Abstract: A telemetry system is presented for enabling radio-frequency (RF) communications between an implantable medical device and an external device in a manner which reduces the power requirements of the implantable device by duty cycling its RF circuitry.

Abstract: A process for regenerating a used acidic ionic liquid catalyst comprising contacting the used ionic liquid catalyst with at least one ‘regeneration’ metal in a regeneration zone in the presence of added hydrogen under regeneration conditions for a time sufficient to increase the activity of the ionic liquid catalyst is described. In one embodiment, regeneration is conducted in the presence of a hydrocarbon solvent.

Abstract: A process for regenerating a used acidic ionic liquid catalyst comprising contacting the used ionic liquid catalyst with at least one metal in a regeneration zone in the absence of added hydrogen under regeneration conditions for a time sufficient to increase the activity of the ionic liquid catalyst is described. In one embodiment, regeneration is conducted in the presence of a hydrocarbon solvent.

Abstract: A process for regenerating a used acidic ionic liquid catalyst which has, been deactivated comprising the steps of contacting the used chloroaluminate ionic liquid catalyst and hydrogen with a metal hydrogenation catalyst in a reaction zone under hydrogenation conditions for a time sufficient to increase the activity of the ionic liquid catalyst is described. In one embodiment, hydrogenation is conducted in the presence of a hydrocarbon solvent.

Abstract: A process and method for making a superior lubricant or distillate fuel component by the oligomerization of a mixture comprising olefins to form an oligomer and the alkylation of the oligomer with isoparaffins to produce an alkylated (“capped”) olefin oligomer preferably using an acidic chloroaluminate ionic liquid catalyst system. Preferably the ionic liquid catalyst system comprises a Brönsted acid.

Abstract: A process for regenerating a used acidic ionic liquid catalyst which has been deactivated by conjunct polymers comprising combining the used catalyst, a metal and a Broensted acid which acts a source of hydrogen in a reaction zone under hydrogenation conditions for a time sufficient to hydrogenate at least a portion of the conjunct polymer is disclosed.

Abstract: A process for regenerating a used acidic ionic liquid catalyst comprising the steps of contacting the used ionic liquid catalyst and hydrogen with a supported hydrogenation catalyst comprising a hydrogenation component on a support in a reaction zone under hydrogenation conditions for a time sufficient to increase the activity of the used catalyst is disclosed.

Abstract: A process for regenerating a used acidic catalyst which has been deactivated by conjunct polymers by removing the conjunct polymers so as to increase the activity of the catalyst is disclosed. Methods for removing the conjunct polymers include hydrogenation, addition of a basic reagent and alkylation. The methods are applicable to all acidic catalysts and are described with reference to certain ionic liquid catalysts.

Abstract: A process for regenerating a used ionic liquid catalyst comprising a cationic component and an anionic component, which catalyst has been deactivated by conjunct polymers complexed with the anionic component comprising the steps of adding a reagent which is capable of replacing the complexed conjunct polymer with the cationic component of the catalyst, said reagent being added in an amount sufficient to react with a suitable amount of both free and complexed anionic components in the used catalyst and removing the replaced conjunct polymer to produce a regenerated ionic liquid catalyst is disclosed.

Abstract: A process for regenerating a used acidic ionic liquid catalyst comprising the steps of contacting the used ionic liquid catalyst and hydrogen with a homogeneous hydrogenation catalyst in a reaction zone under hydrogenation conditions for a time sufficient to increase the activity of the used catalyst is disclosed.

Abstract: A process for alkylating an aromatic compound comprising reacting at least one aromatic compound with a mixture of olefins selected from olefins having from about 8 to about 100 carbon atoms, in the presence of an acidic ionic liquid catalyst, wherein the resulting product comprises at least about 50 weight percent of a 1, 2, 4 tri-substituted aromatic compound or a 1, 2, 3 tri-substituted aromatic compound or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A process for producing acidic ionic liquid catalyst having enhanced activity comprising combining fresh acidic ionic liquid catalyst, a metal and a Broensted acid in a reaction zone for a time sufficient to increase the activity of the ionic liquid catalyst is disclosed. A process for producing acidic ionic liquid catalyst having enhanced activity comprising the steps of combining fresh ionic liquid catalyst, a metal and HCl in a reaction zone for a time sufficient to increase the activity of the fresh ionic liquid catalyst; removing reaction product from the reaction zone and recovering at least a portion of the treated ionic liquid catalyst is also disclosed.

Abstract: A process for regenerating a used acidic ionic liquid catalyst comprising contacting the used ionic liquid catalyst with an isoparaffin-containing stream and Broensted acid in a reaction zone under alkylation conditions for a time sufficient to increase the activity of the ionic liquid catalyst is disclosed. An embodiment of a process for regenerating a used acidic ionic liquid catalyst comprising the steps of contacting the used ionic liquid catalyst with an isoparaffin-containing stream and Broensted acid in a reaction zone under alkylation conditions for a time sufficient to increase the activity of the ionic liquid catalyst; removing reaction product from the reaction zone; mixing the removed reaction product with a hydrocarbon solvent; allowing the mixture to separate into two phases; and recovering at least a portion of the heavier phase which contains a regenerated ionic liquid catalyst having greater activity than the used ionic liquid catalyst is also disclosed.

Abstract: An integrally mounted apparatus for washing out vehicle-mounted concrete mixing drums is disclosed. The washout apparatus includes an open-ended elongate, relatively rigid shaped hollow guide tube mounted in fixed relation to the support structure support of an inclined mixing drum and extending in fixed relation to the open end of the drum between the fins and charge hopper. A flexible hollow hose is threaded through the guide tube. The hose has a receiving end connected with a source of cleaning fluid under pressure and a discharge end which protrudes from the end of the guide tube as it ends inside the open end of the mixing drum. A forward hose stop is provided for preventing the hose from slipping back down through the guide tube and a rear hose stop is provided for limiting the travel of the discharge end of the hose outward from the end of the guide tube.

Abstract: A combination toy building block and container for holding liquids and the like, wherein the functional configuration of the device permits both the carrying of a dispensable substance and the stacking of multiple containers, thereby enabling the imaginative play construction of buildings and objects such as, but not limited to, play forts, play houses, play cars and boats, statues, tables and chairs.

Abstract: A process and catalyst are suitable for hydroconverting heavy normal paraffins into lighter normal paraffin products with minimal formation of isoparaffins. The process and catalyst can be used on any feed that contains heavy normal paraffins such as waxy lubricant fractions, slack wax or Fischer Tropsch products. By selectively forming a normal paraffin rich product from heavy normal paraffins, the need for normal paraffin separation and purification processes can be reduced or eliminated.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to diagnostic agents. More specifically, the disclosure is directed to compounds, diagnostic agents, compositions, and kits for detecting and/or imaging and/or monitoring a pathological disorder associated with coronary plaque, carotid plaque, aortic plaque, plaque of the arterial vessel, aneurism, vasculitis, and other diseases of the arterial wall. In addition, the disclosure is directed to methods of detecting and/or imaging and/or monitoring changes in the arterial wall, including expansive and constrictive remodeling, total vessel wall area, internal lumen size, and exterior artery perimeter.

Abstract: The present invention describes novel methods of designing protein kinase modulators, particularly modulators that interact at the interface between two protein kinase domains. In some embodiments, the methods comprise determining the position of at least one site between the first domain and the second domain, wherein the modulator binds to the at least one site and wherein the at least one site is not an ATP binding site.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound comprising a thiol derivatized targeting moiety. The targeting moiety binds to a receptor which his upregulated during angiogenesis.