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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008

Filed:

Apr. 22, 2005
Applicants:

Christopher H. Cooper, Windsor, UT (US);

Alan G. Cummings, So Woodstock, UT (US);

Mikhail Y. Starostin, Hanover, NH (US);

Charles P. Honsinger, Windsor, UT (US);

Inventors:

Christopher H. Cooper, Windsor, UT (US);

Alan G. Cummings, So Woodstock, UT (US);

Mikhail Y. Starostin, Hanover, NH (US);

Charles P. Honsinger, Windsor, UT (US);

Assignee:

Seldon Technologies, LLC, Windsor, VT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/42 (2006.01); B01D 53/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Disclosed herein are articles for removing contaminants from a fluid, such as a liquid or gas, the article comprising carbon nanotubes, which comprise at least one molecule or cluster attached thereto or located therein, wherein the carbon nanotubes are present in the article in an amount sufficient to reduce the concentration of contaminants in fluid that come into contact with the article. A method of making the nanomesh material used in such articles is also disclosed, as are methods of purifying fluids using these articles.


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