Patents Issued in September 25, 2008
  • Publication number: 20080234120
    Abstract: Various methods of forming bags include applying hot melt adhesive to material without contacting the material with the dispenser that applies the adhesive. The material may be provided in various forms, such as elongate sheet material dispensed from a roll, or elongate tube material that is flattened to define first and second oppositely disposed sidewalls, for example. The material may be provided in single plies, multiple plies, or as separate sheets that are cut, folded, or otherwise manipulated to form bags, with the adhesive joining selected portions of the bag. A nozzle for dispensing hot melt adhesive includes an air passage that is inclined in a direction toward a liquid outlet. The air passage communicates with an air outlet disposed in a common plane with the liquid outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: NORDSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wesley C. Fort
  • Publication number: 20080234121
    Abstract: The invention relates to an automatic balancing centrifugal apparatus by fluid compensation, which compensates a load imbalance among buckets holding samples by injecting a fluid into the buckets or sucking the fluid from the buckets, thereby simplifying the overall structure of the centrifugal apparatus, increasing the durability, and centrifuging a large quantity of samples under various high-speed rotation conditions smoothly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: HANLAB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hak Chul Kim, Chong Tae Park
  • Publication number: 20080234122
    Abstract: A sintered material based on silicon carbide (SiC) reactively sintered between 1,100° C. and 1,700° C. to form a silicon nitride binder (Si3N4), intended in particular for fabricating an aluminum electrolysis cell, including 0.05% to 1.5% of boron, the Si3N4/SiC weight ratio being in the range 0.05 to 0.45. Application, in particular, to an electrolysis cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventors: Eric JORGE, Olivier MARGUIN, Lionel MOITRIER, Olivier CITTI
  • Publication number: 20080234123
    Abstract: A refractory material used in refractory furnace liners, combustion chambers, baffles and artificial fire logs includes alumina silicate; an additive comprising at least one of silicon carbide, silicon nitride, boron carbide, boron nitride and silicon carbo-nitride; and a binder. The refractory material is light weight, has a high noise reduction capacity, is fire resistant and has a reduced silica content. In a most preferred embodiment, the additive makes up 50.0% to 55.0% of the material by weight, the binder makes up 4.5% to 5.0% of the material by weight and the linear shrinkage of the material is no greater than 3.5% at 2600° F. A preferred binder is colloidal silica although many others are suitable. Preferably, the material is free of cellulose fiber and sodium silicate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Suhas N. Patil, Leonard J. Reinhart, Richard F. Wilk
  • Publication number: 20080234124
    Abstract: An apparatus for treatment of a plurality of molecular sieves samples is described. The apparatus comprises a steam preparation section, a steam reactor section, and a steam collection section. The steam preparation section includes a steam generator, and a means to supply inert gas into the steam reactor section. The steam reactor section includes a plurality of sample holders. The steam collection section includes a plurality of knock-out vessels. The steam reactor section is operatively connected to the steam preparation section, and the steam collection section is operatively connected to the steam reactor section. In one embodiment, each sample holder is connected and operated in tandem with one knock-out vessel. A process for treating a plurality of molecular sieves samples with steam is also disclosed which may be carried out with the described apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Marcel J. G. Janssen, Cornelius W. M. van Oorschot, Sabine Jurachno
  • Publication number: 20080234125
    Abstract: A catalyst and a method for selective hydrogenation of acetylene and dienes in light olefin feedstreams are provided. The catalyst retains higher activity and selectivity after regeneration than conventional selective hydrogenation catalysts. The catalyst contains a first component and a second component supported on an inorganic support. The inorganic support contains at least one salt or oxide of zirconium, a lanthanide, or an alkaline earth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Yongqing Zhang, Stephen J. Golden
  • Publication number: 20080234126
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing a vanadium/titania-based catalyst containing non-stoichiometric vanadium and titanium having excellent ability to remove nitrogen oxides at a wide temperature window, particularly, at a relatively low temperature window of 300° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Sung-Ho HONG, Seok-Joo HONG, Sung-Chang HONG, Tae-Sung PARK, Jun-Yub LEE, Sung-Pill CHO
  • Publication number: 20080234127
    Abstract: A system of printing borderless images on printable media includes at least one sheet of printable media including an imaging surface and a non-imaging surface. The system further includes a removable extension strip having a front surface with an adhesive zone and a non-adhesive zone, a non-adhesive back surface, and a straight line of demarkation between the adhesive and non-adhesive zones. The adhesive zone is configured to removably adhere to the non-imaging surface, and the straight line of demarkation is configured as a placement guide for adhering the adhesive zone of the extension strip to the media. An associated method includes adhering an adhesive portion of removable extension strip to a non-imaging surface proximate a trailing edge of the media, and ink-jet printing an image on an imaging surface of the media using an ink-jet printer. The strip is used by rollers in the printer to advance the media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Juan Manuel Valero Navazo, David Claramunt Morera, Pasqual Batalia, Ezequiel Jordi Rufes Bernad
  • Publication number: 20080234128
    Abstract: To provide a heat-sensitive recording material including a substrate; a heat-sensitive color-developing layer over the substrate, the heat-sensitive color-developing layer containing a leuco dye and a developer; a first protective layer over the heat-sensitive color-developing layer, the first protective layer containing a water-soluble resin and a crosslinking agent; and a second protective layer over the first protective layer, the second protective layer containing a water-soluble resin, a crosslinking agent and a pigment, wherein the heat-sensitive color-developing layer, the first protective layer and the second protective layer are formed simultaneously by curtain coating method, and the second protective layer contains diacetone-modified polyvinyl alcohol and acrylic resin or maleic acid copolymer resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoi ORIHARA, Norihiko Inaba
  • Publication number: 20080234129
    Abstract: A method of producing lignin-based matrix microparticles for the controlled release of an agricultural active includes forming an emulsion of an organic solution in an aqueous solution, wherein the organic solution contains a lignin derivative and an agricultural active in a volatile organic solvent and the aqueous solution contains an emulsifier; and removing the organic solvent, thereby producing microparticles having a matrix comprising the lignin derivative within which the agricultural active is distributed. Small, spherical lignin-based matrix microparticles that release an agricultural active at a controlled rate are described, as are plants and plant propagation materials that are treated with such microparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Jawed Asrar, Yiwei Ding
  • Publication number: 20080234130
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided related to improved plants that are tolerant to more than one herbicide. Particularly, the invention provides plants that are tolerant of glyphosate and are tolerant to at least one ALS inhibitor, and methods of use thereof. The glyphosate/ALS inhibitor-tolerant plants comprise a polynucleotide that encodes a polypeptide that confers tolerance to glyphosate and a polynucleotide that encodes an ALS inhibitor-tolerant polypeptide. In specific embodiments, a plant of the invention expresses a GAT polypeptide and an HRA polypeptide. Methods to control weeds, improve plant yield, and increase transformation efficiencies are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicants: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Billy Fred McCutchen, Linda A. Castle, Timothy K. Chicoine, Hyeon-Je Cho, Jon S. Claus, Jerry M. Green, Anthony D. Guida, Christine B. Hazel, Matthew J. Heckert, Jeffrey M. Hegstad, James M. Hutchison, Donglong Liu, Albert L. Lu, Wayne J. Mehre, York Moy, Paul D. Olson, Kenneth A. Peeples, David W. Saunders, Mark D. Vogt, Jack Q. Wilkinson, James F. H. Wong
  • Publication number: 20080234131
    Abstract: A herbicidal mixture comprising A) exo(+)-1 -methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)-2-[(2-methylphenyl)methoxy]-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane (Common Name Cinmethylin) including its respective isomers and B) at least one herbicidal compound of the group of dinitro anilines of formula (I) in which the substituents have the following meanings R1 C1-C10-alkyl, C2-C10-alkenyl, C3-C10-alkinyl R2 H, C1-C10-alkyl, C2-C10-alkenyl, C3-C10-alkinyl R3, R4, R5 the same or different H, halogen, nitro, CN, C1-C10-alkyl, C2-C10-alkenyl, C3-C10-alkinyl, C1-C10-halogenalkyl, C2-C10-halogenalkenyl, C3-C10-halogenalkinyl, —SOR6, —SO2R6, —OR7, —SR7, —N(R8)2 R6 C1-C10-alkyl, NH2 R7 H, C1-C10-alkyl, C2-C10-alkenyl, C3-C10-alkinyl, C1-C10-halogenalkyl C3-C10-halogenalkinyl R8 H, C1-C10-alkyl, C2-C10-alkenyl, C3-C10-alkinyl including their respective isomers as well as their respective environmentally compatible salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Markus Gewehr, Michael Heinz, Robert Reinhard
  • Publication number: 20080234132
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to synthetic analogues of microcin B17 component units, methods of making and using these analogues, including, for example, as inhibitors of DNA gyrase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Laurence Coquin, Fabrice Jourdan, Olivier Pierrat, David John Lowe, Anthony Maxwell, Christopher John Pickett, Melisa Wall
  • Publication number: 20080234133
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to determine novel means of activating plants; more particularly, means of controlling plant growth, such as means of promoting growth, means of controlling dormancy, means of imparting tolerance against stress for plants (dryness, high or low temperatures, osmotic pressure, etc.), and means of preventing aging. The present inventors have found that the above object can be achieved by providing plant activators containing, as an active ingredient, C4-C24 ketol fatty acids, in particular, 9-hydroxy-10-oxo-12(Z),15(Z)-octadecadienoic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mineyuki Yokoyama, Shoko Yamaguchi, Toshii Iida, Kiyotaka Kojima, Koji Kobayashi, Osamu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20080234134
    Abstract: A composite structure is provided including a base substrate, an IBAD oriented material upon the base substrate, and a cubic metal oxide material selected from the group consisting of rare earth zirconates and rare earth hafnates upon the IBAD oriented material. Additionally, an article is provided including a base substrate, an IBAD oriented material upon the base substrate, a cubic metal oxide material selected from the group consisting of rare earth zirconates and rare earth hafnates upon the IBAD oriented material, and a thick film upon the cubic metal oxide material. Finally, a superconducting article is provided including a base substrate, an IBAD oriented material upon the base substrate, a cubic metal oxide material selected from the group consisting of rare earth zirconates and rare earth hafnates upon the IBAD oriented material, and an yttrium barium copper oxide material upon the cubic metal oxide material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Liliana Stan, Quanxi Jia, Stephen R. Foltyn
  • Publication number: 20080234135
    Abstract: Using annotated structural descriptions and binding data for two, four or more input ligand molecules known to bind to a given protein target, a profile of the ligand molecules can be created by identifying patches of ligand molecules which have similar chemical and/or stereochemical descriptions, scored with the use of a weight dataset (e.g., substitution matrix). A database containing annotated molecular descriptions can be searched according to the profile to identify, for example, additional ligands that can bind to the protein target. Information such as the input ligands, the additional ligands, and literature related to these molecules, and modeling tools can be displayed in a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Infosys Technologies Ltd. and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
    Inventors: Anirban Ghosh, Nagasuma Chandra
  • Publication number: 20080234136
    Abstract: Random arrays of single molecules are provided for carrying out large scale analyses, particularly of biomolecules, such as genomic DNA, cDNAs, proteins, and the like. In one aspect, arrays of the invention comprise concatemers of DNA fragments that are randomly disposed on a regular array of discrete spaced apart regions, such that substantially all such regions contain no more than a single concatemer. Preferably, such regions have areas substantially less than 1 ?m2 and have nearest neighbor distances that permit optical resolution of on the order of 109 single molecules per cm2. Many analytical chemistries can be applied to random arrays of the invention, including sequencing by hybridization chemistries, sequencing by synthesis chemistries, SNP detection chemistries, and the like, to greatly expand the scale and potential applications of such techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Complete Genomics, Inc.
    Inventors: Radoje Drmanac, Matthew J. Callow, Snezana Drmanac, Brian K. Hauser, George Yeung
  • Publication number: 20080234137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for detecting, quantifying and high throughput screening of donor-products and the catalytic activities generating the donor-products in group-transfer reactions. The invention further provides immunoassays, antibodies and kits that may be used to practice the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Robert G. Lowery, John Majer
  • Publication number: 20080234138
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of multiple myeloma. In this regard, the present invention discloses importance of down-regulation of TP3 gene in multiple myeloma and its use as an independent progostic indicator of multiple myeloma. Additionally, the present invention also discloses novel-TP53 associated genes and demonstrates the clinical relevance of these alterations to disease progression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: John D. Shaughnessy, Bart Barlogie
  • Publication number: 20080234139
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for diagnosing and treating multiple myeloma based on statistical analysis of and subsequent increasing/inhibiting expression of subgroups of plasma cells and B cell genes. Also provided are methods for a developmental stage-based classification for multiple myeloma using hierarchical clustering analysis of plasma cell and B cell nucleic acids and for discriminating among normal, hyperplastic and malignant using gene expression array data and statistical analysis thereof. In addition methods for determining the risk of developing bone disease in a test individual by examining expression levels of a WNT signaling antagonist, such as DKK1, are provided. A kit comprising anti-DKK1 antibodies and detection reagents for measuring DKK1 protein levels also is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: John D. Shaughnessy, Bart Barlogie, Fenghuang Zhan
  • Publication number: 20080234140
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for applying a plurality of microdroplets to a substrate (65) comprising a plate (50) provided with a plurality of bore holes (51) and a bottom (52) which is connected to said plate (50), and is provided with a plurality of channels (53). The device is characterized in that each bore (51) of the plate (50) is assigned to a single channel (53) of the bottom (52). The invention also relates to a method for producing this device, the use of this device for applying a plurality of microdroplets to a substrate (65), as well as a method for applying a plurality of microdroplets to a substrate (65).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: A. KUONI
    Inventor: Andreas Kuoni
  • Publication number: 20080234141
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing new chemical entities comprising the steps of: (i) taking a chemical entity as the template to prepare a molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP), (ii) removing the template from the MIP, (iii) using the specific binding sites of the MIP to direct, or facilitate, the syntheses of new chemical entities for the generation of compound libraries using molecularly imprinted polymers, and to a use of such compound libraries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: KLAUS MOSBACH
    Inventors: Klaus MOSBACH, Lei YE
  • Publication number: 20080234142
    Abstract: A method is provided for mutagenizing nucleic acids and proteins relative to an initial nucleic acid sequence by the insertion, deletion or substitution of nucleotide(s) in the target nucleic acid during amplification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Eric Lietz
  • Publication number: 20080234143
    Abstract: Methods, systems and substrates for providing molecules of interest in selected regions of substrates for use in analytical operations. Methods employ mechanical methods of applying force for the removal of molecules of interest from other than the desired locations on a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.
    Inventor: Alex DeWinter
  • Publication number: 20080234144
    Abstract: A micro bead having a digitally coded structure that is partially transmissive and opaque to light. The pattern of transmitted light is determined by to decode the bead. The coded bead may be structured a series of alternating light transmissive and opaque sections, with relative positions, widths and spacing resembling a 1D or 2D bar code image. To decode the image, the alternating transmissive and opaque sections of the body are scanned in analogous fashion to bar code scanning. The coded bead may be coated or immobilized with a capture or probe to effect a desired bioassay. The coded bead may include a paramagnetic material. A bioanalysis system conducts high throughput bioanalysis using the coded bead, including a reaction detection zone and a decoding zone. Alternative method for barcode determination is based on barcode pattern image processes. Microbeads can also be settled down to the bottom of the well in a microplate, so the barcode can be decoded by image processed directly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Winston Z. Ho, John Collins
  • Publication number: 20080234145
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of general formula (I): R—O—SO—Li+, wherein R represents a saturated, unsaturated, branched or linear alkyl radical comprising 8-22 C-atoms, for cleaning boreholes, boring devices and borings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Heinz Mueller, Diana Maeker, Nadja Herzog
  • Publication number: 20080234146
    Abstract: The invention relates to the oil-and-gas production industry and can be used for enhancement of the production of oilfield wells as it prevents the fracture from closing by pumping of propping granules (proppant) during the hydraulic fracturing of oil-producing formations. Higher stimulation of a reservoir through using hydraulic fracturing is provided with the proppant as particulate with spherical or elliptic form, made of ceramic, polymer, metal, or glass and having higher roughness than regular proppant, wherein the surface roughness is nonuniform and described by two criteria A and B, varying in the intervals: A=0.0085?0.85; B=0.001?1.0. The proppant manufacturing method comprising the preparation of raw material, mixing, granulation, drying, firing, wherein an additional stage of creation of surface roughness is added at the granulation stage and/or the firing stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Evgeny Borisovich Barmatov, Elena Mikhailovna Pershikova, Konstantin Mikhailovich Lyapunov, Jonathan Abbott
  • Publication number: 20080234147
    Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore utilizes a treating fluid formed from an aqueous solution of a water-soluble polymer. The treating fluid further contains a crosslinking agent and an optional delayed release alkaline additive. The delayed release alkaline additive may be at least one of urea, a urea derivative, a solid alkaline earth metal carbonate, a solid alkaline earth metal oxide and combinations of these. The treating fluid further includes an acidic pH adjusting agent used in an amount to provide the treating fluid with a pH of less than about 5. The treating fluid is then introduced into the formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Leiming Li, Paul R. Howard, Carlos Abad, Michael D. Parris, Lijun Lin, Andrey Mirakyan, Richard D. Hutchins, Baudel William Quintero
  • Publication number: 20080234148
    Abstract: It has been discovered that carbonate powders and bicarbonate powders are useful to increase the pH and corrosion resistance of high-density brines, such as zinc bromide brines, without significantly reducing their densities. The carbonates and/or bicarbonates should be water-soluble and may be sodium, potassium, magnesium and/or ammonium carbonates and/or bicarbonates and the like. The carbonates and/or bicarbonates are easily added in powder or other finely divided solid form and are completely dissolved in the brine prior to pumping the brine into a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Michael L. Walker
  • Publication number: 20080234149
    Abstract: A method of making a nanoparticulate based lubricant is disclosed. The method includes providing solid lubricant material with particles having a size less than or equal to about 500 nanometers, and treating the particles to create composite nanoparticles. The composite nanoparticles includes the solid lubricant material and at least a second material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Ajay P. Malshe, Atanu Adhvaryu, Arpana Verma, Philip Hugh McCluskey
  • Publication number: 20080234150
    Abstract: The invention provides a grease composition for constant velocity joint containing the components (a) to (g) below and a constant velocity joint containing said composition. (a) a diurea thickening agent having the following formula (1): R1NH—CO—NH—C6H4-p-CH2—C6H4-p-NH—CO—NHR2 ??(1) wherein R1 and R2 may be the same or different and represent C8-C20 alkyl groups, (b) an ester synthetic oil, (c) a mineral oil and/or a synthetic hydrocarbon oil, (d) a molybdenum dialkyldithiocarbamate, (e) molybdenum disulfide, (f) a polytetrafluoroethylene, and (g) a zinc dithiophosphate compound. The grease composition of the invention reduces variations in rotational resistance of the constant velocity joint at a low temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kakizaki, Shinya Kondo, Shinichi Takabe, Takaaki Shibata
  • Publication number: 20080234151
    Abstract: Provided is a lubricating oil composition for sizing excellent in machinability and rust preventing properties. A lubricating oil composition for sizing, including (A) a lubricating base oil having a kinematic viscosity of 0.5 to 150 mm2/s at 40° C., and compounded therein (B) as an extreme-pressure and rust preventing agent, a high basic Casulfonate in an amount of 5 to 80% by mass, (C) as a rust preventing agent, a neutral Ba sulfonate and/or a fatty acid ester of a polyhydric alcohol in an amount of 0.5 to 30% by mass, (D) as a metal deactivator, a benzotriazole compound and/or thiadiazole compound in an amount of 0.005 to 10% by mass, and (E) an anti-oxidizing agent in an amount of 0.05 to 10% by mass, each based on a total amount of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: IDEMITSU LOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20080234152
    Abstract: A compound which satisfies requirements for the annealing property and the lubricating property simultaneously and a process for producing the compound are provided. The compound is an alkylacetal compound represented by the following general formula (1) or (2). In the general formulae, R1 and R2 represent hydrocarbon groups, R3 to R8 represent hydrogen atom or hydrocarbon groups, i and j represent integers satisfying the relation that the sum of the integers is 8 to 98, and k represents 0 or 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruhito Sato, Akihiro Shishikura
  • Publication number: 20080234153
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition, which is capable to maintain sufficient low-friction (i.e. fuel saving performance) even when the lubricating oil is contaminated with soot and metal abrasion powder, which is excellent in durability with regard to anti-wear property and detergency, as well as oxidation stability, and which is capable to lower the ash content and to sufficiently maintain the performance of exhaust-gas after-treatment device for a long term. The lubricating oil composition comprises a lubricant base oil containing a base oil (X) of which % CP is 70 or more, % CA is 1 or less, viscosity index is 115 or more, and CCS viscosity at ?35° C. is 3000 mPa·s or less, wherein the lubricant base oil, to total mass of the composition, contains following components (A)˜(D): (A) 0.01˜10 mass % of ashless friction modifier; (B) 0.01˜0.2 mass % of phosphorus-containing anti-wear agent as phosphorous content; (C) 0.01˜1 mass % of metallic detergent as metal content; and (D) 0.01˜0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Shigeki MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20080234154
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lubricant compositions containing phosphorus and sulfur free organotungstates. The organotungstates are defined as either the reaction product of a mono- or diglyceride and a tungsten source, or as the reaction product of a secondary amine, a fatty acid derivative, and a tungsten source. These compositions exhibit improved antiwear, corrosion, and antioxidancy properties, particularly in low phosphorus and low sulfur environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: R.T. VANDERBILT COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: David Boudreau
  • Publication number: 20080234155
    Abstract: A lubricant composition for improving electrical properties in lubricant systems to reduce the formation of sludge and varnish is disclosed. The lubricant composition comprises a base oil and an effective amount of antistatic additive to provide the composition with an electrical conductivity of at least about 50 pS/m at 25° C. and a dielectric strength of at least 300 V/mil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Andrea B. Wardlow, Marc-Andre Poirier
  • Publication number: 20080234156
    Abstract: A lubricant composition for providing friction reducing properties and VI and solvency improving properties in a lubricant system is disclosed. The lubricant composition comprises a major amount of at least one base oil and an effective amount of a high viscosity polyester additive having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of at least about 2,500 mm2/s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Marc-Andre Poirier, Kevin L. Crouthamel
  • Publication number: 20080234157
    Abstract: The alkylaromatic compositions include an aromatic moiety other than unsubstituted naphthalene; and an alkyl moiety having a carbon atom number in the range between 12 to 40, wherein said alkyl moiety is attached to said aromatic moiety such that at least 25 mol % of the benzylic carbons are quaternary. The process for producing the alkylaromatic compositions include contacting at least one an aromatic compound and a mono-olefin having a carbon atom number in the range between 12 to 40 in the presence of an acidic alkylation catalyst under alkylation conditions, wherein at least 50 mol % of the mono-olefin structure comprises a vinylidenyl structure, and thereby producing said alkylaromatic compound having at least 25 mol % of benzylic carbons that are quaternary. The alkylaromatic compositions disclosed herein are liquids that have improved thermo- and oxidative stability and pour point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Beth A. Yoon, Margaret M. Wu, Christine N. Elia
  • Publication number: 20080234158
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions that counteract chemicals such as pesticides and malodorants. Also disclosed are a method for preparing such compositions and a method for applying such compositions to counteract pesticides or malordorants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Jih Ru Hwu, Shwu-Chen Tsay
  • Publication number: 20080234159
    Abstract: The present invention provides acylalkylisethionate esters useful in consumer products. The acylalkylisethionate esters are produced by reacting one or more carboxylic acids with one or more alkyl-substituted hydroxyalkyl sulfonates under esterification reaction conditions. The alkyl-substituted hydroxyalkyl sulfonates used as a raw material in producing the esters are prepared by reacting bisulfite with one or more alkylene oxides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Huntsman Petrochemical Corporation
    Inventors: Prakasa R. Anantaneni, John Gray, Marty J. Renner, George A. Smith, David C. Lewis, Donald H. Champion, Christopher J. Whewell
  • Publication number: 20080234160
    Abstract: A cleansing composition is disclosed that changes color during use. The cleansing composition contains a plurality of thermochromic dyes that cause a color change to occur at a threshold temperature and continue to cause a color change over a temperature range. The range of temperatures corresponds to approximately the amount of time sufficient to properly wash or scrub using the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Scott W. Wenzel, Corey Thomas Cunningham, Katherine D. Stahl, David William Koenig, Kelly Davis Arehart, John Gavin MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20080234161
    Abstract: A method of preparing benefit agent-containing bar detergent, comprising plodding noodles of benefit agent-containing detergent material into bars, the noodles being characterised that at from 5-95% by weight of the noodles are coated with a film of a water-soluble polymeric material that softens on exposure to water and hardens again when that exposure is removed, the film being benefit agent-permeable when soft and benefit agent-impermeable when hard. The method is particularly effective at disguising the tendency to rancidity of soaps based on natural oils and fats, by the incorporation of fragrance as benefit agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: GIVAUDAN SA
    Inventors: Shreedhar Iyer, Venkateswara Kumar Vedantam, Koh Ai Teng
  • Publication number: 20080234162
    Abstract: An aqueous and semi-aqueous formulation useful for removing post etch and ash residue from Cu low K dielectric semiconductor devices. The composition comprises a polycarboxylic acid buffering system, a fluoride system, water, a water miscible organic solvent for the said aqueous compositions and optionally a chelating agent, a metal corrosion inhibitor and a surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: General Chemical Performance Products LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Rovito, Francis W. Job, Viral P. Lowalekar, Ashok Kumar Muthukumaran
  • Publication number: 20080234163
    Abstract: Polysilazane is treated with a single or mixed solvent comprising one or more members selected from the group consisting of xylene, anisole, decalin, cyclohexane, cyclohexene, methylcyclohexane, ethylcyclohexane, limonene, hexane, octane, nonane, decane, a C8-C11 alkane mixture, a C8-C11 aromatic hydrocarbon mixture, an aliphatic/alicyclic hydrocarbon mixture containing 5 to 25% by weight of C8 or more aromatic hydrocarbons, and dibutyl ether, wherein the number of 0.5 micron or more fine particles contained in 1 ml of the solvent is 50 or less. As the treatment of polysilazane, there are illustrated, for example, edge-rinsing and back rinsing of a polysilazane film formed by spin coating polysilazane on a semiconductor substrate. The water content of the solvent is preferably 100 ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Yasuo Shimizu, Tadashi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20080234164
    Abstract: Composition for cleaning surfaces which are susceptible to corrosion in alkaline liquids, comprising at least one alkalinity source, at least one inorganic salt containing at least one cation selected from the elements of the second or third main group of the periodic table of the elements, and whereby the composition is free of any triazole and/or any alkali metal borate, aqueous concentrate comprising the composition, use solutions comprising the composition or the aqueous concentrate and method of cleaning surfaces which are susceptible to corrosion in alkaline liquids using the above aqueous concentrate or any of the above use solutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Tyborski
  • Publication number: 20080234165
    Abstract: Liquid laundry detergent compositions comprising anionic surfactant, fabric care agent, cationic deposition aid and performance booster are disclosed. The performance booster is chosen such that it will not react with the cationic deposition aid or fabric care agent to form a coacervate and/or to precipitate from solution. Such performance boosters may compensate for reduced cleaning efficacy of anionic surfactants and/or fabric care agents which interact with cationic deposition aids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, Mary Jane Combs, David Gladney, Connie Lynn Sheets, Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Rafael Trujillo Rosaldo
  • Publication number: 20080234166
    Abstract: Composition and method for bleaching are presented. The composition includes a reactor and an oxidizing agent. The reactor includes a core that contains an oxidizer reactant and generates dioxirane, percarboxylic acid, chlorine dioxide, hydroxyl radicals, and/or N-halo-amine when contacted by a main solvent. A reactor wall surrounds the core and controls diffusion of the main solvent to the core through the pores. The reactor wall has a substantially lower solubility in the main solvent than the oxidizer reactant and the generated product such that the reactor wall remains substantially intact until generation of the product is substantially complete. The oxidizing agent is in contact with the main solvent. The oxidizing agent, which may be a hypohalite donor, chlorine dioxide donor, halo-amine donor, percarboxylic acid donor, hydroxyl radical donor, persulfate(s), or a hydrogen peroxide donor, has an order of selectivity that is different from the product generated in the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Perry L. Martin, Roy W. Martin
  • Publication number: 20080234167
    Abstract: Washing products which comprise a dye transfer inhibitor selected from the group consisting of triazine derivatives of the general formulae I, II, III and combinations thereof: T(NH—Ar(SO3Na)a)bHalc ??(I) X(NH-T(NH—Ar(SO3Na)a)eHalf)2 ??(II) X(NH-T(NH—Ar(SO3Na)d—NH-T(NH—Ar(SO3Na)a)Hal)2)Hal)2 ??(III) wherein T represents a 1,3,5-triazinyl residue; each Ar independently represents a naphthalene or benzene moiety; X represents a divalent hydrocarbyl moiety selected from the group consisting of linear or branched C1-20 hydrocarbon groups which may optionally include one or more —N(H)— carbon chain interruptions, stilbene groups and biphenyl groups which may optionally be mono- or poly-SO3Na-substituted; each Hal independently represents a halogen selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, and iodine; each of a and d independently represents 1, 2 or 3; b and c each represent 1 or 2 such that b+c 3; e represents 1 or 2 and f represents 0 or 1 such that e+f=2; and wherein the triazinyl residue
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Henkel KGaA
    Inventors: Josef Penninger, Birgit Gluesen
  • Publication number: 20080234168
    Abstract: Laundry detergent compositions comprising 0.00001% to 0.01% by weight of reactive dyes are disclosed. The laundry detergent compositions provide the benefit of imparting a favorable shade to fabrics without undesirable buildup of dyes on the fabrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Bertrand Noel Hamelin, Tina Vanden Bempt
  • Publication number: 20080234169
    Abstract: Liquid detergent composition comprising greater than 5% anionic surfactant, less than 15% nonionic surfactant, a light-sensitive ingredient and an inorganic pearlescent agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Jean Pol Boutique, Karl Ghislain Braeckman