U.S. BATTERY AND FUEL CELL PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1309 (August 2006)

U.S. 7,083,657 (20060801), System for hydrogen generation, Richard M. Mohring and Michael Strizki, Millennium Cell, Inc.

U.S. 7,083,747 (20060801), Aerosol method and apparatus, coated particulate products, and electronic devices made therefrom, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, Toivo T. Kodas, Quint H. Powell, Daniel J. Skamser, James Caruso, and Clive D. Chandler, Cabot Corp.

U.S. 7,083,775 (20060801), Process for the autothermal catalytic steam reforming of hydrocarbons, Stefan Wieland, Frank Baumann, and Rainer Ahlborn, Umicore AG & Co. KG (DE).

U.S. 7,083,874 (20060801), Fuel cell power generation system, Katsumi Sahoda, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,083,875 (20060801), Method and apparatus for providing modular power, Mark Lillis, A. John Speranza, Dean Halter, Hermin Yi, Kim Summa, Phil Tombaugh, Matthew Christopher, Iris Shiroma, and Spyros Nomikos, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 7,083,876 (20060801), Lead-acid battery, Kyoko Honbo, Eiji Hoshi, Yasushi Muranaka, and Seiji Takeuchi, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP) and Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,083,877 (20060801), All solid state battery with coated substrate, Kazuya Iwamoto and Shuji Ito, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,083,878 (20060801), Nonaqueous electrolytic solution and lithium secondary battery, Minoru Kotato, Shinichi Kinoshita, and Kunihisa Shima, Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,083,956 (20060801), Method for hydrogen production from organic wastes using a two-phase bioreactor system, James Robert Paterek, Gas Technology Institute.

U.S. 7,084,002 (20060801), Method for manufacturing a nano-structured electrode of metal oxide, Kwang Bum Kim, Kyung Wan Nam, Il Hwan Kim, and Jin Ho Park, Hyundai Motor Co. (KR) and Kia Motors Corp. (KR).

U.S. 7,084,606 (20060801), Non-polarity charging device, I-Chang Chang, Iwei Technology Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 7,084,607 (20060801), Battery charger having fixed ends for winding and releasing wires, Jose Wei (TW).

U.S. 7,085,112 (20060801), High-power ultracapacitor energy storage pack and method of use, Michael D. Wilk, Kevin T. Stone, and Nino Adrian Villegas Quintana, ISE Corp.

U.S. 7,085,123 (20060801), Power supply apparatus and power supply method, Lih-Ren Shiue and Hsing-Chen Chung, Luxon Energy Devices Corp. (TW).

U.S. 7,085,125 (20060801), Carbon nanotube devices and uses therefor, Chien-Min Sung (TW).

U.S. 7,085,338 (20060801), Low power, high accuracy lithium battery protection circuit, Rolf Huelss, Dialog Semiconductor GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,085,661 (20060801), State detecting system and device employing the same, Akihiko Emori, Akihiko Kudou, Shigeyuki Yoshihara, Hideki Miyazaki, Toshisada Mitsui, Mitsuyuki Hombu, and Kazuyoshi Sasazawa, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP) and Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,086,246 (20060808), Cooling apparatus for fuel cell utilizing air conditioning system, Keiichi Yoshii and Yukihiko Takeda, DENSO Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,086,419 (20060808), Composite hose with a corrugated metal tube, Yuji Takagi, Minoru Hiramatsu, and Motoshige Hibino, Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,086,853 (20060808), Startup combustor for a fuel cell, Motohisa Kamijo, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,087,097 (20060808), Facility for the gasification of carbon-containing feed materials, Jurgen Karl, Technische Universitat Munchen Lehrstuhl fur Thermische Kraftanlagen (DE).

U.S. 7,087,151 (20060808), Hydrogen sensor for use in battery overcharge/overdischarge detector and hydrogen leakage detector, Keigo Mizutani, Kazuhiko Yoshida, Hidetaka Hayashi, Masayoshi Iwase, and Kazuo Tojima, DENSO Corp. (JP), Nippon Soken, Inc. (JP), and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,087,198 (20060808), Aerosol method and apparatus, particulate products, and electronic devices made therefrom, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, Toivo T. Kodas, Quint H. Powell, Daniel J. Skamser, James Caruso, and Clive D. Chandler, Cabot Corp.

U.S. 7,087,207 (20060808), Method for forming an array of single-wall carbon nanotubes in an electric field and compositions thereof, 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. 7,087,286 (20060808), Honeycomb structure and assembly thereof, Toshihiko Hijikata, NGK Insulators, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,087,326 (20060808), Moisture sensor and fuel cell system using same, Tomonori Imamura and Toshiyuki Kawai, DENSO Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,087,327 (20060808), Electric power plant with adjustable array of fuel cell systems, Martin T. Pearson, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,087,328 (20060808), Fuel cell system and humidification method, Hiroshi Shimanuki, Toshikatsu Katagiri, Yoshio Kusano, and Motohiro Suzuki, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,087,330 (20060808), Storing water in substrates for frozen, boot-strap start of fuel cells, Ned E. Cipollini, UTC Fuel Cells LLC.

U.S. 7,087,331 (20060808), Energy efficient gas separation for fuel cells, Bowie G. Keefer, Denis J. Connor, and Carl F. Hunter, QuestAir Technologies Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,087,333 (20060808), Hydrogen recirculation without a pump, Robert Schafer, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,087,334 (20060808), Fuel cell operation method, Takuya Sugino, Jun Suzuki, and Nobutaka Nakajima, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,087,335 (20060808), H-infinity control with integrator compensation for anode pressure control in a fuel cell stack, Jason R. Kolodziej and John S. Wheat, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,087,336 (20060808), Process for producing a solid electrolyte layer on a substrate, in a fuel cell, and in a sensor, Robert Fleck, Michael Kuznecov, Peter Otschik, Winfried Schaffrath, and Nikolai Trofimenko, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung eV (DE).

U.S. 7,087,337 (20060808), Flow field geometries for improved water management, Thomas A. Trabold and Jon P. Owejan, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,087,338 (20060808), Polymer electrolyte fuel-cell separator sealing rubber composition, Noriyuki Meguriya and Yujiro Taira, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,087,339 (20060808), Fuel cell membrane electrode assembly with sealing surfaces, David Allen Wald, Jimmy Minh Le, Michael Andrew Yandrasits, and Paul Michael Boucher, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 7,087,340 (20060808), Proton conducting electrode, method for preparation thereof and electro-chemical device, Koichiro Hinokuma and Minehisa Imazato, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,087,341 (20060808), Metal-air battery components and methods for making same, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, Toivo T Kodas, Plamen Atanassov, Paolina Atanassova, Klaus Kunze, Paul Napolitano, David Dericotte, and Rimple Bhatia, Cabot Corp.

U.S. 7,087,343 (20060808), High melt integrity battery separator for lithium ion batteries, Lie Shi, Ken J. Harleson, and Ta-Hua Yu, Celgard, Inc.

U.S. 7,087,344 (20060808), Battery module, Hiroshi Kaneta, NEC Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,087,345 (20060808), Spirally-rolled electrodes with separator and the batteries therewith, Isao Matsumoto (JP).

U.S. 7,087,346 (20060808), Alkali/transition metal phosphates and related electrode active materials, Jeremy Barker, M. Yazid Saidi, and Jeffrey Swoyer, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 7,087,347 (20060808), Vehicle battery jar structure, Tung-Ming Shen (TW).

U.S. 7,087,348 (20060808), Coated electrode particles for composite electrodes and electrochemical cells, Richard K. Holman, Yet Ming Chiang, Antoni S. Gozdz, Andrew L. Loxley, Benjamin Nunes, Michele Ostraat, Gilbert N. Riley, and Michael S. Viola, A123 Systems, Inc.

U.S. 7,087,349 (20060808), Organic electrolytic solution and lithium secondary battery employing the same, Ju-yup Kim, Do-young Seung, and Young-gyoon Ryu, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,087,544 (20060808), Nano-ceramics and method thereof, Joe H. Satcher Jr., Alex Gash, Randall Simpson, Richard Landingham, and Robert A. Reibold, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 7,087,656 (20060808), High temperature SiCN and SiC-type nanostructured ceramic material from block copolymer mesophases, Carlos Garcia and Ulrich Wiesner, Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.

U.S. 7,087,707 (20060808), Synthesis of oligomeric cyanate esters, Teddy M. Keller and Matt Laskoski, The United States of America.

U.S. 7,088,031 (20060808), Method and apparatus for an ambient energy battery or capacitor recharge system, Paul Brantner, Michael Baker Pearce, and Adolph Trujillo, Infinite Power Solutions, Inc.

U.S. 7,088,075 (20060808), Battery pack, Makoto Baba and Hidehisa Sugita, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,088,570 (20060808), Carbonized product used for production of activated carbon for electrode of electric double-layer capacitor, Takeshi Fujino, Shigeki Oyama, and Minoru Noguchi, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,088,571 (20060808), Electric double-layer capacitor, Mami Nakamura and Ryutaro Nozu, Nisshinbo Industries, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,088,572 (20060808), Polymer gel electrolyte, secondary cell, and electrical double-layer capacitor, Hiroshi Yoshida, Kimiyo Hata, Tatsuya Maruo, and Takaya Sato, Nisshinbo Industries, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,089,127 (20060808), Integrated battery service system, Dennis G. Thibedeau, Alejandro P. Brott, Gary Jonker, Leonard Wisneski, Paul A. Willems, and Alan D. Goetzelmann, Snap-On Inc.

U.S. 7,090,512 (20060815), Connector system for conductive plates, Michael F. Laub, Alexandra L. Spitler, and Charles R. Malstrom, Tyco Electronics Corp.

U.S. 7,090,706 (20060815), Method of making a multi-electrode double layer capacitor having hermetic electrolyte seal, C. Joseph Farahmandi, John M. Dispennette, Edward Blank, Robert W. Crawford, Chenniah Nanjundiah, Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,090,712 (20060815), Air filtration arrangements having fluted media construction and methods, Gary R. Gillingham, Mark A. Gogins, and Thomas M. Weik, Donaldson Co., Inc.

U.S. 7,090,738 (20060815), Method of manufacturing membrane electrode assembly, Nagayuki Kanaoka, Ryoichiro Takahashi, and Yoichi Asano, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,090,784 (20060815), Method for manufacturing porous structure and method for forming pattern, Koji Asakawa, Toshiro Hiraoka, Yoshihiro Akasaka, and Yasuyuki Hotta, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,090,793 (20060815), Preparation of fuel cell composite bipolar plate, Chen-Chi Martin Ma, Ken Hung Chen, Hsu Chiang Kuan, Shih Ming Chen, Ming Huang Tsai, Yi Yie Yan, and Fanghei Tsau, Industrial Technology Research Institute (TW) and National Tsing Hua University (TW).

U.S. 7,090,807 (20060815), Device for selective catalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide, Stefan Brauchle, Oliver Freitag, Barbara Strobel, and Matthias Wolfsteiner, NuCellSys GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,090,819 (20060815), Gas-phase process for purifying single-wall carbon nanotubes and compositions thereof, Richard E. Smalley, Robert H. Hauge, Wan-Ting Chiang, Yuemei Yang, Kenneth A. Smith, Wilber Carter Kittrell, and Zhenning Gu, William Marsh Rice University.

U.S. 7,090,822 (20060815), Cathode electroactive material, production method therefor and secondary cell, Takao Noda, Akihiko Shirakawa, Joseph Gaze, Yoshiaki Yamauchi, and Fumiyoshi Ono, Showa Denko KK (JP).

U.S. 7,090,891 (20060815), Method for fabricating nanostructured solid oxide fuel cells and cell components, Harlan Anderson, Xiao-Dong Zhou, and Wayne Huebner, Curators of the University of Missouri.

U.S. 7,090,938 (20060815), Method of preparing a solid oxide fuel cell, Gregory Hilmas and Dustin Beeaff, Curators of the University of Missouri.

U.S. 7,090,939 (20060815), Forming a layer on a flow plate of a fuel cell stack, Charles Michael Carlstrom Jr., John G. Piccirillo, and Dustan L. Skidmore, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 7,090,940 (20060815), Freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant with a direct contact heat exchanger, Jeremy A. Schrooten, Wayde R. Schmidt, Cynthia A. Rice, Michael L. Perry, H. Harvey Michels, Jesse M. Marzullo, and Patrick L. Hagans, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,090,941 (20060815), Fuel cell stack and a method of supplying reactant gases to the fuel cell stack, Ichiro Baba, Yosuke Fujii, Ken Takahashi, Daisuke Wachi, Hiromichi Yoshida, Takaki Nakagawa, Yoshinori Wariishi, Masaharu Suzuki, Seiji Sugiura, Narutoshi Sugita, and Hideaki Kikuchi, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,090,942 (20060815), Flow disruptor enhanced fuel cell, Ronald Scott Bunker, General Electric Co.

U.S. 7,090,943 (20060815), Regulating the communication of power to components of a fuel cell system, John Meredith, Mark Pellerin, and Dustan L. Skidmore, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 7,090,944 (20060815), Alkaline dry cell, Makoto Urade, Shoichiro Tateishi, Koji Koide, Shinichi Iwamoto, and Minajuro Ushijima, Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,090,945 (20060815), Cell, connected-cell body, and battery module using the same, Takashi Asahina, Shinsuke Fukuda, Shinji Hamada, Toyohiko Eto, and Masato Onishi, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,090,946 (20060815), Composite electrode and method for fabricating same, Porter Mitchell, Xiaomei Xi, and Linda Zhong, Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,091,149 (20060815), Electrode for fuel cell, method of manufacturing same, and fuel cell with such electrode, Kazuhiko Iwasaki, Tsugio Ohba, Takeshi Miyama, and Minako Onodera, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,091,156 (20060815), Activated carbon for use in electric double layer capacitors, Satoshi Hirahara, Yositaka Takeda, and Kazuyuki Toki, Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,091,279 (20060815), Curable fluoropolyether rubber compositions and rubber articles, Yasuhisa Osawa, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,091,294 (20060815), Fluoropolymer and resist composition, Yoko Takebe, Masataka Eda, and Osamu Yokokoji, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,091,625 (20060815), Home-use fuel cell system, Tsutomu Okusawa, Osamu Yokomizo, Toshiki Kahara, Kouichi Chino, Takaaki Mizukami, and Shin Takahashi, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,091,693 (20060815), Battery with non-volatile memory for LMR portable radio applications, David R. Grunert and Shane Miller, M/A-COM, Inc.

U.S. 7,091,695 (20060815), Battery apparatus for controlling plural batteries and control method of plural batteries, Hideki Miyazaki, Akihiko Emori, Akihiko Kudo, and Tsuyoshi Kai, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP) and Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,091,696 (20060815), Method and apparatus for regulating state of charge in battery assembly, Tsutomu Saigo and Ken Ito, Yazaki Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,091,698 (20060815), Battery capacity calculating method, Kazuo Yamazaki, Tsuyonobu Hatazawa, Takashi Tomita, Tamon Ikeda, Ryuichi Nawa, Yuuichi Ishikawa, and Masanori Hori, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,091,699 (20060815), Rechargeable battery devices, Jesse Hefter, Verizon Laboratories Inc.

U.S. 7,091,899 (20060815), Remote control transmitter, Angie Simas, Peter Frank Andersen, Dennis Leahy, and Ian Meredith, Interlego AG (CH).

U.S. 7,092,239 (20060815), Electric double layer capacitor with improved activated carbon electrodes, Yutaka Nakazawa, Koji Sakata, and Ryuuichi Kasahara, NEC Tokin Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,092,746 (20060815), Slim line battery pack, James Infanti, Research In Motion Ltd. (CA).

U.S. 7,092,830 (20060815), Method for estimating long term end-of-life characteristics using short-term data for lithium/silver vanadium oxide cells, Kenneth Syracuse, Noelle Waite, Hong Gan, and Esther S. Takeuchi, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,093,623 (20060822), Methods of providing refueling for fuel cell-powered devices, Alan J. Soucy, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,093,626 (20060822), Mobile hydrogen delivery system, Yang Li, Charles Stahl, Ned Stetson, and Daniel Bovinich, Ovonic Hydrogen Systems, LLC.

U.S. 7,093,818 (20060822), Embedded control valve using homopolar motor, Paul B. Koeneman, Harris Corp.

U.S. 7,093,924 (20060822), Liquid drop discharge method and discharge device; electro optical device, method of manufacture thereof, and device for manufacture thereof; color filter method of manufacture thereof, and device for manufacturing thereof; and device incorporating backing, method of manufacture thereof, and device for manufacture thereof, Shinichi Nakamura (JP).

U.S. 7,094,289 (20060822), Method for manufacturing highly-crystallized oxide powder, Yuji Akimoto, Masami Nakamura, and Kazuro Nagashima, Shoei Chemical Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,094,311 (20060822), Assembling bipolar plates, Robert Angelo Mercuri, Advanced Energy Technology Inc.

U.S. 7,094,328 (20060822), Strong acids, process for the preparation thereof, and uses thereof, Nikolai Ignatyev, Michael Schmidt, Andreas Kuhner, Volker Hilarius, Udo Heider, Andriy Kucheryna, Peter Sartori, and Helge Willner, Merck Patent GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,094,333 (20060822), Selective sorbents for purification of hydrocarbons, Ralph T. Yang, Arturo J. Hernandez-Maldonado, Frances H. Yang, and Akira Takahashi, The Regents of the University of Michigan.

U.S. 7,094,370 (20060822), Method for the production of metal-carbon composite powders, Toivo T. Kodas, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, James Caruso, Daniel J. Skamser, and Quint H. Powell, Cabot Corp.

U.S. 7,094,384 (20060822), Combined methane decomposition and ammonia formation cell, John E. Brandenburg, University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.

U.S. 7,094,469 (20060822), Porous or non-porous substrate coated with an immobilized polymeric composition having sulfonyl groups and hydrophilic functional groups and process, Wilson Moya, Mykrolis Corp.

U.S. 7,094,485 (20060822), Method and apparatus for inspecting direct liquid fuel cell generator, and direct liquid fuel cell generator, Masahiro Takashita, Takashi Yamauchi, and Yoshihiko Nakano, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,094,486 (20060822), Purge system for a fuel cell enclosure, James Kralick, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,094,487 (20060822), Solid composition, hydrogen generating method, and proton exchange membrane fuel cell, Nancy Desgardin, Christian Perut, and Joel Renouard, SNPE Materiaux Energetiques (FR).

U.S. 7,094,488 (20060822), Carbon monoxide selective oxidizing catalyst and manufacturing method for the same, Saeko Kurachi, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,094,489 (20060822), Method for producing membrane electrode assembly, Mee-Nam Shinn, Byung-Sun Hong, and Ho-Suk Kim, FuelCellPower Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,094,490 (20060822), Ion conductive block copolymers, Shuguang Cao, Helen Xu, Thomas Jeanes, Kie Hyun Nam, and Jian Ping Chen, Polyfuel, Inc.

U.S. 7,094,491 (20060822), Fuel cell, Yasunori Yoshimoto, Takashi Yasuo, and Akira Hamada, Sanyo Elecrtric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,094,492 (20060822), Electrode for polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Takeshi Matsubara, Katsuhiko Kohyama, and Hiroshi Shinkai, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,094,493 (20060822), Hydrogen storage metal alloy, method for absorption and release of hydrogen using the said alloy and hydrogen fuel battery using the said method, Masuo Okada and Takahiro Kuriiwa, Tohoku Techno Arch Co., Ltd. (JP), Masuo Okada (JP), and Dowa Mining Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,094,494 (20060822), Alkaline cell with flat housing, David Anglin, Mark Ashbolt, Derek Bobowick, Anthony Malgioglio, Brien Merrill, Alexander Shelekhin, Steven J. Specht, Matthew Sylvestre, Philip Trainer, and Robert A. Yoppolo, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,094,495 (20060822), Alkaline cell with flat housing, David Anglin, Mark Ashbolt, Anthony Malgioglio, Alexander Shelekhin, Steven J. Specht, Matthew Sylvestre, Philip Trainer, and Robert A. Yoppolo, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,094,496 (20060822), Electrical accumulator batteries, Rafael Ruiz Rodriguez, Antonio Ripoll Anton, and Ernesto Collado Parra, SE Acumulador Tudor, SA (ES).

U.S. 7,094,497 (20060822), Separator for lithium ion secondary battery, Takahiro Daido, Satoshi Igarashi, Satoshi Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Honmoto, and Hiroyoshi Minematsu, Teijin Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,094,498 (20060822), Battery separator with battlemented rib, Eric H. Miller and J. Kevin Whear, Daramic, Inc.

U.S. 7,094,499 (20060822), Carbon materials metal/metal oxide nanoparticle composite and battery anode composed of the same, Ching-Cheh Hung, The United States of America.

U.S. 7,094,500 (20060822), Secondary battery, Masaya Ugaji, Kazuya Iwamoto, Shuji Ito, Shinji Mino, Hiromu Matsuda, and Hiroshi Higuchi, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,094,501 (20060822), Graft oligomeric electrolytes, Hanne Anna Katharina Blau, Pui-Yan Lin, and Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Parada, E I du Pont de Nemours and Co.

U.S. 7,094,841 (20060822), Primer composition and bonding method, Yoshimichi Yamanaka, Kaneka Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,094,851 (20060822), Low equivalent weight ionomer, Huey Shen Wu, Charles W. Martin, and Xin Kang Chen, Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

U.S. 7,094,865 (20060822), Thiophenes and polymers derived therefrom, Lambertus Groenendaal, Frank Louwet, and Gianni Zotti, Agfa Gevaert (BE).

U.S. 7,095,211 (20060822), Battery gas gauge, Bruce S. Denning, O2Micro International Ltd. (KY).

U.S. 7,095,212 (20060822), Battery pack with a remaining battery power calculating function, Minoru Sudo, Takashi Niwa, Norio Chiba, and Susumu Ichihara, Seiko Instruments Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,095,237 (20060822), Method of grouping single cells of power sources to build optimal packs using parameters obtained by analysis of impedance spectrum, Jee-Hwan Jang, Hyun-Kyung Sung, and Yevgen Barsukov, Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,095,603 (20060822), Electrode for an energy storage device, Peter John Mahon, Clodoveo Simone Sacchetta, Calum John Drummond, and Phillip Brett Aitchison, Energy Storage Systems Pty. Ltd. (AU).

U.S. 7,095,604 (20060822), Electrode for electric double-layer capacitor, and slurry for forming the same, Minoru Noguchi, Manabu Iwaida, Naohiko Oki, Eisuke Komazawa, Takahiro Takeshita, and Kenichi Murakami, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,096,130 (20060822), Charging/discharging apparatus and method, power supplying apparatus and method, program storing medium, and program, Kei Tashiro, Hideyuki Sato, Yukio Tsuchiya, and Kiyotaka Murata, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,096,131 (20060822), Method for determining specifications of fuel cell power generation system and fuel cell power generation system, Hidehiko Takase, Koji Tamenori, Naohiko Oki, Asao Uenodai, and Naoyuki Enjoji, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,096,717 (20060829), Control device of gas sensor, Hidetoshi Oishi, Hirotoshi Inoue, Takashi Sasaki, and Takashi Saito, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,096,955 (20060829), Long duration fuel cell system, Wenlin Zhang and Joe Walter, Schlumberger Technology Corp.

U.S. 7,097,519 (20060829), Spring contact sheet and electrochemical battery with such a spring contact sheet, Arno Mattejat and Aloisia Schreiber, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 7,097,672 (20060829), Metal separator for fuel cell and bonding method there of, Tomoyuki Takamura and Masanao Shiomi, Araco Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,097,673 (20060829), Coating edge control, William R. Dudley, Alan P. Miller, and Robert A. Yapel, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 7,097,675 (20060829), Fast-quench reactor for hydrogen and elemental carbon production from natural gas and other hydrocarbons, Brent A. Detering and Peter C. Kong, Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC.

U.S. 7,097,686 (20060829), Nickel powders, methods for producing powders and devices fabricated from same, Clive D. Chandler, Daniel J. Skamser, Toivo T. Kodas, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, James Caruso, and Quint H. Powell, Cabot Corp.

U.S. 7,097,748 (20060829), Electrolyzer pressure equalization system, John J. Duffy and Daniel Shapiro, University of Massachusetts.

U.S. 7,097,754 (20060829), Continuous electroforming process to form a strip for battery electrodes and a mandrel to be used in said electroforming process, Hans Warlimont, DSL Dresden Material-Innovation GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,097,763 (20060829), Ion exchange filter apparatus, Shinichiro Takemoto and Koji Suzuki, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyo Roki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,097,781 (20060829), Method for manufacturing porous structure and method for forming pattern, Koji Asakawa, Toshiro Hiraoka, Yoshihiro Akasaka, and Yasuyuki Hotta, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,097,813 (20060829), Hydrogen generating apparatus, Jason S. Ord, Justin Roman, and Alan Shibata, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,097,818 (20060829), Silica and silicate by precipitation at constant alkali number, and its use, Gottlieb-Georg Lindner, Robert Kuhlmann, and Claus-Peter Drexel, Degussa AG (DE).

U.S. 7,097,904 (20060829), Porous fiber, Takashi Ochi, Akira Kishiro, Shuichi Nonaka, Takaaki Mihara, and Norio Suzuki, Toray Industries, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,097,925 (20060829), High temperature fuel cell power plant, Bowie G. Keefer, QuestAir Technologies Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,097,926 (20060829), Solid polymer electrolyte membrane and fuel cell comprising same, Toshihiko Suenaga and Nobuaki Kimura, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,097,927 (20060829), Fuel cell system, Narutoshi Sugita, Noriaki Osao, and Takeshi Ushio, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,097,928 (20060829), Battery and method of making a battery, William T. McHugh, Robert A. Scalisi, Gary M. Searle, and Robert Theriault, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,097,929 (20060829), Molten carbonate fuel cell, Choong Gon Lee, Byoung Sam Kang, Hai Kung Seo, and Hee Chun Lim, Korea Electric Power Corp. (KR).

U.S. 7,097,930 (20060829), Carbon dioxide management in a direct methanol fuel cell system, Sanjiv Malhotra, Oorja Protonics.

U.S. 7,097,931 (20060829), Fluid flow-fields for electrochemical devices, Mohamed Abdou, Peter Andrin, and Mukesh K. Bisaria, E I du Pont de Nemours and Co.

U.S. 7,097,932 (20060829), Polymer electrolytic fuel cell and method for producing the same, Osamu Sakai, Hisaaki Gyoten, Hiroki Kusakabe, Eiichi Yasumoto, Yasushi Sugawara, Teruhisa Kanbara, Akihiko Yoshida, Makoto Uchida, and Junji Morita, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,097,933 (20060829), Catalyst for fuel cell oxygen electrodes, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Cristian Fierro, Benjamin Reichman, William Mays, James Strebe, Michael A. Fetcenko, Avram Zallen, and Tim Hicks, Ovonic Battery Co., Inc.

U.S. 7,097,934 (20060829), Battery apparatus for vehicle, Naohiro Shigeta, Masaki Yugo, Tetsu Miyamoto, Shoichi Toya, and Hideo Shimizu, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,097,935 (20060829), Rechargeable battery, Peter Schellenberg and Hans Muehe, VB Autobatterie GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,097,936 (20060829), Battery constructed with extracted bicells stacked on shuttled pallet, Morgan Rey Benson, Robert Thomas Wendling, and Bruce Everett Lasley, Enerdel, Inc.

U.S. 7,097,937 (20060829), Bipolar battery and biplate assembly, Lars Fredriksson and Neil Puester, Nilar International AB (SE).

U.S. 7,097,938 (20060829), Negative electrode material and battery using the same, Shinichiro Yamada, Hiroshi Inoue, and Takuya Endo, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,097,939 (20060829), Gel-forming battery separator, Anthony L. Ferreira, Norman Lifshutz, and Wai Ming Choi, Hollingsworth & Vose Co.

U.S. 7,097,940 (20060829), Gel electrolyte, process for producing the same, and use thereof, Yoshihiro Uetani, Shuuhei Murata, and Keisuke Kii, Nitto Denko Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,097,941 (20060829), Solid electrolytic secondary battery, Tsuyonobu Hatazawa, Koichiro Kezuka, and Yukiko Iijima, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,097,942 (20060829), Fluoride copolymer, polymer electrolyte comprising the same and lithium battery employing the polymer electrolyte, Seung-sik Hwang and Myung-dong Cho, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,097,943 (20060829), UV-cured multi-component polymer blend electrolyte, lithium secondary battery and their fabrication method, Byung-Won Cho, Won-Il Cho, Hyung-Sun Kim, Un-Sek Kim, Hee-Woo Rhee, Yong-Tae Kim, and Min-Kyu Song, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KR).

U.S. 7,097,944 (20060829), Nonaqueous secondary cell, Tetsuya Murai and Hiroshi Mukai, GS Yuasa Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,098,112 (20060829), Preparation of field emission array comprising nanostructures, Kyeong-Taek Jung, Myung-Soo Kim, Kwan-Goo Jeon, and Seog-Hyun Cho, Samsung Corning Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,098,163 (20060829), Method of producing membrane electrode assemblies for use in proton exchange membrane and direct methanol fuel cells, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, Toivo T. Kodas, Paolina Atanassova, Rimple Bhatia, Ross A. Miesem, Paul Napolitano, and Gordon L. Rice, Cabot Corp.

U.S. 7,098,263 (20060829), Thermoplastic resin composition, molded article, and process for producing the same, Masaki Mitsunaga, Katsuhiko Hironaka, and Masami Okamoto, Teijin Chemicals, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,098,625 (20060829), Apparatus and method for estimating charge rate of secondary cell, Daijiro Yumoto and Hideo Nakamura, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,098,626 (20060829), Power supply apparatus, Kazuhiro Seo, Kimihiko Furukawa, and Isao Arai, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,098,627 (20060829), Method and apparatus for battery charging with constant current, constant voltage, and pulsed charging, Junji Nishida, Ricoh Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,098,665 (20060829), Method for prediction of the internal resistance of an energy storage battery, and a monitoring device for energy storage batteries, Helmut Laig-Hoerstebrock, VB Autobatterie GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,098,666 (20060829), Method and system for battery state of charge estimation by using measured changes in voltage, Joseph Patino, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 7,099,142 (20060829), Additive for non-aqueous liquid electrolyte secondary cell, non-aqueous liquid electrolyte secondary cell, additive for non-aqueous liquid electrolyte electric double layer capacitor and non-aqueous liquid electrolyte electric double layer capacitor, Masashi Otsuki, Shigeki Endo, and Takao Ogino, Bridgestone Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,099,146 (20060829), Electrolyte for electrochemical capacitor and electrochemical capacitor containing the same, Yukiya Kobayashi, Hideo Seike, and Yoshinori Takamuku, Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd. (JP) and Matsushita Electric Industrial, Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,099,787 (20060829), Technique and apparatus to measure a fuel cell parameter, Michael D. Gasda, Michael Misiewicz, Garnet Prescott, Steve Buelte, and Jon W. Meredith, Plug Power Inc.