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| 8290626 | Chemical process optimization method that considers chemical process plant safety A method for assuring safety of a particular chemical process plant includes measuring, for each of a plurality of sets of proposed process conditions for a particular chemical process within the particular chemical process plant, a pressure rise rate following a de... | 10/16/2012 |
| 7881825 | Production control utilizing real time optimization Method of controlling production of a plant incorporating one or more chemical processes in which products are produced through consumption of raw materials. In accordance with the method, current production rates of the products are computed by semi-empirical proce... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7438855 | Apparatus for measuring glucose concentration An apparatus for measuring a glucose concentration is noninvasive, accurate, and compact. The apparatus includes a detection unit (10) and a principal component analysis (PCA) unit (20). The detection unit includes a light source (11) to emit mi... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7407810 | Methods and apparatus for characterizing polymeric mixtures The invention provides methods and apparatus for characterizing complex polymeric mixture of interest. Candidate solutions are eliminated from a solution space using one or more experimental measurements of a polymeric mixture of interest. The elimination step can b... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7375035 | Host and ancillary tool interface methodology for distributed processing A host and ancillary tool interface methodology for distributed processing is described. The host tool manages a process, except for the generation of a product used in the process. To generate the product, the host tool provides an indication to an ancillary tool t... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7318970 | Architectural hierarchy of control for a fuel processor A control technique for use in a fuel processor is disclosed. In one aspect, a control system includes a subsystem manager controller the operation of a respective physical subsystem for each of a plurality of physical subsystems in the fuel processor. The subsystem... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7247277 | Automatic synthesis machine An automatic synthesis machine is used for synthesis of compounds using a plurality of vessels, allowing reagents to chemically react with each other. The automatic synthesis machine comprises a selection means for selecting a specific vessel among a plurality of ve... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7232782 | Regeneration, pretreatment and precipitation of oxides of manganese Methods and systems for regenerating and pretreating oxides of manganese and precipitation of oxides of manganese from manganese salt solutions. The oxides of manganese and manganese salt solutions are processed utilizing heated aqueous oxidizing solutions at or nea... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7212951 | Method for characterizing and analyzing 3-D shapes of molecules utilizing steric multiplets Steric features inherent in the three dimensional disposition of atoms in molecules can be represented as multiplets using a defined set of steric descriptors. The resulting multiplets can be encoded in a compressed form of bitstring known as a bitmap. Such bitmaps ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7191037 | Method for controlling production process A method for controlling production process by performing near-infrared absorptiometric analysis by simple procedures in an accurate manner, in which control of production process step can be realized at a high accuracy by simple operation based on the thereby obtai... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188001 | System and method for temperature control A system for controlling the temperature of a reaction mixture comprises at least one heating device for heating the mixture and a power regulator for regulating the amount of power supplied to the heating device. A controller in communication with the power regulat... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7157624 | Plants and seeds of corn variety LHE323 An inbred corn variety, designated LHE323, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn variety LHE323, to the plants of inbred corn variety LHE323 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred variety ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7136758 | Virtual library searchable for possible combinatorially derived product molecules having desired properties without the necessity of generating product structures The problem of how to select out of a large chemically accessible universe molecules representative of the diversity of that universe is resolved by the discovery of a method to validate molecular structural descriptors. Using the validated descriptors, optimally di... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7103450 | Automated liquid manufacturing system A method for continuously preparing a medium formulation mixes a diluent with a plurality of chemically incompatible concentrate solutions in such a manner that none of the ingredients of the concentrate solutions chemically react in an adverse manner. The method ut... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097808 | Automatic analyzer An automatic analyzer analyzes a measurement item by making a sample and reagent react with each other and measuring the reaction result. This apparatus allows parameters associated with reagent dispensing executed by a reagent dispensing mechanism to be set as a di... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096162 | Computer-implemented method of merging libraries of molecules using validated molecular structural descriptors and neighborhood distances to maximize diversity and minimize redundancy The use for biological screening purposes of a subset (library) of a large combinatorially accessible chemical universe increases the efficiency of the screening process only if the subset contains members representative of the total diversity of the universe. In or... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7069198 | Method for formulating paint A method for formulating paint is disclosed. The method includes providing a plurality of color coordinates of paints formed from a plurality of formulations and providing durability data related to the paints. Thereafter, the color coordinates, the formulations and... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7056477 | Modular chemical production system incorporating a microreactor A modular chemical production system that preferably includes a microreactor for producing a product by reacting two or more reactants. Modularization enables components such as controllers, pumps, valves, microreactors, and processing modules to be added or removed... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7035715 | Apparatus and process for dustless handling of powdered clay to produce a clay/water slurry Apparatus and process for producing a clay slurry from raw clay in a substantially dust-free manner including a water-driven vacuum eductor for metering the removal of clay from a super bag container and mixing the clay with a carrier water that also serves as the m... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7024251 | Method to control a process A method to control a process, wherein the status of the process can be altered by a multitude of actions, wherein the action is controlled by basic control units, wherein at least one basic control unit is coordinated by at least one group control unit and wherein ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6969490 | Device for the continuous process for the production of controlled architecture materials The device of the present invention delivers reactants to a reaction zone in a plug flow reactor. The feedblock encircles the reaction zone. Reactants enter the feedblock through an inlet port leading to a manifold for the delivery of reactants into a plurality of f... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6907351 | Customer-based prediction method and system using near infrared reflectance spectra of materials A method and system for predicting the content level of components in materials based on the response of the materials to near infrared radiation. One embodiment comprises electronically receiving a near infrared reflectance spectrum of a material from a customer, p... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6799089 | Design of new materials whose use produces a chemical bond with a descriptor of said bond For estimating a property of use, for example the activity of a catalyst or the ability to hold a ratio-element in a solid mineral matrix, or a material MAB whose active element is AB, there are used a descriptor DAB of the chemical bond betwee... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6763309 | Method and system for the development of materials A catalyst development engine (CDE) provides a rapid approach to the rational development of scalable heterogeneous catalysts and of high-performance solid materials. The CDE includes three main components: the testing cycle, the knowledge cycle, and the knowledge r... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6751527 | Heat and material balance method of process control for petrochemical plants and oil refineries A method comprising: a) selecting a loading variable from operating variables, the loading variable being directly related to total energy input into the system and equipment constraint of the system; b) selecting a performance specification variable w... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6727096 | Analysis and control of parallel chemical reactions Computer programs and computer-implemented methods for monitoring the progress and properties of parallel chemical reactions. The invention repeatedly receives a measured value or values associated with the contents of each of a plurality of reactor vessels and disp... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6689324 | Communication system for automatic synthesis apparatus A communication system for automatic synthesis apparatus is formed of an automatic synthesis apparatus and a computer connected to the automatic synthesis apparatus. The automatic synthesis apparatus has a reaction block to produce synthetic compounds alo... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6668230 | Computer readable medium for performing sensor array based materials characterization A modular materials characterization apparatus includes a sensor array disposed on a substrate, with a standardized array and contact pad format; electronic test and measurement apparatus for sending electrical signals to and receiving electrical signals ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6647342 | Knowledge-based process for the development of materials A method and system for the development of materials includes a high-throughput data-generation cycle, a knowledge-generation cycle, and a knowledge repository or database. The data-generation cycle generates high-quality data for the virtual and experime... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6600970 | Method of establishing synthesis paths A method of establishing a synthesis path in a multiplicity of potentially interlinakable reactions, and a computer program to prepare a synthesis path.... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6590131 | Method for control of a chemical manufacturing process A method for monitoring and improving the performance of a chemical manufacturing process by monitoring transients associated with the operation of process equipment located dowstream of upstream equipment is disclosed. Transients on signals such as the m... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6567751 | Methods and computer system for combinatorial analysis of lighting phosphors There is disclosed a method and a computer system enabling high-throughput combinatorial synthesis and screening of lighting phosphors. The system links hardware instrumentation for synthesis and screening. It records, sorts, and analyzes photo-metric dat... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6489168 | Analysis and control of parallel chemical reactions Computer programs and computer-implemented methods for monitoring the progress and properties of parallel chemical reactions. The invention repeatedly receives a measured value or values associated with the contents of each of a plurality of reactor vesse... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6269286 | System and method for integrated gasification control An integrated control system (ICS) for a gasification plant controls the operation of a gasifier and other critical components of the gasification plant. The ICS improves the performance of a gasification plant by controlling the operation of a gasifier a... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6212436 | Dynamic inheritance of software object services Object services like methods or properties are provided to or inherited by objects dynamically during run-time. In one method of providing dynamic inheritance, hierarchical relationships are defined between multiple objects such that each object reference... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6208942 | Molecular hologram QSAR A new computer implemented method for discovering structure-activity relationships has been discovered which utilizes weighted 2D fingerprints in conjunction with the PLS statistical methodology. This method produces a robust QSAR technique that can be au... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6159255 | Method for predicting intrinsic properties of a mixture A method for predicting an intrinsic property of a mixture comprising at least two components by: (a) selecting components and an equation; wherein the equation relates amounts of the components to the intrinsic property of the mixture; (b) selecting expe... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6153149 | Adaptive feedback control flow reactor A flow reactor providing a high degree of selectivity in the reaction of a feedstock to produce one or more end product compounds, which includes: side walls defining an elongated reactor unit having a length dimension along which the feedstock is reacted... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6144897 | Control method for processes of synthesis of chemical products A control method for a process of synthesis of at least one chemical product in an equipment comprising at least one reactor (R) which is assimilated to a mixed reactor, in which manipulated variables (GC) allow to act on the course of the process in orde... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6106562 | Apparatus and methods for predicting physical and chemical properties of materials Improved methods and apparatus for predicting physical properties of complex materials are provided. The physical properties are predicted from the electronic structure of the material. The electronic structure is determined using an iterative, computer-b... | 08/22/2000 |
