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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:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2002
Applicants:
William M. Risen, Jr., Rumford, RI (US);
Pu Zhang, Urbana, IL (US);
Inventors:
William M. Risen, Jr., Rumford, RI (US);
Pu Zhang, Urbana, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/00 (2006.01); H01M 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Modified ion-conducting membranes (), and a method for making the same, which increases the membrane () surface area, and, optionally, incorporates mono- and multi-metal ion-containing catalysts for both fuel consumption catalysis in fuel cells as well as catalysis of reactions to ameliorate the effects of CO and other impurities in fuel cells. The membranes () modified by these methods can fin application in catalysis and transport applications.