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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. 07, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G 2/3047 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G 2/3047 ;
Abstract
A process for producing a titanium oxide is provided which comprises (i) a step of calcining a titanium compound in the presence of ammonia gas or (ii) steps of treating a titanium compound with heat in the presence of ammonia gas and calcining the heat-treated titanium compound. The titanium oxide obtained in the present invention exhibits a sufficiently high photocatalytic activity by irradiation of visible light.