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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:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
May. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kurt A. Habecker, Douglassville, PA (US);
James A. Fife, Myrtle Beach, SC (US);
Assignee:
Cabot Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/500 ;
Abstract
A niobium powder is described which when formed into an electrolytic capacitor anode, the anode has the capacitance of at least 62,000 CV/g. Methods of making flaked niobium powder which have high capacitance capability when formed into electrolytic capacitor anodes is also described. Besides niobium, the present invention is also applicable to other metals, including valve metals.