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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:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2003
Applicants:
Zhiqiang Xu, Bloomfield, NJ (US);
Zhigang Qi, North Arlington, NJ (US);
Arthur Kaufman, West Orange, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Zhiqiang Xu, Bloomfield, NJ (US);
Zhigang Qi, North Arlington, NJ (US);
Arthur Kaufman, West Orange, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Plug Power, Inc., Latham, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2006.01); H01M 8/00 (2006.01); H01M 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one aspect, the invention features a method including sorbing carbon monoxide to a catalyst layer of a fuel cell, and oxidizing the carbon monoxide. The method can be used to pre-condition or activate the catalyst layer.