Patents Issued in August 1, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190232238
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to generate generating water comprising nano bubbles of molecular hydrogen on demand. The apparatus is connected to a water supply with a valve and comprises a pump which supplies pressurized water to a venturi gas liquid mixer that also receives a supply of Hydrogen gas. The mixed hydrogen gas/water steam is provided to a nano bubble generating apparatus that uses cavitation to generate nano bubbles of Hydrogen in the water. The Hydrogen nano bubbles have diameters of less than 200 nm and a concentration of up to 1.2 ppm. Further the concentration remains with 85% of the output concentration for at least 12 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Lai Huat GOI
  • Publication number: 20190232239
    Abstract: The invention relates to mixing elements with a reduced structural depth for static mixers, to static mixers comprising at least two mixing elements with a reduced structural depth, and to a method for mixing fluids using a mixing element with a reduced structural depth or a static mixer comprising at least two mixing elements with a reduced structural depth. In the mixing elements, the thickness of the transverse strut at its thickest point is maximally 0.9 to 1.1 times the thickness of the webs multiplied by the cosine of half the opening angle O divided by the sine of the whole opening angle O.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Udo Dünger, Thomas König
  • Publication number: 20190232240
    Abstract: A novel stirring and mixing device generally comprises at least one central blade holder with at least one extended arm that can interchangeably or permanently accept at least one stirring and mixing blade; at least one threaded spindle; and at least one thumbscrew locknut or other similar fasteners that may be the knob or handle of the lid of a food preparation container. Central blade holders of various sizes and shapes have extended arms of various sizes and shapes configured to interchangeably and adjustably accept stirring and mixing blades of various sizes and shapes. Various elements of the stirring and mixing device are configured with a threaded or unthreaded aperture to receive a threaded spindle that can adjustably maintain the position of the elements relative to one another and to the lid of the food preparation container as the elements rotate around the axis provided by the threaded spindle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Johnny Sungjae Song
  • Publication number: 20190232241
    Abstract: An improved blending apparatus for blending of wood strands in the manufacture of engineered wood products. The blending process is performed with a rotating blending drum with an internal offset spike/paddle roll. The spike/paddle roll is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the drum, extends for some, all, or substantially all of the length of the drum, may rotate in either direction, and can rotate independently of or in conjunction with the rotation of the drum. The roll has a central cylinder or rod with a number of paddles, spikes, and/or tines, separately or in combinations, extending from the exterior. The paddles, spikes, and/or tines may extend at various angles and directions, including, but not limited to, substantially right angles. The paddles, spikes, and/or tines may be made of any suitable materials, including, and may be made of different materials. The rod may be driven by an external or internal motor or drive, or powered by the rotation of the drum itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: DAVID G. EDWALL
  • Publication number: 20190232242
    Abstract: A mixing system typically for use in a container for mixing its contents, the mixing system including a cap unit, an extension unit and a magnetic mixing unit that is attached to the cap unit by the extension unit. The magnetic mixing unit can be folded to permit insertion and/or removal of the system via a mouth of the container. The extension unit and magnetic mixing unit connect via a hinge formed by upper and lower hinge portions that meet at a pivot point. The hinge portions extend from the pivot point along a first axis. The magnetic mixing unit includes a first magnetic elongate member that extends from the lower hinge portion along a second axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis, and a second magnetic elongate member that extends from the lower hinge portion along the second axis in the opposite direction relative to the first elongate member. The magnetic member(s) may be provided by a plastic coated magnetic stir bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Richard J. Shor, Chris A. Ballew
  • Publication number: 20190232243
    Abstract: The invention involves a scale collection device that is located within downflow reactor head for removing solids from feed streams to increase reactor operating cycle time without impact on effective reactor space for catalyst loading. More particularly, a filtering zone is located in an upper portion of a reactor vessel above a rough liquid distribution tray and a distribution tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Robert L. Bunting, JR., Steven J. Lesniak, Zhanping Xu
  • Publication number: 20190232244
    Abstract: The invention involves a scale collection device that is located within downflow reactor head for removing solids from feed streams to increase reactor operating cycle time without impact on effective reactor space for catalyst loading. More particularly, a filtering zone is located in an upper portion of a reactor vessel above a rough liquid distribution tray and a distribution tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Zhanping Xu, Steven J. Lesniak, Robert L. Bunting, JR.
  • Publication number: 20190232245
    Abstract: A cylindrical wall (100) for filtering solid particles in a fluid, through which this fluid is likely to circulate, this wall comprising: a perforated cylinder (30) being produced from at least one perforated plate, a grating assembly (110), of generally cylindrical form, intended to be in contact with the solid particles, the grating assembly and the perforated cylinder being concentric, the grating assembly comprising at least one grating element (113), said grating element comprising a plurality of wires (111), means for assembling said at least one grating element so as to form the grating assembly of generally cylindrical form, said assembly means being arranged to ensure a fixing of said at least one grating element on the perforated plate that can be dismantled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Pedro Nascimento, Arnaud Selmen, Renaud Belin
  • Publication number: 20190232246
    Abstract: Described herein are coated chloride salt particles, including NaCl/TiO2 and NaCl/SiO2 core/shell particles, along with methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Linda Yuan ZOU, Jouiad MUSTAPHA, Zaki ABDELALI, Nabil EL HADRI, Liang HAORAN
  • Publication number: 20190232247
    Abstract: A composite material for gas capture, notably CO2 capture and storage. The composite material includes a mixture of a solid or liquid reactive filler and a gas permeable polymer such that the reactive filler forms micron-scale domains in the polymer matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Du T. Nguyen, Roger D. Aines, Sarah E. Baker, William L. Bourcier, Eric B. Duoss, James S. Oakdale, Megan M. Smith, William L. Smith, Joshuah K. Stolaroff, Congwang Ye
  • Publication number: 20190232248
    Abstract: A continuous chemical reactor may include a primary reaction unit and at least one secondary reaction unit. The primary reaction unit has a stirring device and a first temperature regulating device, and a feed inlet provided at an upper portion thereof. The secondary reaction unit is sleeved outside the primary reaction unit, and a reaction chamber is formed therebetween. By adding reaction materials to the primary reaction unit via the feed inlet and adjusting the temperature of the reaction materials by the first temperature regulating device, the reacted materials enter the reaction chamber, and the heat generated in the reaction chamber can be used to adjust the temperature of the materials in the primary reaction unit to more effectively use the heat, and the product after reaction can be discharged from a discharge hole at the lower end of the secondary reaction unit, thereby achieving continuous production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Jianmin Hu, Peikun Wan, Jinzhe Hu, Yuntao Bai, Xiaoyong Liu, Shumin Hu
  • Publication number: 20190232249
    Abstract: Producing C5 olefins from steam cracker C5 feeds may include reacting a mixed hydrocarbon stream comprising cyclopentadiene, C5 olefins, and C6+ hydrocarbons in a dimerization reactor where cyclopentadiene is dimerized to dicyclopentadiene. The dimerization reactor effluent may be separated into a fraction comprising the C6+ hydrocarbons and dicyclopentadiene and a second fraction comprising C5 olefins and C5 dienes. The second fraction, a saturated hydrocarbon diluent stream, and hydrogen may be fed to a catalytic distillation reactor system for concurrently separating linear C5 olefins from saturated hydrocarbon diluent, cyclic C5 olefins, and C5 dienes contained in the second fraction and selectively hydrogenating C5 dienes. An overhead distillate including the linear C5 olefins and a bottoms product including cyclic C5 olefins are recovered from the catalytic distillation reactor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Yongqiang Xu, Peter Loezos, Willibrord A. Groten, Romain Lemoine
  • Publication number: 20190232250
    Abstract: To provide a chemical adsorbent for an acid gas, the chemical adsorbent having a high chemical adsorbing performance and not causing resin degradation, and to provide a deodorant processed product such as paper, nonwoven fabric, or fibers, the deodorant processed product exhibiting an excellent deodorizing performance by using the adsorbent. A chemical adsorbent for an acid gas, the chemical adsorbent including an amorphous zirconyl hydroxide represented by Formula (1) below, as a main component, and a deodorant processed product in which the chemical adsorbent for an acid gas is applied or kneaded: (ZrO)1?x(HfO)x(OH)y.zH2O ??(1) in which, in Formula (1): x, y, and z each represents a positive number; x represents a number from 0.0001 to 0.005; y represents a number from 1.9 to 3.0; and z represents a number from 0.05 to 1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji SUGIURA
  • Publication number: 20190232251
    Abstract: A method of making a metal organic framework (MOF)-polymer composite material includes forming a homogeneous solution comprising a solvent, a metal salt, a polymer which is soluble in the solvent, and a reactant which can be synthesized to provide an organic linker during formation of a MOF structure, synthesizing the homogeneous solution to crystallize a MOF structure in the homogenous solution to yield the MOF structure distributed in a remainder solution, applying an antisolvent to the remainder solution with the MOF structure distributed in the remainder solution to form a polymer-rich phase, where the MOF structure is integrated into the polymer matrix during forming of the polymer matrix to produce a MOF-polymer composite material. The MOF-polymer composite material can be formed on a substrate to produce a MOF structured object, which can be a membrane, film, or other object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Anne M. Dailly, Fang Dai, Timothy J. Fuller
  • Publication number: 20190232252
    Abstract: A particulate material for chromatographic use comprising silica particles is provided having a skeleton structure containing silsesquioxane cage moieties. The material is useful as a chromatographic material, for example in HPLC. The silica particles may be hybrid organo-silica particles wherein the silsesquioxane moieties comprise a cage structure having silicon atoms positioned at corners of the cage wherein one or more silicon atoms positioned at the corners of the cage carry an organic group. A preferred method of preparing the particulate material comprises hydrolysing a silsesquioxane as a co-component of a hydrolysis mixture, especially in a Stöber or modified Stöber process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Kevin Skinley, Xiaodong Liu, Christopher A. Pohl, Harald Ritchie
  • Publication number: 20190232253
    Abstract: A device for storing oil or another vaporizable substance can include a porous body adapted to absorb a volume of liquid and to retain the volume of liquid for vaporization. A porous body can include a matrix of pores adapted to take up and retain oil by capillary action. A method of vaporizing oil can include storing the oil in a porous body and heating the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Lindars, Robert Niemeyer
  • Publication number: 20190232254
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a catalyst composition, catalyst devices, and methods for removing formaldehyde, volatile organic compounds, and other pollutants from an air flow stream. The catalyst composition including manganese oxide, optionally one or more of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, zinc, iron, binder, an inorganic oxide, or carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: David Weinberger, Wolfgang Ruettinger, Pascaline Tran, Laif Alden, Ting Gu, Feng Zhao, Anju Shi, Nils Lawrenz, Lukas Wengeler
  • Publication number: 20190232255
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dehydrogenation catalyst in which a platinum-group metal, an assistant metal, and an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal component are supported on a carrier, wherein the molar ratio of platinum to the assistant metal is 0.5 to 1.49, and the catalyst has an acidity amount of 20 to 150 ?mol KOH/g catalyst when it is titrated with KOH. The dehydrogenation catalyst according to the present invention may prevent coke formation from increasing rapidly when the hydrogen/hydrocarbon ratio in a dehydrogenation reaction is reduced, thereby increasing the productivity of the process. Accordingly, it makes it possible to operate the process under a condition in which the hydrogen/hydrocarbon ratio in a dehydrogenation reaction is reduced, thereby improving the economy of the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Bu Young JO, Won Il KIM
  • Publication number: 20190232256
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 1,4-butanediol (BDO) by hydrogenating 2-butyne-1,4-diol (BYD) or 4-hydroxybutanal (4-HBA) in the presence of a catalyst of the Raney type having a porous foam structure, wherein the macroscopic pores have sizes in the range of 100 to 5000 ?m, and a bulk density of up to 0.8 kg/L.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: Monika BERWEILER, Markus GÖTTLINGER, Meike ROOS, Matthias SCHWARZ, René POSS
  • Publication number: 20190232257
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fixed bed of catalytically active metal foam bodies having a volume of not more than 500 mL which consist to an extent of at least 95 wt % of metals. The fixed bed is used for catalytic reactions in a three-phase reaction mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan WIELAND, Meike ROOS, René POSS
  • Publication number: 20190232258
    Abstract: A catalyst for purification of exhaust gas containing a phosphorus compound includes: a lower catalyst layer containing at least one of noble metal provided on a refractory three-dimensional structure; and an upper catalyst layer at an inflow side of exhaust gas and an upper catalyst layer at an outflow side of exhaust gas provided on a surface of the lower catalyst layer. The upper catalyst layer at the inflow side and the upper catalyst layer at the outflow side have different concentrations of noble metal. The catalyst has an intermediate zone with a length of 3 to 23% of the overall length of the refractory three-dimensional structure provided between the upper catalyst layer at the inflow side and the upper catalyst layer at the outflow side. The intermediate zone starts from a position 10 to 38% from an end face of the catalyst at the inflow side of exhaust gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Umicore Shokubai Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka KUNO, Masashi NAKASHIMA, Yuzo HAMADA, Masanori IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20190232259
    Abstract: A process for regenerating a deactivated vanadium-titanium-phosphorous catalyst which has been used in the production of unsaturated carboxylic acid is disclosed. The process comprises contacting the deactivated vanadium-titanium-phosphorous catalyst with a regeneration stream comprising steam as a regeneration agent at a temperature which is the same or similar to that used in the production of the unsaturated carboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Michael BAINBRIDGE, Javad TABATABAEI
  • Publication number: 20190232260
    Abstract: A catalyst containing nanosize zeolite particles supported on a support material for alkylation reactions, such as the alkylation of benzene to form ethylbenzene, and processes using such a catalyst is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Sivadinarayana Chinta, Joseph Pelati
  • Publication number: 20190232261
    Abstract: A process of preparing a catalyst composition which process comprises the steps of (a) treating ZSM-5 zeolite with an alkaline solution having a pH of at least (8) followed by ion exchange to obtain a treated zeolite, (b) extruding a mixture of the treated zeolite and binder and contacting the zeolite with a fluorocompound containing solution, (c) increasing the temperature of the extrudates obtained in step (b) to at least 200° C., and (d) combining the extrudates obtained in step (c) with one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Group (10) and (11) of the IUPAC Periodic Table of Elements and a process for the conversion of an aromatic hydrocarbons containing feedstock using a catalyst composition prepared by such process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Yuriy YANSON, David Allen COOPER, Hong-Xin LI
  • Publication number: 20190232262
    Abstract: Process for dealkylation of alkylaromatic compounds which process comprises contacting an alkylaromatic feedstock with i) a first catalyst comprising a) a carrier comprising of from 20 to 70 wt. % of refractory oxide binder and of from 30 to 80 wt. % of dealuminated ZSM-5 having a crystallite size of from 500 to 10,000 nm and a silica to alumina molar ratio (SAR) of from 20 to 100; b) of from 0.001 to 5 wt. % metal chosen from the group consisting of Groups 6, 9 and 10; and optionally c) up to 0.5 wt. % of a Group 14 metal, and ii) a subsequent catalyst comprising a) a carrier comprising of from 20 to 70 wt. % of refractory oxide binder and of from 30 to 80 wt. % of ZSM-5 having a crystallite size of from 3 to 100 nm and a SAR of from 20 to 200; b) of from 0.001 to 5 wt. % of metal chosen from the group consisting of Groups 6, 9 and 10; and optionally c) up to 0.5 wt. % of a Group 14 metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Hong-Xin LI, Gisela SABATER PUJADAS, Ingrid Maria VAN VEGCHEL, Yuriy YANSON
  • Publication number: 20190232263
    Abstract: Provided is a catalyst article for simultaneously remediating the nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter, and gaseous hydrocarbons present in diesel engine exhaust streams. The catalyst article has a soot filter coated with a material effective in the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of NOx by a reductant, e.g., ammonia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Joseph A. Patchett, Joseph C. Dettling, Elizabeth A. Przybylski
  • Publication number: 20190232264
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards the use of an ion-exchanged zeolite containing ASC as a trap for volatile vanadium compounds in a downstream position of a vanadium containing SCR-catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Matthias DUISBERG, Alain RISTORI, Stephan MALMBERG, Marcus PFEIFER
  • Publication number: 20190232265
    Abstract: A porous catalyst for catalytic activating persulfates to decompose typical pollutants in papermaking wastewater is provided, and a synthesis method thereof and a method of degrading the typical pollutants in paper wastewater by using the porous catalyst are also provided. The porous catalyst MIL-88A@MIP is prepared by a molecular imprinting method comprising using metal organic framework MIL-88A as a precursor and using phthalates as templates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jinquan WAN, Jiumei WANG, Yongwen MA, Yan WANG, Zeyu GUAN
  • Publication number: 20190232266
    Abstract: A highly pure optically active proton pump inhibitor compound can be produced safely and inexpensively in a high yield and enantioselectivity by a method of producing an optically active sulfoxide of Formula 2 or a salt thereof, comprising oxidizing a sulfide of Formula 1 or a salt thereof with hydrogen peroxide using an iron salt in the presence of a chiral ligand of Formula 3; wherein A is CH or N; R1 is hydrogen atom, an alkyl optionally substituted by halogen(s), or an alkoxy optionally substituted by halogen(s); one to three R2 may exist, and each of R2 is independently an alkyl, a dialkylamino, or an alkoxy optionally substituted by halogen(s) or alkoxy(s); each of R3 is independently hydrogen atom, a halogen, cyano or the like; R4 is a tertiary alkyl; and * and ** represent respectively R configuration or S configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Eiichi NAKAMURA, Laurean ILIES, Yoji ODERAOTOSHI, Takuhiro IZUMI, Shigenobu NISHIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190232267
    Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass compositions encompassing a latent catalyst and a compound capable of generating a Bronsted along with one or more monomers which undergo ring open metathesis polymerization (ROMP) when said composition is exposed to a suitable radiation to form a substantially transparent film. The monomers employed therein have a range of refractive index from 1.4 to 1.6 and thus these compositions can be tailored to form transparent films of varied refractive indices. The composition of this invention also feature low dielectric constant (low k in the range of from about 2.2 to 3). Accordingly, compositions of this invention are useful in various opto-electronic applications, including as coatings, encapsulants, fillers, leveling agents, among others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: PROMERUS, LLC
    Inventor: OLEKSANDR BURTOVYY
  • Publication number: 20190232268
    Abstract: Disclosed are a pincer-type ligand having a structurally rigid acridane structure and a metal complex consisting of the pincer-type ligand and a metal bound to each other, and exhibiting high reactivity and stability during a variety of bonding activation reactions. T-shaped complexes can be prepared from acriPNP(4,5-bis(diisopropylphosphino)-2,7,9,9-tetramethyl-9H-acrid in-10-ide), which is a pincer-type PNP ligand having an acridane structure, and metal complexes, which can be structurally rigid and thus exhibit excellent reactivity and stability based on minimized structural change thereof, can be prepared by introducing an acridane structure into the backbone thereof. The PNP ligand is structurally stable and has novel chemical properties, as compared to conventional similar ligands, and thus can be utilized in a wide range of catalytic reactions and material chemistry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Yunho LEE, Changho YOO, Jonghoon CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190232269
    Abstract: The present application relates to a hydrogenation catalyst, a process for producing the same and application thereof in the hydrotreatment of feedstock oil. The process comprises at least the following steps: (1) contacting a first active metal component and a first organic complexing agent with a carrier to obtain a composite carrier; (2) calcining the composite carrier to obtain a calcined composite carrier having a total carbon content of 1% by weight or less; and (3) contacting a second organic complexing agent with the calcined composite carrier to obtain the hydrogenation catalyst. The hydrogenation catalyst has both excellent hydrodesulfurization activity and hydrodenitrogenation activity, and exhibits a significantly prolonged service life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Le ZHANG, Mingfeng LI, Huifeng LI, Hong NIE, Shi DING, Xuefen LIU, Zhihai HU
  • Publication number: 20190232270
    Abstract: A method for producing an oxide catalyst according to the present invention is a method for producing an oxide catalyst containing Mo, V, Sb, and Nb, the method including: a raw material preparation step of obtaining an aqueous mixed liquid containing Mo, V, Sb, and Nb; an aging step of subjecting the aqueous mixed liquid to aging at more than 30° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eri TATENO, Minoru KADOWAKI
  • Publication number: 20190232271
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the reactivation of homogeneous catalyst systems from organic reaction mixtures. The catalyst systems are suitable for the oxidation of organic compounds such as, for example, cyclododecene. The reactivation is carried out using an aqueous base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf MEIER, Stephanie BAJUS, Jens DOERING
  • Publication number: 20190232272
    Abstract: Ion exchange resin macroporous beads for the highly selective extraction of univalent anions from aqueous solutions. A specific example is the removal of dicyanoaurate and dicyanoargentate from cyanide leach solutions and tailings. The beads have a maximum number of ligands specific for the desired univalent anion, while maintaining sufficient separation to minimize binding of polyvalent ions. The beads are prepared using a functionalized monomer with the use of a specifically tuned coordinator. The beads can be used as a sensor for detecting the amount of anions captured when interrogated by an appropriate light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: TechSource, Inc.
    Inventor: George M. Murray
  • Publication number: 20190232273
    Abstract: A continuous resin regeneration system includes a process by which resin in need of being recharged is continuously cycled out of a filtration “column” as new resin is flowed in. Downstream filtration columns also undergo this cycling but at slower and related rates as the first column with the dirtiest water will naturally degrade resin faster than the downstream columns. Contaminated water is cleaned by the continuously cycled resin in multiple columns. The degree of cleaning of earlier filtration columns affects the resin flow rate of later filtration columns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Earl Maltbie
  • Publication number: 20190232274
    Abstract: A non-displasive pipette is provided. The non-displasive pipette is configured for connection to a tip having a fluid therein. The tip includes an orifice to allow for the discharge of the fluid therefrom. The non-displasive pipette includes a body defining a chamber therethrough and having first and second opposite ends. The second end of the body is configured for connection to the tip. A plunger is slidably received in the chamber at the first end of the body. The plunger is moveable in the chamber between an extended position and a discharge position wherein the fluid is urged from tip through the orifice. An air discharge arrangement is configured to allow air from the chamber to escape therefrom and to maintain the fluid in the tip in response to connection of the second end of the body to the tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: David J. Beebe, David J. Guckenberger, JR.
  • Publication number: 20190232275
    Abstract: A method that allows a user to dispense a desired volume of solution from an acoustic dispensing apparatus by allowing the user to select the drop volume to be dispensed. A typical drop volume is in the range of one to twenty-five nanoliters. The method comprises the steps of creating two or more burst curves that give the relationship between liquid level and burst value, using data from the burst curves to create two or more calibration functions, and using data from the calibration functions to create a dispensing data set that is used to set the burst parameter required to dispense the selected drop volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Michael James Forbush
  • Publication number: 20190232276
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to an apparatus and methods for microorganism isolation, characterization and identification based on oxygen, pressure, culture media gradients and metabolites. In each embodiment, the apparatus of the disclosure is particularly useful for the purpose of novel isolation of never before cultured species of microorganisms and their by-products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Marc Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20190232277
    Abstract: An organ-on-a-chip microfluidic device is disclosed that mimics a human lymph node and/or human lymphoid tissue. The device can include cells from human blood and lymphatic tissue, include an extracellular matrix for the development of immune system components, and provide for the perfusion of fluids and solids resembling blood and lymphatic fluid within micrometer sized channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Girija Goyal, Donald E. Ingber
  • Publication number: 20190232278
    Abstract: A microfluidic movement control method utilizing light, a device, and a microtubule actuator (2). The microtubule actuator (2) is prepared by utilizing a light-induced deformed smart polymer material. The smart polymer material forms, by an exciting beam, asymmetrical deformation, and is induced to produce a capillary action to drive a microfluid movement. The embodiment can drive microfluids having various polarities and compositions, and can drive creep of the microfluid, and can even drive the microfluid to generate a 3D movement trail. The embodiment has found a wide range of potential applications in controllable microfluidic transport, micro-reaction systems, micro-mechanic systems, IC laboratories, and others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Yanlei Yu, Jiuan Lv, Jia Wei, Yuyun Liu
  • Publication number: 20190232279
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for displacing a liquid, gas or solid from a compressible pouch. The compressible pouch is housed in an external housing with holes over the compressible pouch and a label over the external housing/holes and compressible pouch. The label comprises perforations configured to allow a chad to separate but not detach from the label. When a compressive force is applied to the label, the chad separates (but does not detach) from the label allowing the compressive force to be applied to the compressible pouch below and force the fluid, gas or solid from the compressible pouch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: GenMark Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler David Jensen, Sean Ford, Eric Villarreal, Andrew David Fish
  • Publication number: 20190232280
    Abstract: A sample testing apparatus for characterizing at least one target molecule in a testing sample includes a substrate and at least one detection device over the substrate. Each detection device includes a plurality of electrodes, a plurality of data lines, and a probe. Each electrode is configured, upon reaction of the probe with one of the at least one target molecule, to sense an electrical signal, and then to transmit the electrical signal via the one data line. Each data line includes a first film layer and at least one other film layer disposed over the first film layer. The first film layer can be at a substantially same layer, and have a first composition substantially same, as the electrodes. One or more of the at least one other film layer can have a composition having a relatively lower electric resistance than the first composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tiansheng LI
  • Publication number: 20190232281
    Abstract: A microfluidic device, particularly of the lab-on-chip type, for the detection of biological and/or medical targets of interest in biological samples, as well as for the operations of extraction of such targets from native or non-native biological samples, of purification, concentration, and injection in buffer solutions, all adapted to optimize the detection thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Eugenio IANNONE, Maurizio MORONI, Giacomo GERMANI
  • Publication number: 20190232282
    Abstract: The present application is generally directed to systems, methods, and devices for diagnostics for sensing and/or identifying pathogens, genomic materials, proteins, and/or other small molecules or biomarkers. In some implementations, a small footprint low cost device provides rapid and robust sensing and identification. Such a device may utilize microfluidics, biochemistry, and electronics to detect one or more targets at once in the field and closer to or at the point of care.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Shad Pierson, Timothy D. Meehan, Kyle William Montgomery, Daniel J. Wade, Jess M. Sustarich, Brenna Hearn Lord, Ronald Philip Chiarello
  • Publication number: 20190232283
    Abstract: A hand-held molecular diagnostic test device includes a housing, an amplification (or PCR) module, and a detection module. The amplification module is configured to receive an input sample, and defines a reaction volume. The amplification module includes a heater such that the amplification module can perform a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on the input sample. The detection module is configured to receive an output from the amplification module and a reagent formulated to produce a signal that indicates a presence of a target amplicon within the input sample. The amplification module and the detection module are integrated within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Click Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Boris ANDREYEV, Keith E. MORAVICK, Brian CIOPYK, Victor BRIONES, Gregory LONEY, Adam DE LA ZERDA, Jesus CHING, Steven CHU, David SWENSON, Helen HUANG, Colin KELLY
  • Publication number: 20190232284
    Abstract: Certain embodiments are directed to a self-contained device and the use thereof for amplifying and identifying the presence of a nucleic acid with a specific sequence or sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventors: Bruno L. Travi, Alejandro Castellanos, Scott T. Moen, Peter C. Melby, Omar A. Saldarriaga
  • Publication number: 20190232285
    Abstract: A thin film valve includes at least one chamber for storing a fluid required for biological/chemical analysis, a plurality of chamber for performing a biological/biochemical reaction, or connecting, at least one chamber performing the biological or biochemical reaction to enable a movement of the fluid flow, a flow path arranged to communicate with the hole on the flow path, a thin film closing membrane for closing the fluid hole, a thin film valve including the hole and the fluid hole closing membrane, a multilayered plurality of substrates forming the fluid path, the fluid hole and the chamber, a rotatable disk forming the fluid path, fluid hole, the plurality of chambers, a heat generator, laser beam generator heating the thin film valves, a light detector for detecting amount of light passing through the membrane and closing the fluid hole, and a feedback controller for controlling the focusing actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicants: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University, CDgene Inc.
    Inventor: Jae Chern YOO
  • Publication number: 20190232286
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assay device and its use in medical analytics, in particular a method for assessing blood or blood cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Erling Sundrehagen
  • Publication number: 20190232287
    Abstract: A biomedical measuring device, such as a test strip, has a simple structure, by which analyte can be measured easily using a small amount of specimen. In embodiments, the test strip generally includes a plastic first film layer having structure defining an aperture for retaining the reacting components, a porous membrane coupled to an inner-facing surface of the first film layer and configured to reduce background signal, an absorbent pad coupled to the porous membrane and first film layer to sandwich the porous membrane therebetween, the absorbent pad being configured for rapid absorption, and a plastic second film layer coupled to the absorbent pad, the second film layer being configured to provide a barrier to prevent liquid from leaking out of the test strip during use. The test strip can be easily used with an optical sensing device coupled to or containing an analyzer device (or reader device) for quickly detecting and measuring the analyte concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Teco Diagnostics
    Inventors: Michal Depa, Ashok A. Kumar, Sidhant Jena, K.C. Chen, Yunyuan Vivian Wang, Stephen L. Chen