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US Patent 11180393 Anammox reactor and water treatment method using the same
US Patent 7381886 Terrestrial solar array
US Patent 7388147 Metal contact structure for solar cell and method of manufacture
US Patent 7390689 Systems and methods for light absorption and field emission using microstructured silicon
US Patent 7390961 Interconnection of solar cells in a solar cell module
US Patent 7390962 Micron gap thermal photovoltaic device and method of making the same
US Patent 7393446 Cellular metal structure
US Patent 7394016 Bifacial elongated solar cell devices with internal reflectors
US Patent 7396448 Method for roll to be processed before forming cell and method for grinding roll
US Patent 7402227 Plating apparatus and method
US Patent 7402231 Method and apparatus for partially plating work surfaces
US Patent 7410560 Device for storage and delivery of standards for gel electrophoresis
US Patent 7413638 Nanolithography and microlithography devices and method of manufacturing such devices
US Patent 7446256 Thermoelectric conversion device, and cooling method and power generation method using the same
US Patent 7449628 Electric power generation method using thermoelectric power generation element, thermoelectric power generation element and method of producing the same, and thermoelectric power generation device
US Patent 7449630 Solar cell having an integral monolithically grown bypass diode
US Patent 7459068 Multi-capillary electrophoresis apparatus
US Patent 7465383 Master information carrier for magnetic transfer and its production method
US Patent 7465871 Nanocomposites with high thermoelectric figures of merit
US Patent 7465873 Solar cell module, method of laying solar cell modules, and apparatus for preventing solar cell modules from being blown off
US Patent 7470355 Electrochemical reduction of metal oxides
US Patent 7473342 Capillary array and capillary electrophoresis apparatus
US Patent 7479596 Solar cell and method for manufacturing the same
US Patent 7482533 Nuclear-cored battery
US Patent 7485214 Microfluidic device and method of locally concentrating electrically charged substances in a microfluidic device
US Patent 7488404 Process for hydrogenating carbon dioxide, treating apparatus, and basic material for hydrogenation
US Patent 7488890 Compound solar battery and manufacturing method thereof
US Patent 7491301 Methods and apparatuses for depositing film on both sides of a pane
US Patent 7491882 Super electromagnet
US Patent 7498508 High voltage solar cell and solar cell module
US Patent 7501048 Method and device for electrolytically increasing the thickness of an electrically conductive pattern on a dielectric substrate, as well as a dielectric substrate
US Patent 7501049 ECM-machine
US Patent 7501572 Solar photovoltaic cell system tracks the sun for increased efficiency
US Patent 7504014 High density interconnections with nanowiring
US Patent 7507320 Single-atom tip and preparation method thereof
US Patent 7507903 Substrate and collector grid structures for integrated series connected photovoltaic arrays and process of manufacture of such arrays
US Patent 7511217 Inter facial architecture for nanostructured optoelectronic devices
US Patent 7513981 Manufacturing apparatus of semiconductor device
US Patent 7517437 RF powered target for increasing deposition uniformity in sputtering systems
US Patent 7517442 Facile method and apparatus for the analysis of biological macromolecules in two dimensions using common and familiar electrophoresis formats
US Patent 7520972 Process for making a mold piece having a main curved surface bearing a utilitary microstructure
US Patent 7521629 Thermoelectric transportation material containing nitrogen
US Patent 7521630 Parallel and virtual parallel interconnection of solar cells in solar panels
US Patent 7527721 Electrochemical fabrication method for producing multi-layer three-dimensional structures on a porous dielectric
US Patent 7531077 Electrochemical fabrication process for forming multilayer multimaterial microprobe structures
US Patent 7531741 Tracking solar shelter
US Patent 7534337 Substrate before insulation, method of manufacturing substrate, method of manufacturing surface acoustic wave transducer, surface acoustic wave device, and electronic equipment
US Patent 7544274 Plating device and plating method
US Patent 7553400 Plating apparatus and plating method
US Patent 7563348 Electroplating head and method for operating the same
US Patent 7569128 Coulometric water vapor sensor
US Patent 7571698 Low-frequency bias power in HDP-CVD processes
US Patent 7572974 Gel electrolytes for dye sensitized solar cells
US Patent 7575662 Method for operating a sputter cathode with a target
US Patent 7575664 Plating method
US Patent 7575666 Process for electrolytically plating copper
US Patent 7578909 Method of forming CNT containing wiring material and sputtering target material used for the method
US Patent 7582193 Method for producing multilayer film perpendicular magnetic recording medium
US Patent 7585399 Rotating magnet arrays for magnetron sputtering apparatus
US Patent 7586035 Photovoltaic cell with spacers
US Patent 7588669 Single-process-chamber deposition system
US Patent 7588674 Method and apparatus for maintaining parallelism of layers and/or achieving desired thicknesses of layers during the electrochemical fabrication of structures
US Patent 7592536 Solar cell structure with integrated discrete by-pass diode
US Patent 7592540 Polymer electrolyte and dye-sensitized solar cell comprising the polymer electrolyte
US Patent 7597787 Methods and apparatuses for electrochemical deposition
US Patent 7597789 Oxidation-reduction potentiometer
US Patent 7601246 Methods of sputtering a protective coating on a semiconductor substrate
US Patent 7601249 Method and apparatus for assay of electrochemical properties
US Patent 7604718 Dynamically configurable electrode formed of pixels
US Patent 7604723 Measuring device with penetrating electrode
US Patent 7608174 Apparatus and method for electroforming high aspect ratio micro-parts
US Patent 7611616 Mesoscale and microscale device fabrication methods using split structures and alignment elements
US Patent 7611617 Method of manufacturing a dielectric component, and dielectric components manufactured by such a method
US Patent 7615141 Electrochemical micromanufacturing system and method
US Patent 7618521 Split magnet ring on a magnetron sputter chamber
US Patent 7618522 Method of reducing interferences in an electrochemical sensor using two different applied potentials
US Patent 7618525 Method for electrochemical fabrication
US Patent 7622024 High resistance ionic current source
US Patent 7622666 Photovoltaic concentrator modules and systems having a heat dissipating element located within a volume in which light rays converge from an optical concentrating element towards a photovoltaic receiver
US Patent 7625469 Nanoelectrode array for electrochemical analysis
US Patent 7625472 Plasma-assisted sputter deposition system
US Patent 7625475 Nanotube fluid pump
US Patent 7626114 Thermoelectric power supply
US Patent 7629531 Low power thermoelectric generator
US Patent 7632385 Reference electrode for potentiometric measurements, and method of monitoring the reference electrode
US Patent 7632390 Apparatus and method for enhancing electropolishing utilizing magnetic fields
US Patent 7633007 Self-assembled photosynthesis-inspired light harvesting material and solar cells containing the same
US Patent 7635810 Substrate and collector grid structures for integrated photovoltaic arrays and process of manufacture of such arrays
US Patent 7638022 Magnetron source for deposition on large substrates
US Patent 7638027 Microstructure array, mold for forming a microstructure array, and method of fabricating the same
US Patent 7638028 Probe tip plating
US Patent 7638708 Laminated solar concentrating photovoltaic device
US Patent 7641775 Apparatus for manufacturing electrolytic metal foil
US Patent 7641785 Method of measuring blood component and sensor used in the method
US Patent 7645365 IMAT modules with serial conductive stripes
US Patent 7645373 System and method for coding information on a biosensor test strip
US Patent 7645374 Method for determination of analyte concentrations and related apparatus
US Patent 7645932 Solar cell device having a charge pump
US Patent 7648620 Method for manufacturing a master disk for magnetic transfer
US Patent 7648624 Oxygen sensor
US Patent 7649139 Thermoelectric conversion element and thermoelectric conversion module
US Patent 7651594 Barrier film and laminated material, container for wrapping and image display medium using the same, and manufacturing method for barrier film
US Patent 7651597 Electrochemical sensor
US Patent 7651599 High density fluidic chip design and method of sample injection
US Patent 7651600 Electrokinetic concentration device and methods of use thereof
US Patent 7651601 Heat spreader with vapor chamber defined therein and method of manufacturing the same
US Patent 7655117 Continuous plating system and method with mask registration
US Patent 7655119 Meter for use in an improved method of reducing interferences in an electrochemical sensor using two different applied potentials
US Patent 7655122 Oxygen concentration detecting element
US Patent 7655123 Gas sensor
US Patent 7655126 Fabrication of topical stopper on MLS gasket by active matrix electrochemical deposition
US Patent 7655860 Nano-structured photovoltaic solar cell and related methods
US Patent 7658825 Measuring device and measuring method for detecting analytes
US Patent 7658826 Reference electrode
US Patent 7658831 Three dimensional microstructures and methods for making three dimensional microstructures
US Patent 7663054 Thermoelectric material and thermoelectric module using the thermoelectric material
US Patent 7663057 Solution-based fabrication of photovoltaic cell
US Patent 7666285 Portable water quality monitoring system
US Patent 7666291 Method for fabricating metal wires
US Patent 7666292 Method of manufacturing printed circuit board using imprinting process
US Patent 7670465 Anolyte for copper plating
US Patent 7674361 Micro-turbines, roller bearings, bushings, and design of hollow closed structures and fabrication methods for creating such structures
US Patent 7674362 Method for fabrication of a conductive bump structure of a circuit board
US Patent 7678242 System and method for manufacturing flexible copper clad laminate film
US Patent 7678243 Internal heat spreader plating methods and devices
US Patent 7678248 Circulated cooled target
US Patent 7678253 Atmospheric corrosion sensor
US Patent 7678261 Apparatus and method for measuring reaction result of samples on biosensor
US Patent 7682493 Electrode cartridge and a system for measuring an internal stress for a film of plating
US Patent 7682495 Oscillating magnet in sputtering system
US Patent 7682497 Thermo-gelling matrices for microchannel DNA sequencing
US Patent 7686926 Multi-step process for forming a metal barrier in a sputter reactor
US Patent 7686927 Methods and apparatus for controlled-angle wafer positioning
US Patent 7686932 Gas sensor
US Patent 7691254 Method of checking the function of a sensor
US Patent 7695603 Electroosmotic flow controller
US Patent 7695604 Method for producing separator and electrodeposition coating device
US Patent 7695605 Tin plating method
US Patent 7695609 Nanobiosensor and carbon nanotube thin film transistors
US Patent 7699967 Analysis implement with opening in insulation film
US Patent 7699968 Water purifying system
US Patent 7704352 High-aspect ratio anode and apparatus for high-speed electroplating on a solar cell substrate
US Patent 7704359 Pressurized reference systems and process for their production
US Patent 7708870 Method of electrophoresing protein
US Patent 7708874 Electrophoresis apparatus
US Patent 7708875 Noncontact localized electrochemical deposition of metal thin films
US Patent 7709051 Method and apparatus for dyeing a layer of nanocrystalline material
US Patent 7713390 Ground shield for a PVD chamber
US Patent 7713393 Gas sensor and method for manufacturing the same
US Patent 7713398 Selective plating apparatus and selective plating method
US Patent 7718046 Micellar gradient focusing
US Patent 7718047 Electrochemical high pressure pump
US Patent 7722745 Device for plating contacts in hermetic connector assemblies
US Patent 7722752 Variable charge films for controlling microfluidic flow
US Patent 7722753 Electrophoresis plate
US Patent 7727363 Microfluidic device and methods for focusing fluid streams using electroosmotically induced pressures
US Patent 7727369 Gas sensor
US Patent 7727371 Electrode apparatus for use with a microfluidic device
US Patent 7731826 Controlled translocation of a polymer in an electrolytic sensing system
US Patent 7731830 Mold tooling with integrated conformal thermal management fluid channels and method
US Patent 7731833 Plating method and apparatus for controlling deposition on predetermined portions of a workpiece
US Patent 7732704 Conductive paste for connecting thermoelectric conversion material
US Patent 7740747 Injection method for microfluidic chips
US Patent 7744730 Rotating pallet in sputtering system
US Patent 7744738 Method and apparatus for rapid particle manipulation and characterization
US Patent 7744741 Method for determining effective diffusivity of substances through porous materials
US Patent 7745045 Laminated film and secondary battery comprising the same
US Patent 7749371 Method and apparatus for rapid electrochemical analysis
US Patent 7754061 Method for controlling conductor deposition on predetermined portions of a wafer
US Patent 7754964 Apparatus and methods for solar energy conversion using nanocoax structures
US Patent 7758732 Method and apparatus for applying a voltage to a substrate during plating
US Patent 7758735 Open electrochemical sensor
US Patent 7767064 Position controlled dual magnetron
US Patent 7767904 Compositions including controlled segregated phase domain structures
US Patent 7772483 Sensor for measuring the temperature of flowing metals
US Patent 7776193 Cell electrophysiological sensor
US Patent 7776194 Gas concentration measuring apparatus designed to compensate for output error
US Patent 7776196 Method for arranging particles and method for manufacturing light-emitting device
US Patent 7780829 Sensor element and method for determining the concentration of gas components in a gas mixture
US Patent 7780831 Assays for detection of von willebrand factor (vWF) multimers and for degradation of vWF by agents such as ADAMTS13 and related methods
US Patent 7780837 Methods and apparatus for cathode plate production
US Patent 7781670 Organic photovoltaic component with encapsulation
US Patent 7785455 Cross-contaminant shield in sputtering system
US Patent 7785457 Sensor element and method for determining ammonia
US Patent 7785459 Microneedles and methods of fabricating
US Patent 7790008 Electrophoresis chip and electrophoresis unit having the same
US Patent 7790009 Method and electrode for defining and replicating structures in conducting materials
US Patent 7794574 Top shield for sputtering system
US Patent 7794575 Monitoring of gas sensors
US Patent 7794778 Amperometric sensor for uric acid and method for the same
US Patent 7799181 Method for controlling a multi-pulse record waveform at high velocity in a phase change optical medium
US Patent 7799190 Target backing plate for sputtering system
US Patent 7799193 Electrochemical sensor and method of manufacture
US Patent 7799205 Ion concentration transistor and dual-mode sensors
US Patent 7807041 Method for detecting the presence or absence of a gas bubble in an aqueous liquid
US Patent 7811429 Target support assembly
US Patent 7811433 Electrochemical carbon dioxide sensor
US Patent 7811434 Gas sensor
US Patent 7811438 Bio-enrichment device to enhance sample collection and detection
US Patent 7815871 Droplet microactuator system
US Patent 7820020 Apparatus for plasma-enhanced physical vapor deposition of copper with RF source power applied through the workpiece with a lighter-than-copper carrier gas
US Patent 7820028 Oxides of nitrogen gas sensors and methods
US Patent 7824539 Ionic based sensing for identifying genomic sequence variations and detecting mismatch base pairs, such as single nucleotide polymorphisms
US Patent 7828948 Preconcentration and separation of analytes in microchannels
US Patent 7828950 Dielectrophoresis apparatus including concentration gradient generating unit
US Patent 7833397 Amino-acid biosensor, Fischer-ratio biosensor and health information management system
US Patent 7837837 Magnetic head having high conductivity lead structures seeded by epitaxially matched seed layer and fabrication method therefor
US Patent 7837841 Apparatuses for electrochemical deposition, conductive layer, and fabrication methods thereof
US Patent 7837845 Sensor card for determining analytes in liquid or gas samples and method for producing such a sensor card
US Patent 7837846 Electrochemical sensor
US Patent 7837941 Method and apparatus for monitoring alteration of flow characteristics in a liquid sample
US Patent 7842167 Sputter apparatus with a pipe cathode and method for operating this sputter apparatus
US Patent 7842171 Testing arrangement for measuring dielectric strength of liquid insulating media
US Patent 7842174 Electrochemical chip with miniaturized sensor array
US Patent 7846311 In vitro analyte sensor and methods of use
US Patent 7846314 Handling a plurality of samples
US Patent 7846315 Integrated bio-analysis and sample preparation system
US Patent 7846321 Error detection in analyte measurements based on measurement of system resistance
US Patent 7850827 Double-layer shutter control method of multi-sputtering system
US Patent 7850834 Electrophoresis method using capillary plate
US Patent 7851693 Passively cooled solar concentrating photovoltaic device
US Patent 7854826 Carbon nanotube biosensors with aptamers as molecular recognition elements and method for sensing target material using the same
US Patent 7854829 Method of plating and method of manufacturing a micro device
US Patent 7857962 Potentiometric electrode, gradient polymer, uses and method of preparation therefor
US Patent 7867370 Gas sensor element
US Patent 7867371 Electrochemical sensor and method of manufacture
US Patent 7867375 Method for detecting the presence or absence of a gas bubble by dynamic sensor response
US Patent 7868244 Solar CPV cell module and method of safely assembling, installing, and/or maintaining the same
US Patent 7871506 Continuous ARC deposition apparatus and method with multiple available targets
US Patent 7879209 Cathode for sputter coating
US Patent 7879214 Method and device for collecting suspended particles
US Patent 7879218 Deposit morphology of electroplated copper
US Patent 7880082 Solid electrolyte, photoelectric converter and process for producing the same
US Patent 7883610 Photolytic oxygenator with carbon dioxide and/or hydrogen separation and fixation
US Patent 7883611 Electrochemical sensor having a mediator compound
US Patent 7883612 Microfluidic device for electrochemically regulating the pH of a fluid therein using semiconductor doped with impurity and method of regulating the pH of a fluid in a microfluidic device using the same
US Patent 7887684 Lamination-type gas sensor element and gas sensor
US Patent 7887690 DNA separation device, DNA separation method, and ligand DNA
US Patent 7892406 Ionized physical vapor deposition (iPVD) process
US Patent 7897025 Method and apparatus for forming thin film
US Patent 7901553 Method and system for sensing gas incorporating an integrated reference element
US Patent 7901556 Gas sensor equipped with cover assembly designed to minimize splashing of sensor element with water
US Patent 7902452 Multilayer ionomer films for use as encapsulant layers for photovoltaic cell modules
US Patent 7905999 Biosensor strips and methods of preparing same
US Patent 7909972 Electrochemical sensor and method of manufacture
US Patent 7918989 Gas sensor and method thereof
US Patent 7922883 Biosensors and methods of using the same
US Patent 7927465 Method and apparatus for microwave reduction of organic compounds
US Patent 7927474 Cell electrophysiological sensor
US Patent 7935232 Sputtering apparatus and method, and sputtering control program
US Patent 7935234 Electrochemical gas sensor and process for manufacturing same
US Patent 7943025 Sensor element for determining a physical property of a measuring gas
US Patent 7943847 Apparatus and methods for solar energy conversion using nanoscale cometal structures
US Patent 7951272 Thin film producing method
US Patent 7951275 Sputtering target and method for finishing surface of such target
US Patent 7951276 Cluster generator
US Patent 7954791 Fine bubble airlift device
US Patent 7955483 Carbon nanotube-based glucose sensor
US Patent 7959775 Thermal stress-failure-resistant dielectric windows in vacuum processing systems
US Patent 7959776 Cooled backing plate for a sputtering target, and sputtering target comprising a plurality of backing plates
US Patent 7959778 Sensor control apparatus and method
US Patent 7960113 DNA analysis method and DNA analyzer
US Patent 7964073 Air fuel ratio detection apparatus
US Patent 7967957 Method for preparing alumna coating film having alpha-type crystal structure as primary structure
US Patent 7967963 Wastewater analysis sensor cartridge
US Patent 7967964 Single cell sensor for measuring the partial pressure of oxygen
US Patent 7967965 Gas sensor
US Patent 7968049 Component separating device and method of separating component
US Patent 7972483 Method of fault detection for material process system
US Patent 7972486 Machine for coating a substrate, and module
US Patent 7972488 Sensor deterioration judging apparatus and sensor deterioration judging method
US Patent 7976702 Fluid purification systems and methods
US Patent 7985330 Method and system for detecting age, hydration, and functional states of sensors using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
US Patent 7993494 Method for manufacturing triarylpyrazine derivative
US Patent 7993496 Cylindrical target with oscillating magnet for magnetron sputtering
US Patent 7998328 Method and apparatus for separating particles by dielectrophoresis
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