12th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160083760 | METHOD FOR LATE INTRODUCTION OF THE (8R) HYDROXYL GROUP CARBAPENEM BETA-LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC SYNTHESIS - The presently disclosed subject matter demonstrates that ThnG and ThnQ enzymes encoded by the thienamycin gene cluster in | 2016-03-24 |
20160083761 | Polypeptides Having Xylanase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity, catalytic domains, carbohydrate binding modules and encoding the polypeptides, catalytic domains or carbohydrate binding modules. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides, catalytic domains or carbohydrate binding modules. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083762 | LIQUEFACTION PROCESSES - The present invention provides a process of liquefying starch-containing material comprising treating said starch-containing material with at least one alpha-amylase and a maltogenic amylase or at least one amylase and at least one esterase. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083763 | METHOD OF RANDOM CIRCULAR PERMUTATION BY MUCP-ISC AND MUCP-ISSC TRANSPOSONS - A method for designing circular permuted proteins using two engineered Mu transposons for easy construction of random circular permuted proteins, the two designed transposons being MuCP-ISC (Mu Circular permutation transposon with Integrated Start Codon) and MuCP-ISSC (Mu Circular permutation transposon with Integrated Start and Stop Codon). | 2016-03-24 |
20160083764 | AN IMPROVED PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF FIDAXOMICIN - The present invention provides an improved process for the preparation of fidaxomicin by culturing | 2016-03-24 |
20160083765 | METHOD FOR PREPARING ANTIBODIES HAVING IMPROVED PROPERTIES - The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for the production of Fc-containing polypeptides having improved properties and comprising mutations at positions 243 and 264 of the Fc region. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083766 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING CAROTENOIDS FROM FERMENTATION BY-PRODUCTS - The present technology relates to methods for extracting carotenoids like β-carotene or lutein from oil obtained from/as a by-product derived from a feedstock material like starch-containing material in a processes for producing fermentation products by-products derived from a fermentative production process, in particular from an ethanol fermentation process, wherein the by-product is selected from the group consisting of distillers' wet grain (DWG), distillers' dried grains (DDG), distillers' solubles (DS), distillers' dried solubles (DDS), distillers' dried grain with solubles (DDGS), and mixtures thereof. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083767 | NOVEL GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE DERIVED FROM DOLWOE AND USE THEREOF - Provided are a novel UDP-glycosyltransferase (uridine diphosphate glycosyltransferase) protein having glycosyltransfer activity for glucose linked by a glycosidic bond at the C-20 position of PPD (protopanaxadiol)-type or PPT (protopanaxatriol)-type ginsenoside, and use thereof. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083768 | POLYMER MEMBRANES FOR CONTINUOUS ANALYTE SENSORS - Devices and methods are described for providing continuous measurement of an analyte concentration. In some embodiments, the device has a sensing mechanism and a sensing membrane that includes at least one surface-active group-containing polymer and that is located over the sensing mechanism. The sensing membrane may have a bioprotective layer configured to substantially block the effect and/or influence of non-constant noise-causing species. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083769 | MASS-SPECTROMETRIC RESISTANCE DETERMINATION BY GROWTH MEASUREMENT - The invention relates to a mass-spectrometric method to determine microbial resistances to antibiotics, in which the microbes are cultured in a medium comprising an antibiotic, and a mass spectrum of the microbes is acquired after they have been cultured. The method is characterized by the fact that any microbial growth taking place during the culture is mass-spectrometrically determined with the aid of a reference substance, which is added in a dosed amount and is co-measured in the mass spectrum, wherein a growth in microbes indicates the resistance to the antibiotic. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083770 | ARTICLES AND METHOD FOR DETECTING LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES - A method of detecting | 2016-03-24 |
20160083771 | NANOSTRUCTURED SPORE CARRIER - Spore carriers suitable for use in biological indicators are described. The spore carriers include a substrate such as polymeric film or non-woven web with a hydrophilic nanostructured layer bonded to it. Spores are bonded to the nanostructured layer. Nanostructured layers including nanoparticles, such as acid-sintered silica nanoparticles are described. Biological indicators including such spore carriers are also described. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083772 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING A SUSPENSION OF MICROORGANISMS - A device including an applicator capable of dispensing a suspension of microorganisms on a culture medium and to the use of the device for dispensing the suspension of microorganisms. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083773 | Apparatus and Process for Treating Samples of Biological or Microbiological Material - An apparatus for treating samples includes a first housing interface ( | 2016-03-24 |
20160083774 | DEVICE FOR PATHOGEN TRANSPORT - This disclosure provides a method for transporting a pathogen under ambient conditions, by culturing the pathogen with an amoeba under conditions that favor the incorporation of the pathogen into a trophozoite, starving the amoeba until it encysts, then culturing under conditions that favor conversion of the amoeba back to a trophozoite. In one aspect, the conditions that favor incorporation of the pathogen into the cyst of the amoeba comprises contacting the pathogen with the amoeba in an iron rich environment. Virus and/or bacteria are pathogens that can be transported by the disclosed method. Amoeba that are useful in the disclosed methods include, without limitation | 2016-03-24 |
20160083775 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING ENZYME AND TRANSPORT PROTEIN INHIBITORS - The invention is directed to compositions, e.g., cell-based and multiplexed platforms, to screen for small molecule drugs that inhibit enzymes such as proteases, e.g., viral proteases, e.g., HIV proteases; and methods for making and using these compositions. The invention provides compositions and methods for identifying compositions, e.g., drug molecules, that can inhibit proteases, e.g., viral proteases such as HIV proteases. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides cell-based platforms or assays to screen for compositions, e.g., small molecules or drugs, that inhibit or modify the activity of enzymes such as calcium-dependent protein convertases involved in HIV envelope protein processing, including cleavage of the HIV gp160 envelope precursor, resulting in gp120 and gp41 envelope products. In one embodiment, the invention provides a cell-based or multiplexed platform for monitoring the activity of enzymes, e.g., proteases such as viral proteases. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083776 | Methods for Measuring Polymerase Activity Useful for Sensitive, Quantitative Measurements of Any Polymerase Extension Activity and for Determining the Presence of Viable Cells - A novel, highly sensitive, quantitative and rapid DPE-PCR assay is disclosed that can be used to enumerate prokaryotic cells when presenting a purified or selected cell type and that has the capability to reproducibly measure DNA polymerase extension activity from less than 10 cfu of bacteria via coupling to bead lysis. Also disclosed is the potential for the DPE-PCR assay of the invention to universally detect microbes by testing a panel of microorganisms comprised of gram-negative bacteria, gram-positive bacteria and | 2016-03-24 |
20160083777 | TEST ELEMENTS FOR DETERMINING AN ANALYTE CONCENTRATION THAT INCLUDE CORRECTION INFORMATION FOR AT LEAST ONE INTERFERING VARIABLE - Test elements are disclosed for detecting at least one analyte concentration in a sample. The test elements are used for detecting one or more analytes such as metabolites in body fluids, especially glucose. The test elements correct for an interfering variable such as temperature and or hematocrit in a test element system via a correction factor based upon diffusion of at least one diffusable label. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083778 | APPLICATION OF THIOLATED SINGLE-STRANDED DNA IN POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION - An application of thiolated single-stranded DNA enhances specific amplification of polymerase chain reaction, namely a method for enhancing specific amplification of polymerase chain reaction by utilizing thiolated single-stranded DNA, which includes the following step: adding an appropriate amount of the thiolated single-stranded DNA into a PCR system to perform PCR amplification, wherein the appropriate amount means that the final concentration of the thiolated single-stranded DNA in a 20 μL reaction system is not less than 15 μM. The thiolated single-stranded DNA meets the following conditions: the thiolated single-stranded DNA is one segment of any sequence which is non-complementary and non-homologous to a target sequence; the Tm value is not less than 37.7° C.; and at least one end contains a thiolalkyl group SH—C | 2016-03-24 |
20160083779 | Novel Gene Normalization Methods - Measurement of gene expression relative to an endogenous control gene is prone to excessive variability between samples and even replicates. The disclosure provides methods for normalizing expression levels of a gene by scaling gene expression levels to that of the most highly expressed gene in the set of genes whose expression levels are measured, rather than a house-keeping gene. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083780 | Recombinase Polymerase Amplification - This disclosure describes related novel methods for Recombinase-Polymerase Amplification (RPA) of a target DNA that exploit the properties of recombinase and related proteins, to invade double-stranded DNA with single stranded homologous DNA permitting sequence specific priming of DNA polymerase reactions. The disclosed methods have the advantage of not requiring thermocycling or thermophilic enzymes, thus offering easy and affordable implementation and portability relative to other amplification methods. Further disclosed are conditions to enable real-time monitoring of RPA reactions, methods to regulate RPA reactions using light and otherwise, methods to determine the nature of amplified species without a need for gel electrophoresis, methods to improve and optimize signal to noise ratios in RPA reactions, methods to optimize oligonucleotide primer function, methods to control carry-over contamination, and methods to employ sequence-specific third ‘specificity’ probes. Further described are novel properties and approaches for use of probes monitored by light in dynamic recombination environments. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083781 | INTEGRATED SAMPLE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An integrated sample purification system includes a housing, a sample container rack, a filter holder, and a cylindrical magnet. The sample container rack and the filter device holder are disposed in the housing. The sample container rack is configured to hold one or more sample containers, the filter device holder is configured to hold one or more filter devices. The cylindrical magnet is adjacent to and external to the sample container rack, and is rotated about a central, longitudinal axis of the magnet by an electric motor disposed in the housing to lyse cells. Molecules of interest in the lysed cells are purified using filters that bind specifically to the molecules of interest. The system is readily amenable to automation and rapid purification and analysis of molecules of interest, such as nucleic acids and proteins. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083782 | NUCLEIC ACID BINDING DYES AND USES THEREFOR - The invention provides novel compounds and compositions of Formulas I and II, as well as methods of using them. The compounds can be used, for example, to quantify an amount of double stranded DNA in a sample subjected to nucleic acid amplification, or for real time monitoring of a nucleic acid amplification reaction. The compounds can be provided in a kit, for example, with other reagents and instructions for using the compounds and reagents. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083783 | NOVEL HYBRIDIZATION PROBES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to novel hybridization probes useful for rapid hybridization to realize a practicable and affordable pathogen diagnostic based on RNA signature detection, technology and hardware. In particular, the present invention relates to a nucleic acid structure which may comprise nucleic acid tiles, wherein each nucleic acid tile comprises nucleic acid oligomers, wherein each nucleic acid oligomer hybridizes to each other thereby forming a nucleic acid tile. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083784 | COINCIDENCE DETECTION - The invention relates to a method of detecting the coincidence of two biomolecular structures in a solid phase sample, said method comprising
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20160083785 | TARGET DETECTION AND SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the detection of target molecules, and the amplification of detectable signals generated by detection assays. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods utilizing catalytic nucleic acid enzymes to generate and/or amplify a signal indicative of the presence of target molecules (e.g. nucleic acids and proteins), and compositions for use in the methods. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083786 | IN SITU INTERACTION DETERMINATION - Methods, reagents, compositions, and kits for in situ interaction determination (ISID) via interaction-dependent polymerase chain reaction (ID-PCR) are provided herein. ISID technology is useful for rapidly evaluating potential small molecule-target interactions from mixtures in a single solution. ISID is compatible with unpurified targets in biological samples and can be used to evaluate ligand-binding in DNA-encoded chemical libraries in cell lysates. ISID is also useful to screen ligand interactions of proteins or other molecules in their native state, including their native post-translational modifications and any interactions with accessory proteins and metabolites, in ways that better reflect their relevant biological environment. Because ISID is compatible with crude cell lysates, difficult-to-purify, poorly soluble, intrinsically unstable, and aggregation-prone targets may also be compatible with this method, without requiring truncation or other strategies used to promote heterologous expression. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083787 | DIGITAL PCR FOR NON-INVASIVE PRENATAL TESTING - Techniques are provided for determining settings of a dPCR experiment for the detection of a chromosomal aneuploidy in a plasma sample from a female pregnant with a fetus. Data about the sample, the dPCR process, and a desired accuracy can be used to determine the settings. Such settings can include a minimal input number of control chromosome molecules for the dPCR experiment, a minimal number of control chromosome molecules for a pre-amplification procedure, and a number of PCR cycles in the pre-amplification procedure. These settings can be used to satisfy the accuracy specified by the accuracy data. Thus, the dPCR experiment can be designed to achieve the desired accuracy while reducing cost, e.g., by not using more of a sample than needed and not performing more pre-amplification than needed or performing more manipulations than needed. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083788 | METHOD FOR TARGETED SEQUENCING - The method of the present invention now provides a technique for generating sequence information from nucleic acid samples based on knowledge from part(s) of the nucleotide sequence. The knowledge of the partial sequence may include knowledge about the presence of restriction sites. The knowledge of the partial sequence can be used to generate adaptor-ligated or nucleotide-elongated fragments. From the combination of information on the ligated adaptor and the Known Nucleotide Sequence Section, probes can be designed. The probes can be used in the provision of circularized fragments that can be sequenced. Combining the known and determined sequences adds sequence information to the already existing sequence information and complements the available genomic sequence information. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083789 | NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING WITH NANOSCALE ELECTRODE PAIRS - Sequencing methods, devices, and systems are described. Arrays of nanoscale electronic elements comprising two electrodes separated by an insulating layer are used to provide sequence information about a template nucleic acid in a polymerase-template complex bound proximate to the insulating region. A sequencing reaction mixture comprising nucleotide analogs having impedance labels is introduced to the array of nanoscale electronic elements under conditions of polymerase mediated nucleic acid synthesis. The time sequence of incorporation of nucleotide analogs is determined by identifying the types of labels of the nucleotide analogs that are incorporated into the growing strand using measured impedance. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083790 | REGULATOR TARGETTING FATTY ACID SYNTHASE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME FOR IMPROVING MEAT QUALITY - A miRNA miR-4749-5 represented by the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 is disclosed. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083791 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ABNORMALITIES IN CERVICAL CELLS - The present disclosure is directed to a method for identifying an abnormal sample of cells by (a) hybridizing a set of chromosomal probes to the sample, wherein the set comprises probes to 3q, 5p, CEP7, and 20; (b) evaluating cells of the sample to detect and quantify the presence of each probe in the set; (c) categorizing the evaluated cells of the sample as normal or abnormal, wherein the normal cells contain exactly two copies of each probe in the set and the abnormal cells do not contain exactly two copies of each probe in the set; (d) calculating the percentage of the abnormal cells in the evaluated cells of the sample; and (e) identifying the sample of cells as abnormal if the percentage of abnormal cells in the evaluated cells is greater than or equal to a predetermined cut-off threshold value. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083792 | AN ASSAY FOR QUANTITATING THE EXTENT OF METHYLATION OF A TARGET SITE - An assay quantifies the extent of methylation in a DNA sample. Kits and clinical diagnostic assays include assays to determine clinical phenotypes based on extent of methylation of a DNA target site. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083793 | RADIATION BIODOSIMETRY SYSTEMS - Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for accurately estimating the absorbed dose of radiation indicated by a subject based on the expression pattern of a panel of radiation-modulated (RM) genes at various time points following exposure of the subject to ionizing radiation. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083794 | Predicting AMD With SNPS Within or Near C2, Factor B, PLEKHA1, HTRA1, PRELP, or LOC387715 - The invention relates to gene polymorphisms and genetic profiles associated with an elevated or a reduced risk of a complement cascade dysregulation disease such as AMD. The invention provides methods and reagents for determination of risk, diagnosis and treatment of such diseases. In an embodiment, the present invention provides methods and reagents for determining sequence variants in the genome of an individual which facilitate assessment of risk for developing such diseases. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083795 | BIOMARKERS - The present invention relates to novel biomarkers for determining the Alzheimer's disease status of a subject, and to uses of novel panels of biomarkers. AD is currently clinically diagnosed using tests of cognitive function. Studies have shown that the accuracy of the clinical diagnosis is between 65 and 90% using cognitive techniques. The present invention provides a method of determining the Alzheimer' s disease status of a subject comprising providing a sample of material obtained from the subject and determining the expression level of one or more genes selected from the group consisting of: TUBB, NEAT1, CENPB, AA482221 and CPSF3 in the sample. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083796 | Diagnostic test for skeletal atavism in horses - The present invention relates to methods for detecting a genetic deletion at the SHOX locus of a horse, where the presence of such a genetic deletion indicates that the horse is a carrier of disease-causing mutation that can lead to skeletal atavism. The invention further provides nucleic acid primers and probes for use in methods for detecting the presence or absence of disease-causing genetic deletion at the SHOX locus of a horse. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083797 | BIOMARKER FOR BLADDER CANCER - The present invention relates to new methods for diagnosing or identifying bladder cancer in a subject for predicting the clinical outcome or determining the treatment course in a subject afflicted with bladder cancer as well as for the stratification of the therapeutic regimen of a subject with bladder cancer and for monitoring the progress of bladder cancer in a subject. The methods are based on the determination of the level or amount of methylation of the promoter of the ECRG4- and/or the promoter of the ITIH5-gene in a sample of said subject. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of a kit in a method according to the present invention. Finally, the present invention relates to new biomarkers, namely, the promoter of the ECRG4-gene or the promoter of the ITIH5-gene; in particular, the level or amount of methylation of said promoters as biomarkers for bladder cancer. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083798 | METHODS AND USES INVOLVING GENETIC ABERRATIONS OF NAV3 AND ABERRANT EXPRESSION OF MULTIPLE GENES - A method of identifying and treating a subject having a tumor with down regulation of NAV3 (neuronal navigator 3) and with over expression of at least one gene product. The method may be used to identify a subject with a colorectal tumor, brain tumor or tumor of epidermal keratinocytes and selecting a treatment for a subject with a colorectal tumor, brain tumor or tumor of epidermal keratinocytes. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083799 | MUTATIONS IN PDGFRB AND NOTCH3 AS CAUSES OF AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INFANTILE MYOFIBROMATOSIS - This invention relates to a method of diagnosing a subject as having and/or being a carrier for infantile myo fibromatosis. This method involves providing an isolated biological sample from a subject; contacting the sample with one or more reagents suitable for detecting the presence or absence of one or more mutations in PDGFRB and/or NOTCH3; detecting, in the sample, the presence or absence of the one or more mutations in PDGFRB and/or NOTCH3 based on said contacting; and diagnosing the subject as having and/or being a carrier for infantile myofibromatosis based on said detecting, where the presence of the one or more mutations in PDGFRB and/or NOTCH3 indicates the subject has a mutation that causes infantile myofibromatosis. Also disclosed is a method of treating a subject having infantile myofibromatosis and a method of preventing or treating symptoms associated with infantile myofibromatosis. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083800 | MONOCLONAL AND OLIGOCLONAL ANTI-EGFR ANTIBODIES FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF TUMORS EXPRESSING PREDOMINANTLY HIGH AFFINITY EGFR LIGANDS OR TUMORS EXPRESSING PREDOMINANTLY LOW AFFINITY EGFR LIGANDS - Disclosed are pharmaceutical preparations for, and methods for determining, appropriate and effective treatment with therapeutic agents comprising a single species of anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody or therapeutic agents comprising a plurality of species of such antibodies, as well as kits useful for making such determinations. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083801 | Prognostic Marker For Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis And B Cell Malignancies In HCV Infected Patients - The invention provides methods and compositions for early diagnosis and treatment of a disease associated with a specific antibody by employing the detection of a cross-idiotypic epitope on the specific antibody to detect the cells that produce the antibody before the development of clinical symptoms of the disease. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083802 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING RESPONSE TO A HYPOMETHYLATING AGENT - Disclosed are methods for predicting a response of a subject with myelodysplastic syndrome to treatment with a hypomethylating agent, for example using a sample obtained from the subject. The methods can be used to select a subject for treatment with a hypomethylating agent, and/or measure a subject's response to therapy and/or disease progression/regression. The methods include detecting, in a nucleic acid sample obtained from a subject, one or more mutations of any one or more genes selected from Table 3a. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083803 | METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR DETECTING COLORECTAL NEOPLASM - The present invention provides methods and materials related to the detection of colorectal neoplasm-specific markers in or associated with a subject's stool sample. In particular, the present invention provides methods and materials for identifying mammals having a colorectal neoplasm by detecting the presence of exfoliated epithelial markers (e.g., human DNA, tumor assoicated gene alterations, tumor associated proteins) and blood markers (e.g., homoglobin, serum proteins) in a stool sample obtained from the mammal. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083804 | HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS AS A PRESCREENING TOOL - Compositions and methods for determining an increased likelihood of a response to a targeted treatment of a cancer disease including isolating genomic DNA from a patient sample, amplifying a fragment of DNA by means of PCR with a specific pair of amplification primers, determining if the amplified fragment comprises a wildtype sequence or a mutation by means of a High Resolution Melting Analysis (HRM), and correlating the presence or absence of a mutation with an increased likelihood of success of said targeted treatment. Respective primer pairs, compositions and kits are also claimed. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083805 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ASSESSMENT OF PULMONARY FUNCTION AND DISORDERS - The present invention provides methods for the assessment of risk of developing lung cancer in smokers and non-smokers using analysis of genetic polymorphisms. The present invention also relates to the use of genetic polymorphisms in assessing a subject's risk of developing lung cancer, and the suitability of a subject for an intervention in respect of lung cancer. Nucleotide probes and primers, kits, and microarrays suitable for such assessment are also provided. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083806 | SEQUENCE SPECIFIC PRIMER POOL FOR MULTIPLEX PCR AND METHOD OF DETECTING MICROBIAL INFECTIONS IN THALASSEMIA PATIENTS - Reagents and methods for the fast, accurate and early detection of infections in thalassemia major patients. Reagents include a primer pool containing a mixture of primer pairs for the specific recognition and simultaneous amplification of targeted gene sequences of pathogens from a biological sample collected from a patient in a multiplex PCR reaction. Pathogens may include at least one Fungi species, | 2016-03-24 |
20160083807 | PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA STRAIN AS WELL AS ITS MICROBIAL INOCULUM AND APPLICATION - This invention has disclosed a | 2016-03-24 |
20160083808 | CONTROLLED FLOCCULATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC HYDROLYZATES - A method of flocculating a lignin-containing hydrolyzate solution, comprising adding at least two agents, comprising at least one flocculant, effective for flocculating the hydrolyzate, resulting in a cake having a solids content greater than a solids content of a cake obtained from a hydrolyzate treated with an optimum flocculating amount of the flocculant alone | 2016-03-24 |
20160083809 | Method for Producing an Agglomerate Made of Fine Material Containing Metal Oxide for Use as a Blast Furnace Feed Material - The invention relates to a method for producing an agglomerate, which is used as a blast furnace feed material, by mixing a fine material containing metal and/or metal oxide, a mineral binder, which comprises a mineral raw material and a lime-based material, and optionally other additives to form a mass and solidifying the mass to form an agglomerate, wherein a raw material comprising a silicon oxide fraction of at least 40 wt %, a fine grain fraction of less than 4 μm of at least 20 wt %, and a grain size fraction of less than 1 μm of at least 10 wt % is used as the mineral raw material. The invention further relates to a blast furnace feed material that can be produced by means of the method according to the invention, and to a pre-mixture for producing the blast furnace feed material. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083810 | BLAST FURNACE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BLAST FURNACE - The present invention is directed to a blast furnace and a method for operating a blast furnace which are able to reduce the CO | 2016-03-24 |
20160083811 | METHOD FOR REDUCING IRON OXIDE TO METALLIC IRON USING COKE OVEN GAS - The present invention provides a method for reducing iron oxide to metallic iron using coke oven gas, including: dividing coke oven gas from a coke oven gas source into a plurality of coke oven gas streams; providing a first coke oven gas stream to a hydrogen enrichment unit to form a hydrogen-rich product stream that is delivered to a reduction shaft furnace as part of a reducing gas stream; and providing a tail gas stream from the hydrogen enrichment unit to a reforming reactor to form a reformed gas stream that is delivered to a reduction shaft furnace as part of the reducing gas stream. Optionally, a spent top gas stream from the reduction shaft furnace is cleansed of CO | 2016-03-24 |
20160083812 | PHYSICAL PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT OF IRON CASTINGS USING CARBON NANOMATERIALS - A method is provided for fabricating iron castings for metallic components. The method for fabricating the iron castings may include forming a molten solution by melting carbon and iron and combining carbon nanomaterials with the molten solution. A first portion of the carbon nanomaterials combined with the molten solution may be dispersed therein. The method may also include cooling the molten solution to solidify at least a portion of the carbon thereof to fabricate the iron castings. The first portion of the carbon nanomaterials may be dispersed in the iron castings. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083813 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUENCHING CASTINGS - A quench system includes an enclosure defining a quench chamber sized to receive hot castings, and bulk air fans in fluid communication with the quench chamber and configured to establish a bulk flow of cooling air that surrounds and extracts heat from the hot castings at a first cooling rate. The quench system also includes a pressurized cooling system in fluid communication with a plurality of nozzles within the quench chamber and configured to spray a plurality of a directed flows of cooling fluid onto the hot castings to extract heat at a second cooling rate. The quench system further includes a programmable controller configured to sequentially activate the bulk air fans to cool the casting at the first cooling rate for a first predetermined period of time, and then activate the pressurized cooling system to cool the casting at the second cooling rate for a second predetermined period of time. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083814 | HIGH TEMPERATURE OXIDATION-RESISTANT COATED STEEL PLATE AND HOT STAMPING METHOD THEREOF - A high temperature oxidation-resistant coated steel plate includes a steel base material and a high temperature oxidation-resistant coating. The high temperature oxidation-resistant coating is formed by coating a high temperature oxidation-resistant paint onto the steel base material and baking in an oven. The high temperature oxidation-resistant paint includes a binder and a plurality of micron aluminum flakes. The binder has a three-dimensional molecular structure of Al—O. The micron aluminum flakes has a micron-sized thickness and a length ranging from 5 to 30 μm inclusive. The disclosure can enhance high temperature oxidation-resistant ability and hot stamping characteristics of the coated steel plate, and makes objects after hot stamping have good spot weldability and coating performance. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083815 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF PERFORMING LASER SHOCK PEENING ON A TARGET WITH A FLUID FLOW PATH SANDWICHED BETWEEN A TRANSPARENT TO LASER LIGHT SOLID MEDIUM AND THE TARGET - The invention is concerned with a system for performing Laser Shock Peeing on a target ( | 2016-03-24 |
20160083816 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING GOLD FROM REFRACTORY ORE - A method of recovering gold from refractory ore containing a carbonaceous material, a sulfide and gold is provided. Gypsum seed crystals are added to a slurry containing a roasted refractory ore or a pressure-oxidized refractory ore to decrease gypsum encapsulation of gold and improve gold recovery. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083817 | METHOD AND PLANT FOR PROCESSING ROASTED PYRITES - The invention relates to a method and a recovery system for obtaining raw materials from ores and/or ore tailings, in particular a method and a recovery system for recovering metals from ores and/or ore tailings, especially a method and a recovery system for recovering metals from pyrite tailings, preferably from roasted pyrites produced during sulphuric acid manufacture. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083818 | ALUMINUM ALLOY MATERIALS SUITABLE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE BODY PANELS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An aluminum alloy material suitable for the manufacture of automotive body panels comprising: Si 0.6 to 1.2 wt %, Mg 0.7 to 1.3 wt %, Zn 0.25 to 0.8 wt %, Cu 0.02 to 0.20 wt %, Mn 0.01 to 0.25 wt %, Zr 0.01 to 0.20 wt %, with the balance being Al and incidental elements, based on the total weight of the aluminum alloy material. The aluminum alloy material satisfies the inequation of: 2.30 wt %≦(Si+Mg+Zn+2Cu) wt %≦3.20 wt %. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083819 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - There is provided a high-strength steel sheet having a tensile strength (TS) of 900 MPa or more and excellent elongation, stretch flangeability, and bendability in a component system in which an expensive alloy element is not intentionally added. A high-strength steel sheet includes a composition including, on a mass % basis, C: 0.15 to 0.40%, Si: 1.0 to 2.0%, Mn: 1.5 to 2.5%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.0040% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.1%, N: 0.01% or less, and Ca: 0.0020% or less, with the balance including Fe and incidental impurities. The high-strength steel sheet has a microstructure including 40% to 70% of a ferrite phase and a bainite phase in total, 20% to 50% of a martensite phase, and 10% to 30% of a retained austenite phase in terms of an area fraction relative to the entire microstructure. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083820 | PEARLITIC RAIL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PEARLITIC RAIL - A pearlitic rail includes a composition including in % by mass: 0.70% to 0.90% of C; 0.1% to 1.5% of Si; 0.01% to 1.5% of Mn; 0.001% to 0.035% of P; 0.0005% to 0.030% of S; 0.1% to 2.0% of Cr, remainder of the composition consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities. Surface hardness of a rail top is not less than HB 430, and hardness at a depth of 25 mm from a surface of the rail top is not less than HB 410. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083821 | STEEL MATERIAL, MATERIAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND MATERIAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a technique to reduce the residual stress of a steel material while improving the mechanical property and the corrosion resistance of the material. A steel material is provided that includes a plurality of ferrite crystal grains, and a laminar iron-rich phase formed at unidirectionally occurring grain boundaries of all grain boundaries of the ferrite crystal grains. A material processing method is provided that includes: heating a steel material that contains a plurality of ferrite crystal grains; applying a magnetic field to a heated portion while heating the steel material; applying an electric field to the heated portion in a direction that crosses the direction of the applied magnetic field while heating the steel material; and measuring a displacement occurring in the steel material under the magnetic field and the electric field. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083822 | AUSTENITIC FE-CR-NI ALLOY FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE - An austenitic alloy for high temperature use, particularly for use in resistance heating elements. The alloy includes primarily the elements Fe, Ni, and Cr, and it has the following main composition, given in weight %, Ni 38-48, Cr 18-24, Si 1.0-1.9, C <0.1, and the balance Fe. The alloy provides good hot form stability, good oxidation resistance, and a relatively high electrical resistance coupled with a low change in resistance as a function of temperature. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083823 | ROLLED ROUND STEEL MATERIAL FOR STEERING RACK BAR AND STEERING RACK BAR - A rolled round steel material for a steering rack bar, having a chemical composition consisting of C: 0.38 to 0.55%, Si: not more than 1.0%, Mn: 0.20 to 2.0%, S: 0.005 to 0.10%, Cr: 0.01 to 2.0%, Al: 0.003 to 0.10%, and N: 0.003 to 0.03%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and P being not more than 0.030% in the impurities, and a microstructure consisting of ferrite (F), lamellar pearlite (LP), and cementite (C), wherein in a cross-section perpendicular to the rolling direction: an average grain diameter of F≦10 μm, an area fraction of LP is less than 20%, and the number of particles of spheroidal cementite (SC) among C≧4×10 | 2016-03-24 |
20160083824 | Methods and Systems for Shape Memory Alloy Structures - There is provided a method of training a shape memory alloy (SMA) workpiece. The method includes applying a force couple to a shape memory alloy (SMA) workpiece to impart a generally planar transformational behavior to the SMA workpiece to obtain a trained shape memory alloy (SMA) workpiece. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083825 | ALUMINIUM ALLOY SHEET FOR METALLIC BOTTLE OR AEROSOL CONTAINER - The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of an aluminum alloy sheet for metal bottles or aerosol cans. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083826 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COPPER ALLOY AND COPPER ALLOY - A method for manufacturing a copper alloy of the present invention is a method for manufacturing a Cu—Ni—Sn-based copper alloy and includes: a first aging treatment step of performing an aging treatment in a temperature range of 300° C. to 500° C. using a solution treated material; an inter-aging processing step of performing cold working after the first aging treatment step; and a second aging treatment step of performing an aging treatment in a temperature range of 300° C. to 500° C. after the inter-aging processing step. In the first aging treatment step, a peak aging treatment is preferably performed. In addition, in the second aging treatment step, the aging treatment is preferably performed for a short period as compared to that of the aging treatment in the first aging treatment step. In the inter-aging processing step, cold working is preferably performed at a processing rate of more than 60% to 99%. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083827 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A METAL FILM - A method for producing a metal film composed of an alloy having more than 50% nickel (a) melts the alloy in amounts of more than one ton in a vacuum induction furnace, or openly in an induction or arc furnace, followed by treatment in a VOD or VLF installation, (b) the alloy is cast into blocks, electrodes or as continuous casting to form a pre-product, (c) the pre-product is annealed if necessary at temperatures between 800° C.-1350° C. for 1-300 hours under air or protective gas, and (d) hot rolled between 1300° C.-600° C. to reduce the thickness of the starting material by a factor of 1.5-200, such that the pre-product has a thickness of 1-100 mm after the rolling and is not recrystallized, recovered, and/or is (dynamically) recrystallized having a grain size less than 300 μm, (e) the pre-product is pickled, (f) then cold worked to produce a film with a degree of deformation greater than 90% to a final thickness of 10-600 μm, (g) the film is cut into strips of 5-300 mm after the cold working, (h) the film strips are coated with a ceramic powder loosely or by an adhesive or by an oxide dissolved in alcohol or covered with a separating film and, if necessary, dried, (i) the film strips are wound annularly onto one or more mandrels or one or more sleeves, wherein the inner and the outer end are each spot-welded or clamped, (j) the annularly wound film strips are annealed under protective gas at temperatures between 600° C.-1200° C. for 1 min to 300 h, (k) wherein the annealed film-like material is recrystallized after the annealing and has a large proportion of cubic texture. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083828 | METHOD FOR SURFACE-TREATING A METALLIC SUBSTRATE - A method for surface-treating a metallic substrate, in particular steel plate, using a protective coating on a Zn basis, according to which a chloride-containing solution is applied to the protective coating and as a result an anti-corrosion layer comprising hydrozincite and simonkolleite is formed at least in parts. To increase the corrosion resistance of the protective coating and to improve the process sequence and reproducibility of the method, the invention proposes reacting the protectively coated substrate with the solution which, using an acid, is adjusted to a pH of 4 to 6 and contains 1.8 to 18.5% by weight chloride, so as to increase the proportion of simonkolleite in relation to the proportion of hydrozincite in the anti-corrosion layer. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083829 | COATING PROCESS - A coating process is provided. The coating process includes positioning a component within an enclosed coating system, the enclosed coating system including a coating apparatus, applying a first coating over at least a portion of the component, then robotically applying a mask to the component, then applying a second coating over at least the portion of the component. The component remains within the enclosed coating system throughout the process. Another process also includes removing a first coating head portion of the coating apparatus after applying the first coating and replacing the first coating head portion with a masking head portion, then removing the masking head portion after robotically applying the mask to the component and replacing the masking head portion with a second coating head portion. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083830 | READABLE THERMAL SPRAY - Embodiments of an iron-based coating configured to be thermally sprayed are disclosed. The iron-based coatings can be generally non-magnetic, thus allowing for thickness measurements to be performed on the coating with standard magnetic measuring equipment. Further, the iron-based coating can have advantageous properties, such as high hardness, high wear resistance, and high adhesion strength. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083831 | LOW TEMPERATURE CARBURIZATION UNDER SOFT VACUUM - Low temperature carburization of stainless steel using acetylene as the carburizing specie is carried out under soft vacuum conditions in the presence of hydrogen or other companion gas. As a result, formation of soot and the undesirable thermal oxide film that normally occurs during low temperature carburization is eliminated virtually completely. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083832 | THIN FILM FORMING METHOD - A compound thin film is obtained with a high deposition rate and consistent film quality in reactive sputtering. A thin film is formed by performing voltage monitoring control and gas flow rate monitoring control. The voltage monitoring control is control in which a gas flow rate is adjusted such that the value of a target voltage is brought closer to the value of a desired voltage by monitoring the target voltage in a first cycle time. The gas flow rate monitoring control is control in which the desired voltage for the target voltage is changed such that the value of the gas flow rate is brought closer to the value of a desired gas flow rate by monitoring the gas flow rate in a second cycle time. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083833 | METHOD OF APPLYING A THERMAL BARRIER COATING TO A METALLIC ARTICLE AND A THERMAL BARRIER COATED METALLIC ARTICLE - A thermal barrier coated metallic article includes a platinum-group metal enriched outer layer on the article. The surface of the outer layer has a microstructure including a plurality of projections extending away from the metallic article. A thin adherent layer of oxide is formed on the outer layer of the metallic article. A ceramic coating is provided on the oxide layer on the surface on and around the projections. The ceramic coating includes a plurality of columnar ceramic grains which extend through the full thickness of the ceramic coating. The grains are arranged in clusters separated by gaps. The grains deposited around the projections are generally blocked. The projections reduce the stress in the ceramic coating near the interface with the adherent layer of oxide and also reduce the stress in the adherent layer of oxide and hence increase the working life of the thermal barrier coating system. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083834 | Film Formation Apparatus, Shadow Mask, Film Formation Method, and Cleaning Method - A novel film formation apparatus is provided. A novel film formation method and cleaning method is also provided. Further, a novel shadow mask is provided. The inventors have conceived a structure including a film formation chamber and an adhesive layer that is on the inner wall of the film formation chamber and/or on the shadow mask and to which a film formation material is to be attached. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083835 | SCRATCH-RESISTANT MATERIALS AND ARTICLES INCLUDING THE SAME - Embodiments of this disclosure pertain to a coating material comprising silicon and/or aluminum, hydrogen and any two or more of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and fluorine. The coating material exhibits a hardness of about 17 GPa or greater and an optical band gap of about 3.5 eV or greater. In some embodiments, the coating material includes, in atomic %, silicon and/or aluminum in an amount of about 40 or greater, hydrogen in an amount in the range from about 1 to about 25, nitrogen in an amount of about 30 or greater, oxygen in an amount in the range from about 0 to about 7.5, and carbon in an amount in the range from about 0 to about 10. The coating material may optionally include fluorine and/or boron. Articles including the coating material are also described and exhibit an average transmittance of about 85% or greater over an optical wavelength regime in the range from about 380 nm to about 720 nm and colorlessness. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083836 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF EPITAXIAL SILICON WAFER AND VAPOR DEPOSITION APPARATUS - A method for producing an epitaxial silicon wafer by applying a vapor deposition on a silicon wafer is disclosed. A vapor deposition apparatus in which the vapor deposition is conducted at least includes a chamber and a hydrogen-chloride-gas supply apparatus that is in communication and connected with an inside of the chamber to supply hydrogen chloride gas into the chamber. A valve including a diaphragm that allows or blocks a flow of the hydrogen chloride gas from an inlet channel to an outlet channel is disposed in the hydrogen-chloride-gas supply apparatus. A W-free anticorrosion alloy material is used for the diaphragm. When a maintenance work is to be done inside the chamber, the hydrogen chloride gas is supplied from the hydrogen-chloride-gas supply apparatus into the chamber. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083837 | Film Formation Device - A film formation device includes: a processing vessel; a mounting stand installed within the processing vessel and configured to mount a substrate thereon; an elevating shaft installed so as to extend in an up-down direction while supporting the mounting stand and connected to an external elevator mechanism through a through-hole formed in the processing vessel; a bellows installed between the processing vessel and the elevator mechanism and configured to cover a periphery of the elevating shaft at a lateral side of the elevating shaft; a lid member disposed so as to surround the elevating shaft with a gap left between a lateral circumferential surface of the elevating shaft and the lid member; and a purge gas supply part configured to supply a purge gas into the bellows so that a gas flow from the bellows toward the processing vessel through the gap is formed. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083838 | Systems, Devices, and/or Methods for Managing Coatings - Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method, which can comprise depositing a coating on a substrate. The coating can be deposited via a plurality of plasma source units directed toward a carrier gas. The carrier gas can comprise a coating material from a source vapor. The coating material can be directed toward the substrate via the carrier gas in a chamber under vacuum. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083839 | METHOD OF MAKING INORGANIC OR INORGANIC/ORGANIC HYBRID FILMS - A method for forming an inorganic or hybrid organic/inorganic layer on a substrate, which method comprises vaporizing a metal alkoxide, condensing the metal alkoxide to form a layer atop the substrate, and contacting the condensed metal alkoxide layer with water to cure the layer is disclosed. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083840 | GRAPHITE SUSCEPTOR - Embodiments described herein include a susceptor for semiconductor processing including an oriented graphite plate that may have a thickness of at least 1 mm. The susceptor may have a support member, and the oriented graphite plate may be disposed on the support member. The support member may have a center thermal conduit and an edge thermal conduit, and may be substantially solid between the center thermal conduit and the edge thermal conduit. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083841 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SUBSTRATE LOADING UNIT - A substrate processing apparatus includes a process chamber in which etching by a corrosive gas is performed to remove a film formed therein after a film formation process, a susceptor disposed in the process chamber and having a substrate loading portion, a stationary shaft passing through the susceptor, a first securing member securing the susceptor at an upper side, a second securing member securing the susceptor at a lower side, a pressing member disposed below the susceptor to urge the stationary shaft in a downward direction while urging the second securing member in an upward direction, and a stopping member formed above the susceptor and engaged with the stationary shaft to urge the first securing member in cooperation with the pressing member. The susceptor, the first securing member and the stopping member are made of a material having corrosion resistance higher than the pressing member. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083842 | METHOD OF FORMING VERY REACTIVE METAL LAYERS BY A HIGH VACUUM PLASMA ENHANCED ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION SYSTEM - This invention provides a method and a system to deposit a thin layer of very reactive elemental metals by plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD). The very reactive metals, selected from the highly electropositive elements include alkaline earth metals, group III metals, and some transition and rare earth metals. The thin metal layers are formed by sequentially pulsing one of above mentioned metal containing organometallic precursors and a hydrogen plasma as a reducing agent into a reaction chamber containing a substrate surface with pulsed or continuous flow of an inert purge gas between each pulsing step. A robust high vacuum reactor chamber equipped with an anti-corrosion turbo pump and a high vacuum load lock are required for reducing contaminant gases such as O | 2016-03-24 |
20160083843 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus includes a process chamber configured to process a substrate; a shower head installed at an upstream side of the process chamber; a gas supply pipe connected to the shower head; a first exhaust pipe connected to a downstream side of the process chamber; a second exhaust pipe connected to a second wall surface, which is different from a first wall surface adjacent to the process chamber, in wall surfaces forming the shower head; a pressure detecting part installed in the second exhaust pipe; and a control part configured to control each of the process chamber, the shower head, the gas supply pipe, the first exhaust pipe, the second exhaust pipe, and the pressure detecting part. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083844 | Substrate Processing Apparatus, Gas Introduction Shaft and Gas Supply Plate - Provided is a substrate processing apparatus including: a substrate support unit; a gas supply plate including a plurality of gas distribution pipes connected to a plurality of gas supply regions; and a gas introduction shaft mounted on the gas supply plate. The gas introduction shaft includes a plurality of gas introduction pipes. Each of the plurality of gas introduction pipes is connected to each of the plurality of gas distribution pipes via each of a plurality of gas discharging spaces having an annular shape. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083845 | MICRO-NOZZLE AND MICRO-NOZZLE ARRAY FOR OVJP AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide a nozzle assembly and method of making the same, the nozzle assembly including a first aperture formed on a first aperture plate to eject a carrier gas flow having organic vapor onto a substrate in a deposition chamber, second apertures formed on a second aperture plate disposed adjacent to the first aperture to form a vacuum aperture, where the first aperture plate and the second aperture plate are separated by a first separator plate, third apertures formed on a third aperture plate to eject purge gas that are disposed adjacent to the second aperture plate, where the second aperture plate and the third aperture plate are separated by second separator plate, and a third separator plate is disposed adjacent to the one or more third aperture plates to form a gas channel in the one or more third aperture plates. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083846 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING VAPOR-PHASE GROWTH APPARATUS - The present invention provides a method of adjusting vapor-phase growth apparatuses in which the individual difference of a heater-set temperature and a surface temperature of substrate-mounted plate among the vapor-phase growth apparatuses is eliminated. The method of adjusting vapor-phase growth apparatuses of the present invention includes a thermocouple-location-adjusting step, in which the relative location of a thermocouple ( | 2016-03-24 |
20160083847 | ALKOXYAMINOSILANE COMPOUNDS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - Alkoxyaminosilane compound having formula I, and processes and compositions for depositing a silicon-containing film, are described herein: | 2016-03-24 |
20160083848 | CONVERSION COATING COMPOSITION COMPRISING A DYE AND A METHOD FOR COATING A METAL SURFACE WITH SAID CONVERSION COATING COMPOSITION - The invention is directed to a conversion coating composition for coating a metal surface including a water soluble dye, at least one metal compound selected from the group consisting of a zirconium-containing compound, titanium-containing compound and silicon-containing compound; and water, wherein the provides for qualitative characterization of the conversion coating uniformity and thickness by the naked human eye or visible light detecting device; and, a method for coating the metal surfaces using the conversion coating composition. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083849 | PERMANGANATE BASED CONVERSION COATING COMPOSITIONS - A composition for application to a substrate comprising a carrier, a permanganate ion source, and a corrosion inhibitor comprising a rare earth ion, an alkali metal ion, an alkali earth metal ion, and/or a transition metal ion is disclosed. A substrate or article including the composition for application to a substrate, and a method of treating a substrate comprising applying the composition to a substrate to form a permanganate treated surface of the substrate, and applying a lithium containing composition on the permanganate treated surface are also disclosed. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083850 | LASER ASSISTED INTERSTITIAL ALLOYING FOR IMPROVED WEAR RESISTANCE - A method of enhancing wear resistance of a metallic substrate includes applying a coating of an interstitial element to a surface of a substrate. A laser beam is directed onto a localized area of the metallic substrate coated with the interstitial element locally raising a temperature of the metallic substrate to a temperature causing the interstitial element to diffuse into the substrate. A layer of alloy including the interstitial element is generated onto the localized area of the metallic substrate. A focal point of the laser beam is disposed at a location spaced from the surface of the substrate for optimizing a power density of the laser beam at the surface of the substrate. The coating of interstitial element not diffused into the substrate is removed exposing the layer of alloy including the interstitial element. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083851 | SURFACE TREATMENT TO PASSIVATE SUBLIMATION SURFACES TO HYDROPHOBIC CONTAMINANTS - The sublimation capability of a porous metal plate used in a sublimator is maintained by heating the porous metal plate at an elevated temperature in a flowing stream of oxygen for an extended period of time to form an oxidized surface. A short chain molecule, such as citric acid, is attached to the oxidized surface having multiple functional carboxylate groups and no hydrophobic tail. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083852 | METHOD OF MACHINING A GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT - A method of machining a nickel containing alloy gas turbine engine component ( | 2016-03-24 |
20160083853 | ELECTROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF AMMONIA IN ALKALINE MEDIA - A method is provided for an electrochemical synthesis of ammonia in alkaline media. The method electrolytically converts N | 2016-03-24 |
20160083854 | DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE WATER ELECTROLYSIS APPARATUS - A differential pressure water electrolysis apparatus includes high-pressure water electrolysis cells and a pressing mechanism. The high-pressure water electrolysis cells are stacked in a stacking direction. Each of the high-pressure water electrolysis cells includes an electrolyte membrane, a member, an anode current collector, a cathode current collector, an anode separator, and a cathode separator. The electrolyte membrane has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side in the stacking direction. The member has a surface which has an opening and which is in contact with the electrolyte membrane. The anode current collector is disposed on the first side of the electrolyte membrane. The cathode current collector is disposed on the second side of the electrolyte membrane. The anode separator has an anode chamber in which the anode current collector is accommodated. The pressing mechanism is to press the high-pressure water electrolysis cells in the stacking direction. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083855 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HIGH-PRESSURE ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM, HIGH-PRESSURE ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM AND HYDROGEN FILLING STATION COMPRISING A HIGH-PRESSURE ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method for operating a high-pressure electrolysis system ( | 2016-03-24 |
20160083856 | ELECTROLYTIC TREATMENT METHOD AND ELECTROLYTIC TREATMENT APPARATUS - An electrolytic treatment method in which a predetermined treatment is performed using treatment subject ions contained in a treatment liquid, the method including: an electrode positioning step for positioning a direct electrode and a counter electrode so as to sandwich the treatment liquid, and positioning an indirect electrode for forming an electric field in the treatment liquid; a treatment subject ion migration step for applying a voltage to the indirect electrode and thereby moving the treatment subject ions in the treatment liquid to the counter electrode side; and a treatment subject ion redox step for applying a voltage between the direct electrode and the counter electrode and thereby oxidizing or reducing the treatment subject ions which have migrated to the counter electrode side. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083857 | VOLTAGE EFFICIENCY OF ALKALINE WATER ELECTROLYSIS BY USING A MIXED METAL OXIDE CATHODE CATALYST - A mixed metal oxide electrode for alkaline water electrolysis. The mixed metal oxide comprises Ir, Ru, and a non-noble metal selected from periods 4, 5 and 6 of the periodic table such as W, Ce, Ni, V and Co. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083858 | ELECTROCHEMICAL FLOW-CELL FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AND NICOTINAMIDE DEPENDENT TARGET REDUCTION, AND RELATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Methods and systems for hydrogen production or production of a reduced target molecule are described, wherein a nicotinamide co-factor dependent membrane hydrogenase or a nicotinamide co-factor dependent membrane enzyme presented on a nanolipoprotein adsorbed onto an electrically conductive supporting structure, which can preferably be chemically inert, is contacted with protons or a target molecule to be reduced and nicotinamide cofactors in presence of an electric current and one or more electrically driven redox mediators. Methods and systems for production of hydrogen or a reduced target molecule are also described wherein a membrane-bound hydrogenase enzyme or enzyme capable or reducing a target molecule is contacted with protons or the target molecule, a nicotinamide co-factor and a nicotinamide co-factor dependent membrane hydrogenase presented on a nanolipoprotein particle for a time and under condition to allow hydrogen production or production of a reduced target molecule in presence of an electrical current and of an electrically driven redox mediator. | 2016-03-24 |
20160083859 | METHOD OF ELECTROPLATING PLASTIC SUBSTRATE - Provided is a method of electroplating a plastic substrate, wherein the treatment time of processes including coarsening, copper plating, nickel plating, etc. is decreased, and a semi-gloss nickel plating process (a semi-gloss nickel plating layer) in a conventional electroplating process is obviated. Also, production capacity is remarkably increased and the plating cost and use of chromium are decreased, thus lowering environmental pollution. Furthermore, the process time and the thickness of the copper and nickel plating layers are decreased, and the electroplated surface of the plastic substrate by PVD is eco-friendly and exhibits superior heat resistance, corrosion resistance, and anti-scratching and anti-oxidation properties. Moreover, as the temperature and the gas content are adjusted in the PVD process, the resulting PVD layer can show various vivid colors having a metallic and 3D appearance, and conventional monotonous color defects can be overcome. | 2016-03-24 |