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Compositions February patents and inventions 02/08

20080048147 - Glycerin systems: A method for manufacturing antifreeze comprising manufacturing biodiesel; collecting the byproduct glycerin of such biodiesel manufacture; adding water to such glycerin to generate at least one mixture of glycerin and water; adding at least one anticorrosive additive to such at least one mixture of glycerin and water to generate at... Agent: Stoneman Law Offices, Ltd

20080048146 - Methods of preventing frost formation and facilitating the removal of winter precipitation relative to a windshield and compositions for use therein: Disclosed herein is a winter precipitation barrier composition, comprising: a retaining agent, a solvent, and optionally, an auxiliary component, such as a rheology/viscosity modifier, surfactant, detergent, foaming/defoaming additive, humectant, dye, colorant, fragrance, or a combinations thereof. In one embodiment, the retaining agent comprises a primarily hydrophobic monomer or a hydrophilic... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080048148 - Ethyleneoxide-silane and bridged silane precursors for forming low k films: s

20080048149 - Polymerizable liquid crystal composition, optical anisotropic material, optical element and optical head device: To provide optical elements such as a phase plate suitably used in a broadband range and a polarizing diffraction element excellent in diffraction efficiency, a polymerizable liquid crystal composition to be used for them, and an optical head device using them. A polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable compound... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080048150 - Method for producing liquid crystal polymer molded article: A method for producing a molded article is provided, the method comprising the step of press-molding a resin composition comprising a filler and a powder of a liquid crystal polymer having a flow starting temperature of 280° C. or higher and an average particle size of 0.5 to 50 μm.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080048151 - Oxynitride-based fluorescent material and method for production thereof: A fluorescent material is combined with a blue light-emitting diode or an ultraviolet light-emitting diode and consequently enabled to emit a white light. An oxynitride-based fluorescent material is formed by substituting Eu for part of M in a composition of MOSi2N2O, wherein M denotes one or more metals selected from... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080048152 - Process for producing nano-scaled platelets and nanocompsites: Disclosed is a process for exfoliating a layered material to produce nano-scaled platelets having a thickness smaller than 100 nm, typically smaller than 10 nm, and often between 0.34 nm and 1.02 nm. The process comprises: (a) subjecting a layered material to a gaseous environment at a first temperature and... Agent: Bor Z. Jang

20080048153 - Nanocarbon composite structure having ruthenium oxide trapped therein: A novel nanocarbon composite structure is provided having trapped ruthenium oxide. By using Ketjen black, and through chemical-mechanical effect utilizing an ultracentrifugal reaction field, both the specific surface area of ruthenium oxide and space of electrode material are expanded to have nanoparticles of ruthenium oxide highly dispersed in a graphene... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20080048154 - Method for improving the durability of carbon or graphite electrodes by using tio2 -containing products: The invention relates to a method for producing carbon or HV graphite electrodes, in which a carbon carrier is mixed with a hydrocarbon-containing binder, and the mixture is subjected to a coking process and/or graphitization process, and one or more synthetic titanium compounds are additionally added to the raw materials.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20080048155 - Filter and cyanine compound: (wherein, in the above formula (1), each of Q and Q′ independently represents a benzene ring or a naphthalene ring which may have a substituent; each of R and R′ independently represents an alkyl group or an alkoxyalkyl group; and L represents a linking group to form a carbocyanine), and... Agent: Nields & Lemack

20080048156 - Functional film composition for display: Disclosed is a functional film composition for a display which comprises an engineering plastic resin, a first pigment absorbing a near-infrared ray; and a second pigment selectively absorbing a wavelength and maintaining thermal stability at a temperature of about 200 through 300° C., thereby exhibiting an excellent electromagnetic wave shielding... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080048157 - Scorch prevention in flexible polyurethane foams: Compositions and methods for alleviating or preventing discoloration in flame-retarded flexible polyurethane foams, known as “scorching”, are provided. The anti-scorch compositions contain antioxidant agents combined with at least one, and preferably with two, additional compounds selected from β-diketone compounds, epoxy compounds, organic phosphites or phosphonites, and metal salts of carboxylic... Agent: Kevin D. Mccarthy Roach Brown Mccarthy & Gruber, P.C.

20080042099 - Solution for forming polishing slurry, polishing slurry and related methods: A solution for forming a polishing slurry, the polishing slurry and related methods are disclosed. The solution for forming a polishing slurry may include 1 H-benzotriazole (BTA) dissolved in an ionic surfactant such as a sodium alkyl sulfate solution, and perhaps a polyacrylic acid (PAA) solution. The solution can be... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20080042097 - Heat transfer and refrigerant compositions comprising 3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,6-nonafluoro-1-hexene and a hydrofluorocarbon: Disclosed herein are 3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,6-nonafluoro-1-hexene compositions for use in refrigeration and air conditioning systems, particularly in centrifugal compressor systems. Also disclosed are 5 3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,6-nonafluoro-1-hexene in combination with hydrofluorocarbons, which are azeotropic or near azeotropic.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080042098 - Molding of polypropylene with enhanced reheat characteristics: Bottles, containers and other articles are formed from polypropylene compositions that include a reheating agent, such as antimony, carbon black, graphite, titanium, copper, manganese, iron, tungsten, graphite, infra-red absorbing dyes or other infra-red absorbing material. The reheating time for the polypropylene composition is shortened for injection stretch blow molding or... Agent: Invista North America S.a.r.l.

20080042100 - Slurry composition: A slurry composition includes about 4.25 to about 18.5 weight percent of an abrasive, about 80 to about 95 weight percent of deionized water, and about 0.05 to about 1.5 weight percent of an additive. The slurry composition may further include a surfactant. In a polishing method using the slurry... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20080042101 - Compositions for bioremediation and methods for using: Described herein are compounds, compositions, and methods useful for bioremediation of a contamination. In particular, described herein are compositions that include one or methyl esters of a fatty acid and one or more bioremediation reagents, and methods for their use.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080042102 - Mixtures for evaporation of lithium and lithium dispensers: Mixtures are provided of lithium salts with reducing agents for lithium evaporation. The mixtures may be particularly used in the manufacture of electroluminescent organic displays. Lithium dispensers based on the use of these mixtures are also provided.... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20080042103 - Azeotrope-like compositions of difluoromethane: The invention relates to azeotropic and azeotrope-like mixtures of HFC-32, HCl, and Cl2, and processes for separating the azeotrope-like mixtures of HFC-32 and HCL and HFC-32, HCL and Cl2.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080042104 - Layered catalyst composite: 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. In one or more embodiments, the catalyst comprises three layers in conjunction with a carrier: a first layer deposited on the carrier and comprising... Agent: Basf Catalysts LLC

20080042105 - Stabilizers to inhibit the polymerization of substituted cyclotetrasiloxane: The present invention is; (a) a process for stabilizing a cyclotetrasiloxane, such as 1,3,5,7-tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane, against polymerization used in a chemical vapor deposition process for silicon oxides in electronic material fabrication comprising providing an effective amount of an antioxidant polymerization inhibitor to such cyclotetrasiloxane; and (b) a composition of a cyclotetrasiloxane,... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20080042106 - Method for marking materials: e

20080042108 - Conductive thermoplastic elastomer composition, method of producing same, and molding: A conductive thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising a component (A) containing a thermoplastic resin or/and a thermoplastic elastomer; a component (B) comprising an ionic-conductive agent containing an ethylene oxide-propylene oxide copolymer or/and an ethylene oxide-propylene oxide-allyl glycidyl ether copolymer and a metal salt contained in the ethylene oxide-propylene oxide copolymer or/and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080042107 - Highly filled thermoplastic composites: A composite material including a thermoplastic polymer matrix and a non-carbonaceous resistivity modifier dispersed in the thermoplastic polymer matrix. The composite material has a surface resistivity of about 1.0×104 ohm/sq to about 1.0×1011 ohm/sq and at least a portion of a surface of the composite material has a surface roughness... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080042109 - Mineral-enhanced computer component fabrication system and method: A computer device comprises a base member having a top cover couplable to a housing, the top cover formed using a mineral-enhanced resin mixture.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080042110 - Polyaniline/porous carbon composite and electric double layer capacitor using the same: A polyaniline/porous carbon composite composed of a conductive polyaniline or the derivative thereof dispersed, in a doped state, in a non-polar organic solvent and a porous carbonaceous material and an electric double layer capacitor having a superior conductivity and a high electrostatic capacity without using a binder using the same.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080042111 - Copper-containing tin powder, method for producing the copper-containing tin powder and electro-conductive paste using the copper-containing tin powder: It is an object to provide a copper-containing tin powder having excellent capabilities in forming fine wiring circuits and filling via holes with ability in bond by melting at a low temperature. In order to achieve the object, it is produced from a copper powder as a starting material by... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080042112 - Fireproofing agent: A flame retardant serves to reduce the risk of fire posed by an ignitable substance. The flame retardant comprises at least one carbon donor and one phosphorus-containing acid. In the event of fire, this flame retardant forms fullerenes, which protect the ignitable substance.... Agent: Robert L. Epstein Epstein Drangel Bazerman & James

20080035879 - Composition of a functional material, and method of and apparatus for producing same: An aggregate of functional particles includes a plurality of functional particles and an insulating material for covering the plurality of functional particles, and a large number of aggregates of functional particles are filled in a resin. Alternatively, insulating functional particles are added to the plurality of functional particles by an... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080035881 - Composition for anticorrosion wax: The present invention relates to a composition for anticorrosion wax. In particular, it relates to a composition for anticorrosion wax comprising naphthene-based mineral oil, wax, anticorrosion additive, alkyd resin, and additives. The additives include an oxidized petroleum wax and a microcrystalline wax which are mixed in an optimum ratio in... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080035880 - Antifreeze/coolant composition: An antifreeze/coolant composition, comprising a) a base material such as water, alcohol, glycol and glycol ether; b) a fluorine compound and c) an inorganic acid.... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080035882 - Composition for polishing a substrate: Polishing compositions and methods for removing barrier materials from a substrate surface are provided. In one aspect, a composition is provided for removing at least a barrier material from a substrate surface including an acid based electrolyte system, one or more chelating agents, one or more pH adjusting agents to... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20080035883 - Fluorinated imidoylamidines vulcanizing agents: l

20080035884 - Method of manufacturing a wood preservative composition: An aqueous wood preservation composition containing inorganic polymers of one or more of the following metals is disclosed; aluminum (approximately 3.8%-7.0% as Al203), zirconium (approximately 5.25%-9.1% as ZrO2), copper (approximately 0.7%-8.8% as CuO) and a fixing agent such as acetic acid or sodium acetate. The pH is adjusted to be... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20080035885 - Bispidon-derivated ligands and complexes thereof for catalytically bleaching a substrate: The present invention provides a bleaching composition comprising a [3.3.1] bicyclo compound of formula (I) carrying at least one C8-C22-alkyl chain the bleaching composition substantially devoid of a peroxygen source (I).... Agent: Unilever Intellectual Property Group

20080035886 - Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device: e

20080035887 - Wavelength-converting member: A wavelength-converting member with high emission intensity and that is superior in weather resistance and reliability is obtained. There is provided a phosphor on which a cleaning treatment and/or a coating treatment are/is performed is contained in a glass material having a composition of SiO2: 30 to 50%, Li2O: 0... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20080035888 - White light emitting diode: The inventive white-light emitting diode is characterised in that it comprises a source emitting radiation whose wavelength band ranges from 370 to 420 nm, a first blue and red-light emitting phosphor of formula Ba3(1-x)Eu3xMg1-yMnySi2O8 (1), wherein 0 < x 0,3 and 0 < y 0,3 and a second green-light emitting... Agent: Jean-louis Seugnet Rhodia

20080035889 - Supply of steam and hydrogen to a process or plant producing synthesis gas: A method of supplying steam and a hydrogen feedstock to a primary process for producing synthesis gas includes, in a reformer of a secondary process which comprises a plurality of catalyst containing reforming passages, combusting a fuel to heat all of the reforming passages, whilst producing a hot synthesis gas... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20080035890 - Process to prepare a synthesis gas: A process to prepare a synthesis gas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide comprises performing a partial oxidation on a methane comprising feed using a multi-orifice burner provided with an arrangement of separate passages, wherein the gaseous hydrocarbon having an elevated temperature flows through a passage of the burner, an oxidizer... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20080035891 - Neutron shielding material composition, shielding material and container: There is provided a neutron shielding material which has heat resistance and has ensured neutron shielding performance even in a high-temperature environment during storage of a spent nuclear fuel for high burnup. A neutron shielding material having improved heat resistance and ensured neutron shielding performance due to the absence of... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20080035892 - Conductive composition and applications thereof: A conductive composition and applications thereof are provided. The conductive composition comprises metal powder and glass powder. The diameter of metal powder ranges from 1 μm to 3 μm. The diameter of glass powder ranges from 0.5 μm to 1 μm. Weight percentage of the metal powder is from 60%... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080035893 - Highly-conductive copper extractant formulations: A method of creating solvent extraction reagent formulations that have high conductivity by combining (a) phenolic oxime extraction reagent(s) or other extraction reagent(s) in the organic phase of a solvent extraction circuit of a metal recovery operation, comprising combining the phenolic oxime extraction reagent(s) or other reagent(s) with one or... Agent: Cognis Corporation Patent Department

20080035894 - Antistatic and electrically conductive polyurethanes: The invention relates to antistatic and electrically conductive polyurethanes containing conductive carbon blacks and carbon fibers, and the use thereof.... Agent: Bayer Material Science LLC

20080035895 - Silver powder and method for producing same: There is provided a method for a silver powder capable of decreasing the viscosity of a photosensitive paste using the silver powder and improving the film state, sensitivity and linearity of the paste even if the particle diameter of the silver powder is small. The surface of a silver powder... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20080035896 - Glass ceramic plate providing a cooking surface for a cooking apparatus and having a coating on an underside thereof and coating process for making same: The glass ceramic plate for a cooking apparatus is transparent to visible light and IR radiation and has a noble metal film on its underside. The noble metal film is composed of an alloy of gold, platinum and/or palladium, which imparts a reflective property to it. It contains from 0... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20080035897 - Binary optical compound and method of manufacture: A binary optical compound formed from a preparation of proteorhodopsin, is provided. The preparation is prepared by dissolving proteorhodopsin in distilled water, where the pH is adjusted to be above 11 either by using sodium hydroxide or an appropriate buffer. The preparation is then illuminated with either white light sources,... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20080035898 - Manufacturing method and usage of crystallized metal oxide thin film: Provided is a manufacturing method of a crystallized rare-earth thin films on a glass or a silicon substrate. This manufacturing method of a crystallized metal oxide thin film includes a step of retaining an metal organic thin film or a metal oxide film containing at least one type of rare-earth... Agent: Howson And Howson

20080035899 - Fire retardant compositions and methods for their preparation and use: Fire retardant compositions containing an extract of African Oil Palm fruit, methods of preparing such compositions, and their use in imparting fire resistance to objects are disclosed.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080029731 - Refrigerant compositions: Refrigerant composition are disclosed which comprises: (a) pentafluoroethane, trifluoromethoxydifluoromethane or hexafluorocyclopropane, or a mixture of two or more thereof, in an amount of at least 75% based on the weight of the composition, (b) 1,1,1,2- or 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, trifluoromethoxypentafluoroethane, 1,1,1,2,3,3-heptafluoropropane or a mixture of two or more thereof, in an amount... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080029732 - Refrigerant compositions: Refrigerant composition are disclosed which comprises: (a) pentafluoroethane, trifluoromethoxydifluoromethane or hexafluorocyclopropane, or a mixture of two or more thereof, in an amount of at least 75% based on the weight of the composition, (b) 1,1,1,2- or 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, trifluoromethoxypentafluoroethane, 1,1,1,2,3,3-heptafluoropropane or a mixture of two or more thereof, in an amount... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080029733 - Refrigerant compositions: Refrigerant composition are disclosed which comprises: (a) pentafluoroethane, trifluoromethoxydifluoromethane or hexafluorocyclopropane, or a mixture of two or more thereof, in an amount of at least 75% based on the weight of the composition, (b) 1,1,1,2- or 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, trifluoromethoxypentafluoroethane, 1,1,1,2,3,3-heptafluoropropane or a mixture of two or more thereof, in an amount... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080029734 - Polymerizable liquid crystal composition: wherein Z independently represents a single bond or alkylene having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; Y1 independently represents a single bond or —O—; R1 represents methyl or ethyl; A1 and A2 each independently represents 1,4-phenylene or 4,4′-biphenylene; Y2 represents —COO— or —OCO—; Q represents a single bond or oxyalkylene... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080029735 - Surfactants and polymerizable surfactants based on room-temperature ionic liquids that form lyotropic liquid crystal phases with water and room-temperature ionic liquids: A modular surfactant architecture based on room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) has been developed that affords non-polymerizable and polymerizable amphiphiles that form lamellar (L), hexagonal (H) or bicontinuous cubic (Q) LLC phases when mixed with water or RTILs serving as the polar solvent. The amphiphiles are imidazolium salts having two... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20080029736 - 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 a bonding group of —CF2O— and trifluorobenzene, and the second component is a specific compound having a small viscosity, and a liquid crystal display device including the composition.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20080029737 - Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device: A liquid crystal composition having a nematic phase that includes three components, wherein the first component is a specific four-ring compound having a bonding group of —CF2O— and trifluorobenzene, the second component is a specific compound having a small viscosity, and the third component is a specific three-ring compound having... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20080029739 - Novel polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (poss) based fluorescent colorants: Novel fluorescent polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) colorants are provided. The colorants are strongly fluorescing and long lasting with excellent light stability. The novel colorants can be prepared from chromophores found in common pigments and provide a simple way to convert an insoluble pigment into a soluble fluorescent colorant.... Agent: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation Patent Department

20080029738 - Light-emitting material and light-emitting element: A light-emitting material includes a matrix section 12 and light-emitting sections 11 dispersed and buried in the matrix section. The matrix section 12 comprises a first material and the light-emitting sections comprise a second material showing a eutectic relationship with the first material.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080029740 - Composition of lactate esters with alcohols with low odor and enhanced performance: A solvent composition of about 90 to about 10 percent by weight C1-C4 lactate ester and about 10 to about 90 percent by weight C2-C6 aliphatic alcohol with low odor and enhanced performance properties is disclosed. This composition can also be mixed with other solvents and continue to provide the... Agent: Edward P. Gamson

20080029741 - Liquid compositions of polymer additives and method for their preparation: A method is described for preparing liquid concentrates of additives for incorporation in polymers, particularly polymers prepared in solution or slurry phase polymerization media. Additive concentrates according to the invention are characterized by a finer dispersion than would result from the direct addition of particulate or granular additives to the... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080029742 - Arylsulfonic acid compound and use thereof as electron -acceptor material: (wherein W1 and W2 each independently represents O, S, an S(O) group, an S(O2) group, or a substituted or unsubstituted N, Si, P or P(O) group); n indicates the number of sulfonic acid groups bonded to A which is an integer satisfying 1≦n≦4; q indicates the number of B—X bonds... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080029744 - Flame retardant thermoplastic polycarbonate compositions: wherein n is 0 to 4 and Rf is independently a halogen atom, a C1-10 hydrocarbon group, or a C1-10 halogen substituted hydrocarbon group; (II) comprises a second dihydroxy compound derived from Formula (A) and different from (I) and wherein n and Rf are as previously defined; and (III) a... Agent: Sabic - Cycoloy Sabic Innovative Plastics -IPLegal

20080029743 - Flame-retardant polyolefin resin composition: A flame-retardant polyolefin resin composition was provided excellent in flame retardance, abrasion resistance, flexibility, low-temperature characteristics, mechanical characteristics such as tensile strength and elongation at break, and heat resistance. The flame-retardant polyolefin resin composition of the present invention comprising 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin (A) and 50 to... Agent: Ratnerprestia