U.S. BATTERY AND FUEL CELL PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1312 (November 2006)



U.S. 7,131,189 (20061107), Continuous processing of thin-film batteries and like devices, Mark Lynn Jenson, Cymbet Corp.

U.S. 7,131,190 (20061107), Membrane electrode assembly and method of amanufacturing a membrane electrode assembly, Eric J. Brown, Megan A. Fannon, and Robert S. Hirsch, MTI Micro Fuel Cells, Inc.

U.S. 7,131,264 (20061107), Method of operating a reformer and a vehicle, Jeffrey G. Weissman, John E. Kirwan, Michael J. Seino, and Michael R. Salemi, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,131,320 (20061107), Method and device for artificially ageing a catalytic converter, Rolf Weinowski, Sascha Werner, and Christof Schernus, FEV Motorentechnik GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,131,641 (20061107), Pressing device for lithium batteries, Shih-Hsiung Weng and Kok-Aun Ong, Inventec Multimedia & Telecom Corp. (TW).

U.S. 7,132,002 (20061107), Hydrogen generating device having hydrogen separator membrane and control method therefor, Satoshi Aoyama, Hiromichi Sato, Toshihide Nakata, and Naoki Ito, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,132,135 (20061107), Method for applying electrolyte in the manufacture of a battery, George Cintra, Maya Stevanovic, and Ken Taylor, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,132,178 (20061107), Hydrogen generator, fuel cell system and control method of hydrogen generator, Kunihiro Ukai, Kiyoshi Taguchi, Hidenobu Wakita, and Seiji Fujiwara, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,132,179 (20061107), Methods and apparatus for improving the cold starting capability of a fuel cell, Jean St-Pierre, NengYou Jia, Marian Van Der Geest, Abderrahmane Atbi, and Herwig R. Haas, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,132,180 (20061107), Alkyl sorbitan emulsion compositions for fuel cell reformer start-up, Ramesh Varadaraj and Paul Joseph Berlowitz, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co.

U.S. 7,132,181 (20061107), Method and apparatus for venting and purging of a fuel cell, Bruce J. Clingerman, Kiran Mallavarapu, Bryan Tipton, Rodney J. Rhodes, and Robert Chalfant, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,132,182 (20061107), Method and apparatus for electrochemical compression and expansion of hydrogen in a fuel cell system, James F. McElroy, Arne W. Ballantine, and Richard L. Chartrand, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 7,132,183 (20061107), Process and system for converting carbonaceous feedstocks into energy without greenhouse gas emissions, Terry R. Galloway, Intellergy Corp.

U.S. 7,132,184 (20061107), Fuel cell system, Shigeru Ogino, Satoshi Aoyama, Hiroyuki Mitsui, Hiroshi Aoki, Takashi Shimazu, and Satoshi Shiokawa, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,132,185 (20061107), Fuel cell system shunt regulator method and apparatus, David S. Wardrop, Michael Sexsmith, and Russell H. Barton, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,132,186 (20061107), Fuel cell with solid polymer membrane to be moisturized, fuel cell system, and moisturizing method for fuel cell, Kazuo Saito, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,132,187 (20061107), Polymer electrolyte fuel cell and production method thereof, Yasushi Sugawara, Makoto Uchida, Yoshihiro Hori, Akihiko Yoshida, Osamu Sakai, Takeshi Yonamine, Shinichi Arisaka, and Yasuo Takebe, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,132,188 (20061107), Fuel cells and fuel cell catalysts, Richard I. Masel, Cynthia A. Rice, Piotr Waszczuk, and Andrzej Wieckowski, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

U.S. 7,132,189 (20061107), Fuel cell stack with bypass, Shigeru Inai, Masahiko Sato, Seiji Sugiura, and Shuhei Goto, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,132,190 (20061107), Electrode arrangement for a fuel cell, Stephen Blum, Robert Heggemann, and Bernd Luhrs, 2S-Sophisticated Systems Ltd. (GB).

U.S. 7,132,191 (20061107), Addressing one MEA failure mode by controlling MEA catalyst layer overlap, John P. Healy, Anastasios Angelopoulos, and Clark G. Hochgraf, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,132,192 (20061107), Fuel cell using variable porosity gas diffusion material, Sivakumar Muthuswamy, Steven D. Pratt, Ronald J Kelley, and Gene Kim, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 7,132,193 (20061107), Fuel cell, Michael A. Fetcenko, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, and Kwo Young, Ovonic Battery Co., Inc.

U.S. 7,132,194 (20061107), Non-aqueous electrolytic battery and its manufacturing method, Toru Mizutani, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,132,195 (20061107), Separator for sealed lead-acid battery, Takashi Hottori, Akihiro Taniguchi, and Kazunari Ando, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,132,196 (20061107), Battery pack, Hideyo Morita and Yasuhiro Oono, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,132,197 (20061107), Battery, Yukio Miyaki, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,132,198 (20061107), Battery, James J. Cervera, Christopher Haines, and Shuming Zeng, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,132,199 (20061107), Non-aqueous electrolyte and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, Shigeyuki Unoki, Hajime Konishi, Katsumi Yamashita, Shoichiro Watanabe, Takashi Takeuchi, Hideharu Takezawa, Toshikazu Hamamoto, Akira Ueki, and Koji Abe, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Ube Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,132,385 (20061107), High loading supported carbon catalyst, method of preparing the same, catalyst electrode including the same, and fuel cell including the catalyst electrode, Chan-ho Pak, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,132,496 (20061107), Step-by-step alkylation of polymeric amines, Jochen Kerres, W. Zhang, and C. Tang, Thomas Haring (DE).

U.S. 7,132,571 (20061107), Self-assembled calixarene-based guest-host assemblies for guest storage by van der Waals confinement, Jerry L. Atwood, Leonard J. Barbour, and Agoston Jerga, The Curators of the University of Missouri.

U.S. 7,132,833 (20061107), System for detecting defective battery packs, David Layden, Craig Edevold, Cary Winch, and Donald Zahrte Sr., Powerware Corp.

U.S. 7,135,049 (20061114), Method for operating a gas generation device in a fuel cell system, Stefan Boneberg, Martin Schuessler, and Hans-Frieder Walz, NuCellSys GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,135,050 (20061114), Hydrogen generator, Tomonori Asou, Akira Maenishi, and Takeshi Tomizawa, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,135,057 (20061114), Gas storage medium and methods, Pavel Kornilovich, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,135,131 (20061114), Proton conductive membrane and production method thereof, Takuichi Arai, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,135,154 (20061114), Reactor module for use in a compact fuel processor, Vijay A. Deshpande, Texaco Inc.

U.S. 7,135,161 (20061114), Method of producing nanosized oxide powders, Paul H. Holloway and Mostafa Abboudi, University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.

U.S. 7,135,205 (20061114), Fuel cell membranes and catalytic layers, Paul L. Smith, Peter W. Faguy, Andrew T. Hunt, Charles McKendrie Quillian V, William John Dalzell Jr., Frank C. Witbrod, Stein S. Lee, William Harm, Joanne Yardlyne Smalley, Mark Batich, and William Hoos, nGimat Co.

U.S. 7,135,244 (20061114), System to supply at least two components of a gas generation system, Stefan Boneberg, Bruno Motzet, Alois Tischler, and Marc Weisser, NuCellSys GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,135,245 (20061114), Apparatus and method for stack temperature control, Michael Standke and Ingo Hermann, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,135,246 (20061114), Electronic apparatus having energy-saving cooling system, Hideyuki Motoyama, Hideki Tanaka, and Hiroshi Yamada, Fujitsu Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,135,247 (20061114), Easily isolated, oversized fuel cell stack cooler plates, Jeremy P. Meyers, Nileshkumar T. Dave, Jeffrey G. Lake, and Mark W. Layaw, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,135,248 (20061114), Metal felt current conductor and gas flow distributor, Jeremy P. Meyers, Nileshkumar T. Dave, Jeffrey G. Lake, and Mark W. Layaw, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,135,249 (20061114), Fuel cell separator, fuel cell using the separator, and method of producing the separator, Naoyuki Enjoji, Keisuke Andou, and Kentaro Nagoshi, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,135,250 (20061114), Multi-layer electrode structure and battery incorporating same, Yoshinari Sasaki, Koji Shimotoku, and Hidehisa Murase, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,135,251 (20061114), Active material for battery and method of preparing the same, Jae-Phil Cho, Geun-Bae Kim, Sang-Moon Hwang, Yong-Chul Park, and Won-Il Jung, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,135,252 (20061114), Lithium metal oxide electrodes for lithium cells and batteries, Michael M. Thackeray, Christopher S. Johnson, Khalil Amine, and Jaekook Kim, UChicago Argonne, LLC.

U.S. 7,135,253 (20061114), High discharge current lithium secondary battery and method of manufacture, Toshihiko Nakagawa, Kenshin Kitoh, Hiroshi Nemoto, and Toshihiro Yoshida, NGK Insulators, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,135,254 (20061114), Multi-layered, UV-cured polymer electrolyte and lithium secondary battery comprising the same, Kyung-Suk Yun, Byung-Won Cho, Won-Il Cho, Hyung-Sun Kim, Un-Sek Kim, Hee-Woo Rhee, and Yong-Tae Kim, Korea Institute of Science and Technologies (Korea).

U.S. 7,135,537 (20061114), Sulfonimide-containing poly(arylene ether)s and poly(arylene ether sulfone)s, methods for producing the same, and uses thereof, Michael A Hofmann, E I du Pont de Nemours and Co.

U.S. 7,135,836 (20061114), Modular and reconfigurable rapid battery charger, Nasser H. Kutkut and David Brobst, Power Designers, LLC.

U.S. 7,135,837 (20061114), Method and system for selectivly diverting current during charging of multiple batteries, Joseph Patino, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 7,135,838 (20061114), Power-on device and method for controllably powering a circuit system with an adaptor or with a battery, Sea-Weng Young, Chun-Chi Hsu, and Wen-Bin Liu, BENQ Corp. (TW).

U.S. 7,135,839 (20061114), Battery pack and method of charging and discharging the same, Takuma Iida, Naoyoshi Shibuya, Hiroki Saito, Hiroki Takeshima, and Kiyoto Watanabe, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,136,701 (20061114), Hybrid battery power source for implantable medical use, Wilson Greatbatch and Jeffrey Deal, GentCorp Ltd.

U.S. 7,136,762 (20061114), System for calculating remaining capacity of energy storage device, Mikio Ono, Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,137,466 (20061121), Arrangement structure for fuel cell system in vehicle, Satoshi Kawasaki, Katsumi Saito, and Kazunori Fukuma, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,137,873 (20061121), Grinding method for workpiece, jet guide means and jet regulation means used for the method, Keiji Mase and Shozo Ishibashi, Fuji Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,138,008 (20061121), Filter assemblies and systems for intake air for fuel cells, Eivind Stenersen, William Michael Nyman, and Richard Thomas Canepa, Donaldson Co., Inc.

U.S. 7,138,046 (20061121), Process for production of hydrogen from anaerobically decomposed organic materials, Sukomal Roychowdhury, World Hydrogen Energy LLC.

U.S. 7,138,081 (20061121), Method for fabricating a seal-integrated separator, Masajirou Inoue, Toshihiko Suenaga, Nobuaki Kimura, and Keisuke Andou, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,138,100 (20061121), Process for making single-wall carbon nanotubes utilizing refractory particles, Richard E. Smalley and Robert H. Hauge, William Marsh Rice University.

U.S. 7,138,102 (20061121), Method for manufacturing highly-crystallized double oxide powder, Yuji Akimoto, Kazuro Nagashima, Yoshikazu Nageno, Hidenori Ieda, and Naoko Tanaka, Shoei Chemical Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,138,159 (20061121), Method for the deposition of an electrocatalyst layer, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, Toivo T Kodas, Plamen Atanassov, Klaus Kunze, Paul Napolitano, Rimple Bhatia, David E Dericotte, and Paolina Atanassova, Cabot Corp.

U.S. 7,138,168 (20061121), Honeycomb structure body and method for manufacturing the same, Jun Fujita, NGK Insulators, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,138,197 (20061121), Method of operating a fuel cell power plant, Jameson R. Forte, Steven Burch, and Mark A. Brundage, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,138,198 (20061121), Ventilation apparatus for fuel cell system, Shugo Kondo, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,138,199 (20061121), Fuel cell and fuel cell coolant compositions, Satish C. Mohapatra.

U.S. 7,138,200 (20061121), Fuel cell and separator for the same, Masayoshi Iwase, Hitoshi Hamada, Shigeyuki Kawatsu, Seiji Mizuno, and Joji Yoshimura, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP) and Kawada Industries, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,138,201 (20061121), Liquid thermosetting sealing agent for polymer electrode membrane fuel cell, single cell formed with sealing agent, its process, and process for regenerating polymer electrode membrane fuel cell, Masajirou Inoue, Teruyuki Ohtani, Hiroyuki Tanaka, and Nobuaki Kimura, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,138,202 (20061121), Apparatus for and method of forming seals in fuel cells and fuel stacks, David G. Frank, Joseph Cargnelli, Lawrence Eugene Frisch, William Gordon Bradford, Myron Timothy Maxson, Brian Jeffery Swanton, and Howard Stimson Travis, Hydrogenics Corp. (CA).

U.S. 7,138,203 (20061121), Apparatus and method of manufacture of electrochemical cell components, Dirk M. Baars, Hillary P. Borges, and Seung B. Chun, World Properties, Inc.

U.S. 7,138,204 (20061121), Solid electrolyte battery, Hiroyuki Akashi, Goro Shibamoto, and Shuji Goto, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,138,205 (20061121), Battery with proportional collectors, straps, and plates, Kazunari Ando, Akitoshi Hiramatsu, and Kenji Kimura, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,138,206 (20061121), Method of manufacturing separator for fuel cell, Takashi Yoshida, Kenichi Ishiguro, and Yoshitsugu Nishi, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,138,207 (20061121), Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell, Akira Yamaguchi, Atsuo Omaru, and Masayuki Nagamine, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,138,208 (20061121), Rechargeable lithium ion battery, Yuuji Tanjo, Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Hideaki Horie, Tatsuhiro Fukuzawa, Mikio Kawai, and Tomaru Ogawa, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,138,209 (20061121), Positive active material for rechargeable lithium battery and method of preparing same, Ho-Jin Kweon and Joon-Won Suh, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,138,210 (20061121), Punched electrode and rechargeable lithium battery using the same, Soo-Ryoung Kim, Jee-Ho Kim, Ho-Kyung Byun, and Yong-Rae Kim, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,138,211 (20061121), Solidifying material for cell electrolyte solution, and cell comprising the solidifying material, Minoru Takizawa, Yoshifumi Sugito, Naomi Oguma, Seiji Doi, Sachio Yoshikawa, and Michiei Nakamura, Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,138,354 (20061121), Method for the fabrication of an electrocatalyst layer, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, Toivo T. Kodas, Plamen Atanassov, Paolina Atanassova, Klaus Kunze, Paul Napolitano, and David Dericotte, Cabot Corp.

U.S. 7,138,355 (20061121), Method of preparing an ink, Emad Batawi and Cyril Voisard, Sulzer Hexis AG (CH).

U.S. 7,138,775 (20061121), Control for battery pack, Tomonaga Sugimoto, Yuji Nakada, Utaka Kamishima, and Tsuyoshi Morita, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,138,785 (20061121), Power tool with means for obtaining product use information, Daniele Brotto, Darnell Smith, and Danh Trinh, Black & Decker Inc.

U.S. 7,139,162 (20061121), Electrode and method for the production thereof, Hartmut Michel and Christoph Weber, Epcos AG (DE).

U.S. 7,140,187 (20061128), Urea based composition and system for same, Steven C. Amendola.

U.S. 7,140,260 (20061128), Gas flow measuring device and gas flow measuring method, Hiroshi Okuda and Akiko Kuse, ESPEC Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,140,328 (20061128), Miniature vaporizers for use with chemical converters and energy devices, Michael S. Hsu, Ztek Corp.

U.S. 7,140,380 (20061128), Cell safety valve and cell having same, Hironori Marubayashi, Takuma Morishita, Yoshihiro Tobita, and Shigeki Fujii, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,140,496 (20061128), Multilayer microporous membrane, Fujiharu Nagoya and Ichiro Koguma, Asahi Kasei Medical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,140,725 (20061128), Methods for applying crystalline materials, Gregory S. Herman, Benjamin Clark, Peter Mardilovich, James O’Neil, and David Champion, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,141,082 (20061128), Gas generating cell or battery and method of producing same, Hans Sauer, GCT Gas-Cell-Tec AG (CH).

U.S. 7,141,084 (20061128), Fuel for fuel cell system, Kenichirou Saitou, Iwao Anzai, Osamu Sadakane, and Michiro Matsubara, Nippon Oil Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,141,168 (20061128), Porous polyolefin membrane, Hideshi Sakamoto, Junichi Yamauchi, and Takashi Shimpuku, Chisso Corp. (JP) and Chisso Petrochemical Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,141,187 (20061128), Electrode material for rechargeable lithium battery, electrode structural body comprising said electrode material, rechargeable lithium battery having said electrode structural body, process for the production of said electrode structural body, and process for the production of said rechargeable lithium battery, Takeshi Kosuzu, Soichiro Kawakami, Masaya Asao, Hidetoshi Tsuzuki, Takao Ogura, and Naoya Kobayashi, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,141,216 (20061128), System for sono-catalytic production of hydrogen, Robert D. Stephens, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,141,223 (20061128), Fuel reformer, Masataka Kadowaki and Akira Fuju, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,141,229 (20061128), Graphite material for negative pole of lithium secondary battery, method of manufacturing the graphite material, and lithium secondary battery, Yoichi Kawano, Tetsusei Fukuda, Tsutomu Sugiura, Takeshi Hamada, Hiromasa Shoji, and Taro Kohno, Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,141,230 (20061128), Method of removing residual active oxy-hydrogens, Makoto Takeuchi, Advanced Capacitor Technologies, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,141,270 (20061128), Method for the production of membrane electrode assemblies for fuel cells, Sandra Wittpahl, Markus Robert Vogt, Karl-Anton Starz, and Joachim Kohler, Umicore AG & Co. KG (DE).

U.S. 7,141,271 (20061128), Method for producing a solid ceramic fuel cell, Gerard Barbezat, Robert Fleck, Thomas Jansing, and Michael Loch, Siemens Power Generation, Inc.

U.S. 7,141,320 (20061128), Fuel cell, electronic device, portable terminal and camera, Yoshihiro Ito, Naoyuki Nishino, and Shuichi Ishii, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,141,322 (20061128), Alcohol fueled direct oxidation fuel cells, Zhigang Qi and Arthur Kaufman, H Power Corp.

U.S. 7,141,323 (20061128), Method and apparatus for electrochemical compression and expansion of hydrogen in a fuel cell system, Arne W. Ballantine and Richard L. Chartrand, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 7,141,324 (20061128), 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. 7,141,325 (20061128), Integrated fuel cell power conditioning with added functional control, Donald J. Desbiens, Fairchild Semiconductor Corp.

U.S. 7,141,326 (20061128), Warm-up apparatus for fuel cell, Tomoki Kobayashi, Yoshio Nuiya, and Mitsuru Kai, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,141,327 (20061128), Solid electrolyte fuel cell and manufacturing method thereof, Noboru Taniguchi, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,141,328 (20061128), Fuel cell, Hisatoshi Fukumoto, Osamu Hiroi, Kenro Mitsuda, Hideo Maeda, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Tatsuya Hayashi, and Akihisa Yoshimura, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,141,329 (20061128), Electrode having microstructure of extended triple phase boundary by porous ion conductive ceria film coating and method to manufacture the said electrode, Seong-Ahn Hong, In-Hwan Oh, Tae-Hoon Lim, Suk-Woo Nam, Heung-Yong Ha, Sung Pil Yoon, and Jonghee Han, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KR).

U.S. 7,141,330 (20061128), Secondary battery accomodation case, Tsutomu Aoyama, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,141,331 (20061128), Battery pack, Bernd Ziegler and Rainer Ontl, Hilt Aktiengesellschaft (LI).

U.S. 7,141,332 (20061128), Lightweight prismatic packaging structure for electrochemical devices and assembly method of the same, Joseph B. Kejha, David Chua, and Hsiu-Ping Lin.

U.S. 7,141,333 (20061128), Method for producing an electrochemical element, Peter Birke, Fatima Birke-Salam, Thomas Woehrle, Peter Haug, Konrad Holl, Heinrich Stelzig, and Dejan Ilic, Varta Microbattery GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,141,334 (20061128), Negative electrode for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery, Atsushi Fukui, Yasuyuki Kusumoto, Mariko Torimae, and Hiroshi Nakamura, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,141,335 (20061128), Rechargeable lithium battery and method of fabricating same, Takitaro Yamaguchi, Ryuichi Shimizu, and Cheol-Soo Jung, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,141,528 (20061128), Electrocatalyst powders, methods for producing powders and devices fabricated from same, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, Toivo T. Kodas, Plamen Atanassov, Paolina Atanassova, Klaus Kunze, Paul Napolitano, and David Dericotte, Cabot Corp.

U.S. 7,141,626 (20061128), Fiberglass non-woven catalyst, Klein A. Rodrigues, Allen M. Carrier, Alvie L. Foster, Bick Hicks, and James C. Long, National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corp.

U.S. 7,141,675 (20061128), Preparation of nanoporous metal foam from high nitrogen transition metal complexes, Bryce C. Tappan, My Hang V. Huynh, Michael A. Hiskey, Steven F. Son, David M. Oschwald, David E. Chavez, and Darren L. Naud, Los Alamos National Security, LLC.

U.S. 7,141,812 (20061128), Devices, methods, and systems involving castings, Michael Appleby, Iain Fraser, and James E. Atkinson, Mikro Systems, Inc.

U.S. 7,141,954 (20061128), Li-ion/Li-polymer battery charger configured to be DC-powered from multiple types of wall adapters, Zheren Lai, Edward Bordeaux, and Zen Wu, Intersil Americas Inc.