Patents Examined by Michael Forrest
  • Reduced titanium dioxide and preparing method of the same
    Patent number: 10195586
    Abstract: The following description related to a reduced titanium dioxide, which is formed by reducing rutile titanium dioxide and includes a disordered surface, a preparing method the same, and a photocatalyst including the reduced titanium dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Hyoyoung Lee, Luyang Wang, Youngmin Kim
  • Group III nitride wafers and fabrication method and testing method
    Patent number: 10156530
    Abstract: The invention provides, in one instance, a group III nitride wafer sliced from a group III nitride ingot, polished to remove the surface damage layer and tested with x-ray diffraction. The x-ray incident beam is irradiated at an angle less than 15 degree and diffraction peak intensity is evaluated. The group III nitride wafer passing this test has sufficient surface quality for device fabrication. The invention also provides, in one instance, a method of producing group III nitride wafer by slicing a group III nitride ingot, polishing at least one surface of the wafer, and testing the surface quality with x-ray diffraction having an incident beam angle less than 15 degree to the surface. The invention also provides, in an instance, a test method for testing the surface quality of group III nitride wafers using x-ray diffraction having an incident beam angle less than 15 degree to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignees: SixPoint Materials, Inc., Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tadao Hashimoto
  • Method to stabilize base metal catalysts by overcoating via atomic layer deposition and resulting product
    Patent number: 10137434
    Abstract: A method for stabilizing a metal or metal-containing particle supported on a surface is described, along with the resulting composition of matter. The method includes the steps of depositing upon the surface a protective thin film of a material of sufficient thickness to overcoat the metal or metal-containing particle and the surface, thereby yielding an armored surface; and then calcining the armored surface for a time and at a temperature sufficient to form channels in the protective thin film, wherein the channels so formed expose a portion of the metal- or metal-containing particle to the surrounding environment. Also described is a method of performing a heterogeneous catalytic reaction using the stabilized, supported catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: James A. Dumesic, Brandon J. O'Neill
  • Method for manufacturing porous body
    Patent number: 10137417
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a porous body by which a porous body having a plurality of layers different from each other in pore diameter can be manufactured more easily than before. The method includes heating a raw material solution including a metal ion and an organic ligand to synthesize an interpenetrated metal-organic framework layer; and after synthesizing the interpenetrated metal-organic framework layer, synthesizing a non-interpenetrated metal-organic framework layer under conditions in which concentrations of the metal ion and the organic ligand in the raw material solution and/or a heat temperature are lower than that in synthesizing the interpenetrated metal-organic framework, to obtain a porous body including the interpenetrated metal-organic framework layer and the non-interpenetrated metal-organic framework layer stacked together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshio Ohashi
  • Diesel oxidation catalyst and use thereof in diesel and advanced combustion diesel engine systems
    Patent number: 10137414
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst composite, methods and systems for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions from an advanced combustion engine, such as the oxidation of unburned hydrocarbons (HC), and carbon monoxide (CO) and the reduction of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from a diesel engine and an advanced combustion diesel engine are disclosed. More particularly, washcoat compositions are disclosed comprising at least two washcoat layers, a first washcoat comprising a palladium component and a first support containing cerium and a second washcoat containing platinum and one or more molecular sieves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Hoke, Joseph C. Dettling
  • Group 4 metal element-containing alkoxy compound, preparing method thereof, precursor composition including the same for film deposition, and method of depositing film using the same
    Patent number: 10131680
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a Group 4 metal element-containing novel alkoxy compound, a method of preparing the Group 4 metal element-containing alkoxy compound, a precursor composition including the Group 4 metal element-containing alkoxy compound for depositing a film, and a method of depositing a Group 4 metal element-containing film using the precursor composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: UP CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Seok Han, Wonyong Koh, Myeong-Ho Park
  • High-density precursor for manufacture of composite metal oxide cathodes for Li-ion batteries
    Patent number: 10128494
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to the manufacture of a precursor co-precipitate material for a cathode active material composition. During manufacture of the precursor co-precipitate material, an aqueous solution containing at least one of a manganese sulfate and a cobalt sulfate is formed. Next, a NH4OH solution is added to the aqueous solution to form a particulate solution comprising irregular secondary particles of the precursor co-precipitate material. A constant pH in the range of 10-12 is also maintained in the particulate solution by adding a basic solution to the particulate solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hongli Dai, Christopher S. Johnson, Huiming Wu, John David Carter
  • Processes for producing silicon
    Patent number: 10118829
    Abstract: Silicon is produced by magnesiothermic reduction of silicon dioxide, wherein to achieve magnesiothermic reduction a reactant mixture is employed which contains silicon dioxide (SiO2) and magnesium (Mg) and, as moderators, magnesium oxide (MgO) and silicon (Si), and optionally further moderators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Peter Gigler, Juergen Stohrer
  • Shaped catalyst for sour gas shift reactions and methods for using them
    Patent number: 10112830
    Abstract: The disclosure provides catalyst materials in the form of annular solids with high mechanical integrity useful for water gas shift reactions and methods for using such catalyst materials, for example, for converting carbon monoxide and steam to carbon dioxide and hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Clariant Corporation
    Inventors: Justin X. Wang, William M. Faris, David Tolle, Marc K. Born, Yeping Cai
  • Catalytic adsorbent for the capture of arsenic and the selective hydrodesulfurization of gasolines
    Patent number: 10112182
    Abstract: A catalytic adsorbent, comprising at least cobalt and molybdenum deposited on a porous substrate in which the content of cobalt, expressed in terms of CoO oxide, is between 11 and 30% by weight relative to the total weight of said adsorbent and the content of molybdenum, expressed in terms of MoO3 oxide, is between 3 and 30% by weight relative to the total weight of said adsorbent, is described. This invention also relates to a process for hydrotreatment using said catalytic adsorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Philibert Leflaive, Marie Claire Marion, Antoine Daudin
  • Method for manufacturing silicon using silica and silicon manufactured using the same
    Patent number: 10106424
    Abstract: A method of preparing silicon using silica includes placing silica in a reaction chamber; adding a reducing agent into the reaction chamber; feeding a material for impact into the reaction chamber and sealing the reaction chamber; and reducing the silica to silicon by allowing the material for impact to generate a physical impact inside the reaction chamber. The preparation method of silicon using silica does not employ a high-temperature high-pressure process and provides a preparation method of silicon by which the porous structure of the silica before a reduction reaction is maintained within the silicon even after the reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Won Chul Cho, Myung Won Seo, Hai In Lee, Jae Goo Lee, Ho Won Ra, Sang Jun Yoon, Tae Young Mun
  • Sol-gel process for synthesis of nanocrystalline oxides
    Patent number: 10106432
    Abstract: A Continuous flow synthesis of nanocrystalline metal oxides by rapid sol-gel process is disclosed. The process disclosed uses an impinging microjet micromixer device to obtain the nano crystalline metal oxides. A method of fabricating and assembling the impinging microjet micromixer is also disclosed herewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
    Inventors: Venkata Ravi Kumar Darbha, Lakhsmi Vara Prasad Bhagavatula, Amol Arvind Kulkarni
  • Methylsilyl derivatised silica particles, colloids, methods for manufacture and kits comprising the same
    Patent number: 10100199
    Abstract: Methylsilyl derivatized silica particles are disclosed. The methylsilyl derivatized silica particles have a methylsilyl content in a range of between 1-6 ?mol m?2 on a surface of the silica particles. Colloidal silica comprising the methylsilyl derivatized silica particles is also disclosed. Methods for the manufacture of the methylsilyl derivatized silica particles are disclosed. Kits for coatings comprising the methylsilyl derivatized silica particles are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Anders Törncrona, Peter Daniel Hell, Peter Harry Johan Greenwood
  • Zeolite agglomerates with a halloysite clay binder
    Patent number: 10099201
    Abstract: A molecular sieve blend containing a zeolite, particularly a zeolite X or A, blended with a halloysite clay binder, wherein the binder contains at least 90% by weight halloysite clay, with a particle length less than about 1 ?m and processes for the production and use of this blend, particularly for adsorption of water from a feedstream and for the production of oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: ZEOCHEM LLC
    Inventors: Kerry Weston, Jim Palmore, Dave Jaussaud
  • Auto thermal reforming (ATR) catalytic structures
    Patent number: 10093542
    Abstract: An autothermal reforming catalytic structure for generating hydrogen gas from liquid hydrocarbons, steam and an oxygen source. The autothermal reforming catalytic structure includes a support structure and metal particles dispersed homogenously throughout the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Jorge N. Beltramini, Moses O. Adebajo, Joao Carlos Diniz Da Costa, Gao Qing Lu, Thang V. Pham, Sai P. Katikaneni
  • Adsorption material for removing chemical compounds from water and method of making the same
    Patent number: 10086359
    Abstract: The invention provides the incorporation of Co2+, Ni2+ or Cu2+ onto the surface of mesoporous SBA-15 via an amino-organic grafting method and the screening of materials as sorbents for the removal of Naproxen from water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: University of Puerto Rico
    Inventors: Arturo Hernandez-Maldonado, Sandra Mendez-Gonzalez, Sindia Rivera-Jimenez
  • Method of forming silicon
    Patent number: 10090513
    Abstract: A method of forming a particulate material comprising silicon, the method comprising the step of reducing a particulate starting material comprising silica-containing particles having an aspect ratio of at least 3:1 and a smallest dimension of less than 15 microns, or reducing a particulate starting material comprising silica-containing particles comprising a plurality of elongate structural elements, each elongate structural element having an aspect ratio of at least 3:1 and a smallest dimension of less than 15 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Nexeon Limited
    Inventors: Leigh Canham, Christopher Michael Friend, William James Macklin, Scott Brown
  • Porous iron-silicate with radially developed branch, and iron-carbide/silica composite catalyst prepared therefrom
    Patent number: 10081008
    Abstract: The present invention provides an iron-carbide/silica composite catalyst that is highly reactive to a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis by firstly forming an iron-silicate structure having large specific surface area and well-developed pores through a hydrothermal reaction of an iron salt with a silica particle having a nanostructure, and then activating the iron-silicate structure in a high temperature carbon monoxide atmosphere. When using the iron-carbide/silica composite catalyst according to the present invention in the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction, it is possible to effectively prepare liquid hydrocarbon with a high CO conversion rate and selectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Energy Research
    Inventors: Ji Chan Park, Dong Hyun Chun, Heon Jung, Ho Tae Lee, Jung Il Yang, Sung Jun Hong
  • Auto thermal reforming (ATR) catalytic structures
    Patent number: 10071909
    Abstract: An autothermal reforming catalytic structure for generating hydrogen gas from liquid hydrocarbons, steam and an oxygen source. The autothermal reforming catalytic structure includes a support structure and nanosized mixed metal oxide particles dispersed homogenously throughout the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Jorge N. Beltramini, Moses O. Adebajo, Joao Carlos Diniz Da Costa, Gao Qing Lu, Thang V. Pham, Sai P. Katikaneni
  • Ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide and method for producing same, and exhaust gas purification catalyst including ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide
    Patent number: 10065179
    Abstract: A ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide containing a composite oxide of ceria and zirconia is provided, in which primary particles having a particle diameter of 1.5 to 4.5 ?m account for, on a particle number basis, at least 50% of all primary particles in the ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide, and the molar ratio of cerium to zirconium in the ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide is between 43:57 and 55:45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Morikawa, Kae Konishi, Toshitaka Tanabe, Akihiko Suda, Masahide Miura, Isao Chinzei, Hiromasa Suzuki, Akiya Chiba, Kosuke Iizuka