| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE29506 |
Method of sealing the end of a filled welding rod |
January 3, 1978 |
| In the manufacture of filled tube rods the ends of the rods are sealed with a solid organic film volatilizable at welding temperature to provide a contaminant free weldment. The organic film is preferably a sealant composition containing pyroxylin (nitrocellulose), ether, and absolute |
| RE29487 |
Earplugs |
December 6, 1977 |
| There are disclosed earplugs composed of certain polymeric foam materials. The earplugs are of generally cylindrical shape and of somewhat larger diameter than the human ear canal. The earplugs are composed of a foamed plasticized polymeric material having a sufficiently high concentrati |
| RE29035 |
Methods of adding reactive metals to form a remelting electrode |
November 16, 1976 |
| A method is provided for adding reactive metals to a molten metal bath by forming said reactive metal into an elongated member, suspending said member generally lengthwise vertically of a mold and pouring metal to be treated into said mold, to make said formed member an integral part of |
| RE28974 |
Process for making carbon black |
September 21, 1976 |
| A process is provided for making high-quality carbon blacks at unusually good yields in a highly compact reaction space. The key steps of the process are the generation of a very hot combustion gas stream moving at very high speed in essentially plug flow by burning a hydrocarbon gas in |
| D322219 |
Container or similar article |
December 10, 1991 |
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| D307636 |
Earplug or similar article |
May 1, 1990 |
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| D307635 |
Earplug or similar article |
May 1, 1990 |
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| D307325 |
Earplug or similar article |
April 17, 1990 |
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| D303014 |
Earplug or similar article |
August 22, 1989 |
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| D298356 |
Earplug or similar article |
November 1, 1988 |
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| D276855 |
Earmuff cup or similar article |
December 25, 1984 |
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| 7621976 |
Coated silver-containing particles, method and apparatus of manufacture, and silver-containing d |
November 24, 2009 |
| Provided are silver-containing powders and a method and apparatus for manufacturing the silver-containing particles of high quality, of a small size and narrow size distribution. An aerosol is generated from liquid feed and sent to a furnace, where liquid in droplets in the aerosol is |
| 7621299 |
Method and apparatus for filling a vessel with particulate matter |
November 24, 2009 |
| A method and an apparatus for filling a vessel having an internal volume with particulate matter are disclosed. The method generally comprises the steps of providing a vessel having a length, width, and an internal volume, providing a supply of particulate matter, filling at least a |
| 7605192 |
Aqueous ink, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit, and ink jet recording appa |
October 20, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to an aqueous ink, particularly an aqueous ink suitable for ink jet recording. The ink is an aqueous ink comprising a modified pigment having organic groups chemically attached to the surface of a particle of the pigment and an aqueous medium which is a |
| 7601296 |
Powder metallurgy sputtering targets and methods of producing same |
October 13, 2009 |
| A method of forming a sputtering target and other metal articles having controlled oxygen and nitrogen content levels and the articles so formed are described. The method includes surface-nitriding a deoxidized metal powder and further includes consolidating the powder by a powder me |
| 7599165 |
Palladium-containing particles, method and apparatus of manufacturing palladium-containing devic |
October 6, 2009 |
| Provided are palladium-containing powders and a method and apparatus for manufacturing the palladium-containing particles of high quality, of a small size and narrow size distribution. An aerosol is generated from liquid feed and sent to a furnace, where liquid in droplets in the aer |
| 7597769 |
Coated silver-containing particles, method and apparatus of manufacture, and silver-containing d |
October 6, 2009 |
| Provided are silver-containing powders and a method and apparatus for manufacturing the silver-containing particles of high quality, of a small size and narrow size distribution. An aerosol is generated from liquid feed and sent to a furnace, where liquid in droplets in the aerosol is |
| 7585380 |
High purity tantalum, products containing the same, and methods of making the same |
September 8, 2009 |
| High purity tantalum metals and alloys containing the same are described. The tantalum metal preferably has a purity of at least 99.995% and more preferably at least 99.999%. In addition, tantalum metal and alloys thereof are described, which either have a grain size of about 50 microns |
| 7584910 |
Method of preparing an aggregate metal oxide particle dispersion having a desired aggregate part |
September 8, 2009 |
| A method of preparing a dispersion of aggregate metal oxide particles having a pre-selected average aggregate particle diameter comprising pre-selecting a desired percent-reduction in the average aggregate particle diameter of the metal oxide particles, providing a dispersion standar |
| 7582689 |
Methods and apparatus for producing and treating novel elastomer composites |
September 1, 2009 |
| Elastomer masterbatch is processed in a continuous compounder having multiple parallel elongate rotors axially oriented in an elongate processing chamber. Optionally, additional materials are compounded into the masterbatch, e.g., additives, other elastomeric compositions, etc. Prefe |
| 7582688 |
Elastomer composites, method and apparatus |
September 1, 2009 |
| Elastomer composites are produced by novel continuous flow methods and apparatus in which fluid streams of particulate filler and elastomer latex are fed to the mixing zone of a coagulum reactor to form a mixture in semi-confined flow continuously from the mixing zone through a coagu |
| 7582134 |
Aerosol method and apparatus, particulate products, and electronic devices made therefrom |
September 1, 2009 |
| Provided is an aerosol method, and accompanying apparatus, for preparing powdered products of a variety of materials involving the use of an ultrasonic aerosol generator (106) including a plurality of ultrasonic transducers (120) underlying and ultrasonically energizing a reservoir of |
| 7578986 |
Fuel reformer catalyst and absorbent materials |
August 25, 2009 |
| Materials that are useful for absorption enhanced reforming (AER) of a fuel, including absorbent materials such as Group 1 and Group 2 metal oxides that are adapted to absorb CO.sub.2 and catalyst materials such as reforming catalysts and water-gas shift catalysts, and methods for using |
| 7575621 |
Separation of metal nanoparticles |
August 18, 2009 |
| A process for the production of metal nanoparticles. Nanoparticles are formed by combining a metal compound with a solution that comprises a polyol and a substance that is capable of being adsorbed on the nanoparticles. The nanoparticles are precipitated by adding a nanoparticle-prec |
| 7572423 |
Fumed metal oxide particles and process for producing the same |
August 11, 2009 |
| The invention provides a process for producing fumed metal oxide particles comprising providing a stream of a liquid feedstock comprising a volatizable, non-halogenated metal oxide precursor, providing a stream of a combustion gas having a linear velocity sufficient to atomize and co |
| 7553512 |
Method for fabricating an inorganic resistor |
June 30, 2009 |
| Precursor compositions for the fabrication of electronic features such as resistors and capacitors. The precursor compositions are formulated to have a low conversion temperature, such as not greater than about 350.degree. C., thereby enabling the fabrication of such electronic featu |
| 7553433 |
Aerosol method and apparatus, particulate products, and electronic devices made therefrom |
June 30, 2009 |
| Provided is an aerosol method, and accompanying apparatus, for preparing powdered products of a variety of materials involving the use of an ultrasonic aerosol generator (106) including a plurality of ultrasonic transducers (120) underlying and ultrasonically energizing a reservoir of |
| 7544238 |
Modified pigments having steric and amphiphilic groups |
June 9, 2009 |
| Various modified pigment products are described which are preferably capable of being dispersed in a variety of materials such as coatings, inks, toners, films, plastics, polymers, elastomers, and the like. The modified pigments are pigments having attached a) at least one steric gro |
| 7541308 |
Fuel cells and other products containing modified carbon products |
June 2, 2009 |
| Fuel cells are described and contain a gas diffusion electrode, a gas diffusion counter-electrode, an electrolyte membrane located between the electrode and counter-electrode. The electrode or counter-electrode or both contain at least one modified carbon product. The electrolyte mem |
| 7531108 |
Security features incorporating photoluminescent phosphor powders and methods for making securit |
May 12, 2009 |
| Photoluminescent phosphor powders and a method for making phosphor powders. The phosphor powders have a small particle size, narrow particle size distribution and are substantially spherical. The method of the invention advantageously permits the economic production of such powders. |
| 7524528 |
Precursor compositions and methods for the deposition of passive electrical components on a subs |
April 28, 2009 |
| Precursor compositions for the deposition of electronic features such as resistors and dielectric components and methods for the deposition of the precursor compositions. The precursor compositions have a low viscosity, such as not greater than about 1000 centipoise and can be deposited |
| 7517606 |
Fuel cells and batteries including metal-carbon composite powders |
April 14, 2009 |
| A fuel cell comprising a catalytic layer including substantially spherical metal-carbon catalyst particles having a weight average particle size of at least about 0.1 micron and not greater than about 20 micron, wherein the catalyst particles comprise a metal phase homogeneously disperse |
| 7515397 |
Methods of making a niobium metal oxide and oxygen reduced niobium oxides |
April 7, 2009 |
| Methods to at least partially reduce a niobium oxide are described wherein the process includes mixing the niobium oxide and niobium powder to form a powder mixture that is then heat treated to form heat treated particles which then undergo reacting in an atmosphere which permits the tra |
| 7507687 |
Electrocatalyst powders, methods for producing powder and devices fabricated from same |
March 24, 2009 |
| Electrocatalyst powders and methods for producing electrocatalyst powders, such as carbon composite electrocatalyst powders. The powders have a well-controlled microstructure and morphology. The method includes forming the particles from an aerosol of precursors by heating the aeroso |
| 7495042 |
Non-aqueous coating compositions |
February 24, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to a dispersant composition comprising at least one anionic surfactant and at least one polymer comprising at least one salt of a carboxylic acid group. Also disclosed are pigment compositions and non-aqueous coating compositions comprising the dispersan |
| 7485256 |
Method of forming sintered valve metal material |
February 3, 2009 |
| Methods of forming sintered valve metal are described. The methods involve sintering a valve metal such as tantalum or niobium in the presence of an iodine source. The method optionally includes deoxidizing the metal using the same equipment used in sintering and/or as a combined step. T |
| 7485198 |
Tantalum and niobium billets and methods of producing the same |
February 3, 2009 |
| Extruded tantalum billets and niobium billets are described having a substantially uniform grain size and preferably an average grain size of about 150 microns or less and more preferably an average grain size of about 100 microns or less. The extruded billet can then be forged or pr |
| 7481864 |
Conversion of Ta.sub.2O.sub.5 to Ta metal |
January 27, 2009 |
| Processes for producing valve metal are described, in which valve metal oxide is converted to valve metal using a vapor-phase transport agent to form a gaseous valve metal species in the presence of a solid getter material. Also described is the valve metal so produced, and anodes pr |
| 7476411 |
Direct-write deposition of phosphor powders |
January 13, 2009 |
| A liquid suspension of phosphor particles and method for depositing the liquid suspension. The suspension advantageously has a low viscosity with a high solids-loading of phosphor particles. The apparent density of the phosphor particles is well-controlled to enable the particles to be |
| 7470974 |
Substantially transparent material for use with light-emitting device |
December 30, 2008 |
| The invention provides a substantially transparent material comprising particles of an inorganic titanate or an inorganic zirconate and at least one compound, wherein the particles are uniformly dispersed in the at least one compound, and wherein the particles are bonded to the at least |
| 7470725 |
Organically modified aerogels, processes for their preparation by surface modification of the aq |
December 30, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to novel, organically modified aerogels, uses thereof, and a process for producing them in which a) a hydrogel is introduced as an initial charge, b) the hydrogel obtained in step a) is subjected to surface modification, and c) the surface-modified gel o |
| 7468205 |
Multilayer composite materials with at least one aerogel-containing layer and at least one other |
December 23, 2008 |
| Multilayer composite materials with at least one aerogel-containing layer and at least one other layer, a process for producing the same and their use are disclosed. The aerogel-containing layer(s) further contain at least one binder. |
| 7468110 |
Hollow cathode target and methods of making same |
December 23, 2008 |
| Sputtering targets and methods of making sputtering targets are described. The method includes the steps of: providing a sputtering metal workpiece made of a valve metal; transverse cold-rolling the sputtering metal workpiece to obtain a rolled workpiece; and cold-working the rolled |
| 7467741 |
Method of forming a sputtering target assembly and assembly made therefrom |
December 23, 2008 |
| A method of forming a sputtering target assembly and the sputtering target assembly made therefrom are described. The method includes bonding a sputtering target to a backing plate at a low temperature. Also described is a method of forming a sputtering target assembly such that a gap is |
| 7462654 |
Corrosion-resistant coating composition |
December 9, 2008 |
| The invention provides an anticorrosive surface coating composition comprising a resin system, and a hydrophobic metal oxide. The hydrophobic metal oxide is characterized by being produced via a wet process and having a surface area of at least about 350 m.sup.2/g. The invention also |
| 7445762 |
Method to partially reduce calcined niobium metal oxide and oxygen reduced niobium oxides |
November 4, 2008 |
| Methods to at least partially reduce a niobium oxide are described wherein the process includes heat treating the niobium oxide in the presence of a getter material and in an atmosphere which permits the transfer of oxygen atoms from the niobium oxide to the getter material, and for a su |
| 7445679 |
Controlled oxygen addition for metal material |
November 4, 2008 |
| Methods to form metal oxide material are described. In one process, an oxide film on a metal material is diffused throughout the metal material to form a preferred uniform metal oxide material. The present invention further relates to products formed by the process. Also, the present |
| 7431993 |
Recording medium with glossy coating containing alumina |
October 7, 2008 |
| The invention provides a recording medium comprising a substrate having a glossy coating thereon, wherein the glossy coating comprises a binder and alumina particles that are aggregates of primary particles. |
| 7431909 |
Process for production of carbon black |
October 7, 2008 |
| Off-gas from a carbon black furnace is employed as a combustion gas feed stream to the burner or combustion zone of the same or a different carbon black furnace in accordance with certain embodiments, suitable conduit and valving is provided to pass off-gas, from which carbon black has b |
| 7431782 |
High purity tantalum, products containing the same, and methods of making the same |
October 7, 2008 |
| High purity tantalum metals and alloys containing the same are described. The tantalum metal preferably has a purity of at least 99.995% and more preferably at least 99.999%. In addition, tantalum metal and alloys thereof are described, which either have a grain size of about 50 microns |
