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20090054538 | Chemical production processes, systems, and catalyst compositions - Chemical production processes are provided than can include exposing a reactant composition to a catalyst composition to form a product composition, with the reactant composition including a multihydric alcohol compound and product composition including a carbonyl compound. The catalyst composition can include one or more elements of groups 5 and 6 of the periodic table of elements. Catalyst compositions are provided that can include one or more of niobia, hydrated niobia, tungstic acid, phosphotungstic acid, and phosphomolybdic acid. | 02-26-2009 |
20090054693 | Chemical production processes, systems, and catalyst compositions - Chemical production processes are provided that can include exposing a reactant composition to a catalyst composition to form a product composition. Catalyst compositions are also provided that can include metal phosphate compositions, metal phosphorous compositions, and/or solid support compositions with the solid support compositions including one or more of F—Al | 02-26-2009 |
20090054694 | Chemical production processes, systems, and catalyst compositions - Chemical production processes are provided that include exposing a reactant composition to a catalyst composition to form a product composition, with the reactant composition including a multihydric alcohol compound and the catalyst composition being effective to dehydrate at least a portion of the multihydric alcohol compound. Embodiments of the process provide that the reactant composition is exposed to the catalyst composition for less than about 0.25 seconds and/or that the catalyst is maintained at a temperature of from about 280° C. to about 320° C. Processes utilizing a reactant composition including a multihydric alcohol compound and an inert compound are also provided. | 02-26-2009 |
20090054695 | Chemical production processes, systems, and catalyst compositions - Chemical production processes are provided that can include exposing a reactant composition to a catalyst composition to form a product composition. The reactant composition can include a multihydric alcohol compound and the product composition can include a carbonyl compound. The catalyst composition can include a metal effective to facilitate catalyst activation. Processes disclosed also include supplementing a dehydration catalyst with a promoter, and activating the supplemented catalyst in the presence of oxygen. Processes also include providing a supplemented dehydration catalyst to within a reactor, and exposing a multihydric alcohol compound to the dehydration catalyst, with the exposing forming coke within the reactor. Oxygen can be provided to the reactor to remove at least a portion of the coke. | 02-26-2009 |
20090264686 | Hydrogenolysis processes and hydrogenolysis catalyst preparation methods - Hydrogenolysis processes are provided that can include providing a hydrogenolysis reactor having a catalyst therein. The catalyst can be exposed to a reducing agent in the absence of polyhydric alcohol compound while maintaining a temperature of the catalyst above 290° C. Hydrogenolysis processes can also include providing a passivated catalyst to within a reactor and exposing the catalyst to a reducing atmosphere while maintaining the catalyst at a temperature less than 210° C. | 10-22-2009 |
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20120171617 | POLYMERS, PHOTORESIST COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF FORMING PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC PATTERNS - Provided are polymers that include a unit comprising a particular acetal moiety and a unit comprising a lactone moiety. Also provided are photoresist compositions containing such a polymer, substrates coated with the photoresist compositions and methods of forming photolithographic patterns. The polymers, compositions, methods and coated substrates find particular applicability in the manufacture of semiconductor devices. | 07-05-2012 |
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20090275815 | Temperature-compensated in-vivo sensor - An in-vivo sensor assembly includes an assembly body having a body proximal end and a body distal end, a plurality of sensor elements including at least an analyte sensor element containing an enzyme that is a substrate of the analyte to be measured, a reference sensor element and a temperature sensor element disposed at or near the body distal end wherein the at least an analyte sensor element and the reference sensor element are exposed to the sample fluid and the temperature sensor is capable of measuring the temperature of and adjacent to the analyte sensor element, and an electrical coupling means disposed at the body proximal end and configured to couple to the at least an analytical sensor element, the reference sensor element and the temperature sensor element. | 11-05-2009 |
20100102264 | SHEAR VALVE APPARATUS AND METHODS TO IMPROVE LEAKAGE AND WEAR - A shear valve assembly includes a stationary valve manifold having a manifold planar surface containing a plurality of manifold input ports and one or more manifold output ports, a movable valve switch having a switch planar surface in slidable, interactive contact with the manifold planar surface forming an interactive contact junction, the switch planar surface having a fluid switching channel capable of connecting one of the plurality of manifold input ports with one of the one or more manifold output ports, a surface modifying component disposed at the interactive contact junction that provides a period of extended useful life of the manifold planar surface and the switch planar surface beyond the useful life of pre-lubricated interactive contact junction, a drive shaft connected to the valve switch, and a valve housing supporting the stationary valve manifold, the movable valve switch, and the drive shaft. | 04-29-2010 |