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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. 14, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jiri Janata, Richland, WA (US);
Gary L McVay, Richland, WA (US);
Charles H Peden, West Richland, WA (US);
Gregory J Exarhos, Richland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N / ; C07C / ; B01D / ; B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60274 ; 60275 ; 60301 ; 2041573 ; 2041582 ; 422168 ; 4221863 ; 423212 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for the destruction of emissions from an internal combustion engine wherein a substrate coated with TiO.sub.2 is exposed to a light source in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine thereby catalyzing oxidation/reduction reactions between gaseous hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and oxygen in the exhaust of the internal combustion engine.