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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8097219 | Integrated reactor and centrifugal separator and uses thereof An apparatus for providing reaction of fluids and separation of products with increased residence time. The apparatus includes a stationary shell, a rotating hollow cylindrical component disposed in the stationary shell, a residence-time increasing device external t... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8074490 | Clandestine grave detector An apparatus and a method for detecting a burial site of human remains are disclosed. An air stream is drawn through an air intake conduit from locations near potential burial sites of human remains. The air stream is monitored by one or more chemical sensors to det... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8052783 | Rotary adsorbers for continuous bulk separations A rotary adsorber for continuous bulk separations is disclosed. The rotary adsorber includes an adsorption zone in fluid communication with an influent adsorption fluid stream, and a desorption zone in fluid communication with a desorption fluid stream. The fluid st... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8017273 | Lightweight, durable lead-acid batteries A lightweight, durable lead-acid battery is disclosed. Alternative electrode materials and configurations are used to reduce weight, to increase material utilization and to extend service life. The electrode can include a current collector having a buffer layer in c... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7998724 | Removal of mercury from coal via a microbial pretreatment process A process for the removal of mercury from coal prior to combustion is disclosed. The process is based on use of microorganisms to oxidize iron, sulfur and other species binding mercury within the coal, followed by volatilization of mercury by the microorganisms. The... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7955759 | Metallization of bacterial cellulose for electrical and electronic device manufacture A method for the deposition of metals in bacterial cellulose and for the employment of the metallized bacterial cellulose in the construction of fuel cells and other electronic devices is disclosed. The method for impregnating bacterial cellulose with a metal compri... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7914766 | Inorganic resins for clinical use of Bi generators Applicant's invention is a radionuclide generator resin material for radiochemical separation of daughter radionuclides, particularly 213Bi, from a solution of parental radionuclides, the resin material capable of providing clinical quantities of 213... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7811632 | Molecular jet growth of carbon nanotubes and dense vertically aligned nanotube arrays A method of growing a carbon nanotube includes the step of impinging a beam of carbon-containing molecules onto a substrate to grow at least one carbon nanotube on the catalyst surface. ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7805446 | Agent-based method for distributed clustering of textual information A computer method and system for storing, retrieving and displaying information has a multiplexing agent (20) that calculates a new document vector (25) for a new document (21) to be added to the system and transmits the new document vector (... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7803477 | Metallization of bacterial cellulose for electrical and electronic device manufacture A method for the deposition of metals in bacterial cellulose and for the employment of the metallized bacterial cellulose in the construction of fuel cells and other electronic devices is disclosed. The method for impregnating bacterial cellulose with a metal compri... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7682556 | Degassing of molten alloys with the assistance of ultrasonic vibration An apparatus and method are disclosed in which ultrasonic vibration is used to assist the degassing of molten metals or metal alloys thereby reducing gas content in the molten metals or alloys. High-intensity ultrasonic vibration is applied to a radiator that create... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7641997 | Design and synthesis of guest-host nanostructures to enhance ionic conductivity across nanocomposite membranes An ion conducting membrane has a matrix including an ordered array of hollow channels and a nanocrystalline electrolyte contained within at least some or all of the channels. The channels have opposed open ends, and a channel width of 1000 nanometers or less, prefer... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7641863 | Nanoengineered membranes for controlled transport A nanoengineered membrane for controlling material transport (e.g., molecular transport) is disclosed. The membrane includes a substrate, a cover defining a material transport channel between the substrate and the cover, and a plurality of fibers positioned in the c... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7525431 | Space charge dosimeters for extremely low power measurements of radiation in shipping containers Methods and apparatus are described for space charge dosimeters for extremely low power measurements of radiation in shipping containers. A method includes insitu polling a suite of passive integrating ionizing radiation sensors including reading-out dosimetric data... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7514833 | Axial gap permanent-magnet machine with reluctance poles and PM element covers An electric machine (10) has a disk-shaped rotor (24) disposed in an operating space between two opposing stator assemblies (11, 12) to provide two axial air gaps (15, 16). The rotor (24) has a hub (28) and an outer ring ( | 04/07/2009 |
| 7423763 | Faster processing of multiple spatially-heterodyned direct to digital holograms Systems and methods are described for faster processing of multiple spatially-heterodyned direct to digital holograms. A method includes of obtaining multiple spatially-heterodyned holograms, includes: digitally recording a first spatially-heterodyned hologram inclu... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7408794 | Triple voltage dc-to-dc converter and method A circuit and method of providing three dc voltage buses and transforming power between a low voltage dc converter and a high voltage dc converter, by coupling a primary dc power circuit and a secondary dc power circuit through an isolation transformer; providing th... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408186 | Controlled alignment catalytically grown nanostructures Systems and methods are described for controlled alignment of catalyticaly grown nanostructures in a large-scale synthesis process. A composition includes an elongated nanostructure including a first segment defining a first axis and a second segment coupled to the ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7349100 | Recording multiple spatially-heterodyned direct to digital holograms in one digital image Systems and methods are described for recording multiple spatially-heterodyned direct to digital holograms in one digital image. A method includes digitally recording, at a first reference beam-object beam angle, a first spatially-heterodyned hologram including spat... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340001 | Multidimensional signal modulation and/or demodulation for data communications Systems and methods are described for multidimensional signal modulation and/or demodulation for data communications. A method includes modulating a carrier signal in a first domain selected from the group consisting of phase, frequency, amplitude, polarization and ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335878 | Method and apparatus for efficient photodetachment and purification of negative ion beams Methods and apparatus are described for efficient photodetachment and purification of negative ion beams. A method of purifying an ion beam includes: inputting the ion beam into a gas-filled multipole ion guide, the ion beam including a plurality of ions; increasing... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7315563 | Multicarrier orthogonal spread-spectrum (MOSS) data communications Systems and methods are described for multicarrier orthogonal spread-spectrum (MOSS) data communication. A method includes individually spread-spectrum modulating at least two of a set of orthogonal frequency division multiplexed carriers, wherein the resulting indi... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313499 | Apparatus for characterizing the temporo-spatial properties of a dynamic fluid front and method thereof Methods and apparatus are described for characterizing the temporal-spatial properties of a dynamic fluid front within a mold space while the mold space is being filled with fluid. A method includes providing a mold defining a mold space and having one or more openi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312875 | Two-wavelength spatial-heterodyne holography Systems and methods are described for obtaining two-wavelength differential-phase holograms. A method includes determining a difference between a filtered analyzed recorded first spatially heterodyne hologram phase and a filtered analyzed recorded second spatially-h... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7298532 | Single beam write and/or replay of spatial heterodyne holograms A method of writing a spatially heterodyne hologram having spatially heterodyne fringes includes: passing a single write beam through a spatial light modulator that digitally modulates said single write beam; and focusing the single write beam at a focal plane of a ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7288771 | Fiber optic thermal/fast neutron and gamma ray scintillation detector A system for detecting fissile and fissionable material originating external to the system includes: a 6Li loaded glass fiber scintillator for detecting thermal neutrons, x-rays and gamma rays; a fast scintillator for detecting fast neutrons, x-rays and g... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7266969 | Refrigerant directly cooled capacitors The invention is a direct contact refrigerant cooling system using a refrigerant floating loop having a refrigerant and refrigeration devices. The cooling system has at least one hermetic container disposed in the refrigerant floating loop. The hermetic container ha... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258752 | Wrought stainless steel compositions having engineered microstructures for improved heat resistance A wrought stainless steel alloy composition includes 12% to 25% Cr, 8% to 25% Ni, 0.05% to 1% Nb, 0.05% to 10% Mn, 0.02% to 0.15% C, 0.02% to 0.5% N, with the balance iron, the composition having the capability of developing an engineered microstructure at a tempera... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7229692 | Nanoconduits and nanoreplicants Methods, manufactures, machines and compositions are described for nanotransfer and nanoreplication using deterministically grown sacrificial nanotemplates. An apparatus includes a substrate and a nanoconduit material coupled to a surface of the substrate, where the... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7216690 | Method and apparatus for semi-solid material processing A method of forming a material includes the steps of: vibrating a molten material at an ultrasonic frequency while cooling the material to a semi-solid state to form non-dendritic grains therein; forming the semi-solid material into a desired shape; and cooling the ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7211181 | Photoelectrochemical molecular comb A method, system, and apparatus are provided for separating molecules, such as biomolecules. The method, system, and apparatus utilize an electrochemical cell having at least to electrodes, one electrode comprising a photo-sensitive material capable of generating a ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209861 | Methods for improved forewarning of critical events across multiple data channels This disclosed invention concerns improvements in forewarning of critical events via phase-space dissimilarity analysis of data from mechanical devices, electrical devices, biomedical data, and other physical processes. First, a single channel of process-indicative ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7192567 | Precursor soot synthesis of fullerenes and nanotubes without formation of carbonaceous soot The present invention is a method for the synthesis of fullerenes and/or nanotubes from precursor soot without the formation of carbonaceous soot. The method comprises the pyrolysis of a hydrocarbon fuel source by heating the fuel source at a sufficient temperature ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7148969 | Apparatus for direct-to-digital spatially-heterodyned holography An apparatus operable to record a spatially low-frequency heterodyne hologram including spatially heterodyne fringes for Fourier analysis includes: a laser; a beamsplitter optically coupled to the laser; an object optically coupled to the beamsplitter; a focusing le... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7129611 | Method and radial gap machine for high strength undiffused brushless operation A radial gap brushless electric machine (30) having a stator (31) and a rotor (32) and a main air gap (34) also has at least one stationary excitation coil (35a, 36a) separated from the rotor (32) by a s... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7119905 | Spatial-heterodyne interferometry for transmission (SHIFT) measurements Systems and methods are described for spatial-heterodyne interferometry for transmission (SHIFT) measurements. A method includes digitally recording a spatially-heterodyned hologram including spatial heterodyne fringes for Fourier analysis using a reference beam, an... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116425 | Faster processing of multiple spatially-heterodyned direct to digital holograms Systems and methods are described for faster processing of multiple spatially-heterodyned direct to digital holograms. A method includes of obtaining multiple spatially-heterodyned holograms, includes: digitally recording a first spatially-heterodyned hologram inclu... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7109515 | Carbon containing tips with cylindrically symmetrical carbon containing expanded bases Systems and methods are described for carbon containing tips with cylindrically symmetrical carbon containing expanded bases. A method includes producing an expanded based carbon containing tip including: fabricating a carbon containing expanded base on a substrate;... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7090757 | Photoelectrochemical molecular comb A method and apparatus for separating molecules. The apparatus includes a substrate having a surface. A film in contact with the surface defines a substrate/film interface. An electrode electrically connected to the film applies a voltage potential between the elect... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092440 | Hybrid spread-spectrum technique for expanding channel capacity Methods, systems and devices are described for a direct-sequence spread-spectrum communication scheme that increases the number of users by utilizing a plurality of closely spaced orthogonal carriers that produce overlapping spectra. A method includes overlapping a ... | 08/15/2006 |
