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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438887 | Manganese oxide nanowires, films, and membranes and methods of making Nanowires, films, and membranes comprising ordered porous manganese oxide-based octahedral molecular sieves, and methods of making, are disclosed. A single crystal ultra-long nanowire includes an ordered porous manganese oxide-based octahedral molecular sieve, and h... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7259122 | Chemically-resistant shelter coating A shelter coating comprising polyvinyl alcohol and polyethyleneimine is disclosed. The shelter coating may optionally further include a photocatalyst capable of generating singlet oxygen from ambient air. The shelter coating may optionally include a singlet oxygen s... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252784 | Cyclic ketone peroxide formulations The present invention relates to a cyclic ketone peroxide formulation comprising one or more crystallizing cyclic ketone peroxides, one or more co-crystallizing compounds which solidify in said cyclic ketone peroxide formulation at a temperature above the crystalliz... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7021421 | Transparent noise-barrier wall An object of the present invention is to provide a transparent noise-barrier wall which is slow to foul, easy to clean even when fouled, and capable of maintaining these effects over a long period of time. The transparent noise-barrier wall has brookite titanium dio... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6979663 | Method and apparatus for the production of enrobed catalyst pastilles The present development relates to a process for enrobing active catalytic materials with a protective coating to form pastilles, and to an apparatus for making the pastilles. The process comprises mixing an active catalyst powder with a hydrocarbon material in a lo... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6864201 | Preparation and screening of crystalline zeolite and hydrothermally-synthesized materials Methods and apparatus for the preparation and use of a substrate having an array of diverse materials in predefined regions thereon. A substrate having an array of diverse materials thereon is generally prepared by delivering components of materials to predefined re... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6756195 | Polymerization method from the combinatorial synthesis and analysis of organometallic compounds and catalysts The present invention relates, inter alia, to methodologies for the synthesis, screening and characterization of organometallic compounds and catalysts (e.g., homogeneous catalysts). The methods of the present invention provide for the combinatorial synthesis, scree... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6712976 | Dual-action decontamination system Hydrophobic polymer particles (e.g., granules or fragments) employed as filter media, e.g., for filtering runoff water, include an antimicrobial compound on exterior surfaces and can reduce proliferation of microbial organisms as well as sorb chemical contaminants f... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6670298 | Combinatorial synthesis and analysis of organometallic compounds and catalysts The present invention relates, inter alia, to methodologies for the synthesis, screening and characterization of organometallic compounds and catalysts (e.g., homogeneous catalysts). The methods of the present invention provide for the combinatorial synth... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6524489 | Advanced composite media This invention relates to advanced composite filtration media comprising a functional filtration component and a matrix component, and methods for preparing and using same. More particularly, this invention pertains to advanced composite filtration media ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6395552 | Synthesis and analysis of mixed inorganic oxides and catalysts The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for rapid synthesis and analysis of members of a combinatorial library. The apparatus includes a plurality of vessels for containing individual library members and a fluid handling system that apport... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6248540 | Combinatorial synthesis and analysis of organometallic compounds and homogeneous catalysts The present invention relates, inter alia, to methodologies for the synthesis, screening and characterization of organometailic compounds and catalysts (e.g., homogeneous catalysts). The methods of the present invention provide for the combinatorial synth... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6030917 | Combinatorial synthesis and analysis of organometallic compounds and catalysts The present invention relates, inter alia, to methodologies for the synthesis, screening and characterization of organometallic compounds and catalysts (e.g., homogeneous catalysts). The methods of the present invention provide for the combinatorial synth... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5968242 | Colourant-loaded molecular sieve A molecular sieve, which contains in all, or only in some, of its cavities colorant molecules as well as a modifier which is covalently bound to said molecular sieve and which reduces its pore diameter, a process for its preparation as well as its use as ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5922461 | Method for inhibiting adsorption of container-derived contaminants on drugs and contamination-inhibitory containers This invention provides a method for inhibiting adsorption of container-derived contaminants on a powdery or solid drug which comprises establishing a lower alcohol vapor phase within a container made, at least in part, of rubber or a plastic material. Th... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5846899 | Ceramic honeycomb catalyst having excellent thermal shock resistance A ceramic honeycomb catalyst having an excellent thermal shock resistance in which a carrier is coated on a ceramic honeycomb structural body, has a mean thermal expansion coefficient in a range from 40° to 800° C. of smaller than 0.7×10-6 /... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5766501 | Tire balancing A method and composition of matter for balancing tire and rim assemblies of vehicles is disclosed wherein the composition of matter has rounded balancing elements of different sizes to line the interior of a tire casing and to move over the lining to offs... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5684115 | (Co)polycarbonate composition containing boric acid and a basic catalyst A processes for producing a (co)polycarbonate having a low terminal hydroxyl group concentration and being excellent in heat resistance and hue, which comprises melt-polycondensing a dihydroxy compound with a carbonic diester in the presence of a catalyst... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5658978 | (Co)polycarbonate and borate composition A processes for producing a (co)polycarbonate having a low terminal hydroxyl group concentration and being excellent in heat resistance and hue, which comprises melt-polycondensing a dihydroxy compound with a carbonic diester in the presence of a catalyst... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5573585 | Molecular sieves containing azo dyes Crystalline molecular sieves useful as colorants contain one or more chromophores of the class of the mono- or polyazo dyes that are devoid of acidic groups.... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5328894 | Food-preserving agent A food-preserving agent comprising an oxygen absorbent and a compound represented by the following structural formula (I): ##STR1## , wherein n is an integer of 2 to 4 and X is H or CH3, can remove generated acetaldehyde effective, thereby... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5204302 | Catalyst composition and a method for its preparation A multi-layered catalyst on a metal substrate and a method for its preparation is provided. The catalyst includes a substrate, an adhesive sublayer whose improved adhesion to the substrate is obtained by the formation of a diffusion layer between the subs... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5057468 | Catalytic distillation structure The present invention provides catalytic distillation structures which are useful in the concurrent reaction and distillation of a reaction mixture. The distillation structures are provided as rigid containers having a volume substantially smaller than th... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5051207 | Heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant composition A heat-resistant, corrosion-resistant composition comprising a metal alcoholate, a curing agent, a filler and an organic solvent.... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4299718 | Process for preparing mixtures of peroxides A process for preparing peroxidic mixtures, more particularly mixtures of ketone peroxides useful as polymerization initiators for unsaturated polyester resins, is disclosed. The process comprises in situ peroxidation of one or more ketone compounds with ... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4252679 | Preparation of magnetic catalysts (MSB-06) A novel catalyst composition, and process for the preparation of magnetic, catalytic composites to improve catalytic metals utilization. A particulate magnetic alloy of iron or cobalt is contacted with a phosphate ion containing solution and reacted there... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4235716 | Fluorescent indicators for chromatography and sorption agents containing them Magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, zinc and/or cadmium tungstate and/or calcium molybdate are good fluorescent indicators for use in sorption agents for chromatography. They are especially useful because of the stability of their fluorescent propertie... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4201831 | Magnetic adsorbent composite Magnetic adsorbent composite composed of a magnetic substrate particle which is non-reactive under conditions of use and which is encapsulated with adherent activated carbon.... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4168945 | Explosion proof bed for catalyst combustion heater The incorporation into a catalyst bed for a catalytic combustion heater including carrier material and a platinum and/or palladium catalyst, of iron oxide in amounts sufficient to render the bed explosion-proof when operated in explosive and inflammable a... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4115249 | Process for removing sulfur from a gas Sulfur oxides are removed from flue gas in a catalyst regenerator in a fluid catalyst cracking system while liquid-hydrocarbon product yield from the system is maintained at a high level by heating a particulate silica-containing cracking catalyst to 800-... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4043934 | Catalyst and method for oxidizing reducing gases A reducing gas, such as, carbon monoxide (CO) or unsaturated hydrocarbons, is oxidized by contacting a mixture of the gas and oxygen with a catalyst or reagent which includes palladium sulfate and ammonium molybdate adsorbed on silica gel. The reducing ga... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4027476 | Composite catalyst bed and method for making the same A composite catalyst bed comprising a foam metal matrix packed with a plurality of catalyst particles. The foam metal matrix is a three dimensional, structurally rigid network of interconnected ligaments which define a plurality of interconnected pores fi... | 06/07/1977 |
| 3992355 | Heat-curable organopolysiloxane compositions Heat-curable organopolysiloxane compositions comprising a diorganopolysiloxane having at least two vinyl groups per molecule and a viscosity exceeding 100 centistokes at 25° C, an inorganic filler, an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing at least two Si... | 11/16/1976 |