US Patents Published on 22-Dec-2009

A method for concentrating or partly separating particles of a selected species from a liquid or fluid containing these particles and flowing in a channel, and for determining if the selected species particle is present in the liquid or fluid. A time...

An electrode plate for electrochemical measurements capable of measuring the concentration of a target substance included in a sample solution with favorable accuracy and high sensitivity is provided. The electrode plate for electrochemical...

The mercaptan-laden natural gas is contacted with a mercaptan-adsorbing sieve T1. The mercaptan-rich gaseous effluent obtained upon regeneration of sieve T2 is then contacted with an olefin-containing liquid feed in the presence of an acid catalyst....

A filtration housing is disclosed. The housing includes: a first plate and a second plate, where the first plate and the second plate are configured to retain a filtration cassette; the second end plate includes a feed channel that communicates with...

The present invention provides a hollow fiber membrane submodule comprising a hollow fiber membrane element, permeated fluid collectors, and snaps for securing the permeated fluid collectors to the hollow fiber membrane element, wherein the permeated...

Well head hydrocyclone separators are typically used for separating particulates from fluids such as gas, oil and water and mixtures thereof. Well head separators are useful to prevent wear and blocking of choke valves, rupture of piping, damage to...

A method of treating organic matter-containing waste liquid, which is formed as a byproduct in a plant for the production of oxygen-containing compounds or liquid hydrocarbons (including liquid fuel oil and chemicals, which are produced from natural...

Solid and liquid concrete waste is collected from a construction site and safely off-loaded at a treatment site. Solid waste is separated and sent to a crusher to be made into road bed aggregate. Liquid waste is put in a first tank to settle the...

The present invention provides an etchant composition containing 60 to 75 wt % of phosphoric acid (H3PO4), 0.5 to 15 wt % of nitric acid (HNO3), 2 to 15 wt % of acetic acid (CH3COOH), and 0.1 to 15 wt % of aluminum nitrate (Al(NO3)3).

A europium-activated alkaline earth orthosilicate luminescent material is provided, which includes a compound having a composition represented by a following formula 1: (SrxBayCazEuw)2SiO4  formula 1 wherein, x, y, z and w satisfy following...

Provided is a sputtering target having a relative density of 80% or more and containing a compound having as its principal component zinc oxide satisfying AXBYO(KaX+KbY)/2(ZnO)m, 1<m, X≦m, 0<Y≦0.9, X+Y=2, where A and B are respectively different...

An apparatus is described for micron and submicron particles formation of a substance using the GAS process, comprising a particles formation vessel (22) and means for introducing a solution of the substance and a supercritical fluid into the...

This invention provides a method to hold tire reinforcements such as plies, belts and beads in place within a tire molding cavity while liquid elastomer surrounds the reinforcements, fills the tire mold and solidifies.

An organic additive is removed from a ceramic honeycomb by an improved method by contacting each end of the extruded honeycomb with a member that has a gas permeability no greater than the outer wall, the member essentially covering the ends and...

A compact is obtained from a mixed powder of a multi-component system ceramics composed of constitutive elements of at least two metal elements selected from the group consisting of Ti, Al, V, Nb, Zr, Hf, Mo, Ta, Cr, and W, N, and optionally C; and...

A system for disinfecting a fluid containing microorganisms or chemical contaminants includes a plurality of photocatalyst surfaces secured to a solid surface upon which a fluid to be disinfected contacts. A structure for removing a portion of the...

A system for measuring diffusion of a compound across a membrane generally comprises a membrane held between a first base having a plurality of outwardly extending hollow projections and a second base fastened to the first base and having a plurality...

The microreactor is formed by a sandwich including a first body, an intermediate sealing layer and a second body. A buried channel extends in the first body and communicates with the surface of the first body through a first and a second apertures. A...

A syngas reforming reactor has a shell-and-tube configuration wherein the shell-side fluid flow path through the tube bundle has a longitudinal configuration. The reactor can include a shell-side inlet fluid distributor plate below the lower end of...

The production of ultrafine boron carbide powders from liquid boron-containing precursors and/or liquid carbon-containing precursors is disclosed. The liquid precursors are fed together or separately to a plasma system where the precursor materials...

Embodiments of a sulfur extraction process comprise treating mined sulfur ore with a disulfide oil to dissolve the sulfur in the ore. The process occurs at a temperature less than a temperature sufficient to melt sulfur. The sulfur crystals may be...

The present invention relates to new methods of making crystalline materials isostructural to ITQ-21, as well as to new crystalline materials obtainable by such methods, and their use in hydrocarbon conversion processes. In one of its aspects, the...

The invention relates to a method of selectively targeting an active agent (or agent capable of becoming an active agent) to apoptotic cells in a vertebrate, comprising administering to said vertebrate a system comprising an arsenoxide (or arsenoxide...

DNA sequences, recombinant DNA molecules and hosts transformed with them which produce polypeptides displaying a biological or immunological activity of human fibroblast interferon, the genes coding for these polypeptides and methods of making and...

Vaccine on the basis of allogeneic tumor cells for the therapeutic treatment of tumor diseases, and a method for the making of such vaccine, furthermore transfected human tumor cells for their use as a vaccine. The abstract of the disclosure is...

A novel fungal enzyme having lysozyme activity has been isolated. The invention further relates to a fungal polypeptide having lysozyme activity and belonging to the GH25 family, wherein the enzyme is selected from the group consisting of (a) a...

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a bispecific single chain antibody construct comprising binding domains specific for human CD3 and human CD19, wherein the corresponding variable heavy chain regions (VH) and...

Nucleic acid molecules encoding fusion proteins which bind and inhibit vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). The VEGF-binding fusion proteins are therapeutically useful for treating VEGF-associated conditions and diseases, and are specifically...

Chimpanzee monoclonal antibodies and antigen binding fragments including a γ1-chain CDR3 region that bind hepatitis A virus (HAV) antigen are disclosed herein. The antibodies neutralize HAV. Also disclosed are methods for using these antibodies and...

The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the...

The present invention provides a compound chosen from: a peptide represented by the sequence SEQ ID No: 1 below: SEQ ID No: 1 Lys-Ala-Lys-Pro-Val-Gln-Lys-Leu-Asp-Asp-Asp-Asp-Asp-Gly-Asp-Asp-Thr-Tyr-Lys-Glu-Glu-Arg-His-Asn-Lys ...

Streptococcus proteins and polynucleotides encoding them are disclosed. Said proteins are antigenic and therefore useful vaccine components for the prophylaxis or therapy of streptococcus infection in animals. Also disclosed are recombinant methods...

The present invention provides BoNT/A peptides as well as methods of predicting or determining immunoresistance to botulinum toxin therapy in an individual using BoNT/A peptides.

The present invention relates to recombinant lipidated PsaA proteins and recombinant constructs from which such lipidated PsaA proteins may be expressed. The invention relates further to lipidated PsaA proteins in which lipidation is effected by the...

A patch comprising a support having electrostatic properties is provided wherein a periphery of the support is coated with an adhesive material, and all or part of the non-adhesive surface of the support is covered with at least one biologically...

The invention provides a dosage form comprising at least one active ingredient, and first core and second cores surrounded by and separated by a shell. The dosage form provides a delay of at least one hour between the initial release of active...

An aqueous formulation comprising edible fungal particles especially consisting substantially of fungal mycelia is described. The ingredient maybe combined with other ingredients to produce a wide range of foodstuffs or food ingredients including...

This invention relates to a novel herbal composition comprising an extract of flowering and fruiting heads of the plant, Sphaeranthus indicus. The said extract of Sphaeranthus indicus contains a compound,...

Tomato products obtained from tomato juice or tomato passata having the following composition in percentage by weight: dry residue 5.5-20%, water 94.5-80%, 100% being the sum of the two components, wherein the...

A perpendicular magnetic recording medium and method thereof, includes a nonmagnetic substrate; a soft magnetic under layer; an intermediate layer; a bilayer magnetic recording layer; a protective layer; and a liquid lubricant layer. According to a...

A particle arrangement apparatus of the present invention includes a tank for holding a dispersion of particles, a rotating means for rotating the substrate inside the tank to dip the substrate into the dispersion and to remove the substrate from the...

An apparatus and method for atomic layer deposition with improved efficiency of both chemical dose and purge is presented. The apparatus includes an integrated equipment and procedure for chamber maintenance.

The present invention pertains to a radiation-curable white inkjet ink and, more particularly, to a radiation-curable inkjet white ink comprising a specified titanium dioxide with at least two dispersants. The first is an acidic polyester dispersant...

In a stretched cellulose ester film containing a plasticizer, the plasticizer includes at least an aromatic terminal ester type plasticizer expressed by the following general formula (1): and stretched cellulose ester film includes a cellulose ester...

When an air bag is prepared by laying a pair of silicone rubber-impregnated and/or coated base fabric pieces one on the other, with the coated surfaces of the pieces inside, and joining peripheral portions of the pieces together to form a bag, an...

Composite fiber reinforced balloons for medical devices prepared by applying a web of fibers to the exterior of a preformed underlying balloon and encasing the web with a matrix material to form a composite balloon. The fiber web is applied to at...

For accomplishing the subjects, the invention provides a nickel electrode material for use in a nickel electrode, wherein the positive-electrode material constituting the electrode material comprises: positive active material particles which comprise...

A portion of a reinforcing member has a stacked structure 102 in which plural iron plates having openings 106 are stacked. A hollow portion 107 is formed inside the stacked structure 102, so that the reinforcing member is reduced in weight. Porous...

Disclosed is a heat-peelable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet that can prevent the deformation of a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer caused by pressurization, further reduce chipping in grinding and cutting processes, be easily peeled off from a...

Magnetic nanostructures comprised of an assembly of magnetic nanorods held together by dipole forces in a dendritic pattern and their method of manufacture. The dendritic magnetic nanostructures are prepared at room temperature by applying a magnetic...