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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8174136 | Adaptive pitch control for variable speed wind turbines An adaptive method for adjusting blade pitch angle, and controllers implementing such a method, for achieving higher power coefficients. Average power coefficients are determined for first and second periods of operation for the wind turbine. When the average power ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173891 | Monolithic, multi-bandgap, tandem, ultra-thin, strain-counterbalanced, photovoltaic energy converters with optimal subcell bandgaps Modeling a monolithic, multi-bandgap, tandem, solar photovoltaic converter or thermophotovoltaic converter by constraining the bandgap value for the bottom subcell to no less than a particular value produces an optimum combination of subcell bandgaps that provide th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8084265 | Method and Pd/V2 O5 device for H2 detection Methods and Pd/V2O5 devices for hydrogen detection are disclosed. An exemplary method of preparing an improved sensor for chemochromic detection of hydrogen gas over a wide response range exhibits stability during repeated coloring/bleaching cy... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8075792 | Nanoparticle-based etching of silicon surfaces A method (300) of texturing silicon surfaces (116) such to reduce reflectivity of a silicon wafer (110) for use in solar cells. The method (300) includes filling (330, 340) a vessel (122) with a volume of an etching solution... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8067687 | High-efficiency, monolithic, multi-bandgap, tandem photovoltaic energy converters A monolithic, multi-bandgap, tandem solar photovoltaic converter has at least one, and preferably at least two, subcells grown lattice-matched on a substrate with a bandgap in medium to high energy portions of the solar spectrum and at least one subcell grown lattic... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8057850 | Formation of copper-indium-selenide and/or copper-indium-gallium-selenide films from indium selenide and copper selenide precursors Liquid-based indium selenide and copper selenide precursors, including copper-organoselenides, particulate copper selenide suspensions, copper selenide ethylene diamine in liquid solvent, nanoparticulate indium selenide suspensions, and indium selenide ethylene diam... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8006566 | Screening of silicon wafers used in photovoltaics A method for screening silicon-based wafers used in the photovoltaic industry is provided herewith. ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7953561 | Resonance test system An apparatus (10) for applying at least one load to a specimen (12) according to one embodiment of the invention may comprise a mass (18). An actuator (20) mounted to the specimen (12) and operatively associated with the mass (1... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7932054 | Methods of using thermal tolerant avicelase from The invention provides a thermal tolerant (thermostable) cellulase, AviIII, that is a member of the glycoside hydrolase (GH) family. AviIII was isolated and characterized from Acidothermus cellulolyticus, and, like many cellulases, the disclosed polypeptide a... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7915196 | Attrition resistant fluidizable reforming catalyst A method of preparing a steam reforming catalyst characterized by improved resistance to attrition loss when used for cracking, reforming, water gas shift and gasification reactions on feedstock in a fluidized bed reactor, comprising: fabricating the ceramic support... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7910373 | HO doped WO, ultra-fast, high-sensitivity hydrogen sensors An ultra-fast response, high sensitivity structure for optical detection of low concentrations of hydrogen gas, comprising: a substrate; a water-doped WO3 layer coated on the substrate; and a palladium layer coated on the water-doped WO3 layer.... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7846712 | L-arabinose fermenting yeast An L-arabinose utilizing yeast strain is provided for the production of ethanol by introducing and expressing bacterial araA, araB and araD genes. L-arabinose transporters are also introduced into the yeast to enhance the uptake of arabinose. The yeast carries addit... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7859846 | Low thermal resistance power module assembly A power module assembly (400) with low thermal resistance and enhanced heat dissipation to a cooling medium. The assembly includes a heat sink or spreader plate (410) with passageways or openings (414) for coolant that extend through the plate f... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7820132 | Hot wire production of single-wall and multi-wall carbon nanotubes Apparatus (210) for producing a multi-wall carbon nanotube (213) may comprise a process chamber (216), a furnace (217) operatively associated with the process chamber (216), and at least one filament (218) positioned within ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7815862 | Wafer characteristics via reflectometry Various exemplary methods (800, 900, 1000, 1100) are directed to determining wafer thickness and/or wafer surface characteristics. An exemplary method (900) includes measuring reflectance of a wafer and comparing the measured reflectance to a calculate... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7754352 | Amorphous semiconducting and conducting transparent metal oxide thin films and production thereof Metal oxide thin films and production thereof are disclosed. An exemplary method of producing a metal oxide thin film may comprise introducing at least two metallic elements and oxygen into a process chamber to form a metal oxide. The method may also comprise deposi... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7722966 | Nano-composite materials Nano-composite materials are disclosed. An exemplary method of producing a nano-composite material may comprise co-sputtering a transition metal and a refractory metal in a reactive atmosphere. The method may also comprise co-depositing a transition metal and a refr... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7629236 | Method for passivating crystal silicon surfaces In a method of making a c-Si-based cell or a μc-Si-based cell, the improvement of increasing the minority charge carrier's lifetime, comprising: a) placing a c-Si or polysilicon wafer into CVD reaction chamber under a low vacuum condition and subjecting the substra... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7601215 | Method for rapid, controllable growth and thickness, of epitaxial silicon films A method of producing epitaxial silicon films on a c-Si wafer substrate using hot wire chemical vapor deposition by controlling the rate of silicon deposition in a temperature range that spans the transition from a monohydride to a hydrogen free silicon surface in a... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7560409 | Photo-oxidation catalysts Photo-oxidation catalysts and methods for cleaning a metal-based catalyst are disclosed. An exemplary catalyst system implementing a photo-oxidation catalyst may comprise a metal-based catalyst, and a photo-oxidation catalyst for cleaning the metal-based catalyst in... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7538200 | Thermal tolerant avicelase from Acidothermus cellulolyticus The invention provides a thermal tolerant (thermostable) cellulase, AviIII, that is a member of the glycoside hydrolase (GH) family. AviIII was isolated and characterized from Acidothermus cellulolyticus and, like many cellulases, the disclosed polypeptide an... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7517784 | Method for producing high carrier concentration p-Type transparent conducting oxides A method for producing transparent p-type conducting oxide films without co-doping plasma enhancement or high temperature comprising: a) introducing a dialkyl metal at ambient temperature and a saturated pressure in a carrier gas into a low pressure deposition chamb... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7501270 | Oxygen-resistant hydrogenases and methods for designing and making same The invention provides oxygen- resistant iron-hydrogenases ([Fe]-hydrogenases) for use in the production of H2. Methods used in the design and engineering of the oxygen-resistant [Fe]-hydrogenases are disclosed, as are the methods of transforming and culturing appro... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7471010 | Wind turbine tower for storing hydrogen and energy A wind turbine tower assembly for storing compressed gas such as hydrogen. The tower assembly includes a wind turbine having a rotor, a generator driven by the rotor, and a nacelle housing the generator. The tower assembly includes a foundation and a tubular tower w... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7459188 | Method and apparatus for making diamond-like carbon films Ion-assisted plasma enhanced deposition of diamond-like carbon (DLC) films on the surface of photovoltaic solar cells is accomplished with a method and apparatus for controlling ion energy. The quality of DLC layers is fine-tuned by a properly biased system of speci... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7449550 | Superactive cellulase formulation using cellobiohydrolase-1 from Purified cellobiohydrolase I (glycosyl hydrolase family 7 (Cel7A) enzymes from Penicillium funiculosum demonstrate a high level of specific performance in comparison to other Cel7 family member enzymes when formulated with purified EIcd endoglucanase from ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448441 | Carbon nanotube heat-exchange systems A carbon nanotube heat-exchange system (10) and method for producing the same. One embodiment of the carbon nanotube heat-exchange system (10) comprises a microchannel structure (24) having an inlet end (30) and an outlet end (32),... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7420669 | Optic probe for semiconductor characterization Described herein is an optical probe (120) for use in characterizing surface defects in wafers, such as semiconductor wafers. The optical probe (120) detects laser light reflected from the surface (124) of the wafer (106) within various r... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419635 | Pd/VOdevice for colorimetric Hdetection A sensor structure for chemochromic optical detection of hydrogen gas over a wide response range, that exhibits stability during repeated coloring/bleaching cycles upon exposure and removal of hydrogen gas, comprising: a glass substrate (20); a vanadium oxide... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7393673 | Thermal tolerant exoglucanase from The invention provides a thermal tolerant cellulase that is a member of the glycoside hydrolase family. The invention further discloses this cellulase as Gux1. Gux1 has been isolated and characterized from Acidothermus cellulolyticus. The invention further pr... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7374939 | Method of inactivation of an end product of energy metabolism in The present invention briefly provides a method of site-specific insertion in Zymomonas, comprising, providing a Zymomonas gene fragment, interrupting a DNA sequence the fragment, and transforming the Zymomonas through homologous recombination w... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373904 | Stratified vapor generator A stratified vapor generator (110) comprises a first heating section (H1) and a second heating section (H2). The first and second heating sections (H1, H2) are arranged so that the inlet of the second heating sectio... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7375197 | Cellobiohydrolase I gene and improved variants The disclosure provides a method for preparing an active exoglucanase in a heterologous host of eukaryotic origin. The method includes mutagenesis to reduce glycosylation of the exoglucanase when expressed in a heterologous host. It is further disclosed a method to ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7364890 | Thermal tolerant avicelase from The invention provides a thermal tolerant (thermostable) cellulase, AviIII, that is a member of the glycoside hydrolase (GH) family. AviIII was isolated and characterized from Acidothermus cellulolyticus and, like many cellulases, the disclosed polypeptide an... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354755 | Stable zymomonas mobilis xylose and arabinose fermenting strains The present invention briefly includes a transposon for stable insertion of foreign genes into a bacterial genome, comprising at least one operon having structural genes encoding enzymes selected from the group consisting of xylAxylB, araBAD and tal/tkt, and at leas... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7329554 | Reactive codoping of GaAlInP compound semiconductors A GaAlInP compound semiconductor and a method of producing a GaAlInP compound semiconductor are provided. The apparatus and method comprises a GaAs crystal substrate in a metal organic vapor deposition reactor. Al, Ga, In vapors are prepared by thermally decomposing... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7309832 | Multi-junction solar cell device A multi-junction solar cell device (10) is provided. The multi-junction solar cell device (10) comprises either two or three active solar cells connected in series in a monolithic structure. The multi-junction device (10) comprises a bottom acti... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306951 | Method and apparatus for determining diffusible hydrogen concentrations A measuring apparatus and method for use in measuring diffusible hydrogen concentrations in materials, structures, and other objects. In an embodiment of the invention for use in welding applications, the measuring apparatus (10) includes a sensor assembly ( | 12/11/2007 |
| 7306650 | Using liquid desiccant as a regenerable filter for capturing and deactivating contaminants A method, and systems for implementing such method, for purifying and conditioning air of weaponized contaminants. The method includes wetting a filter packing media with a salt-based liquid desiccant, such as water with a high concentration of lithium chloride. Air... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300890 | Method and apparatus for forming conformal SiNfilms A silicon nitride film formation method includes: Heating a substrate to be subjected to film formation to a substrate temperature; heating a wire to a wire temperature; supplying silane, ammonia, and hydrogen gases to the heating member; and forming a silicon nitri... | 11/27/2007 |
