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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7425584 | Catalytic devulcanization of rubber The present invention relates generally to the delulcanization of rubber. More specifically, the present invention relates to a process for the hydro-devulcanization of vulcanized rubber utilizing a rubber swelling solvent, a source of reactive hyrogen and elevated ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7182848 | Production of hollow ceramic membranes by electrophoretic deposition The present invention provides methods for producing hollow ceramic membranes by electrophoretic deposition. The hollow ceramic membranes may have a small cross-sectional area of about 1.0×10−5 mm2 to about 25 mm2. The cross-secti... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7141407 | Chickweed bioherbicides The present invention relates to the use of a strain of Burkholderia andropogonis for controlling the growth of a weed belonging to the order Caryophyllales. The present invention also provides a method for suppressing weed growth, comprising applying a strai... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7041840 | Antioxidant triacylglycerols and lipid compositions A lipid composition includes triacylglycerols that include unsaturated fatty acids such as alpha linolenic acid and antioxidant moeities such as pyruvic acid. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7014768 | Process for removal and recovery of nutrients from digested manure or other organic wastes A process for removal and recovery of nutrients and recycling of water from digested manure or other organic wastes. A first step involves separating waste from an anaerobic digester into digested liquids, digested solids, and biogas. A second step involves precipit... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6936834 | Method and apparatus for determining stone cells in paper or pulp Disclosed is a method and apparatus for determining stone cells within a sample of wood pulp or paper. According to the instant invention a portion of the sample is irradiated with light at a predetermined wavelength or within a predetermined range of wavelengths. T... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6936367 | Solid oxide fuel cell system This invention relates to a fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell stack, external circuit electrical leads coupled to the fuel cell electrodes, and a thermal enclosure assembly enclosing the stack. The stack includes a plurality of inner tubular solid oxide fuel c... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6929854 | Methods of straw fiber processing A method of producing boards or panels from cereal straw includes the steps of treating and mechanically refining the straw with steam under elevated pressure which may be in excess of 8 bar (800 kPa). The resulting fiber may then be pressed in to boards or panels w... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6923887 | Method for hydrogen peroxide bleaching of pulp using an organic solvent in the bleaching medium Disclosed is a method for pulp bleaching. The method comprises the steps of providing a pulp sample for bleaching, the pulp sample stemming from a pulp producing process, providing a bleaching liquor comprising water and an organic component as solvent components co... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6860147 | Process for predicting porosity and permeability of a coal bed A method for predicting the secondary porosity system (SPS) porosity, and thereby permeability, of a coal bed involves determining an initial condition in the coal bed, including an initial SPS pressure and an initial sorbed gas composition, determining a pressure s... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6846588 | Hollow inorganic membranes produced by metal or composite electrodeposition This invention relates to a method of producing a hollow inorganic membrane that is particularly suitable for solid oxide fuel cell applications, as well as producing hollow inorganic composite laminated membranes having at least one such hollow inorganic membrane. ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6824907 | Tubular solid oxide fuel cell stack This invention relates to a fuel cell sub-stack comprising a plurality of tubular fuel cells, and a solid-state matrix in which the fuel cells are embedded. Each fuel cell comprises an inner electrode layer, an outer electrode layer, and an electrolyte layer sandwic... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6782946 | Method and apparatus for injecting one or more fluids into a borehole A method and an apparatus for injecting a fluid into a borehole. The method includes the step of injecting an injection fluid into a primary injection zone in a borehole at an injection fluid pressure. The primary injection zone is bounded by a proximal injection zo... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6783633 | Dielectric breakdown chemical reactor for liquids This invention relates to the enhancement of chemical reactions by applying a high frequency electric field to a material. The frequency and amplitude of the electric field are selected in accordance with the properties of the reacting components in the bulk of chem... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6777480 | Networked polymer/clay alloy A networked polymer/clay alloy is produced from a monomer/clay mixture comprising a monomer, a cross-linking agent and clay particles. An initiator means is used to initiate polymerization of the monomer/clay mixture. The clay is chemically integrated with the polym... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6774992 | Determination of the property of a solution or solid using raman ratios The invention relates to the use of ratios, products and non-linear functions of adsorption, emission or scattering of light as variables in standard regression and chemometric techniques to predict a characteristic or property of a solid or liquid. The use of one o... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6737472 | Reinforced networked polymer/clay alloy composite A reinforced networked polymer/clay alloy composite is produced by contacting a monomer/clay mixture with a reinforcing agent. The monomer/clay mixture comprises a monomer, a cross-linking agent and clay particles. An initiator means is used to initiate polymerizati... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6643016 | Multiple pathlength spectrophotometer A spectrometer or multiple wavelength absorbance detection method and apparatus providing improved accuracy for an array of measurements at different wavelengths. The spectrometer utilizes a multiple wavelength illumination system with an array of indepen... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6641909 | Hemp hurd composite panels and method of making A method of forming a structural member from hemp hurd and the structural member produced which is substantially free of hemp bats fibers is made by providing hemp stalks which have been decorticated and hurd material is divided into hurd strands which ar... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6610781 | Reinforced networked polymer/clay alloy composite A reinforced networked polymer/clay alloy composite is produced by contacting a monomer/clay mixture with a reinforcing agent. The monomer/clay mixture comprises a monomer, a cross-linking agent and clay particles. An initiator means is used to initiate p... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6610780 | Networked polymer/clay alloy A networked polymer/clay alloy is produced from a monomer/clay mixture comprising a monomer, a cross-linking agent and clay particles. An initiator means is used to initiate polymerization of the monomer/clay mixture. The clay is chemically integrated wit... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6607723 | Methods and compositions for attenuating antibody-mediated xenograft rejection in human recipients Antibody-mediated xenograft rejection is attenuated by (1) removing preformed antibodies to various identified carbohydrate xenoantigens from the recipient's circulation prior to transplantation by extracorporeal perfusion of the recipient's blood over a ... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6607645 | Production of hollow ceramic membranes by electrophoretic deposition The present invention provides methods for producing hollow ceramic membranes by electrophoretic deposition. The hollow ceramic membranes may have a small cross-sectional area of about 1.0×10-5 mm2 to about 25 mm2. The cr... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6602500 | Paenibacillus polymyxa strain ATCC 202127 for biocontrol of bacteria and fungi Paenibacillus polymyxa strain ATCC 202127 capable of producing a peptide antibiotic against fungi, and specifically Leptosphaeria spp. is disclosed. Further, mutants of said strain capable of producing the peptide are also disclosed. In addition, a method... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6581437 | Motion platform and method of use A novel Stewart platform includes electromagnetic linear actuators. The motion platform may be included in an apparatus and method for testing footwear where a stationary shoe is struck by the motion platform.... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6486307 | Preparation of glucosamine hydrochloride A method of producing glucosamine hydrochloride from chitin by grinding the chitin to a very fine size and digestion with concentrated hydrochloric acid. The glucosamine hydrochloride is decolorized with activated charcoal, washed with ethanol and assayed... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6484805 | Method and apparatus for injecting one or more fluids into a borehole A method and an apparatus for injecting a fluid into a borehole. The method includes the step of injecting an injection fluid into a primary injection zone in a borehole at an injection fluid pressure. The primary injection zone is bounded by a proximal i... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6412559 | Process for recovering methane and/or sequestering fluids A process for recovering methane from a coal bed and/or sequestering a fluid more strongly adsorbing than methane ("SAG") in a coal bed involves fracturing an injection well and cyclically injecting SAG with intervening shut-in periods. Even though the ab... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6412557 | Oilfield in situ hydrocarbon upgrading process A well configuration is provided comprising an injection well (102) completed relatively high in an oil reservoir (100) and a production well (103-106) completed relatively low in the reservoir (100). The production well has a horizontal leg (107) oriente... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6411905 | Method and apparatus for estimating odor concentration using an electronic nose A system and method for obtaining an estimate of the concentration of an odor in an air sample from data obtained by evaluating the sample with a sensor-array type electronic nose. Principal components analysis is applied to a set of air sample data inclu... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6325360 | Structured packing assembly Structured packing for mass-exchange or energy-exchange processes uses a stack of parallel, flat sheets forming flat channels therebetween. A number of tabs extends between adjacent pairs of sheets to form both bridges for fluid flow and spacers for struc... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6263725 | On-line sensor for colloidal substances A method and apparatus are for characterizing colloids by successive measurements of light attenuation or emission of a colloidal mixture at two or more temperatures and at one or more wavelengths. The difference or ratio of the measurements at two or mor... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6258207 | Alkaline peroxide mechanical pulping of non-woody species High-yield chemimechanical lignocellulosic pulp is produced from non-woody species by cutting and screening the non-woody species, soaking them in an acidic aqueous solution preferably containing a chelating agent, treating the washed non-woody species wi... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6195938 | Seedling container and method of making the same A seedling container and a method of making the same, that includes a sleeve filled with a compressed plant growth medium and having a first end, a second end, and a defining sidewall. The sidewall has at least one integrally formed tear away strip that e... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6168796 | Immunostimulating activity of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 8 oligosaccharides This invention provides compositions comprising an oligosaccharide of S. pneumoniae serotype 8 useful for stimulating an immune response to an antigen, methods of providing protective immunization against a bacterial pathogen using these compositions, met... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6162377 | Apparatus and method for the formation of uniform spherical particles The present invention relates to an atomization apparatus and method for the formation of substantially uniform, at least nearly spherical particles, particularly for the formation of metal particles. The present invention provides an atomization apparatu... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6134952 | Dissolved solid analyzer On-line measurements of an amount of dissolved solids in a liquid sample are determined by using both conductivity and UV measurements. More particularly, an amount of dissolved solids in a pulp and paper mill process water or effluent is determined by ir... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6132723 | Immunogenic oligosaccharide compositions The invention provides immunogenic oligosaccharide compositions and methods of making and using them. In particular, the compositions comprise oligosaccharides covalently coupled to carrier protein, wherein the resultant conjugate has been shown to contai... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6131635 | Device for longitudinally splitting pieces of straw into separated strands A straw splitter for longitudinally splitting pieces of cereal straw into separated strands for use in making a panel, board or beam is provided. A cutting shear roller and a gripping shear roller are rotatable around their longitudinal axis at different ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6023065 | Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling characteristics of process effluents A method and an apparatus for monitoring and controlling a characteristic of process waters or effluents from wood pulp bleaching, pulping and paper making processes utilizing a bleaching agent such as hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2), Na | 02/08/2000 |
