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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. 14, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward L. Cote, Novi, MI (US);
Andrew D. Wenzel, Mount Horeb, WI (US);
Lance E. Agness, Wabash, IN (US);
Assignee:
The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc., Wabash, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23G 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23G 1/02 ;
Abstract
Brass articles having leachable lead are contacted with an aqueous caustic solution that contains a chelating agent. A brass article can optionally be post-treated by contacting it with an aqueous solution containing anazole.