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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002

Filed:

Jun. 04, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Tsutomu Shikada, Tokyo, JP;

Yotaro Ohno, Tokyo, JP;

Norio Inoue, Tokyo, JP;

Masatsugu Mizuguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Keiji Tomura, Tokyo, JP;

Takeshi Furukawa, Tokyo, JP;

Takuya Kadowaki, Tokyo, JP;

Sadayoshi Iwabuchi, Tokyo, JP;

Takashi Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;

Masami Ono, Tokyo, JP;

Kaoru Fujimoto, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

NKK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/26 ; C22B 5/12 ; H01M 8/10 ; B01J 2/372 ; B01J 2/3755 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/26 ; C22B 5/12 ; H01M 8/10 ; B01J 2/372 ; B01J 2/3755 ;
Abstract

This invention provides a catalyst for producing hydrogen gas from a mixed gas comprising dimethyl ether and water vapor or carbon dioxide gas, which comprises copper, iron, cobalt, palladium, iridium, platinum, rhodium, or nickel as an active component, and a method of producing synthesis gas or hydrogen gas in a high yield at a low temperature. By using the catalyst, a fuel cell, electricity generation, reduction of iron ore and the like can be carried out.


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