Patents Issued in January 30, 2018
  • Patent number: 9879315
    Abstract: Methods for the differentiation of a 5-hydroxymethyl modification of a cytosine residue of interest in a nucleic acid molecule from (i) a 5-methyl modification of the cytosine residue of interest or (ii) an unmodified cytosine residue of interest, the methods making use of the capability of transcription-activator-like effector (TALE) proteins to preferentially bind with strong affinity to nucleic acid sequences containing non-modified cytosine residues or 5-methyl modified cytosine residues, and to bind, if at all, with only strongly reduced affinity to nucleic acid sequences containing 5-hydroxymethyl modified cytosine residues. The present invention further relates to respective uses of TALE proteins for the differentiation of a 5-hydroxymethyl modification of a cytosine residue of interest in a nucleic acid molecule from (i) a 5-methyl modification of the cytosine residue of interest or (ii) the unmodified cytosine residue of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Universität Konstanz
    Inventors: Daniel Summerer, M. Grzegorz Kubik, Moritz Johannes Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9879316
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the detection of the presence of RNA variants comprising the step of performing a competitive cDNA synthesis comprising a first primer specific to a first RNA variant, a second primer specific to a second RNA variant, an RNA-dependent DNA polymerase, and RNA from said sample as a template, wherein said first primer and said second primer comprise an allele-specific nucleotide portion, a target-specific sequence and tag units with a common sequence and/or a discriminating sequence so that the sequence of said tag units is not complementary to said first or second RNA variant, wherein each of the cDNA products obtained from said competitive cDNA synthesis consists of the sequence of only one primer extended by the sequence complementary to one of the target RNA variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Inventor: Tho Huu Ho
  • Patent number: 9879317
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions including primers and probes, which are capable of interacting with the disclosed nucleic acids, such as the nucleic acids encoding the reverse transcriptase, protease, or integrase of HIV as disclosed herein. Thus, provided is an oligonucleotide comprising any one of the nucleotide sequences set for in SEQ ID NOS: 1-89, 96-122, and 124-141. Also provided are the oligonucleotides consisting of the nucleotides as set forth in SEQ ID NOS: 1-89, 96-122, and 124-141. Each of the disclosed oligonucleotides is a probe or a primer. Also provided are mixtures of primers and probes and for use in RT-PCR and primary PCR reactions disclosed herein. Provided are methods for the specific detection of several mutations in HIV simultaneously or sequentially. Mutations in the reverse transcriptase, protease, or integrase of HIV can be detected using the methods described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Johnson, Walid M. Heneine, Jonathan T. Lipscomb
  • Patent number: 9879318
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions useful for supplying high throughput nucleic acid sequencing systems with templates. The methods circumvent the need for costly, labor-intensive cloning and cell culture methods and can be scaled to accommodate template production for a variety of sequencing applications, e.g., sequencing individuals' genomes, sequencing subpopulations of transcripts from a gene of interest, and/or gene expression profiling. Particularly preferred embodiments of the methods vastly improve the preparation of cDNA from mRNA samples, e.g., by randomizing errors introduced during the process, thereby allowing these errors to be readily distinguished from true variants present in the mRNA samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Vilfan, Stephen Turner
  • Patent number: 9879319
    Abstract: Nucleic acid compositions, methods of making and using such compositions that comprise modular functional groups that can be configured to provide desired functionality to different nucleotide types through a swappable and preferably non-covalent linkage component. Such compositions are useful in a variety of applications including nucleic acid analyses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonas Korlach, Jeffrey Wegener
  • Patent number: 9879320
    Abstract: The application concerns means for predicting whether a subject infected with one or more HCVs has a high probability of responding to an anti-HCV treatment which will comprise the administration of interferon and of ribavirin or whether, in contrast, that subject has a high probability of not responding to that anti-HCV treatment. The means of the invention in particular involve assaying the levels of expression of selected genes, said selected genes being: at least one gene from among MBL2, LGALS3BP and IL8, and at least one gene from among G1P2, CCL21 and CXCL10, and optionally, at least one gene from among AFP, CRP, CXCL11, CXCL6, CXCL9, FGF7, MDK, MMP2, SFN, TGFB2 and VEGFD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Inventors: Ivan Bieche, Bénédicte Watelet, Tarik Asselah, Isabelle Catherine Batxelli, Eve Laure Mathieu, Nathalie Jullian, Michel Vidaud, Patrick Marcellin, Mohammad Afshar
  • Patent number: 9879321
    Abstract: The invention provides DNA compositions that relate to transgenic insect resistant maize plants. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize DAS-59122-7 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome and the DNA sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Dow Agrosciences LLC
    Inventors: James Wayne Bing, Robert F. Cressman, Jr., Manju Gupta, Salim M. Hakimi, David Hondred, Todd L. Krone, Mary E. Hartnett Locke, Abigail K. Luckring, Sandra E. Meyer, Daniel Moellenbeck, Kenneth Edwin Narva, Paul D. Olson, Craig D. Sanders, Jimei Wang, Jian Zhang, Gan-Yuan Zhong
  • Patent number: 9879322
    Abstract: In alternative embodiments, the invention provides nucleic acid sequences that are genetic polymorphic variations of the human TMEM216 gene, and TMEM216 polypeptide encoded by these variant alleles. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides methods of determining or predicting a predisposition to, or the presence of, a ciliopathy (or any genetic disorder of a cellular cilia or cilia anchoring structure, basal body or ciliary function) in an individual, such as a Joubert Syndrome (JS), a Joubert Syndrome Related Disorder (JSRD) or a Meckel Syndrome (MKS). In alternative embodiments, the invention provides compositions and methods for the identification of genetic polymorphic variations in the human TMEM216 gene, and methods of using the identified genetic polymorphisms and the proteins they encode, e.g., to screen for compounds that can modulate the human TMEM216 gene product, and possibly treat JS, JSRD or MKS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Joseph G. Gleeson, Jennifer Silhavy, Enza Maria Valente, Francesco Brancati
  • Patent number: 9879323
    Abstract: The invention relates to the typing of MHC-DRB loci in mammals. In particular, the invention provides a typing procedure for the mammalian DRB region that allows an easy, economical, high resolution, fast and accurate haplotyping protocol. The invention further provides the use of said typing procedure in genetic applications, and provides a kit for typing of MHC-DRB loci.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: STICHTING BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE
    Inventors: Ronald Edward Bontrop, Gabriele Gerda Maria Doxiadis
  • Patent number: 9879324
    Abstract: Described are methods of determining if a subject has a genetic predisposition to developing prostate cancer (PCa) or aggressive PCa, or to developing breast cancer (BrCa).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: University of Louisville Research Fondation, Inc., North Carolina Central University
    Inventors: La Creis Renee Kidd, Kevin Sean Kimbro
  • Patent number: 9879325
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for predicting the responsiveness of a patient to a treatment with an anti-CD20 antibody, said method comprising measuring the level of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) expression in B cells obtained from said patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE—HÔPITAUX DE PARIS, UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT (PARIS VII), UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE—SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA RECHERCHE MÉDICALE
    Inventors: Johanna Chiche, Catherine Thieblemont, Jean-Ehrland Ricci
  • Patent number: 9879326
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying, selecting and/or producing a soybean plant or germplasm having iron deficiency chlorosis tolerance. A soybean plant, part thereof and/or germplasm, including any progeny and/or seeds derived from a soybean plant or germplasm identified, selected and/or produced by any of the methods of the present invention is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Mark Charles Hamilton, Craig Lynn Davis, Jean Robert Gelin, Elhan Sultan Ersoz, Ju-Kyung Yu, Thomas Joseph Curley, Baohong Guo, Ainong Shi
  • Patent number: 9879327
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for detecting, identifying, and quantifying Brassica A genomic DNA are described. The methods are specific to the Brassica A genome and do not cross-react with other Brassica species, crops or weedy relatives that could contribute to contamination of a canola field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthew Curtis Harmon, Nancy L Henderson, Cathy Xiaoyan Zhong
  • Patent number: 9879328
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for determining the presence or absence of a mechanism of antimicrobial resistance in a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: GeneWeave Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Diego Ariel Rey, Micah Bodner, Jeremiah Marsden
  • Patent number: 9879329
    Abstract: Methods and techniques to increase the reliability of detecting virus infections, particularly lymphotropism, to eliminate false negative reactions in testing blood for the presence of lymphotropic viruses during enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing, and to better detect viruses with lymphotropism in biological materials having a concentration of virus particles lower than the sensitivity threshold of existing EIA and PCR methods, thereby making the techniques of the present invention more reliable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Inventor: Nariman Gulyamov
  • Patent number: 9879330
    Abstract: The present invention is a diagnostic kit and materials for: 1) the prediction of the long-term response of a chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) carrier to treatment with nucleoside/nucleotide analog, or their combination; 2) the detection of HBV variants that exhibit reduced reactivity to antibody detection; 3) the detection of HBV variants in the precore/core region that negatively affect the course of liver disease; 4) the identification of the HBV genotype.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: VERSITECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Kaimin Chan, Vivian Nap Yee Chan, Ching Lung Lai, Man Fung Yuen
  • Patent number: 9879331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an eco-friendly and single step process for the preparation of high purity iron by using hydrogen plasma in a suitable smelting reactor furnace. Reduction of iron oxide in excess of 99% can be achieved by reducing the iron ore in hydrogen plasma smelting system. The product quality is greatly improved as there is no instance of coke inclusion which otherwise would have carried carbon, sulphur, phosphorous, silica, etc. with it. In addition, this greatly diminishes carbon dioxide emission thereby making the process highly eco-friendly in nature. Apart from these, the process produces water as the only by-product. The process takes care of the green house effect with the non-involvement of gases like carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide during the operation. Thus, the present process is developed to produce high pure iron in a hydrogen plasma reactor without using carbon as reductant which thereby reduces the carbon dioxide emission drastically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Byagyadhar Bhoi, Barada Kanta Mishra, Raja Kishore Paramguru, Chinmaya Kumar Sarangi, Pravas Ranjan Behera, Priyanka Rajput, Partha Sarathi Mukherjee, Snigdha Priyadarshini
  • Patent number: 9879332
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high-strength steel sheet includes, on a mass percent basis, 0.03%-0.10% C, 0.01%-0.5% Si, 0.001%-0.100% P, 0.001%-0.020% S, 0.01%-0.10% Al, 0.005%-0.012% N, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and microstructures that do not contain a pearlite microstructure, wherein, when Mnf=Mn [% by mass]?1.71×S [% by mass], Mnf is 0.3 to 0.6, including: forming a slab by vertical-bending type continuous casting or bow type continuous casting, wherein surface temperature of a slab corner in a region where the slab undergoes bending deformation or unbending deformation is 800° C. or lower, or 900° C. or higher; forming a steel sheet by hot-rolling the slab followed by cold rolling; annealing the steel sheet after the cold rolling; and skinpass rolling at a draft of 3% or less after the annealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Takumi Tanaka, Katsumi Kojima, Makoto Aratani, Hiroki Iwasa
  • Patent number: 9879333
    Abstract: A process for producing a component includes providing a composition comprising hard material particles and a binder metal, and sintering the composition at a sintering temperature of from 1250° C. to 1400° C. for a period of from 3 to 15 minutes. The hard material particles comprise an inner core comprising fused tungsten carbide and an outer shell comprising tungsten carbide. The binder metal is selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni, Fe and alloys comprising at least one metal selected from Co, Ni and Fe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: H. C. STARCK GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Gerk, Markus Zumdick
  • Patent number: 9879334
    Abstract: Provided is an abrasion resistant steel plate or steel sheet, suitable for use in construction machines, industrial machines, and the like, and a method for manufacturing the same. A steel plate or steel sheet has a composition containing 0.20% to 0.27% C, 0.05% to 1.0% Si, 0.30% to 0.90% Mn, P, S, 0.005% to 0.025% Nb, 0.008% to 0.020% Ti, 0.1% or less Al, and 0.0010% to 0.0060% N on a mass % basis, the composition further containing one or more of Cr, Mo, W, and B, the composition containing one or more of Cu, Ni, V, an REM, Ca, and Mg as required, the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities. After being heated, a semi-finished product having the steel composition is hot-rolled and is subjected to reheat-quenching or direct quenching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Ueda, Yasuhiro Murota, Nobuyuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9879335
    Abstract: This welded structure comprises a weld metal which contains C, Si, Mn, Cr, Mo, V, Nb, N and O in prescribed amounts respectively with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities and which exhibits an A value of 200 or more and a Z value of 0.05 or more. The A value is calculated from the element contents of the weld metal according to the formula: A value=([V]/51+[Nb]/93)/{[V]×([Cr]/5+[Mo]/2)}×104. The Z value is calculated according to the formula: Z value=N×[insol. V] [wherein N (particles/?m) is the number density of carbide particles present in a prior austenite grain boundary per unit grain boundary in the stress-relief annealed weld metal, and [insol. V] is the concentration of compound-type V as determined by analyzing an extraction residue of the stress-relief annealed weld metal].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Ken Yamashita, Minoru Otsu, Mikihiro Sakata, Genichi Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 9879336
    Abstract: A cold-rolled steel sheet containing: in mass %, C: 0.0005 to 0.0045%; Mn: 0.80 to 2.50%; Ti: 0.002 to 0.150%; B: 0.0005 to 0.01%, in which (1) Expression is satisfied, and a balance being composed of iron and impurities, in which at the position of ¼ thickness of a sheet thickness, a random intensity ratio (A) of the {332}<110> orientation is 3 or less, a random intensity ratio (B) of the {557}<9 16 5> orientation and a random intensity ratio (C) of the {111}<112> orientation are both 7 or more, and {(B)/(A)?5} and {(B)>(C)} are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Natsuko Sugiura, Shigeru Yonemura, Naoki Maruyama
  • Patent number: 9879337
    Abstract: A method of spray coating a surface having a magnesium base is provided. The method includes, in sequence, applying a magnesium oxidizing agent onto the surface; determining whether an entirety of the surface has oxidized as a result of applying the magnesium oxidizing agent onto the surface; and spray coating the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventor: Pierre Verrier
  • Patent number: 9879338
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrically conductive mayenite compound, includes preparing a body to be processed including a mayenite compound; and placing the body to be processed in the presence of carbon monoxide gas and aluminum vapor supplied from an aluminum source without being in contact with the aluminum source and retaining the body to be processed at a temperature range of 1080° C. to 1450° C. under a reducing atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ito, Satoru Watanabe, Toshinari Watanabe, Naomichi Miyakawa
  • Patent number: 9879339
    Abstract: A method of depositing Ni—Cr and Si coatings onto a turbine component comprising supplying a Ni—Cr target and Si target with a dual-gun magnetron sputtering system; introducing inert gas and negatively biasing the magnet assembly; grounding or negatively biasing the turbine component to be coated; rotating the turbine component, wherein the turbine component has a surface; and forming a Ni—Cr and Si coating on the component surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Kuang-Tsan Kenneth Chiang
  • Patent number: 9879340
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are containing silicon-based films and compositions and methods for forming the same. The silicon-based films contain <50 atomic % of silicon. In one aspect, the silicon-based films have a composition SixCyNz wherein x is about 0 to about 55, y is about 35 to about 100, and z is about 0 to about 50 atomic weight (wt.) percent (%) as measured by XPS. In another aspect, the silicon-based films were deposited using at least one organosilicon precursor comprising two silicon atoms, at least one Si-Me group, and an ethylene or propylene linkage between the silicon atoms such as 1,4-disilapentane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Anupama Mallikarjunan, Matthew R. MacDonald, Manchao Xiao
  • Patent number: 9879341
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a remote plasma system utilizing a microwave source. Additionally, generation and deposition techniques for 2D transition metal chalcogenides with large area uniformity utilizing microwave assisted generation of radicals is disclosed. Plasma may be generated remotely utilizing the microwave source. A processing platform configured to deposit 2D transition metal chalcogenides is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaushal K. Singh, Deepak Jadhav, Ashutosh Agarwal, Ashish Goel, Vijay Parihar, Er-Xuan Ping, Randhir P. S. Thakur
  • Patent number: 9879342
    Abstract: A lateral flow atomic layer deposition (ALD) apparatus has two gas inflow channels and two gas outflow channels that are connected to two gas outlets that are symmetrically formed based on a substrate in which a thin film is deposited, thereby differently guiding a flow direction of a gas flowing on the substrate. Therefore, uniformity of a deposited film is improved, compared with the conventional lateral flow ALD apparatus in which a supplied source gas and reaction gas constantly flow in only one direction on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: ASM GENITECH KOREA LTD.
    Inventors: Woo Chan Kim, Jeong Ho Lee, Sang-Jin Jeong, Hyun Soo Jang
  • Patent number: 9879343
    Abstract: A detection device includes a chamber for vacuum coating, a capacitance measurement device and a baffle mechanism located in the chamber. The baffle mechanism is a closed structure encompassed by a number of baffle walls, wherein at least one baffle wall includes a fixed baffle plate and a moveable baffle plate. The moveable baffle plate is pivotable about the fixed baffle plate. The moveable baffle plate, after pivoting, may get parallel with an adjacent baffle wall. The adjacent baffle wall and the moveable baffle plate are respectively connected to the capacitance measurement device, and the capacitance measurement device is used to measure the capacitance between the adjacent baffle wall and the moveable baffle plate. The detection device may accurately detect the service life of the baffle mechanism and achieve precise management of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaowei Liu, Yao Liu, Xiangqian Ding, Jinchao Bai
  • Patent number: 9879344
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrode active material for a secondary battery, and more particularly to an electrode active material comprising a porous silicon oxide-based composite and the method for preparing a porous silicon oxide-based composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Ju Lee, Yoon Ah Kang, Mi Rim Lee, Jung Woo Yoo, Je Young Kim
  • Patent number: 9879345
    Abstract: A chemical conversion agent which is capable of providing, for example, an aluminum-based metal material with excellent corrosion resistance and moisture resistance, while also providing the aluminum-based metal material with excellent adhesion with a laminate film, excellent hydrofluoric acid resistance, and excellent alkali resistance. The chemical conversion agent has (1) a mass concentration of zirconium of 5-5,000 ppm by mass; (2) a mass concentration of titanium is 5-5,000 ppm by mass; (3) a mass concentration of vanadium is 10-1,000 ppm by mass; (4) a mass concentration of a metal stabilizer is 5-5,000 ppm by mass; and (5) the pH is 2-6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON PAINT SURF CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norizumi Matsui, Yuko Wada, Akihiro Mizuno, Junsuke Hokka
  • Patent number: 9879346
    Abstract: Disclosed are: a chemical conversion treatment solution for metal surfaces, which enables the formation of a chemical conversion coating film having excellent corrosion resistance and adhesion properties on metal base materials even though the solution does not contain chromium and fluorine, comprising at least one compound (A) selected from a water-soluble titanium compound and a water-soluble zirconium compound and an organic compound (B) that has multiple functional groups and can serve as a stabilizing agent, and which has a pH value of 2.0 to 6.5, wherein the content of the compound (A) is 0.1 to 10 mmol/L, and the content of the organic compound (B) is 2.5- to 10-fold larger than the content of the metal in the compound (A) by mole; and a method for treating the surface of a metal base material or a structure or body using the chemical conversion treatment solution for metal surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Takahiro Kodama, Yasuhiko Nagashima, Noriaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9879347
    Abstract: A method for surface treatment of a part made of aluminum, magnesium, or one of the alloys thereof, to protect the part from corrosion. The method comprises consecutively immersing the part in a first aqueous bath containing a corrosion-inhibiting metal salt and an oxidizing compound, and a second aqueous bath containing an oxidizing compound and a corrosion-inhibiting rare-earth salt. The method can be carried out for the chemical conversion of aluminum or the alloys thereof, and of magnesium or the alloys thereof, on parts that have not been previously treated, or after anodizing the part to seal the anodic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: MECAPROTEC INDUSTRIES
    Inventors: Pierre Bares, Cedric Stephan, Celine Gazeau
  • Patent number: 9879348
    Abstract: A component for a manufacturing chamber comprises a cold spray coating and an anodization layer on the cold spray coating. The anodization layer has a thickness of about 2-10 mil. The anodization layer comprises a low porosity bottom layer portion having a porosity that is less than about 40-50% and a porous columnar top layer portion having a porosity of about 40-40% and comprising a plurality of columnar nanopores having a diameter of about 10-50 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Applied Materials, inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Vahid Firouzdor
  • Patent number: 9879349
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for coating metallic surfaces with a composition containing at least one of a silane, silanol, siloxane or polysiloxane that is capable of condensation, water and optionally an organic solvent. The composition also contains compound containing Ti, Hf, Zr, Al or B; and at least one type of cation or an organic compound d) selected from monomers, oligomers, polymers, copolymers and block copolymers. The coating freshly applied with this composition is rinsed with a fluid and is not dried thoroughly before this rinsing step so that the compound capable of condensation does not condense substantially before the rinsing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Chemetall GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Kolberg, Manfred Walter, Peter Schubach
  • Patent number: 9879350
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool according to the present invention includes a coating. The coating includes an ?-Al2O3 layer. Each of the ?-Al2O3 layers on a side of a rake face and a side of a flank face shows (001) orientation. In the ?-Al2O3 layer on the rake face side, a length LR3 of a ?3 crystal grain boundary exceeds 80% of a length LR3-29 of a ?3-29 crystal grain boundary and is not lower than 10% and not higher than 50% of a total length LR of all grain boundaries. In the ?-Al2O3 layer on the flank face side, a length LF3 of a ?3 crystal grain boundary exceeds 80% of a length LF3-29 of a ?3-29 crystal grain boundary and is not lower than 10% and not higher than 50% of a total length LF of all grain boundaries. A ratio LR3/LR3-29 is higher than a ratio LF3/LF3-29.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Anongsack Paseuth, Hideaki Kanaoka, Takanori Detani, Shinya Imamura
  • Patent number: 9879351
    Abstract: A method for protecting the components of the primary system of a boiling water reactor, especially against stress cracking corrosion, includes feeding a reducing agent into the primary coolant in order to reduce the number of substances having a oxidizing effect or in order to modify the electrochemical potential of the component surfaces covered with an oxide layer to negative values. An alcohol that can be oxidized in the conditions of a reactor is fed in as a reducing agent, preferably in a liquid form, into the primary coolant. The component surfaces are provided with a blank coating or a single intrinsic oxide coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: AREVA Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard Stellwag, Wilfried Ruehle
  • Patent number: 9879352
    Abstract: Methods and systems for fuel, chemical, and/or electricity production from electrochemical cells are disclosed. A voltage is applied between an anode and a cathode of an electrochemical cell. The anode includes a metal or metal oxide electrocatalyst. Oxygen is supplied to the cathode, producing oxygen ions. The anode electrocatalyst is at least partially oxidized by the oxygen ions transported through an electrolyte from the cathode to the anode. A feed gas stream is supplied to the anode electrocatalyst, which is converted to a liquid fuel. The anode electrocatalyst is re-oxidized to higher valency oxides, or a mixture of oxide phases, by supplying the oxygen ions to the anode. The re-oxidation by the ions is controlled or regulated by the amount of voltage applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Olga A. Marina, Larry R. Pederson
  • Patent number: 9879353
    Abstract: Electrochemical process for coupling two phenols of different oxidation potential, and novel biphenols which can be prepared by this electrochemical coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Katrin Marie Dyballa, Robert Franke, Dirk Fridag, Siegfried R. Waldvogel, Bernd Elsler
  • Patent number: 9879354
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electrochemical process for water splitting for production of oxygen using porous Co3O4 nanorods with a considerably low overpotential and high exchange current density. The present invention further discloses a simple, industrially feasible process of for preparation of said nanostructured porous cobalt oxide catalyst thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Pattayil Alias Joy, Vijayamohanan Kunjukrishna Pillai, Ramasundar Mohan Rani, Joyashish Debgupta
  • Patent number: 9879355
    Abstract: A method for anodizing a part made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy by immersing the part in an aqueous bath essentially comprising sulfuric acid at a concentration of 150 to 250 g/L and at a temperature of 5 to 25° C. A DC voltage according to a voltage profile comprising a voltage increased at a rate of 1 to 32 V/min is applied to the part. The voltage is maintained at a plateau voltage value of 12 to 20 V for a duration sufficient for obtaining, at the surface of the part, an anode layer having a thickness of 3 to 7 ?m and/or a layer weight of 20 to 150 mg/dm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: MECAPROTEC INDUSTRIES
    Inventors: Pierre Bares, Celine Gazeau, Cedric Stephan, David Pedelmas, Claude Rossignol, Sylvain Bruet, Olivier Brucelle, Paul Dedieu, Philippe Combes, Laurent Arurault, Viviane Turq, Jean-Jacques Rousse, Kevin Klepman
  • Patent number: 9879356
    Abstract: In order to improve a method for decoating of ceramic hard material layers from steel and cemented carbide substrates having a ceramic hard material layer on part of the surface thereof and to make it amenable to further applications, it is proposed that the workpieces (10) to be decoated be inserted—preferably with a part thereof without a ceramic hard material layer—into guard elements, preferably protective plugs, which fit in diameter and height, and be pressed into a holder (50), the holder with the workpieces (10) to be decoated be contacted with the plus pole of the current pulse driver, an either acidic or basic electrolytic bath be selected, the contacted holder be placed into the selected electrolytic bath (30), at least one electrode (20) be positioned at a predetermined distance from the holder and the latter be contacted with the negative pole of the power pulse generator (40), the decoating is performed by means of the current pulse driver, with endpoint detection being performed continuously or
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Platit AG
    Inventors: Birgit Wittel, Gunnar Lahtz, Christian Buchel, Jan Prochazka, Andreas Lumkemann, Peter Walchli, Tibor Cselle
  • Patent number: 9879357
    Abstract: A system for depositing a film on a substrate comprises a lateral control shutter disposed between the substrate and a material source. The lateral control shutter is configured to block some predetermined portion of source material to prevent deposition of source material onto undesirable portion of the substrate. One of the lateral control shutter or the substrate moves with respect to the other to facilitate moving a lateral growth boundary originating from one or more seed crystals. A lateral epitaxial deposition across the substrate ensues, by having an advancing growth front that expands grain size and forms a single crystal film on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: TIVRA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Indranil De
  • Patent number: 9879358
    Abstract: A heat shield assembly for an epitaxy chamber is described herein. The heat shield assembly has a heat shield member and a preheat member. The heat shield member is disposed on the preheat member. The heat shield member has a cutout portion that exposes a portion of the preheat member. The preheat member has a recessed portion to receive the heat shield member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Oki, Yuji Aoki, Yoshinobu Mori
  • Patent number: 9879359
    Abstract: In a silicon carbide semiconductor film forming apparatus, first to third gasses are introduced into first to third separation chambers through first to third inlets, respectively. The first and second gasses are silicon raw material including gas and carbon raw material including gas, and the third gas does not include silicon and carbon. The first and second gasses are independently supplied to growth space through first and second supply paths extending from the first and second separation chambers, respectively. The third gas is introduced through a third supply path from the third separation chamber between the first and second gasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY, NuFlare Technology, Inc., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujibayashi, Masami Naito, Masahiko Ito, Isaho Kamata, Hidekazu Tsuchida, Hideki Ito, Ayumu Adachi, Koichi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 9879360
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a microfluidic device comprising a chip; a flow channel being disposed in the chip; the flow channel being in communication with an entry port and an exit port; the flow channel being operative to permit the flow of a library from the entry port to the exit port; a substrate; the substrate being disposed upon the chip; the substrate being operative to act as an upper wall for the flow channels; and a plurality of receptors; the plurality of receptors being disposed on the substrate; the plurality of receptors being operative to interact with an element from the library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Emmanuel Delamarche, Robert Lovchik, Daniel J. Solis
  • Patent number: 9879361
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to surface enhanced pulp fibers, various products incorporating surface enhanced pulp fibers, and methods and systems for producing surface enhanced pulp fibers. Various embodiments of surface enhanced pulp fibers have significantly increased surface areas compared to conventional refined fibers while advantageously minimizing reductions in length following refinement. The surface enhanced pulp fibers can be incorporated into a number of products that might benefit from such properties including, for example, paper products, paperboard products, fiber cement boards, fiber reinforced plastics, fluff pulps, hydrogels, cellulose acetate products, and carboxymethyl cellulose products. In some embodiments, a plurality of surface enhanced pulp fibers have a length weighted average fiber length of at least about 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Domtar Paper Company, LLC
    Inventors: Harshad Pande, Bruno Marcoccia
  • Patent number: 9879362
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing nanofibers storing and transferring nitric oxide, and nanofibers produced thereby. The present invention may include: a filling step for filling a first material with nitric oxide; a synthesis step for synthesizing a second material having a functional group capable of covalently bonding to the first material; a sol-gel reaction step for carrying out a sol-gel reaction of the first material filled with nitric oxide with the second material to produce a gel; and an electrospinning step for electrospinning the gel to produce a nanofiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: I-SENS, INC.
    Inventors: Jae Ho Shin, Woo-Young Jung, Mingoo Kim, Jonghae Youn
  • Patent number: 9879363
    Abstract: Described herein are nanofibers and methods for making nanofibers that include any one or more of (a) a non-homogeneous charge density; (b) a plurality of regions of high charge density; and/or (c) charged nanoparticles or chargeable nanoparticles. In one aspect, the present invention fulfills a need for filtration media that are capable of both high performance (e.g., removal of particle sizes between 0.1 and 0.5 ?m) with a low pressure drop, however the invention is not limited in this regard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yong Lak Joo, Daehwan Cho, Alexander Naydich
  • Patent number: 9879364
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fiber comprising a polymer blend of (a) from about 90 to about 99 wt % of a propylene polymer and (b) from about 1 to about 10 wt % of a polymer blend modifier, comprising a first propylene-based polymer wherein the first propylene-based polymer is a homopolymer of propylene or a copolymer of propylene and ethylene or a C4 to C10 alpha-olefin and a second propylene-based polymer wherein the second propylene-based polymer is a homopolymer of propylene or a copolymer of propylene and ethylene or a C4 to C10 alpha-olefin, wherein the second propylene-based polymer is different than the first propylene-based polymer and wherein the polymer blend modifier has a MFR of greater than about 1,000 g/10 min to less than about 10,000 g/10 min; and wherein the propylene polymer has a MFR of less than about 15 g/10 min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Donahue, Lyn B. Greenwood