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20120130095 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN OXIRANE - A multiple liquid phase composition and process for preparing an oxirane product, such as epichlorohydrin, including a reaction mixture of: (a) at least one olefin, wherein the olefin is selected from one of (i) an aliphatic olefin or substituted aliphatic olefin, with the proviso that the aliphatic olefin is not propylene, (ii) a cycloaliphatic olefin, (iii) an aromatic olefin, (iv) a cycloaromatic olefin, and (v) mixtures thereof; (b) at least one peroxide compound, (c) at least one catalyst, and (d) and a solvent mixture; wherein the solvent mixture comprises at least (i) at least one alcohol or a combination of alcohols, and (ii) at least one non-reactive co-solvent; wherein the solvents are mixed at a predetermined concentration; wherein the non-reactive co-solvent has a different boiling point than the oxirane product; and wherein the oxirane product partitions into a high affinity solvent during the reaction. The process of the present invention advantageously produces a waste stream with no significant amount of sodium chloride (NaCl). In one embodiment, the present invention includes a process for preparing epichlorohydrin from allyl chloride and hydrogen peroxide including reacting (a) an allyl chloride with (b) hydrogen peroxide, in the presence of (c) a titanium silicalite-1 (TS-1) catalyst and (d) in the presence of a predetermined amount of a mixed solvent system; wherein the mixed solvent system includes at least (i) methanol and (ii) at least one non-reactive co-solvent. | 05-24-2012 |
20120130096 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PROPYLENE OXIDE - A multiple liquid phase composition and process for preparing propylene oxide including a reaction mixture of: (a) propylene, (b) at least one peroxide compound, (c) at least one catalyst, such as a titanium silicalite-1 (TS-I) catalyst, and (d) and a predetermined amount of a solvent mixture; wherein the solvent mixture comprises at least (i) at least one alcohol, such as methanol, and (ii) at least one non-reactive co-solvent; wherein the solvents are mixed at a predetermined concentration; wherein the non-reactive co-solvent has a different boiling point than propylene oxide; and wherein the resulting propylene oxide product partitions into a high affinity solvent during the reaction. The process of the present invention advantageously produces a waste stream with little or no significant amount of sodium chloride (NaCl). | 05-24-2012 |
20120226056 | EPOXIDIZING PROPYLENE - The present invention provides one or more embodiments of a process for the epoxidation of propylene. For the embodiments, the process includes reacting propylene, with a hydrogen peroxide solution at a predetermined pH in the presence of a catalyst and a solvent at a predetermined reaction temperature. The pH of the hydrogen peroxide solution is adjusted to the predetermined pH by contacting the hydrogen peroxide solution with a supported base to remove acidic species from the hydrogen peroxide solution. | 09-06-2012 |
20120316353 | EPOXIDATION OF AN OLEFIN - The present invention provides one or more embodiments of a process for the epoxidation of an olefin. For the embodiments, the process includes reacting the olefin, with the proviso that the olefin is not propylene, with a hydrogen peroxide solution at a predetermined pH in the presence of a catalyst and a solvent at a predetermined reaction temperature. The pH of the hydrogen peroxide solution is adjusted to the predetermined pH by contacting the hydrogen peroxide solution with a supported base to remove acidic species from the hydrogen peroxide solution. | 12-13-2012 |
20130012731 | PRETREATED EPOXIDATION CATALYST AND A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN OLEFIN THEREWITH - A pretreated titanium silicalite with MFI structure (TS-1) catalyst which has been pretreated with methanol, and then optionally filtered and optionally air-dried to form a pretreated activated TS-1 catalyst. The activated TS-1 may be used in an epoxidation reaction with no additional methanol added and has equivalent activity to TS-1 used with large excesses of methanol. By removing the need for additional methanol during the reaction, the losses of epichlorohydrin from solvolysis are minimized significantly. | 01-10-2013 |
20130018196 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PROPYLENE OXIDE USING A PRETREATED EPOXIDATION CATALYST - A process for preparing propylene oxide by epoxidizing propylene with an oxidant in the presence of a pretreated catalyst; wherein the catalyst comprises an activated titanium silicalite with MFI structure (TS-1) catalyst; and wherein the catalyst has been activated by pretreatment with methanol to form the pretreated catalyst. The pretreated TS-1 catalyst may be used in the epoxidizing propylene reaction with no additional methanol added; and the pretreated catalyst has equivalent activity to TS- | 01-17-2013 |
20130302216 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN OXIRANE - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a system and a process for producing an oxirane. For the various embodiments, the system and process of the present disclosure includes: a reaction vessel having a reaction mixture of an olefin, a peroxide compound, a solvent mixture with an alcohol and a non-reactive co-solvent, a solid phase, and reaction products of the reaction mixture, where the reaction products include an oxirane; a separation vessel coupled to the reaction vessel, where an effluent of the reaction mixture and reaction products from the reaction vessel separates in the separation vessel into a liquid aqueous phase and a liquid organic phase; and an extraction vessel coupled to an outlet of the separation vessel, where the liquid aqueous phase taken from the outlet of the separation vessel mixes with an extraction solvent to extract oxirane from the aqueous phase. | 11-14-2013 |
20130309152 | REGENERATING A TITANIUM SILICALITE CATALYST - Embodiments of the present disclosure include a process for regenerating a titanium silicalite catalyst by contacting the fouled titanium silicalite catalyst with a regeneration solution that includes at least one oxidizing agent. | 11-21-2013 |
20130310582 | PROCESS FOR REMOVING IRON IONS FROM AN ORGANIC STREAM - Embodiments of the present disclosure include a process for removing iron ions from an organic stream by contacting the organic stream with an ion exchange resin prior to contacting the organic stream with a peroxide solution including a stabilizer. | 11-21-2013 |
20130310583 | SEPARATING PHASES OF A MIXTURE - Embodiments of the present disclosure include a process for separating phases of a mixture including a liquid aqueous phase, a liquid organic phase, and a solid phase and extracting at least an oxirane from the liquid aqueous phase with an extraction solvent. | 11-21-2013 |
20140243538 | PRETREATED EPOXIDATION CATALYST AND A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN OLEFIN THEREWITH - A pretreated titanium silicalite with MFI structure (TS-1) catalyst which has been pretreated with methanol, and then optionally filtered and optionally air-dried to form a pretreated activated TS-1 catalyst. The activated TS-1 may be used in an epoxidation reaction with no additional methanol added and has equivalent activity to TS-1 used with large excesses of methanol. By removing the need for additional methanol during the reaction, the losses of epichlorohydrin from solvolysis are minimized significantly. | 08-28-2014 |
20140309441 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING AN OXIRANE - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide processes and systems for the epoxidation of an olefin using a fixed bed reactor. The fixed bed reactor is maintained at a temperature from 0 to 40 degrees Celsius. The processes and systems regulate a superficial liquid velocity of a non-homogeneous reaction mixture and recycled portion of effluent of the fixed bed reactor. | 10-16-2014 |
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20100036832 | SEARCHING BY OBJECT CATEGORY FOR ONLINE COLLABORATION PLATFORM - In an example embodiment, an online advertising management platform receives a login that identifies a user as a user allowed access to an account maintained by the platform. The platform displays a toolbar having a textbox that allows the user to search for data relating to all accounts to which the user has access. The platform displays a first page of initial search results after the user enters an initial search term in the textbox and launches a search. The first page includes a list of data objects relevant to the initial search term grouped by object category and a list box that allows the user to select an object category. The platform displays a second page after the user selects an object category from the list box. The second page includes an entry box that is related to the selected object category and that facilitates subsequent search. | 02-11-2010 |
20100037163 | FACILITATED SEARCH FOR ONLINE COLLABORATION PLATFORM - In an example embodiment, an online advertising management platform receives a login that identifies a user as a user allowed access to an account maintained by the platform. The platform displays a toolbar having a textbox that allows the user to search for data relating to all accounts to which the user has access. The platform displays a combo box after the user enters a fixed number of characters in the textbox. The combo box includes a list of descriptions of each data object that is accessible and that is relevant to the fixed number of characters. The platform locates the combo box contiguous to the toolbar over some but not all of the view displaying the data relating to the order. The platform displays a data object, rather than a page of search results, after the user clicks a description of a data object from the combo box. | 02-11-2010 |
20100037171 | UTILITY TOOLBAR FOR ONLINE COLLABORATION PLATFORM - In an example embodiment, an online advertising management platform maintains an account that includes data relating to an order for advertising provided by an ad network affiliated with the platform. When the platform receives a login that identifies a user as having access rights to the account, the platform displays a view that includes a window displaying data relating to the order and a toolbar in a standardized location relative to the window. The toolbar includes a tab that displays a count of each informational message (e.g., alert or tip) which relates to the displayed data and which has not been dismissed by the current user. When the user clicks on the tab, the platform displays a tabbed window that includes a list of the informational messages, regardless of whether an informational message on the list has been read or dismissed by another user allowed access to the account. | 02-11-2010 |
20100037172 | NOTIFICATION CONTROLS FOR ONLINE COLLABORATION PLATFORM - In an example embodiment, an online advertising management platform maintains an account that includes data relating to an order for advertising provided by an ad network affiliated with the platform. When the platform receives a login that identifies a user as having access rights to the account, the platform displays a view that includes a window displaying data relating to the order and a toolbar in a standardized location relative to the window. The toolbar includes a tab that displays a count of each informational message (e.g., alert or tip) which relates to the displayed data and which has not been dismissed by the current user. When the user clicks on the tab, the platform displays a tabbed window that includes a list of the informational messages, regardless of whether an informational message on the list has been read or dismissed by another user allowed access to the account. | 02-11-2010 |
20100037305 | WINDOW OVERLAY FOR ONLINE COLLABORATION PLATFORM - In an example embodiment, an online advertising management platform maintains an account that includes data relating to an order for advertising provided by an ad network affiliated with the platform. When the platform receives a login that identifies a user as having access rights to the account, the platform displays a view that includes a window displaying data relating to the order and a toolbar in a standardized location relative to the window. The toolbar includes a tab. When the user clicks on the tab, the platform displays a tabbed window that includes a list of the informational messages, regardless of whether an informational message on the list has been read or dismissed by another user allowed access to the account. The platform locates the window contiguous to the toolbar over some but not all of the view displaying the data relating to the order. | 02-11-2010 |
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20130101106 | Processing Data - A method of processing data in relation to a teleconference service in a telecommunications network is provided. The teleconference service is able to handle a multi-party teleconference for three or more teleconference participants. First, second and third teleconference participation identifiers are received from first, second and third teleconference participants respectively. The first, second and third teleconference participation identifiers are correlated to determine that the first, second and third teleconference participants are participants in a given multi-party teleconference. Data is transmitted for enabling the establishment of a data communications session which is established separately from the teleconference. The data communications session is for the communication of data between a first data communication device associated with the first teleconference participant, a second data communication device associated with the second teleconference participant and a third data communication device associated with the third teleconference participant. | 04-25-2013 |
20130230157 | DATA COMMUNICATION - A method of establishing a communications session for communication of data with respect to at least two user devices in a data communications network. A client-server connection request is received from at least one of the at least two user devices. Call party details of a telephone call are received. The telephone call involves at least a first telephony user device and a second telephony user device. The call party details include a first identity associated with the first telephony user device and a second identity associated with the second telephony user device. At least one of the first and second identities comprises a telephone dialling number. A separate communications session is established on the basis of the first and second identities received in the call party details. | 09-05-2013 |
20130230158 | DATA COMMUNICATION - A method of establishing a communications session for data with respect to at least two user devices in a packet switched communications network in parallel to a voice session via a circuit switched network. Call party details of a telephony call are received. The telephony call involves at least a first telephony user device and a second telephony user device. The call party details include a first identity associated with the first telephony user device and a second identity associated with the second telephony user device. A separate communications session is established on the basis of the first and second identities received in the call party details and depending on the capabilities of the user devices. The communications session is separate from the telephone call, for the communication of data to and/or from at least two user devices. | 09-05-2013 |
20130252595 | DATA COMMUNICATION - A method of establishing a communications session for communication of data with respect to a telephony user device and at least one other user device in a data communications network. Communications are conducted with a server system. The communications comprise a client-server connection. Call party details of a telephone call are transmitted to the server system in the communications. The telephone call involves at least the telephony user device, as a first telephony user device involved in the call, and a second telephony user device involved in the call. The call party details including a first identity associated with the first telephony user device and a second identity associated with the second telephony user device. | 09-26-2013 |
20130279675 | DATA COMMUNICATION - Call party details of a telephone call involving first and second telephony user devices are received. The call party details include first and second identities associated with the first and second telephony user devices respectively. A client-server connection request is received from, and a client-server connection is established with, one of the user devices. A session for the communication of data to and/or from the user devices is established separately from the telephone call on the basis of the first and second identities. The receipt of pre-configured user data by the one of the user devices is enabled via the client-server connection. The pre-configured user data has been specified by a user of another of the user devices prior to the establishment of the telephone call as data for receipt by other user devices during telephone calls conducted by the user. | 10-24-2013 |
20130298076 | CONTROLLING A COMPUTING DEVICE - Methods, apparatus and computer program products for controlling a computing device comprising a touch-screen user interface. A status of one or more applications having access to the touch-screen user interface of the computing device is monitored. In response to the monitoring indicating that a predetermined application is displaying a screen on the touch-screen user interface, at least one overlay portion is configured over a part of the displayed screen. Hence, an augmented user interface experience is provided which allows display of information to a user via an overlay displayed on top of information associated with a predetermined application already being presented to the user. No interaction by the user with the touch-screen user interface is required in order to navigate away from or back to the predetermined application. | 11-07-2013 |
20130329872 | Data Communication - A method for the communication of data with respect to at least two telephony user devices in a data communications network comprises determining call party details for a telephone call. The telephone call involves at least a first device and a second device. The call party details include first and second identities associated with the first and second devices respectively. A separate communications session is established on the basis of the first and second identities. The communications session is separate from the telephone call and is for the communication of data to and/or from the at least two devices. An alert activation request for an alert mechanism associated with the at least one of the at least two devices is transmitted via the communications session. The alert activation request is capable of causing the at least one of the at least two devices to activate the alert mechanism. | 12-12-2013 |
20130329875 | Data Communication - A telephony user device capable of establishing a communications session for communication of data with respect to at least one other device in a data communications network, the telephony user device being adapted to provide a reconfigurable graphical user interface, establish a telephone call with a service provider, establish a separate communications session, separate from the telephone call, for the transfer of data to/from the at least one other device, on the basis of one or more call party details associated with the telephone call, and reconfigure at least a first part of the graphical user interface according to configuration data determined by the service provider and received in the separate communication session. | 12-12-2013 |
20140106720 | CONTROLLING COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - Communications equipment associated with a calling party in a telecommunications network has a telephony function for handling telephone calls and a data communication application for handling data communication sessions. The telephony function and the data communication application have an associated first and second user interface respectively. A called party identifier is collected via the second user interface in response to user input at the communications equipment. A telephone call is set up between the calling party and the called party using the telephony function on the basis of the collected called party identifier. Data communication session setup information, comprising information identifying the called party, is transmitted on the basis of the collected called party identifier. The data communication session setup information is for establishing a data communication session separate from the telephone call for the communication of data between the calling party and the called party. | 04-17-2014 |
20140376704 | DATA COMMUNICATION - A method of establishing a communications session for communication of data with respect to at least two user devices in a data communications network. A client-server connection request is received from at least one of the at least two user devices. Call party details of a telephone call are received. The telephone call involves at least a first telephony user device and a second telephony user device. The call party details include a first identity associated with the first telephony user device and a second identity associated with the second telephony user device. At least one of the first and second identities comprises a telephone dialing number. A separate communications session is established on the basis of the first and second identities received in the call party details. | 12-25-2014 |
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20130227662 | Method of Generating a Token to be Used in a Uniform Resource Identifier - A method of generating a token to be used in a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for use in the retrieval of a data item by a user device is provided. Security setting data relating to the data item is received. A token to be used in a URI is generated. The token is associated with the data item. The token is transmitted to a user device. Generating comprises selecting a length of the token at least partly on the basis of the security setting data. | 08-29-2013 |
20140323127 | PROCESSING DATA - Measures for processing data in a telecommunications network. At a cache, a subscriber configuration data request requesting subscriber configuration data for a subscriber device is received from a network node in a cluster of network nodes. In response to receipt of the subscriber configuration data request, it is determined that a shared cache store does not contain subscriber configuration data for the subscriber device. In response to the determination, subscriber configuration data for the subscriber device is retrieved from a subscriber configuration network node. The subscriber configuration data for the subscriber device retrieved from the subscriber configuration network node is transmitted to the network node. | 10-30-2014 |
20150312128 | DATA PROCESSING - Measures for processing data in a packet-switched network. A first device is configured to snoop control packets of a predetermined control plane protocol in the network. The predetermined control plane protocol is operated by a plurality of other devices in the network to obtain Layer 2 information on the basis of known Layer 3 information. The first device does not operate the predetermined control plane protocol in the network. At the first device, in response to identifying that a given snooped packet was generated according to the predetermined control plane protocol. Layer 3 information associated with a second device in the plurality is extracted from the given snooped control plane protocol packet on the basis of known Layer 2 information associated with the second device. The second device is connected to the first device. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312129 | DATA PROCESSING - Measures for processing data in a packet-switched network. At a first device in the network, an echo request packet is transmitted into the network. The echo request packet comprises a predetermined identifier. An echo response packet is received from a second device in the network. In response to the received echo response packet comprising the predetermined identifier, the received echo response packet is identified as a packet generated on the basis of an echo request packet originated from the first device, and an Internet Protocol (IP) address comprised in the received echo response packet is determined to be an IP address of the second device. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312149 | DATA PROCESSING - Measures for processing data in a packet-switched network. At a first device in the network, a packet transmitted from a second device in the network is received. The received packet comprising an Internet Protocol (IP) address for a third device in the network. On the basis of the IP address for the third device comprised in the received data packet, lookup in an IP routing table of the second device is initiated to obtain a next-hop address for the received packet. The obtained next-hop IP address is determined to be an IP address of a device connected to the first device. | 10-29-2015 |
20150319044 | CONFIGURATION DATA - Measures for use in generating path configuration data for an optical network. A least cost path calculation process is performed on a network graph representation of the optical network to generate path configuration data for the optical network. Performing the least cost path calculation process comprises performing a network graph expansion process on the network graph representation of the optical network to obtain an expanded network graph representation of the optical network. Performing the network graph expansion process comprises determining data identifying the possible expansion paths to each optical node, the cost of each path and the available wavelengths for each path, grouping together wavelength and path data for paths of equal cost, and at one or more nodes, identifying a subset of one or more wavelengths and performing a wavelength pruning operation. | 11-05-2015 |
20150319094 | FLOW SYNCHRONIZATION - A controller node receives a list of a first plurality of flows programmed on a network switch. The controller node extracts a flow cookie value from a flow cookie data field of each flow in the first plurality of flows on the received list and calculates a session identifier on the basis of the extracted cookie values. At least one add flow command is transmitted from the controller node to the network switch to program a second plurality of flows on the network switch. The at least one add flow command comprises flow cookie values in the flow cookie data fields of each of the flows in the second plurality of flows which are set equal to the calculated session identifier. At least one delete flow command is transmitted from the controller node to the network switch to delete programming of the first plurality of flows on the network switch. | 11-05-2015 |
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20080213215 | Concentrated Protein Lyophilates, Methods, and Uses - The invention provides, among other things, lyophilized compositions of high surface area that comprise a protein and that reconstitute quickly and efficiently to solution of high protein concentration with minimal formation, if any, of foam, effervescence, bubbles, turbidity, or particulates that might be deleterious. The invention also provides, among other things, methods for making the lyophilized compositions. The invention in additional aspects also provides Raman Imaging Spectrographic methods for real time analyses of polymorphs in a sample using PLS algorithms. By way of particular example, the use of the method for the analysis of mannitol polymorphs is described, and the use of the analysis to determine optimum compositions and lyophilization methods for producing lyophilates of pharmaceutical proteins having a predefined distribution of mannitol polymorphs and having the aforementioned reconstitution properties is also described. | 09-04-2008 |
20120116054 | CONCENTRATED PROTEIN LYOPHILATES, METHODS, AND USES - The invention provides, among other things, lyophilized compositions of high surface area that comprise a protein and that reconstitute quickly and efficiently to solution of high protein concentration with minimal formation, if any, of foam, effervescence, bubbles, turbidity, or particulates that might be deleterious. The invention also provides, among other things, methods for making the lyophilized compositions. The invention in additional aspects also provides Raman Imaging Spectrographic methods for real time analyses of polymorphs in a sample using PLS algorithms. By way of particular example, the use of the method for the analysis of mannitol polymorphs is described, and the use of the analysis to determine optimum compositions and lyophilization methods for producing lyophilates of pharmaceutical proteins having a predefined distribution of mannitol polymorphs and having the aforementioned reconstitution properties is also described. | 05-10-2012 |
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20080289204 | Probe End Module for Articulated Arms - A probe end module system for an arm comprising: a probe end module having an arm end and an opposing probe end; a module-arm interface located at the arm end; at least one module-probe interface located at the probe end; the arm further comprising a movable member and a movable position reporting device. | 11-27-2008 |
20090000136 | Cmm Arm with Enhanced Manual Control - The present invention relates to an apparatus for a Robust CMM Arm with Exoskeleton is provided comprising an Internal CMM Arm and an Exoskeleton driving the Internal CMM Arm through a plurality of transmission means such that one or more internal volumes are sealed against ingress of solid objects and fluids. It also relates to a haptic control of an RCA. | 01-01-2009 |
20130215433 | HOVER CMM - It is a purpose of this invention to provide a Hover CMM to accurately measure an object. The Hover CMM comprises: a probe, an air vehicle and a localiser. The probe is mounted on the air vehicle. The air vehicle transports the probe around the surface of the object. The localiser tracks the position and orientation of the probe. The air vehicle is capable of hovering, slow and rapid movement. The measurements made by the probe are synchronised with the measurements made by the localiser. In a further embodiment, multiple probes, multiple air vehicles and multiple localisers can be provided in a system. In a further embodiment, the air vehicle has additional propulsion means for reducing wander. In another embodiment, the air vehicle is tethered. In a further embodiment, a gantry is provided for tethering the air vehicle. In another embodiment, a tilting means is provided to incline the probe relative to the air vehicle. Methods are provided for measuring an object and for controlling the wander of the air vehicle. | 08-22-2013 |