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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2019
Applicant:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Inventors:
Hyunjoon Kong, Champaign, IL (US);
Yongbeom Seo, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jiayu Leong, Singapore, SG;
Yu-Heng Deng, Urbana, IL (US);
Assignee:
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23F 11/18 (2006.01); A61K 38/54 (2006.01); A61L 2/18 (2006.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01); B01J 35/02 (2006.01); B01J 21/08 (2006.01); B01J 35/00 (2006.01); B01J 23/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/186 (2013.01); A61L 2/26 (2013.01); B01J 21/08 (2013.01); B01J 23/34 (2013.01); B01J 35/0006 (2013.01); B01J 35/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Diatom microbubblers comprising diatom biosilica or other silica linked to a catalyst for the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, such as manganese oxide (MnO), platinum (Pt), CuO (copper II oxide), or zinc peroxide (ZnO) particles or nanosheets, or catalase are provided. Further provided are methods of reducing or eliminating biofilm or biofouling conditions.