Liquid purification or separation inventions 02/08

20080047883 - Lid for a water filtration apparatus: This invention relates to a lid for a water filtration apparatus comprising at least one filter and to the water filtration apparatus itself. The lid comprises a counter for recording the number of times it is operated and an indicator for showing information regarding the number of times the lid... Agent: Vladimir Fedotov

20080047884 - Filtration device having viewing window: A filtration device is provided whose body member has a transparent or translucent part (i.e., window) so that a user can directly see the colors of the filtering agents inside. If the colors of the filtering agents are changed due to the loss or degradation of functionality, the filtering agents... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080047881 - Automatic brine tank level sensor incorporating a capacitive oscillator: The present invention automatically detects whether the level of salt in a water softener brine tank is above an acceptable level. If the sensor determines that the level is not acceptable it will notify the user. The salt level sensor is mounted on the exterior of the brine tank, and... Agent: A. Wayne Carney

20080047882 - Separation element: A separation element of a multi-layer structure for pressure compensation including: at least two mutually superposed flexible, fluid-tight material layers; at least one spacer element which is arranged between the material layers and holds them at a spacing relative to each other, wherein the at least one spacer element is... Agent: Michael L. Dunn

20080047885 - Filter cleaning head: A filtering device has a filter element disposed between the inlet and the outlet of the device. The inlet surface of the filter element is prone to clogging by suspended particles, e.g. waste, carried with the incoming raw fluid. The invention provides a cleaning head for the filtering device, comprising... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080047886 - Stormwater filter and mount assembly: A stormwater filtration system includes a dry well structure including a top having an access opening, a bottom and a sidewall extending between the top and the bottom to define an internal volume of the dry well structure. A deck assembly partitions the dry well structure into an upper region... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20080047887 - Additive dispersing filter and method of making: A filter, comprising: a housing defining an inlet fluid opening and an outlet fluid opening, the inlet fluid opening and the outlet fluid opening defining a fluid path through the filter; a filter element disposed inside the filter housing, the filter element being disposed in the flow path such that... Agent: Honeywell International, Inc. Patent Legal Services

20080047888 - Oil strainer for a gas turbine engine: The oil strainer has a filtering portion and a flexible sleeve portion to which the filtering portion is connected. The flexible sleeve portion has a plurality of spigot-receiving slots on the upstream side of the strainer.... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20080047890 - Filter device and parts thereof and a method for operation of the filter device: The invention relates to a filter device having a filter housing part (10) which comprises a filter element (12) and which can be detachably connected to the other filter housing part (20). Because there is a valve means (24) which clears a fluid path in the interconnected state of the... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080047889 - Filter housing apparatus with roatating filter replacement mechanism: A filter assembly for fluid filtration having a push-activated lock and release mechanism. The filter housing has a sump for enclosing the filter media, a filter head, and at least one standoff protruding outwards for use in securing the filter head to a filter manifold. The filter manifold supports the... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20080047891 - Liquid filter suitable for motor vehicles: A liquid filter suitable for motor vehicles which includes a filter head (11), a vessel (12) and a filter element (16) disposed within the vessel (12) sealingly separating an inlet (14) from an outlet (15) such that liquid from the inlet must flow through the filter element to reach the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080047892 - Portable micro blood separator: Disclosed is a portable micro blood separator, which has a blood separator including a main body including an upper substrate and a lower substrate; a blood introduction unit formed at one side of the main body for allowing blood to be introduced into the separator; a blood inflow unit including... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080047893 - Filter and method of making: A fluid filter, comprising: a housing defining an inner cavity; an end plate secured to the housing, the end plate having a plurality of inlet openings and at least one outlet opening; an end disk disposed within the housing, the end disk having portions in a spaced relationship with respect... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080047894 - Polymer particle coating method: An improved method for fixedly binding particles of a solid, heat absorbing material or additive, especially polymer additives, to the surface of prepolymer and/or polymer particles.... Agent: Edward K. Welch Ii Ip&l Solution

20080047895 - Sequencing batch reactor with continuous membrane filtration and solids reduction: A method and system of treating wastewater that can provide operating flexibility is disclosed. The system is operated with a sequencing batch reactor, which is typically cycling to any of fill, react, settle, decant, and idle stages, to treat the wastewater. The system can further utilize a membrane filtration system... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP U0105

20080047896 - Wastewater treatment system and method of treating wastewater: This disclosure describes wastewater treatment systems and methods of treating wastewater. In one exemplary method, a wastewater is split into first and second wastewater fractions. The first fraction is delivered to a membrane bioreactor, which may produce an effluent with a low pollutant concentration, and the second fraction is delivered... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080047897 - Method of recycling waste water and apparatus for performing the same: A method of recycling waste water is preferably provided in which hardness and gas are removed from the waste water. Additionally, salt and organic carbon are preferably removed from the waste water using high-efficiency reverse osmosis. The pH of the waste water can be controlled to optimize the processes. The... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20080047898 - Sealed sterile system and method for filtering biological or medical fluids, in particular whole blood: The invention relates to a sealed, sterile system for filtering fluids, in particular whole blood. The system comprises a first collapsible container for receiving the fluid to be filtered and a second collapsible container for receiving the filtered fluid, both containers interconnected by a fluid line, in which a filter... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080047899 - Gradient liquid chromatography enhancement system: An isocratic gradient profile is inserted into a gradient profile during a flash chromatographic run when TLC indicates that it will be difficult to separate the component being purified from its closest impurity by a gradient. TLC is utilized to determine at least two retention factors with two significantly different... Agent: Vincent L. Carney Law Office

20080047900 - Filter and method of making: A filter, comprising: a housing defining an inner cavity; an inner sleeve disposed within the housing, the inner sleeve having portions in a spaced relationship with respect to the an interior surface of the inner cavity; a plurality of tab members extending away from the inner sleeve, the tab members... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080047901 - Method and system for point of use treatment of substrate polishing fluids: Embodiments of the invention generally provide a method and an apparatus for treating waste effluents from substrate polishing processes, such as from an electrochemical mechanical polishing (ECMP) process. In one embodiment, a method for treating a waste effluent mixture generated during a substrate process is provided which includes flowing a... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20080047902 - Media for the removal of heavy metals and volatile byproducts from drinking water: Water purification media contain an activated carbon having at least one of specific a particle size, surface area, and porosity; and a microcrystalline and/or amorphous titanosilicate at least partially coating the activated carbon. Methods of making the media of microcrystalline and/or amorphous titanosilicate coated activated carbon involve contacting activated carbon... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080047903 - Control system and process for wastewater treatment: A system and process is provided for optimizing chemical additions, mixing energy, mixing time, and other variables while treating a contaminated liquid stream. Samples from the contaminated liquid stream are tested to determine the optimal parameter for each variable, including type and amount of the chemicals to be added, chemical... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20080047904 - Treatment for hydrostatic testing water: This invention provides a process for effecting biocidal activity in water used for hydrostatic testing. The process comprises blending a biocidally-effective amount of a sulfamate-containing bromine-based biocide with the water, and using at least a portion of the blended water for hydrostatic testing of at least a portion of an... Agent: Albemarle Corporation

20080047905 - Coated microbubbles for treating an aquifer or soil formations: A microporous diffuser includes a first elongated member including at least one sidewall having a plurality of microscopic openings. The sidewall defines an interior hollow portion of the member. The diffuser has a second elongated member having a second sidewall having a plurality of microscopic openings, the second member being... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080047906 - Soy proteins and/or soy derivatives with zero-valent iron compositions and use for environmental remediation: Preparation of dispersions of zero-valance nanoscale iron particles and one of soy protein, soy milk, or other soy derivative. The dispersions can be used to treat contaminated soil or water.... Agent: Design Ip, P.C.

20080047907 - Portable in-situ ozone-generating remedial system: Methods and systems are presented for treating groundwater in a groundwater well using one or more portable devices including a body having an air inlet port, an ozone/air mixture outlet port, an ozone generator, and a high-voltage power supply, wherein air from the atmosphere is mixed with ozone generated by... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080047908 - Tool for recovering biological samples and method for recovering biological samples: This invention provides a tool for recovering biological samples for realizing more simple and accurate clinical testing with the use of a trace amount of the blood sample, a kit comprising the same, and a method for recovering and separating biological samples using the same. Such tool comprises: a recovery... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080041772 - Blood processing apparatus with robust outflow process control: A density centrifuge blood processing system comprising a separation chamber rotating about a central rotation axis, the separation chamber having an outflow passage, a light source in optical communication with the density centrifuge blood processing system, the light source providing an incident light beam for illuminating an observation region and... Agent: Gambro Bct, IncIPDepartment

20080041773 - Bio tank/oxygen replenishment system: A system is disclosed herein for treating wastewater liquid by utilizing aerobic biological species. The contaminated wastewater stream is pretreated in a dissolved air flotation system to remove suspended solid waste, including large particles such as fats, grease, and physically emulsified oils. The purified wastewater containing dissolved waste is thereafter... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20080041774 - Grit chamber for wastewater treatment plant, capable of preventing sedimentation of organic material: A grit chamber for a wastewater treatment plant. A vertical floodgate is installed on a partitioning wall and is driven in a vertical direction to be opened downwardly from a top toward a bottom. A floodgate driving motor is coupled to one end of the vertical floodgate to directly drive... Agent: Joseph J Catanzaro Abelman Frayne And Schwab

20080041775 - Water treatment system: A water treatment system has a battery rechargeable by a manual generator, thus eliminating the need for an external power source. The water treatment system uses the rechargeable battery to power a pump and a UV lamp. After the water passes through a filter, the UV lamp treats the water... Agent: Warner, Norcross & Judd In Re: Alticor Inc.

20080041776 - Downwash prcoess bioremediation system: Disclosed herein is a method for the removal of petroleum hydrocarbon and toxic constitutes from contaminated soils and sediment. The method comprises the removal of contaminated materials from soils and performs bioremediation for the removed contaminated materials in an efficient mode. The remained contaminated materials in the soils are biologically... Agent: Arthur C. Wu

20080041777 - Filter device having filter member easily changing structure: A filter device includes a container, a carrier pivotally attached to an upper portion of the container for allowing the carrier to be rotated and moved toward and away from the container, the carrier includes one or more sockets for detachably coupling one or more cartridges to the sockets. The... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20080041778 - Portable tank apparatus and method of use: A tank assembly comprises a plurality of tank sections. Each tank section is capable of being connected to at least one other tank section. Each tank section is dimensioned to enable the section to be accommodated at or within a predetermined width limit for transportation by public road. A dimension... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20080041779 - Connection device for hydraulic circuits: The present invention relates to a connecting element for hydraulic circuits. The device comprises a body provided with one channel having an inlet section and an outlet section, the channel being connectable with a fluid supply line, said body being further provided with an aperture which opens, to the outside,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080041780 - Fluid distribution apparatus: Disclosed is a mixer-distributor-collector apparatus for use between beds of solid particles in a fluid-solid contacting vessel. The apparatus includes a solids retaining screen, fluid deflector, passageway, fluid distributor, and flow manipulator. The flow manipulator is a device such as a honeycomb, porous solid, perforated plate, screen, or grid having... Agent: Honeywell Intellectual Property Inc Patent Services

20080041781 - Container for storing a liquid such as cooking oil: A cooking oil container has a filter cup retained at the upper end thereof. The filter cup retains a planar circular filter at the lower end and a seal between the filter holder and the bottom of the filter cup prevents oil from overflowing around the circumference of the filter... Agent: Robert L. Marsh

20080041782 - Septic tank kit: The septic tank of the subject invention can be provided in kit form, and preferably comprises a tank lid, a tank bottom, a pair of opposing side walls, and a pair of opposing end walls having a tank flow outlet and a tank flow inlet, where a flange is affixed... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080041784 - Method, apparatus and system for removal of contaminants from water: Disclosed is a water de-contamination system, methods, and apparatus using alternating aerobic, anaerobic, and aerobic conditions, with carbon and other waste processing treatments, to remove contaminants from water. Included is an aerobic system in flow communication with an outlet from a waste tank; waste processing treatments in flow communication with... Agent: George W. Dishong Esq. Dishong Law Office

20080041783 - Process to improve the efficiency of a membrane filter activated sludge system: A process for treating BOD, nitrogen and phosphorus containing wastewater, wherein the process includes the steps of providing wastewater influent into an anoxic zone having activated sludge and mixing the wastewater influent with the activated sludge in the anoxic zone to form a mixed liquor. The process further includes providing... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080041786 - Methods and apparatus for the removal of organic matter and related degradation products from water: A device for the removal of organic matter and related degradation products from water, includes a container through which the water containing organic matter and/or nitrates is passed through at a controlled rate and a check valve used in conjunction with the container for the removal of organic matter and... Agent: Wilson Daniel Swayze, Jr.

20080041785 - Systems and methods for wastewater odor control: A synergistic composition is provided for controlling odor from waste products. The composition comprises a combination of nitrate salt, sulfide-consuming compound, pH-elevating compound, sulfide-oxidizing, nitrate-reducing bacteria, and sulfide-oxidizing enzyme. The method includes adding a sufficient amount of the composition to a waste stream to provide sufficient sulfide-consuming compound to effect... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP U0105

20080041787 - Dialysis device and method for cleaning the same: A dialysis device 1 includes a fluid circuit 2 including a water supply passage 12 for supplying purified water to a measuring chamber 11, concentrate passages 13A and 13B which join the purified water passage and are connected to dialysis solution concentrate containers 20A and 20B respectively, a branched passage... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20080041788 - Process and device for simulated moving bed seperation with a reduced number of valves: The invention concerns a simulated moving bed (SMB) separation device comprising a column, beds Ai of adsorbent separated by plates Pi with a single distribution and extraction network for fluids, in particular feed F, desorbant D, raffinate R and extract E, and a plurality of two-way valves for distribution of... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20080041789 - Method for cleaning ion exchange resins using an oxidizing agent: A method is provided for reducing natural organic fouling levels in contaminated ion exchange resins by contacting the resins with an oxidizing agent solution.... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20080041790 - Water treatment apparatus: A water treatment apparatus includes a housing comprising multiple housing portions and a plurality of treatment sections disposed within the housing, each treatment section comprising at least one distinct particulate layer. The apparatus is designed so that no water pressure need be applied to force the water through the apparatus,... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080041791 - Purification of fluids with nanomaterials: Disclosed herein is a nanostructured material comprising defective carbon nanotubes chosen from impregnated, functionalized, doped, charged, coated, and irradiated nanotubes, and combinations thereof. The defective carbon nanotubes contain a defect which is a lattice distortion in at least one carbon ring. Also disclosed is a method of purifying fluids, such... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080041792 - Wetness sensor: The present invention relates to a wetness detector system that rapidly detects the presence of wetness due to a liquid leak in a system. The wetness detector system contains a reusable wetness sensor that is able to accurately detect the presence of wetness and, in the case of an extracorporeal... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080041793 - Plant for filtering substances to be cleaned of various kind, particularly muds and other semi-solid or liquid dirty polluting substances, and working cycle for such filtering operation: Plant for filtering substances to be cleaned of various kind, particularly but not exclusively muds and other semi-solid or liquid dirty and polluting substances, constituted by one or more filtering devices (5) connected to each other, comprising a first circulation circuit of the substances to be cleaned introduced in to... Agent: Bucknam And Archer

20080041794 - Methods of decontaminating water, catalysts therefor and methods of making catalysts: Methods of decontaminating water, catalysts therefor and methods of making catalysts for decontaminating water to neutralize contaminants including organic and non-organic contaminants, such as aromatic compounds and microorganisms, e.g. bacteria. A heterogeneous catalyst is formed by incubating a polymeric resin with a transition metal-salt solution, e.g. a CuSO4 solution. The... Agent: Daniel P. Burke, Esq. Daniel P. Burke & Associates, PLLC

20080041795 - Filter unit, filter device and filtration process for fluids: A filter unit (10) and a filter device formed from several such units for filtering a fluid, especially a process fluid such as required for chip-removing machining processes. The filter units (10) each comprise a frame (11) and a filter medium (16). The frame (11) has support webs (12), which... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080041796 - High back pressure filter for removing non-water component(s) from water: A system, and method of use, for entering a mixture of a non-water component and water thereinto, which develops a high back pressure, and via causing said mixture to pass through a mixture of polypropylene and beads in an upper approximately ⅔ thereof, and polypropylene in the lower approximately ⅓... Agent: James D. Welch

20080035536 - Gravity type fiber filter: The present invention provides a gravity fiber filter, comprising: a filter tank placed in a portion of a large amount of running water; at least one unit filter disposed in the filter tank; a filtered water collecting tank disposed in a lower portion of the filter tank; a discharging pipe... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080035537 - Fuel filter system: A fuel filter system characterized by a simple design provided with a coalescer element (20) disposed in the immediate fuel inlet region for improving the elimination of water droplets. The coalescer element includes an upper end plate (26) that extends to the inner wall of the housing (10), thereby sealing... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080035538 - Apparatus for and method of denitrifying wastewater: Disclosed is a method of denitrifying a solution including introducing into the solution an amount of a carbon source within a duration and at a frequency so that indigenous heterotrophic bacteria deplete dissolved oxygen in the solution and decompose oxygen from nitrate in the solution to obtain its combined oxygen.... Agent: Emerging Strategies, PLLC

20080035539 - Pressurized wastewater effluent chlorination system: A pressurized wastewater effluent chlorination system including a treatment tank defining a contact chamber and an aeration chamber. The treatment tank receives wastewater effluent. The system includes a pressure vessel within a liquid chlorine storage container positioned in or near the treatment tank. Preferably, the pressure vessel is a floating... Agent: Andrews & Kurth, L.L.P.

20080035540 - Filter element especially for filtering liquids or gases: A filter element for filtering liquids or gases, having a concentrically arranged filter medium with zigzag pleats. The filter medium is provided with end disks on its axial end faces, each end disk having an inside that is connected to the filter medium and an outside that faces away from... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080035541 - Semipermeable membrane system for magnetic particle fractions: In a semi-permeable membrane system for separating magnetic particle fractions from a mixture contained in a first fluid, comprising a membrane with opposite membrane surfaces between which passages extend and which separates the first fluid from a second fluid each of which is in contact with one of the membrane... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20080035543 - Multi-lobe filter bag principally for a pool cleaner: Filters principally for automatic swimming pool cleaners are detailed. The filters include bags of porous material formed into at least two lobes. At least one divider separates a primary flow path through the bags from multiple debris-collecting pockets.... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20080035542 - Semipermeable membrane system for magnetic particle fractions: l

20080035544 - Oil cooling and filtering system, kit and apparatus: An adapter apparatus is provided for use in mounting two oil filter cartridges on an engine. The adapter apparatus includes a manifold for interconnecting the oil filters, and for allowing oil to flow in series through the oil filters and an engine. The manifold includes a metal manifold block having... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080035545 - System for evaporation of rainwater and wastewater proventing waterlogging of land: The present invention relates to an evaporation system for rainwater and wastewater designed to reduce or eliminate the storage of water by ground in a parcel of land, comprising a tank made of concrete armour (10), means (16, 17) for supplying the tank (10) with rainwater and wastewater, a source... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080035546 - Method for optimally sizing cells of a centrifugal partition chromatography device: Method for sizing the cells of a centrifugal liquid-liquid chromatography “column” (CPC column) consisting of stacked discs on which the cells connected in cascade (in series) by small channels are engraved. Rotation of the stack creates a high centrifugal acceleration field which makes it possible to keep a liquid phase... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080035547 - Methods and apparatus for filtering water: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for filtering or purifying water.... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20080035548 - Multi-functional filtration and ultra-pure water generator: A water purification system having a porous anode electrode (21) and a porous cathode electrode (20), each of which is made of graphite, at least one metal oxide, and an ion-exchange, cross-linked, polarizable polymer, and optionally comprises microchannels. Disposed between the electrodes is a non-electron conductive, fluid permeable separator element... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080035549 - Filter assembly for sampling: A filter assembly is provided for obtaining a filtered liquid sample from slurry, such as a liquid process stream that contains liquid, dissolved matter and solids. A housing defines a cavity. A rod is arranged in the cavity and supports a filter. A cartridge comprises the filter, and is arranged... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20080035550 - Device, with a backup filter, for producing sterile liquid: The device has a cartridge defined by a central body, and by a first and second cover body closing the axial ends of the central body; a first fitting formed in the first cover body to permit liquid flow into the cartridge; a chamber defined between a plate installed at... Agent: Roger Pitt Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20080035551 - Water purifier: A water purifier includes a base, an outer casing mounted on the base, a fresh water conduit demountably mounted in the outer casing, a plurality of filtering units demountably mounted on the fresh water conduit and a cover demountably mounted on the outer casing. Each filtering unit includes a membrane... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080035552 - Multi-function and multi-layer filtration device: The filtration device mainly contains a hollow body member having a water inlet and a water outlet at two ends; a number of open-top container members vertically stacked and reliably positioned, inside the body member; and a number of agent members placed inside the container members respectively. Each of the... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080035553 - Portable filtration system: A portable filter and filter system. The filter has a filter housing defining a liquid channel from an inlet to an outlet. The portable filter includes a liquid filter located in the filter housing, a mouthpiece mechanically associated with the dispensing end of the filter housing, and a liquid receiving... Agent: Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP

20080035554 - Filtering device: A filter device is provided with a filter tank, a filter drum disposed in the filter tank, and a drive mechanism which rotates the filter drum. The filter element is composed of a porous plate that is formed with a large number of circulation holes. The porous plate is formed... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080035555 - Apparatus, system, and method for small-particle liquid filtration enhancement: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for enhancing the filtration of small particles from liquid stream. The apparatus includes a fuel filter bank having with at least one fuel filter. The fuel filter bank is mounted on a mounting bracket. The mounting bracket couples to an internal combustion engine... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080035557 - Polymer-coated inorganic membrane for separating aromatic and aliphatic compounds: A membrane composition comprising an inorganic substrate which has a coating of an associating polymer. The membrane composition includes an inorganic substrate selected from the group consisting of a porous silica hollow tube, an alumina hollow tube and a ceramic monolith.... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20080035558 - Polymer modified porous substrate for solid phase extraction: A polymer modified porous substrate for solid phase extraction or chromatography, comprising a porous substrate and a polymeric monolith formed thereon, wherein the polymeric monolith comprises C5-10 monocyclic or bicyclic aryl or heteroaryl, optionally substituted with -L-Qp-Rq; where q is 0-3, p is 0-5, Q is —NRC(O)—, —C(O)NR—, —OC(O)NR—, —OC(O)R—,... Agent: Varian Inc. Legal Department

20080035556 - Process for producing film forming resins for photoresist compositions: The present invention provides a method of reducing metals in solutions of film forming resins and a related filter sheet.... Agent: Alan P. Kass Az Electronic Materials Usa Corp.

20080035559 - Chromatographic separation member and method: There is described a chromatographic separation member including a substrate carrying on at least one surface a thin layer of a chromatographically active capture material. Also described is a chromatographic separation method for separating a component of interest from a fluid utilizing the chromatographic separation member.... Agent: Gaetano D. Maccarone

20080035560 - Apparatus for the separation of dry matter from a fluid: The invention relates to an apparatus for continuous separation of dry matter from a fluid, comprising an enclosed environment capable of being under vacuum or under positive pressure, in which enclosed environment a number of rollers (1, 3, 4, 4′, 6, 6′, 20, 21, 22, 23) form a chamber which... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080035561 - Process of treating organic waste for anaerobic digestion: A process of treating organic waste such as food wastes for anaerobic digestion including preparing a waste-slurry from organic waste such as food wastes, transferring the organic waste-slurry to a paddle pulper/finisher, processing the waste-slurry in the paddle pulper/finisher which reduces the particle size of the solids in the waste... Agent: James R. Cypher

20080035562 - Fluorine adsorbent/desorbent applicable electrolytic solution for zinc electro-refining and method for removing fluorine using the fluorine adsorbent/desorbent: In order to remove fluorine from a zinc containing solution before zinc electro-refining in lower cost, fluorine is removed by adsorption from a zinc containing solution (leached solution) utilizing the character of the predetermined iron compound or zinc compound which can adsorb fluorine in an acid solution and desorb fluorine... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080035563 - Immersed-membrane water treating filtering device comprising means preventing filterable medium backflowing to filter cleaning gas injecting means: A water treating system is provided with a membrane chamber having one or more membranes disposed therein for filtering water. To periodically clean the membranes, there is provided a series of cleaning fluid inlets that permit a cleaning fluid, such as a gas, to be injected through the inlets into... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20080035564 - Sorbent for selective removal of contaminants from fluids: Anion exchange materials impregnated with oxygen-containing metal compounds within the exchange matrix as a sorbent, and a method for preparation. The materials remove arsenic and other ligands or contaminants from water and other fluid streams.... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20080035565 - Procedure for elimination of boron from sea-water by reverse osmosis membranes: a second phase in which an alkalinising agent is added until a pH of between 8-9.5 is achieved, which can furthermore consist of a third phase in which the fluoride content of the sea-water is increased following the second phase, or a third phase in which a high molecular weight... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080035566 - Chromatographic membrane separation: This invention relates to a polymer membrane assembly for selective separation of permeate compositions by carbon weight. This invention also relates to a process for utilizing these polymer membrane assemblies in separation processes for selective carbon weight separation of hydrocarbon feedstreams components. More particularly, but not by way of limitation,... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20080035567 - Enhanced membrane separation system: The present invention includes a polymeric membrane assembly and method for selective separation of components of a feedstream utilizing the polymeric membrane assembly. The present invention is a novel concept for the manufacture and use of a polymeric membrane assemblies which require the use of fibrous backing materials for fabrication... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20080035568 - Apparatus and method for filtering fluids: A filter module utilizing a nano-porous ceramic membrane is provided for various applications including, but not limited to, enhanced hemodialysis performance, the removal (or separation) of cryoprotectant from biological materials, the separation of blood components (e.g., plasmapheresis), and controlling the concentration of cells in a biological fluid solution.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080035570 - Catch basin insert: A catch basin insert arranged to help filter out trash and debris as water passes through the catch basin. One embodiment of a catch basin insert according to the present invention comprises a mounting frame and a skin mounted to the mounting frame, the skin having openings to allow water... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20080035569 - Water treatment device and method therefor: A system for upgrading raw water using a filter, for eliminating intrinsic factors of such water. Optionally the system includes a device for facilitating sustained release of extrinsic factors supplied by one or more capsules. Optionally the system includes also a dosing device for prolonging the constant supply of extrinsic... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080035572 - Chemically cross-linked polymeric membranes and method of use: This invention relates to the fabrication of a polymeric membrane and a process for utilizing the polymeric membrane for separating components of a feedstream. More particularly, but not by way of limitation, this invention relates to the fabrication of a polymeric membrane and a process for utilizing the polymeric membrane... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20080035571 - Integrally-layered polymeric membranes and method of use: This invention relates to the composition of an integrally-layered polymeric membrane and a process for utilizing the integrally-layered polymeric membrane components of a feedstream. More particularly, but not by way of limitation, this invention relates to the composition of an integrally-layered polymeric membrane and a process for utilizing the integrally-layered... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20080035574 - Membrane barrier films and method of use: This invention relates to a polymeric membrane assembly which incorporates one or more layers of protective barrier films or protective barrier membrane layers to protect the susceptible polymer membrane from deterioration due to contact with water, oxygen or a combination of both. This invention also relates to a process for... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20080035573 - Membrane for separating aromatic and aliphatic compounds: This invention relates to a polymeric membrane composition utilizing the non-hazardous compound 4-aminophenyl disulfide (“APD”), a method of making the polymeric membrane, and a process for separating components of a feedstream utilizing the polymeric membrane. More particularly, but not by way of limitation, this invention relates to utilizing the polymeric... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20080035575 - Polymer membrane for separating aromatic and aliphatic compounds: This invention relates to a polymeric membrane composition comprising an associating polymer. The polymer coating is characterized as having hard and soft segments where the hard segment comprises TMPA, combined with HDPA. The membrane may utilize a porous substrate.... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20080035576 - Chemical treatment cartridge and method of using same: There are provided a chemical treatment cartridge capable of executing various extraction processes with ease and a method of using the same. There are formed recesses, each in a predetermined shape, in the back surface of an elastic member. The recesses create empty spaces between the cartridge substrate and the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080035577 - System and method for treatment of industrial wastewater: A system and method for treatment of wastewater containing heavy metals, oil products, detergents, phenols, dyes, complexions, complexionates, etc. are described. The system includes a static mixer configured for continuous mixing the wastewater supplied thereto with desired reagents; a feeder of a magnetic powder; at least one coagulator apparatus; at... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080035578 - Triple-tank system and method for treating water: Disclosed is a three-tank water treatment system. In operation, water flows through each tank in succession, with each tank performing one or more treatment operations. By allocating a separate tank for the copper/zinc redox alloy filtration medium, some embodiments of this system allow for a greater amount of the redox... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080035579 - Centrifugal magnetic position control device, disk-shaped micro fluidic system including the same, and method of operating the compact disk-shaped micro fluidic system: A centrifugal micro fluidic system and a centrifugal magnetic position control device used in the centrifugal micro fluidic system for controlling the position of magnetic beads are provided. The centrifugal micro fluidic system comprising, a rotatable platform; a micro fluidic structure which is disposed in the platform; and a plurality... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080035581 - Floating ultraviolet water purification device: A method and apparatus for disinfecting water using ultraviolet light. An apparatus with an ultraviolet light source is floated in a water container such that the ultraviolet light source is suspended beneath the water surface and is capable of emitting ultraviolet light into the surrounding water.... Agent: Zarian Midgley & Johnson PLLC

20080035582 - Method of determination of the conditions of exhaustion of a filtering cartridge for filtering carafes with replaceable cartridge and carafe operating in compliance with such method: A method of determination of the conditions of exhaustion of a filtering cartridge for filtering carafes with replaceable cartridges is described, in which an initial identification of impedance of the water to be filtered is provided for in order to consequently calculate an important parameter for definition of the efficient... Agent: Castellano PLLC

20080035580 - Methods and compositions for treatment of water: The present invention relates to compositions and their use for the treatment of water. In one embodiment, the invention provides for a compositions and their use for the treatment of microorganisms. This invention also provides compositions and their use to provide clean water in an environmentally-friendly manner. In another embodiment,... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20080035583 - Methods, devices and reagents for wastewater treatment: The invention relates to a method, devices, and reagents which are are used for Fenton reaction-based wastewater treatment. According to the invention, the oxidation reaction of organic material with the oxygenated water is performed in the main oxidation reactor (12) in the presence of metallic catalysts. The Fenton reaction takes... Agent: John M. Sheehan Fmc Corporation

20080035584 - High flow disc filter: A filter device is configured to filter a liquid. The filter device includes a drum sized to receive the liquid and a plurality of filter panels coupled to the drum to define a plurality of discs. The liquid passes through at least a portion of one of the discs. Each... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080035585 - Method and apparatus for recirculating elutriation fluids: A system and method for separating particles using an elutriation or low density fluid wherein a re-circulation line is provided to re-circulate the elutriation or low density fluid for re-use in the separation system and method.... Agent: Gambro, Inc Patent Department

20080035586 - Enhanced coalescer: A coalescer is used in series with a hydrocyclone to enhance the removal of a dispersed phase from a continuous phase by first using a coalescer that lacks removal of any separated dispersed phase prior to cyclonic action in the hydrocyclone. The coalescer has no oil outlet and serves to... Agent: Cameron International Corporation

20080035587 - Quick-drain filter: An apparatus, system, and method for a quick-drain filter includes a filter housing, a clean fluid passage disposed axially in the housing, and a service drain passage disposed at an axial end of the housing and spaced radially away from the clean fluid passage. A protrusion extending radially from a... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080029446 - Apparatus for continually skimming off a top layer of a body of liquid: An apparatus for continually skimming off a top layer of a body of liquid, comprising: a self-adjusting container for collecting said top layer, said container being adapted to seek an effective balanced position dependent on the liquid level for collecting the top layer, and a discharge conduit for discharging the... Agent: Dennis G. Lapointe Lapointe Law Group, Pl

20080029447 - Self-contained deployable automatic factory built ethanol production plant: The present invention provides a modular ethanol production plant constructed of a number of identically sized modules each having a supporting structure main framework to which the components contained in the modules are attached. The plurality of modules includes a fermentation module, a distillation module, a ground grain module, and... Agent: Sturm & Fix LLP

20080029448 - Sealed magnet trap arrangement: A liquid collection system for liquid coolant from a series of a plurality of machine tools with magnets for arresting and holding magnetic objects, such as broken bits from the milling machines or inadvertently dropped hand tools, entrained in the liquid coolant before they can damage liquid coolant recirculation pumps,... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080029449 - Graded external prefilter element for continuous-flow systems: A prefilter element for continuous flow systems as illustrated by a high-performance liquid chromatography cartridge or column is constructed with a gradient filter that has a gradient in average pore size over its thickness, the pore size decreasing in the direction of flow. This prefilter element is retained in a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080029450 - Valve module: A valve module for control of a fluid flow, especially flow of a fluid to be filtered in a filter apparatus. The valve module includes a valve (12) with a valve cover (14) a valve body (13) and a valve seat (15). The valve body mates with the valve seat... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080029451 - Manifold adaptor plate for filtration apparatus: A manifold adaptor plate useful as a gasket having liquid pathways which permit passing of a filtrate, a feed and a retentate wherein admixture of the filtrate with the feed or the retentate is prevented is provided and is formed of an elastomeric layer, a rigid intermediate layer and a... Agent: Millipore Corporation

20080029452 - Water purification apparatus: A water purification apparatus includes a main body having an accommodation chamber inside and a plate on a top side thereof, a lid pivotally mounted on the main body and closable on the main body, a holder mounted with the plate of main body and defining with the plate of... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20080029453 - Filter element: The invention relates to a filter element for filtering fluids, which is received in a filter housing and which is configured as a filter candle-type element extending along a longitudinal axis. An inner fluid space of said element is surrounded by a filter material that separates the inner fluid space... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080029454 - Carbon dioxide stimulation of nitrification in activated sludge reactors: A method of stimulating nitrification at low SRT by elevating pCO2 during aeration is disclosed. The improvement on solids settling performance when elevated pCO2 was supplied after 2 hours within the React cycle is consistent with the previous results that identified inorganic carbon as a potential remedy to poor settling... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20080029455 - Separation methods: A method for chromatographic separation of a molecule, wherein a mobile phase and a charged stationary phase are present and a charged amphipathic sugar polymer(s) is employed to modify the hydrophobic interaction between the molecule and said charged stationary phase.... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080029456 - Method and apparatus for removing minerals from a water source: A system and method for removing minerals from a water source and concentrating these minerals for ease of reuse or disposal includes passing the water from a suitable source through cascaded membrane filters, the reject outputs of each of which are connected to the inputs of the next membrane filter... Agent: Lavalle D. Ptak

20080029457 - Magnetic separation purifying apparatus and magnetic separation purifying method: There is provided a magnetic separation purifying apparatus capable of favorably separating a magnetic substance irrespective of fluctuation of a water surface in a magnetic separation part to thereby stably discharge high density sludge. The magnetic separation purifying apparatus comprises: a rotating filtering body having a cylindrical-shaped filtering net to... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080029458 - Dewatering system: Systems and methods for dewatering drilling fluid including a feeder, an aging tank, a polyductor configured between the feeder and the aging tank and a flocculant solution pump fluidly connected to the aging tank. Further, the system includes a portable skid to house the feeder, the aging tank, the polyductor,... Agent: Osha Liang/mi

20080029459 - Water treatment method and water treatment equipment: A water treatment equipment has a raw water tank as a mixing section, a micronanobubble generation tank, a floatation tank, and a treated water tank. Waste water as treatment water is introduced into the raw water tank and mixed with the water containing micronanobubbles produced by the micronanobubble generation tank.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080029460 - Amine-aldehyde resins and uses thereof in separation processes: Amine-aldehyde resins are disclosed for removing a wide variety of solids and/or ionic species from the liquids in which they are suspended and/or dissolved. These resins are especially useful as froth flotation depressants, for example in the beneficiation of value materials (e.g., bitumen, coal, or kaolin clay) to remove impurities... Agent: Patent Group Ga30-43

20080029461 - Proportioning, regenerative, rotary pump: A pump system for tangential flow or crossflow liquid filtration systems, such as reverse osmosis, nano, and micro filtration systems, that independently fixes the fraction of product water produced for each stage and recovers a fraction of the energy normally lost in rejected waste streams. The pump is of the... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080029462 - Degermination through cavitation: The present application is directed toward a method of destroying microorganisms using a device for treating a medium flowing through the device with a hydrodynamic cavitation field or a super cavitation field for destroying microrganisms contained in the medium.... Agent: Head, Johnson & Kachigian

20080029463 - Device and method for filtering particles from a liquid in a dishwasher: A device is provided for filtering particles from a dishwashing fluid in a dishwashing machine, the dishwashing machine having a dishwashing container in which are disposed items to be subjected to the application of a dishwashing liquid thereto such that particles disentrained from the items during the application of a... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department