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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:
Jul. 27, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Francis J Downes, Jr, Vestal, NY (US);
Oscar A Moreno, Vestal, NY (US);
Cindy M Reidsema, Apalachin, NY (US);
Joseph E Varsik, Binghamton, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204149 ; 204D / ; 205 99 ; 205100 ; 205101 ;
Abstract
The total organic content (TOC) of an aqueous composition is reduced to 200 ppm or less by subjecting the composition to electrolysis whereby the pH of the composition at the start of the electrolysis is about 1.8 to about 7 to thereby electrolytically decompose organic materials contained in the aqueous composition.