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7611620 Mediated electrochemical oxidation of organic waste materials  
A mediated electrochemical oxidation process is used to treat and destroy organic waste materials. The materials are introduced into an apparatus containing an electrolyte having the oxidized form...
7604719 In situ generation of hydrogen peroxide  
A device is disclosed for the generation of hydrogen peroxide. The device produces hydrogen peroxide on an as-needed basis through the use of electrolysis of water, wherein the hydrogen and oxygen...
7601265 Apparatus for retaining magnetic particles within a flow-through cell  
An apparatus for retaining magnetic particles within a segment of a flow-through cell during flow of a fluid through the cell comprises (a) optionally, an electrical current source; (b) an...
7601248 Substrate holder and plating apparatus  
The present invention is to provide a substrate holder which can effect a more complete sealing with a sealing member and makes it possible to take a substrate out of the substrate holder easily...
7591931 Water sterilizing apparatus, water sterilizing method, metal ion eluate producing method and metal ion eluate  
Silver ions and the like are efficiently eluted in the water by the action of electrolysis occurring between the silver ion eluting bodies 51 a and the like stirred by the stream in each chamber...
7572354 Electrochemical processing of conductive surface  
The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for plating a conductive material on a semiconductor substrate by rotating pad or blade type objects in close proximity to the substrate,...
7560010 Diaphragm electrolytic cell  
A diaphragm electrolytic cell is composed of two or more overlaid modules; at least the upper modules having U-shaped anodes with diaphragm-coated cathodes housed within, allowing for a reduced...
7556722 Electroplating apparatus  
An apparatus for electroplating a rotogravure cylinder out of a plating solution is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plating tank adapted to support the cylinder and to contain a plating...
7544438 Electron mediator, electron mediator immobilized electrode, and biofuel cell using the electrode  
An object of the present invention is to provide a highly functional mediator capable of smoothly proceeding electron transfer between an electrode and a biocatalyst based on the premise that the...
7544277 Electrochemical test sensors  
Sensors for the electro-chemical analysis of samples and methods for the manufacturing of sensors allow for more efficient manufacture and use of electro-chemical sensors. Flexible sheets, such as...
7531080 Mediated electrochemical oxidation used for sterilization/disinfection  
A medicated electrochemical oxidation process is used for sterilization/disinfection of contaminated instruments and infectious waste. Contaminated instruments and waste are introduced into an...
7531060 Integrated tool assemblies with intermediate processing modules for processing of microfeature workpieces  
An intermediate module comprising a dimensionally stable mounting module and a first device attached to the dimensionally stable mounting module. The dimensionally stable mounting module can...
7517445 Mediated electrochemical oxidation of food waste materials  
A mediated electrochemical oxidation process is used to treat, oxidize and destroy food waste materials, such as manure, biological residue, hay, straw, animal byproducts, bones, horns, blood,...
7497932 Electro-chemical deposition system  
The present invention provides an electro-chemical deposition system that is designed with a flexible architecture that is expandable to accommodate future designs and gap fill requirements and...
7494936 Method for electrochemical etching of semiconductor material using positive potential dissolution (PPD) in solutions free from hydrogen fluoride (HF)  
A method for electrochemical etching of a semiconductor material using positive potential dissolution (PPD) in solutions that do not contain hydrofluoric acid (HF-free solutions). The method...
7491453 Bio-electrochemically assisted microbial reactor that generates hydrogen gas and methods of generating hydrogen gas  
Systems and processes for producing hydrogen using bacteria are described. One detailed process for producing hydrogen uses a system for producing hydrogen as described herein, the system including...
7491308 Method of making rolling electrical contact to wafer front surface  
Substantially uniform deposition of conductive material on a surface of a substrate, which substrate includes a semiconductor wafer, from an electrolyte containing the conductive material can be...
7485211 Electro-catalysts for the oxidation of ammonia in alkaline media  
An electro-catalyst for the oxidation of ammonia in alkaline media; the electrocatalyst being a noble metal co-deposited on a support with one or more other metals that are active to ammonia...
7481912 Pair of measuring electrodes, biosensor comprising a pair of measuring electrodes of this type, and production process  
A pair of measuring electrodes comprising a first and a second, preferably in each case sheet-like electrode comprises an insulation layer arranged between said electrodes. One or more nanopores,...
7481909 Plating apparatus, plating method and multilayer printed circuit board  
A plating apparatus includes a plating bath, a member provided in the plating bath and a moving device. The member is configured to cover a surface to be plated. A moving device is configured to...
7479215 Mediated electrochemical oxidation of halogenated hydrocarbon waste materials  
A mediated electrochemical oxidation process is used to treat, oxidize and destroy halogenated hydrocarbon waste materials. The waste materials are introduced into an apparatus for contacting with...
7476303 Electrolytic processing apparatus and electrolytic processing method  
There are provided an electrolytic processing apparatus and an electrolytic processing method which can regenerate an ion exchanger with an enhanced regeneration rate of ion-exchange capacity...
7470356 Wireless monitoring of two or more electrolytic cells using one monitoring device  
A system, device, and method include a cell-powered first electronic device for monitoring two or more electrolytic cells is powered using electrical potential imposed across the electrolytic...
7459071 Hydrogen-oxygen gas generator and method of generating hydrogen-oxygen gas using the generator  
A hydrogen-oxygen gas generator comprising an electrolytic cell, an electrode group formed from an anode and a cathode mutually installed in that electrolytic cell, a power supply for applying a...
7452456 Recreational spas, sanitization apparatus for water treatment, and related methods  
A water sanitization apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a power unit, a housing with inlet and outlet openings for permitting the passage of water containing a bromide salt into the...
7431819 Method and apparatus for releasing metal-resin joint  
A method for separating a metal-resin joint including the steps of: (1) immersing an article including a metal-resin joint with a counter electrode in an alkaline solution; and (2) applying a...
7427339 Heat conducting metal layer for ion conductor stack  
The current invention relates to a means for improving heat removal from the inside of an electrochemical device to the outer surface so as to reduce thermal stresses in the device, thereby...
7427337 System for electropolishing and electrochemical mechanical polishing  
An apparatus for electropolishing a conductive layer on a wafer using a solution is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an electrode assembly immersed in the solution configured proximate to the...
7422624 Method for operating one or more electrolysiscells for production of aluminium  
A method for operating one or more electrolysis cells ( 43, 154, 243 ) for production of aluminium, the cell comprising inert or substantially inert anodes, where an oxygen containing gas ( 21,...
7396439 Method and apparatus for an anodic treatment  
A method and apparatus for anodizing a component. The component is placed in a container having first and second seal members that seal an annular surface of the component to be anodized. The first...
7393439 Integrated microfeature workpiece processing tools with registration systems for paddle reactors  
Tools having mounting modules with registration systems are disclosed. The mounting module includes positioning elements for precisely locating a processing chamber and a transport system that...
7374645 Electrolysis cell assembly  
A compression sealable electrolysis cell that is easily and reliably manufactured, maintained and repaired comprises two insulating end pieces which can position and seal two electrode tubes with...
7368049 Method and apparatus for electrowinning copper using the ferrous/ferric anode reaction and a flow-through anode  
The present invention relates, generally, to a method and apparatus for electrowinning metals, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for copper electrowinning using the ferrous/ferric...
7361256 Electrolytic reactor  
An electrolytic reactor including a conical recess of removable slices through which the electrolyte circulates towards a part to be coated under the action of a pump setting up forced circulation....
7357850 Electroplating apparatus with segmented anode array  
An electroplating apparatus includes a reactor vessel having a segmented anode array positioned therein for effecting electroplating of an associated workpiece such as a semiconductor wafer. The...
7351313 Production device and production method for conductive nano-wire  
The object of the present invention is to provide a nano-scale molecular assembly such as a conductive nano-wire. Specifically, there is provided an electrolytic apparatus for forming a molecular...
7347920 Production, refining and recycling of lightweight and reactive metals in ionic liquids  
Lightweight and reactive metals can be produced from ore, refined from alloy, and recycled from metal matrix composites using electrolysis in electrolytes including an ionic liquid containing a...
7344630 Method and apparatus for electroplating small workpieces  
A method for electroplating small workpieces includes the steps of: (A) providing a rotatable barrel which has an axis of rotation and a plurality of spaced-apart partition plates disposed one...
7341649 Apparatus for electroprocessing a workpiece surface  
The present invention deposits a conductive material from an electrolyte solution to a predetermined area of a wafer. The steps that are used when making this application include applying the...
7326329 Commercial production of hydrogen from water  
Large quantities of low cost hydrogen free of carbon oxides are required as fuel for the hydrogen economy. Commercial quantities of hydrogen can be produced from the electrolysis of water using a...
7323058 Apparatus for electroless deposition of metals onto semiconductor substrates  
An electroless deposition system is provided. The system includes a processing mainframe, at least one substrate cleaning station positioned on the mainframe, and an electroless deposition station...
7314552 Electrochemical method and apparatus for producing and separating ferrate(VI) compounds  
The method for separating ferrate salts from a solution comprising providing contact between the solution of essentially of aqueous hydroxide and the ferrate salts and a surface having a magnetic...
7311810 Two position anneal chamber  
Embodiments of the invention generally provide an annealing apparatus and method for a semiconductor processing platform. The annealing apparatus includes a plurality of isolated annealing...
7309407 Method and apparatus for forming an electrical contact with a semiconductor substrate  
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for plating a surface of a semiconductor workpiece (wafer, flat panel, magnetic films, etc.) using a liquid conductor that makes contact...
7294244 Microelectronic workpiece processing tool including a processing reactor having a paddle assembly for agitation of a processing fluid proximate to the workpiece  
An integrated tool is provided including at least one workpiece processing station having a paddle assembly. In accordance with another independent aspect of the present invention, the workpiece...
7273541 Microfluid device and synthetic methods  
A method of electrolytic synthesis comprises applying a potential between a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode is in contact with a first fluid stream in a channel, the...
7271334 Photocatalytic film for the cleavage of water into hydrogen and oxygen  
The Photocatalytic film of semiconducting iron oxide (Fe 2 O 3 ), contains an n-dopant, or a mixture of n-dopants, or a p-dopant or a mixture of p-dopants. Electrode consists of a substrate, with...
7270735 System and method for holding and releasing a workpiece for electrochemical machining  
A system and method are described for holding and releasing a workpiece for electrochemical machining. In one embodiment, a workpiece holder has a workpiece surface that couples to the workpiece...
7267749 Workpiece processor having processing chamber with improved processing fluid flow  
A processing container ( 610 ) for providing a flow of a processing fluid during immersion processing of at least one surface of a microelectronic workpiece is set forth. The processing container...
7261798 Assembly for maintaining compression for electrical contact of the active area of an electrochemical cell  
An electrochemical cell structure has a first fluid chamber and a resilient member disposed in the first fluid chamber. An opening permits communication of fluid into the first fluid chamber. An...