Author: claimsbot

1. A method for preparing a compound of formula i:
wherein:
m is from 0 to 4;
Ar is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl;
each R1 is independently alkoxy, cyano, alkyl, halo, \u2014S(O)rRa; or \u2014C(\u2550O)NRbRc wherein r is an integer from 0 to 2, and each of Ra, Rb, and Rc is independently hydrogen or alkyl; and
R2 is alkyl;

the method comprising hydrogenating an indole propionamide compound of formula h
with vitride, to form the aminopropyl indole compound of formula i.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein m is 0, 1 or 2 and each R1 is independently alkoxy, halo or cyano.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein m is 1 and R1 is alkoxy, halo or cyano.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein m is 1 and R1 is methoxy.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein Ar is optionally substituted phenyl.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein R2 is methyl.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein m is 1 and R1 is located at the 4-position of the indole ring system.
8. The method of claim 5, wherein m is 1 and R1 is alkoxy, halo or cyano located at the 4-position of the indole ring system.
9. The method of claim 5, wherein m is 1, R1 is methoxy located at the 4-position of the indole ring system, and R2 is methyl.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the hydrogenation of indole propionamide h is carried out under polar aprotic solvent conditions.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the hydrogenation of indole propionamide h is carried out in tetrahydrofuran.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein the hydrogenation of indole propionamide h is carried out using vitride as a hydrogenating agent.
13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
treating an indole malonic acid compound of formula e
wherein m, R1 and Ar are as defined herein,
with di-imidazol-1-yl-methanone, followed by an alkylamine R2NH2 g to form the indole propionamide of formula h.
14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:
hydrolyzing an indole malonate compound of formula d
wherein:
each R is alkyl and may be the same or different; and
m, R1 and Ar are as defined herein,

to form the indole malonic acid compound e.
15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:
reacting an indole compound of formula a
wherein m and R1 are as defined herein,
with an aryl malonate of formula b
wherein Ar and R are as defined herein,
in the presence of a copper triflate catalyst of formula c
to form the indole malonate compound of formula d

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 microelectronic element, comprising:
a semiconductor chip including a monocrystalline silicon-on-insulator layer (\u201cSOI layer\u201d), a bulk monocrystalline silicon layer and a buried oxide (BOX) layer separating the SOI layer from the bulk silicon layer, the SOI layer having a plurality of microelectronic semiconductor devices therein, the chip having a plurality of peripheral edges extending in a direction away from the SOI layer downwardly through the BOX layer and the bulk silicon layer;
a crack stop extending in first lateral directions at least generally parallel to the edges of the chip to define a ring-like barrier separating an active portion of the chip inside the barrier with a peripheral portion of the chip outside the barrier, the crack stop including a first crack stop ring contacting a silicon portion of the chip above the BOX layer and extending continuously in the first lateral directions to surround the active portion of the chip;
a guard ring (\u201cGR\u201d) including a GR contact ring extending downwardly through the SOI layer and the BOX layer to conductively contact the bulk monocrystalline silicon region, the GR contact ring extending linearly at least generally parallel to the first crack stop ring to surround the active portion of the chip, the GR further including a continuous metal ring extending continuously in the first lateral directions to surround the active portion of the chip, the metal ring connecting the GR contact ring with the first crack stop ring such that the metal line and the GR contact ring form a continuous seal preventing mobile ions from moving between the peripheral and active portions of the chip.
2. A microelectronic element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the crack stop further includes a plurality of metal lines disposed at different heights above the SOI layer and a plurality of vias connecting the plurality of metal lines at the different heights, each via extending continuously in the first directions to surround the active portion of the chip.
3. A microelectronic element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first crack stop ring and the guard ring GR contact ring extend through a first interlevel dielectric (\u201cILD\u201d) layer, and the metal ring includes a metal line of a first metallization (\u201cM1\u201d) level of the chip, the metal ring having a lower surface overlying the first crack stop ring and the guard ring GR contact ring.
4. A microelectronic element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the silicon portion of the chip contacted by the first crack stop ring is insulated from the bulk silicon region of the substrate by the BOX layer.
5. A microelectronic element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the silicon portion of the chip contacted by the first crack stop ring is a monocrystalline silicon portion of the SOI layer.
6. A microelectronic element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guard ring includes a plurality of second metallization (M2) level metal lines extending in the first directions to define a metal ring interrupted by gaps, the interrupted metal ring surrounding the active portion of the chip and a plurality of discrete vias extending between the continuous metal ring and the plurality of M2 level metal lines.
7. A microelectronic element as claimed in claim 6, wherein the continuous metal ring is a first continuous metal ring, the microelectronic element further comprising a second continuous metal ring separated in the vertical direction from the first continuous metal ring by a plurality of metal lines at a plurality of different vertically stacked metallization levels of the chip.
8. A microelectronic element as claimed in claim 7, wherein the second continuous metal ring is provided at a highest metallization level of the chip.
9. A microelectronic element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the semiconductor chip further includes a dielectric layer having an internal stress greater than about 0.5 gigapascals (GPa) between the SOI layer and the first ILD layer.
10. A microelectronic element as claimed in claim 9, wherein the internally stressed dielectric layer includes internally stressed silicon nitride.
11. A microelectronic element as claimed in claim 10, further comprising a dielectric isolation region laterally separating the guard ring GR contact ring from the silicon portion contacted by the first crack stop ring, wherein the BOX layer, the dielectric isolation region and the internally stressed dielectric layer present a path for movement of mobile ions from the peripheral portion of the chip and the continuous metal ring and the guard ring GR contact ring block the mobile ions from reaching the active portion of the chip.
12. A method of fabricating a microelectronic element, comprising:
providing a semiconductor wafer including a monocrystalline silicon-on-insulator layer (\u201cSOI layer\u201d), a bulk monocrystalline silicon layer and a buried oxide (BOX) layer separating the SOI layer from the bulk silicon layer, the SOI layer having a plurality of microelectronic semiconductor devices therein, the chip having a plurality of peripheral edges extending in a direction away from the SOI layer downwardly through the BOX layer and the bulk silicon layer;
simultaneously forming a crack stop and a guard ring, the crack stop extending in first lateral directions at least generally parallel to the edges of the chip to define a ring-like barrier laterally separating an active portion of the chip inside the barrier with a peripheral portion of the chip outside the barrier, the crack stop including a first crack stop ring contacting a silicon portion of the chip above the BOX layer and extending continuously in the first lateral directions to surround the active portion of the chip, the guard ring including a GR contact ring extending downwardly through the SOI layer and the BOX layer to conductively contact the bulk monocrystalline silicon region, the GR contact ring extending linearly at least generally parallel to the first crack stop ring to surround the active portion of the chip, the guard ring further including a continuous metal ring extending continuously in the first directions to surround the active portion of the chip, the metal ring connecting the GR contact ring with the first crack stop ring such that the metal line and the GR contact ring form a continuous seal preventing mobile ions from moving between the peripheral and active portions of the chip.
13. A method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the crack stop further includes a plurality of metal lines disposed at different heights above the SOI layer and a plurality of vias connecting the plurality of metal lines at the different heights, each via extending continuously in the first directions to surround the active portion of the chip.
14. A method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first crack stop ring and the GR contact ring extend through a first interlevel dielectric (\u201cILD\u201d) layer, and the metal ring includes a metal line of a first metallization (\u201cM1\u201d) level of the chip, the metal ring having a lower surface contacting the first crack stop ring and the GR contact ring.
15. A method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the silicon portion of the chip contacted by the first crack stop ring is insulated from the bulk silicon region of the substrate by the BOX layer.
16. A method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the silicon portion of the chip contacted by the first crack stop ring is a monocrystalline silicon portion of the SOI layer.
17. A method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the guard ring includes a plurality of second metallization (M2) level metal lines extending in the first directions to define a metal ring surrounding the active portion of the chip, the metal ring being interrupted by a plurality of gaps, and a plurality of discrete vias extending between the continuous metal ring and the plurality of M2 level metal lines.
18. A method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the continuous metal ring is a first continuous metal ring, the microelectronic element further comprising a second continuous metal ring separated in the vertical direction from the first continuous metal ring by a plurality of metal lines at a plurality of different vertically stacked metallization levels of the chip.
19. A method as claimed in claim 18, wherein the second continuous metal ring is provided at a highest metallization level of the chip.
20. A method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the semiconductor chip further includes a dielectric layer having an internal stress greater than about 0.5 gigapascals (GPa) between the SOI layer and the first ILD layer.
21. A method as claimed in claim 20, wherein the internally stressed dielectric layer includes internally stressed silicon nitride.
22. A method as claimed in claim 21, further comprising a dielectric isolation region laterally separating the GR contact ring from the silicon portion contacted by the first crack stop ring, wherein the BOX layer, the dielectric isolation region and the internally stressed dielectric layer present a path for movement of mobile ions from the peripheral portion of the chip and the continuous metal ring and the GR contact ring block the mobile ions from reaching the active portion of the chip.

1-19. (canceled)
20. A convection recirculating fryer, comprising:
a fry tank for receiving a fluid; and
a magnetic pump operatively connected to the fry tank for pumping the fluid through the fry tank, the magnetic pump comprising:
(i) a cylindrical driving magnet assembly having a circumference, wherein the cylindrical driving magnet assembly includes a plurality of driving magnets positioned in equidistant arrangement around the circumference of the cylindrical driving magnet assembly;
(ii) an impeller magnet housing encasing at least one driven magnet, wherein the impeller magnet housing is concentric with and receivable by the cylindrical driving magnet assembly; and
(iii) an impeller that rotates about a stationary ceramic shaft extending through the impeller when pumping the fluid,
wherein the plurality of driving magnets and the at least one driven magnet comprise a magnetic material that maintains magnetic properties when exposed to the fluid at temperatures in excess of 350\xb0 F.
21. The fryer of claim 20, wherein the plurality of driving magnets are separated by a plurality of axially-aligned voids positioned therebetween around the circumference of the cylindrical driving magnet assembly.
22. The fryer of claim 20, wherein the plurality of driving magnets are separated by a plurality of circumferential gaps of predetermined width along the circumference of the cylindrical driving magnet assembly.
23. The fryer of claim 20, wherein the plurality of driving magnets form a plurality of diametrically opposite pairs around the circumference of the cylindrical driving magnet assembly.
24. The fryer of claim 20, wherein each of the plurality of driving magnets comprises an elongate member positioned axially along an inner surface of the cylindrical driving magnet assembly.
25. The fryer of claim 20, wherein the plurality of driving magnets comprises eight driving magnets.
26. The fryer of claim 20, further comprising a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the fry tank for heating the fluid as the fluid passes through the heat exchanger.
27. The fryer of claim 26, further comprising a means for heating the fluid as the fluid passes through the heat exchanger.
28. The fryer of claim 27, further comprising a controller for controlling the heating means.
29. The fryer of claim 28, wherein the means for heating the fluid as the fluid passes through the heat exchanger is a gas burner with a blower, an injector tube, and a plurality of symmetrically positioned gas injectors to evenly distribute the flame along a burner sleeve of the gas burner.
30. The fryer of claim 26, wherein the magnetic pump comprises an inlet in fluid communication with the fry tank and an outlet in fluid communication with the heat exchanger.
31. The fryer of claim 30, wherein the magnetic pump is positioned in a substantially vertical orientation such that the inlet is positioned above the impeller.
32. The fryer of claim 31, further comprising an electric motor mechanically coupled to the magnetic pump and operative to drive the impeller such that the fluid from the fry tank enters the inlet of the magnetic pump, is imparted with velocity by the impeller, is directed to the heat exchanger, is heated in the heat exchanger, and then is provided back to the fry tank.
33. The fryer of claim 32, further comprising a glow plug with a flame sensor to ignite gas, an injector tube and a plurality of injectors to inject gas into the tube, and a perforated burner sleeve to better distribute the flame in the heat exchanger, wherein the fluid is distributed through the heat exchanger by tubing included within the heat exchanger.
34. The fryer of claim 32, wherein the magnetic pump is located above the electric motor.
35. The fryer of claim 20, further comprising a filter to remove foreign matter from the fluid.
36. The fryer of claim 35, wherein the filter is positioned within an interior of the fry tank for collecting the foreign matter within the fry tank.
37. The fryer of claim 35, further comprising a filter pump for circulating the fluid through the filter.
38. The fryer of claim 20, wherein the stationary ceramic shaft extending through the impeller is oriented in a substantially vertical orientation.
39. The fryer of claim 20, wherein the magnetic material is Samarium Cobalt.
40. A fryer apparatus, comprising:
a tank for receiving a fluid; and
a magnetic pump operatively connected to the tank for pumping the fluid through the tank, the magnetic pump comprising:
(i) a cylindrical driving magnet assembly having a circumference, wherein the cylindrical driving magnet assembly includes a plurality of driving magnets positioned in a spaced-apart manner around the circumference of the cylindrical driving magnet assembly;
(ii) an impeller magnet housing encasing at least one driven magnet, wherein the impeller magnet housing is concentric with and receivable by the cylindrical driving magnet assembly; and
(iii) an impeller that rotates about a stationary ceramic shaft extending through the impeller when pumping the fluid,
wherein the plurality of driving magnets and the at least one driven magnet comprise a magnetic material that maintains magnetic properties when exposed to the fluid at temperatures in excess of 350\xb0 F.
41. A convection recirculating fryer apparatus, comprising:
a magnetic pump for pumping fluid through the convection recirculating fryer apparatus, the magnetic pump comprising:
(i) a cylindrical driving magnet assembly having a circumference, wherein the cylindrical driving magnet assembly includes a plurality of driving magnets positioned in equidistant arrangement around the circumference of the cylindrical driving magnet assembly;
(ii) an impeller magnet housing encasing at least one driven magnet, wherein the impeller magnet housing is concentric with and receivable by the cylindrical driving magnet assembly; and
(iii) an impeller that rotates about a stationary ceramic shaft extending through the impeller when pumping the fluid,
wherein the plurality of driving magnets and the at least one driven magnet comprise a magnetic material that maintains magnetic properties when exposed to the fluid at temperatures in excess of 350\xb0 F.

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. At least one non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions which establish processes for information handling, the processes comprising:
analyzing, in a computer process, displayed textual information to identify first contact information from the textual information as a type of contact information, from a plurality of contact information types, wherein the analyzing is performed without user designation of a specific part of the displayed textual information to be subject to the analyzing;
after determining the type of contact information the first contact information is, performing at least one operation using the first contact information, from a set of potential operations, wherein the at least one operation depends at least in part on the type of contact information the first contact information is, and the set of potential operations includes:
(A) initiating electronic communication using the first contact information; and
(B) causing an electronic search, in an information source that contains contact information and is distinct from the displayed textual information, for the first contact information previously identified by analyzing in order to find whether the first contact information is included in the information source and to find second contact information, of a specific type or types, therein associated with the first contact information, wherein (i) the processes are configured to handle a plurality of types of second contact information and (ii) the specific type or types of second contact information varies based at least in part on the type of contact information the first contact information is, and
when the first contact information is included in the information source and the information source also includes associated second contact information, causing display of at least part of the associated second contact information;
wherein the processes are established by program code configured to cause performing each of the potential operations (A) and (B), and
providing for a user an input device configured so that, while the textual information is displayed, a single execute command from the input device is the only user action necessary to accomplish the analyzing and the performing
2. The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1, wherein the set of potential operations further includes:
(C) allowing the user to cause addition of at least some of the first contact information into the information source as new information for an existing contact.
3. The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1, wherein the set of potential operations further includes:
(C) allowing the user to cause addition of at least some of the first contact information into the information source as a new contact.
4. The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1, wherein the analyzing is completed after the receipt of the execute command.
5. The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1, wherein the input device is a menu and the single execute command includes the user’s accessing of the menu and selection of a menu choice from the menu.
6. The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of contact information types includes at least one of a name, an address, an e-mail address, and a telephone number.
7. The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1, wherein when the first contact information is a telephone number, the at least one operation comprises initiating electronic communication using the telephone number.
8. The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1, wherein when the first contact information is an e-mail address, the at least one operation comprises creating an e-mail using the e-mail address.
9. A computerized method for information handling, the method comprising:
analyzing, in a computer process, displayed textual information to identify first contact information from the textual information as a type of contact information, from a plurality of contact information types, wherein the analyzing is performed without user designation of a specific part of the displayed textual information to be subject to the analyzing;
after determining the type of contact information the first contact information is, performing at least one operation using the first contact information, from a set of potential operations, wherein the at least one operation depends at least in part on the type of contact information the first contact information is, and the set of potential operations includes:
(A) initiating electronic communication using the first contact information; and
(B) causing an electronic search, in an information source that contains contact information and is distinct from the displayed textual information, for the first contact information previously identified by analyzing in order to find whether the first contact information is included in the information source and to find second contact information, of a specific type or types, therein associated with the first contact information, wherein (i) the processes are configured to handle a plurality of types of second contact information and (ii) the specific type or types of second contact information varies based at least in part on the type of contact information the first contact information is, and
when the first contact information is included in the information source and the information source also includes associated second contact information, causing display of at least part of the associated second contact information;
wherein the processes are established by program code configured to cause performing each of the potential operations (A) and (B); and
providing for a user an input device configured so that, while the textual information is displayed, a single execute command from the input device is the only user action necessary to accomplish the analyzing and the performing
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the set of potential operations further includes:
(C) allowing the user to cause addition of at least some of the first contact information into the information source.
11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the input device is a menu and the single execute command includes the user’s accessing of the menu and selection of a menu choice from the menu.
12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of contact information types includes at least one of a name, an address, an e-mail address, and a telephone number.
13. The method according to claim 9, wherein when the first contact information is a telephone number, the at least one operation comprises initiating electronic communication using the telephone number.
14. The method according to claim 9, wherein when the first contact information is an email address, the at least one operation comprises creating an e-mail using the e-mail address.
15. An apparatus for information handling, the apparatus comprising:
a display device;
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to perform one or more processes that include:
analyzing, in a computer process, displayed textual information to identify first contact information from the textual information as a type of contact information, from a plurality of contact information types, wherein the analyzing is performed without user designation of a specific part of the displayed textual information to be subject to the analyzing;
after determining the type of contact information the first contact information is, performing at least one operation using the first contact information, from a set of potential operations, wherein the at least one operation depends at least in part on the type of contact information the first contact information is, and the set of potential operations includes:
(A) initiating electronic communication using the first contact information; and
(B) causing an electronic search, in an information source that contains contact information and is distinct from the displayed textual information, for the first contact information previously identified by analyzing in order to find whether the first contact information is included in the information source and to find second contact information, of a specific type or types, therein associated with the first contact information, wherein (i) the processes are configured to handle a plurality of types of second contact information and (ii) the specific type or types of second contact information varies based at least in part on the type of contact information the first contact information is, and
when the first contact information is included in the information source and the information source also includes associated second information, causing display of at least part of the associated second information;
wherein the processes are established by program code configured to cause performing each of the potential operations (A) and (B); and
providing for a user an input device configured so that, while the textual information is displayed, a single execute command from the input device is the only user action necessary to accomplish the analyzing and the performing
16. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the input device is a menu and the single execute command includes the user’s accessing of the menu and selection of a menu choice from the menu.
17. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the display device is a touch-screen interface.