Patents Issued in June 10, 2014
  • Patent number: 8747639
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method suited for metal plating aircraft engine components that allows the creation a local environment for plating by covering a localized area to be plated so that the localized area to be plated is sealed from remaining parts of the component, thereby eliminating the need for masking remaining parts of the component prior to plating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventor: Jerome James
  • Patent number: 8747640
    Abstract: Arrangements for plating a single surface of a thin foil are described. In one aspect, a metal foil is wrapped tightly at least partially around a plating solution drum. The drum is partially immersed in a plating solution such that the waterline of the metal plating solution is below a break point where the metallic foil strip begins to unwind from the plating solution drum. With this arrangement, one side of the metallic foil strip is exposed to the metal plating solution, while the opposing back side of the metallic foil strip does not come in substantial contact with the metal plating solution. In this manner, the exposed side of the foil is plated while the back surface of the foil is not plated. The drum may be rotated to convey the foil through the plating solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Jaime Bayan, Nghia Tu, Will Wong
  • Patent number: 8747641
    Abstract: A method for treating the surface of aluminum components or components comprising aluminum includes anodizing the surface. Anodizing includes introducing at least one pigmenting substance, particularly fully pigmenting substance, into depressions or pores open toward the surface of a comb or pore structure of the surface created by the anodizing process, and/or introducing oxidizable substances into depressions or pores open toward the surface of a comb or pore structure of the surface created by the anodizing process and oxidizing these substances. The method further includes applying a ceramic thin-film coating or siliceous sol-gel coating onto the surface. The ceramic thin-film coating or the sol-gel coating comprises a pigment particularly serving refraction purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Suddeutsche Aluminium Manufaktur GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Binder, Ottmar Binder
  • Patent number: 8747642
    Abstract: Processes are provided herein for the fabrication of MEMS utilizing both a primary metal that is integrated into the final MEMS structure and a sacrificial secondary metal that provides structural support for the primary metal component during machining. More specifically, techniques are disclosed to increase the rate of secondary metal deposition between primary metal features in order to prevent voiding in the sacrificial secondary metal and thus enhance structural support of the primary metal during machining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Advantest America, Inc.
    Inventor: Montray Leavy
  • Patent number: 8747643
    Abstract: Copper plating baths containing a leveling agent that is a reaction product of one or more of certain cyclodiaza-compounds with one or more epoxide-containing compounds that deposit copper on the surface of a conductive layer are provided. Such plating baths deposit a copper layer that is substantially planar on a substrate surface across a range of electrolyte concentrations. Methods of depositing copper layers using such copper plating baths are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC
    Inventors: Zukhra I. Niazimbetova, Maria Anna Rzeznik
  • Patent number: 8747644
    Abstract: In a method for reducing a solid feedstock (110), such as a solid metal compound, feedstock is arranged on upper surfaces of elements (60, 80, 81) in a bipolar cell stack contained within a housing (25). A molten salt electrolyte is circulated through the housing so that it contacts the elements of the bipolar stack and the feedstock. A potential is applied to terminal electrodes (50, 60) of the bipolar stack such that the upper surfaces of the elements become cathodic and the lower surfaces of the elements become anodic. The applied potential is sufficient to cause reduction of the feedstock. The invention also provides an apparatus for implementing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Metalysis Limited
    Inventors: Peter G. Dudley, Allen Richard Wright
  • Patent number: 8747645
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing unsymmetrical biaryl by anodic dehydrodimerization of substituted ortho-alkoxyaryl alcohols in the presence of partially fluorinated and/or perfluorinated mediators and a supporting electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Florian Stecker, Andreas Fischer, Itamar Michael Malkowsky, Siegfried R. Waldvogel, Axel Kirste
  • Patent number: 8747646
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing biaryls by anodic cross-dehydrodimerization of substituted phenols with arenes in the presence of partially fluorinated and/or perfluorinated mediators and a supporting electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andreas Fischer, Itamar Michael Malkowsky, Florian Stecker, Siegfried R. Waldvogel, Axel Kirste
  • Patent number: 8747647
    Abstract: In a process for chlorine-alkali electrolysis, use is made of an oxygen depletion cathode. The process is run with a high excess of oxygen. The oxygen needed for this is provided for a device of the gas separation, for example a VPSA plant or an air fractionation plant. The large quantities of oxygen produced lead to considerable costs of the process. According to the invention, the oxygen-rich atmosphere remaining after passing through the process is fed back into the device for gas separation as input gas. The device the gas separation is therefore operated with an oxygen-rich input gas and therefore produces a larger quantity of oxygen-rich gas, which in turn is fed to the oxygen depletion cathode. As a result of the circulation of the gas, the economy of the overall process is increased considerably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignees: Messer Group GmbH, Bayer Material Science AG
    Inventors: Walter Bachleitner, Christoph Erdmann, Joachim Rohovec, Andreas Bulan, Mathias Weis
  • Patent number: 8747648
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for treating liquids, particularly ocean, brackish water, refuse liquid, and waste water, wherein a hot carrier gas flow charged with water vapor is present in a predetermined treatment step as a hot water vapor carrier gas flow, particularly from a device for the treatment of liquids. According to the invention, at least a partial flow of the hot water vapor carrier gas flow is subjected to water vapor electrolysis in a water vapor electrolysis device in which at least part of the hydrogen and oxygen is separated from the hot water vapor carrier gas flow, and a dried carrier gas flow is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Inventors: Neubert Joachim, Karl Ferdinand Staab
  • Patent number: 8747649
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for electrochemically treating the struts of an intravascular stent is disclosed. An intravascular stent is mounted in a chamber and is electrochemically treated in order to remove a portion of the stent struts in order to form an airfoil shape. The airfoil-shaped stent struts will reduce turbulent blood flow in the vasculature in which the stent is implanted thereby improving clinical outcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Randolf von Oepen
  • Patent number: 8747650
    Abstract: Provided are formulations, methods of making, and methods of using one or more Fischer-Tropsch Base Oils of the present invention in a low sulfur, low sulfated ash, and low phosphorus engine lubricant to enhance thermal stability of the lubricant as well as the high-temperature performance of an engine housing the lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Chevron Oronite Technology B.V.
    Inventors: Jeroen Van Leeuwen, Peter Kleijwegt
  • Patent number: 8747651
    Abstract: A high coking value pitch prepared from coal tar distillate and has a low softening point and a high carbon value while containing substantially no quinoline insolubles is disclosed. The pitch can be used as an impregnant or binder for producing carbon and graphite articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: GrafTech International Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas J. Miller, Ching-Feng Chang, Irwin C. Lewis, Richard T. Lewis
  • Patent number: 8747652
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a catalyst comprising at least one crystalline material comprising silicon with a hierarchical and organized porosity and at least one hydrodehydrogenating element selected from the group formed by elements from group VIB and/or group VIII of the periodic table of the elements. Said crystalline material comprising silicon with a hierarchical and organized porosity is constituted by at least two spherical elementary particles, each of said particles comprising a matrix based on oxide of silicon, which is mesostructured, with a mesopore diameter in the range 1.5 to 30 nm and having microporous and crystalline walls with a thickness in the range 1.5 to 60 nm, said elementary spherical particles having a maximum diameter of 200 microns. The invention also concerns hydrocracking/hydroconversion and hydrotreatment processes employing said catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Audrey Bonduelle, Alexandra Chaumonnot
  • Patent number: 8747653
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for hydroprocessing two hydrocarbon streams at two different pressures. A hydrogen stream is compressed and split. A first split compressed stream is further compressed to feed a first hydroprocessing unit that requires higher pressure for operation. A second split compressed stream is fed to a second hydroprocessing unit that requires lower pressure. Recycle hydrogen from the second hydroprocessing unit is recycled back to the compression section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventor: Andrew P. Wieber
  • Patent number: 8747654
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for recovering product from catalytically converted product streams. An integrated debutanizer column provides an LPG stream, a light naphtha stream and a heavy naphtha stream. The integrated debutanizer column may comprise a dividing wall column. The light naphtha stream may be used as an absorbent for a primary absorber column which provides advantageous operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Saadet Ulas Acikgoz, Michael A. Schultz, Xin X. Zhu
  • Patent number: 8747655
    Abstract: A new family of aluminosilicate zeolites designated UZM-44 has been synthesized. These zeolites are represented by the empirical formula. NanMmk+TtAl1-xExSiyOz where “n” is the mole ratio of Na to (Al+E), M represents a metal or metals from zinc, Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 and or the lanthanide series of the periodic table, “m” is the mole ratio of M to (Al+E), “k” is the average charge of the metal or metals M, T is the organic structure directing agent or agents, and E is a framework element such as gallium. These zeolites are similar to IM-5 but are characterized by unique compositions and synthesis procedures and have catalytic properties for carrying out various hydrocarbon conversion processes and separation properties for carrying out various separations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Miller, Christopher P. Nicholas, Stephen T. Wilson
  • Patent number: 8747656
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for conducting a hydrocracking or a hydrotreating process in a microchannel reactor. This invention also relates to a process and apparatus for flowing a vapor and liquid into a plurality of microchannels in a microchannel processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Velocys, Inc.
    Inventors: Anna Lee Tonkovich, Ravi Arora, John Brophy, Francis P. Daly, Soumitra Deshmukh, Maddalena Fanelli, Kai Tod Paul Jarosch, Timothy J. LaPlante, Richard Q. Long, Terry Mazanec, Daniel Francis Ryan, Laura J. Silva, Wayne W. Simmons, Bruce Stangeland, Yong Wang, Thomas Yuschak, Steven T. Perry, Jeffrey Dale Marco, Michael Alan Marchiando, Robert Dwayne Litt
  • Patent number: 8747657
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for mixing streams of regenerated and carbonized catalyst involves passing a catalyst stream into and out of a chamber in a lower section of a riser. The chamber fosters mixing of the catalyst streams to reduce their temperature differential before contacting hydrocarbon feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Lev Davydov, Lisa M. Wolschlag, Paolo Palmas, Robert L. Mehlberg, Mohammad-Reza Mostofi-Ashtiani, Daniel R. Johnson, Chad R. Huovie, Michael S. Sandacz, Peter J. Van Opdorp, Thomas W. Lorsbach, Karthikeyan Paramanandam
  • Patent number: 8747658
    Abstract: The improved methods relate to desalting hydrocarbon feeds using a separator with a stacked disk centrifuge to separate an emulsified oil and water rag layer. This method is effective for desalting heavy, high ionic, and non-traditional crude oils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Phillips 66 Company
    Inventor: Scott D. Love
  • Patent number: 8747659
    Abstract: A process for hydrotreating a first aromatics- and sulfur-containing hydrocarbon feed using a fresh supported CoMo catalyst, includes treating the fresh catalyst under first hydrotreating conditions with a second hydrocarbon feed having a lower aromatics content than the first feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Gabor Kiss, Lulian Nistor, John Zengel
  • Patent number: 8747660
    Abstract: A process for upgrading an oil feedstock includes reacting the oil feedstock with a quantity of an alkali metal, wherein the reaction produces solid materials and liquid materials. The solid materials are separated from the liquid materials. The solid materials may be washed and heat treated by heating the materials to a temperature above 400° C. The heat treating occurs in an atmosphere that has low oxygen and water content. Once heat treated, the solid materials are added to a solution comprising a polar solvent, where sulfide, hydrogen sulfide or polysulfide anions dissolve. The solution comprising polar solvent is then added to an electrolytic cell, which during operation, produces alkali metal and sulfur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Ceramatec, Inc.
    Inventors: John Howard Gordon, Javier Alvare
  • Patent number: 8747661
    Abstract: A process for bitumen extraction from hydrocarbonaceous solids, such as tar sand or oil shale, is performed in fluidized bed of a swirl reactor. This provides active interaction of three phases: 1) liquid phase—bituminous oil with solvent; 2) solid phase—sand grains, clay; 3) gaseous phase—steam and gasses. The process also involves the step of pressure decrease inside the reactor to activate a gas desorption dissolved in bituminous sand mixture. The process of separation of the bitumen and sand combines centrifuging and discharging individual products for further processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Helpful Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Victor Gurin
  • Patent number: 8747662
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing blood therapy having a plurality of pumps for engaging blood and fluid tubing is characterized by a plurality of manually mounted and disengagable panels installed on the sides of the apparatus housing, the panels having pump engaging tubing mounted on the inside of the respective panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: B. Braun Avitum AG
    Inventors: J. Michael Delmage, Harold Peters, Tommy Cooper
  • Patent number: 8747663
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for monitoring the supply of substitution fluid upstream or downstream of a dialyser or filter arranged in an extracorporeal blood stream. One embodiment provides, for the detection of predilution or postdilution, for measuring the pressure in the blood stream downstream of the dialyser or filter, predilution or postdilution being recognized on the basis of the change in pressure following the shutting off and/or starting up of the substituate pump provided for conveying the substitution fluid. Another embodiment provides for recognizing predilution or postdilution on the basis of the comparison of the oscillating pressure signal attributable to the substituate pump to a characteristic reference signal. The characteristic reference signal to which the pressure signal of the substituate pump is compared is preferably the oscillating pressure signal of a blood pump arranged in the blood stream for conveying the blood upstream of the dialyser or filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Pascal Kopperschmidt
  • Patent number: 8747664
    Abstract: The present invention provides a water filtration and sterilization device comprising a container having an inlet conduit and an outlet conduit, a closure valve at said inlet conduit, a filter means upstream of said inlet conduit, a flow prevention means in said outlet conduit and an ultra violet radiation source within said container. The valve is adapted to be opened for a first time period to admit water into the container via the filter means. The ultra violet radiation source is operable for a second time period to sterilize water in said chamber. The first time period is shorter than said second time period. The flow prevention means is operable to deliver sterilized water on demand from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Applica Cosumer Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Dier
  • Patent number: 8747665
    Abstract: A filter container includes a wall portion defining a cavity that is adapted to receive a filter. The wall portion includes an inner surface defining the cavity. One or more filter retaining elements integrally-extend from the inner surface that provides a shoulder having an interface surface for interfacing with the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Wix Filtration Corp LLC
    Inventor: Darrell T. McKenzie
  • Patent number: 8747666
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for filtering contaminated water from an oil or gas well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Inventor: Robert L. Miller
  • Patent number: 8747667
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a system and method for treating wastewater in a filter media apparatus having a draft tube system. The filter media may be walnut shell media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad L. Felch, Michael Howdeshell, Eric A. Lorge, Bryan J. Kumfer, Stuart J. Munson, Matthew Patterson
  • Patent number: 8747668
    Abstract: Separation media, separation modules and methods are provided for separating water from a water and hydrocarbon emulsion and include a fibrous nonwoven coalescence layer for receiving the water and hydrocarbon emulsion and coalescing the water present therein as a discontinuous phase to achieve coalesced water droplets having a size of 1 mm or greater, and a fibrous nonwoven drop retention layer downstream of the coalescence layer having a high BET surface area of at least 90 m2/g or greater sufficient to retain the size of the coalesced water droplets to allow separation thereof from the hydrocarbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Ahlstrom Corporation
    Inventors: Christine M. Stanfel, Farina Diani Pangestu
  • Patent number: 8747669
    Abstract: A separation module and method are disclosed for processing a liquid sample and providing high conversion by operating a single-pass tangential-flow process without a recirculation loop. In one embodiment, the separation module includes three reservoirs and has at least one long, thin channel with a large ratio of channel membrane area to: channel void volume; volume of a sample feed reservoir; and volume of the feed sample. In another embodiment, the separation module includes an external feed reservoir, an external retentate reservoir fluidly and a first vacuum source adapted to apply a first vacuum to the separation element disposed within the housing. The single-pass TFF separation element and single-pass process provides high conversion while operating with relatively low pressure sources. Certain embodiments disclosed herein can be used for the separation of blood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: SPF Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Alex G. Bonner, Gaston de los Reyes
  • Patent number: 8747670
    Abstract: Filtration device suited for concentration of liquid samples, particularly biomolecules, and a method of concentrating, desalting, purifying and/or fractionating liquid samples. In certain embodiments the device includes a housing having a sample reservoir, and two substantially vertically oriented and spaced apart membranes disposed in the housing. An underdrain is associated with each membrane such that fluid passing through each membrane flows through a respective underdrain into a filtrate collection chamber. The fluid that does not pass through the membrane is collected in the retentate collection chamber, and can be recovered such as by a reverse spinning step, achieving recoveries greater than about 90%. The substantially vertical orientation of the membranes increases the available membrane area by at least 2.7 times the area available in a conventional filter device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Louis Bonhomme, John Doyle, Kurt Greenizen, George Gagne, Sean Devin, Gerard Lombard, Vincent Smith
  • Patent number: 8747671
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for treating wastewater to simultaneously remove nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus. The process includes an anoxic tank that receives at least two streams, including plant influent wastewater and return activated sludge. These streams are mixed in the anoxic tank to promote phosphorus release and fermentation of particulate and dissolved organic matter. The mixed liquor is transferred to an aerated tank having low dissolved oxygen concentrations to promote development of phosphorus-release bacteria that is eventually recycled to the anoxic tank by way of the return activated sludge. Simultaneous nitrification, denitrification, and phosphorus release occur in the aerated tank. A membrane tank separates treated effluent from activated sludge in a membrane tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: American Water Works Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugenio Giraldo, Yanjin Liu, Swarna Muthukrishnan
  • Patent number: 8747672
    Abstract: Methods and systems for recovery of phosphorus from wastewater and producing inorganic phosphorus complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Multiform Harvest Inc.
    Inventor: Keith E. Bowers
  • Patent number: 8747673
    Abstract: A method of removing a nonpolar solvent from a fluid volume that includes at least one nonpolar compound, such as a fat, an oil or a triglyceride, is provided. The method comprises contacting a fluid volume with an expanding gas to expand the nonpolar solvent and form a gas-expanded solvent. The gas-expanded solvent may have a substantially reduced density in comparison to the at least one nonpolar compound and/or a substantially reduced capacity to solubilize the nonpolar compound, causing the nonpolar compounds to separate from the gas-expanded nonpolar solvent into a separate liquid phase. The liquid phase including the at least one nonpolar compound may be separated from the gas-expanded solvent using conventional techniques. After separation of the liquid phase, at least one of the temperature and pressure may be reduced to separate the nonpolar solvent from the expanding gas such that the nonpolar solvent may be recovered and reused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel M. Ginosar, Daniel S. Wendt, Lucia M. Petkovic
  • Patent number: 8747674
    Abstract: A process for the treatment of water/oil (W/O) emulsions is described which includes the addition of an ionic liquid, under heating, to a water/oil emulsion containing between 0.5% and 85% of water per volume as a dispersion phase, until the concentration of the ionic liquid in the emulsion remains within the range of 0.01 ?L/g to 100 ?L/g. The ionic liquid used is a salt of a general C+ A? formula in a liquid state at temperatures below 150° C., where A? is an anion and C+ is a cation, which has at least a hydrophobic alkyl chain connected to a cation group. The heating method includes conventional heating and heating via microwaves. In the heating via microwaves, the salts of the general C+ A? formula present synergic behavior in separation efficiency in relation to conventional heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.—Petrobras
    Inventors: Regina Celia Lourenco Guimarães, Bianca Machado da Silva Ferreira, Maria de Fatima Pereira dos Santos, Ricardo Andre Guarnieri, Montserrat Fortuny Heredia, Cláudio Dariva, Alexandre Ferreira Santos, Rita de Cássia Bomfim Lemos, Lisiane dos Santos Freitas
  • Patent number: 8747675
    Abstract: An adsorbent suitable for heavy metal absorption is described, comprising a thiol-functionalised support containing a stabilising amount of an alkaline metal reacted with said thiol functionality. The adsorbent may be used to remove heavy metals e.g. mercury and/or arsenic, from wastewater streams such as produced water or flue gas scrubber waters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey PLC
    Inventors: Matthew John Cousins, Kevin Young
  • Patent number: 8747676
    Abstract: A support impregnated with selenium and capable of effectively removing a heavy metal from a process stream that is at an ambient temperature or is at an elevated temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Phillips 66 Company
    Inventors: Mark A. Hughes, Roland Schmidt, John M. Hays
  • Patent number: 8747677
    Abstract: A magnetic separation device comprising a magnetic base and a retention mechanism, as well as a method of evacuating liquid from a well plate containing liquid and magnetic particles, are disclosed. In specific embodiments, the retention mechanism comprises one or more wire clips. In certain embodiments, the magnetic base comprises apertures configured to receive the wire clips. The retention mechanism can be configured to secure a well plate to the magnetic base so that a user may evacuate liquid from a well plate containing liquid and magnetic particles. In certain embodiments, the method comprises inverting the magnetic separation device and well plate. In particular embodiments, the method comprises rapidly and forcefully inverting magnetic separation device and well plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Luminex Corporation
    Inventors: Tracy Vandenbroek, Mark Coffey, Jarden Krager
  • Patent number: 8747678
    Abstract: The invention provides hydrometallurgical processes by which dissolved nickel may be removed from water at ambient temperature and low system pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Bioteq Environmental Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Bratty, Rick Lawrence, David Kratochvil
  • Patent number: 8747679
    Abstract: A separation system for separating a fluid mixture includes a uniaxial cyclonic separator (2) having a first inlet (16) for receiving a fluid mixture, a separation chamber (18) for separating the fluid mixture by cyclonic action into a dense first fluid and a less dense second fluid, a first outlet (22) for the first fluid and a second outlet (26) for the second fluid. The system further includes a reverse flow cyclonic separator (32) having a second inlet (30) for receiving the first fluid from the first outlet (22), a separation chamber for separating the first fluid by cyclonic action into a dense third fluid and a less dense fourth fluid, a third outlet (34) for the third fluid and a fourth outlet (36) for the fourth fluid. A method for the bulk separation of water from an oil/water mixture is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Caltec Limited
    Inventors: Mir Mahmood Sarshar, Mirza Najam Ali Beg, Carl Wordsworth
  • Patent number: 8747680
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive-based device having magnetic material layers formed between a first electrically conductive layer and a second electrically conductive layer, the magnetic materials layers including a tunnel barrier layer formed between a first magnetic materials layer and a second magnetic materials layer, including removing the first electrically conductive layer and the first magnetic materials layer unprotected by a first hard mask, to form a first electrode and a first magnetic materials, respectively; and removing the tunnel barrier layer, second magnetic materials layer, and second electrically conductive layer unprotected by the second hard mask to form a tunnel barrier, second magnetic materials, and a second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: EverSpin Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarin A. Deshpande, Sanjeev Aggarwal
  • Patent number: 8747681
    Abstract: A preparation method of the fluorescent powder layer (108, 208) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Ocean's King Lighting Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mingjie Zhou, Wenbo Ma, Yugang Liu
  • Patent number: 8747682
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a pattern formation method is disclosed. The method includes forming a plurality of regions on a foundation and the plurality of the regions correspond to different pattern sizes. The method includes separating each of a plurality of block copolymers from another one of the plurality of the block copolymers and segregating the each of the plurality of the block copolymers into a corresponding one of the regions. The method includes performing a phase separation of the each of the block copolymers of each of the regions. The method includes selectively removing a designated phase of each of the phase-separated block copolymers to form a pattern of the each of the block copolymers and the pattern has a different pattern size for the each of the regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kentaro Matsunaga, Tomoya Oori, Eishi Shiobara, Yukiko Sato, Yoshihisa Kawamura
  • Patent number: 8747683
    Abstract: A mold of an embodiment of the present invention has a surface that has a shape which is inverse of a surface shape of a moth-eye structure. This surface has a plurality of protrusions, a plurality of ridges extending between the plurality of protrusions via saddle portions, and a plurality of holes, each of which is defined by at least any three of the plurality of protrusions and ridges extending between the at least any three of the plurality of protrusions, and an average distance between centers of adjacent holes, p, and an average depth of the saddle portions, r, satisfy the relationship of 0.15?r/p?0.60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akinobu Isurugi, Kiyoshi Minoura, Tokio Taguchi, Takao Imaoku
  • Patent number: 8747684
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for plasma etching a workpiece, such as a semiconductor wafer, including a thin film stack having a top film disposed over a bottom film with an intervening middle film there between. Etch selectivity between the top and bottom films may be as low as between 1:1 and 2:1 and a first carbon-lean gas chemistry is used to etch through the top film, a second carbon-lean gas chemistry is used to etch through the middle film, and the bottom film is etched through by alternating between depositing a polymer passivation on the top film using a carbon-rich gas chemistry and an etching of the bottom film with a third carbon-lean gas chemistry, which may be the same as the first carbon-lean gas chemistry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil Srinivasan, Jinhan Choi, Anisul H. Khan
  • Patent number: 8747685
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a shape simulation apparatus including: a flux computation block configured to compute the flux of particles incident on the surface of a wafer covered with a mask; and a shape computation block configured to compute a surface shape of the wafer by allowing the coordinates of a plurality of calculation points established on the surface of the wafer to be time-evolved based on the incident flux computed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kuboi, Takashi Kinoshita, Tetsuya Tatsumi
  • Patent number: 8747686
    Abstract: Methods and substrate processing systems for analyzing an end point of a process are provided. By-products of the process are detected and monitored to determine the completion of various types of reaction processes within a substrate processing chamber. The methods provide real time process monitoring, thereby reducing the need to rigidly constrain other substrate processing parameters, increasing chamber cleaning efficiency, and/or increasing substrate processing throughput.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Bo Zheng, Mei Chang, Arvind Sundarrajan
  • Patent number: 8747687
    Abstract: An aqueous CMP agent, comprising (A) solid polymer particles interacting and forming strong complexes with the metal of the surfaces to be polished; (B) a dissolved organic non-polymeric compound interacting and forming strong, water-soluble complexes with the metal and causing an increase of the material removal rate MRR and the static etch rate SER with increasing concentration of the compound (B); and (C) a dissolved organic non-polymeric compound interacting and forming slightly soluble or insoluble complexes with the metal, which complexes are capable of being adsorbed by the metal surfaces, and causing a lower increase of the MRR than the compound (B) and a lower increase of the SER than the compound (B) or no increase of the SER with increasing concentration of the compound (C); a CMP process comprising selecting the components (A) to (C) and the use of the CMP agent and process for polishing wafers with ICs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Vijay Immanuel Raman, Ilshat Gubaydullin, Yuzhuo Li, Mario Brands, Yongqing Lan
  • Patent number: 8747688
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of easily chamfering and polishing an inner peripheral face and an outer peripheral face of a glass disk at low cost. By continuously supplying fresh etchants to an inner peripheral face and an outer peripheral face of a glass disk stacked body in which a plurality of glass disks are stacked, the inner and outer peripheral faces are polished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Hideki Kawai