Foster-miller, Inc.

United States of America As Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force

Albany International Corporation

Eveready Battery Company, Inc.

USA As Represented by Secretary of the Navy

R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company

Vivonics, Inc.

Koch Membrane Systems Gmbh

Gates Formed-fibre Products, Inc.

Syncom International, Inc.

Robert F Kovar

Fred E Arnold, Jr

Nelson Landrau

Nese Orbey

Paul Osenar

Leslie S Rubin

Robert W Bouley

Andrew Cecil Harvey

Richard M Formato

Kevin Edward Keough

Richard W Lusignea

Samuel Firestone Reichert

Carl V Leunig

Roland R Wallis, Jr

R Ross Haghighat

Thomas M Tiano

Bernice Shou-Hua Chang

Stephen C Jens

David Smith

Malcolm E Taylor

Anna M Galea

Stephen Guerrera

David Ofer

Brian P Farrell

William E Dorogy

Ronald W Adams

Gordon B Hirschman

Elizabeth Yost

Edward Joseph Goldman

Martin Roos

Robert F Mulligan

Bindu R Nair

Jeremiah Slade

Daniel Babin

Thomas McDermott

William E Dorogy, Jr

Emily J Stoler

Stanley Wentworth

William Slager

Barry Michael Cushman

A patient warming appliqu&#xe9; typically includes a cover layer, a tape layer for releasably securing the appliqu&#xe9; to the patient's skin and an array of encapsulated cells. The encapsulated cells include a chemical heating mechanism beneath the cover layer and a phase change gel sheet between the chemical heating mechanism and the tape layer. The phase change gel sheet is configured to melt and flow when the chemical heating mechanism is activated. The preferred appliqu&#xe9; further includes zones of weakness between the spaced cells allowing the individual cells or a subset of cells to be removed from the appliqu&#xe9;.

Patient warming appliqu&#xe9;

A cigarette or other tobacco product package may be constructed with a sealed outer overwrap. The overwrap may be multi-layered and configured to contain an internal pressure higher than an ambient external air pressure. The multilayer overwrap may be assembled to a cigarette or other tobacco product pack in two or more layers adhered together during assembly.

Pressurized cigarette packages and methods

The present invention relates to composite solid polymer electrolyte membranes (SPEMs) which include a porous polymer substrate interpenetrated with a water soluble ion-conducting material. SPEMs of the present invention are useful in electrochemical applications, including fuel cells and electrodialysis.

Composite solid polymer electrolyte membranes

The present invention provides radiation curable resin compositions having enhanced low temperature flexibility and to methods of using these compositions. The radiation curable resin compositions contain no or essentially no volatile organic components (VOCs), and find particular use as coating compositions. In particular, the radiation curable resin compositions of this invention comprise a vinyl dioxolane end-capped oligomer blended with a photoinitiator.

No VOC radiation curable resin compositions with enhanced flexibility

The present invention provides degradable curable resin compositions containing no or essentially no volatile organic components. Oligomers for forming the coating compositions of the present invention are vinyl dioxolane end-capped oligomers having an enzyme degradable segment.

Enzyme degradable curable resin compositions

The present invention relates to composite solid polymer electrolyte membranes (SPEMs) which include a porous polymer substrate interpenetrated with an ion-conducting material. SPEMs of the present invention are useful in electrochemical applications, including fuel cells and electrodialysis.

The present invention provides radiation curable resin compositions that contain no or essentially no volatile organic components (VOCs), and to methods of using these compositions. The radiation curable resin compositions find particular use as coating compositions. In particular, the radiation curable resin compositions of this invention comprise a vinyl dioxolane end-capped oligomer blended with a photoinitiator.

No VOC radiation curable resin compositions

A battery including a polar solvent transportive, ionically conductive separator formed directly on an electrode is prepared by applying a coating composition containing a polymer or gel dispersed in a polar solvent directly to the electrode surface and solidifying materials in the coating composition to form a separator membrane.

Formed in situ separator for a battery

A protective coating, underwater applicator including a housing for receiving an underwater protective coating compound; a nozzle on a distal end of the housing having an end opening for applying the protective coating; a spatula extending from one portion of the end opening for spreading the protective coating; and a seal disposed about a substantial portion of the end opening for preventing the loss or coagulation of the protective coating.

Protective coating underwater applicator

The present invention provides polyester/polyurethane/vinyl dioxolane based coating compositions containing no or essentially no volatile organic components. Oligomers for forming the coating compositions of the present invention are vinyl dioxolane end-capped polyesters and polyurethane oligomers.

Polyester/polyurethane vinyl dioxolane based coating compositions

The present invention provides polyester/vinyl dioxolane based coating compositions containing no or essentially no volatile organic components. Oligomers for forming the coating compositions of the present invention are vinyl dioxolane end-capped polyester oligomers.

Polyester/vinyl dioxolane based coating compositions

A method for preparing a spiral wound filtration module is provided. The module has a central permeate carrier tube. The method includes winding at least one filtration leaf about the permeate carrier tube. The filtration leaf includes a first membrane sheet, a permeate carrier sheet, and a second membrane sheet. The winding step creates an end face extending radially outwardly from the permeate tube on each end thereof. After winding, the filtration module is maintained in a wound state. An adhesive is then supplied to each end face and a vacuum is applied through each of the permeate tube. While the vacuum is applied, the permeate tube and filtration leaf assembly are spun in a centrifuge until the adhesive has solidified. After spinning, each end face of the module is severed at a distance between the level of adhesive along the feed spacer screen and the level of adhesive along the permeate carrier sheet.

Method for sealing spiral wound filtration modules

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Wrentham, MA, United States of America

Robert F Kovar