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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120039782 | DENSIFIED FUMED METAL OXIDES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME A method for producing a densified fumed metal oxide having an increased bulk density and substantially the same surface area as an undensified fumed metal oxide with the same molecular composition is provided. The fumed metal oxide is wetted with a solvent to form a we... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120027668 | LOW VALENCE TITANIUM OXIDES AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME The object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing low valence titanium oxides in a steady supply manner acceptable in industrial production. The low valence titanium oxides are produced by electrical discharge between two electrodes in an aqueous m... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110318249 | NOVEL POROUS METAL OXIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND USE OF THE SAME Disclosed is a porous metal oxide obtained by subjecting metal alkoxide and/or a partially hydrolyzed condensate of the metal alkoxide to a sol-gel reaction in the presence of terminally branched copolymer particles represented by the following general formula (1) and h... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110287282 | Fine Structural Body, Method For Manufacturing Fine Structural Body, Magnetic Memory, Charge Storage Memory And Optical Information Recording Medium There are provided a fine structural body capable of manifesting an unprecedented property; a manufacturing method thereof; and a magnetic memory, a charge storage memory and an optical information recording medium employing such fine structural body. Unlike conventiona... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110287940 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND APPARATUS COMPRISING TRANSPARENT SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIAL An optical element is disclosed which includes transparent superconductor material.... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110268956 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING CERAMIC COATINGS AND CERAMIC COATINGS OBTAINED The invention relates to a process for obtaining ceramic coatings and ceramic coatings obtained. This process allows obtaining coatings of ceramic oxides, such as ZrO2, Al2O3, TiO2, Cr2O3, Y2O<... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110229793 | METAL OXIDE ELECTROCATALYST, USE THEREOF, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING METAL OXIDE ELECTROCATALYSTS A metal oxide electrode catalyst which includes a metal oxide (Y) obtained by heat treating a metal compound (X) under an oxygen-containing atmosphere. The valence of the metal in the metal compound (X) is smaller than the valence of the metal in the metal oxide (Y). Fu... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110223098 | TITANIUM OXIDE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME A method of producing a titanium oxide, including the steps of: ion-exchanging a sodium titanium oxide Na2Ti6O13, to synthesize Li2Ti6O13; subjecting Li2Ti6O13 to proton e... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110209294 | AGENTS FOR IMPROVING DYE FASTNESS An agent that is capable of improving dye fastness is provided. The agent includes a compound that includes at least one functional group capable of forming at least one interaction or at least one bond with a fiber or a dye molecule. Also, a method for using the agents... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110204278 | TITANIUM OXIDE PARTICLES, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, MAGNETIC MEMORY, AND CHARGE STORAGE TYPE MEMORY There are provided titanium oxide particles capable of manifesting an unprecedented property, a manufacturing method thereof and a magnetic memory as well as a charge storage type memory employing the titanium oxide particles. Unlike-conventional bulk bodies phase-trans... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110189403 | Coating Material Comprising a Basic Additive A coating material includes an amorphous alkali titanate.... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110178336 | METHOD OF PRODUCING PHTHALOYL DICHLORIDE COMPOUND, CATALYST FOR USE IN THE METHOD, AND METHOD OF FORMING THE CATALYST A method of producing a phthaloyl dichloride compound, the method including: providing a compound represented by the following formula (1) and a compound represented by the following formula (2); and bringing the compound represented by the following formula (1) and the... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110152400 | Composite material, in particular a dental filling material, ultrasonic curing of dental filling materials, and a population of zirconia particles Example embodiments relate to a composite material exhibiting a low or even negligible volumetric shrinkage upon curing, or even a small expansion (e.g. up to 0.5%), in particular composite materials in the form of dental filling materials. Example embodiments also rela... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110136013 | Material for coating a positive electrode of a lithium-ion battery and a method for making the same A method is disclosed for coating a positive active material of a lithium-ion battery. The method includes the step of dissolving at least one salt that contains a coating metal in a solvent to provide a solution, the step of dissolving a lithium-containing positive act... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110094577 | CONDUCTIVE METAL OXIDE FILMS AND PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES Article comprising a substrate; and a conductive metal oxide film adjacent to a surface of the substrate, wherein the conductive metal oxide film has an electron mobility (cm2/V-s) of 35 or greater are described. Photovoltaic devices comprising conductive met... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110073804 | Titanic Acid Compound, Process For Producing The Titanic Acid Compound, Electrode Active Material Containing The Titanic Acid Compound, And Storage Device Using The Electrode Active Material This invention provides a titanic acid compound-type electrode active material having a high battery capacity and, at the same time, having excellent cycle characteristics. The titanic acid compound exhibits an X-ray diffraction pattern corresponding to a bronze-type ti... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110020213 | TITANIUM OXIDE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME An object is to provide a novel anatase titanium oxide having especially high photocatalytic activity as a photocatalyst useful as a material for environmental clean-up, such as removal of toxic substances, deodorization and decomposition of malodorous substances, preve... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110003085 | Production Of Tailored Metal Oxide Materials Using A Reaction Sol-Gel Approach A porous metal oxide is formed by creating a metal oxide material with a hydrolysis reaction in solution. The hydrolysis reaction or reaction products of a metal oxide precursor react simultaneously or in conjunction with a metal salt or a disassociation species of a me... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100322836 | CONTINUOUS PREPARATION OF CALCINED CHEMICALLY-TREATED SOLID OXIDES The present invention discloses a continuous calcination vessel which can be used to prepare calcined chemically-treated solid oxides from solid oxides and chemically-treated solid oxides. A process for the continuous preparation of calcined chemically-treated solid oxi... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100290945 | SOLUTION BASED ZIRCONIUM PRECURSORS FOR ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION Oxygen free, solution based zirconium precursors for use in ALD processes are disclosed for growing ZrO2 or other Zr compound films in a self-limiting and conformal manner. An oxygen free, solution based ALD precursor of (t-BuCp)2ZrMC2 i... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100276374 | METHOD OF MAKING ZIRCONIA-CONTAINING NANOPARTICLES A method of preparing zirconia-containing nanoparticles and a method of preparing a composite material that includes the zirconia-containing nanoparticles are provided. A method of treating a zirconium carboxylate salt solution to remove alkali metal ions and alkaline e... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100270517 | SOLID DOPANTS FOR CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING THE SAME USING PLASMA TREATMENT, AND SOLID DOPING METHOD OF CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS The present disclosure provides a solid dopant for doping a conductive polymer, which has a high dispersibility in a solvent by a plasma treatment, a method and an apparatus for preparing the solid dopants, a solid doping method of a conductive polymer using the solid d... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100266485 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING NANOPARTICLES A process comprises (a) combining (1) at least one base and (2) at least one metal carboxylate salt comprising (i) a metal cation selected from metal cations that form amphoteric metal oxides or oxyhydroxides and (ii) a lactate or thiolactate anion, or metal carboxylate... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100254875 | MONODISPERSE NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD OF MAKING A material comprising a plurality of nanoparticles. Each of the plurality of nanoparticles includes at least one of a metal phosphate, a metal silicate, a metal oxide, a metal borate, a metal aluminate, and combinations thereof. The plurality of nanoparticles is substan... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100255404 | ELECTROCATALYST LAYER, MEMEBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL Electrocatalyst layers include an electrocatalyst having high oxygen reduction activity that is useful as an alternative material to platinum catalysts. Uses of the electrocatalyst layers are also disclosed. The electrocatalyst layer includ... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100243968 | Titanic Acid Compound, Process For Producing The Titanic Acid Compound, Electrode Active Material Containing The Titanic Acid Compound, And Storage Device Using The Electrode Active Material This invention provides a titanic acid compound-type electrode active material having a high battery capacity and, at the same time, having excellent cycle characteristics. The titanic acid compound exhibits an X-ray diffraction pattern corresponding to a bronze-type ti... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100248297 | PARTICLES AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF Particles and manufacturing methods thereof are provided. The manufacturing method of the particle includes providing a precursor solution containing a precursor dissolved in a solution, and irradiating the precursor solution with a high energy and high flux radiation b... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100209809 | CATALYST LAYER, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL Catalyst layers include an electrocatalyst having high oxygen reduction activity that is useful as an alternative material to platinum catalysts. Uses of the catalyst layers are also disclosed. A catalyst layer of the invention includes an ... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100209334 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TITANIUM OXIDE PARTICLES Titanium oxide particles having a particle having a decahedral box-shape and a particle size in a range of from 1 nm to 100 nm can be selectively and efficiently produced by carrying out a method in which in a case of oxidizing titanium tetrachloride in vapor at high te... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100204033 | ZIRCONIUM DIOXIDE POWDER AND ZIRCONIUM DIOXIDE DISPERSION Zirconium dioxide powder in the form of aggregated primary particles, having a BET surface area of 30 to 150 m2/g and a Berger whiteness of at least 88%. It is prepared by atomizing a solution which comprises an organic zirconium compound and mixing it with a combustion... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100197484 | PREPARATION OF MINERAL PARTICLES IN A SUPERCRITICAL CO2 MEDIUM The present invention relates to a process for preparing mineral particles (p) from mineral species precursors, said process comprising a step (E) in which a fluid medium (F) containing said precursors in solution and/or dispersed in a solvent is injected into a reactor... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100184580 | Glass-ceramic sealant for planar solid oxide fuel cells Glass-ceramic sealant is disclosed for planar solid oxide fuel cells. The glass-ceramic sealant includes 0 to 40 mol % of silicon oxide, 0 to 15 mol % boron oxide, 0 to 10 mol % of aluminum oxide, 0 to 40 mol % of barium oxide, 0 to 15 mol % of calcium oxide, 0 to 15 mo... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100104652 | Use of advanced nanomaterials for increasing sepecific cell functions Disclosed herein are methodologies and compositions for enhancing cellular functions, which can be used in a variety of biological applications.... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100069229 | Method For Synthesising A Nano-Product A method for the synthesis of nano-products, such as atomic titanium oxide wires. The method allows wires of anatase titanium oxide wires to be formed in a range of tunable diameters and aspect ratios in the nanometer and subnanometer size scales. The method also allows... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100068625 | NOVEL TITANIUM OXIDE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME AS ACTIVE MATERIAL The present invention relates to a novel compound characterized by having a one-dimensional tunnel structure and being represented by the chemical formula H2Ti12O25, a method for manufacturing the same, and a lithium secondary battery co... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100055016 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OXIDE-BASED NANO-STRUCTURED MATERIAL Provided is a method of manufacturing oxide-based nano-structured materials using a chemical wet process, and thus, the method can be employed to manufacture oxide-based nano-structured materials having uniform composition and good electrical characteristics in large qu... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100051877 | Superficially Porous Metal Oxide Particles, Methods For Making Them, and Separation Devices Using Them Micelle-templated superficially porous particles having a solid core and an outer porous shell with ordered pore structures and a narrow particle size distribution, such as about ±5% (one sigma), and a high specific surface area of about 5 to about 1000 m2/g... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100040533 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SUBSTOICHIOMETRIC OXIDES OF TITANIUM BY REDUCTION WITH HYDROGEN A method and apparatus are described for manufacturing Ebonex® articles such as rods and tiles from titanium oxide precursors. The precursors are held within the interior space of a kiln and heated in a reducing gas. The precursors are held so that the reducing gas is ... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100028236 | Process For Making Nano-Sized and Micro-Sized Precipitate Particles There is disclosed a process of making nano-sized or micro-sized precipitate particles. The process comprising the steps of mixing, in a reaction zone, a metal salt solution with a precipitant solution to form a precipitate, said precipitate being at least one of a meta... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100028674 | Nanofibers And Methods For Making The Same Nanofibers and methods for making the nanofibers are described. Porous metal oxide nanofibers and porous metal oxide nanofibers comprising metal nanoparticles made via electrospinning methods are also described.... | 02/04/2010 |
