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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:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Albert E Abel, Powell, OH (US);
Robert W Mouk, Westerville, OH (US);
Alan F Heyduk, Cambridge, MA (US);
Bentley J Blum, New York, NY (US);
Gerry D Getman, Houston, TX (US);
Mark D Steskal, Westerville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Commodore Applied Technologies, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62D / ; B01J / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
588200 ; 588202 ; 588203 ; 588205 ; 149124 ; 570262 ; 422129 ; 422224 ; 422261 ; 422267 ;
Abstract
Chemical warfare agents, including vesicants and nerve agents distributed throughout the world, are destroyed when chemically reacted according to the method and utilizing the apparatus of this invention. The method comprises reacting the chemical warfare agents with nitrogenous base, optionally containing solvated electrons which are conveniently produced by dissolving an active metal like sodium in a nitrogenous base such as anhydrous liquid ammonia.