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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. 16, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Delbert C. Scranton, Jr., Chesterfield, MO (US);
Alvin Samuels, New Orleans, LA (US);
Alan D. Johnson, Collinsville, IL (US);
Assignee:
M-I LLC, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 2/024 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 2/024 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a bound metal oxide particle comprised of metal oxide and a binder, with the binder preferably being a starch solution. The present invention also relates to a method for forming a bound metal oxide particle, with the preferred method including extruding and pelletizing a metal oxide and binder composition to form pelletized metal oxide particles.