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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:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2009
Applicants:
George A. Olah, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
G. K. Surya Prakash, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
Inventors:
George A. Olah, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
G. K. Surya Prakash, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
Assignee:
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 29/51 (2006.01); C07C 29/15 (2006.01); C07C 29/132 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An efficient and environmentally beneficial method of recycling and producing methanol from varied sources of carbon dioxide including flue gases of fossil fuel burning powerplants, industrial exhaust gases or the atmosphere itself. Converting carbon dioxide by chemical or electrochemical reduction seconardy treatment to produce essentially methanol, dimethyl ether and derived products.