Pillion; John E. - US Patent Attorneys and Agents

Attorney: Pillion; John E.

Number of patents: 30
Last date: May 08, 2012

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8172923	Apparatus and method for reducing particle contamination in a vacuum chamber An apparatus and method for maintaining low gas velocity variation across a diffuser membrane during the vent-up of a vacuum chamber is disclosed. The diffuser membrane permeability and the pressure conditions across the membrane are chosen to minimize variation in ...	05/08/2012
8091618	Exchange apparatus An exchange apparatus comprised of hollow perfluorinated thermoplastic tubes fusion bonded into a perfluorinated thermoplastic material to form unified terminal end blocks is disclosed. The hollow tubes are shaped by plaiting the tubes into cords and thermally annea...	01/10/2012
7984526	Methods and materials for making a monolithic porous pad cast onto a rotatable base The present invention includes methods and materials for making a brush or pad for removing materials, particles, or chemicals from a substrate. The brush or pad includes a rotatable base for supporting a porous pad material. The base include an inner surface and an...	07/26/2011
7963401	Atmospheric pressure microwave plasma treated porous membranes Versions of the invention include compositions and methods for making them that include a polymeric porous membrane with one or more atmospheric pressure microwave plasma modified surfaces. The modified porous membrane is stable, non-dewetting, and retains its mecha...	06/21/2011
7717405	Hollow fiber membrane contact apparatus and process Disclosed is a shell side contactor which can be used to form ozonated water. The contactor includes a shell and a plurality of porous perfluoroalkoxy resin thermoplastic hollow fibers that are potted at each end of the shell. The perfluoroalkoxy resin hollow fibers...	05/18/2010
7534287	Porous sintered composite materials The present invention is directed to porous composite materials comprised of a porous base material and a powdered nanoparticle material. The porous base material has the powdered nanoparticle material penetrating a portion of the porous base material; the powdered ...	05/19/2009
7520984	Filter cartridge construction A filtration module (10) is provided which includes a manifold (12), a filter cartridge (16) and a bowl (14) which houses the filter cartridge (16). The filter cartridge (16) and bowl (14) are connected to each other ...	04/21/2009
7462283	System and method for liquid filtration based on a neutral filter material The present invention teaches, that the removal of particles of any charge from liquid stream is possible by mechanisms other than sieving with good flow and low pressure drop. The use of a weakly charged or neutral surface on the one or more filters within a pre-se...	12/09/2008
7407708	High-strength, chemically resistant laminar film with limited extractables A chemically resistant, extractable free, composite laminar film including polyimide, PFA and m-PTFE layers. ...	08/05/2008
7404493	Filter device including pleated filter incorporated in a housing The present invention provides a filter that can minimize the amount of residual liquid within the housing or container with a simplified construction. The article includes a cylinder portion having a cylindrical internal space with both ends open, a cylindrically f...	07/29/2008
7389689	Non-porous adherent inert coatings and methods of making The present invention include non-porous adherent coatings of chemically inert high purity poly-oligomers deposited on substrates. The coatings are applied and cured on the substrates at relatively low temperatures which permits the coating process to be performed w...	06/24/2008
7387661	Pleated construction for effecting gas transfer membrane A contactor for effecting passage through a membrane from a first fluid a second fluid is provided. A cylindrical pleated membrane cartridge is positioned within a housing having a first inlet and a first outlet from a first fluid and at lest a second outlet for a s...	06/17/2008
7329311	Porous sintered composite materials The present invention is directed to porous composite materials comprised of a porous base material and a powdered nanoparticle material. The porous base material has the powdered nanoparticle material penetrating a portion of the porous base material; the powdered ...	02/12/2008
7316728	Method and apparatus for treating fluids The present invention is directed to an apparatus for combining a component from a fluid composition with a reactive fluid. The apparatus includes a hollow fiber contactor (142) having a plurality of hollow fibers contained within a housing. A reactive fluid ...	01/08/2008
7311808	Device and method for increasing mass transport at liquid-solid diffusion boundary layer A device and method for increasing the mass transport rate of a chemical or electrochemical process at the solid and fluid interface in a fluid cell. The device includes a membrane in close contact with surface of the work piece, to separate the process cell into tw...	12/25/2007
7308932	Exchange apparatus An exchange apparatus comprised of hollow thermoplastic tubes infusion bonded into a thermoplastic material is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment the hollow tubes are shaped by plaiting the tubes into cords and then thermally annealing the cords to set the crests ...	12/18/2007
7297255	Mass or energy transfer cartridge and module A mass transfer or energy transfer module is provided which includes a manifold, a cartridge and a bowl which houses the cartridge. The cartridge and bowl are connected to each other at least two flanges which fit into slots of the bowl to form a unitary constructio...	11/20/2007
7249628	Apparatus for conditioning the temperature of a fluid This invention relates to an apparatus for conditioning the temperature of a fluid by utilizing a thermoplastic heat exchanger (50) comprised of a plurality of hollow tubes. The apparatus controls the temperature of a process fluid inside the heat exchanger (...	07/31/2007
7247245	Filtration cartridge and process for filtering a slurry A depth filter design is disclosed which has little if any open void area upstream of the media. Preferably, it also has little if any open void area downstream of the media as well. A preferred embodiment uses layers of stacked, fibrous media with several of the la...	07/24/2007
7169302	Filter cartridge construction A filtration module (10) is provided which includes a manifold (12), a filter cartridge (16) and a bowl (14) which houses the filter cartridge (16). The filter cartridge (16) and bowl (14) are connected to each other ...	01/30/2007
7153425	Process and filter for filtering a slurry The present invention comprises a process for filtering a slurry and a filter cartridge construction for filtering a slurry having a filtration medium formed of a depth filter such as a cylindrical seamless fibrous depth filter comprising a nonwoven fibrous mass, wo...	12/26/2006
7132048	Filter element-removing jig The object is to provide a filter element extracting jig which facilitates the extracting operation of a filter element from a housing of a filter device and prevents its contamination. A filter element extracting jig is formed from an elastic plate and compr...	11/07/2006
7112237	Porous sintered composite materials The present invention is directed to porous composite materials comprised of a porous base material and a powdered nanoparticle material. The porous base material has the powdered nanoparticle material penetrating a portion of the porous base material; the powdered ...	09/26/2006
7112363	Porous or non-porous substrate coated with a polymeric composition having hydrophilic functional groups and process A crosslinked fluorocarbon such as perfluorocarbon, polymeric composition is provided having hydrophilic functional groups, which is crosslinked with fluorinated such as perfluorinated crosslinking groups. Also provided is a branched fluorocarbon such as perfluoroca...	09/26/2006
7101479	Filter cartridge construction A filtration module (10) is provided which includes a manifold (12), a filter cartridge (16) and a bowl (14) which houses the filter cartridge (16). The filter cartridge (16) and bowl (14) are connected to each other ...	09/05/2006
7074413	Genetically engineered rabies recombinant vaccine for immunization of stray dogs and wildlife Live, attenuated recombinant rabies virus vaccines are generated using reverse genetics to combine the antigenic determinants that render the rabies virus non-pathogenic with the determinants that are responsible for the elicitation of an effective anti-rabies immun...	07/11/2006
7052809	Membrane and reticle-pellicle apparatus with purged pellicle-to-reticle gap using same A gas porous media which comprises a material having a low coefficient of thermal expansion that is capable of retaining 99.99% or more of particles of a size of about 0.003 microns and larger at 0.2 slpm/cm2 while demonstrating a permeability of 3.5×10	05/30/2006
7014679	Process for degassing an aqueous plating solution A process for removing oxygen from a copper plating solution is provided. The solution is passed through a degasser comprising a shell and hollow hydrophobic fiber porous membranes wherein the shell while a vacuum is drawn on the surfaces of the fibers opposite the ...	03/21/2006
6964187	Vacuum sensor An apparatus and method for measuring the vapor or gas content of a vacuum chamber (1) by a vapor sensor (21) located in the fore-line of a vacuum system is provide. The gas or vapor content is determined by first providing a zero condition for the sen...	11/15/2005
6852250	Compositions produced by solvent exchange methods and articles of manufacture comprising same Disclosed are coatings, films, and articles of manufacture comprising or derived from compositions that are produced by a method for exchanging solvent in a mixture that includes water and an optionally substituted thiophene. Also disclosed are methods for making an...	02/08/2005

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