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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7951748 | Method of preparing a shaped catalyst, the catalyst, and use of the catalyst A method of preparing a shaped catalyst, which method comprises molding a dough into shaped particles and drying the shaped particles, wherein the dough comprises a support material, or a precursor thereof, and a silver component; the shaped catalyst, and a use of t... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7879757 | Photocatalytic titanium oxide sol, and coating composition and member using the same A photocatalytic titanium oxide sol presents antibacterial properties in a dark place, and, in particular, relates to a photocatalytic titanium oxide sol which is stable and causes no discoloration by light even though containing silver, and relates to a coating com... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7727931 | Catalysts, activating agents, support media, and related methodologies useful for making catalyst systems especially when the catalyst is deposited onto the support media using physical vapor deposition Use of physical vapor deposition methodologies to deposit nanoscale gold on activating support media makes the use of catalytically active gold dramatically easier and opens the door to significant improvements associated with developing, making, and using gold-base... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7704919 | Electrocatalysts having gold monolayers on platinum nanoparticle cores, and uses thereof The invention relates to gold-coated particles useful as fuel cell electrocatalysts. The particles are composed of an electrocatalytically active core at least partially encapsulated by an outer shell of gold or gold alloy. The invention more particularly relates to... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7629291 | Surface-stabilized gold nanocatalysts A surface-stabilized gold nanocatalyst includes a solid support having stabilizing surfaces for supporting gold nanoparticles, and a plurality of gold nanoparticles having an average particle size of less than 8 nm disposed on the stabilizing surfaces. The surface-s... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7435274 | Metal particle-dispersed composite oxides, metal particle-dispersed composite oxide-sintered bodies, method of manufacturing metal particle-dispersed composite oxides, and hydrocarbon-based fuel reformer There is disclosed a metal particle-dispersed composite oxide comprising a matrix material containing a composite oxide comprising a non-reducible metal oxide and an easily reducible metal oxide, the composite oxide containing 0.01 to 0.25 mol % of at least one addi... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7427581 | Desulfurization process and novel bimetallic sorbent systems for same Novel sorbent systems for the desulfurization of cracked-gasoline and diesel fuels are provided which are comprised of a bimetallic promotor on a particulate support such as that formed of zinc oxide and an inorganic or organic carrier. Such bimetallic promotors are... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7402612 | Stabilized transition alumina catalyst support from boehmite and catalysts made therefrom This invention relates to methods for making a stabilized transition alumina of enhanced hydrothermal stability, which include the introduction of at least one structural stabilizer; a steaming step before or after the introduction step, wherein steaming is effectiv... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7390768 | Stabilized tin-oxide-based oxidation/reduction catalysts The invention described herein involves a novel approach to the production of oxidation/reduction catalytic systems. The present invention serves to stabilize the tin oxide reducible metal-oxide coating by co-incorporating at least another metal-oxide species, such ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7381683 | Method of producing multi-component catalysts Supported catalysts are produced with nanometer sized particles comprised of different metals dispersed throughout the catalyst support material. The supported catalysts reduce substantially or completely the amount of platinum that is required without sacrificing c... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7341977 | Method of sorbing sulfur compounds using nanocrystalline mesoporous metal oxides Compounds and methods for sorbing organosulfur compounds from fluids are provided. Generally, compounds according to the present invention comprise mesoporous, nanocrystalline metal oxides. Preferred metal oxide compounds either exhibit soft Lewis acid properties or... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335620 | Photocatalytic powder, photocatalytic slurry, and polymer composition, coating agent, photocatalytic functional molded article and photocatalytic functional structure using the powder An object of the present invention is to provide a photocatalytic powder containing titanium dioxide fine particles containing an anionically active substance, where the electrokinetic potential of the fine particle is from about −100 to 0 mV in an aqueous environ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329629 | Catalyst system for lean burn engines A catalyst system to provide emission reductions under lean and stoichiometric conditions. The catalyst system comprises a forward catalyst having a first cerium-free zone including oxides of aluminum, alkali metals and alkaline earth metals and precious metals and ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7323158 | Multiple metal oxide submicron particles Collections of particles comprising multiple a metal oxide can be formed with average particle sizes less than about 500 nm. In some embodiments, the particle collections have particle size distributions such that at least about 95 percent of the particles have a di... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318915 | Oxidation-reduction catalyst and its process of use This invention relates generally to a ruthenium stabilized oxidation-reduction catalyst useful for oxidizing carbon monoxide, and volatile organic compounds, and reducing nitrogen oxide species in oxidizing environments, substantially without the formation of toxic ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316806 | Modifying catalyst for partial oxidation and method for modification A reforming catalyst for partial oxidation to reform hydrocarbon compound including a sulfur-containing compound includes platinum and rhodium. Even in reforming a hydrocarbon compound including a sulfur-containing compound such as, for example, a town gas, the cata... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7304014 | Modified catalysts and process Modified metal oxide catalysts are disclosed which have different chemical, physical and catalytic properties, when used for catalytic conversions of carbon based compounds, as compared to corresponding unmodified metal oxide catalysts. Methods for preparing the mod... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304011 | Compositions and processes for reducing NOemissions during fluid catalytic cracking Compositions for reduction of NOx generated during a catalytic cracking process, preferably, a fluid catalytic cracking process, are disclosed. The compositions comprise a fluid catalytic cracking catalyst composition, preferably containing a Y-type zeoli... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7291321 | Preparation of catalyst and use for high yield conversion of methane to ethylene A perovskite catalyst is prepared using a ceramic sol-sol methodology comprising preparing slurry in water of an alkaline earth metal salt, a powdered metal salt and a powdered transition metal oxide, adding a polymeric binder to form a paste, drying and comminuting... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285258 | Conversion of CO to CO Gold oxide is precipitated together with iron oxide from a solution containing a gold source and an iron source; the gel formed thereby is washed, dried, ground to a size range of 0.85 mm to 4.25 mm, calcined and activated by passing a hydrogen and oxygen containing... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7259128 | Titanium oxide and alumina alkali metal compositions The invention relates to Group 1 metal/porous metal oxide compositions comprising porous metal oxide selected from porous titanium oxide and porous alumina and an alkali metal or an alkali metal alloy. The compositions of the inventions are described as Stage 0 and ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256153 | Carrier catalytic converter for the selective hydrogenation of alkines and dienes A catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of alkynes and dienes in C2-C5+-olefin mixtures is described. These catalysts contain (a) a metal of the tenth group of the Periodic Table, (b) a metal o... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247600 | Catalyst composition There is provided a catalyst carrier comprising a refractory inorganic material having a sodium solubilization rate no greater than 5 ppmw/5 minutes. There is further a catalyst comprising a refractory inorganic material carrier having a sodium solubilization rate n... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241426 | Exhaust manifold with catalytic converter shell tube A catalytic converter comprises an exhaust manifold comprising a manifold wall; a catalytic converter shell, wherein a portion of the catalytic converter shell is disposed within the manifold wall; and a catalyst substrate disposed in the catalytic converter shell. | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238638 | Composite copper/tin/alkali metal catalysts for the direct synthesis of alkylhalosilanes The alkylhalosilanes are directly synthesized while diminishing the formation of coke by reacting an alkyl halide with silicon in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of (α) a copper metal or a copper-based compound catalyst and (β) a catalyst promoter... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232786 | Catalyst composition There is provided a catalyst carrier comprising a refractory inorganic material having a sodium solubilization rate no greater than 5 ppmw/5 minutes. There is further a catalyst comprising a refractory inorganic material carrier having a sodium solubilization rate n... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7232918 | Catalyst composition There is provided a catalyst carrier comprising a refractory inorganic material having a sodium solubilization rate no greater than 5 ppmw/5 minutes. There is further a catalyst comprising a refractory inorganic material carrier having a sodium solubilization rate n... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229946 | Catalyst composition for the selective conversion of alkanes to unsaturated carboxylic acids, method of making and method of using thereof A catalyst composition having the formula: Mo1VaSbbNbcMdOx wherein M is gallium, bismuth, silver or gold, a is 0.01 to 1, b is 0.01 to 1, c is 0.01 to 1, d is 0.01 to 1 and x is de... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7220699 | Catalyst incorporation in a microreactor A method and device for loading a catalyst into a chamber. The catalyst loading is well suited for production of hydrogen producing microreactors. The catalyst is coated onto a strip which is mountable within the chamber. ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7211539 | Silica gel compositions containing alkali metals and alkali metal alloys The invention relates to Group 1 metal/silica gel compositions comprising silica gel and an alkali metal or an alkali metal alloy. The compositions of the inventions are described as Stage 0, I, II, and III materials. These materials differ in their preparation and ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7202192 | Composite catalysts for the direct synthesis of alkylhalosilanes The alkylhalosilanes are directly synthesized by reacting an alkyl halide with silicon in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of (α) a copper metal or a copper-based compound catalyst and (β) a catalyst promoter intermixture therefor which comprises a... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7186668 | Textured catalysts and methods of making textured catalysts A textured catalyst having a hydrothermally-stable support, a metal oxide and a catalyst component is described. Methods of conducting aqueous phase reactions that are catalyzed by a textured catalyst are also described. The invention also provides methods of making... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7179442 | Catalyst formulations containing Group 11 metals for hydrogen generation A method and catalysts and fuel processing apparatus for producing a hydrogen-rich gas, such as a hydrogen-rich syngas are disclosed. According to the method a CO-containing gas, such as a syngas, contacts a water gas shift (“WGS”) catalyst, in the presence of w... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172990 | Highly active spherical metal support catalysts The invention relates to highly active spherical metal support catalysts with a metal content of 10 to 70% by mass, and a process for their production with the use of a mixture of polysaccharides and at least one metal compound which is dropped into a metal salt sol... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169196 | Fuel or fuel additive containing doped cerium oxide nanoparticles A fuel or fuel additives is disclosed which includes particles of cerium oxide which have been doped with a divalent or trivalent metal or metalloid which is a rare earth metal, a transition metal or a metal of group IIA, IIIB, VB, or VIB of the Periodic Table. ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169735 | Catalyst and process for preparing the same The object of the present invention is to provide a catalyst that is highly active and capable of maintaining its activity for a long period of time even in a high-temperature environment. The present invention is a catalyst including: a porous carrier which is comp... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166268 | Catalyst for hydrocarbon reforming and method of reforming hydrocarbon with the same The present invention provides a catalyst suitably employed in a variety of hydrocarbon reforming processes and a hydrocarbon reforming process including employing the catalyst in production of hydrogen or synthesis gas. The hydrocarbon reforming catalyst of the pre... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163908 | Metathesis catalysts The present invention relates to supported catalysts based on Re2O7/(—Al2O3 for use in the preparation of cycloalkadienes in a metathesis reaction, a process for preparing cycloalkadienes in the presence of these support... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7148177 | Method for producing alkali metal catalyst and use thereof for the side-chain alklation of alkyl aromatics The invention relates to a process for the preparation of an alkali metal catalyst by mixing an alkali metal with pulverulent, solid potassium carbonate as support, wherein the potassium carbonate has a specific surface area of at least 0.3 m2/g, and to t... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7129193 | Catalyst body This invention aims at providing a catalyst body exhibiting a lower degradation of a catalyst due to thermal durability and capable of keeping higher catalyst performance for a long time. A catalyst component such as Pt is directly supported by Zr, W, etc, replacing... | 10/31/2006 |
