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| 20080301176 | ELECTRONIC VOICE-ENABLED LABORATORY NOTEBOOK - A system for record keeping in scientific, industrial, and commercial applications where records are used to document inventions and discoveries, such as in a research laboratory is disclosed and described herein. Such systems are referred to in the applicable field as Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs). Also disclosed is an improvement to ELNs such that a facilitated data integration step is performed in order to create connections and relationships between objects of information. The data integration step allows the researcher to bring together information from various record keeping systems, to include ambient, real-time data provided by voice. The integration is further facilitated by one of more of the following: graphical display, smart pen, data object manipulation; images from lab notebook pages, and a voice recognition capability. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20100036871 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL METADATA IN RESEARCH RECORDKEEPING - A system and method for facilitating data organization, for example in the organization of data in management of intellectual property records, is disclosed herein. Further, the present invention particularly provides a contextualization of information objects so that a full value of research and development (R&D) efforts can be accumulated by an organization. The system as disclosed herein collects information (raw) objects from a plurality of sources. Then, based on inferred context and user input, the system classifies each object in multiple dimensions according to needs of the application; and finally creates a high value, layer rich database embodying a context as well as a result to add value to a research process. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100226825 | Smart pipette with sensor in tip - The present invention relates to a pipette. More specifically, the invention relates to systems and methods for using the pipette. The pipette and system includes technological advancements which improve quality control and accuracy in pipetting operations. | 09-09-2010 |
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| 20090043141 | Oxidative coupling of methane - A microchannel apparatus comprising a conduit including a microchannel mixing section, a microchannel reaction section, a microchannel heat transfer section, and a separation section, where the microchannel mixing section includes direct injection inlets, where the microchannel mixing section is downstream from the reaction section, and where the separation section is downstream from the reaction section. Further exemplary embodiments are also disclosed. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090071335 | METHODS FOR APPLYING MICROCHANNELS TO SEPARATE METHANE USING LIQUID ABSORBENTS, ESPECIALLY IONIC LIQUID ABSORBENTS FROM A MIXTURE COMPRISING METHANE AND NITROGEN - Methods of using microchannel separation systems including absorbents to improve thermal efficiency and reduce parasitic power loss. Energy is typically added to desorb methane and then energy or heat is removed to absorb methane using a working solution. The working solution or absorbent may comprise an ionic liquid, or other fluids that demonstrate a difference in affinity between methane and nitrogen in a solution. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20100024645 | METHODS FOR APPLYING MICROCHANNELS TO SEPARATE GASES USING LIQUID ABSORBENTS, ESPECIALLY IONIC LIQUID (IL) ABSORBENTS - Methods of using microchannel separation systems including absorbents to improve thermal efficiency and reduce parasitic power loss. Energy is typically added to desorb a solute and then energy or heat is removed to absorb a solute using a working solution. The working solution or absorbent may comprise an ionic liquid, or other fluids that demonstrate a difference in affinity between a solute and other gases in a solution. | 02-04-2010 |
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| 20100068366 | MULTIPHASE MIXING PROCESS USING MICROCHANNEL PROCESS TECHNOLOGY - The disclosed invention relates to a process for making a multiphase mixture, comprising: flowing a first fluid stream through a process microchannel, the first fluid stream comprising at least one liquid and/or at least one gas, the process microchannel having an apertured section; flowing a second fluid stream through the apertured section into the process microchannel in contact with the first fluid stream to form the multiphase mixture, the second fluid stream comprising at least one gas and/or at least one microbody-forming material, the first fluid stream forming a continuous phase in the multiphase mixture, the second fluid stream forming a discontinuous phase dispersed in the continuous phase. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100081726 | Catalytic reaction process using microchannel technology - The disclosed technology relates to a process for conducting a chemical reaction between at least one liquid reactant and at least one gaseous reactant in a process microchannel containing at least one catalyst, the catalyst comprising a solid phase catalyst or a homogeneous catalyst immobilized on a solid. In one embodiment, the process microchannel comprises a processing zone containing one or more structures for disrupting fluid flow and a reaction zone containing one or more structures for contacting and/or supporting the catalyst, the one or more structures for contacting and/or supporting the catalyst containing openings to permit the reactants to flow through the one or more structures and contact the catalyst. The process comprises: forming a reactant mixture comprising at least one liquid reactant and the at least one gaseous reactant; flowing the reactant mixture in the processing zone in contact with the one or more structures for disrupting fluid flow to enhance mixing of the liquid reactant and the gaseous reactant; flowing the reactant mixture in openings in the one or more structures for contacting and/or supporting the catalyst in contact with catalyst; and reacting the at least one liquid reactant with the at least one gaseous reactant to form at least one product. In one embodiment, the process relates to a process for conducting a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis in a process microchannel containing at least one Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst, the catalyst comprising a solid phase catalyst or a homogeneous catalyst immobilized on a solid, the process comprising: flowing reactants comprising H | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100174124 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS EMPLOYING MICROCHANNEL PROCESS TECHNOLOGY - This invention relates to a process for conducting a hydrocracking or a hydrotreating process in a microchannel reactor. This invention also relates to a process and apparatus for flowing a vapor and liquid into a plurality of microchannels in a microchannel processing unit. | 07-08-2010 |
