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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7834207 | Peracetic acid in an anhydrous sterilant delivery system Method and system for forming an anhydrous sterilant. In one embodiment, anhydrous peracetic acid is combined with carbon dioxide, wherein the carbon dioxide is in one of a liquid, solid, and supercritical state. ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7388646 | Perfluoropolyethers Use in optical systems as liquids to transmit light at wave lengths lower than 250 nm, in particular at 157 nm, of perfluoropolyethers having the following formula: X1—O(CF2O)n(CF2CF2O)m(C... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7361783 | (2S)-2-ethylphenylpropionic acid derivative The invention provides novel (2S)-2-ethylphenylpropanoic acid derivatives that bind to the receptor as ligands of human peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) α to activate and exhibit lipid-lowering effect, inhibitory effect on the arteriosclerosis, ant... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7297815 | Process for producing fluorinated sulfonyl fluoride compound It is an object of the present invention to solve difficulty in production and to provide a process to obtain fluorinated sulfonyl fluoride compound having various molecular structures efficiently at a low cost. That is, the present invention provides a proce... | 11/20/2007 |
| 6706914 | Rhodium containing solutions A method for generating a concentrated solution of rhodium starting from solid RHI3 and other solid rhodium sources by combination with a reducing agent, preferably hydrazine and hydrazine derivatives. The solution does not form any precipitate of rhodium... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6441222 | Vapor phase carbonylation process using iridium-gold co-catalysts Disclosed herein is a vapor phase carbonylation process useful for producing carboxylic acids, esters and mixtures thereof from lower aliphatic alcohols, ethers, ester, and ester-alcohol mixtures. The vapor phase carbonylation process is characterized in ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6040476 | Carbon dioxide assisted hydrolysis of aminophosphonates The invention provides a process for preparing aminophosphonic acids comprising contacting an aminophosphonate ester with a base in the presence of a hydrolysis facilitator selected from the group consisting of CO2, CS2 and COS. In o... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5905166 | Type of dye in photographic materials A new type of yellow dyes with general formula Q-CO--CO--X is disclosed. They can be used in photographic materials as antihalation dyes, acutance dyes or filter dyes. Preferably they are incorporated in UV sensitive contact materials for pre-press applic... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5660815 | Water soluble fluorinated fatty acid sulfonate derivatives useful as magnetic resonance imaging agents The present invention relates to improved imaging agents useful for 19 F magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). More particularly, the present invention relates to fluorinated fatty acid sulfonate derivatives, such as those derived by reaction of fl... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5384329 | Oligomeric thiocarbonates Oligomeric thiocarbonates such as hexathiodicarbonate salts and thioesters are used as pesticides and preservatives. Certain oligomeric thiocarbonate salts, notably quaternary ammonium hexathiodicarbonates, are prepared. The compounds are stabilized with ... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5288753 | Method of controlling animal and fungal pests with oligomeric thiocarbonates Oligomeric thiocarbonates such as hexathiodicarbonate salts and thioesters are used as pesticides and preservatives. Certain oligomeric thiocarbonate salts, notably quaternary ammonium hexathiodicarbonates, are prepared. The compounds are stabilized with ... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5154912 | O17 isotopic peroxides The peroxides which include the O17 isotope, especially the hydrogen peroxides and peroxides and hydroperoxides prepared therefrom, are well adapted as nonradioactive labeled compounds for use in the medicinal and biological arts.... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5141731 | Process for the generation of peroxyacids A process and an apparatus are described for the production of peroxyacids from concentrated solutions of hydrogen peroxide and an oxyacid. The total amount of concentrated hydrogen peroxide is divided into at least two portions which are added separately... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5004558 | Sulfone peroxycarboxylic acids There are disclosed novel, highly stable sulfone peroxycarboxylic acids useful in detergent compositions or alone as bleaching agents which are represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein A and B are organic moieties bonded to the sulfur atom by a ca... | 04/02/1991 |
