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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 26, 2011
Applicants:
Georg G. Bohm, Akron, OH (US);
Gregory N. Stephanopoulos, Winchester, MA (US);
Inventors:
Georg G. Bohm, Akron, OH (US);
Gregory N. Stephanopoulos, Winchester, MA (US);
Assignee:
APPIA, LLC, Akron, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 36/00 (2006.01); C08L 21/00 (2006.01); C08J 11/10 (2006.01); C08L 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 21/00 (2013.01); C08J 11/105 (2013.01); C08J 2319/00 (2013.01); C08J 2321/00 (2013.01); C08L 19/00 (2013.01); Y02W 30/702 (2015.05);
Abstract
A method for microbial and/or enzymatic devulcanization of rubber includes: providing a particulate vulcanized rubber compound, swelling the vulcanized rubber compound in a solvent, and introducing a microbe or enzyme into the solvent containing the particulate vulcanized rubber in order to devulcanize the rubber compound.