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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118913 | Germane purification A process and system for the purification of germane containing phosphine to provide a purified germane product. One aspect of the present invention is a process for making a purified germane product containing less than 50 ppb of phosphine which comprises providing... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8114195 | Porous crystalline materials, their synthesis and use A porous crystalline material has a tetrahedral framework comprising a general structure, M1-IM-M2, wherein M1 comprises a metal having a first valency, wherein M2 comprises a metal having a second valency different from s... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7947119 | Hydrogen reservoir and process for filling a hydrogen reservoir In a hydrogen reservoir having a housing with a hydrogen storage material arranged in the housing for absorbing and releasing hydrogen as needed, the hydrogen reservoir includes at least one unit having a porous body surrounding a container in which the hydrogen sto... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7887619 | Adsorptive filter material An adsorptive filter material for the adsorption of acids or acid forming substances from the air is presented, which comprises an ion exchange material. The ion exchange material comprises a strong alkaline anion exchange resin with a ratio of at least 60% in the h... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7850762 | Method for reducing emissions due to gaseous decomposition products of an electrolyte in vehicles The invention relates to a method for reducing emissions due to gaseous decomposition products of an electrolyte of electrochemical storage devices in a motor vehicle, preferably double-layer capacitors with organic solvents as the electrolyte. According to this inv... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7824473 | Metal-organic framework materials based on icosahedral boranes and carboranes Disclosed herein are metal-organic frameworks of metals and boron rich ligands, such as carboranes and icosahedral boranes. Methods of synthesizing and using these materials in gas uptake are disclosed. ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7789943 | Mesh-adjustable molecular sieve Temperature-adjustable pore size molecular sieves comprise a plurality of metal clusters bound with a plurality of amphiphilic ligands, each ligand comprising a functionalized hydrophobic moiety and a functionalized hydrophilic moiety, and wherein the metal clusters... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7771512 | Apparatus with high surface area nanostructures for hydrogen storage, and methods of storing hydrogen Method and apparatus for storing hydrogen. One embodiment of such a method comprises providing a storage apparatus having a substrate and a nanostructure mat on at least a portion of a side of the substrate. The nanostructure mat comprises a plurality of nanostructu... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7731781 | Method and apparatus for the enhanced removal of aerosols and vapor phase contaminants from a gas stream The invention provides methods and apparatuses for removing aerosols and, in some cases, vapor phase contaminants, such as mercury, from a gas stream. One method is directed to the removal of additional aerosols from a gas stream from which aerosols have previously ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7727308 | Non-evaporable getter alloys for hydrogen sorption Non-evaporable getter alloys are provided which can be activated at relatively low temperatures and are capable of efficiently sorbing hydrogen. ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7695546 | Absorbents, process for the production thereof and use thereof An adsorbent for organic compounds consisting of filler granules, which contain 20 to 99.9 wt. % of fillers and a binder. The adsorbent is produced by mixing at least one binder with at least one filler and performing granulation in a mixing or granulation apparatus... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7494530 | Gas storage and dispensing system with monolithic carbon adsorbent A fluid storage and dispensing apparatus, including a cylindrical fluid storage and dispensing vessel having an interior volume, in which the interior volume contains a physical adsorbent for sorptively retaining a fluid thereon and from which the fluid is desorbabl... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7384618 | Purification of nitrogen trifluoride A process and system for adsorption purification of NF3 wherein a crude product containing NF3 and impurities such as CF4 is brought into contact with a polyacrylonitrile-based carbon molecular sieve so that at least a portion of one... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381243 | Method for purifying carbon dioxide The invention is a method for the decontamination of CO2 to a sufficient level of purity to allow it to be used in the semiconductor industry. The invention comprises the exposure of fluid CO2 to a combination metallic states of at least one me... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381244 | Apparatus and process for air cleaning A process and an apparatus for removal of radon from indoor air. The process having the step of contacting indoor air with an adsorbent, that is a silver-exchanged zeolite. The apparatus for the removal of radon from indoor air comprises a silver exchanged zeolite. | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371479 | Method for fullerene derivative and the fullerene derivative proton conductor and electrochemical device Provided are a method of efficiently procuding fullerene into which a OH group or a SO3H group is introduced, such as fullerenol, or a derivative thereof, the fullerene and its derivative being preferable as a proton conductor, and a novel and usable prot... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368000 | Treatment of effluent gases A method is described for recovering a noble gas, such as xenon or krypton, from a first gas mixture comprising a plurality of components, one of which is the noble gas and the others are typically helium and/or nitrogen, argon, and relatively light fluorocarbons. T... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368369 | Method for activating P-type semiconductor layer A method for activating the P-type semiconductor layer of a semiconductor device is disclosed in this present invention. The above-mentioned method can activate the impurities in the P-type semiconductor layer of a semiconductor device by plasma. The plasma comprise... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361430 | Carbon nanotube-polymer composite actuators The present invention discloses a carbon nanotube (SWNT)-polymer composite actuator and method to make such actuator. A series of uniform composites was prepared by dispersing purified single wall nanotubes with varying weight percents into a polymer matrix, followe... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7329308 | Air handling and chemical filtration system and method The present invention relates to systems and methods for controlling humidity and temperature in gases or air streams used in semiconductor processing systems. These systems and methods can be used in combination with systems and methods for contaminant detection an... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326278 | Advanced contaminate treatment system Decontamination systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system comprises a first adsorption/desorption subsystem that is configured to receive a contaminated gaseous solution and remove substantially all of the contaminants from the contaminated gase... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323042 | Abatement system targeting a by-pass effluent stream of a semiconductor process tool An apparatus and method for abating toxic and/or hazardous gas species in a diluent gas stream line deriving from a by-pass line of a semiconductor process tool, comprising contacting the diluent gas stream with a dry resin sorbent material having an affinity for th... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323034 | Space group Cp2 alloys for the use and separation of hydrogen A hydrogen permeation membrane is provided having a cP2 Pearson symbol (Pm3m space group) structure. Suitable alloys include an “A” element from Periodic Table groups 3b-5b and an “M” element from the Periodic Table groups 6b-1b present at a stoichiometry th... | 01/29/2008 |
| RE40006 | Flow regulated pressure swing adsorption system Pressure swing adsorption (PSA) separation of a gas mixture is performed in an apparatus with a plurality of adsorbent beds. The invention provides rotary multiport distributor valves to control the timing sequence of the PSA cycle steps between the beds, with flow ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7309380 | Gas storage system A container for uptaking, or storing, or releasing, or uptaking and storing, or uptaking and releasing, or storing and releasing, or uptaking, storing and releasing at least one gas, comprising a metal-organic framework material comprising pores and at least one met... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306652 | Siloxane removal process Biogas released from landfills and sewage treatment plants is freed of siloxane contaminants by passing the biogas through a bed containing activated alumina, which absorbs the siloxanes. When the activated alumina becomes saturated with siloxanes, the absorption ca... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304431 | Plasma display panel A highly reliable plasma display panel which suppresses degradation of phosphor characteristic by removing impurity gases inside the plasma display panel. A front board includes scanning electrodes and maintenance electrodes. A and rear board includes data electrode... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300899 | Lithium exchanged zeolite X adsorbent blends A lithium exchanged zeolite X adsorbent blend with improved performance characteristics produced by preparing a zeolite X, preparing a binder which includes highly dispersed attapulgite fibers wherein the tapped bulk density of the highly dispersed attapulgite fiber... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300500 | Adsorbent-formed object and an adsorbent unit An adsorbent molded article comprising granular absorbant and binder having sustained adsorption over an indefinite period; an adsorbent unit employing said adsorbent molded article; and a housing employing said adsorbent molded article or adsorbent unit. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7276640 | Metal oxide nanoparticles for smoke clearing and fire suppression Methods of reducing smoke levels in smoke-affected areas, reducing the level of toxic compounds produced by fires, fire suppression, and increasing flame retardancy. In particular, methods according to the present invention comprise dispersing nanocrystalline partic... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272453 | Method and apparatus for utilizing a sequence interpreter approach to control logic of a programmable logic controller The work memory of a programmable logic controller (PLC) is loaded with only one instruction at a time from the PLC's load memory which contains the entire instruction set to control a process. Each instruction has a format which contains at least one option code wh... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7258725 | Gas supplying method and system Gas supplying method and system in which effective component gas in exhaust gas can be separated and purified efficiently to be resupplied regardless of variation in the flow rate or composition of the exhaust gas and consumed gas can be replenished efficiently. In ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250150 | Chemical reactor with pressure swing adsorption A chemical reaction is performed with separation of the product(s) and reactant(s) by pressure swing adsorption (PSA), using an apparatus having a plurality of adsorbers cooperating with first and second valve assemblies in a PSA module. The PSA cycle is characteriz... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7241430 | Activated carbon for odor control and method for making same An activated carbon-metal oxide matrix is disclosed. The activated carbon-metal oxide matrix may be obtained by a method including the steps of: preoxidizing a carbon material, grinding the preoxidized carbon material; mixing the ground preoxidized material with a m... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7220294 | Method for storing hydrogen, hydrogen clathrate compound and production method thereof An organic compound capable of forming a hydrogen molecular compound such as a hydrogen clathrate is brought in contact with hydrogen gas in a pressurized state. It enables relatively light-weight and stable storage of hydrogen at or near the ordinary temperature an... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7189291 | Method for the removal of airborne molecular contaminants using oxygen gas mixtures The present invention discloses a method for the removal of a number of molecular contaminants from surfaces within a device. A purge gas containing oxygen and/or water is introduced into the interior of the device, contacting at least a portion of the interior surf... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7172645 | Gas filtration and storage using activated carbon/graphite foam monoliths An apparatus for separating a first gas from a mixture of the first gas and at least one second gas comprises a housing having an inlet port and an outlet port and an adsorbent which is positioned in the housing. The adsorbent comprising a carbon based foam monolith... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169212 | Gas separation process This invention relates to gas separation processes using a Li-rho zeolite, in particular to an air separation process where the Li-rho zeolite is an oxygen selective adsorbent. ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160366 | Filter element An improved filter element which can be used in gas masks is formed of short lengths of porous monolithic carbon formed by partially curing a phenolic resin to a solid, comminuting the partially cured resin, extruding the comminuted resin, sintering the extruded res... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7143589 | Sorption cooling systems, their use in automotive cooling applications and methods relating to the same A sorption cooling system for providing cooled air to the cabin of a vehicle. The sorption cooling system includes an evaporator, a condenser adapted to fluidly communication with the evaporator, and a plurality of adsorbent beds adapted for fluid communication with... | 12/05/2006 |
