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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 10, 2006
Applicants:

James P. Yates, Charleston, IL (US);

Charles A. Arnold, Lakewood, CO (US);

Christopher A. Arnold, Indian Hills, CO (US);

William E. Hahn, Aurora, CO (US);

Melva Hahn, Aurora, CO (US);

Inventors:

James P. Yates, Charleston, IL (US);

Charles A. Arnold, Lakewood, CO (US);

William E. Hahn, Aurora, CO (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 1/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods for liberating organic carbonaceous products from mineral matrices such as oil shale and the products liberated by the present methods inter alia, the invention in a preferred embodiment subjects oil shale to resonance disintegration including inter alia rapid pressure and directional changes to essentially instantaneously vary forces acting thereon. Oil shale processed by non-impact processing according to the invention liberates kerogen from the mineral matrix to permit subsequent conversion to shale oil or other utilization.


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