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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. 25, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2007
Applicants:
Richard Edward Durkot, Walpole, MA (US);
Lifun Lin, Lincoln, MA (US);
Peter Bayard Harris, Stow, MA (US);
Inventors:
Richard Edward Durkot, Walpole, MA (US);
Lifun Lin, Lincoln, MA (US);
Peter Bayard Harris, Stow, MA (US);
Assignee:
The Gillette Company, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electrode containing zinc-based particles suspended in a fluid medium is disclosed. The zinc-based particles have a multi-modal distribution, such as a bi-modal distribution, of particle sizes, particle morphologies and/or particle compositions. The electrode can be used as the anode in an alkaline battery, such as a primary alkaline battery.