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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. 20, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward J Fewkes, Horsesheads, NY (US);
Frances M Smith, Horsesheads, NY (US);
Lung-Ming Wu, Horsesheads, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ; C08K / ; B22F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264623 ; 264630 ; 264670 ; 419 36 ; 419 37 ; 419 65 ; 524404 ; 524413 ; 524424 ; 524428 ; 524439 ; 524440 ; 524441 ; 524442 ; 524443 ; 524444 ; 524445 ; 524446 ;
Abstract
A method of producing a formable mixture involves combining a powder material, and a plurality of gel-forming polymers, wherein at least one gel-forming polymer is a proton donor, and at least one gel forming polymer is a proton acceptor. A method of making a monolithic structure involves producing a formable mixture of powder material which can be ceramic, metal, glass, glass ceramic, molecular sieve and combinations thereof, a plurality of gel-forming polymers as described above, extruding the mixture to form a green monolithic structure, and drying and firing the green structure.