TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER Annual Report 4 Syngas Conversion to a Light Alkene and Related Methods Ethylene, propylene and butylene are important in the petrochemical industry because they are used in the production of many plastics. This patent describes methods of producing these or similar light alkenes by contacting synthesis gas (syngas) and tungstated zirconia to produce a product stream that can be recovered. Patent No. 9,815,747 granted 11/14/2017 to Daniel M Ginosar and Lucia Petkovic Energy Storage Cell Impedance Measuring Apparatus, Methods and Related Systems Many factors may contribute to battery degradation over time, and operators of systems that rely on rechargeable battery power may desire to monitor this degradation. One indicator of battery degradation is an increase in battery impedance. This patent describes devices, circuits and methods for measuring the impedance of relatively high voltage energy storage cells that are used in rechargeable service. Patent No. 9,851,414 granted 12/26/2017 to John L Morrison, William Morrison and Jon Petter Christophersen Thermophilic Acetylxylan Esterase Genes and Enzymes from Alicyclobacillus Acidocaldarius and Related Organisms and Methods Lower temperature acid hydrolyses are of interest because they have the potential to overcome several shortcomings of high temperature biomass pretreatment methods. This patent relates to a nucleotide sequence of the genome of Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius in combination with at least one sequence that is heterologous to Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius. These sequences encode a polypeptide involved in fermenting sugar molecules to a product. Alternatively, extracts from this process can be used to convert biomass into a product. Patent No. 9,862,981 granted 1/9/2018 to Vicki S Thompson, David N Thompson, David William Reed, Jeffrey A Lacey and William A Apel Methods for Recovering Metals from Electronic Waste, and Related Systems Electronic devices such as smartphones and televisions contain a significant amount of valuable metals, which are largely not recovered prior to disposing of the electronic waste. A method of recovering metals from electronic waste includes providing a powder of electronic waste in at least two reactors, where the powder will interact with an electrolyte of ferric ions in an electrochemical cell to dissolve base metals. Precious metals can then be selectively recovered from the remaining powder. Patent No. 9,777,346 granted 10/3/2017 to Tedd E Lister, Jacob A Parkman, Luis A Diaz Aldana, Gemma Clark, Eric J Dufek and Philip Keller Patents Patent No. 9,777,346 Advanced computer science, visualization and data Applied materials science and engineering Biological and bioprocess engineering Chemical and molecular science Chemical engineering Condensed matter physics and materials science Cyber and information sciences Decision sciences Environmental subsurface science and analysis Large-scale user facilities and advanced instrumentation Mechanical design and engineering Nuclear and radiochemistry Nuclear engineering Plasma and fusion energy science Power systems and electrical engineering Systems engineering and integration