Compositions inventions 01/07

20070018133 - Heat amount prediction method, heat amount prediction system, and recording medium having heat amount prediction program: A method of predicting the amount of heat flowing into an object includes the steps of formulating a thermal circuit representing a heat flow into the object and an equation representing the thermal circuit; obtaining parameters for the equation; applying the parameters in the equation; and solving the equation to... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070018134 - Hydrofluoroether as a heat-transfer fluid: wherein O is oxygen; Rf and Rf′ are, independently, a fluoroaliphatic group, wherein each Rf and Rf′ contain 1 hydrogen atom; Rh is independently a linear, branched or cyclic alkylene group having from 2 to about 8 carbon atoms and at least 4 hydrogen atoms, and wherein the hydrofluoroether compound... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070018135 - Corrosion inhibitor formulations with improved performance, lower toxicity and reduced manufacturing hazards: Aqueous corrosion inhibitor compositions, preferably storage-stable, useful in acidic cleaning solutions for cleaning the surfaces of metal, comprising reaction products of at least one rosin amine component, at least one non-flammable liquid ketone component, at least one carboxylic acid component, at least one paraformaldehyde component and water; aqueous acidic cleaners... Agent: Henkel Corporation

20070018136 - Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device: u

20070018137 - Fluorescent material and fluorescent material paste: [in the formula (I), M1 is at least two selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr and Ba, or Ca alone or Ba alone; M2 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg and Zn; M3 is at least one selected from the group consisting of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070018141 - Composite battery separator film and method of making same: A microporous separator film for electrochemical cells and a method of making such films is disclosed. The microporous separator film includes an intimate mixture of an electrically insulating matrix phase and a self-switching voltage activated conductive phase, wherein the voltage activated conductive phase provides a plurality of conductive paths from... Agent: Keith D. Kepler

20070018138 - Highly pure hafnium material, target thin film comprising the same and method for producing highly pure hafnium: Provided is a manufacturing method of high purity hafnium including the steps of making aqueous solution of chloride of hafnium, thereafter removing zirconium therefrom via solvent extraction, performing neutralization treatment to obtain hafnium oxide, further performing chlorination to obtain hafnium chloride, obtaining hafnium sponge via reducing said hafnium chloride, and... Agent: Howson And Howson

20070018140 - Metal nanoparticles and method for producing the same: A method of producing metal nanoparticles, having a high yield rate achieved by a simple heat-treatment of a metal alkanoate. The method of the invention is not only environment-friendly as it does not require additional solvents or supplements, but also economical as highly expensive equipment is not demanded. In addition,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070018139 - Nanostructured titanium monoboride monolithic material and associated methods: A nanostructured monolithic titanium boride (TiB) material and methods of forming such a material are disclosed and described. This material has a room-temperature four-point flexural strength about three times that of commercially available titanium diboride (TiB2). The achievement of nanostructured internal microstructural arrangement having a network of interconnected titanium monoboride... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20070018142 - Electromagnetic shielding material having carbon nanotube and metal as eletrical conductor: Disclosed is an electromagnetic shielding material with enhanced shielding effectiveness and mechanical property by employing a carbon nanotube and a metal as an electrical conductor. The electromagnetic shielding material includes a polymer resin for a matrix and two conductive fillers having a carbon nanotube and a metal, wherein a volume... Agent: Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

20070018143 - Flame retardant composition exhibiting superior thermal stability and flame retarding properties and use thereof: The present invention relates to a flame retardant composition exhibiting superior thermal stability and flame retarding properties and its use thereof.... Agent: Edgar Spielman Albemarle Corporation

20070012895 - Highly concentrated, self-emulsifying preparations containing organopolysiloxanes and alkyl ammonium compounds and their use in aqueous systems: This invention concerns highly concentrated self-emulsifying preparations containing organopolysiloxanes and alkylammonium compounds and use thereof in aqueous systems on textile substrates. More particularly, this invention concerns preparations consisting of fully or partially quaternized amino-functional organopolysiloxanes, quaternary alkylammonium compounds, if appropriate an organic hydrotrope and if appropriate water.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070012896 - Environmentally benign anti-icing or deicing fluids: Deicing compositions comprised of hydroxyl-containing organic compounds and/or organic acid salts are disclosed.... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070012897 - Temperature sensor for display device, thin film transistor array panel including the temperature sensor, liquid crystal display, driving circuit for liquid crystal display and flicker controlling system for liquid crystal display: A temperature sensor for a display device is provided, which includes a substrate for the display devices, and a temperature sensing line formed on the substrate. The temperature sensing line is a conductor.... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070012898 - Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device: wherein the liquid crystal composition consists essentially of the first component, the second component, the third component and the fourth component and wherein R1 is alkyl or alkenyl; R2 is alkyl or alkoxy; R3 is alkyl or alkoxymethyl; R4 is alkyl; A1 is 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene; A2 is 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20070012900 - Enhanced performance conductive filler and conductive polymers made therefrom: There is provided a particulate conductive filler which comprises a conductive metal coating formed over a coarse carbon-based core such as graphite between 350 and 1000 microns in size. The conductive filler is used in conjunction with a polymer matrix such as an elastomer typified by silicone elastomer to form... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070012899 - Phosphate dispersant, paste composition and dispersion method using the same: A phosphate dispersant which can improve the efficiency of dispersing nickel metal powder by effectively adsorbing on the surface of the metal powder and preventing aggregation thereof, and a paste composition and a dispersion method using the same are provided. A multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) is also provided. The phosphate... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070007486 - Method and arrangement for influencing magnetic particles and detecting interfering material: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for influencing magnetic particles in a region of action. Methods and arrangements of this kind can be used to determine the spatial distribution of magnetic particles in the region of action or to heat up the magnetic particles locally. If, in... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070007487 - Refrigerant mixtures used in the lower temperature stage of two-stage cascade refrigeration systems: Refrigerant mixtures used in the lower temperature stage of two-stage cascade refrigeration systems and obtained by physical mixing of ethane, hexafluoroethane, or/and trifluoromethane. One of the refrigerant mixtures comprises ethane and hexafluoroethane. Another refrigerant mixture comprises ethane and trifluoromethane. Yet another one of the refrigerant mixtures comprises ethane, hexafluoroethane, and... Agent: Venable LLP

20070007488 - Compositions containing fluorine substituted olefins: Various uses of tetrafluoropropenes, particularly (HFO-1234) in a variety of applications, including refrigeration equipment, are disclosed. These materials are generally useful as refrigerants for heating and cooling, as blowing agents, as aerosol propellants, as solvent composition, and as fire extinguishing and suppressing agents.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070007489 - Heat transfer medium composition: The present invention relates to a heat transfer medium composition which contains water, a glycol, alcohol and/or glycol ether as a main ingredient and a pH buffering agent. The composition provides improved and long lasting buffering in actual use to maintain the pH value of the medium within the appropriate... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070007490 - Method of absorbing oxygen: An oxygen-absorbing composition including iron and a soluble tartrate. A method of absorbing oxygen from a closed environment including the steps of providing an oxygen-absorbing composition containing iron and a tartrate, injecting water into the composition, and placing the composition into the closed environment. An oxygen-absorbing packet containing iron and... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20070007492 - Liquid crystal composition, liquid crystal element, and cross-linked siloxane polymer: The present invention provides a liquid crystal composition obtained by dissolving a dichroic dye in a mixture of a cross-linked polymer having a liquid crystalline group in the side chains and a low molecular weight liquid crystal, and preferably the cross-linked polymer is a cross-linked siloxane polymer having a liquid... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070007491 - Optical element, in particular for an objective or an illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus: The invention concerns an optical element, in particular for an objective or an illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, including a substrate which for light of a predetermined working wavelength which passes through the substrate causes a first retardation between mutually perpendicular polarization states, and a layer which... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070007493 - Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device: The invention provides a liquid crystal composition that satisfies many characteristics among the characteristics such as a wide temperature range of a nematic phase, a small viscosity, a suitable optical anisotropy, a negatively large dielectric anisotropy, and a large specific resistance, and a liquid crystal display device containing the composition.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20070007494 - Phosphor and light-emitting equipment using phosphor: The invention relates to a design of white light-emitting diode rich in a red component and having good color-rendering properties by employing a solid solution crystal phase phosphor which uses as a host crystal an inorganic compound having the same crystal structure as that of a CaSiAlN3 crystal phase and... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070007497 - Composite plated product and method for producing same: There is provided a composite plated product wherein a coating of a composite material containing carbon particles in a silver layer is formed on a substrate, the composite plated product having a large content of carbon and a large quantity of carbon particles on the surface thereof and having a... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070007495 - Electrically conductive polyetherester composition comprising carbon black and product made therefrom: A composition comprising a carbon black-containing polyetherester is disclosed. The carbon black-containing polyetherester comprises or consists essentially of ≦about 3.5 weight % of carbon black if the carbon black has a DBP of >about 420 cc/100 g, or ≦about 15 weight % of carbon black if the carbon black has... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070007496 - Magnetic material, and a mems device using the magnetic material: A magnetic material, and a MEMS device using the magnetic material A magnetic material comprises 50-80 wt % of Cobalt, 9-15 wt % of Nickel, 10-25 wt % of Rhenium, 0.1 to 2.0 wt % of Phosphorus, and 5-10 wt % of Tungsten or Platinum. It can be formed as... Agent: William S. Frommer, Esq. Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070001145 - Stable organic peroxide compositions: Organic peroxide compositions are stabilized against decomposition by the use of antioxidants, resulting in increased shelf life of products made using the compositions.... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20070001146 - Plate-shaped pressed bodies: There is disclosed a plate-shaped pressed body (wafer) produced from an inorganic sorbent and a binder, having a thickness of less than 700 μm, which is produced by the process of compressing a mixture of the inorganic sorbent, the binder, and optionally water and compression aids at a pressure of... Agent: Scott R. Cox Ste. 2100

20070001147 - Method and apparatus for manumacturing liquid crystal display panels by one-drop fill of liquid crystal material: Spacer heights are measured at a plurality of measuring points on the display area in a substrate, and the distribution of spacer heights in the display area is estimated in accordance with the measured spacer heights. The average value of spacer heights are calculated by virtually dividing the display area... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070001148 - Liquid crystal display device: The present invention realizes a liquid crystal display device which can be driven with a low voltage while preventing the degradation of liquid crystal by reducing a residual charge of a pixel electrode even when a drive circuit is abnormally stopped. As a field effect transistor which is formed on... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070001149 - Liquid-crystal medium containing monofluoroterphenyl compounds: e

20070001150 - Corrosion-inhibiting composition and method of use: This invention relates in one aspect to a composition for inhibiting corrosion, such as flash rust, on metal surfaces. The composition described can include an organic acid component or a salt thereof, an azole component, an imidazoline component, a basic amine component, a phosphonate component, and a carrier including water... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070001152 - Conductive paste for multilayer electronic components and multilayer electronic component using same: A conductive paste for multilayer electronic components which is to be directly printed on a ceramic green sheet, the conductive paste comprising a conductive powder, a resin and an organic solvent, wherein the organic solvent comprises at least one solvent selected from an alkylene glycol diacetate and an alkylene glycol... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070001151 - Organic materials with tunable electric and electroluminescent properties: A new class of materials for use in electric and electroluminescent devices having one or more phosphine oxide moieties bonded by single bonds to two outer groups. In embodiments having two or more phosphine oxide moieties, the two or more phosphine oxide moieties are further joined by a bridging group.... Agent: Douglas E. Mckinley, Jr. Mckinley Law Office

20070001153 - Synthesis of metal compounds under carbothermal conditions: Active materials of the invention contain at least one alkali metal and at least one other metal capable of being oxidized to a higher oxidation state. Preferred other metals are accordingly selected from the group consisting of transition metals (defined as Groups 4-11 of the periodic table), as well as... Agent: Valence Technology, Inc.

20070001154 - Second order nonlinear optical polyimides having benzobisthiazole-based pendant groups, and preparation of the same: wherein each of the substituents is given the definition as set forth in the Specification and Claims. Also disclosed are the preparation processes of these polymers, chromophore-forming compounds for synthesis of these polymers, and the intermediate polymers thereof. The second order nonlinear optic polyimide polymers of formula (I) may be... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070001155 - Photochromic polymer compositions and articles thereof: Described is a photochromic polymer composition including the reaction product of at least one polymerizable photochromic material and at least one other copolymerizable material having a glass transition temperature of less than 23° C. upon polymerization. The photochromic polymer composition is adapted to provide an increased Fade Half Life in... Agent: Frank P. Mallak, PA Ppg Industries, Inc.

20070001156 - Degradable or reversible fire-blocking gel: This invention relates to a method of preventing a combustible object from burning and to a method of extinguishing a burning object by applying a degradable or reversible, insulating, superabsorbent polymer material to the combustible object. The invention also relates to articles of manufacture useful for preventing a combustible object... Agent: William Toreki