Patents Issued in December 29, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160376656
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a novel single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in HLA-B*15:02 that can be used as a biomarker for carbamazepine-induced severe adverse skin reactions in Asians. Also provided herein are methods and reagents for assessing the specific SNP, and applying the SNP in predicting an increased risk of carbamazepine-induced severe adverse skin reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Hua Fang, Xiequn Xu, Tanya Moreno, Matthew Dedek, Kulvi Kaur
  • Publication number: 20160376657
    Abstract: The invention refers to an in vitro method of determining the risk of renal disorders, in a patient, by measuring a VCAN parameter, characterized in that at least one of the isoforms V0 and V1 are specifically determined in a sample of said patient and compared to a reference level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Gert Mayer
  • Publication number: 20160376658
    Abstract: The gene responsible for encoding SERT has a functional polymorphism at the 5?-regulatory promoter region, which results in two forms, long (L) and short (S). The LL-genotype is hypothesized to play a key role in the early onset of alcohol use. The present invention discloses the differences in treatment and diagnosis based on the L or short genotypes as well as on a single nucleotide polymorphism of the SERT gene, the 3? UTR SNP rs1042173. The present invention demonstrates the efficacy of using the drug ondansetron and similar drugs for treatment based on variations in the polymorphisms of the SERT gene as well as methods for diagnosing susceptibility to abuse of alcohol and other addiction-related diseases and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Bankole A. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20160376659
    Abstract: The invention relates to cancer, and more specifically to breast cancer, and particularly to estrogen receptor positive breast cancer that is resistant to endocrine therapy. The invention provides methods for selecting subgroups of subjects for treatment, and methods of treatment of a subgroup of subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Clarke, Bruno Simões, Sacha Howell, Rachel Eyre, Goran Landberg
  • Publication number: 20160376660
    Abstract: A method for detecting cancer in an individual comprising detecting a deletion in the nucleic acid sequence between residues 10743 and 12125 in mitochondrial DNA, obtaining a biological sample from the individual, extracting the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from the sample, quantifying the amount of mtDNA in the sample having a deletion in the nucleic acid sequence between residues 10743 and 14125 of the mtDNA genome, and comparing the amount of mtDNA in the sample having the deletion to at least one known reference sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan L. Parr, Robert Thayer, Gabriel Dakubo, Jennifer Creed, Kerry Robinson, Andrea Maggrah, Brian Reguly
  • Publication number: 20160376661
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for predicting whether a patient with a cancer is likely to respond to an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor, which method comprises determining the expression level of at least one target gene of hsa-miR-31-3p (SEQ ID NO:1) miRNA in a sample of said patient, wherein said target gene of hsa-miR-31-3p is selected from DBNDD2 and EPB41 L4B. The invention also relates to kits for measuring the expression of DBNDD2 and/or EPB41 L4B and at least one other parameter positively or negatively correlated to response to EGFR inhibitors. The invention also relates to therapeutic uses of an EGFR inhibitor in a patient predicted to respond to said EGFR inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Integragen
    Inventor: Raphaele THIEBAUT
  • Publication number: 20160376662
    Abstract: There are provided an improved cervical cancer diagnosing method and a diagnostic kit for same. According to the present invention, it is possible to more rapidly and accurately provide a patient group requiring a clinical treatment and a prevention treatment in terms of a technical aspect to predict that the limitation of the existing HPV DNA test method can be overcome, automate the RNA extraction from eliminated cells, and more rapidly provide more objective and accurate results because the result analysis can be performed by software by using the real-time RT-PCR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Hye Young LEE, Hye Young WANG, Yeun KIM
  • Publication number: 20160376663
    Abstract: Methods and compositions related to the use of Mobile Element Insertions and their adjacent genomic sequences. Methods using MEIs as markers for cellular proliferation, as targets for pharmaceuticals, as markers for tissue fingerprinting and in related methods and compositions are disclosed herein. Methods and compositions relate to the detection, treatment and ongoing monitoring of cell proliferation events, cancer, and deleterious effects of mobile elements in aging, and to the selection, use and monitoring of the success of treatment regimens to address these conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: IGENOMX INTERNATIONAL GENOMICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keith Brown
  • Publication number: 20160376664
    Abstract: Sets of experimentally validated gene specific primer pairs are provided. Embodiments of the sets include 10 or more gene specific primer pairs of forward and reverse primers. The forward and reverse primers of each primer pair include gene specific primers that are experimentally validated as suitable for use in a multiplex amplification assay. In some instances, each of the forward and reverse primers includes an anchor domain that includes a universal primer binding site. The sets find use in a variety of different applications, including high-throughput sequencing applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Alex Chenchik
  • Publication number: 20160376665
    Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to detecting molecular markers relevant to cancer and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods and compositions for quantifying and/or detecting EGFR mRNA and/or EGFRvIII mRNA in biological samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Wuitschick, Kevin S. Nelson, Shihai Huang, Rupinder Kular, Carolyn Mullen, James Rhoads
  • Publication number: 20160376666
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for determining whether a subject having prostate cancer is at greater risk of developing progressive disease, and methods of treating the subjects. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery that approximately 90% of men carrying at least one of the following fusion genes: TRMT11-GRIK2, SLC45A2-AMACR, MTOR-TP53BP1, LRRC59-FLJ60017, TMEM135-CCDC67 and CCNH-C5orf30 experienced prostate cancer recurrence, metastases and/or prostate cancer-specific death after radical prostatectomy (each examples of “progressive prostate cancer”), while these outcomes occurred in only 36% of men not carrying any of these fusion genes. It is also based, at least in part, on the discovery that no patient studied survived five years without recurrence if their primary prostate cancer contained a TRMT11-GRIK2 or MTOR-TP53BP1 fusion gene. It is also based, at least in part, on the discovery that the protein encoded by the MAN2A1-FER fusion gene exhibits kinase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: University Of Pittsburgh - Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education
    Inventors: JIANHUA LUO, Yangping Yu, Joel B. Nelson, George Konstantine Michalopoulos, Chien-Cheng Tseng, Ying Ding
  • Publication number: 20160376667
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of quality testing of fresh plant-based and mushroom based products. Methods, carriers and kits for determining the quality stage are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: NSURE HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Monique Francisca VAN WORDRAGEN, Rudolf Aart DE MAAGD, Jurriaan Johannes MES, Peter Albert BALK
  • Publication number: 20160376668
    Abstract: Various methods and compositions are provided for identifying and/or selecting soybean plants or soybean germplasm with improved resistance to soybean cyst nematode. In certain embodiments, the method comprises detecting at least one marker locus that is associated with resistance to soybean cyst nematode. In other embodiments, the method further comprises detecting at least one marker profile or haplotype associated with resistance to soybean cyst nematode. In further embodiments, the method comprises crossing a selected soybean plant with a second soybean plant. Further provided are markers, primers, probes and kits useful for identifying and/or selecting soybean plants or soybean germplasm with improved resistance to soybean cyst nematode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: JONATHAN B ALLEN, Bryce R. Daines, David L. Hyten, JR., Donald Kyle, Clinton W. Mapel, Joshua M. Shendelman, Jeffrey A. Thompson, John B. Woodward, Yanwen Xiong, Meizhu Yang
  • Publication number: 20160376669
    Abstract: Nucleic acid sequences for predicting and controlling shell phenotype in palm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Rajinder SINGH, Leslie Low Eng Ti, Leslie Ooi Cheng Li, Meilina Ong Abdullah, Rajanaidu Nookiah, Ravigadevi Sambanthamurthi, Steven W. Smith, Nathan D. Lakey, Rob Martienssen, Jared Ordway, Michael Hogan
  • Publication number: 20160376670
    Abstract: The present invention is directed generally to eukaryotic cells comprising single-celled organisms that are introduced into the eukaryotic cell through human intervention and which transfer to daughter cells of the eukaryotic cell, and methods of introducing such single-celled organisms into eukaryotic cells. The invention provides single-celled organisms that introduce a phenotype to eukaryotic cells that is maintained in daughter cells. The invention additionally provides eukaryotic cells containing magnetic bacteria. The invention further provides eukaryotic cells engineered with single-celled organisms to allow for multimodal observation of the eukaryotic cells. Each imaging method (or modality) allows the visualization of different aspects of anatomy and physiology, and combining these allows the imager to learn more about the subject being imaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Caleb B. Bell, III, Alexey Bazarov
  • Publication number: 20160376671
    Abstract: A Ruhrstahl-Heraeus (RH) apparatus for performing a vacuum degassing process of molten metal includes a sensor hole formed at a lower vessel of a vacuum vessel; a continuous temperature measuring device mounted on the sensor hole and including a light-to-temperature converter measuring temperature based on received light, a light guide rod receiving light from a measurement target, an optical fiber transferring the light received by the light guide rod to the light-to-temperature converter, a connector connecting the optical fiber to the light guide rod while maintaining straightness of the optical fiber, a primary protection tube enclosing an outer peripheral surface of the light guide rod, a flexible heat resistant tube protecting the optical fiber, and a joint connected to the flexible heat resistant tube and provided with a cooling gas injection tube; and a cooling gas supply unit supplying cooling gas to the cooling gas injection tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Jong-An YOU, Kwang-Sun PARK, Yeong-In KIM
  • Publication number: 20160376672
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mixture comprising magnesium, carbon and aluminium to be introduced into the slag located on a metal melt in iron and steel metallurgy, to the use of such a mixture and also to a process for conditioning a slag located on a metal melt in a metallurgical vessel, for example, in a converter, in an electric arc furnace or in a ladle, in iron and steel metallurgy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Alexander Cepak, Thomas Kollmann, Oliver Zach, Marcus Kirschen
  • Publication number: 20160376673
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for processing asbestos-containing steel scrap into useful products, which products can be handled in a safe manner. In accordance with the present invention the asbestos-containing steel scrap is melted in a furnace, which results in destruction of the asbestos fibers. It has been found possible to carry out such a process in an economically feasible manner. In accordance with the invention asbestos-containing steel is heated to high temperature so that the steel melts. As a result the asbestos will be converted into harmless material, which allows for safe handling and processing of the resulting products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Klaas Jansen
  • Publication number: 20160376674
    Abstract: A method for marking an article is disclosed which includes providing an article including a substrate, the substrate including a surface and a surface material, and forming a design on the surface of the substrate by applying a marking material to the surface wherein applying the marking material includes an additive manufacturing technique. Another method for marking an article further includes the surface having a first surface and second surface, the second surface defining a depression relative to the first surface, and forming a design on the surface of the substrate by applying a marking material to the second surface, the marking material forming a marking surface which is substantially flush with the first surface. The marked article formed by the methods includes a microstructure derived from the additive manufacturing technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Daniel David SOLOWAY
  • Publication number: 20160376675
    Abstract: An H-section steel has a predetermined chemical composition in which Ti oxides having a grain size of 0.01 ?m to 3.0 ?m are included at a density of 30 pieces/mm2 or more, a thickness of a flange is 100 mm to 150 mm, an area fraction of bainite at a ? position from a surface of the flange in a length direction and at a ¼ position from the surface thereof in a thickness direction is 80% or more, a yield strength or 0.2% proof stress is 450 MPa or more, and a tensile strength is 550 MPa or more, a Charpy absorbed energy at 21° C. at a ½ position from the surface of the flange in the length direction and at a ¾ position from the surface thereof in the thickness direction is 100 J or more, and an average austenite grain size is 50 ?m to 200 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki MIZOGUCHI, Kazutoshi ICHIKAWA, Kazuaki MITSUYASU, Hirokazu SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160376676
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a golf club head with an improved surface hardness and surface strength is disclosed. The method includes forging a spring steel to form a club head body with a striking faceplate portion and a back portion opposite to the striking faceplate portion, and quenching the club head body by a quenching medium at 800-1000° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Chih-Chun Chiu
  • Publication number: 20160376677
    Abstract: A method for producing a tempered, seamlessly hot-rolled steel pipe includes heating a hollow block to forming temperature and rolling the heated block in a rolling mill to form a pipe with a finished diameter after rolling. Subsequently, the pipe is tempered with appropriate tempering parameters after rolling whereby the diameter of the pipe increases during tempering. The finished diameter of the pipe to be tempered after rolling in the rolling mill is adjusted as a function of a value of the growth in diameter of the pipe during tempering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Vallourec Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Christof Delhaes, Heiko Hansen, Rolf Kuemmerling
  • Publication number: 20160376678
    Abstract: An inductor for an induction hardening system includes a heating element for heating a heating zone of a workpiece, and the heating element includes a first induction coil and a second induction coil and a gas escape device disposed between the first induction coil and the second induction coil. The gas escape device is configured to substantially prevent a liquid from a quenching device from reaching the heating zone while the heating zone is being heated by the first and second inductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventor: Gerhard Wagner
  • Publication number: 20160376679
    Abstract: An HPF molding member having a melted aluminum plating layer formed on the surface of a base steel sheet and excellent delamination resistance. The base steel sheet comprises: 0.18-0.25% by weight of C; 0.1-1.0% by weight of Si; 0.9-1.5% by weight of Mn; 0.03% by weight or less of P; 0.01% by weight or less of S; 0.01-0.05% by weight of Al; 0.05-0.5% by weight of Cr; 0.01-0.05% by weight of Ti; 0.001-0.005% by weight of B; 0.009% by weight or less of N; and the balance Fe and other impurities. The plating layer consists of a soft diffusion layer and a hard alloy layer, the hard alloy layer having a tau layer irregularly and non-continuously dispersed and distributed on the inside thereof at 10% or more of the entire area fraction. The difference in hardness between the alloy layer and the diffusion layer is 400 (Hv) or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Heung-Yun KIM, Il-Ryoung SOHN, Dae-Chul BAE
  • Publication number: 20160376680
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a process for using saline water, and saline reject water produced in water purification, to use for gold mining production, and growing and harvesting algae. The disclosure also describes a method for growing and harvesting algae utilizing saline water as growth medium for recycling waste water to extract the remaining metals out of waste water. The harvested algae may be used in various applications including but not limited to water purification for gold mining production and to extract metals out of remaining waste water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicants: University of Bisha, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University
    Inventors: Khaled A. ABUHASEL, Saleh Ali Alkahtani
  • Publication number: 20160376681
    Abstract: This invention provides a process to thermally upgrade metal-containing ores comprising the following steps: (1) mixing: (i) ore, (ii) from 4 and up to 15% by weight relative to the ore of reducing agent, (iii) sulphur bearing agent, (iv) metallic-bearing seeding agent, and optionally (v) low temperature binder agent to produce a blend; (2) agglomeration and dry, if required, of the blend formed in step 1 to produce agglomerates; (3) calcination the agglomerates formed in step 2 at reducing atmosphere from a partial pressure of oxygen of Log10(pO2)=?12 to Log10(pO2)=?15) and at temperature between 950-1150° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Tanai MARIN, Graeme GOODALL, Quan YANG, Kenneth SCHOLEY
  • Publication number: 20160376682
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for recovering vanadium and tungsten from a leach solution of a waste denitrification catalyst, and more specifically, to a method for recovering vanadium and tungsten from a leach solution of a waste denitrification catalyst comprising the steps of: recovering vanadium by adding acid and then adding a calcium compound to a leach solution of a waste denitrification catalyst to precipitate the vanadium; and recovering tungsten by adding acid and then adding a calcium compound to the remaining leach solution after recovering the vanadium to precipitate the tungsten.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Jin-Young LEE, Rajesh KUMAR
  • Publication number: 20160376683
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a monazite and apatite paragenetic ore enrichment method. High-grade and high-recovery-rate monazite concentrate can be obtained by adopting the method through steps of ore grinding, floatation, magnetic separation and low-acid advanced leaching treatment and re-floatation. In this process, the applicable range of ore pulp temperature is wide, the process flow is short, the ore dressing conditions are mild, the energy consumption is small, the used diluted acid can be cyclically regenerated and used, the pollution is small, the environmental stress is small and the recovery rate of low-grade monazite and apatite paragenetic ores can be obviously improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: WENLIANG XIONG, YAOHUI YANG, SHUPING LIU, CHENGQING JI, XIAOBO ZENG, JIE DENG, XIANGWEN LIAO, BINGYAN CHEN, SHANZHI DENG
  • Publication number: 20160376684
    Abstract: The present invention provides a silver alloy material and a method for manufacturing the silver alloy material, the silver alloy material comprising essentially by weight of about 65% to 95% Ag, about 5% to 35% In. The silver alloy material has a solid-liquid coexistence zone. The steps for manufacturing the silver alloy material include mixing, heating in vacuum status, cooling and annealing. The characters of the silver alloy are low yield tensile strength (58 Mpa), high ultimate tensile strength (300 MPa) and high elongation (60%) and anti-tarnishing property. The silver alloy material could be used for optics reflector mirror, silver ornament, brazing materials and very fine silver alloy wire for semiconductor bounding application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Raymond Wang, Chin C. Lee
  • Publication number: 20160376685
    Abstract: A method of melting and refining an alloy comprises vacuum induction melting starting materials to provide a vacuum induction melted alloy. At least a portion of the vacuum induction melted alloy is electroslag remelted to provide an electroslag remelted alloy. At least a portion of the vacuum arc remelted alloy is vacuum arc remelted to provide a singly vacuum arc remelted alloy. At least a portion of the singly vacuum arc remelted alloy is vacuum arc remelted to provide a doubly vacuum arc remelted alloy. In various embodiments, a composition of the vacuum induction melted alloy comprises primarily one of vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, niobium, molybdenum, technetium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, tantalum, tungsten, rhenium, osmium, iridium, platinum, and gold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Anthony V. Banik, Henry E. Lippard, Brandon C. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20160376686
    Abstract: A non-stainless steel alloy includes, in combination by weight, about 0.20% to about 0.33% carbon, about 4.0% to about 8.0% cobalt, about 7.0 to about 11.0% nickel, about 0.8% to about 3.0% chromium, about 0.5% to about 2.5% molybdenum, about 0.5% to about 5.9% tungsten, about 0.05% to about 0.20% vanadium, and up to about 0.02% titanium, the balance essentially iron and incidental elements and impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Herng-Jeng Jou
  • Publication number: 20160376687
    Abstract: A method for producing an iron-based sintered alloy, which is used in sliding components in pairs and has a composition including, in terms of percent by mass, Ti: 18.4 to 24.6%, Mo: 2.8 to 6.6%, C: 4.7 to 7.0%, Cr: 7.5 to 10.0%, Ni: 4.5 to 6.5%, Co: 1.5 to 4.5%, Al: 0.6 to 1.0%, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein the method is carried out such that the alloy has a structure in which hard particles are dispersed in an island form in a matrix and, while an area ratio thereof is kept constant, a maximum circle equivalent diameter thereof is controlled to a predetermined value of 40 to 10 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke WATANABE, Kakeru KUSADA, Tetsuo MAKIDA, Youhei SAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160376688
    Abstract: A Cu—Al—Mn-based alloy material (1) having a composition comprising: given contents of Al and Mn, and a given total content of at least one selected from Ni and the like; with the balance being Cu and unavoidable impurities, wherein the alloy material has a shape elongated in the working direction (RD), wherein a grain length ax in the RD is R/2 or less to the width or diameter (R), a grain length bx in a direction perpendicular to the RD is R/4 or less, and the amount of grains X (2) is 15% or less, and wherein a grain length a in the RD and a grain length b in the direction perpendicular to the RD satisfy: a?b, and an angle formed by the normal line of the (111) plane and the RD is 15° or larger, the amount of grains Y? (3) is 85% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA TECHNO MATERIAL CO., LTD., Tohoku University
    Inventors: Misato FUJII, Sumio KISE, Toyonobu TANAKA, Kenji NAKAMIZO, Koji ISHIKAWA, Toshihiro OMORI, Ryosuke KAINUMA
  • Publication number: 20160376689
    Abstract: An apparatus and a process for producing forged components composed of TiAl alloys, wherein a melt of a TiAl alloy is provided and is cast by horizontal centrifugal casting so as to produce at least one semifinished TiAl cast part and the semifinished TiAl cast part is converted by forging into a forged TiAl part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Martin SCHLOFFER, Wilfried SMARSLY, Marc HALTRICH
  • Publication number: 20160376690
    Abstract: An engine cylinder bore with an anodized or phosphated bondcoat and a method of coating the surface of an engine cylinder bore with an anodized or phosphated bondcoat prior to depositing a thermally sprayed protective coating. Cleaning or related pretreatment operations may also be used. In one preferred form, the cylinder bore is made from an aluminum-based alloy or a magnesium-based alloy, while the bondcoat forms a porous interface between the cylinder bore and the outermost protective coating. Additives may be placed into the anodizing or phosphating solution to promote adhesion and corrosion resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Yucong Wang, Dale A. Gerard
  • Publication number: 20160376691
    Abstract: An air plasma method for the deposition of an advanced EBC coating system, and an EBC coating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Haydn N.G. Wadley, Bradley Thomas Richards
  • Publication number: 20160376692
    Abstract: A process for treating a piece of tantalum or of a tantalum alloy, which consists in: placing the piece in a furnace and heating the furnace under vacuum at least at 1 400° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Dominique COTTON, Sebastien FAURE, Philippe JACQUET, Vincent VIGNAL
  • Publication number: 20160376693
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to coating compositions for forming diffusion coatings on metal-based substrates. The coating compositions may include a metal powder, an inorganic salt, an activator, and a binder. The present invention is also directed to processes for forming diffusion coatings on metal-based substrates using the disclosed coating compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Limin WANG, Lawrence Bernard KOOL
  • Publication number: 20160376694
    Abstract: Active films and processes for depositing the same onto a complex 3D shape substrates and implants are provided. The process comprises the following steps: inserting into a process chamber a sputtering target, including at least two chemical elements and a complex shape 3D substrate on a substrate holder, providing a gas to be ionized into the process chamber with a controlled pressure; applying a voltage in pulse between the sputtering target and the complex shape 3D substrate; and generating a magnetic field at the surface of the sputtering target inside the process chamber as required for HIPIMS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Juan Kiwi, Sami Rtimi, César Pulgarin
  • Publication number: 20160376695
    Abstract: A system for semiconductor manufacturing that uses ultrasonic waves for estimating and monitoring a remaining service lifetime of a consumable element is provided. A consumable element comprises a front side arranged inside a process chamber and a back side, opposite the front side, arranged outside the process chamber. An ultrasonic transducer is arranged on the back side of the consumable element, and directed towards the front side of the consumable element. A monitoring unit is configured to estimate and monitor a remaining service lifetime of the consumable element using the ultrasonic transducer. A method for estimating and monitoring the remaining service lifetime of the consumable element using ultrasonic waves is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Tsung-Jen Yang, Cheng-Chieh Chen, Hong-Hsing Chou
  • Publication number: 20160376696
    Abstract: A sputtering target containing a perovskite-type oxide as a principal component, wherein a crystal grain diameter of the perovskite-type oxide is from 11 to 15 ?m, and wherein a flexural strength of 60 Mpa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi KIUCHI, Minoru IINO, Yukio KAWAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160376697
    Abstract: A thin substrate processing device includes a substrate processing unit configured to process a thin substrate, and a cooling unit configured to cool the thin substrate when the substrate processing unit is processing the thin substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: ULVAC, INC.
    Inventors: Tetsushi Fujinaga, Masahiro Matsumoto, Makoto Arai, Eriko Mase, Harunori Iwai, Koji Takahashi, Atsuhito Ihori
  • Publication number: 20160376698
    Abstract: A monomer vaporizing device and a method of controlling the same are disclosed. The monomer vaporizing device includes: a first vaporizer and a second vaporizer that receive a purge gas and vaporize a first monomer and a second monomer, respectively; a first flow pipe and a second flow pipe that are connected to the respective vaporizers and allow the first monomer and the second monomer, vaporized by the respective vaporizers, to flow therethrough; a transition tube that is connected to the first flow pipe and the second flow pipe and supplies at least one of the first monomer and the second monomer to a deposition chamber; and a control valve apparatus that regulates monomer flow into the deposition chamber. The device facilitates smooth and uninterrupted application of monomer to the interior of a deposition chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Yong-Suk LEE, Myung-Soo HUH, Suk-Won JUNG, Jeong-Ho YI, Mi-Ra AN
  • Publication number: 20160376699
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a gas supply part configured to supply at least one of a film-forming gas, a first inert gas, and a second inert gas supplied at a temperature higher than that of the first inert gas into a process chamber in which a substrate is processed; and a control part configured to control the gas supply part to perform a film-forming process of supplying the film-forming gas and the first inert gas from the gas supply part into the process chamber to process the substrate, and to control a deposited film removing process of directly supplying the second inert gas having a temperature higher than that of the first inert gas from the gas supply part to the process chamber, in a state where there is no substrate in the process chamber, to remove a deposited film deposited within the process chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Takafumi SASAKI, Takatomo YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160376700
    Abstract: A system and method for treating a deposition reactor are disclosed. The system and method remove or mitigate formation of residue in a gas-phase reactor used to deposit doped metal films, such as aluminum-doped titanium carbide films or aluminum-doped tantalum carbide films. The method includes a step of exposing a reaction chamber to a treatment reactant that mitigates formation of species that lead to residue formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Suvi Haukka, Eric James Shero, Fred Alokozai, Dong Li, Jereld Lee Winkler, Xichong Chen
  • Publication number: 20160376701
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a reaction tube processing a substrate, a heating part disposed on an outside of the reaction tube that heats the interior of the reaction tube, an insulating part disposed on an outside of the heating part, a plurality of flow channels installed in the insulating part and allows an air or a cooling medium to flow, and a ceiling part configured to cover an upper surface of the insulating part. The ceiling part includes a first member having a supply hole formed to communicate with the flow channels and to supply the air or cooling medium into the flow channels, and a second member having a space formed between the second member and the first member and allowing the air or the cooling medium to flow therein and having a partition part to partition the space into at least two spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Motoya TAKEWAKI, Tetsuya KOSUGI, Masaaki UENO
  • Publication number: 20160376702
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing a wafer shaped article comprises a rotary chuck for holding a wafer shaped article and rotating the wafer shaped article about an axis of rotation. A chamber surrounds and encloses the rotary chuck, the chamber comprising an upper opening. A lid is mounted externally of the chamber so as to be movable between a closed position in which the lid seals the upper opening, and an open position in which the lid uncovers the upper opening and is displaced laterally therefrom. The chamber is openable separately from the lid so as to permit a wafer shaped article to be introduced into the chamber in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz HOHENWARTER, Michael PUGGL, Reinhold SCHWARZENBACHER, Milan PLISKA
  • Publication number: 20160376703
    Abstract: A vapor deposition apparatus comprises a vacuum chamber, at least two movable holders and an alignment system. A pedestal, a backboard supported on the pedestal and a metal mask located above the backboard are disposed inside the vacuum chamber, wherein an anti-plasma coated layer is provided on the metal mask; each of the movable holders is configured to clamp an end of the metal mask on which a pulling force can be applied; and the alignment system is configured to drive the movable holders to move in at least one direction of a first direction and a second direction that are perpendicular to each other within a plane in parallel to the backboard and a third direction perpendicular to the plane to perform at least one of applying a pulling force on the metal mask and attaching the metal mask onto a preset location of the backboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Zhiwei Su
  • Publication number: 20160376704
    Abstract: Methods of forming thin-film structures including metal carbide material, and structures and devices including the metal carbide material are disclosed. Exemplary structures include metal carbide material formed using two or more different processes (e.g., two or more different precursors), which enables tuning of various metal carbide material properties, including resistivity, current leakage, and work function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Petri Raisanen, Michael Givens, Eric James Shero
  • Publication number: 20160376705
    Abstract: A large substrate is optically coated in a reaction chamber that is formed by joining the substrate and a plate using a compliant seal, where the substrate forms one wall of the reaction chamber and the plate forms an opposite wall of the reaction chamber. The shape of the inside surface of the plate matches that of the inside surface of the substrate and they are spaced close together to minimize the volume of the reaction chamber. Atomic layer deposition is used to deposit one or more optical thin film layers to produce a coating on only the inside surface of the substrate. The outside surface is not coated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew C. Phillips, Nobuhiko Kobayashi