Patents Issued in October 29, 2019
  • Patent number: 10457982
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for amplifying a nucleic acid, using RNA as a template, which can realize elimination of the risk of non-specific amplification caused by DNA mixed from reagents and/or working environment, an increase in the detection sensitivity of trace RNA, and a reduction in amplification bias. According to the present invention, there is provided a method for amplifying a nucleic acid, which comprises a step of incubating a mixture comprising template RNA, a primer, a degrading enzyme specific to DNA in RNA-DNA hybrid, an RNase H minus reverse transcriptase, and a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: RIKEN
    Inventors: Tetsutaro Hayashi, Yohei Sasagawa, Itoshi Nikaido
  • Patent number: 10457983
    Abstract: An analytic device comprising a device housing, a dock to receive a camera enabled mobile electronic device, such as a smartphone and other smart devices, and a processing device to communicate with the mobile electronic device and to control a condition of the assay tube, such as temperature. In another example, the analytic device comprises a device housing and a circuit board. A processing device, a heating block defining a recess to support assay tube, and a resistive heater are surface mounted to the circuit board. A light source and a fan are also provided. A dock may be provided to support a mobile electronic device. The mobile electronic device communicates with the processing device to cause the application of reaction conditions to the assay tube, to perform a PCR procedure, for example. Methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Inventors: Marc Dominic DeJohn, Jesse Wilson vanWestrienen, Maximilian Maksutovic
  • Patent number: 10457984
    Abstract: This invention provides methods for attaching a nucleic acid to a solid surface and for sequencing nucleic acid by detecting the identity of each nucleotide analogue after the nucleotide analogue is incorporated into a growing strand of DNA in a polymerase reaction. The invention also provides nucleotide analogues which comprise unique labels attached to the nucleotide analogue through a cleavable linker, and a cleavable chemical group to cap the —OH group at the 3?-position of the deoxyribose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Jingyue Ju, Zengmin Li, John Robert Edwards, Yasuhiro Itagaki
  • Patent number: 10457985
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for indexing samples during the sequencing of polynucleotide templates, resulting in the attachment of tags specific to the source of each nucleic acid sample such that after a sequencing run, both the source and sequence of each polynucleotide can be determined. Thus, the present invention pertains to analysis of complex genomes (e.g., human genomes), as well as multiplexing less complex genomes, such as those of bacteria, viruses, mitochondria, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Illumina Cambridge Limited
    Inventors: Helen Bignell, Louise Fraser, Niall Anthony Gormley
  • Patent number: 10457986
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing. Such polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications, including polynucleotide sequencing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: 10X GENOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Hindson, Christopher Hindson, Michael Schnall-Levin, Kevin Ness, Mirna Jarosz, Serge Saxonov
  • Patent number: 10457987
    Abstract: Provided are methods and kits that allow the amplification, in a single multiplex reaction, of the thirteen rapidly mutating Y chromosome short tandem repeats (RM Y-STRs) at loci DYF387S1; DYF399S1; DYF403S1a/b; DYF404S1; DYS449; DYS518; DYS526a/b; DYS547; DYS570; DYS576; DYS612; DYS626; and DYS627, if present in a sample of DNA, and determination of the alleles at these RM Y-STRs. The ability to achieve such determination through a single multiplex arises as a result of a beneficially designed set of primers disclosed herein. Optimised conditions for the PCR also contribute to the advantages observed. Such kits and methods may be of benefit in the context of forensic sciences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: University of Central Lancashire
    Inventors: Sibte Hadi, Rashed Alghafri
  • Patent number: 10457988
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel miRNA markers useful for diagnosis or therapy of disease, in particular for neuronal disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Keller, Cord Friedrich Stähler, Christina Backes, Eckart Meese, Petra Leidinger, Andreas Kappel
  • Patent number: 10457989
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of double allele specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) microarray, the method provides the allele specific site as the 3? terminal nucleotide of forward and reverse primers, it does not require a primer having specific nucleotides. The method of the present invention is easily to design the primer based on flanking region of the allele specific site, and to perform multiplex SNP PCR applying with an interchelating agent, then to detect by a SNP microarray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Phalanx Biotech Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Shang-Chi Lin
  • Patent number: 10457990
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and apparatus for deducing the fetal DNA fraction in maternal plasma without using paternal or fetal genotypes. Maternal genotype information may be obtained from a maternal-only DNA sample or may be assumed from shallow-depth sequencing of a biological sample having both maternal and fetal DNA molecules. Because sequencing may be at shallow depths, a locus may have only few reads and may fail to exhibit a non-maternal allele even if a non-maternal allele is present. However, normalized parameters that characterize non-maternal alleles sequenced can be used to provide an accurate estimate of the fetal DNA fraction, even if the amount of non-maternal alleles is in error. Methods described herein may not need high-depth sequencing or enrichment of specific regions. As a result, these methods can be integrated into widely used non-invasive prenatal testing and other diagnostics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Yuk-Ming Dennis Lo, Peiyong Jiang, Kwan Chee Chan, Rossa Wai Kwun Chiu
  • Patent number: 10457991
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions, kits, and methods for the identification of depressive disorders. In particular, provided herein are compositions, kits, and methods for the detection or diagnosis of major depressive disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventor: Eva E. Redei
  • Patent number: 10457992
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, the inventors have conducted the first comprehensive integrated genomic and epigenomic analysis in HNSCC, focusing on identifying genes that have concurrent promoter methylation, mutation and expression downregulation. The intersection of unbiased genome-wide methylation sequencing and methylation array screens uncovered 316 genes, which undergo promoter methylation in HNSCC. Close to 60% concordance was found between concurrent greater promoter methylation and gene downregulation, with PAX1 and PAX5 exhibiting the greatest expression loss. Methods for analyzing tissue samples from a subject for increased risk of poor survival outcomes from HNSCC are provided. Kits for measuring promoter methylation of the genes are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Rafael Guerrero-Preston, Christina Michailidi, David Sidransky
  • Patent number: 10457993
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for diagnosing of colorectal cancer in a subject and a method for determining risk of recurrence of colorectal cancer among colorectal cancer patients by detecting overexpression of the RNF6 gene, which in some cases is due to a higher than normal copy number of the genomic sequence of this gene. A kit and device useful for such methods are also provided. In addition, the present invention provides a method for treating colon cancer by suppressing RNF6 gene expression or activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Jun Yu, Joseph Jao Yiu Sung
  • Patent number: 10457994
    Abstract: An miRNA expression signature comprising a set of one or more miRNAs associated with metastatic cancer is provided. In one embodiment, the expression signature is selected from the group consisting of miR-10b, miR-139-5p, miR-130b and miR-199b-5p. In some aspects, miR-199b-5p and miR-130b are overexpressed in metastatic cancer; and miR-10b and miR-139-5p are downregulated in metastatic cancer. Such an expression signature may be used in methods for predicting metastasis, risk for developing metastasis or a prognosis in a cancer. In another embodiment, a method for establishing such a cancer miRNA expression signature is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: CITY OF HOPE
    Inventors: Huiqing Wu, Xiwei Wu
  • Patent number: 10457995
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for the detection of rare mutations and copy number variations in cell free polynucleotides. Generally, the systems and methods comprise sample preparation, or the extraction and isolation of cell free polynucleotide sequences from a bodily fluid; subsequent sequencing of cell free polynucleotides by techniques known in the art; and application of bioinformatics tools to detect rare mutations and copy number variations as compared to a reference. The systems and methods also may contain a database or collection of different rare mutations or copy number variation profiles of different diseases, to be used as additional references in aiding detection of rare mutations, copy number variation profiling or general genetic profiling of a disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.
    Inventor: AmirAli Talasaz
  • Patent number: 10457996
    Abstract: A nanocrystalline bainitic steel consisting of, by weight percentage: 0.3% to 0.6% carbon; 9.0% to 20.0% nickel; up to 10% cobalt; 1.0% to 4.5% aluminium; up to 0.5% molybdenum; up to 0.5% manganese; up to 0.5% tungsten; up to 3.0% chromium; and the balance being iron and impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Paul O Hill, Steve W Ooi, Christopher N Hulme-Smith, Harshad K Bhadeshia, Martin J Rawson, Mathew J Peet
  • Patent number: 10457997
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a steel part including hot stamping followed by trimming, piercing, or flanging, without delayed fracture and without the need for annealing, is provided. The method includes heating a blank formed of a steel material, forming the blank between a pair of dies, and quenching the blank. The temperature drop in select areas of the blank is reduced, which limits the amount of martensite formed in the select areas, but allows martensite to form in other areas. The dies can be formed with modified materials or modified cooling channels to limit the amount of martensite formed in the select areas of the blank. The select areas are softer than the other areas and can be subsequently trimmed, pierced, or flanged without the delayed fractures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Jaswinder Pal Singh
  • Patent number: 10457998
    Abstract: A steel wire for a non heat-treated mechanical part includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %, a predetermined amount of C, Si, Mn, Cr, Mo, Ti, Al, B, Nb, and V, and limited P, S, N, and O and a remainder of Fe and impurities; in which a structure includes, by volume %, a bainite of greater than or equal to 75×[C %]+25, and a remainder of one or more of a ferrite and a pearlite when an amount of C is set to [C %] by mass %; when an average aspect ratio of a bainite block in a second surface layer area of the steel wire is set as R1, the R1 is greater than or equal to 1.2; when an average grain size of a bainite block in a third surface layer area of the steel wire is set to PS3 ?m, and an average grain size of a bainite block in a third center portion of the steel wire is set to PC3 ?m, the PS3 satisfies Expression (c), and the PS3 and the PC3 satisfy Expression (d), a standard deviation of a grain size of the bainite block in the structure is less than or equal to 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Okonogi, Daisuke Hirakami, Tatsusei Tada
  • Patent number: 10457999
    Abstract: A method for recovery of platinum group metals from a spent catalyst is described. The method includes crushing the spent catalyst to obtain a catalyst particulate material including particles having a predetermined grain size. The method includes subjecting the catalyst particulate material to a chlorinating treatment in the reaction zone at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time period by putting the catalyst particulate material in contact with the chlorine containing gas. The method also includes applying an electromagnetic field to the chlorine-containing gas in the reaction zone to provide ionization of chlorine; thereby to cause a chemical reaction between platinum group metals and chlorine ions and provide a volatile platinum group metal-containing chloride product in the reaction zone. Following this, the volatile platinum group metal-containing chloride product is cooled to convert the product into solid phase platinum group metal-containing materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Igor Lubomirsky, Valery Kaplan
  • Patent number: 10458000
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns an apparatus suitable for smelting and separating metals in flexible oxido-reduction conditions. More particularly, it concerns an apparatus for smelting metallurgical charges comprising a bath furnace susceptible to contain a molten charge up to a determined level, characterized in that the furnace is equipped with: at least one non-transfer plasma torch for the generation of first hot gases; at least one oxygas burner for the generation of second hot gasses; and, submerged injectors for injecting said first and second hot gases below said determined level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: UMICORE
    Inventors: Jeroen Heulens, Bart De Cooman, Maarten Quix
  • Patent number: 10458001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a component of a composite material comprising a metal matrix and incorporated intermetallic phases, which method comprises providing powders of at least one member of the group which comprises pure chemical elements, alloys, chemical compounds and material composites, the powder corresponding overall to the chemical composition which the composite material to be produced is intended to have, each individual powder being different to the chemical composition of the composite material to be produced, compacting the powders, bonding the powders to one another to form a unit and thermoplastically shaping the unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Wilfried Smarsly, Markus Fried
  • Patent number: 10458002
    Abstract: A grey gold alloy which is nickel-free, cobalt-free, iron-free, silver-free, zirconium-free, niobium-free, chromium-free, indium-free, gallium-free and manganese-free and includes, expressed in weight percent, from 75.0 to 76.5% of Au, from 15 to 23% of Pd, from 1 to 7% of Cu, and from 0 to 5% of at least one of the alloying elements Ir, Ru, B and Re, the respective percentages of all the elements of the alloy adding up to 100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Montres Breguet S.A.
    Inventors: Denis Vincent, Stephane Lauper, Gaetan Villard, Polychronis Nakis Karapatis, Gregory Kissling, Alban Dubach
  • Patent number: 10458003
    Abstract: Copper alloys according to first to third aspects contain Mg at a content of 3.3% by atom to 6.9% by atom, with the balance substantially being Cu and unavoidable impurities, wherein an oxygen content is in a range of 500 ppm by atom or less, and either one or both of the following conditions (a) and (b) are satisfied: (a) when a Mg content is set to X % by atom, an electrical conductivity ? (% IACS) satisfies the following Expression (1), ??{1.7241/(?0.0347×X2+0.6569×X+1.7)}×100??(1); and (b) an average number of intermetallic compounds, which have grain sizes of 0.1 ?m or more and contain Cu and Mg as main components, is in a range of 1 piece/?m2 or less. A copper alloy according to a fourth aspect further contains one or more selected from a group consisting of Al, Ni, Si, Mn, Li, Ti, Fe, Co, Cr, and Zr at a total content of 0.01% by atom to 3.0% by atom, and satisfies the condition (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunari Maki, Yuki Ito
  • Patent number: 10458004
    Abstract: To provide a silver-bismuth powder, which includes: silver; and bismuth, wherein a mass ratio (silver:bismuth) of the silver to the bismuth is 95:5 to 40:60, wherein a cumulative 50% point of particle diameter (D50) of the silver-bismuth powder in a volume-based particle size distribution thereof as measured by a laser diffraction particle size distribution analysis is 0.1 ?m to 10 ?m, and wherein an oxygen content of the silver-bismuth powder is 5.5% by mass or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: DOWA Electronics Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kozo Ogi, Kenichi Inoue, Atsushi Ebara, Akihiro Asano, Hideyuki Fujimoto, Takahiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 10458005
    Abstract: Provided is a heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant high-Cr-containing Ni-based alloy having superior hot forgeability, consisting of, by mass %, 43.1 to 45.5% of Cr, 0.5 to 1.5% of Mo, 0.0001 to 0.0090% of Mg, 0.001 to 0.040% of N, 0.05 to 0.50% of Mn, 0.01 to 0.10% of Si, 0.05 to 1.00% of Fe, 0.01% to 1.00% of Co, 0.01 to 0.30% of Al, 0.04 to 0.3% of Ti, 0.0003 to 0.0900% of V, 0.0001 to 0.0100% of B, 0.001 to 0.050% of Zr, and optionally one or more elements selected from (a) to (d): (a) 0.001 to 0.020% of Cu; (b) 0.001 to 0.100% of W; (c) 0.0001 or more and less than 0.0020% of Ca; and (d) 0.001% or more and less than 0.100% of Nb, and the balance of Ni with inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsuo Sugahara
  • Patent number: 10458006
    Abstract: A laser cladding or plasma transferred arc overlay welding process may be used advantageously to apply and to control the material properties of a coating designed for protecting the substrate against wear, corrosion and oxidation at elevated temperature. Furthermore, a laser cladding or plasma transferred arc overlay welding process may be used to apply the coating alloy materials in applications where traditional thermal spray or weld-applied coatings are not practical. By using these welding methods very good bonding is achieved by fusion during welding. At the same time the properties of the clad layer is preserved by the limited dilution typical of these two welding methods compared traditional overlay welding, by e.g. Gas Tungsten Arc Welding and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: HÖGANÄS AB (PUBL)
    Inventor: Sven Bengtsson
  • Patent number: 10458007
    Abstract: A quench and temper steel alloy is disclosed having the following composition in weight percent. C 0.2-0.5 Mn 0.1-1.0 Si 0.1-1.2 Cr ??9-14.5 Ni 2.0-5.5 Mo 1-2 Cu ??0-1.0 Co 1-4 W 0.2 max. V 0.1-1.0 Ti up to 0.5 Nb ??0-0.5 Ta ??0-0.5 Al ??0-0.25 Ce ??0-0.01 La ??0-0.01 The balance of the alloy is iron and the usual impurities including not more than about 0.01% phosphorus, not more than about 0.010% sulful, and not more than about 0.10% nitrogen. A quenched and tempered steel article made from this alloy is also disclosed. The steel article is characterized by a tensile strength of at least about 290 ksi, a fracture toughness (kIc) of at least about 65 ksi, good resistance to general corrosion, and good resistance to pitting corrosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: CRS HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: David E. Wert
  • Patent number: 10458008
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to Zr—Co—Ni—Al alloys that optionally comprise Ti and are capable of forming metallic glasses having a combination of high glass forming ability and high reflectivity. Compositional regions in the Zr—Co—Ni—Al and Zr—Ti—Co—Ni—Al alloys are disclosed where the metallic glass-forming alloys demonstrate a high glass forming ability while the metallic glasses formed from the alloys exhibit a high reflectivity. The metallic glass-forming alloys demonstrate a critical plate thickness of at least 2 mm, while the metallic glasses formed from the alloys demonstrate a CIELAB L* value of at least 78.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: GlassiMetal Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Na, Kyung-Hee Han, Glenn Garrett, Maximilien Launey, Marios D. Demetriou, William L. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10458009
    Abstract: A wrought aluminium alloy product having the following chemical composition, expressed in wt %: 1.3%?Si?12%, 1.35%?Fe?1.8% wherein the total Fe+Si content is higher than 3.4%, preferably 3.6%; 0.15%?Cu?6%; 0.6%?Mg?3%; optionally, one or more of the following elements: Mn?1%; Cr?0.25%; Ni?3%; Zn?1%; Ti?0.1%; Bi?0.7%; In?0.7%; Sn?0.7%; other elements <0.05% each and 0.15% in total; and the balance aluminium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: CONSTELLIUM EXTRUSIONS DECIN S.R.O.
    Inventors: Ravi Shahani, Lukasz Dolega, Ivo Kolarik
  • Patent number: 10458010
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate liquid processing apparatus including: a processing bath in which a mixture of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide is stored, and a substrate is immersed in the stored mixture such that a processing is performed on the substrate; an outer bath configured to receive the mixture flowing out from the processing bath; a circulation line configured to return the mixture in the outer bath to the processing bath; a sulfuric acid supply unit configured to supply sulfuric acid to the mixture; a first hydrogen peroxide supply unit configured to supply hydrogen peroxide to the mixture in the outer bath; and a second hydrogen peroxide supply unit configured to supply hydrogen peroxide to the mixture flowing through a downstream portion of the circulation line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hironobu Hyakutake, Takafumi Tsuchiya, Koichiro Kanzaki
  • Patent number: 10458011
    Abstract: The invention describes a method for producing ternary and binary ceramic powders and their thermal spraying capable of manufacturing thermal sprayed coatings with superior properties. Powder contain at least 30% by weight ternary ceramic, at least 20% by weight binary molybdenum borides, at least one of the binary borides of Cr, Fe, Ni, W and Co and a maximum of 10% by weight of nano and submicro-sized boron nitride. The primary crystal phase of the manufactured thermal sprayed coatings from these powders is a ternary ceramic, while the secondary phases are binary ceramics. The coatings have extremely high resistance against corrosion of molten metal, extremely thermal shock resistance and superior tribological properties at low and at high temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Mesocoat, Inc.
    Inventors: Evelina Vogli, Andrew J. Sherman, Curtis P. Glasgow
  • Patent number: 10458012
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a component is provided. The method includes providing one or more notches on a surface of the component. Further, depositing a coating on the surface to provide a thickness of the coating on the surface, is performed. The method also includes removing, at least partially, the coating from the surface such that the thickness of the coating over the notches is different from the thickness of the coating on the surface adjacent to the notches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Douglas Steinmetz, Douglas Trent Weaver, Roger Lee Recker
  • Patent number: 10458013
    Abstract: Provided is a ferritic stainless steel having a chemical composition containing, in mass %: 0.003% to 0.025% of C; 0.05% to 1.00% of Si; 0.05% to 1.00% of Mn; 0.04% or less of P; 0.01% or less of S; 16.0% to 23.0% of Cr; 0.20% to 0.80% of Cu; 0.05% to 0.60% of Ni; 0.20% to 0.70% of Nb; 0.005% to 0.020% of N; and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, in which a nitrogen-enriched layer is present that has a nitrogen concentration peak value of 0.03 mass % to 0.30 mass % at a depth of within 0.05 ?m of a surface of the steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunio Fukuda, Shin Ishikawa, Mitsuyuki Fujisawa, Katsuhisa Yamauchi, Chikara Kami
  • Patent number: 10458014
    Abstract: In various embodiments, evaporation sources for deposition processes have disposed therearound an insulation material configurable to fit snugly around the source body of the evaporation source and to be at least partially distanced away from the source body to expedite heat transfer therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SIVA POWER, INC.
    Inventors: Markus Eberhard Beck, Ulrich Alexander Bonne
  • Patent number: 10458015
    Abstract: Reactive sputtering in which, by ion bombardment, material is ejected from the surface of a target and transitions to the gas phase. Negative voltage pulses are applied to the target to establish electric current having a current density greater than 0.5 A/cm2 at the target surface, such that the material transitioning to the gas phase is ionized. Reactive gas flow is established and reacts with the material of the target surface. Voltage pulse duration is such that, during the pulse, the target surface where the current flows is at least partly covered most of the time with a compound composed of reactive gas and target material and, consequently, the target surface is in a first intermediate state, and this covering is smaller at the end of the voltage pulse than at the start and, consequently, the target surface is in a second intermediate state at the end of the voltage pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFÄFFIKON
    Inventor: Siegfried Krassnitzer
  • Patent number: 10458016
    Abstract: A method for forming a protective film is provided. In the method, a source gas containing an organic metal gas or an organic semi-metal gas is supplied to a substrate having a plurality of recessed shapes formed in a surface so as to cause the source gas to adsorb on the surface of the substrate including the plurality of recessed shapes. Then, an oxidation gas is supplied to the surface of the substrate including the plurality of recessed shapes to oxidize the source gas adsorbed on the surface of the substrate, thereby depositing an oxidation film of the organic metal or the organic semi-metal on a flat area between the plurality of recessed shapes. Supplying the source gas to the substrate and supplying the oxidation gas to the substrate are repeated at a rate in a range of 90 to 300 cycles per minute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Takeshi Kumagai, Yutaka Takahashi, Chihhsiang Hsiao, Atsushi Endo
  • Patent number: 10458017
    Abstract: A film forming apparatus includes a spray nozzle, a first chamber, a first gas supply port, a second chamber, a through hole, and a mist outlet. A solution transformed into droplets that is to be sprayed from the spray nozzle is housed in the first chamber and transformed into a mist in the first chamber by gas injected from the first gas supply port. The solution in mist form moves from the first chamber through the through hole to the second chamber and is misted onto a substrate from the mist outlet of the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Shirahata, Hiroyuki Orita, Takahiro Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 10458018
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Petri Raisanen, Michael Givens, Eric James Shero
  • Patent number: 10458019
    Abstract: A gas shower device having gas curtain comprises a first gas shower unit for injecting a reaction gas, thereby forming a reaction gas region, and a second gas shower unit. The second gas shower unit arranged around a periphery of the first gas shower unit comprises a buffer gas chamber for providing a buffer gas, and a curtain distribution plate. The curtain distribution plate further comprises a plurality through holes for injecting the buffer gas, thereby forming a gas curtain around a periphery of the reaction gas region. In another embodiment, an apparatus for depositing film is provided by utilizing the gas shower device having gas curtain, wherein the gas curtain prevents the reaction gas in the reaction gas region from being affected directly by a vacuum pressure so that a residence time of reaction gas can be extended thereby increasing the utilization of reaction gas and film-forming efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ching-Chiun Wang, Chih-Yung Huang, Kung-Liang Lin, Jung-Chen Chien, Chen-Der Tsai, Chien-Chih Chen
  • Patent number: 10458020
    Abstract: There is disclosed a substrate processing apparatus which can align a center of a substrate, such as a wafer, with a central axis of a substrate stage with high accuracy. The substrate processing apparatus includes: an eccentricity detector configured to obtain an amount of eccentricity and an eccentricity direction of a center of the substrate, when held on a centering stage, from a central axis of the centering stage; and an aligner configured to perform a centering operation of moving and rotating the centering stage until the center of the substrate on the centering stage is located on a central axis of a processing stage. The aligner is configured to calculate a distance by which the centering stage is to be moved and an angle through which the centering stage is to be rotated, based on an initial relative position of the central axis of the centering stage with respect to the central axis of the processing stage, the amount of eccentricity, and the eccentricity direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Ishii, Fong-Jie Du, Makoto Kashiwagi
  • Patent number: 10458021
    Abstract: Provided is a treatment solution for chromium-free tension coating that can simultaneously achieve excellent moisture absorption resistance and a high iron loss reduction effect obtained by imparting sufficient tension, by using an inexpensive Ti source instead of expensive Ti chelate. The treatment solution for chromium-free tension coating contains: one or more of phosphates of Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr, Zn, Al, and Mn; colloidal silica in an amount of 50 parts by mass to 120 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the phosphate in terms of solid content of SiO2; Ti source in an amount of 30 parts by mass to 50 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the phosphate in terms of solid content of TiO2; and H3PO4, and the number of moles of metallic elements in the phosphate and of phosphorus in the treatment solution satisfy: 0.20?([Mg]+[Ca]+[Ba]+[Sr]+[Zn]+[Mn]+1.5[Al])/[P]?0.45??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Terashima, Makoto Watanabe, Masanori Uesaka, Ryuichi Suehiro, Toshito Takamiya
  • Patent number: 10458022
    Abstract: A method for corrosion protection treatment, comprising contacting a series of components having metallic surfaces of iron and/or zinc with a passivating aqueous pretreatment solution, present in a system tank, containing compounds of the elements zirconium and/or titanium, and contacting with a source of fluoride ions wherein a portion of the pretreatment solution is discarded and replaced with a volume portion of one or more such replenishment solutions which in total are at least of equal size, by metered addition to the system tank of the pretreatment and wherein discarding as a function of the molar ratio of the elements fluorine to zirconium and/or titanium must not drop below a predefined value, the metered addition of replenishment solution takes place such that maintaining the concentration of the elements zirconium and/or titanium in the passivating aqueous pretreatment solution in the form of water-soluble compounds is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Jan-Willem Brouwer, Christian Stromberg, Frank-Oliver Pilarek, Jens Kroemer, Fernando Jose Resano Artalejo, Natascha Henze
  • Patent number: 10458023
    Abstract: A coated substrate is provided that can include a substrate defining a surface, and an abradable coating on the surface of the substrate. The abradable coating can comprise La2-xAxMo2-y-y?WyBy?O9-? forming a crystalline structure, where A comprises Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Sc, Y, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Th, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Cu, Bi, Cd, Zn, Ag, Au, Pt, Ir, Rh, Ru, Pd, or combinations thereof; 0<x?about 0.2 (e.g., about 0.1?x?about 0.15); 0?y?about 1.5 (e.g., about 0.01?y?about 1.5); B comprises Ta, Nb, V, Fe, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Sn, Ga, Al, Re, In, S, or combinations thereof; 0?y??about 0.2, wherein the sum of y and y? is about 0.01 to about 1.6; and 0???about 0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Glen Harold Kirby
  • Patent number: 10458024
    Abstract: An electrochemical reaction device in an embodiment includes: a reaction vessel including a first accommodating part to accommodate a first electrolytic solution containing carbon dioxide, and a second accommodating part to accommodate a second electrolytic solution containing water; a reduction electrode disposed in the first accommodating part; an oxidation electrode disposed in the second accommodating part; a power supply electrode connected to the reduction electrode and the oxidation electrode; and a third accommodating part to mix a first gas component produced in the first accommodating part with the first electrolytic solution after the first gas component is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Ryoto Kitagawa, Satoshi Mikoshiba, Akihiko Ono, Yuki Kudo, Jun Tamura, Eishi Tsutsumi, Yoshitsune Sugano, Asahi Motoshige, Masakazu Yamagiwa, Arisa Yamada
  • Patent number: 10458025
    Abstract: Disclosed is a case for electric devices having a moisture removing apparatus inside. The apparatus includes a first electrode exposed in an inside of a casing having an electronic circuit board therein, connected to one electrode of a power source, and coated with a dielectric material on a surface thereof. The apparatus includes a second electrode exposed in the inside of the casing having the electronic circuit board therein, connected to a remaining electrode of the power source, and spaced apart from the first electrode so as to define a space therebetween. The apparatus includes an electric discharge air path provided between the surface of the first electrode coated with the dielectric material and the second electrode, and in which moisture of air is decomposed by electric discharge occurring between the first and second electrodes while air inside the casing circulates in the electric discharge air path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Man Ju Oh, Sang Shin Lee, Jae Woo Park, So Yoon Park, Jae Woong Kim, So La Chung
  • Patent number: 10458026
    Abstract: A method of producing graphene sheets comprising the steps of, forming a carbonaceous powder by electrochemical erosion of a graphite electrode in a molten salt comprising hydrogen ions, recovering the resulting carbonaceous powder from the molten salt liquid, and thermally treating the carbonaceous powder by heating the carbonaceous powder in a non-oxidising atmosphere to produce a thermally treated powder comprising graphene sheets. The method allows high production rates of high purity graphene sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Cambridge Enterprise Limited
    Inventors: Derek Fray, Ali Kamali
  • Patent number: 10458027
    Abstract: Electrode-supported tubular solid-oxide electrochemical cells suitable for use in electrochemical chemical synthesis and processes for manufacturing such are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Low Emission Resources Corporation
    Inventors: Fernando Alvarez, Lauren Beverly Sammes
  • Patent number: 10458028
    Abstract: An electrochemical method for ammonia synthesis including the steps of: preparing a single-crystalline metal thin film; and synthesizing ammonia by using the single-crystalline metal thin film electrode. More particularly, it relates to improvement of the production yield and synthesis rate of ammonia trough the method for preparing ammonia by using an electrochemical reactor which includes a cathode including a single-crystalline metal thin film on the surface thereof, an anode and an electrolyte, wherein the method includes the steps of: supplying nitrogen to the cathode; supplying aqueous electrolyte solution to the anode; and applying an electric voltage between the cathode and the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jong Hyuk Park, Hyun Seo Park, Jimin Kong
  • Patent number: 10458029
    Abstract: A bacterial fuel cell including a plurality of anodes and a plurality of cathodes in liquid communication with a liquid to be purified, the plurality of anodes and the plurality of cathodes each including a metal electrical conductor arranged to be electrically coupled across a load in an electrical circuit and an electrically conductive coating at least between the metal electrical conductor and the liquid to be purified, the electrically conductive coating being operative to mutually seal the liquid and the electrical conductor from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: EMEFCY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ronen Itzhak Shechter, Eytan Baruch Levy, Lior Eshed
  • Patent number: 10458030
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ion exchange membrane electrolytic cell, comprising an anode chamber and a cathode chamber; a gas-liquid separation chamber is arranged in the anode chamber and/or the cathode chamber; the gas-liquid separation chamber is partially located inside the anode chamber and/or the cathode chamber; a first portion of the gas-liquid separation chamber, which is configured to accommodate liquid, is arranged inside the anode chamber and/or the cathode chamber; and a second portion of the gas-liquid separation chamber, which is configured to accommodate gas, is disposed outside of the anode chamber and/or the cathode chamber. The ion exchange membrane electrolytic cell is provided with the gas-liquid separation chamber partially located inside the anode chamber and/or the cathode chamber, thereby improving the yield of the ion exchange membrane electrolytic cell. On the other hand, the products of electrolysis can be drained rapidly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: BLUESTAR (BEIJING) CHEMICAL MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiuming Liu, Jianzhong Kang, Lirui Zhang, Weihong Wang, Xiaofeng Qiao, Junfeng Zhang, Xuehua Wu
  • Patent number: 10458031
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides an Fe—Ni alloy metal foil having excellent heat resilience, where the Fe—Ni alloy metal foil is prepared by an electroforming (EF) method and has a thickness of 100 ?m or less (except O ?m), wherein the Fe—Ni alloy metal foil comprises, by wt %, Ni: 34-46 %, a remainder of Fe and inevitable impurities, and wherein the Fe—Ni metal foil has a degree of heat resilience in an amount of 30 ppm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Gwan-Ho Jung, Jin-You Kim, Moo-Jin Kim, Jae-Kon Lee, Jun-Hak Park, Jae-Hwa Hong