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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100273328 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ORGANOMETALLIC LAYER A method for producing an organometallic layer includes providing a substrate having at least a layer with atoms of an oxidizable metal on its surface. The surface is exposed to a fluid that includes organic molecules having at least two functional groups that contain e... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100225928 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING STRUCTURES OF AN OBJECT A device for measuring structures of an object. The device includes a probe element extending from a probe extension, an optical sensor for capturing an image of the probe element on a sensor field, an evaluation unit configured to compute the structures based on a posi... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100167917 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIAL Method for producing a hydrogen storage material that includes a metal hydride and a non-hydrogenated material and that is doped with a metal as a catalyst, includes; mixing a catalyst precursor, which includes the metal, with the non-hydrogenated material so as to prov... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100166623 | DEVICE FOR THE THERMAL DEHALOGENATION OF HALOGEN-CONTAINING SUBSTANCES A device for thermal dehalogenation of halogen-containing substances. The device includes a temperable reaction volume. The temperable reaction volume includes a top vapor space, a bottom sump region, a first inlet for a halogen-containing substance, a second inlet for ... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100163395 | METHOD FOR THE RAPID PYROLYSIS OF LIGNOCELLULOSE Method for fast pyrolysis of lignocellulose including: mechanically comminuting the lignocellulose to lignocellulose particles; at least one of completely drying and preheating the lignocellulose particles; mixing the lignocellulose particles with heat transfer particle... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100132153 | CLEANABLE FILTER SYSTEM A cleanable filter system includes a filter housing having an inlet for dust-laden gas and an outer annular gap volume disposed about an inner volume. The inner volume and the outer annular gap volume extend axisymmetrically about a bisecting line and are separated from... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100126965 | MOLDED BODY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE BODY AND USE THEREOF A method for producing a molded body, said method comprising: providing a film comprising a thermoplastic plastic and having a film thickness D ranging from 1 μm to 1000 μm; irradiating the film with ionizing radiation, to produce irradiated regions in the film; therm... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100107907 | DIE FOR MICRO CONTACT PRINTING AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF A die for the micro contact printing includes a die body and a die surface that is fixedly connected to the die body. The die surface is divided into at least two different regions. Each of the at least two regions comprises a different material having a different absor... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100083737 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING SUPERFINE PARTICLE MASSES A device for measuring superfine particle masses including a quartz oscillator and an exposure system having at least two measuring chambers. Each of the at least two measuring chambers has a same geometry, a deposition surface for particles, and an aerosol feed directe... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100062509 | HIGHLY POROUS MAGNETIC TEMPORARY FIXED BED The present invention relates to a fixed bed, for example for the isolation and/or purification of components originating from a biological system, which fixed bed comprises magnetic beads and a magnetizable fabric arranged at least in part in the fixed bed, a fluidized... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100059345 | BALL SWITCH IN A MULTIBALL SWITCH ARRANGEMENT A ball switch for a multi ball-switch arrangement includes a base plate and a metallic circular disk centrally disposed on the base plate. A first electrically-conductive contact track, which is co-planar with the circular disk, extends from the circular disk to a first... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100045410 | PLANAR-HELICAL UNDULATOR A planar-helical undulator for emitting 360° electrically variable photo radiation, including a first coil and a second coil disposed relative to an undulator axis, an axis of the first coil and an axis of the second coil and the undulator axis being parallel to each o... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20090317853 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LAYER ON A MOLDED ARTICLE AND USE THEREOF A method for producing a layer on a molded article. The method includes providing a formable film. Galvanically catalytically active nuclei are anchored to at least one region of the formable film provided for the layer. The formable film is shaped so as to form the mol... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090308726 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR CONVERTING BIOMASS TO GASEOUS PRODUCTS A device for converting biomass with a water content of at least 50% to gaseous products includes a reactor filled at least partially with a packing including at least one filler body for accommodating supercritical water and a hydrothermal molten salt. A heater is arra... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090301881 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CERAMIC COMPONENTS A method for producing ceramic components, includes providing a dispersing agent comprising at least one first and one second powder fraction of an oxide ceramic, and a third powder fraction of an inter-metallic compound mixed in a liquid. The first powder fraction comp... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090263595 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELEMENT, INCLUDING A MULTIPLICITY OF NANOCYLINDERS ON A SUBSTRATE, AND USE THEREOF A method for producing an element including a substrate having a plurality of nanocylinders deposited thereon includes providing the substrate. The substrate is covered with a nanoporous Al2O3 membrane so as to provide a covered substrate. The cove... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090232864 | METHOD FOR APPLYING A BIOACTIVE, TISSUE-COMPATIBLE LAYER ONTO SHAPED ARTICLES AND THE USE OF SUCH SHAPED ARTICLES A method for applying a bioactive, tissue-compatible layer onto a shaped article includes providing, as a target material, a bioactive glass ceramic having a S53P4 composition, cleaning a shaped article and activating a surface of the shaped article with ions. The Shape... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090208395 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING NITROGEN OXIDES AND HALOGENATED ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN INCINERATION PLANTS A process for reducing nitrogen oxides and halogenated organic compounds in an incineration plant having at least one combustion chamber. The process comprises separating out fly ash using a dust collector. Water is added to and hydrochloric acid separated out in a firs... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090190799 | METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING THE EXHAUST GAS BURN-OFF QUALITY IN COMBUSTION SYSTEMS A method for characterizing a flue gas burnout quality of a combustion process in a combustion system having a gas burnout zone includes optically detecting in a visible wavelength range, in a flow cross section of the gas burnout zone, low-soot combustion regions, regi... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090039547 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OBJECT INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE AUTONOMOUS MOVING PART AND ONE FIXING PART A method for producing an object including at least one autonomous part movably disposed relative to an affixing part includes: providing a mold having at least one cavity configured to produce the at least one autonomous part; filling the at least one cavity with a cur... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090020048 | METHOD FOR REDUCING NITROGEN OXIDE ON THE PRIMARY SIDE IN A TWO-STAGE COMBUSTION PROCESS Method of reducing the nitrogen oxide formation (NOx) on the primary side and of at the same time avoiding the formation of nitrous oxide (N2O) and ammonia slip (NH3) in the exhaust gas of a two-stage combustion process and of improving ... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20090008255 | Arrangement for Generating Liquid Flows and/or Particle Flows, Method for Producing and Operating Said Arrangement and Use of the Latter A device for producing at least one of fluid flows and particles flows includes a substrate having a substrate surface. The substrate surface includes a matrix including a plurality of regions having at least one of a different magnitude of a surface charge, a different... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080302241 | Structural Principle of an Exhaust Gas Purification Installation, and Associated Method For Purifying an Exhaust Gas In an exhaust gas cleaning system, a built-in cleaning section is embodied as an upright U, in which a first leg includes an ionizing zone to ionize particles or aerosols carried in the gas. The gas flows from above into the first leg and downward in a direction of grav... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080283639 | Method for Operating a Fragmentation System and System Therefor The invention relates to a method for operating an electrodynamic fragmentation system. The fragmentation product arranged in the process fluid is permanently suspended and forms a suspension with the process fluid. The portion of the processed fragmentation product whi... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080279995 | Process for the More Effective and Gentle Release of Quality-Enhancing Constituents From Grapes, the Young Wine Obtained in the Process and the Wine Produced Therefrom, as Well as a Device for Carrying Out the Electroporation An improved and more gentle process for extracting useful substances from wine grapes is achieved by electroporation of the must produced from red and/or white grapes. The must is pumped or circulated before the pressing applied for must production through an installati... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080276525 | Method for the Solution Crystallization of Mixtures of Substances A method for solution crystallization of mixtures of substances includes: providing a liquid mixture of substances including at least one component substance having an elevated melting point; drawing off a substream from the mixture of substances; feeding the substream ... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080241502 | Molded Body, Method For Producing the Body and Use Thereof A molded body comprises a film with a film thickness D ranging from 1 μm to 1000 μm, with at least one hollow structure configured into the film. Each hollow structure has an outside diameter d equal to at least double value of film thickness D, a height h is equal to... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080236043 | Method for Producing and Preparing Fast Pyrolysis Products from Biomass for an Entrained-Flow Pressure Gasification A method is provided for producing and preparing fast pyrolysis products from a biomass for entrained-flow pressure gasification that includes: heating of the biomass under exclusion of oxygen in a pyrolysis reactor, a temperature of between 400 to 600° C. being establ... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080210771 | Two-Substance Atomizing Device A two-substance atomizing device for atomizing a fluid in a gas stream includes: a fluid supply branch including a nozzle orifice; a gas supply branch configured concentrically about the fluid supply branch; a concentric second gas branch branching from the gas supply b... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080215257 | Method for Reducing Digital Data in an Emat Pig The invention relates to a method for reducing digital data which can be obtained with an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) pig. Said method increases the fidelity of reproduction compared to traditional methods, without increasing and/or without significantly ... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080196590 | Wet Electrostatic Ionising Step in an Electrostatic Deposition Device A wet electrostatic ionization stage in an electrostatic separation device for purifying a flowing aerosal including finely dispersed particles entrained in a gas. The wet electrostatic ionization stage includes a plate disposed across a cross section of a flow channel ... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080165616 | Mixer System, Reactor and Reactor System A mixer system for mixing at least two fluids includes a plurality of micromixers that are fluidically connected in parallel. The micromixers are integrated into a guide matrix and are fluidically connected via feed lines for the fluids to be mixed.... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080159464 | Head-End Process for the Reprocessing of Reactor Core Material In a head-end process for the reprocessing of reactor core material with embedded fuel particles, reactor core material is arranged in a reactor containing a fluid. The reactor comprises a voltage discharge installation in the fluid. Voltage discharges are applied throu... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080020141 | METHOD TO APPLY MEMBRANE-LIPIDS TO A SUBSTRATE A method for applying membrane lipids to a substrate includes providing a substrate and an ink reservoir having an ink including a membrane lipid. The tip of a scanning probe microscope is dipped into the ink so as to dispose the membrane lipid on the tip. The tip of th... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20070281146 | Porous, heat-insulating shaped body, method for producing the shaped body and the use thereof A porous, heat-insulating shaped body, obtained by tempering a material mixture having a weight ratio of 1:1, wherein the mixture includes a silicate such as, for example, natural or expanded perlite, natural or furnace slag pumice, expanding clay, or expanding glass, a... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20060266675 | METHOD, ARRANGEMENT AND USE OF AN ARRANGEMENT FOR SEPARATING METALLIC CARBON NANOTUBES FROM SEMI-CONDUCTING CARBON NANOTUBES A method for separating metallic carbon nanotubes and semi-conducting carbon nanotubes includes providing a suspension containing a plurality of individual metallic carbon nanotubes and semi-conducting carbon nanotubes in a liquid, for which the dielectric constant ε 11/30/2006 | |
| 20060242741 | Method, arrangement and use of an arrangement for separating metallic carbon nanotubes from semi-conducting carbon nanotubes A method for separating metallic carbon nanotubes and semi-conducting carbon nanotubes includes providing a suspension containing a plurality of individual metallic carbon nanotubes and semi-conducting carbon nanotubes in a liquid, for which the dielectric constant ε 10/26/2006 | |
