Compositions inventions 12/07

20070295928 - Refrigerant compositions: Refrigerant compositions are provided which include: (a) pentafluoroethane or trifluoromethoxydifluoromethane or hexafluorocyclopropane or mixtures thereof, in an amount from about 60 to about 70% by weight based on the weight of the composition; (b) 1,1,1,2- or 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane or trifluoromethoxypentafluoroethane or 1,1,1,2,3,3-heptafluoropropane or mixtures thereof, in an amount from about 26... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070295929 - Refrigerant compositions: Refrigerant compositions are provided which include: (a) pentafluoroethane or trifluoromethoxydifluoromethane or hexafluorocyclopropane or mixtures thereof, in an amount from about 60 to about 70% by weight based on the weight of the composition; (b) 1,1,1,2- or 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane or trifluoromethoxypentafluoroethane or 1,1,1,2,3,3-heptafluoropropane or mixtures thereof, in an amount from about 26... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070295930 - Refrigerant compositions: Refrigerant compositions are provided which include: (a) pentafluoroethane or trifluoromethoxydifluoromethane or hexafluorocyclopropane or mixtures thereof, in an amount from about 60 to about 70% by weight based on the weight of the composition; (b) 1,1,1,2- or 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane or trifluoromethoxypentafluoroethane or 1,1,1,2,3,3-heptafluoropropane or mixtures thereof, in an amount from about 26... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070295931 - Refrigerant compositions: Refrigerant compositions are provided which include: (a) pentafluoroethane or trifluoromethoxydifluoromethane or hexafluorocyclopropane or mixtures thereof, in an amount from about 60 to about 70% by weight based on the weight of the composition; (b) 1,1,1,2- or 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane or trifluoromethoxypentafluoroethane or 1,1,1,2,3,3-heptafluoropropane or mixtures thereof, in an amount from about 26... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070295932 - Di-icing composition and method: A composition for reducing the buildup of snow and ice on a surface. The composition includes a sugar-water mixture having approximately 15 to 80 percent by weight of a sugar solid, wherein the sugar solid contains approximately 2-60 percent by weight of a monosaccharide.... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP Henry W. Oliver Building

20070295933 - Fixing heater and manufacturing method thereof: A fixing heater is provided that employs, as a heating element, a material having small heat capacity and excellent wear resistance. A metal or semi-metal compound that can act as an electrical conduction inhibiting material is mixed into a carbon-containing resin such as a furan resin, chlorinated vinyl chloride resin,... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070295934 - Polishing slurry and polishing method: A polishing slurry including an oxidant, a metal oxide dissolver, a metal inhibitor and water and having a pH from 2 to 5. The metal oxide dissolver contains one or more compounds selected from one or more acids (A-group) selected from acids of which the negative value of the logarithm... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070295935 - Separators for alkali metal doped fullerenes, method for separating alkali metals and compounds thereof from fullerenes, processes for purification and production of alkali metal doped fullerenes, and system therefor: Provided are a process for removing an alkali metal from a sooty residue by a easy and safe method and a process for production and purification in high purity by preliminarily enhancing the content rate of alkali metal doped fullerenes utilizing a certain organic solvent as the separator. The alkali... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070295936 - Stabilized composition for producing chlorine dioxide: Disclosed is a stabilized chlorine dioxide generating composition containing an oxy-chlorine salt, an acid source, optionally a free halogen source, and an endothermic agent. The endothermic agent neutralizes heat evolved by exothermic reaction of the oxy-chlorine salt by the endothermic reaction of the endothermic agent. Since the endothermic reaction eliminates... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070295937 - Method for producing synthesis gas and apparatus for producing synthesis gas: A method for producing a synthesis gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen from a source gas containing light hydrocarbons, includes the steps of: performing low temperature steam reforming by adding steam to the source gas and converting hydrocarbons of carbon numbers of 2 or higher in the source gas to... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070295938 - Electro conductive tin oxide powder and method for producing the same: An object of the present invention is to provide an electro conductive tin oxide powder which is free from toxic dopant, e.g., antimony, which can provide excellent conductivity to a polymer, and easy to disperse in a paint and the conductive film formed shows excellent transparency; and also provide the... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070295940 - Method of forming a carbon nanotube suspension: A carbon nanotube suspension uses water as the basic solvent added with dispersant, stabilizer, coalescing aid, adhesion promoter, and a carbon nanotube. The basic solvent and the above solutes form a low viscosity solvent with carbon nanotube suspending therein. Therefore, the carbon nanotube suspension is formed to serve as a... Agent: Hdsl

20070295941 - N-type doping of an electron transport material and methods of use thereof: Electron transport material and methods of N-type doping the same are provided.... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20070295939 - Thick film conductor paste compositions for ltcc tape in microwave applications: This invention is related to thick film conductor compositions comprising electrically conductive gold powder, one or more glass frit or ceramic oxide compositions and an organic vehicle. It is further directed to the composition's uses for LTCC (low temperature co-fired ceramic) tape, for fabrication of multilayer electronic circuits and in... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070295942 - Polyamide compounds containing zinc sulfide: A thermally conductive polyamide compound is disclosed. The compound comprises a polyamide matrix and zinc sulfide dispersed in the matrix. Optionally, reinforcing filler or a second polymer or both is present. Optionally, thermal carbon black or the combination of thermal carbon black and colorant is present. The compound can be... Agent: Polyone Corporation

20070295943 - Polymer particles and conductive particles having enhanced conducting properties, and anisotropic conductive packaging materials containing the same: Disclosed herein are anisotropic conductive particles contained in anisotropic conductive adhesive films, which can be used in circuit board mounting applications. The conductive particles can exhibit superior electrical reliability. Further disclosed are polymer particles having good compressive deformability and recoverability from deformation without being ruptured when an adhesive film containing... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.A.

20070295944 - Method for manufacturing high-density indium tin oxide target, methods for preparing tin oxide powder and indium oxide powder used therefor: A method for manufacturing an indium tin oxide (ITO) target and methods for preparing indium oxide powder (In2O3) and tin oxide powder (SnO2). The method for manufacturing an ITO (indium tin oxide) target includes preparing an In2O3 powder having a surface area of about 10-18 m2/g and an average particle... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070295945 - Polyvinyl alcohol film and polarizing film and polarizing plate using the same: The present invention provides a polyvinyl alcohol film having a correlation length of 200 nm or less, the correlation length being derived from the result of light scattering measurement using a He—Ne laser having a wavelength of 633 nm as a light source.... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070295946 - Flame retardant thermoplastic resin composition: The flame retardant thermoplastic resin composition according to the present invention comprises (A) about 45 to 95 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin; (B) about 1 to 50 parts by weight of a rubber modified vinyl graft copolymer; (C) about 0 to 50 parts by weight of a vinyl... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.A.

20070290160 - Rheology modifier: Disclosed is a powdery rheology modifier containing an anionic aromatic compound, a cationic surfactant, and an inorganic powder having a specific surface area of 5000 cm2/g or more.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070290161 - Soft magnetic material, compressed powder magnetic core and method for producing compressed powder magnetic core: A soft magnetic material has an iron based powder that has an insulating coating on the surface and an ester wax. The ester wax is added in an amount not less than 0.02% by weight and not more than 0.6% by weight in relation to the soft magnetic material. Consequently,... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070290162 - Sintered ferrite and its production method and electronic part using same: A sintered ferrite body having a main composition comprising 63-80% by mol of Fe2O3, and 3-15% by mol of ZnO, the balance being manganese oxide; Rcal determined from the Fe2O3 content X (% by mol) by the formula (1) of Rcal=[200(X−50)]/(3X), and the ratio R (%) of Fe2+ per the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070290163 - Refrigerant composition: A refrigerant composition consists essentially of a combination of a hydrofluorocarbon component consisting of a combination selected from the following mixtures: (a) R134a and R125; (b) R134a, R125 and R143a (c) R125 and R143a (d) R134a, R227ea and R125 and a hydrocarbon component consisting essentially of a combination selected from... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070290164 - Refrigerator oil composition: Disclosed is a refrigerator oil composition containing a base oil (A) composed of a polyvinyl ether, an organic sulfur compound (B) having a sulfur content of not more than 35% by mass and a refrigerant (C), in which a total sulfur content is 0.01 to 0.1% by mass with respect... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070290165 - Chemical mechanical polishing composition: s

20070290166 - Method and composition for polishing a substrate: Compositions and processes for producing compositions for removing conductive material, such as copper or copper alloys, from a substrate with reduced dishing and reduced insensitivity to overpolishing are provided. Embodiments include polishing compositions for electrochemical mechanical polishing of a substrate surface comprising a conductive material, the compositions having a pH... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070290168 - Resin film, production method thereof, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device: m

20070290167 - Crosslinked liquid crystalline polymer, method for the preparation thereof, and articles derived therefrom: Described are compositions that include a crosslinked polymer obtained on crosslinking a particular class of uncrosslinked polymers having in-chain aliphatic double bonds. The compositions exhibit unusual shape memory properties, and they may be used to form objects that exhibit at least three different shapes as a function of temperature.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070290169 - Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device: A liquid crystal composition having a nematic phase that includes two components, wherein the first component is a specific four-ring compound having phenylene, one hydrogen of which is replaced by fluorine, and the second component is a specific compound having phenylene, two hydrogens of which are replaced by halogen, and... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20070290172 - Infrared transmissive thermoplastic composition, and articles formed therefrom: A thermoplastic composition is disclosed herein, comprising a thermoplastic polymer, and a dye combination comprising a black dye, and a fluorescent dye, wherein a molded article having a thickness of 2.0 millimeters and consisting of the thermoplastic polymer, the black dye, and the fluorescent dye, has a percent transmission of... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Ge Plastics - Smith

20070290173 - Highly homogenoeous molecular markers for electrophoresis: The invention relates to marker molecules for identifying physical properties of molecular species separated by the use of electrophoretic systems. The invention further relates to methods for preparing and using marker molecules.... Agent: Invitrogen Corporation C/o Intellevate

20070290174 - Lactam polymer derivatives: Lactam polymers has been modified with sodium borohydride (NaBH4) to yield lactam polymers bearing hydroxyl functional groups. These functional groups are useful for the covalent attachment of reactive groups, fluorescent probes, antimicrobial agents, bioactive factors, and drugs. The resulting as components for medical devices, specifically ophthalmic devices and more specifically... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070290171 - Method to produce nanocrystalline powders of oxide-based phosphors for lighting applications: Some embodiments of the present invention are directed toward nanocrystalline oxide-based phosphor materials, and methods for making same. Typically, such methods comprise a steric entrapment route for converting precursors into such phosphor material. In some embodiments, the nanocrystalline oxide-based phosphor materials are quantum splitting phosphors. In some or other embodiments,... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070290170 - Method of increasing fluorescence intensity of oxide glass: The present invention provides a method performing a glass split phase technique to make an oxide glass with a strong structure phase and a weak structure phase. The strong structure phase has a three-dimensional continuous web-like distribution, and the weak structure phase has a continuous web-like distribution or an independent... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20070290175 - Production of metal nanoparticles from precursors having low reduction potentials: Metallic nanoparticles and processes for forming metallic nanoparticles. In one aspect, the invention is to a process for forming nanoparticles comprising the step of heating a solution comprising a first metal precursor and a nucleating agent (e.g., nucleate nanoparticles or a nucleate precursor) in the presence of a base under... Agent: Jaimes Sher, Esq. Cabot Corporation

20070290177 - Compositions containing fluorine substituted olefins and methods and systems using same: Disclosed are the use of fluorine substituted olefins, including tetra- and penta-fluoropropenes, in a variety of applications, including in methods of depositing catalyst on a solid support, methods of sterilizing articles, cleaning methods and compositions, methods of applying medicaments, fire extinguishing/suppression compositions and methods, flavor formulations, fragrance formulations and inflating... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070290176 - Polymer composition: Polymer composition comprising a) 10-99.99% by weight of at least one polyolefin, b) 0-50% by weight of a thermoplastic that is not a polyolefin, c) 0.005-1% by weight of per se known polymer additives, as well as an additional component chosen among d) at least one polybranched organic/inorganic hybrid polymer... Agent: James E. Bradley Bracewell & Giuliani

20070290178 - Process for reprocessing a spent nuclear fuel and of preparing a mixed uranium-plutonium oxide: The invention relates to a process for reprocessing a spent nuclear fuel and for preparing a mixed uranium-plutonium oxide, which process comprises: a) the separation of the uranium and plutonium from the fission products, the americium and the curium that are present in an aqueous nitric solution resulting from the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070284555 - Refrigerant additive compositionis containing perfluoropolyethers: The present invention relates to compositions and processes of using perfluoropolyether to maintain or improve the oil return, lubrication, cooling capacity, or energy efficiency of a refrigeration, air conditioning or heat transfer system.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070284556 - Liquid crystalline interpenetrating polymer networks: A photovoltaic cell is provided. The photovoltaic cell can be an interconnecting liquid crystalline polymer network. Reactive mesogens of the formula B-S-A-S-B wherein A is a chromophore, S is a spacer and B is an end group susceptible to polymerization are used in the manufacture of the interconnecting liquid crystalline... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070284557 - Graphene film as transparent and electrically conducting material: A transparent and conductive film comprising at least one network of graphene flakes is described herein. This film may further comprise an interpenetrating network of other nanostructures, a polymer and/or a functionalization agent(s). A method of fabricating the above device is also described, and may comprise depositing graphene flakes in... Agent: Unidym

20070284558 - Fire insulating barrier material for a firefighter protective garment: The fire insulating barrier material (10) is for use in a firefighter's protective garment. It material comprises a first fabric layer (12) and a second fabric layer (14) attached to the first layer (12) by pile yarns (16), thereby creating a space (18) therebetween. The space (18) contains an insulating... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070278447 - Slurry for chemical-mechanical planarization of sapphire and method for manufacturing the same: Taught herein is an aqueous chemical-mechanical polishing slurry, a method for manufacturing the same, and a method for using the same in the preparation of high precision finishing of a sapphire surface. The slurry comprises a chelating agent having 13 chelate rings, a strong propensity for complexation with aluminum ions... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20070278445 - Smart material: A composition is made from a mixture of an electroactive powder and a conductive liquid. The conductive liquid can be an elastomer such as rubber, or a polymeric foam. The electroactive powder may be an electroceramic powder or a magnetostrictive material. One example of a magnetostrictive material is a Terbium... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20070278446 - Corrosion-inhibiting deicer composition: A deicing composition comprises a mixture of a deicing agent and a corrosion inhibitor. The corrosion inhibitor comprises an effective amount of a polyhydroxy carboxylic acid, preferably an aldaric or aldonic acid. The salts of aldaric and aldonic acids are much more potent corrosion inhibitors for deicing than agricultural by-products... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070278448 - Displays with low driving voltage and anisotropic particles: The present invention relates to a high contrast reflective display comprising a substrate, at least one electronically modulated imaging layer, wherein the electronically modulated imaging layer comprises a uniformly thick, close-packed, ordered monolayer of domains of electrically modulated material in a fixed polymer matrix, at least one barrier layer, wherein... Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff

20070278449 - Liquid crystal composition, liquid crystal element, reflective display material, and light-controlling material: The present invention provides a dual frequency addressable smectic A liquid crystal composition having a crossover frequency, wherein the smectic A phase is induced by mixing of at least a first nematic liquid crystal compound or composition and a second nematic liquid crystal compound or composition.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070278450 - Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device: wherein, for example, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are alkyl having 1 to 12 carbons; Y1 is fluorine, —OCF3 or —OCHF2; and X1, X2, X3, X4, X5 and X6 are each independently hydrogen or fluorine, provided that at least one of X4, X1 and X6 is... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20070278451 - White light led, enhanced light transfer powder, phosphor powder and method of producing phosphor powder: The invention discloses a white light LED, an enhanced light transfer powder, a phosphor powder and a method of producing phosphor powder that use a plurality of radiating color lights and include a white light nitride heterostructure. The invention provides a novel solid liquid of a luminescence material with a... Agent: John G. Chupa Law Offices Of John Chupa & Associates, P.C.

20070278452 - Hydrolysis stabilizer for thermoplastic molding compositions: A hydrolytic stabilizer mixture is disclosed. The mixture comprise i) at least one carbodiimide and ii) co-stabilizer selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide and aluminum oxyhydroxide. The mixture is useful in imparting to polymeric systems improved resistance to hydrolysis.... Agent: Bayer Material Science LLC

20070278453 - Electrically conductive polymers and method of making electrically conductive polymers: wherein n is an integer greater than 4; Z is Se, S, O, NR1, or PR1, where R1 is hydrogen, alkylaryl, arylalkyl, or aryl; Y is independently selected from NH, O, C(R)2, N(R)2 and S; X is O, S, Se or NH and E is independently selected from functional or... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20070278455 - Polymer compound and organic light-emitting device using the same: Provided are a polymer compound which has a pyrrole derivative compound and a phenoxazine derivative compound as a repeating unit, and an organic electroluminescent (EL) device using the same for forming a hole injection layer and/or a hole transport layer. The polymer compound according to the present invention has superior... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell Attorney-at-law

20070278454 - Conductive material, method of producing the same, visual display device, and glass spacer thereof: A conductive material comprising a V2O5—P2O5 glass and a second phase dispersed in the V2O5—P2O5 glass, wherein the second phase contains a crystalline V and O compound and a crystalline metal phosphate compound. The crystalline V and O compound is at least one of V2O5, V4O9, V2O4, and V2O3. The... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070278456 - Solder paste: In a solder paste 3 formed by allowing a resin component 3a having oxide removability to contain solder particles 4A, 4B, and 4C which are formed by coating the surfaces of core particles 6A, 6B, and 6C made of tin (Sn) or an alloy of tin with silver (Ag) coating... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070278457 - Noble-metal nanoparticles and method for production thereof: An object of the present invention is to manufacture of an industrial scale noble metal nanoparticles with superior dispersion stability. The present invention relates to a noble metal nanoparticle controlled to a mean particle size of 20 nm or less that is a metal nanoparticle comprising a noble metal component,... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070278458 - Electrically conductive polymer compositions: The present invention relates to electrically conductive polymer compositions, and their use in organic electronic devices.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070278459 - Photosensitive organic semiconductor compositions: The present invention relates to a photosensitive organic semiconductor composition comprising an organic p-type semiconductor pigment with a p-type conducting polymer, wherein the ionization potentials of the organic p-type semiconductor pigment and the p-type conducting polymer are nominally equivalent and a photosensitive organic semiconductor composition comprising an organic n-type semiconductor... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20070278460 - Photochromic materials comprising metallocenyl groups: Various non-limiting embodiments of the present invention relate to photochromic materials having a metallocenyl group. More particularly, various non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein provide photochromic materials including an indeno-fused naphthopyran, such as an indeno[2′,3′:3,4]naphtho[1,2-b]pyran, and a metallocenyl group bonded to at least one available position on the indeno-fused naphthopyran. Other non-limiting... Agent: Deborah M. Altman Ppg Industries, Inc.

20070278461 - Photochromic materials comprising haloalkyl groups: Various non-limiting embodiments of the present invention relate to photochromic materials which include a haloalkyl group. More particularly, various non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein provide photochromic materials including an indeno-fused naphthopyran, such as, an indeno[2′,3′:3,4]naphtho[1,2-b] pyran, and a haloalkyl group bonded at the 13-position thereof, wherein the haloalkyl group is a... Agent: Deborah M. Altman Ppg Industries, Inc.

20070278462 - Molding compositions containing modified polybutylene terephthalate (pbt) random copolymers derived from polyethylene terephthalate (pet): A molding composition comprising: (a) from 40 to 99.99 wt % of a modified polybutylene terephthalate random copolymer that (1) is derived from polyethylene terephthalate component selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene terephthalate copolymers and (2) has at least one residue derived from the polyethylene terephthalate... Agent: Sabic - O8cv - Cpp Sabic Innovative Plastics -IPLegal

20070278463 - Flame-retardant mixture for lignocellulose composites: The invention relates to a flame-retardant mixture for lignocellulose composites having from 60 to 90% by mass of particulate or fibrous lignocellulose materials and from 40 to 10% by mass of a flame retardant concentrate immobilized on or in the particulate or fibrous lignocellulose materials as carriers. The flame retardants... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.