...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110236300 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF A METAL HYDRIDE A process for production of a metal hydride compound MHx, wherein x is one or two and M is an alkali metal, Be or Mg. The process comprises combining a compound of formula (R1O)xM with aluminum, hydrogen and at least one metal selected f... | 09/29/2011 |
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| 20110104034 | Hydride compounds This invention is directed to compositions of matter comprising a hydride ion having a binding energy greater than about 0.8 eV. The claimed hydride ions may be combined with cations, including a proton, to form novel hydrides.... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20100323253 | Systems and Methods for Hydrogen Storage and Generation from Water Using Lithium Based Materials A process for forming lithium hydride for use in storing and producing hydrogen is presented. The process includes reacting lithium oxide with water to form a regenerated lithium hydroxide and reacting the regenerated lithium hydroxide with magnesium to form magnesium o... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100256347 | Agents for carbon dioxide capture, agents for amine stabilization and methods of making agents for carbon dioxide capture and amine stabilization Amine stabilizing agents containing an azeotrope comprising water, an alcohol, and sodium hydride. Amine stabilizing agents containing water and a liquid silica hydroxide compound. Methods of making of amine stabilizing agents where solid silicon rock and sodium hydroxi... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100135898 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL HYDRIDE Disclosed is a method for producing a metal hydride, which enables to obtain a metal hydride from a metal imide or a metal amide. Specifically, in an air current containing a hydrogen gas having a hydrogen partial pressure of 0.1 MPa or greater, hydrogen is reacted with... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100034724 | Carbon Dioxide Capture A method of carbon dioxide capture is disclosed. In a step (a) anhydrous sodium carbonate is separated from a first aqueous solution formed by reacting carbon dioxide and an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide. In step (b) the anhydrous sodium carbonate is treated by c... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20090246112 | Hydride fuel and explosive This invention is directed to compositions of matter comprising a hydride ion having a binding energy greater than about 0.8 eV. The claimed hydride ions may be combined with cations, including a proton, to form novel hydrides.... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090142258 | PHYSIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY TO REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN STORAGE In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a process for cyclic dehydrogenation and rehydrogenation of hydrogen storage materials is provided. The process includes liberating hydrogen from a hydrogen storage material comprising hydrogen atoms chemically bonded to one ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090130016 | Doped thermionic cathode and method of making doped thermionic cathode Provided is a thermionic cathode doped with an increased binding energy hydrogen species and a method of making the doped thermionic cathode.... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090123360 | Inorganic hydrogen compounds Compounds are provided comprising at least one neutral, positive, or negative hydrogen species having a binding energy greater than its corresponding ordinary hydrogen species, or greater than any hydrogen species for which the corresponding ordinary hydrogen species is... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090010836 | HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIALS, METAL HYDRIDES AND COMPLEX HYDRIDES PREPARED USING LOW-BOILING-POINT SOLVENTS The invention provides systems and methods for preparing hydrogen storage materials using low boiling point solvents or reaction media. Examples of such solvents or reaction media include dimethyl ether, ethyl methyl ether, epoxyethane, and trimethylamine. The synthesis... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080199395 | Reversible Hydrogen Storage Composition, Method of Making and Uses of Said Composition The invention relates to a reversible hydrogen storage composition comprising lithium hydride which desorbs hydrogen when heated in a hydrogen environment to a temperature of 470° C. or more to form a hydrogenated state, and absorbs hydrogen when cooled to 420° C. or ... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20070243125 | SYNERGISTICALLY DOPED POTASSIUM NIOBATE The present invention provides a photorefractive potassium niobate (KNbO3) crystal including a first impurity added substitutionally to the niobium (Nb) site and a second impurity added substitutionally to the potassium (K) site, wherein the first and second ... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070009425 | Method for producing alkali metal hydrides and hydrogen The invention relates to a method for producing hydrogen, comprising: (i) reacting an alkali metal compound with a carbon-containing substance and hydrogen to obtain an alkali metal hydride; and (ii) reacting the alkali metal hydride that has been obtained with water to... | 01/11/2007 |