Official Gazette, Volume 1323 (October 2007)

U.S. 7,275,569 (20071002), Hydrogen handling or dispensing system, Raymond Hobbs, Arizona Public Service Co.

U.S.7,275,732 (20071002), Solenoid-operated valve for fuel cells, Takahide Kato, Kouetsu Hikichi, Hiroto Ohmori, Masakazu Murai, Kuri Kasuya, and Hiroyasu Ozaki, Keihin Corp. (JP).

U.S.7,276,095 (20071002), Fuel processor module for hydrogen production for a fuel cell engine using pressure swing adsorption, Craig S. Gittleman, John B. Ruhl, Yan Zhang, and William H. Pettit, General Motors Corp.

U.S.7,276,096 (20071002), Fuel processor dewar and methods, Ian WKaye and Qailmas Khan, UltraCell Corp.

U.S.7,276,141 (20071002), Hydrogen gas sensor, Norihiko Nadanami, Norobu Ishida, Takafumi Oshima, Ryuji Inoue, and Tomonori Kondo, NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S.7,276,214 (20071002), Chemical reactor, Anthony Matthew Johnston and Brian Scott Haynes, Meggit (UK) Ltd. (GB).

U.S.7,276,303 (20071002), Direct methanol fuel cell system, portable electronic appliance, and method of detecting an amount of liquid fuel remaining in direct methanol type fuel cell system, Hirohisa Miyamoto, Norihiro Tomimatsu, and Nobuo Shibuya, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S.7,276,304 (20071002), Fuel cell system including a unit for electrical isolation of a fuel cell stack from a manifold assembly and method therefor, Dana A. Kelley, Mohammad Farooque, and Keith Davis, FuelCell Energy, Inc.

U.S.7,276,305 (20071002), Method of operating fuel cell, Hisatoshi Fukumoto, Hironori Kuriki, Takashi Nishimura, and Shuichi Matsumoto, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S.7,276,306 (20071002), System for the co-production of electricity and hydrogen, Ai Quoc Pham and Brian Lee Anderson, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S.7,276,308 (20071002), Fuel cell system with recuperative heat exchanger, Volker Formanski, Thomas Herbig, George R. Woody, John P. Salvador, Steven D. Burch, and Uwe Hannesen, General Motors Corp.

U.S.7,276,309 (20071002), Methods and devices for controlling flow and particle fluidization in a fuel cell, Kent I. Smedley, Ronald Gulino, Donald James Novkov, Ethan T. Alger, Jesse Rosen, and Stuart I. Smedley, Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd. (CA).

U.S.7,276,310 (20071002), Electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, electrolyte membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell, and a fuel cell, Susumu Kobayashi, Toshihiro Matsumoto, Takeshi Tomizawa, Katsuzou Kokawa, and Teruhisa Kanbara, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S.7,276,311 (20071002), Fuel cell having temperature adjustment means for reaction gas, Takashi Yasuo, Akira Hamada, Hirokazu Izaki, Shuuichi Suzuki, Kunihiro Nakato, and Yasuo Miyake, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S.7,276,389 (20071002), Article comprising metal oxide nanostructures and method for fabricating such nanostructures, Dong-Wook Kim, Sungho Jin, and In-Kyung Yoo, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S.7,276,561 (20071002), Processes for producing nano-space controlled polymer ionexchange membranes, Masaru Yoshida, Tetsuya Yamaki, Masaharu Asano, and Yosuke Morita, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JP).

U.S.7,276,624 (20071002), Fluorosulfates of hexafluoroisobutylene and its higher homologs, Victor Filippovich Cherstkov, Nina Ivanova Delyagina, Richard E. Fernandez, Viacheslav A. Petrov, and Paul R. Resnick, E I du Pont de Nemours and Co.

U.S.7,279,016 (20071009), Fuel cell bipolar separator plate and current collector assembly and method of manufacture, Jeffrey P. Allen, GenCell Corp.

U.S.7,279,077 (20071009), Method of forming a chemical composition, Dennis N. Bingham, Bruce M. Wilding, Kerry M. Klingler, William T. Zollinger, and Kraig M .Wendt, Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC.

U.S.7,279,088 (20071009), Catalytic electrode, cell, system and process for storing hydrogen/deuterium, James A. Patterson.

U.S.7,279,142 (20071009), Hydrogen refining apparatus, Kunihiro Ukai, Kiyoshi Taguchi, Takeshi Tomizawa, and Seiji Fujiwara, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S.7,279,143 (20071009), Plasmatron-catalyst system, Leslie Bromberg, Daniel R. Cohn, Alexander Rabinovich, and Nikolai Alexeev, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

U.S.7,279,222 (20071009), Solid-state hydrogen storage systems, Andrew K. Hearley and Scott D. Redmond, FuelSell Technologies, Inc.

U.S.7,279,241 (20071009), Electrolyte sheet with a corrugation pattern, Thomas Dale Ketcham, Dell Joseph St. Julien, Sujanto Widjaja, and Scott Christopher Pollard, Corning Inc.

U.S.7,279,242 (20071009), Fuel cell system, Tatsuya Sugawara, Kouji Miyano, and Kuri Kasuya, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S.7,279,243 (20071009), Temperature zones in a solid oxide fuel cell auxiliary power unit, Karl Jacob Haltiner Jr., Malcolm James Grieve, Kevin Richard Keegan, and Michael Thomas Faville, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S.7,279,244 (20071009), Fuel cell, polyelectrolyte and ion-exchange resin use for same, Makoto Morishima, Tomoichi Kamo, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Kenji Yamaga, and Tohru Koyama, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S.7,279,245 (20071009), System for removal of inerts from fuel cell reactants, David L. Clark, Lockheed Martin Corp.

U.S.7,279,246 (20071009), Solid-oxide fuel cell system having an integrated air/fuel manifold, Sean M. Kelly, Karl J. Haltiner Jr., and Christopher M. DeMinco, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S.7,279,247 (20071009), Carbon nanotube pastes and methods of use, Olga Matarredona, Leandro Balzano, Daniel E Resasco, and Siriporn Jongpatiwut, The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma.

U.S.7,279,540 (20071009), Ion-polymer gel electrolyte and its precursor composition, Manabu Kikuta and Akiyoshi Hatakeyama, Dai-ichi Kogyo Seiyaku Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S.7,279,655 (20071009), Inductively coupled plasma/partial oxidation reformation of carbonaceous compounds to produce fuel for energy production, Andreas Blutke, John Vavruska, Mark Henderson, and Robert Ferguson, Plasmet Corp.

U.S.7,279,878 (20071009), Output regulating device for regulating output of electric power source depending on input therefrom, Mitsuaki Ootani and Yasuo Hosaka, Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S.7,280,361 (20071009), Clamping tool, Sheng-Huang Lin, Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S.7,281,412 (20071016), In-situ seal integrity monitoring, John A. Olenick, Timothy J. Curry, Robert A. Bourdelaise, Eli A. Richards, Paul A. Vichot, Barry E. Grabow, and Samuel F. Wilderson.

U.S.7,282,073 (20071016), Method and system for generating hydrogen by dispensing solid and liquid fuel components, Phillip J. Petillo and Stephen C. Petillo, Millennium Cell, Inc.

U.S.7,282,085 (20071016), Apparatus for hydrogen separation and fuel cell system, Satoshi Aoyama, Naoki Ito, and Masahiko Iijima, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S.7,282,240 (20071016), Elastomeric mask and use in fabrication of devices, Rebecca J. Jackman, David C. Duffy, George M. Whitesides, Kathleen Vaeth, and Klavs F. Jensen, President and Fellows of Harvard College.

U.S.7,282,280 (20071016), Method for producing a melt carbonate-fuel cell and to melt carbonate fuel cells, Peter Biedenkopf, MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH (DE).

U.S.7,282,281 (20071016), Method for recognition of a leak in a fuel cell, Arno Mattejat and Ottmar Voitlein, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S.7,282,282 (20071016), Organic fuel cells and fuel cell conducting sheets, Richard I. Masel, Su Ha, and Brian Adams, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

U.S.7,282,283 (20071016), Method and device for limiting crossover in fuel cell systems, Ronald James Kelley, Steven Duane Pratt, Sivakumar Muthuswamy, and Robert Pennisi, Motorola, Inc.

U.S.7,282,284 (20071016), Methods for operating fuel cells fed with a gas containing hydrogen and carbon oxide, and devices relating thereto, Giuseppe Faita and Enrico Ramunni, Nuvera Fuel Cells Europe SRL (IT).

U.S.7,282,285 (20071016), Method and apparatus for the operation of a cell stack assembly during subfreezing temperatures, Harold T. Couch, Carl A. Reiser, Gennady Resnick, Deliang Yang, Emily A. Dykeman, and David A. Condit, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S.7,282,286 (20071016), Start-up method for fuel cell, Masanori Hayashi, Kenichiro Ueda, Yoshio Hosono, Minoru Uoshima, Junji Uehara, Tomoki Kobayashi, Yuji Matsumoto, and Chihiro Wake, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S.7,282,287 (20071016), Purging water with reactant air pump powered by operational fuel cell system during shutdown, Matthew P. Wilson, Harold T. Couch, and Gennady Resnick, UTC Power Corp.

U.S.7,282,288 (20071016), Fuel cell system and method, Koudai Yoshizawa and Yasukazu Iwasaki, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S.7,282,289 (20071016), Planar and essentially rectangular fuel cell and fuel cell block, Dieter Illner, Josef Lersch, and Arno Mattejat, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S.7,282,290 (20071016), Freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant with a direct contact heat exchanger, Michael L. Perry and Jeremy A. Schrooten, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S.7,282,291 (20071016), Water free proton conducting membranes based on poly-4- vinylpyridinebisulfate for fuel cells, Sekharipuram R. Narayanan and Shiao-Pin S. Yen, California Institute of Technology.

U.S.7,282,292 (20071016), Fuel cell stack assembly, Jeffrey Earl Cortright, Phong Diep, and Scott Christopher Pollard, Corning Inc.

U.S.7,282,293 (20071016), Passive water management techniques in direct methanol fuel cells, Xiaoming Ren, Frank W. Kovacs, Kevin J. Shufon, and Shimshon Gottesfeld, MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc.

U.S.7,282,294 (20071016), Hydrogen storage-based rechargeable fuel cell system and method, Tony Wang and Chang Wei, General Electric Co.

U.S.7,282,466 (20071016), Sulfur-functionalized carbon nanoarchitectures as porous, high-surface-area supports for precious metal catalysts, Jeffrey W. Long, Debra R. Rolison, and Wendy Baker, The United States of America.

U.S.7,284,411 (20071023), Method of making a gas diffusion media and quality controls for same, Joerg Roth, General Motors Corp.

U.S.7,284,426 (20071023), Measurement apparatus for measuring fuel capacity used in a fuel cell system, Yu Lin Tang, Hsi-Ming Shu, Feng-Yi Deng, and Ya-Chien Chung, Antig Technology Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S.7,285,142 (20071023), Catalytic dehydrogenation of amine borane complexes, Nahid Mohajeri and Ali Tabatabaie-Raissi, University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.

U.S.7,285,143 (20071023), Hydrogen generator, Hiromichi Sato, Satoshi Aoyama, and Toshihide Nakata, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S.7,285,247 (20071023), Apparatus and method for operating a fuel reformer so as to purge soot therefrom, Rudolf M. Smaling, Leslie Bromberg, William Taylor III, Rodney H. Cain, and Michael J. Daniel, Arvin Technologies, Inc.

U.S.7,285,257 (20071023), Method of removing tar-forming gases from CVD/CVI furnace effluent, Terence B. Walker and Craig B. Shumaker, Honeywell International Inc.

U.S.7,285,258 (20071023), Conversion of CO to CO2, Joseph Pugach, Pressure Chemical Co.

U.S.7,285,307 (20071023), Process for producing catalyst-coated membranes and membrane-electrode assemblies for fuel cells, Claus-Rupert Hohenthanner, Franz Greinemann, and Peter Seipel, Umicore AG & Co KG (DE).

U.S.7,285,325 (20071023), Membranes having improved mechanical properties, for use in fuel cells, Thomas Soczka-Guth, Joachim Kiefer, and Frauke Jordt, BASF Fuel Cell GmbH (DE).

U.S.7,285,343 (20071023), Bonded membrane–electrode assembly having waterelectrolyzing and power-generating functions, and fuel cell system provided with water electrolyzer using the same, Eiji Kato, Katsumi Kanematsu, Shoji Nawa, and Yasuo Ido, Daido Metal Co. Ltd. (JP).

U.S.7,285,344 (20071023), Fuel cell control system, Tomonori Imamura, Akimasa Osaki, Toshiyuki Kawai, and Hideshi Izuhara, DENSO Corp. (JP).

U.S.7,285,345 (20071023), Ventilation of fuel cell power plant, Itsuro Muramoto, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S.7,285,346 (20071023), Method and apparatus for controlling a combined heat and power fuel cell system, Arne W. Ballantine, Ryan Hallum, John W. Parks, and Dustan L. Skidmore, Plug Power Inc.

U.S.7,285,347 (20071023), Anode-supported flat-tubular solid oxide fuel cell stack and fabrication method of the same, Rak-Hyun Song, Dong-Ryul Shin, and Jong-Hee Kim, Korea Institute of Energy Research (KR).

U.S.7,285,348 (20071023), Fuel cell, Shoji Yamashita, Takashi Ono, Shoji Kohsaka, Kazuto Matsukami, and Masato Nishihara, Kyocera Corp. (JP).

U.S.7,285,349 (20071023), Polymer electrolyte membrane and method of making, Steven J. Hamrock, Linda M. Rivard, Michael A. Yandrasits, and Daniel M. Pierpont, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S.7,285,350 (20071023), Enhanced solid oxide fuel cell systems, Bowie G. Keefer, Matthew L. Babicki, and Mark H. Kirby, QuestAir Technologies Inc. (CA).

U.S.7,285,351 (20071023), Apparatus for dilution of discharged fuel, Akio Yamamoto, Kazunori Fukuma, Takatsugu Koyama, Hideo Numata, and Masahiro Matsutani, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S.7,285,352 (20071023), Separator for fuel cell and fuel cell therewith, Yasunori Yoshimoto, Akira Hamada, Takaaki Matsubayashi, Mitsuo Karakane, and Takashi Kawanabe, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S.7,285,353 (20071023), PEM fuel cell separator plate, Daniel J. Lisi, Richard H. Blunk, Mahmoud M. Abd Elhamid, and Youssef M. Mikhail, General Motors Corp.

U.S.7,285,354 (20071023), Polymer electrolyte fuel cell, fuel cell electrode, method for producing electrode catalyst layer, and method for producing polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Yasuhiro Ueyama, Masaru Watanabe, Nobuyuki Kamikihara, and Eiichi Yasumoto, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S.7,285,612 (20071023), Partially fluorinated copolymer based on trifluorostyrene and substituted vinyl compound and ionic conductive polymer membrane formed therefrom, Hae-kyoung Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S.7,285,616 (20071023), Aromatic polymer, method for producing the same and uses thereof, Ken Yoshimura, Arihiro Yashiro, and Mitsunori Nodono, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S.7,286,237 (20071023), Fiber optic sensor, Barry Grossman and Sachin Dekarte, Florida Institute of Technology.

U.S.7,287,412 (20071030), Method and apparatus for sensing hydrogen gas, Kwok Ng, Greg Monty, Yunjun Li, Zvi Yaniv, and Prabhu Soundarrajan, Nano-Proprietary, Inc.

U.S.7,287,558 (20071030), Hydrogen handling or dispensing system, Raymond Hobbs, Arizona Public Service Co.

U.S.7,287,970 (20071030), Roots compressor, Takayuki Hirano, Kazuho Yamada, and Toshiro Fujii,, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki (JP).

U.S.7,288,334 (20071030), Fuel cell stack and method of producing the same, Takashi Komura, Toshiki Kawamura, Masaaki Sakano, and Kentaro Nagoshi, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S.7,288,335 (20071030), Alkaline electrode tape, Edward Milton McWhorter.

U.S.7,288,336 (20071030), Membrane electrode assembly of solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Kaoru Fukuda, Ryoichiro Takahashi, and Junji Matsuo, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S.7,288,502 (20071030), Catalyst particle usable for dehydrogenation of alcohols, Hitoshi Okanobori and Atsushi Kamachi, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S.7,288,600 (20071030), Fluorocarbon polymeric compositions having hydrophilic functional groups and process, Wilson Moya, Entegris, Inc.

U.S.7,288,603 (20071030), Polybenzazole compound having sulfonic acid group and/or phosphonic acid group, resin composition containing the same, resin molding, solid polymer electrolyte membrane, solid polymer electrolyte membrane/electrode assembly and method of preparing assembly, Yoshimitsu Sakaguchi, Kota Kitamura, Hiroaki Taguchi, Junko Nakao, Shiro Hamamoto, Hiroshi Tachimori, and Satoshi Takase, Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S.7,288,941 (20071030), Method and apparatus for measuring conductivity of powder materials using eddy currents, Volodymyr Redko, Volodymyr Khandetskyy, Peter Novak, Elena Shembel, and Satoshi Kohara, Enerize Corp.