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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:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2020
Applicant:
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01F 9/24 (2006.01); C01B 32/05 (2017.01); C08G 61/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D01F 9/24 (2013.01); C01B 32/05 (2017.08); C08G 61/10 (2013.01); C08G 2261/11 (2013.01); C08G 2261/1426 (2013.01); C08G 2261/93 (2013.01); D10B 2505/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a method of making carbon fiber, the method comprising pyrolyzing poly(p-phenylene) (PPP) fiber at a temperature sufficient to convert PPP fiber substantially to carbon fiber. The disclosure also relates to pre-PPP polymer, methods for making PPP fiber from pre-PPP polymer and, in turn, making carbon fiber from PPP fiber.