Patents Examined by Luan V. Van
  • Patent number: 11912591
    Abstract: Provided are water treatment systems and methods of treating water that include separating dissolved salts from a feed stream using an organic solvent brine stream. For example, described are water treatment systems comprising: an electrodialysis device comprising an inlet feed stream, an inlet brine stream, an outlet product stream, and an outlet brine stream; and a precipitation tank comprising an inlet stream and an outlet stream, wherein the inlet stream of the precipitation tank comprises the outlet brine stream of the electrodialysis device, and the inlet brine stream of the electrodialysis device comprises the outlet stream of the precipitation tank, and wherein inlet brine stream and outlet brine stream comprises an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventors: Brian M. Mcdonald, Ethan L. Demeter
  • Patent number: 11912597
    Abstract: A sludge drying apparatus includes a waste fluid bath for storing a waste fluid containing a sludge, an extracting unit for extracting the sludge from the waste fluid stored in the waste fluid bath, a transfer belt for transferring the sludge extracted by the extracting unit, a drying unit for drying the sludge to be transferred by the transfer belt, and a recovering unit for recovering the sludge transferred by the transfer belt and dried by the drying unit. The recovering unit includes a roll brush provided adjacent to the air outlet so as to horizontally extend in the direction perpendicular to the direction of extension of the transfer belt, and a recovery box for recovering the sludge separated from the transfer belt by the roll brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Sugiyama, Toshiyuki Sano, Miki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11891315
    Abstract: A capacitive adsorption module assembly is proposed. The capacitive adsorption module assembly includes a plurality of capacitive adsorption modules, each having a disk-shaped spacer configured to form a flow path through which feed flows, a cation exchange membrane attached to any one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the spacer, a first electrode attached to the cation exchange membrane, an anion exchange membrane attached to the other of the upper surface and the lower surface of the spacer, and a second electrode attached to the anion exchange membrane, wherein the capacitive adsorption modules are vertically stacked such that adjacent capacitive adsorption modules share or contact the first electrode or the second electrode, and at least one first terminal and second terminal passing through the stacked modules being provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wee Kwan Kang, Ho Yong Jo, Jang Yong You
  • Patent number: 11846033
    Abstract: An iron-containing Chevrel phase material, contains iron and Mo6S8 clusters, in particular an iron-containing Chevrel phase material having a formula FexMo6S8, wherein 2?x?4. The iron-containing Chevrel phase provides an efficient catalyst for the electrochemical production of ammonia from water and nitrogen gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University
    Inventors: Yingwen Cheng, Ke Lu
  • Patent number: 11835527
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods of analyzing a post-translationally modified protein of interest using electrophoresis, the methods comprising deglycosylating the protein of interest after labeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yiming Zhao, Hunter Chen, Shao-Chun Wang, Timothy Riehlman, Gabriel Carreau, Ying Wang
  • Patent number: 11833474
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device capable of reducing the resistance and increasing the ion exchange rate in an electrodialysis, electro-deionization, or capacitive deionization apparatus and a method for producing said device. More specifically, the device is an electrodialysis spacer designed to have an ionically conductive surface of either cationic nature, anionic nature or a combination of both, which act as conductive pathways for ions as they move towards their respective electrode. The method of producing said spacer involves coating a substrate, such as a woven mesh, expanded netting, extruded netting or non-woven material, with perm-selective ionomer solutions and applying that substrate to an inert spacer material that has undergone chemical or mechanical etching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: MIS IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Brian M. McDonald, Ethan L. Demeter
  • Patent number: 11827990
    Abstract: A dual-membrane on-line generator for an acid or alkali solution is provided, including an upper electrolytic cell body (3), a middle electrolytic cell body (4) and a lower electrolytic cell body (5) which are clamped by an upper fastening steel plate (1) and a lower fastening steel plate (2), an upper regeneration liquid channel (A), a middle eluent channel (B) and a lower regeneration liquid channel (C) being provided on the middle electrolytic cell body (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SHIMADZU (CHINA) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bingcheng Yang, Feifang Zhang, Yifei Lu, Liting Zhou, Shujun Huang
  • Patent number: 11828723
    Abstract: The present application proposes a method for detecting an okadaic acid based on a near-infrared photoelectric composite material, which includes the following steps: synthesizing NaYF4: Yb, Tm up-conversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) and a semiconductor material flower-like tungsten oxide (WO3) by a simple high-temperature solvothermal method; coupling the UCNPs with an okadaic acid monoclonal antibody through a classic amidation reaction to construct a competitive near-infrared photoelectrochemical immunosorbent assay (cNIR-PECIA) for okadaic acid detection. In addition, the present application employs a screen-printed carbon electrode (SPE) as the working electrode, and thus only requires a small amount of electrolytes, which is low-cost and maintenance-free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: JiMei University, Xiamen Center for Disease Control and Prevention
    Inventors: Xiaomei Chen, Chenyan Zheng, Mingming Yin, Bingyuan Su, Jie Wei
  • Patent number: 11821095
    Abstract: Processes and systems for electrochemical exfoliation that use a compression reactor and, more particularly, to processes and systems for electrochemical exfoliation of planar parent materials, such as graphite. A reactor for electrochemical exfoliation may include a container configured to hold an electrolyte solution. The reactor may further include a porous chamber, wherein the porous chamber is configured to hold a parent material in fluid communication with the electrolyte solution. The reactor may further include a pressure source positioned to apply a pressure along a length of the porous chamber to thereby compress the parent material in the porous chamber. The reactor may further include a first counter electrode. The reactor may further include a working electrode. The reactor may further include an electrical power source in electrical communication with the first counter electrode and the working electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Exxon Mobil Technology and Engineering Company, The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Rohan Ashok Hule, Micah J. Green, Joshua T. Hope, Wanmei Sun
  • Patent number: 11820680
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an energy-saving technology using switching of current of an electrode terminal, which is applied to a capacitive deionization (CDI) water purification apparatus, and control of switching of the current. The water purification apparatus includes a case 110 having an inlet 113 formed in one side thereof and an outlet 115 formed in the opposite side thereof, a plurality of electrode plates 120 accommodated in the case and stacked on one another, and an electrode terminal 130 selectively and electrically connected to the plurality of electrode plates and configured to allow direct current to flow therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SIONTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Seok Kang, Kyu Hong Lee, Ho Il Lee, Bo Hyung Ryoo, Nam Soo Park, Kyung Han Lee
  • Patent number: 11772992
    Abstract: A deionization device is for at least partially deionizing a feed liquid in which at least one electrolyte is dissolved. The device has at least one process channel with a feed inlet for receiving the feed liquid, and a feed outlet; one or more collector channel(s) for collecting the anions and cations separated from the feed liquid; an electrolyte outlet for discharging the collected anions and cations; and at least one channel electrode, at least one separating electrode, and at least one collector electrode. The channel and separating electrodes are placed at opposite sides of the process channel, and the separating and collector electrodes are placed at opposite sides of the collector channel(s). A field generator generates an electric and/or magnetic field between the channel and separating electrodes, and between the separating and collector electrodes, to generate an ion flow from the process to the collector channel(s), which is the same for anions and cations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: AVSALT AB
    Inventor: Nicolaas Jacobus Henricus Boon
  • Patent number: 11673818
    Abstract: Provided are a system and a method of treating wastewater. The system includes a wastewater chamber, positive and negative electrode chambers, acid and basic solution chambers and a buffer chamber. The wastewater chamber receives wastewater containing a first ion. The positive and the negative electrode chambers are respectively on opposite sides of the wastewater chamber. The acid chamber is between the wastewater chamber and the positive electrode chamber. The basic chamber is between the wastewater chamber and the negative electrode chamber. The buffer chamber is between one of the acid and the basic chambers and the wastewater chamber, and receives the buffer solution containing the first ion. The interfaces between the wastewater chamber and the buffer chamber and between the one of the acid and the basic chambers and the buffer chamber are ion exchange membranes having the same electrical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Guan-You Lin, Yi-Fong Pan, Sin-Yi Huang, Hsin-Ju Yang
  • Patent number: 11662332
    Abstract: In a method for producing transparent biological preparations for examination by light microscopy biological tissue is electrophoretically clarified in that the tissue is immersed in an aqueous alkaline electrophoresis solution and is exposed to an electric field in the electrophoresis solution. The electrophoresis solution contains a buffer base, the cations of which have a molecular weight of at least 50 Da, at a concentration of 5 to 100 mol/m3 and a non-ionic detergent at a concentration of 0.1 to 10% (w/v).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITAET GOETTINGEN STIFTUNG OEFFENTLICHEN RECHTS, UNIVERSITAETSMEDIZIN
    Inventors: Robert Ventzki, Fred S. Wouters-Bunt
  • Patent number: 11629075
    Abstract: A water electrolysis system includes: a water electrolyzer configured to electrolyze water to generate gas including oxygen and hydrogen; a gas-liquid separator configured to separate gas phase including hydrogen from liquid phase of the gas generated by the water electrolyzer; a water level detector configured to detect a water level in the gas-liquid separator; a pressure detector configured to detect a pressure of the gas phase in the gas-liquid separator; and a CPU and a memory coupled to the CPU. The CPU is configured to perform: calculating an error of the water level in the gas-liquid separator detected by the water level detector based on the pressure of the gas phase in the gas-liquid separator detected by the pressure detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Asano, Jun Takeuchi, Kazuya Aoki
  • Patent number: 11629368
    Abstract: The present application discloses a planar enzyme sensor for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a solution comprising a substrate of an electrically insulating material supporting an electrode layer of an electrically conductive material. The substrate and electrode layer have a plurality of layers disposed thereon which include an enzyme layer and a microporous outer layer covering the enzyme layer, wherein the outer layer comprises a continuous phase of a water-resistant polymer (e.g. a polyvinylacetate or an acrylate copolymer), a protein (e.g. an enzyme) embedded in the continuous phase, and possibly polytetrafluoroethylene particles. The enzyme and the polytetrafluoroethylene particles provide a controlled porosity to the outer membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: RADIOMETER MEDICAL APS
    Inventors: Thomas Kjaer, Thomas Steen Hansen, Lydia Dahl Clausen
  • Patent number: 11598747
    Abstract: A blood pH measurement device comprises a tube through which blood or other ion-containing fluid flows, at least one dry reference electrode, a proton diffusion differentiator, an ion-sensitive field-effect transistor, and a pH meter. The tube can comprise an annular wall with an entry, an exit, and a sensor floor. The dry reference electrode is preferably located within the tube between the entry and the exit and opposite the sensor floor. It is also contemplated that the dry reference electrode is surrounded by a membrane and is, at least partially, associated with the interior surface of the annular wall. The contemplated invention can also include a proton diffusion differentiator, such as an electrolyte separation layer, connecting the external surface of the sensor floor to an ion-selective field effect transistor (ISFET), wherein the ISFET measures the ion concentration of the blood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sentient Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold Mark Bain, Fredrick Quincy Johnson, Henry Roskos
  • Patent number: 11592421
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for performing capillary electrophoresis on two or more nucleic acid samples. The methods employ a forward voltage to move a first sample forward from an inlet to an interrogation region in the capillary, then a backward voltage to move the first sample backward, and then a forward voltage again to move the first sample and a second sample forward. Systems and apparatuses for performing capillary electrophoresis are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: INTEGENX, INC.
    Inventors: Mattias Vangbo, David King, Arnaldo Barican
  • Patent number: 11585780
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a potentiometric probe for measuring a measured variable that represents an ion concentration in a measuring medium, including a probe base including a sensor circuit, and two electrochemical half-cells arranged such that one of the half-cells surrounds at least one portion of the other half-cell, wherein at least one of the half-cells is configured as a module which is connected to the probe base via a mechanical and electrical interface. In another embodiment, one of the half-cells is a measuring half-cell including an ion-selective membrane and a terminal lead which electrically contacts the ion-selective membrane. The other half-cell is a reference half-cell, wherein the measuring half-cell and/or the reference half-cell are each configured as a module which is connected to the probe base via a mechanical and electrical interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Hanko, Thomas Wilhelm, Matthäus Speck, Detlev Wittmer, Manfred Jagiella
  • Patent number: 11585784
    Abstract: Techniques described herein can apply AC signals with different phases to different groups of nanopore cells in a nanopore sensor chip. When a first group of nanopore cells is in a dark period and is not sampled or minimally sampled by an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to capture useful data, a second group of nanopore cells is in a bright period during which output signals from the second group of nanopore cells are sampled by the analog-to-digital converter. The reference level setting of the ADC is dynamically changed based on the applied AC signals to fully utilize the dynamic range of the ADC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: J. William Maney, Jr., Santiago Fernandez-Gomez
  • Patent number: 11585803
    Abstract: An analysis method using a microchip which is provided with a capillary flow path, and a sample reservoir connected to the capillary flow path, in which the capillary flow path is filled with a first liquid for electrophoresis, and a second liquid containing a sample is stored in the sample reservoir, and including a pressurization process in which the first liquid is pressurized into the capillary flow path from a side of the capillary flow path that is opposite from the side connected to the sample reservoir, and a separation process in which a voltage is applied between the sample reservoir storing the second liquid and the capillary flow path filled with the first liquid, such that components in the sample contained in the second liquid move in the capillary flow path and the components are separated in the capillary flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ARKRAY, INC.
    Inventor: Naotsugu Onuma