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

20080105553 - Molten salt bath, deposit obtained using the molten salt bath, method of manufacturing metal product, and metal product: A molten salt bath includes at least one kind selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, and iodine, zinc, at least two kinds of alkali metals; and fluorine. Here, the molten salt bath may include oxygen. Furthermore, the molten salt bath may include at least one kind selected from... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080105555 - Plating device, plating method, semiconductor device, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device: An object of the present invention is to provide a face-down type jet plating device in which deterioration in plating quality due to minute solid foreign matters derived from a black film etc. is prevented without impairing operativity. The plating device is designed such that a partition (7) is provided... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080105554 - Apparatus and a method for tapping metal: An apparatus and a method for tapping molten metal from below a molten electrolyte layer less dense than the metal is described. The apparatus comprises a pipe comprising a protruding enlarged wall portion at an operative end which is immersed in the molten electrolyte and metal during tapping operation. The... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080105556 - Method and apparatus for electrowinning copper using the ferrous/ferric anode reaction and a flow-through anode: The present invention relates, generally, to a method and apparatus for electrowinning metals, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for copper electrowinning using the ferrous/ferric anode reaction and a flow-through anode, such as, for example, a dimensionally stable carbon, carbon composite, metal-graphite, or stainless steel anode. In general,... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20080105557 - Methods of and apparatus for forming three-dimensional structures integral with semiconductor based circuitry: Enhanced Electrochemical fabrication processes are provided that can form three-dimensional multi-layer structures using semiconductor based circuitry as a substrate. Electrically functional portions of the structure are formed from structural material (e.g. nickel) that adheres to contact pads of the circuit. Aluminum contact pads and silicon structures are protected from copper... Agent: Microfabrica Inc. Att: Dennis R. Smalley

20080105558 - Electrochemically fabricated hermetically sealed microstructures and methods of and apparatus for producing such structures: In some embodiments, multilayer structures are electrochemically fabricated from at least one structural material (e.g. nickel), at least one sacrificial material (e.g. copper), and at least one sealing material (e.g. solder). In some embodiments, the layered structure is made to have a desired configuration which is at least partially and... Agent: Microfabrica Inc. Att: Dennis R. Smalley

20080105559 - Method for a surface being plated locally: A method for a surface being plated locally includes a fixture for holding at least a work piece and the fixture is supported with two opposite lateral walls of a plating tank. Hence, a plated zone on a surface of the work piece can be immerged into the liquid contained... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20080105560 - Method for preparing nano metallic particles: A method for preparing nano metallic particles comprises the steps of dipping a conductive substrate in an electroplating solution containing metallic ions and performing an electroplating process to form the nano metallic particles on the conductive substrate by the reduction reaction of the metallic ions. The nano metallic particles can... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080105561 - Electrochemical method, apparatus and carbon product: In an electrolytic method for producing nano-scale carbon products, such as carbon nanotubes, first and second graphite electrodes contact a fused-salt electrolyte. A power supply is coupled to the electrodes and first and second voltages are alternately applied to the electrodes. The first voltage is applied such that the first... Agent: Nexsen Pruet, LLC

20080105563 - Cathodic protection systems: A cathodic protection system wherein a metal structure is electrically connected to a sacrificial anode through a self encapsulating wire connector that can be assembled by unskilled persons and can be maintained in a protective condition around an electrical junction to enable the electrical junction to protected from an underground... Agent: Jacobson & Johnson

20080105562 - Systems and methods for underwater impressed current cathodic protection: An ICCPS system includes a waterproof transformer or transformer rectifier adapted for underwater placement, an above-water source of AC power, and one or more cables connecting the power source to either a rectifier on the surface and underwater transformer or to a underwater transformer rectifier to deliver high voltage/low amperage... Agent: Ralph D Chabot

20080105564 - Protection of reinforcement: A method of protecting steel in concrete is disclosed. It consists of connecting the steel (6) to a discrete sacrificial anode assembly (7) comprising a base metal (1), a relatively small quantity of catalytic activating agent in contact with the base metal and a substantially inert porous layer (3) that... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080105565 - Insulator-based dep with impedance measurements for analyte detection: Disclosed herein are microfluidic devices for assaying at least one analyte specie in a sample comprising at least one analyte concentration area in a microchannel having insulating structures on or in at least one wall of the microchannel which provide a nonuniform electric field in the presence of an electric... Agent: Sandia National Laboratories (sks) Timothy Evans

20080105566 - Sensor, measuring device, and measuring method: A sensor capable of measuring a plurality of measuring items quickly and accurately, a measuring device, and a measuring method are provided. The sensor includes a sample-holding unit for holding a sample containing an analyte; a sample-supplying port for supplying the sample to the sample-holding unit; a detecting unit for... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080105567 - Sensing device and method: The present invention is to provide a sensing device and method for direct measurement of a concentration of PM contained in exhaust gas and measurement of PM concentration in an exhaust pipe: a power supply unit (10); an electrode unit (11) fitted in the exhaust pipe and composed of a... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080105568 - Voltammetric systems for assaying biological analytes: The present invention relates to systems, methods, and devices for determining the concentration of an analyte in a sample. The use of linear, cyclic, or acyclic voltammetric scans and/or semi-integral, derivative, or semi-derivative data treatment may provide for increased accuracy when determining the concentration of an analyte in a sample.... Agent: Blanchard & Associates

20080099338 - Method for electrochemical fabrication: An electroplating method that includes: a) contacting a first substrate with a first article, which includes a substrate and a conformable mask disposed in a pattern on the substrate; b) electroplating a first metal from a source of metal ions onto the first substrate in a first pattern, the first... Agent: Microfabrica Inc. Att: Dennis R. Smalley

20080099339 - Deposition method for nanostructure materials: A method of depositing a coating of a nanostructure material onto a substrate includes: (1) forming a solution of suspension of coating the nanostructure material; (2) selectively adding “chargers” to the solution; (3) immersing electrodes in the solution, the substrate upon which the nanostructure material is to be deposited acting... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080099340 - Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method: A substrate processing apparatus can carry out removal of a passive layer (ruthenium oxide) present on a surface of a ruthenium film and electroplating successively, and can reduce the terminal effect at the time of the removal of the passive layer (ruthenium oxide) from the ruthenium film. The substrate processing... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080099341 - Process for protectively coating hydraulic microcircuits against aggressive liquids, particulary for an ink jet printhead: An ink jet printhead, made of a silicon substrate and a plurality of metallic and dielectric layers deposited on said substrate. A plurality of chambers for ejection of ink droplets and a plurality of corresponding feeding ducts, connected to the chambers, are produced in a structural layer made of non-photosensitive... Agent: Venable LLP

20080099342 - Cationic electrodeposition coating composition and articles coated with the electrodeposition coating: A cationic electrodeposition coating composition comprising a cationic resin (A) and a blocked polyisocyanate (B) obtained by reaction between a polyisocyanate compound (b1) with two or more isocyanate groups, castor oil (b2) and a blocking agent (b3). The cationic electrodeposition coating composition has excellent throwing power, suitability for electrodeposition onto... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080099343 - Electrochemical machining method and apparatus: An electrochemical machining system and method includes at least one tube arranged in a first fixture, a second fixture arranged adjacent to the first fixture, the second fixture adapted for supporting a workpiece relative to the tube, a translation mechanism which causes relative movement between the first fixture and the... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080099344 - Electropolishing system and process: The present invention provides a process for electropolishing a conductive surface of a semiconductor wafer. During the process, a contact electrode in a contact solution contacts a contact region on surface of the conductive layer with the contact solution. Further, during the process a process electrode in a process solution... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080099345 - Electropolishing process for niobium and tantalum: The present invention relates to a method for the electrochemical polishing of surfaces of metals and metal alloys, in particular surfaces of niobium, niobium alloys, tantalum and tantalum alloys. It uses an electrolyte that comprises methanesulfonic acid and ammonium bifluoride, and which is also an object of the present invention.... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Gail C. Silver

20080099346 - Liquid crystal sensor system: A method of detecting a ligand comprises providing a receptor for a predetermined ligand. The receptor comprises a conductive material. The receptor is contacted with a sample in the presence of a non-conductive medium. When the ligand is present in the sample, the receptor and the ligand form a receptor-ligand... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20080099347 - Method for measuring the concentration or change in concentration of a redox-active substance and corresponding device: In order to follow the change in concentration of a redox-active substance, potential suitable for a reducing process or oxidation process are applied to the working electrode of a measuring device. The potential of the working electrode is pulsed and measuring phases and relaxation phases are alternately produced, the pulse... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080093221 - Roll-to-roll electroplating for photovoltaic film manufacturing: A roll to roll system for forming an absorber structure for solar cells on a flexible foil as the flexible foil is advanced through units of the system and by unwrapping from a supply spool and wrapping around a take-up spool. Surface of the flexible foil is first conditioned in... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080093222 - Molten salt bath, deposit, and method of producing metal deposit: A molten salt bath includes at least two types selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, and barium; at least one type selected from the group consisting of fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine; at least one element selected from the group consisting... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080093223 - Method for electrolytically depositing a ceramic coating on a metal, electrolyte for such electrolytic ceramic coating method, and metal member: A method of electrolytic ceramic coating for metals, in which there can be obtained a coating film that even when it is thin, exhibits high hardness, excellent abrasion resistance and excellent toughness and that even when applied to a slide material without polishing, has low offensiveness to the mate material.... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20080093224 - Process for derivatizing carbon nanotubes with diazonium species and compositions thereof: The invention incorporates new processes for the chemical modification of carbon nanotubes. Such processes involve the derivatization of multi- and single-wall carbon nanotubes, including small diameter (ca. 0.7 nm) single-wall carbon nanotubes, with diazonium species. The method allows the chemical attachment of a variety of organic compounds to the side... Agent: Winstead PC

20080093225 - Integrated water treatment system: An integrated water treatment system for sanitizing the water in a water system and reducing scaling includes an electrolytic cell through which water is passed. An electronic control system is coupled to the electrolytic cell, to provide a drive current to the cell to generate a sanitizer by electrolysis. The... Agent: Law Offices Of Larry K. Roberts, Inc.

20080093227 - Error detection in analyte measurements based on measurement of system resistance: Measurement of the series track resistance of a working and counter electrode pair in an electrochemical test strip provide error detection for multiple variations in the quality of the test strip, as well as the operation of strip in the test meter. In particular, a single measurement of series resistance... Agent: Marina Larson & Associates, LLC

20080093226 - Ammonia nanosensors, and environmental control system: Embodiments of nanoelectronic sensors are described, including sensors for detecting analytes such ammonia. An environmental control system employing nanoelectronic sensors is described. A personnel safety system configured as a disposable badge employing nanoelectronic sensors is described. A method of dynamic sampling and exposure of a sensor providing a number of... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080093228 - Method and apparatus for providing a stable voltage to an analytical system: A method and apparatus for provide a stable voltage to an electrochemical cell used for measurement of an analyte such as glucose in a liquid sample. The apparatus uses a circuit in which multiple switching positions provide both calibration information for use in calibration of electronic components in the circuit... Agent: Marina Larson & Associates, LLC

20080093230 - Electrochemical determination of analytes: Determination of an analyte with increased accuracy is achieved by electrochemically determining an initial analyte concentration, performing a plurality of amperometric/potentiometric switching cycles, observing a characteristic of the signal during each of the plurality of switching cycles, determining an averaged value for the characteristic of the signal, and correcting the... Agent: Marina Larson & Associates, LLC

20080093229 - Molecular detection methods using molecular detection chips including a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor: A molecular detection chip including a metal oxide silicon-field effect transistor (MOSFET) on sidewalls of a micro-fluid channel and a molecular detection device including the molecular detection chip are provided. A molecular detection method, particularly, qualification methods for the immobilization of molecular probes and the binding of a target sample... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080087548 - Mandrels for electroforming printing screens, and electroforming apparatus: A mandrel for electroforming printing screens, the mandrel comprising: a mandrel plate onto which metal is to be deposited to form a printing screen, the mandrel plate including a main deposition surface onto which metal is to be deposited to define a main body of the printing screen, at least... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080087549 - Additive for copper plating and process for producing electronic circiut substrate therewith: The additive for copper plating can fill through holes or via holes at a micron or sub-micron level even in a case where it consists of one component, and the copper plating solution using the additive for copper plating can be prepared and handled extremely easily and can stably fill... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080087550 - Process for forming organic films on electrically conductive or semi-conductive surfaces using aqueous solutions in two steps: The present invention concerns a method for preparing an organic copolymer film on electrically conductive or semi-conductive surfaces in two steps. The first step includes electrolysis of an electrolytic solution containing an adhesion primer, in contact with a surface. The second step corresponds to the reaction, at the surface obtained... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20080087551 - Method for anodizing aluminum alloy and power supply for anodizing aluminum alloy: In a method for anodizing an aluminum alloy to form an anodic oxide film on a surface of the aluminum alloy using pulsed electric power, a short circuit is formed, after application of a positive pulse voltage, between an anode for anodic oxidation and a cathode for anodic oxidation for... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080087552 - Cod abatement process for electrochemical oxidation: The invention relates to an effluent COD treatment procedure by anodic oxidation combining the use of two different types of anode with a suitable apportionment of current. The first type of anode comprises an anode based on diamond doped-synthetic diamond. The second type of anode comprises an anode with high... Agent: Michele M. Tyrpak

20080087553 - Method of extracting hexavalent chromium: Hexavalent chrome is extracted from a film on a workpiece which film contains hexavalent chrome and reduced by contacting the contacting workpiece with a liquid or fine particle reducing agent.... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080087554 - Electrochemical detection device: The present invention provides electrochemical detection devices useful for conducting diagnostic tests. The devices of the present invention can be used to detect a wide range of target agents, and is useful in analyzing biological samples (including blood and other bodily fluids), as well as air, water, soil and other... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20080087555 - Arrangement and method for detecting small substance concentrations: In order to avoid problems caused by baseline drift, it is expedient in a method of an embodiment of the present application not to measure a signal rise in a detection space, but to allow a certain time period to elapse in order to enrich a detectable product (enrichment phase),... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C