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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:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nasrin R. Khalili, Naperville, IL (US);
Hamid Arastoopour, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/108 ;
Abstract
The synthesis of a carbon-based catalyst from sludge materials such as produced by the paper mill industry and the like is described wherein the treated material is subjected to processing including chemical activation with an appropriate metal-based activating agent, light and humidity treatment, and pyrolysis to result in a desired carbon-based catalyst.