Author: claimsbot

1. An ion exchange media comprising at least one flow path, said flow path comprising a plurality of alternating cation exchange zones and anion exchange zones, and said flow path being within a substantially nonporous resin transport framework.
2. The ion exchange media of claim 1, said cation exchange zones comprising cation resin and said anion exchange zones comprising anion resin, each of said cation exchange zones and said anion exchange zones being in contact with said transport framework.
3. The ion exchange media of claim 2, wherein said resin transport framework comprises a cation resin side and an anion resin side that meet at an interface.
4. The ion exchange media of claim 3, wherein the resin comprising the resin transport framework and the resin within the flow path may be regenerated resin, exhausted resin, or a combination of the two.
5. The ion exchange media of claim 3, wherein said flow path is defined by a void extending longitudinally along the length of the transport framework through said transport framework at the interface.
6. The ion exchange media of claim 3, wherein the average particle size of the resin comprising the resin transport framework is substantially smaller than the average particle size of the resin within the flow path.
7. The ion exchange media of claim 1, further comprising at least one of an anion membrane and a cation membrane, wherein said cation membrane surrounds and is in contact with the cation resin side and said anion membrane surrounds and is in contact with the anion membrane side.
8. The ion exchange media of claim 7, wherein said anion membrane is in continuous contact with said anion resin side, and wherein said cation membrane is in continuous contact with said cation resin side.
9. An electrodeionization apparatus comprising at least one dilute chamber, at least one concentrate chamber, and at least one electrode, wherein said dilute chamber includes the ion exchange media of claim 1.
10. The ion exchange media of claim 1, wherein said resin transport framework prevents substantially all movement of water through said resin transport framework outside the boundary of the flow path.
11. The ion exchange media of claim 1, wherein said resin transport framework is comprised of a binder and said flow path is comprised of a binder, and wherein the concentration of said binder in said resin transport framework is greater than the concentration of said binder in said flow path.
12. The ion exchange media of claim 11, wherein the respective binders may be the same binder, different binder, or a mixture of the same binder and different binder.
13. The ion exchange media of claim 3, wherein said resin transport framework is comprised of a first binder with a first porosity, wherein said flow path is comprised of a binder with a second porosity, and wherein said second porosity is greater than said first porosity.
14. An ion exchange media comprising a substantially nonporous resin transport framework comprised of an anion resin side and a cation resin side that meet at an interface, further comprising a plurality of flow paths extending longitudinally along the interface along the entire length of the resin transport framework, said flow paths comprising alternating areas of cation resin and anion resin in contact with said nonporous resin transport framework.
15. A method for constructing an ion exchange media, comprising the steps of
1) providing a nonporous cation resin side, wherein said nonporous cation resin side is formed by the steps of
a) providing a nonporous cation resin,
b) drying said cation resin,
c) grinding said cation resin,
d) optionally sieving said cation resin,
e) impregnating said cation resin into a binding medium to form a cation resin mixture,
f) partially drying said cation resin mixture,
g) shaping said cation resin mixture, and
h) drying said cation resin mixture;
2) providing a nonporous anion resin side, wherein said nonporous anion resin side is formed by the steps of
a) providing a nonporous anion resin,
b) drying said anion resin,
c) grinding said anion resin,
d) optionally sieving said anion resin,
e) impregnating said anion resin into a binding medium to form an anion resin mixture,
f) partially drying said anion resin mixture,
g) shaping said anion resin mixture, and
h) drying said anion resin mixture;

3) combining said anion resin side and said cation resin side such that they meet at an interface to form a nonporous resin transport framework, said transport framework including at least one void extending longitudinally through said transport framework at the interface and along the length of the transport framework; and
4) filling said void with a plurality of alternating layers of a porous second cation resin and a porous second anion resin to form at least one flow path.
16. The method of claim 15, including before the step of filling said void the additional step of binding each of said anion resin and said cation resin into a plurality of inserts having shapes corresponding to the cross-section of said void.
17. A method for limiting water splitting to resin-resin bipolar interfaces during electrodeionization of water, comprising limiting flow of water to a flow path, said flow path comprising alternating cation resin zones and anion resin zones contained within a substantially nonporous resin transport framework comprised of an anion resin side and a cation resin side.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A seed of soybean cultivar 5733056, wherein a representative sample of seed of said cultivar was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-8388.
2. A soybean plant, or a part thereof, produced by growing the seed of claim 1.
3. A tissue culture of cells produced from the plant of claim 2, wherein said cells of the tissue culture are produced from a plant part selected from the group consisting of leaves, pollen, embryos, cotyledons, hypocotyl, meristematic cells, roots, root tips, pistils, anthers, flowers, stems and pods.
4. A protoplast produced from the plant of claim 2.
5. A protoplast produced from the tissue culture of claim 3.
6. A soybean plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 3, wherein the plant has all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of cultivar 5733056.
7. A method for producing an F1 hybrid soybean seed, wherein the method comprises crossing the plant of claim 2 with a different soybean plant and harvesting the resultant F1 hybrid soybean seed.
8. A hybrid soybean seed produced by the method of claim 7.
9. A hybrid soybean plant, or a part thereof, produced by growing said hybrid seed of claim 8.
10. A method of producing an herbicide resistant soybean plant wherein the method comprises transforming the soybean plant of claim 2 with a transgene wherein the transgene confers resistance to an herbicide selected from the group consisting of imidazolinone, sulfonylurea, glyphosate, glufosinate, L-phosphinothricin, triazine and benzonitrile.
11. An herbicide resistant soybean plant produced by the method of claim 10.
12. A method of producing an insect resistant soybean plant wherein the method comprises transforming the soybean plant of claim 2 with a transgene that confers insect resistance.
13. An insect resistant soybean plant produced by the method of claim 12.
14. The soybean plant of claim 13, wherein the transgene encodes a Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin.
15. A method of producing a disease resistant soybean plant wherein the method comprises transforming the soybean plant of claim 2 with a transgene that confers disease resistance.
16. A disease resistant soybean plant produced by the method of claim 15.
17. A method of producing a soybean plant with modified fatty acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism, or decreased phytate content, wherein the method comprises transforming the soybean plant of claim 2 with a transgene encoding a protein selected from the group consisting of phytase, fructosyltransferase, levansucrase, \u03b1-amylase, invertase and starch branching enzyme or transforming a plant with an antisense gene of stearyl-ACP desaturase.
18. A soybean plant having modified fatty acid metabolism or modified carbohydrate metabolism produced by the method of claim 17.
19. A method of introducing a desired trait into soybean cultivar 5733056 wherein the method comprises:
a. crossing a 5733056 plant, wherein a representative sample of seed was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-8388, with a plant of another soybean cultivar that comprises a desired trait to produce progeny plants wherein the desired trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide resistance, insect resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism, or decreased phytate content, and resistance to bacterial disease, fungal disease or viral disease;
b. selecting one or more progeny plants that have the desired trait to produce selected progeny plants;
c. crossing the selected progeny plants with the 5733056 plants to produce backcross progeny plants;
d. selecting for backcross progeny plants that have the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of soybean cultivar 5733056 listed in Table 1; and
e. repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times in succession to produce selected fourth or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of soybean cultivar 5733056 listed in Table 1.
20. A soybean plant produced by the method of claim 19, wherein the plant has the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of soybean cultivar 5733056 listed in Table 1.
21. The soybean plant of claim 20, wherein the desired trait is herbicide resistance and the resistance is conferred to an herbicide selected from the group consisting of imidazolinone, sulfonylurea, glyphosate, glufosinate, L-phosphinothricin, triazine and benzonitrile.
22. The soybean plant of claim 20, wherein the desired trait is insect resistance and the insect resistance is conferred by a transgene encoding a Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin.
23. The soybean plant of claim 20, wherein the desired trait is modified fatty acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism, or decreased phytate content, and said desired trait is conferred by a nucleic acid encoding a protein selected from the group consisting of phytase, fructosyltransferase, levansucrase, \u03b1-amylase, invertase and starch branching enzyme or transforming a plant with an antisense gene of stearyl-ACP desaturase.

1. An optical device comprising an optical structure, at least one pair of electrodes and a control unit, wherein
the optical structure includes a first set of prisms and a second set of prisms which engage with each other, the second set of prisms are formed from electro-optical effect material or contain electro-optical effect material, and when no electric field is applied to the second set of prisms, the first set of prisms and the second set of prisms have the same refractivity;
wherein each electrode of the at least one pair of electrodes resides on a respective one of end faces at two sides of the second set of prisms perpendicular to a plane on which the second set of prisms are located, for generating an electric field to change refractivities of the prisms of the second set in the direction of the electric field, so that light transmitted through the prisms of the first set can be totally reflected by the prisms of the second set; and
the control unit is connected to the at least one pair of electrodes and performs control so as to power on the electrodes or power off the electrodes, and controls the intensity of the electric field when the electrodes are powered on.
2. The optical device according to claim 1, wherein all prisms of the first and second sets of prisms are the same in size and shape.
3. The optical device according to claim 2, wherein the prisms are triple prisms, cross sections thereof are isosceles right-angled triangles, and addendum angles thereof are right angles.
4. The optical device according to claim 3, wherein the second set of prisms, when an electric field is applied thereto, has refractivity in the direction of the electric field which is less than
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times refractivity of the first set of prisms.
5. The optical device according to claim 3, wherein inclined faces of all prisms of the first set of prisms opposite to the addendum angles thereof are located in the same plane, and inclined faces of all prisms of the second set of prisms opposite to the addendum angles thereof are located in the same plane.
6. The optical device according to claim 1, wherein width of the second set of prisms is larger than that of the first set of prisms.
7. The optical device according to claim 6, wherein end-faces are formed at both sides of the second set of prisms to be perpendicular to the plane where the second set of prisms are located and perpendicular to the cross sections of the prisms, the at least one pair of electrodes are attached to or provided on the end-faces respectively.
8. The optical device according to claim 1, wherein each prism of the second set of prisms contains electro-optical effect material therein, the electro-optical effect material being nitrobenzene in the liquid state or blue-phase liquid crystal in the liquid crystalline state.
9. The optical device according to claim 1, wherein each prism of the second set of prisms is formed from electro-optical effect material, the electro-optical effect material being solid potassium dihydrogen phosphate crystal.
10. A display device comprising an optical device comprising an optical structure, at least one pair of electrodes and a control unit, wherein
the optical structure includes a first set of prisms and a second set of prisms which engage with each other, the second set of prisms are formed from electro-optical effect material or contain electro-optical effect material, and when no electric field is applied to the second set of prisms, the first set of prisms and the second set of prisms have the same refractivity;
wherein each electrode of the at least one pair of electrodes resides on a respective one of end faces at two sides of the second set of prisms perpendicular to a plane on which the second set of prisms are located, for generating an electric field to change refractivities of the prisms of the second set in the direction of the electric field, so that light transmitted through the prisms of the first set can be totally reflected by the prisms of the second set; and
the control unit is connected to the at least one pair of electrodes and performs control so as to power on the electrodes or power off the electrodes, and controls the intensity of the electric field when the electrodes are powered on.
11. The display device according to claim 10, wherein all prisms of the first and second sets of prisms are the same in size and shape.
12. The display device according to claim 11, wherein the prisms are triple prisms, cross sections thereof are isosceles right-angled triangles, and addendum angles thereof are right angles.
13. The display device according to claim 12, wherein the second set of prisms, when an electric field is applied thereto, has refractivity in the direction of the electric field which is less than
2

2
times refractivity of the first set of prisms.
14. The display device according to claim 12, wherein inclined faces of all prisms of the first set of prisms opposite to the addendum angles thereof are located in the same plane, and inclined faces of all prisms of the second set of prisms opposite to the addendum angles thereof are located in the same plane.
15. The display device according to claim 10, wherein width of the second set of prisms is larger than that of the first set of prisms.
16. The display device according to claim 15, wherein end-faces are formed at both sides of the second set of prisms to be perpendicular to the plane where the second set of prisms are located and perpendicular to the cross sections of the prisms, the at least one pair of electrodes are attached to or provided on the end-faces respectively.
17. The display device according to claim 10, wherein each prism of the second set of prisms contains electro-optical effect material therein, the electro-optical effect material being nitrobenzene in the liquid state or blue-phase liquid crystal in the liquid crystalline state.
18. The display device according to claim 10, wherein each prism of the second set of prisms is formed from electro-optical effect material, the electro-optical effect material being solid potassium dihydrogen phosphate crystal.
19. The display device according claim 10, further comprising a liquid crystal panel which at least includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate and a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, wherein the optical structure included in the optical device is located at the outer side of the lower substrate, and the first set of prisms of the optical structure are bonded to the lower substrate.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
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29. A method for forming a gypsum facer comprising:
forming a randomly oriented open mesh filament network;
optionally applying at least one reinforcing agent to said open mesh filament network prior to adding any binder;
impregnating said randomly oriented open mesh filament network with a first binder resin to form a wet formed permeable precursor mat;
applying at least one reinforcing agent to said open mesh filament network;
coating said wet formed permeable precursor mat with a secondary coating, said secondary coating comprising a low glass transition organic binder and at least one filler; and
drying said coated wet formed permeable precursor mat within a drier at a temperature sufficient for said first binder resin to form a film.
30. The method of claim 29, further comprising the step of providing said secondary coating with a viscosity sufficient to prevent full penetration of said secondary coating within said randomly oriented open mesh filament network
31. The method of claim 30, further comprising:
forming a low basis secondary veil, said low basis secondary veil comprising a plurality of polymeric fibers having a length sufficient to bridge each of a plurality of pores defined within said randomly oriented open mesh filament network; and
layering said low basis secondary veil onto said randomly oriented open mesh filament network prior to impregnating said precursor matting with said first binder resin.
32. The method of claim 31, wherein forming a randomly oriented open mesh network, forming a low basis secondary veil, and layering said low basis secondary veil onto said randomly oriented open mesh network comprises:
introducing a whitewater dispersion to a first headbox, said whitewater dispersion comprising a plurality of wet use chop strands;
applying a layer of a randomly oriented fiber network from said first headbox;
applying a layer of a low basis secondary veil from a second headbox onto said layer of said randomly oriented fiber network to form a precursor matting, said low basis secondary veil comprising a plurality of polymeric fibers having a length sufficient to bridge each of a plurality of pores defined within said randomly oriented open mesh filament network.
33. The method of claim 29 further comprising introducing a plurality of high aspect ratio particles to said wet formed permeable precursor mat prior to coating said wet formed permeable precursor mat with a secondary coating, said plurality of high aspect ratio particles having an average particle size sufficient to bridge each of a plurality of pores defined within said randomly oriented open mesh filament network.
34. The method of claim 33, wherein said plurality of high aspect ratio particles is selected from the group consisting of wood-based fibers, and polymeric fibers.
35. The method of claim 29, wherein said first temperature is between approximately 400 and 600 degrees Fahrenheit.
36. The method of claim 29, wherein said at least one reinforcing agent is applied with said secondary coating.
37. The method of claim 29, wherein said secondary binder system further comprises an inorganic binder.
38. A method for forming a decorative, high strength gypsum board comprising:
forming a randomly oriented open mesh filament network;
impregnating said randomly oriented open mesh filament network with a first binder resin to form a wet formed permeable precursor mat;
coating said wet formed permeable precursor mat with a secondary coating at a viscosity sufficient to prevent full penetration of said secondary coating within said randomly oriented open mesh filament network, said secondary coating comprising a low glass transition organic binder, at least one filler, and at least one reinforcing agent;
placing said coated wet formed permeable precursor mat within a float drier at a temperature sufficient to allow said first binder system to form a coating, therein forming a gypsum facing material;
introducing a gypsum core material to a first layer of said gypsum facing material;
introducing a second layer of said gypsum facing material to said gypsum core material such that said gypsum core material is located between said first layer and said second layer; and
allowing said gypsum core material to set between said first layer and said second layer.
39. The method of claim 38, further comprising:
forming a low basis secondary veil, said low basis secondary veil comprising a plurality of polymeric fibers having a length sufficient to bridge each of a plurality of pores defined within said randomly oriented open mesh filament network; and
layering said low basis secondary veil onto said randomly oriented open mesh filament network prior to impregnating said precursor matting with said first binder resin.
40. The method of claim 39 further comprising introducing a plurality of high aspect ratio particles to said wet formed permeable precursor mat prior to coating said wet formed permeable precursor mat with a fairly low glass transition secondary coating, said plurality of high aspect ratio particles having an average particle size sufficient to bridge each of a plurality of pores defined within said randomly oriented open mesh filament network.
41. The method of claim 37, wherein said secondary binder system further comprises an inorganic binder.
42. A method for forming a gypsum facer comprising:
forming a randomly oriented open mesh filament network;
impregnating said randomly oriented open mesh filament network with a first binder resin to form a wet formed permeable precursor mat such that a plurality of high aspect ratio particles are contained between said randomly oriented open mesh filament network and said first binder resin;
wherein the plurality of high aspect ratio particles are introduced onto said randomly oriented open mesh network from a brushy roller system;
optionally coating said wet formed permeable precursor mat with a low viscosity, low glass transition temperature organic secondary binder;
optionally coating said wet formed permeable precursor mat with a secondary coating, said secondary coating comprising a low glass transition organic binder, at least one filler, and at least one reinforcing agent; and
placing said coated wet formed permeable precursor mat within a float drier at a temperature sufficient for said first binder resin to form a film.
43. The method of claim 42, wherein said plurality of high aspect ratio particles having an average particle size sufficient to bridge each of a plurality of pores defined within said randomly oriented open mesh filament network.
44. The method of claim 42, wherein said plurality of high aspect ratio particles is selected from the group consisting of wood-based fibers and polymeric fibers.
45. A method for forming a gypsum facer comprising:
forming a randomly oriented open mesh filament network;
impregnating said randomly oriented open mesh filament network with a first binder resin to form a wet formed permeable precursor mat such that a plurality of high aspect ratio particles are contained between said randomly oriented open mesh filament network and said first binder resin;
wherein the plurality of high aspect ratio particles are introduced onto said randomly oriented open mesh network from a brushy roller system;
optionally coating said wet formed permeable precursor mat with a low viscosity, low glass transition temperature organic secondary binder; and
drying said coated wet formed permeable precursor mat sufficiently for said binder resin to form a film.
46. The method of claim 45, wherein said plurality of high aspect ratio particles having an average particle size sufficient to bridge each of a plurality of pores defined within said randomly oriented open mesh filament network.
47. The method of claim 45, wherein said plurality of high aspect ratio particles is selected from the group consisting of wood-based fibers and polymeric fibers.
48. A method for forming a gypsum facer comprising:
forming a randomly oriented open mesh filament network;
introducing a low basis secondary veil layered onto said randomly oriented open mesh filament network to form a permeable precursor mat;
impregnating said permeable precursor mat with a first binder resin to form a wet formed permeable precursor mat;
applying at least one reinforcing agent to said permeable precursor mat;
optionally coating said wet formed permeable precursor mat with a low viscosity, low glass transition temperature organic secondary binder; and
drying said impregnated wet formed permeable precursor mat sufficiently for said first binder resin to form a film.
49. The method of claim 48, wherein said low basis secondary veil comprises a plurality of polymeric fibers having a length sufficient to bridge each of a plurality of pores defined within said randomly oriented open mesh filament network.
50. The method of claim 49, wherein at least one of said plurality of polymeric fibers is selected from the group consisting of polyester fibers, flame retardant polyesters fibers, flame retardant polyolefin fibers, and polyolefin fibers.