide: A method of producing silicon carbide is provided. The method includes heating a cured product of a curable silicone composition in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature exceeding 1,500° C. but not more than 2,600° C. The method is capable of producing high-purity silicon carbide simply and at a high... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090169459 - Intra-cavity gettering of nitrogen in sic crystal growth: In method of crystal growth, an interior of a crystal growth chamber (2) is heated to a first temperature in the presence of a first vacuum pressure whereupon at least one gas absorbed in a material (4) disposed inside the chamber is degassed therefrom. The interior of the chamber is... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090169460 - 2-dimensional line-defects controlled silicon ingot, wafer and epitaxial wafer, and manufacturing process and apparatus therefor: The present invention reports a defect that has not been reported, and discloses a defect-controlled silicon ingot, a defect-controlled wafer, and a process and apparatus for manufacturing the same. The new defect is a crystal defect generated when a screw dislocation caused by a HMCZ (Horizontal Magnetic Czochralski) method applying... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090169461 - Mixture for recovery utilization or transfer of carbon dioxide: It is an object of the present invention to provide a mixture for recovery utilization or transfer of carbon dioxide gas. According to the present invention, disclosed is a mixture containing carbon dioxide and an alkyltin alkoxide composition containing carbon dioxide complex of an alkyltin alkoxide, the mixture having a... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090169462 - Precalcination method with production of pure or easily purified co2 originating from the decomposition of carbonates: The method proposed consists in superheating a stream of calcined material (normally CaO) to a temperature above the calcination temperature and circulating this superheated stream of calcined material to the calciner, where the solids release heat. This calciner is also supplied with the stream of material to be calcined (normally... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090169463 - Array of fullerene nanotubes: This invention relates generally to forming an array of fullerene nanotubes. In one embodiment, a macroscopic molecular array is provided comprising at least about 106 fullerene nanotubes in generally parallel orientation and having substantially similar lengths in the range of from about 5 to about 500 nanometers.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090169465 - Fluidizing bed apparatus for producing carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotube production facility and method using the same: Provided is an apparatus for producing carbon nanotubes. The apparatus includes a reaction chamber and a rotating member. The reaction chamber provides a reaction space in which metal catalysts and a source gas react with one another to produce carbon nanotubes. The rotating member increases fluidizing of the metal catalysts... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20090169464 - Method for producing carbon nanocoils: The present invention discloses a method for producing carbon nanocoils, which comprises: providing a metal substrate; depositing a tin precursor on the substrate; heating the substrate with the precursor to a predetermined temperature to form a catalyst on the substrate; placing the substrate in a quartz tube furnace; and introducing... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090169466 - Methods of producing carbon nanotubes using peptide or nucleic acid micropatterning: The methods, apparatus and systems disclosed herein concern ordered arrays of carbon nanotubes. In particular embodiments of the invention, the nanotube arrays are formed by a method comprising attaching catalyst nanoparticles 140, 230 to polymer 120, 210 molecules, attaching the polymer 120, 210 molecules to a substrate, removing the polymer... Agent: Client 21058 C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20090169467 - Production of ultra-thin nano-scaled graphene platelets from meso-carbon micro-beads: A method of producing nano-scaled graphene platelets (NGPs) having an average thickness no greater than 50 nm, typically less than 2 nm, and, in many cases, no greater than 1 nm. The method comprises (a) intercalating a supply of meso-carbon microbeads (MCMBs) to produce intercalated MCMBs; and (b) exfoliating the... Agent: Bor Z. Jang

20090169468 - Adjusting the stability of complex metal hydrides: m

20090169469 - Process for hydrogen peroxide production including step for regeneration of working solution: Provided is a provides a method for producing hydrogen peroxide, comprising a step of reducing and then oxidizing a working solution containing an organic solvent, anthraquinone having an alkyl substituent, and tetrahydroanthraquinone having an alkyl substituent to produce hydrogen peroxide; and a working solution regeneration step of removing an inert... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090169470 - Process for production of iron oxyhydroxide particles: The process for production of iron oxyhydroxide particles according to the invention is characterized by comprising a step (A) in which a suspension containing iron(II) is prepared, and a step (B) in which fine bubbles with diameters of 0.05-500 μm are generated in the suspension to form a reaction mixture,... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)