U.S. BATTERY AND FUEL CELL PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1302 (January 2006)

U.S. 6,981,379 (20060103), Power supply system, Hitoshi Ikuma and Makoto Inoue, The Japan Research Institute, Limited (JP).

U.S. 6,981,520 (20060103), Microvalve for controlling fluid flow, Faiz Feisal Sherman, Vladimir Gartstein, and Daniel Jonathan Quiram, The Procter & Gamble Company.

U.S. 6,981,865 (20060103), Catalyst combustion system, fuel reforming system, and fuel cell system, Katsuya Kobayashi, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,981,877 (20060103), Simplified direct oxidation fuel cell system, Xiaoming Ren, Juan J. Becerra, Gerhard Beckmann, Eric J. Brown, Michael S. DeFilippis, Jay K. Neutzler, and Shimshon Gottesfeld, MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc.

U.S. 6,981,890 (20060103), Electrical connector with improved locking means, Stephen Cutler and Paul A. Verwer, Stephen Cutler and Sue Ellen Cutler.

U.S. 6,982,048 (20060103), Potassium stabilized manganese dioxide for lithium rechargeable batteries, Terrill B. Atwater and Alvin J. Salkind, The United States of America.

U.S. 6,982,073 (20060103), Process for making nano-sized stabilized zirconia, Bruce J. Sabacky and Timothy M. Spitler, Altair Nanomaterials Inc.

U.S. 6,982,128 (20060103), Co-catalyst proton exchange membrane fuel cell utilizing borohydride fuels, Joseph W. Tsang and Ravi Prasad, Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP.

U.S. 6,982,129 (20060103), Method and apparatus for monitoring equivalent series resistance and for shunting a fuel cell, Lijun Bai, David R. Lott, and Vanell L. Martin, Relion, Inc.

U.S. 6,982,130 (20060103), Fused zirconia-based solid oxide fuel cell, Oh-Hun Kwon, Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.

U.S. 6,982,131 (20060103), Structure for electrode terminals of battery module, Shinji Hamada, Izumi Yamamura, Noriyuki Fujioka, Shuhei Marukawa, Toyohiko Eto, Keiji Shukuya, and Yoshiaki Ogata, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,982,132 (20060103), Rechargeable thin film battery and method for making the same, Ronald B. Goldner, Te-Yang Liu, Mark A. Goldner, Alexandra Gerouki, and Terry E. Haas, Trustees of Tufts College.

U.S. 6,982,303 (20060103), Covalently cross-linked polymers and polymer membranes via sulfinate alkylation, Jochen Kerres (DE), Wei Zhang (DE), Chy-Ming Tang (DE), and Thomas Haring (DE).

U.S. 6,982,514 (20060103), Electrochemical devices incorporating high-conductivity conjugated polymers, Wen Lu, Elisabeth Smela, Benjamin R. Mattes, Philip N. Adams, and Guido Zuccarello, Santa Fe Science and Technology, Inc.

U.S. 6,982,540 (20060103), Energy management system for a motor vehicle electrical system, Gerolf Richter and Christian Rosenkranz, VB Autobatterie GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,982,541 (20060103), Electrical component, such as a radio, audio component, battery charger or radio/charger, Jonathan A. Zick, George L . Santana Jr., David J. Rozwadowski, and Jeffrey M. Zeiler, Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation.

U.S. 6,982,543 (20060103), Methods to improve efficiency of lithium/silver vanadium oxide cell discharge energy in implantable medical device applications, Kenneth Syracuse, Noelle Waite, Hong Gan, and Esther S. Takeuchi, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,982,544 (20060103), System and method of battery capacity reporting, Phat H. Tran, Research In Motion Limited (CA).

U.S. 6,983,212 (20060103), Battery management system and method, Charles E. Burns, American Power Conversion Corporation.

U.S. 6,984,065 (20060110), Measuring arrangement, energy storage module, and electrical apparatus, Stefan Roepke, Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,984,130 (20060110), Electrical contact assembly for connecting a battery to a circuit, Michael Richter and Dirk Pellizari, Lumberg Connect GmbH & Co. KG (DE).

U.S. 6,984,148 (20060110), Electrical connector apparatus and cover therefor, Amar Kant Nanda and Mossadiq Umedaly, Xantrex Technology Inc (CA).

U.S. 6,984,251 (20060110), Alkaline storage battery and process for producing the same, Yasushi Kitazawa, Kenichi Aoki, Hideo Kasahara, and Gota Asano, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,984,367 (20060110), Process for the preparation of lithium iodide solutions, Ulrich Wietelmann and Uwe Lischka, Chemetall GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,984,372 (20060110), Dynamic sulfur tolerant process and system with inline acid gas-selective removal for generating hydrogen for fuel cells, Surjit Randhava, W. S. Winston Ho, Richard L. Kao, and Elias H .Camara, Unitel Technologies, Inc and University of Kentucky Research Foundation.

U.S. 6,984,464 (20060110), Hydrogen passivation shut down system for a fuel cell power plant, Paul R. Margiott, Francis R. Preli Jr., Galen W. Kulp, Michael L. Perry, Carl A. Reiser, and Ryan J. Balliet, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,984,465 (20060110), Seal-leak detector arrangement for compressors and other equipment, Richard Thomas Canepa and Eivind Stenersen, Donaldson Company, Inc.

U.S. 6,984,466 (20060110), Manifold sizing and configuration for a fuel cell stack, Karl J. Haltiner Jr., Haskell Simpkins, Sean M. Kelly, and Bernhard A .Fischer, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,984,467 (20060110), Plasma sprayed ceria-containing interlayer, Douglas S. Schmidt and George R. Folser, Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation.

U.S. 6,984,468 (20060110), Hermetically sealed coin cell, Robert S. Rubino, Hong Gan, Joseph Prinzbach, and Esther S. Takeuchi, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,984,469 (20060110), Positive active material for rechargeable lithium batteries and method of preparing same, Ho-Jin Kweon, Jun-Won Suh, and Won-Il Jung, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,984,470 (20060110), Positive electrode active material and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, Hideaki Morishima, Shuji Yamada, and Hideyuki Kanai, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 6,984,471 (20060110), Nonaqueous electrolyte and nonaqueous electrolyte battery, Yusuke Suzuki and Mashio Shibuya, Sony Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,984,704 (20060110), Fluorinated compound, fluoropolymer and process for its production, Shun-ichi Kodama, Isamu Kaneko, Osamu Yokokoji, Shinji Okada, Yoko Takebe, and Yasuhide Kawaguchi, Asahi Glass Company, Limited (JP).

U.S. 6,984,713 (20060110), Sulfonated polyether ketoneketone, Bernd Bauer, FuMa-Tech Gesellschaft fur funktionelle Membranen und Anlagentechnologie mbH (DE).

U.S. 6,984,746 (20060110), Method for the production of a-alane, Gary K. Lund, Jami M. Hanks, and Harold E. Johnston, Alliant Techsystems Inc.

U.S. 6,984,961 (20060110), Battery assembly system and electric-motor vehicle system using the same, Eiji Kadouchi and Kanji Takada, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,985,082 (20060110), Carbon monoxide sensor and method of use, Prabir K. Dutta, Scott L. Swartz, Christopher T. Holt, and Ramachandra Rao Revur, The Ohio State University Reasearch Foundation and NexTech Materials, Ltd.

U.S. 6,985,352 (20060110), Capacitors including track-etched separator materials, John D. Norton, Medtronic, Inc.

U.S. 6,985,799 (20060110), Energy storage modules and management system, George Zalesski and Garey George Roden, BAE Systems Controls, Inc.

U.S. 6,986,258 (20060117), Operation of a hydrogen storage and supply system, Keith Bradley and Jeff Wyatt, Nanomix, Inc.

U.S. 6,986,424 (20060117), Package/container for batteries, David J. Morrison.

U.S. 6,986,601 (20060117), Piezoelectric mixing method, Daniel J. Sadler, Rajnish G. Changrani, Chia Fu Chou, and Frederic Zenhausern, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,986,649 (20060117), Micropump with integrated pressure sensor, Xunhu Dai and Chenggang Xie, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,986,739 (20060117), Architecture tool and methods of use, William L. Warren, Robert L. Parkhill, Robert L. Stewart, Anatoly M. Kachurin, Robert M. Taylor, Brian K .Hargrave, Kenneth H. Church, Michael N. Nguyen, Mark L. Kargel, and Mark W. Simpkins, Sciperio, Inc.

U.S. 6,986,796 (20060117), Unitary lid for an electrical energy storage device, David Warchocki, James Carroll, Paul J. Quattrini, and George McNamara, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,986,797 (20060117), Auxiliary reactor for a hydrocarbon reforming system, Lawrence G. Clawson, Matthew H. Dorson, William L. Mitchell, Brian J . Nowicki, Jeffrey M. Bentley, Robert Davis, and Jennifer W. Rumsey, Nuvera Fuel Cells Inc.

U.S. 6,986,844 (20060117), Solvent-resistant microporous polybenzimidazole membranes and modules, Robert P. Barss, Dwayne T. Friesen, Scott B. McCray, Kendall R. Pearson, Roderick J. Ray, Delores R .Sidwell, and James B. West, Bend Research, Inc.

U.S. 6,986,870 (20060117), Combined methane decomposition and ammonia formation cell, John E. Brandenburg, University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.

U.S. 6,986,871 (20060117), Device for catalytic treatment of fluids, Fredrik Stromer, Lars Fogelberg, Sven Andersson, Tomas Dahlberg, and Ake Narfgren, SWEP International AB (SE).

U.S. 6,986,876 (20060117), Method for forming composites of sub-arrays of single-wall carbon nanotubes, Richard E. Smalley, Daniel T. Colbert, Hongjie Dai, Jie Liu, Andrew G. Rinzler, Jason H. Hafner, Kenneth A. Smith, Ting Guo, Pavel Nikolaev, and Andreas Thess, William Marsh Rice University.

U.S. 6,986,877 (20060117), Method for preparing nano-carbon fiber and nano-carbon fiber, Hirofumi Takikawa and Shigeo Itoh, Futaba Corporation (JP)

US 6,986,957 (20060117), Fuel cell system, Bobby Dean Landreth, Steven D. Pratt, Sivakumar Muthuswamy, Ronald J. Kelley, and Robert W. Pennisi, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,986,958 (20060117), Fuel cell stack melting of coolant water during frozen startup, Carl A. Reiser and Frederick F. Sribnik, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,986,959 (20060117), Low temperature fuel cell power plant operation, Thomas M. Clark, Paul R. Margiott, Albert P. Grasso, Richard D. Breault, Leslie L. Van Dine, Margaret M. Steinbugler, and Edward J. Bludnicki, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,986,960 (20060117), Poly (arylene ether sulfone) having sulfoalkoxy group, process of producing the same, and polymer electrolyte membrane comprising the same, Motohiro Oguri, Ryuji Ikeda, and Fumio Okisaki, Tosoh Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,986,961 (20060117), Fuel cell stack with passive air supply, Xiaoming Ren and Shimshon Gottesfeld, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,986,962 (20060117), Basic polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Hiroyuki Oyanagi and Minako Onodera, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,986,963 (20060117), Metallization of bacterial cellulose for electrical and electronic device manufacture, Barbara R. Evans, Hugh M. O’Neill, Valerie Malyvanh Jansen, and Jonathan Woodward, UT-Battelle LLC.

U.S. 6,986,964 (20060117), Metal air cell incorporating ionic isolation systems, Sadeg M. Faris, Reveo, Inc.

U.S. 6,986,965 (20060117), Device enclosures and devices with integrated battery, Mark Lynn Jenson, Jody Jon Klaassen, Victor Henry Weiss, and Jenn-Feng Yan, Cymbet Corporation.

U.S. 6,986,966 (20060117), Battery with bifunctional electrolyte, Robert Lewis Clarke, Brian J. Dougherty, Stephen Harrison, J. Peter Millington, and Samaresh Mohanta, Plurion Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,986,967 (20060117), Multilayer structure including an active electrochemical material and ionic polymer in a electrochemical cell, Kelly D. Barton, Donald G. Gray, and Guy E. Rockwell, E I du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc.

U.S. 6,986,968 (20060117), Cathode active material for lithium secondary cell and method for manufacturing the same, Young Sik Hong, Kwang Sun Ryu, Soon Ho Chang, Yong Joon Park, Young Gi Lee, Kwang Man Kim, Nam Gyu Park, Man Gu Kang, and Xiang Lan Wu, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (KR).

U.S. 6,986,969 (20060117), Alkaline cell with flat housing and improved current collector, David Anglin, Mark Ashbolt, Anthony Malgioglio, Alexander Shelekhin, Steven J. Specht, Matthew Sylvestre, Philip Trainer, and Robert A .Yoppolo, The Gillette Company.

U.S. 6,986,970 (20060117), Colloidal electrolytes, Binod Kumar and Stanley J. Rodrigues, University of Dayton.

U.S. 6,987,150 (20060117), Modified sulfonamide polymers, Christopher J. Kurth, Steven D. Kloos, Jessica A. Peschl, and Leonard T. Hodgins, Osmonics, Inc.

U.S. 6,987,163 (20060117), Modified polybenzimidazole (PBI) membranes for enhanced polymer electrochemical cells, Israel Cabasso, Youxin Yuan, and Frederick E. Johnson, Research Foundation of the State University of New York.

U.S. 6,987,373 (20060117), System and method for starting pump, Masanao Kagami, Toshiro Fujii, Kazuho Yamada, Tatsuyuki Hoshino, and Takayuki Hirano, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidishokki (JP).

U.S. 6,987,377 (20060117), State-of-charge detector, program, method and charge-discharge control device utilizing rate of change of internal resistance, Teruhiko Sakakibara, Shoji Sakai, and Yoshiyuki Nakayama, Nippon Soken, Inc. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,987,792 (20060117), Plasma pyrolysis, gasification and vitrification of organic material, Robert T. Do and Gary L. Leatherman, Solena Group, Inc.

U.S. 6,988,400 (20060124), Mass flowmeter having measuring ranges measured by two separate methods, Joost Conrad Lotters, Berkin BV (NL).

U.S. 6,988,544 (20060124), Heat exchanger and method of manufacturing core plate, Tatsuo Ozaki and Masanobu Toyoda, DENSO Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,988,913 (20060124), Electrical contact, Chi Zhang, Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 6,989,137 (20060124), Carbonaceous material for cell and cell containing the carbonaceous material, Kunio Nishimura, Akinori Sudoh, and Chiaki Sotowa, Showa Denko KK (JP).

U.S. 6,989,205 (20060124), Hydrophilic side-chain polymer electrolyte membranes, Stephen Paddison, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,989,206 (20060124), Water recycling in fuel cell systems, Javit A .Drake, Agilent Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,989,207 (20060124), Architected fuel cell system for modular application, Douglas G. Austin II, Nicola Piccirillo, Kenneth M .Rush, Jeffrey R. Boyer, John F. Elter, Jeremy D. Carlson, and Steven P. Bogardus, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 6,989,208 (20060124), Fuel cell power plant used as reformate generator, Paul R. Margiott, Carl Rohrbach, and Michael E. Gorman, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,989,209 (20060124), Power generation method, Simon Ralph Sanderson, General Electric Company.

U.S. 6,989,210 (20060124), Fuel cartridge with thermo-degradable barrier system, Makarand P. Gore, Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP.

U.S. 6,989,211 (20060124), Method and apparatus for controlling a fuel cell system, John G. Noetzel, Karl J. Haltiner Jr., and Kaushik Rajashekara, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,989,212 (20060124), Fuel cell, polyelectrolyte and ion-exchange resin used for same, Makoto Morishima, Tomoichi Kamo, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Kenji Yamaga, and Tohru Koyama, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,989,213 (20060124), Metal bipolar plate, Wolfram Kaiser, Detlev Repenning, Richard Spaeh, and Joerg Wind, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,989,214 (20060124), Unitized fuel cell assembly, Shane S. Mao, Daniel M. Pierpont, Jimmy M. Le, Kim B Saulsbury, John R. Mlinar, and Claude D. Moreau, 3M Innovative Properties Company.

U.S. 6,989,215 (20060124), Apparatus of high power density fuel cell layer with micro structured components, Gerard Francis McLean, Angstrom Power (CA).

U.S. 6,989,216 (20060124), Fuel cell with overmolded electrode assemblies, Rajeev Puttaiah, Zdravko Menjak, Latchezara M. Gradinarova, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Boyko Aladjov, Subhash Dhar, and Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Texaco Ovonic Fuel Cell LLC.

U.S. 6,989,217 (20060124), Battery loading device for portable electronic apparatus, Kazutoshi Suto, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,989,218 (20060124), Composite electrode material and method for producing the same, and electrochemical element using the same, Masayuki Yamada, Miwa Miyamoto, Eri Yokoyama, Toshihiro Koyama, Shoji Saibara, and Shigeo Aoyama, Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,989,651 (20060124), Fuel cell power module and system including same, Muralidharan P. Arikara, Lawrence R. Bawden Jr., William Jackson Berger, and Barbara H. Van Fleet, Jadoo Power Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,989,652 (20060124), Protection method, control circuit, and battery unit, Mitsuo Saeki and Hidekiyo Ozawa, Fujitsu Limited (JP).

U.S. 6,989,758 (20060124), Electronic device in which different types of batteries can be selectively used as a power source, Yuichi Kurosawa, Pentax Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,989,981 (20060124), Battery over voltage and over protection circuit and adjustable adapter current limit circuit, Vlad Popescu-Stanesti, Laszlo Lipcsei, and Stephen Gustafson, O2Micro International Limited (KY).

U.S. 6,990,422 (20060124), Method of analyzing the time-varying electrical response of a stimulated target substance, William H. Laletin and Kurt Salloux, World Energy Labs (2), Inc.

U.S. 6,991,183 (20060131), Atomizing nozzle, Michael Nau, Manfred Ruoff, Marc Bareis, and Frank Ilgner, Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,991,662 (20060131), Encapsulated alloy electrodes, Steven J. Visco, Yevgeniy S. Nimon, and Bruce D. Katz, PolyPlus Battery Company.

U.S. 6,991,663 (20060131), Hydrogen-rich gas supply device for fuel cell, Mitsutaka Abe, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,991,702 (20060131), Electronic spinning apparatus, Hag-Yong Kim, Nag-Yong Kim (KR) and Jong Cheol Park (KR).

U.S. 6,991,719 (20060131), Method for producing and transporting hydrogen, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Hong Wang, and Subhash K. Dhar, Texaco Ovonic Fuel Cell LLC.

U.S. 6,991,752 (20060131), Positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell and cell using the same, Masatoshi Nagayama, Hiroshi Yoshizawa, and Shinji Arimoto, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,991,754 (20060131), Method for making composite particles including a polymer phase, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, Toivo T. Kodas, Plamen Atanassov, Paolina Atanassova, Klaus Kunze, Paul Napolitano, David Dericotte, and Rimple Bhatia, Cabot Corporation.

U.S. 6,991,803 (20060131), Inorganic shaped bodies and methods for their production and use, Ronald S. Sapieszko, David H. Dychala, and Erik M. Erbe, Vita Special Purpose Corporation.

U.S. 6,991,864 (20060131), Storage of fuel cell energy during startup and shutdown, Steven J. Fredette, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,991,865 (20060131), Apparatus and methods for sensor-less optimization of methanol concentration in a direct methanol fuel cell system, William P. Acker, Michael S. Adler, and Shimshon Gottesfeld, MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc.

U.S. 6,991,866 (20060131), Fuel cell and power chip technology, Stephen A. Marsh, Integrated Fuel Cell Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,991,867 (20060131), Fuel cell, Bin Zhu (SE).

U.S. 6,991,868 (20060131), Fuel cell assembly, Sang-Joon John Lee, Jun Sasahara, Nariaki Kuriyama, Tadahiro Kubota, Toshifumi Suzuki, Friedrich B. Prinz, Suk Won Cha, Amy Chang-Chien, Yaocheng Liu, and Ryan O’Hayre, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP) and The Board of Trustees of the Lealand Stanford Junior University.

U.S. 6,991,869 (20060131), Unitized barrier and flow control device for electrochemical reactors, Alan J. Cisar, Oliver J. Murphy, King-Tsai Jeng, Carlos Salinas, Stan Simpson, Dacong Weng, and Homayoun Moaddel, Lynntech Power Systems, Ltd.

U.S. 6,991,870 (20060131), Gas diffusion electrode and fuel cell using this, Eiichi Yasumoto, Akihiko Yoshida, Makoto Uchida, Junji Morita, Yasushi Sugawara, Hisaaki Gyoten, Masao Yamamoto, Osamu Sakai, and Junji Niikura, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,991,871 (20060131), Fuel cell, Kentaro Nagoshi, Keisuke Andou, and Hideaki Kikuchi, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,991,872 (20060131), End cap seal assembly for an electrochemical cell, Robert A. Yoppolo, Kevin Duprey, Thomas L. Lindsay, and Oleg Podoprigora, The Gillette Company.

U.S. 6,991,873 (20060131), Non-aqueous electrolyte cell, Hideki Sakai, Yuzuru Fukushima, Junji Kuyama, and Mamoru Hosoya, Sony Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,991,874 (20060131), Compositions suitable for electrochemical cells, Helmut Mohwald, Gerhard Dotter, Rainer Blum, Peter Keller, Stephan Bauer, and Bernd Bronstert, BASF Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 6,991,875 (20060131), Alkaline battery including nickel oxyhydroxide cathode and zinc anode, Paul A .Christian, George Cintra, and Richard E. Durkot, The Gillette Company.

U.S. 6,991,876 (20060131), Metal/active oxygen batteries, Subhash Narang, Susanna Ventura, and Sunity Sharma, SRI International.

U.S. 6,992,196 (20060131), Method for producing refined ethylene sulfite, Toshimitsu Kato, Norioki Mine, and Minoru Kotato, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,992,213 (20060131), Method for removing trifluoroethanol from liquids, Olaf Boese and Katja Peterkord, Solvay Fluor und Derivate GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,992,401 (20060131), Power system for a telecommunication facility, Larry L. Johnson, Sprint Communications Company LP.

U.S. 6,992,460 (20060131), Fuel cell network power system, Muralidharan P. Arikara, Lawrence R. Bawden Jr., William Jackson Berger, and Barbara H. Van Fleet, Jadoo Power Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,992,463 (20060131), Battery protection circuit, Katsura Yoshio, Texas Instruments Incorporated.

U.S. 6,992,464 (20060131), Battery charger capable of indicating time remaining to achieve full charge, Nobuhiro Takano, Takao Aradachi, Toshio Mizoguchi, Eiji Nakayama, and Kazuhiko Funabashi, Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,992,487 (20060131), Arrangement for testing battery while under load and charging, Thomas O. Steinke, La Marche Manufacturing Co.

U.S. 6,993,113 (20060131), Method of evaluating ion-exchange film, method of evaluating organic sample and X-ray measuring apparatus, Kazuhito Hoshino and Yoshio Iwasaki, Rigaku Corporation (JP).