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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:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2004
Applicants:
Wen-fang Hwang, Midland, MI (US);
Richard E. Smalley, Houston, TX (US);
Robert H. Hauge, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Wen-Fang Hwang, Midland, MI (US);
Richard E. Smalley, Houston, TX (US);
Robert H. Hauge, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 81/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is generally directed to the block copolymerization of rigid rod polymers with carbon nanotubes (CNTs), the CNTs generally being shortened, to form nanotube block copolymers. The present invention is also directed to fibers and other shaped articles made from the nanotube block copolymers of the present invention.