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ID Number	Title and Abstract	Laboratory	Date
Patent 8,283,150	Marketing Summary Available Superactive cellulase formulation using cellobiohydrolase-1 from Penicillium funiculosum Purified cellobiohydrolase I (glycosyl hydrolase family 7 (Cel7A)) enzymes from Penicillium funiculosum demonstrate a high level of specific performance in comparison to other Cel7 family member enzymes when formulated with purified EIcd endoglucanase from A. cellulolyticus and tested on pretreated corn stover. This result is true of the purified native enzyme, as well as recombinantly expressed enzyme, for example, that enzyme expressed in a non-native Aspergillus host. In a specific example,... read more	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	10/09/2012 Issued
Application 20120103825	Marketing Summary Available ANTI-REFLECTIVE NANOPOROUS SILICON FOR EFFICIENT HYDROGEN PRODUCTION Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of anti-reflective nanoporous silicon for efficient hydrogen production by photoelectrolysis of water. A nanoporous black Si is disclosed as an efficient photocathode for H.sub.2 production from water splitting half-reaction.	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	10/28/2011 Filed
Patent 7,915,196	Marketing Summary Available Attrition resistant fluidizable reforming catalyst A method of preparing a steam reforming catalyst characterized by improved resistance to attrition loss when used for cracking, reforming, water gas shift and gasification reactions on feedstock in a fluidized bed reactor, comprising: fabricating the ceramic support particle, coating a ceramic support by adding an aqueous solution of a precursor salt of a metal selected from the group consisting of Ni, Pt, Pd, Ru, Rh, Cr, Co, Mn, Mg, K, La and Fe and mixtures thereof to the ceramic support and... read more	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	03/29/2011 Issued
Patent 7,859,846	Marketing Summary Available Low thermal resistance power module assembly A power module assembly (400) with low thermal resistance and enhanced heat dissipation to a cooling medium. The assembly includes a heat sink or spreader plate (410) with passageways or openings (414) for coolant that extend through the plate from a lower surface (411) to an upper surface (412). A circuit substrate (420) is provided and positioned on the spreader plate (410) to cover the coolant passageways. The circuit substrate (420) includes a bonding layer (422) configured to extend about... read more	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	12/28/2010 Issued
Application 20110115910	Marketing Summary Available IMAGE PROCESSING OCCUPANCY SENSOR A system and method of detecting occupants in a building automation system environment using image based occupancy detection and position determinations. In one example, the system includes an image processing occupancy sensor that detects the number and position of occupants within a space that has controllable building elements such as lighting and ventilation diffusers. Based on the position and location of the occupants, the system can finely control the elements to optimize conditions for... read more	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	11/16/2010 Filed
Application 20110115816	Marketing Summary Available AUGMENTED REALITY BUILDING OPERATIONS TOOL A method (700) for providing an augmented reality operations tool to a mobile client (642) positioned in a building (604). The method (700) includes, with a server (660), receiving (720) from the client (642) an augmented reality request for building system equipment (612) managed by an energy management system (EMS) (620). The method (700) includes transmitting (740) a data request for the equipment (612) to the EMS (620) and receiving (750) building management data (634) for the equipment... read more	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	11/15/2010 Filed
Application 20110018563	Marketing Summary Available TEST DEVICE FOR MEASURING PERMEABILITY OF A BARRIER MATERIAL A test device for measuring permeability of a barrier material. An exemplary device comprises a test card having a thin-film conductor-pattern formed thereon and an edge seal which seals the test card to the barrier material. Another exemplary embodiment is an electrical calcium test device comprising: a test card an impermeable spacer, an edge seal which seals the test card to the spacer and an edge seal which seals the spacer to the barrier material.	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	07/23/2010 Filed
Patent 7,722,966	Marketing Summary Available Nano-composite materials Nano-composite materials are disclosed. An exemplary method of producing a nano-composite material may comprise co-sputtering a transition metal and a refractory metal in a reactive atmosphere. The method may also comprise co-depositing a transition metal and a refractory metal composite structure on a substrate. The method may further comprise thermally annealing the deposited transition metal and refractory metal composite structure in a reactive atmosphere.	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	05/25/2010 Issued
Application 20120032187	Marketing Summary Available Lattice-Mismatched GaInP LED Devices and Methods of Fabricating Same A method (100) of fabricating an LED or the active regions of an LED and an LED (200). The method includes growing, depositing or otherwise providing a bottom cladding layer (208) of a selected semiconductor alloy with an adjusted bandgap provided by intentionally disordering the structure of the cladding layer (208). A first active layer (202) may be grown above the bottom cladding layer (208) wherein the first active layer (202) is fabricated of... read more	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	04/15/2010 Filed
Patent 7,629,236	Marketing Summary Available Method for passivating crystal silicon surfaces In a method of making a c-Si-based cell or a .mu.c-Si-based cell, the improvement of increasing the minority charge carrier's lifetime, comprising: a) placing a c-Si or polysilicon wafer into CVD reaction chamber under a low vacuum condition and subjecting the substrate of the wafer to heating; and b) passing mixing gases comprising NH.sub.3/H.sub.2 through the reaction chamber at a low vacuum pressure for a sufficient time and at a sufficient flow rate to enable growth of an a-Si:H layer... read more	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	12/08/2009 Issued
Patent 7,601,215	Marketing Summary Available Method for rapid, controllable growth and thickness, of epitaxial silicon films A method of producing epitaxial silicon films on a c-Si wafer substrate using hot wire chemical vapor deposition by controlling the rate of silicon deposition in a temperature range that spans the transition from a monohydride to a hydrogen free silicon surface in a vacuum, to obtain phase-pure epitaxial silicon film of increased thickness is disclosed. The method includes placing a c-Si substrate in a HWCVD reactor chamber. The method also includes supplying a gas containing silicon at a... read more	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	10/13/2009 Issued
Application 20100105570	Marketing Summary Available Multi-Chamber Pretreatment Reactor for High Throughput Screening of Biomass The disclosure provides reactors for rapid pretreatment of multiple biomass samples in a simple, process-driven, high throughput screening assay. This disclosure also provides methods and systems for rapid, high-throughput pretreatment and subsequent enzyme hydrolysis testing of multiple biomass samples.	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	10/09/2009 Filed
Application 20110070495	Marketing Summary Available METHOD OF FABRICATING ELECTRODES INCLUDING HIGH-CAPACITY, BINDER-FREE ANODES FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES An electrode (110) is provided that may be used in an electrochemical device (100) such as an energy storage/discharge device, e.g., a lithium-ion battery, or an electrochromic device, e.g., a smart window. Hydrothermal techniques and vacuum filtration methods were applied to fabricate the electrode (110). The electrode (110) includes an active portion (140) that is made up of electrochemically active nanoparticles, with one embodiment utilizing 3d-transition metal oxides to provide the... read more	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	09/23/2009 Filed
Application 20110284755	Marketing Summary Available HIGH SENSITIVITY, SOLID STATE NEUTRON DETECTOR An apparatus (200) for detecting slow or thermal neutrons (160) including an alpha particle-detecting layer (240) that is a hydrogenated amorphous silicon p-i-n diode structure. The apparatus includes a bottom metal contact (220) and a top metal contact (250) with the diode structure (240) positioned between the two contacts (220, 250) to facilitate detection of alpha particles (170). The apparatus (200) includes a neutron conversion layer (230)... read more	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	01/30/2009 Filed
Patent 7,449,550	Marketing Summary Available Superactive cellulase formulation using cellobiohydrolase-1 from Penicillium funiculosum Purified cellobiohydrolase I (glycosyl hydrolase family 7 (Cel7A) enzymes from Penicillium funiculosum demonstrate a high level of specific performance in comparison to other Cel7 family member enzymes when formulated with purified EIcd endoglucanase from A. cellulolyticus and tested on pretreated corn stover. This result is true of the purified native enzyme, as well as recombinantly expressed enzyme, for example, that enzyme expressed in a non-native Aspergillus host. In a specific example,... read more	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	11/11/2008 Issued
Application 20090057137	Marketing Summary Available SYNTHESIZING THIN FILMS OF LITHIATED TRANSITION METAL OXIDE FOR USE IN ELECTROCHEMICAL AND BATTERY DEVICES A method (100) is provided for synthesizing a thin film electrode (350) such as an electrochromic (EC) electrode (426) or counter electrode (434) for an EC device (410), a lithiated film of transition metal oxide (616) for a battery device (600), or the like. The method (100) includes providing (140) a source material (322) within a deposition chamber (310) such as a target for sputtering, and the source material (322) includes a transition metal... read more	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	08/20/2008 Filed
Patent 7,393,673	Marketing Summary Available Thermal tolerant exoglucanase from Acidothermus cellulolyticus The invention provides a thermal tolerant cellulase that is a member of the glycoside hydrolase family. The invention further discloses this cellulase as Gux1. Gux1 has been isolated and characterized from Acidothermus cellulolyticus. The invention further provides recombinant forms of the identified Gux1. Methods of making and using Gux1 polypeptides, including fusions, variants, and derivatives, are also disclosed.	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	07/01/2008 Issued
Patent 7,375,197	Marketing Summary Available Cellobiohydrolase I gene and improved variants The disclosure provides a method for preparing an active exoglucanase in a heterologous host of eukaryotic origin. The method includes mutagenesis to reduce glycosylation of the exoglucanase when expressed in a heterologous host. It is further disclosed a method to produce variant cellobiohydrolase that is stable at high temperature through mutagenesis.	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	05/20/2008 Issued
Patent 7,364,890	Marketing Summary Available Thermal tolerant avicelase from Acidothermus cellulolyticus The invention provides a thermal tolerant (thermostable) cellulase, AviIII, that is a member of the glycoside hydrolase (GH) family. AviIII was isolated and characterized from Acidothermus cellulolyticus and, like many cellulases, the disclosed polypeptide and/or its derivatives may be useful for the conversion of biomass into biofuels and chemicals.	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	04/29/2008 Issued
Patent 7,354,755	Marketing Summary Available Stable zymomonas mobilis xylose and arabinose fermenting strains The present invention briefly includes a transposon for stable insertion of foreign genes into a bacterial genome, comprising at least one operon having structural genes encoding enzymes selected from the group consisting of xylAxylB, araBAD and tal/tkt, and at least one promoter for expression of the structural genes in the bacterium, a pair of inverted insertion sequences, the operons contained inside the insertion sequences, and a transposase gene located outside of the insertion sequences.... read more	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	04/08/2008 Issued
Application 20090236317	Marketing Summary Available ANTI-REFLECTION ETCHING OF SILICON SURFACES CATALYZED WITH IONIC METAL SOLUTIONS A method (300) for etching a silicon surface (116). The method (300) includes positioning (310) a substrate (112) with a silicon surface (116) into a vessel (122). The vessel (122) is filled (330, 340) with a volume of an etching solution (124) so as to cover the silicon surface (116). The etching solution (124) includes a catalytic solution (140) and an oxidant-etchant solution (146), e.g., an aqueous solution of hydrofluoric acid and hydrogen... read more	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	03/21/2008 Filed
Patent 7,223,575	Marketing Summary Available Zymomonas pentose-sugar fermenting strains and uses thereof Disclosed in the present invention is a Zymomonas integrant and derivatives of these integrants that posses the ability to ferment pentose into ethanol. The genetic sequences encoding for the pentose-fermenting enzymes are integrated into the Zymomonas in a two-integration event of homologous recombination and transposition. Each operon includes more than one pentose-reducing enzyme encoding sequence. The integrant in some embodiments includes enzyme sequences encoding xylose isomerase,... read more	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	05/29/2007 Issued
Patent 7,190,581	Marketing Summary Available Low thermal resistance power module assembly A power module assembly with low thermal resistance and enhanced heat dissipation to a cooling medium. The assembly includes a heat sink or spreader plate with passageways or openings for coolant that extend through the plate from a lower surface to an upper surface. A circuit substrate is provided and positioned on the spreader plate to cover the coolant passageways. The circuit substrate includes a bonding layer configured to extend about the periphery of each of the coolant passageways and... read more	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	03/13/2007 Issued
Patent 7,112,429	Marketing Summary Available Thermal tolerant mannanase from acidothermus cellulolyticus The invention provides a thermal tolerant mannanase that is a member of the glycoside hydrolase family. The invention further discloses this mannanase as ManA. ManA has been isolated and characterized from Acidothermus cellulolyticus. The invention further provides recombinant forms of the identified ManA. Methods of making ManA polypeptides, including fusions, variants, and derivatives, are also disclosed. Methods of using mannanase A, including for the processing of food and for use in food... read more	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	09/26/2006 Issued
Patent 7,059,993	Marketing Summary Available Thermal tolerant cellulase from Acidothermus cellulolyticus The invention provides a thermal tolerant cellulase that is a member of the glycoside hydrolase family. The invention further discloses this cellulase as GuxA. GuxA has been isolated and characterized from Acidothermus cellulolyticus. The invention further provides recombinant forms of the identified GuxA. Methods of making and using GuxA polypeptides, including fusions, variants, and derivatives, are also disclosed.	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	06/13/2006 Issued

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