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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. 18, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Israel E. Wachs, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Laura E. Briand, Buenos Aires, AR;
Assignee:
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 2/300 ; B01J 2/340 ; B01J 2/342 ; B01J 2/358 ; B01J 2/360 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 2/300 ; B01J 2/340 ; B01J 2/342 ; B01J 2/358 ; B01J 2/360 ;
Abstract
The method of the present invention involves the in situ formation of metal-molybdate catalyst particles active for methanol oxidation to formaldehyde, with iron as an example, the catalyst is made by mixing particulate forms of Fe,O,and MoO,which form an active Fe,(MoO,),/MoO,component inside the reactor during methanol oxidation.