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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7179679 | Fabrication of multilayered thin films via spin-assembly An process of forming multilayer thin film heterostructures is disclosed and includes applying a solution including a first water-soluble polymer from the group of polyanionic species, polycationic species and uncharged polymer species onto a substrate to form a fir... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7127104 | Vectorized image segmentation via trixel agglomeration A computer implemented method transforms an image comprised of pixels into a vectorized image specified by a plurality of polygons that can be subsequently used to aid in image processing and understanding. The pixelated image is processed to extract edge pixels tha... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119937 | Durable electrooptic devices comprising ionic liquids Electrolyte solutions for electrochromic devices such as rear view mirrors and displays with low leakage currents are prepared using inexpensive, low conductivity conductors. Preferred electrolytes include bifunctional redox dyes and molten salt solvents with enhanc... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7101635 | Methanol-tolerant cathode catalyst composite for direct methanol fuel cells A direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) having a methanol fuel supply, oxidant supply, and its membrane electrode assembly (MEA) formed of an anode electrode and a cathode electrode with a membrane therebetween, a methanol oxidation catalyst adjacent the anode electrode ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7095311 | Identification coding schemes for modulated reflectance systems An identifying coding apparatus employing modulated reflectance technology involving a base station emitting a RF signal, with a tag, located remotely from the base station, and containing at least one antenna and predetermined other passive circuit components, rece... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7083765 | Catalysts for lean burn engine exhaust abatement The present invention provides a process for catalytically reducing nitrogen oxides in an exhaust gas stream containing nitrogen oxides and a reductant material by contacting the gas stream under conditions effective to catalytically reduce the nitrogen oxides with ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083708 | Oxygen-consuming chlor alkali cell configured to minimize peroxide formation Oxygen-consuming zero gap chlor-alkali cell was configured to minimize peroxide formation. The cell included an ion-exchange membrane that divided the cell into an anode chamber including an anode and a cathode chamber including an oxygen gas diffusion cathode. The ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081626 | Apparatus and method for temperature correction and expanded count rate of inorganic scintillation detectors The present invention includes an apparatus and corresponding method for temperature correction and count rate expansion of inorganic scintillation detectors. A temperature sensor is attached to an inorganic scintillation detector. The inorganic scintillation detect... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7079924 | Vision-based obstacle avoidance A method for allowing a robot to avoid objects along a programmed path: first, a field of view for an electronic imager of the robot is established along a path where the electronic imager obtains the object location information within the field of view; second, a p... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7078108 | Preparation of high-strength nanometer scale twinned coating and foil Very high strength single phase stainless steel coating has been prepared by magnetron sputtering onto a substrate. The coating has a unique microstructure of nanometer spaced twins that are parallel to each other and to the substrate surface. For cases where the co... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079192 | Letter box line blackener for the HDTV/conventional-analog hybrid system A blackener for letter box lines associated with a HDTV/conventional-analog hybrid television transmission where the blackener counts horizontal sync pulses contained in the HDTV/conventional-analog hybrid television transmission and determines when the HDTV/convent... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074887 | Chemical synthesis of chiral conducting polymers An process of forming a chiral conducting polymer, e.g., polyaniline, is provided including reacting a monomer, e.g., an aniline monomer, in the presence of a chiral dopant acid to produce a first reaction mixture by addition of a solution including a first portion ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7074565 | Preparation of DNA-containing extract for PCR amplification Environmental samples typically include impurities that interfere with PCR amplification and DNA quantitation. Samples of soil, river water, and aerosol were taken from the environment and added to an aqueous buffer (with or without detergent). Cells from the sample... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7064212 | Electrochromic salts, solutions, and devices Electrochromic salts. Electrochromic salts of dicationic viologens such as methyl viologen and benzyl viologen associated with anions selected from bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, bis(perfluoroethylsulfonyl)imide, and tris(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)methide are prod... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7060641 | Diamond-silicon carbide composite Fully dense, diamond-silicon carbide composites are prepared from ball-milled microcrystalline diamond/amorphous silicon powder mixture. The ball-milled powder is sintered (P=5–8 GPa, T=1400K–2300K) to form composites having high fracture toughness. A composite ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7044718 | Radial-radial single rotor turbine A rotor for use in turbine applications has a radial compressor/pump having radially disposed spaced apart fins forming passages and a radial turbine having hollow turbine blades interleaved with the fins and through which fluid from the radial compressor/pump flows... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043204 | Through-the-earth radio A method and apparatus for effective through-the-earth communication involves a signal input device connected to a transmitter operating at a predetermined frequency sufficiently low to effectively penetrate useful distances through-the earth, and having an analog t... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025856 | Processing materials inside an atmospheric-pressure radiofrequency nonthermal plasma discharge Apparatus for the processing of materials involving placing a material either placed between an radio-frequency electrode and a ground electrode, or which is itself one of the electrodes. This is done in atmospheric pressure conditions. The apparatus effectively etc... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018792 | Influenza sensor A sensor for the detection of tetrameric multivalent neuraminidase within a sample is disclosed, where a positive detection indicates the presence of a target virus within the sample. Also disclosed is a trifunctional composition of matter including a trifunctional ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7019446 | Foil electron multiplier An apparatus for electron multiplication by transmission that is designed with at least one foil having a front side for receiving incident particles and a back side for transmitting secondary electrons that are produced from the incident particles transiting throug... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014931 | Methanol-tolerant cathode catalyst composite for direct methanol fuel cells A direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) having a methanol fuel supply, oxidant supply, and its membrane electrode assembly (MEA) formed of an anode electrode and a cathode electrode with a membrane therebetween, a methanol oxidation catalyst adjacent the anode electrode ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6997971 | Cross-linked polybenzimidazole membrane for gas separation A cross-linked, supported polybenzimidazole membrane for gas separation is prepared by reacting polybenzimidazole (PBI) with the sulfone-containing crosslinking agent 3,4-dichloro-tetrahydro-thiophene-1,1-dioxide. The cross-linked reaction product exhibits enhanced ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6998103 | Method for producing carbon nanotubes Method for producing carbon nanotubes. Carbon nanotubes were prepared using a low power, atmospheric pressure, microwave-generated plasma torch system. After generating carbon monoxide microwave plasma, a flow of carbon monoxide was directed first through a bed of m... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994775 | Multilayer composites and manufacture of same The present invention is directed towards a process of depositing multilayer thin films, disk-shaped targets for deposition of multilayer thin films by a pulsed laser or pulsed electron beam deposition process, where the disk-shaped targets include at least two segm... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6993764 | Buffered coscheduling for parallel programming and enhanced fault tolerance A computer implemented method schedules processor jobs on a network of parallel machine processors or distributed system processors. Control information communications generated by each process performed by each processor during a defined time interval is accumulate... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6986961 | Fuel cell stack with passive air supply A fuel cell stack has a plurality of polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) where each PEFC includes a rectangular membrane electrode assembly (MEA) having a fuel flow field along a first axis and an air flow field along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6979543 | Method for detecting biological agents A sensor is provided including a polymer capable of having an alterable measurable property from the group of luminescence and electrical conductivity, the polymer having an intermediate combination of a recognition element, a tethering element and a property-alteri... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6962760 | Methods of conditioning direct methanol fuel cells Methods for conditioning the membrane electrode assembly of a direct methanol fuel cell (“DMFC”) are disclosed. In a first method, an electrical current of polarity opposite to that used in a functioning direct methanol fuel cell is passed through the anode surf... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6961168 | Durable electrooptic devices comprising ionic liquids Electrolyte solutions for electrochromic devices such as rear view mirrors and displays with low leakage currents are prepared using inexpensive, low conductivity conductors. Preferred electrolytes include bifunctional redox dyes and molten salt solvents with enhanc... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959601 | Noninvasive characterization of a flowing multiphase fluid using ultrasonic interferometry An apparatus for noninvasively monitoring the flow and/or the composition of a flowing liquid using ultrasound is described. The position of the resonance peaks for a fluid excited by a swept-frequency ultrasonic signal have been found to change frequency both in re... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6958480 | Sample desorption/ionization from mesoporous silica Mesoporous silica is shown to be a sample holder for laser desorption/ionization of mass spectrometry. Supported mesoporous silica was prepared by coating an ethanolic silicate solution having a removable surfactant onto a substrate to produce a self-assembled, orde... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6947866 | Apparatus and method for handheld sampling The present invention includes an apparatus, and corresponding method, for taking a sample. The apparatus is built around a frame designed to be held in at least one hand. A sample media is used to secure the sample. A sample media adapter for securing the sample me... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6946015 | Cross-linked polybenzimidazole membrane for gas separation A cross-linked, supported polybenzimidazole membrane for gas separation is prepared by layering a solution of polybenzimidazole (PBI) and α,α′dibromo-p-xylene onto a porous support and evaporating solvent. A supported membrane of cross-linked poly-2,2′-(m-phen... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6946019 | Meniscus membranes for separations Gas separation membranes, especially meniscus-shaped membranes for gas separations are disclosed together with the use of such meniscus-shaped membranes for applications such as thermal gas valves, pre-concentration of a gas stream, and selective pre-screening of a ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6943136 | Superconducting structure A superconductive structure including a dielectric oxide substrate, a thin buffer layer of a superconducting material thereon; and, a layer of a rare earth-barium-copper oxide superconducting film thereon the thin layer of yttrium-barium-copper oxide, the rare earth... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6939506 | Diamond-silicon carbide composite and method for preparation thereof Fully dense, diamond-silicon carbide composites are prepared from ball-milled microcrystalline diamond/amorphous silicon powder mixture. The ball-milled powder is sintered (P=5-8 GPa, T=1400K-2300K) to form composites having high fracture toughness. A composite made... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6937765 | Method for contour extraction for object representation Contours are extracted for representing a pixelated object in a background pixel field. An object pixel is located that is the start of a new contour for the object and identifying that pixel as the first pixel of the new contour. A first contour point is then locat... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6933065 | High temperature superconducting thick films An article including a substrate, a layer of an inert oxide material upon the surface of the substrate, (generally the inert oxide material layer has a smooth surface, i.e., a RMS roughness of less than about 2 nm), a layer of an amorphous oxide or oxynitride materi... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931329 | Likelihood-based modification of experimental crystal structure electron density maps A maximum-likelihood method for improves an electron density map of an experimental crystal structure. A likelihood of a set of structure factors {Fh} is formed for the experimental crystal structure as (1) the likelihood of having obtained an observed se... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6923252 | Borehole sounding device with sealed depth and water level sensors A borehole device having proximal and distal ends comprises an enclosure at the proximal end for accepting an aircraft cable containing a plurality of insulated conductors from a remote position. A water sensing enclosure is sealingly attached to the enclosure and c... | 08/02/2005 |
