Patents Examined by Michael Forrest
  • Bimetallic catalysts for selective ammonia oxidation
    Patent number: 10632423
    Abstract: Catalysts, methods, and systems for treating diesel engine exhaust streams are described. In one or more embodiments, the catalyst comprises a molecular sieve having a silica to alumina ratio (SAR) less than about 30, the molecular sieve including ion-exchanged copper and ion-exchanged platinum. Systems including such catalysts and methods of treating exhaust gas are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventor: Matthew Tyler Caudle
  • Systems and methods for PTNI nanocages
    Patent number: 10637072
    Abstract: A method for synthesis of PtNi nanocages by synthesizing Pt1Ni6 nanoparticles and acid leaching to form PtNi nanocages. The acid leaching removes nickel selectively from the core of the nanoparticle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Vojislav Stamenkovic, Gregory K. Krumdick, Rongyue Wang, Nenad Markovic, Krzysztof Pupek, Trevor L. Dzwiniel
  • Fluidized bed reactor and process for producing polycrystalline silicon granules
    Patent number: 10632438
    Abstract: Contamination of fluidized bed-produced polycrystalline granules by phosphorus is reduced by employing as seals and/or packings, graphite containing <500 ppmw of phosphorus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Forstpointner, Dirk Weckesser
  • Catalytic body coated with metal oxide, method of manufacturing the same, and method of preparing 1,3-butadiene using the same
    Patent number: 10604459
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, there are provided a catalytic body, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method of preparing 1,3-butadiene using the same. The catalytic body includes an inactive support; an intermediate layer disposed on a surface of the inactive support; and an active layer disposed on a surface of the intermediate layer, wherein the active layer includes catalyst powder and a binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA KUMHO PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Jung Kim, Jae Woo Kim, Yong Hee Yun, Ji Won Park, Kyoung Ho Row
  • Catalyst composition and catalytic processes for producing liquid hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 10589257
    Abstract: The invention relates to potassium-promoted, Fe2+(Fe3+yAl3+i-y)2o4 [0.3<y?0.7] silica-containing extrudates, processes for the preparation of the extrudates with the aid of colloidal silica, and the use of the extrudates to catalyze processes for producing liquid hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: B.G. Negev Technologies and Applications Ltd., at Ben-Gurion University
    Inventors: Mordechay Herskowitz, Miron Landau, Roksana Vidruk, Meital Amouyal
  • Method for preparing a sorbent
    Patent number: 10589253
    Abstract: A method is described for preparing a sorbent including the steps of: (i) mixing together a particulate copper sulphide material, a particulate support material and one or more binders, (ii) shaping the mixture, and (iii) drying the shaped mixture to form a dried sorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Matthew James Evans, Matthew David Gwydion Lunn, Martin Graham Partridge, Christopher John Young
  • Controlled pressure hydrothermal treatment of ODH catalyst
    Patent number: 10589258
    Abstract: The preparation of an oxidative dehydrogenation catalyst comprising Mo, V, Nb and Te using a hydrothermal step the activity and reproducibility of the catalyst is improved by conduction the hydrothermal step at higher pressures while permitting gaseous products to leave the reactor. In some instances a condenser may be upstream of the pressure relief valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: Vasily Simanzhenkov, Xiaoliang Gao, David Jeffrey Sullivan, Hanna Drag, Marie Annette Barnes
  • Amorphous silicon for use in foods, drugs, cosmetics and feed, and production method and production device thereof
    Patent number: 10570019
    Abstract: A porous and easy water soluble amorphous silica which does not contain tar, crystal, residual agrichemicals, and carcinogens, and method and apparatus to produce same, by using only one burning treatment from a plant including abundant silica, including a method of manufacturing the amorphous silica wherein rice family plants are burned while stirring and introducing into the furnace an atmospheric gas having a mass of 6.7× or more and 20× or less of the weight of the rice family plants, or oxygen gas having a weight of 1.4× or more and 4× or less with respect to the weight of the rice family plants, and at the same time as burning, combustion gas generated at the time of combustion is discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: GAIA Institute of Environment Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Senshin Umeki, Nobukazu Taguchi, Noriko Konma
  • Titanium oxide aerogel particle, photocatalyst-forming composition, and photocatalyst
    Patent number: 10563018
    Abstract: A titanium oxide aerogel particle has absorption at wavelengths of 450 nm and 750 nm in a visible absorption spectrum, a surface to which a metal compound containing a metal atom and a hydrocarbon group is bonded via an oxygen atom, a BET specific surface area in a range of 120 m2/g to 1,000 m2/g, and a value A is in the range of 0.03 to 0.3. The value A is calculated by formula: A={(peak intensity of C—O bond+peak intensity of C?O bond)/(peak intensity of C—C bond+peak intensity of C?C bond)}. In the formula, the peak intensity is a value determined from a C 1s XPS spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Yoshikawa, Hiroyoshi Okuno, Yasunobu Kashima, Takeshi Iwanaga, Sakae Takeuchi, Yuka Zenitani, Shunsuke Nozaki, Yasuo Kadokura
  • Composite composition for harmful gas removal containing copper-manganese catalyst
    Patent number: 10556224
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composite composition for harmful gas removal containing a copper-manganese catalyst, which is capable of removing ambient and indoor pollutants, such as carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds, the composite composition including a copper-manganese composite catalyst hybridized with an inorganic layer compound, an inorganic filler, activated carbon, and a binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: SEILFA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Su Han, Ji Ho Lee, Sae Hee Kim, Hee Suk Lee
  • Process for preparing a porous inorganic powder
    Patent number: 10544049
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for preparing an inorganic aerogel, the process comprising the steps of providing a composition (I) suitable to form an inorganic gel with a gelation time tG, spraying the composition (I) into supercritical carbon dioxide at a spraying time tS to obtain gel particles, and drying the gel particles obtained in step (ii) by supercritical liquid extraction, wherein the ratio tS:tG is in the range of from 0.2 to 0.99. The present invention further is directed to the inorganic aerogel as such as well as the use of the inorganic aerogel according to the invention in particular for medical and pharmaceutical applications or for thermal insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wibke Loelsberg, Marc Fricke, Mark Elbing, Dirk Weinrich
  • Inorganic cellular monobloc cation-exchange materials, the preparation method thereof, and separation method using same
    Patent number: 10541060
    Abstract: A material in the form of an alveolar monolith consisting of a matrix of an inorganic oxide with a hierarchical and opened porosity comprising macropores, mesopores and micropores, said macropores, mesopores and micropores being interconnected, and nanoparticles of at least one metal cation exchange inorganic solid material being distributed in said porosity. A method for preparing this material and a method for separating a metal cation notably a cation of a radioactive isotope of a metal such as cesium using this material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Jeremy Causse, Agnes Grandjean, Alexei Tokarev, Yves Barre
  • Titanium oxide aerogel particle, photocatalyst forming composition, and photocatalyst
    Patent number: 10538434
    Abstract: A titanium oxide aerogel particle includes a metallic compound that has a metal atom and a hydrocarbon group, the metallic compound being bonded to a surface of the aerogel particle via an oxygen atom. The titanium oxide aerogel particle has a BET specific surface area of 120 m2/g to 1000 m2/g, and has absorption at wavelengths of 450 nm and 750 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sakae Takeuchi, Hiroyoshi Okuno, Hideaki Yoshikawa, Yasuo Kadokura, Yasunobu Kashima, Takeshi Iwanaga, Shunsuke Nozaki, Yuka Zenitani
  • Zeolite adsorbent based on mesoporous zeolite
    Patent number: 10532342
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a zeolite adsorbent having an external surface area of between 20 m2·g?1 and 70 m2·g?1, a mesopore volume (Vmeso) of less than or equal to 0.20 cm3·g?1, and a content of non-zeolite phase (NZP) of less than or equal to 6%, and in which at least one of its dimensions is greater than or equal to 30 ?m. The invention also relates to the process for preparing said zeolite materials in agglomerated form and to the uses thereof for gas-phase or liquid-phase separation operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Ludivine Bouvier, Cècile Lutz, Sylvie Szendrovics
  • Anion-modified cellulose nanofiber dispersion liquid and composition
    Patent number: 10533060
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dispersion liquid of anion-modified cellulose nanofibers and a composition of anion-modified cellulose nanofibers that are not colored when heated. Specifically, the dispersion liquid contains anion-modified cellulose nanofibers; an anti-coloring agent selected from the group consisting of borate salts and sulfite salts, or combinations thereof in an amount of 1 to 30 mass % based on an absolute dry mass of the anion-modified cellulose nanofibers; and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Takaichi, Takeshi Nakayama, Shinji Sato
  • High power electrode materials
    Patent number: 10522833
    Abstract: An LFP electrode material is provided which has improved impedance, power during cold cranking, rate capacity retention, charge transfer resistance over the current LFP based cathode materials. The electrode material comprises crystalline primary particles and secondary particles, where the primary particle is formed from a plate-shaped single-phase spheniscidite precursor and a lithium source. The LFP includes an LFP phase behavior where the LFP phase behavior includes an extended solid-solution range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: A123 Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Larry Beck, Jennifer Wilson, Chuanjing Xu, Zhong-You Shi, Maha Hammoud
  • Composition for forming a hard coating layer having excellent anti-fouling property
    Patent number: 10513618
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for forming a hard coating layer including about 0.1 wt % to about 15 wt % of a polysilazane, about 55 wt % to about 94.6 wt % of a reactive solvent containing hydroxyl group, about 5 wt % to about 20 wt % of a titanium dioxide (TiO2), and about 0.3 wt % to about 10 wt % of a zirconia (ZrO2). The composition provides a hard coating film which has excellent anti-fouling and superhydrophilicity, scratch resistance, abrasion resistance, antimicrobial property, weatherability, and a method for manufacturing the same which allow non-vacuum wet coating, thereby shortening fabrication time and providing excellent processability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Inventor: Chang Kyun Kim
  • Heat-permeable tube containing ceramic matrix composite
    Patent number: 10508058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat-permeable tube which has a double-walled construction. The material of the interior wall contains ceramic matrix composite. The material of the exterior wall contains metal. The present invention further relates to the use of this tube in a rotary tube furnace and the use of the rotary tube furnace for thermal treatment of materials. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of a single-walled tube containing ceramic matrix composite as rotary tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Benedikt Kalo
  • Methods of making silica nanoparticles, propellants, and safety devices
    Patent number: 10508040
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for silicon nanoparticles, safety devices, solid propellants, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sahraoui Chaieb, Jehad El-Demellawi
  • Preparation of chitosan-based microporous composite material and its applications
    Patent number: 10500564
    Abstract: Microporous glutaraldehyde-crosslinked chitosan sorbents include a plurality of nanoparticles of a high Z element. The nanoparticles are disposed in the cross-linked chitosan-gluteraldehyde composite matrix and integrated with the cross-linked chitosan-gluteraldehyde composite matrix to reduce primary impact of high radiation flux and minimize radiolytic effect on said cross-linked chitosan-gluteraldehyde composite matrix. The plurality of nanoparticles is made from the high Z element such as hafnium (Hf). Methods of making and using the microporous glutaraldehyde-crosslinked chitosan sorbents, and a generator for the radioisotope 99Mo containing the sorbents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: PERMA-FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
    Inventor: Shameem Hasan