Electrolysis: processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions inventions

20090277793 - Nanocarbon/aluminum composite material, process for producing the same, and plating liquid for use in said process: [Solution] There is provided a plating liquid for nanocarbon/aluminum composite production, comprising an aluminum halide, nanocarbon and 1,3-dialkylimidazolium halide and/or the like, wherein the molar ratio of the aluminum halide to the 1,3-dialkylimidazolium halide and/or the like is in the range of 20:80 to 80:20 and the 1,3-dialkylimidazolium halide and/or... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090277794 - Dimensional control in electroforms: A method includes placing a conductive mold in a first bath of electroforming solution, the solution including metal and having a selected temperature. A current is provided to the electroforming solution so that metal deposits onto the mold, thereby forming an electroformed element on the mold, the electroformed element and... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090277795 - Process for fabricating molding stamp: A process for fabricating a molding stamp mainly includes the steps of: forming a metal seed film on a substrate; forming a photo resist layer on the metal seed film; exposing the photo resist layer by a direct writing method, and developing the photo resist layer thereby forming a pattern... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090277796 - Apparatus and method for electroplating a substrate in a continuous way: The invention relates to an apparatus and to a method for depositing a metal coating on an electrically conductive substrate in a continuous way. The apparatus comprises at least one plating vessel for receiving an electrolyte solution; at least one plating unit, and means to pass said substrate through said... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090277797 - Method and system for removing contaminants from a fluid: A method and system for removing contaminants from a fluid are provided. The method can generally include providing microstructures in the fluid. At least some of the contaminants in the fluid are attracted to the microstructures and adhered to the microstructures. With the contaminants attached to the microstructures, the microstructures... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20090277798 - Catalyst attachment-enhancing agent: Disclosed is a technique for direct plating which causes no deposition of a metal on the rack coating. A catalyst attachment-enhancing agent comprising a high molecular compound having primary, secondary and tertiary amino groups as active ingredient; and a method for direct electroplating onto a Pd/Sn colloidal catalyst which has... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090277799 - Efficient production of fuels: Liquid phase processes for producing fuel in a reactor comprising the step of combining at least one oxidizable reactant with liquid water and at least one electrolyte to form a mixture and conducting a fuel-producing reaction in the presence of an electron transfer material, wherein the mixture permits the movement... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090277800 - Efficient production of hydrogen: A liquid phase process for producing hydrogen gas in a reactor comprising the step of combining at least one oxidizing reactant with liquid water and at least one alkaline electrolyte to form a mixture having a pH, wherein the pH of the mixture is substantially maintained at a value of... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090277801 - Photoresist-free metal deposition: Selectively accelerated or selectively inhibited metal deposition is performed to form metal structures of an electronic device. A desired pattern of an accelerator or of an inhibitor is applied to the substrate; for example, by stamping the substrate with a patterned stamp or spraying a solution using an inkjet printer.... Agent: Thomas Swenson

20090277802 - Pad-assisted electropolishing: Pad-assisted electropolishing of the substrate is conducted by performing anodic dissolution of metal at a first portion of the substrate and simultaneously mechanically buffing a second portion of the substrate with a buffing pad. Anodic dissolution includes forming a thin liquid layer of electropolishing liquid between the anodic substrate and... Agent: Thomas Swenson

20090277803 - Method and tool for forming non-circular holes using a selectively coated electrode: An electrochemical machining process for forming a non-circular hole from a substantially circular hole within a workpiece using an electrode. The electrode is made of an electrically conductive material and has insulated areas in which the electrically conductive material is coated with an insulating material, and exposed areas of metal... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090277804 - Electrochemical separation of [18f] fluoride from [180] water: A method of electrochemically separating [18F] fluoride from [18O] water comprising a device that encompasses two or more electrodes, wherein said device allows entry and exit of solutions within a chamber wherein an electric field is applied over said electrodes whereby the electrodes consist of an electrode material wherein the... Agent: Ge Healthcare, Inc.

20090277805 - Electrochemical sensors, sensor systems and method of sensing analytes: A sensor, includes a working electrode including a first layer formed of a polymeric material. The first layer includes a first surface across which an analyte in a sample can be transported and a second surface generally opposite of the first surface. The first layer satisfies the formula l≦(σDmRT/|zi|FV)1/2, where... Agent: Bartony & Hare, LLP

20090277806 - Electrochemical cell system gas sensor: The present invention is an electrochemical cell system gas sensor that detects a subject substance to be detected using an electrochemical reaction system and comprises an ion conduction phase and at least two kinds of electrode facing each other and contacting the ion conduction phase, an electrode structure thereof comprising... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090272650 - Apparatus and method for recovering valuable substance from lithium secondary battery: The present invention includes: a reaction tank (1) for immersing an electrode material of a lithium secondary battery into a molten salt of lithium chloride containing metal lithium, so as to perform a reducing reaction of the electrode material with the metal lithium; a movable perforated processing vessel (10) configured... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090272651 - Method for producing high-purity nickel: A method for producing high-purity nickel, which involves using a hydrochloric acid solution system to electro-deposit high-purity nickel, characterized in that, it includes the following steps sequentially: 3N-grade-grade electrolytic nickel was used as anode and the electro-deposition was carried out in a hydrochloric acid system, the solution obtained from the... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090272652 - Charge movement detector for electrochemically activated liquids: A method and apparatus are provided for energizing an electrolysis cell receiving a liquid to be electrochemically activated and contacting the liquid with an exposed, conductive tip of a voltage detector. The voltage detector generates a humanly-perceptible indicator as a function of charge movement sensed by the voltage detector through... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090272653 - Hydrogen production: A process and apparatus are provided for producing hydrogen from a hydrocarbon fuel by combining the fuel with a gas comprising both oxygen and steam, and passing the resulting mixture through a plasma generated by a microwave plasma generator between opposed electrodes. At least one of the electrodes defines a... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20090272654 - Method and apparatus for producing hydrogen peroxide: An electrolytic cell generates hydrogen peroxide and includes a reservoir for storing hydrogen peroxide generated by the cell. A controller is arranged to activate the cell and introduce stored hydrogen peroxide from the reservoir to the cell. This permits the concentration of a store of hydrogen peroxide to be refreshed... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090272655 - Method for characterisation of the quality of sialoglycoproteins via an isoform number i: A method is described for characterisation of the quality of a sialoglycoprotein via its isoform number I which is calculated from the isoform distribution of the capillary electrophoretic analysis of the sialoglycoprotein and represents a quality feature for the batch consistency, storage stability, biological half-life and the biological effectiveness of... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090272656 - Gas sensor: A method for the determination of the carbon dioxide content of an exhaled gas stream is provided, the method comprising measuring the water vapour content of the exhaled gas stream, and determining the concentration of carbon dioxide in the exhaled gas stream from the measured water vapour content. A particular... Agent: Williams Mullen

20090272657 - Devices and processes for analyzing nucleic acid damage and repair using electrophoresis: Systems, methods, and devices are provided for assessing DNA damage and repair in cells by measuring DNA migration under electrophoresis. In one exemplary embodiment, a microarray configured to hold cells in a predetermined spatial relationship is employed to improve accuracy, speed, and reliability of such measurements. In another embodiment, a... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20090266714 - Method for forming multi-layer coating film: P

20090266715 - Anodization process for coating of magnesium surfaces: A composition that includes at least one alkali metal hydroxide, at least one alkali metal silicate, at least one alkali metal fluoride, and hydrogen peroxide. The invention also includes a method of applying an anodic coating on at least a portion of a surface of a magnesium-containing article that includes... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090266716 - Method of fabricating a bipolar electrode for use in a semi fuel cell: A bipolar electrode fabricated with a combination of materials that will physically separate the catholyte from the metal anode of the electrode while providing high electrical conductivity between the metal anode and the catalyst cathode. This is accomplished by layering the catalyst cathode over a composite of conductive adhesive and... Agent: Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport

20090266717 - Hydrogen production using electrochemical reforming and electrolyte regeneration: A process, preferably continuous, for producing hydrogen gas comprising contacting in the liquid phase at least one oxidizable organic substance in the presence of a mixture comprising at least one conductive catalyst and an aqueous alkaline carbonate electrolyte, wherein at least one bicarbonate composition produced by reaction of the electrolyte... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090266718 - Correction of oxygen effect in test sensor using reagents: An electrochemical test sensor is adapted to measure glucose and correct for the oxygen effect in a fluid sample. The test sensor comprises a base, first and second working electrodes, and a counter electrode. The first working electrode includes glucose oxidase, a mediator and peroxidase. The second working electrode includes... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090266719 - Potentiometric urea sensor based on ion-selective electrode: A sensor for sensing and measuring a concentration of urea in a sample has an ammonium ion selective membrane and urease enzymes immobilized on the ammonium ion selective membrane. The urease enzymes enzymatically convert urea into ammonium ions, which is sensed by said ammonium ion selective membrane and transformed into... Agent: Hung-chih Tseng Hdls Ipr Services

20090260991 - Methods for producing metal oxide thin film, capacitor, hydrogen separation membrane-electrolyte membrane assembly, and fuel cell: A method for producing a metal oxide thin film (70) includes a plating process in which a methyl-ketone-based organic solution (20) containing dimethyl sulfoxide and halogen is used as a plating solution. Using such an organic solution, which is corrosive, as the plating solution, a thin film of non-water-soluble metal... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090260992 - Wafer support apparatus for electroplating process and method for using the same: A multi-layered wafer support apparatus is provided for performing an electroplating process on a semiconductor wafer (“wafer”). The multi-layered wafer support apparatus includes a bottom film layer and a top film layer. The bottom film layer includes a wafer placement area and a sacrificial anode surrounding the wafer placement area.... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20090260993 - Method for obtaining sodium carbonate crystals: Method for producing sodium carbonate, according to which an aqueous sodium chloride solution (5) is electrolyzed in a membrane-type cell (1) from which an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (9) is collected, and carbonated by direct contact with carbon dioxide (15) to form a slurry of crystals of anhydrous sodium carbonate... Agent: Solvay C/o B. Ortego - Iam-nafta

20090260994 - Electro chemical grinding (ecg) quill and method to manufacture a rotor blade retention slot: An Electro Chemical Grinding (ECG) quill includes a tool manufactured of a porous tool material having a multitude of pores. An ECG electrolyte is communicated through a hollow tool shank for communication through the porous tool material to manufacture a slot.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20090260995 - Polymer based biosensor: A biosensor comprising a conducting polymer and a facilitating agent that combine to form a polymeric matrix that interacts with electrophilic compounds, wherein an electrochemical property of the polymer is altered in the presence of an electrophilic compound.... Agent: Valentine A Cottrill Susan Tandan