Gas separation: apparatus – Solid sorbent apparatus
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-12
2011-04-12
Hill, Jr., Robert J (Department: 1776)
Gas separation: apparatus
Solid sorbent apparatus
C096S121000, C096S134000, C096S135000, C096S153000, C096S154000, C423S447200, C423S447300, C977S742000, C977S745000, C977S748000, C977S750000, C977S752000, C355S030000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07922796
ABSTRACT:
A carbon nanotube filter. The filter including a filter housing; and chemically active carbon nanotubes within the filter housing, the chemically active carbon nanotubes comprising a chemically active layer formed on carbon nanotubes or comprising chemically reactive groups on sidewalls of the carbon nanotubes; and media containing the chemically active carbon nanotubes.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5371577 (1994-12-01), Fujimura et al.
patent: 6099960 (2000-08-01), Tennent et al.
patent: 6149775 (2000-11-01), Tsuboi et al.
patent: 6183714 (2001-02-01), Smalley et al.
patent: 6232706 (2001-05-01), Dai et al.
patent: 6264045 (2001-07-01), Wilson et al.
patent: 6399785 (2002-06-01), Murphy et al.
patent: 6432866 (2002-08-01), Tennent et al.
patent: 6613875 (2003-09-01), Ghadiri
patent: 6645271 (2003-11-01), Seguin et al.
patent: 6645455 (2003-11-01), Margrave et al.
patent: 6692551 (2004-02-01), Wernholm et al.
patent: 6756025 (2004-06-01), Colbert et al.
patent: 6764628 (2004-07-01), Lobovsky et al.
patent: 6765949 (2004-07-01), Chang
patent: 7674324 (2010-03-01), Holmes et al.
patent: 2002/0090330 (2002-07-01), Smalley et al.
patent: 2002/0110513 (2002-08-01), Margrave et al.
patent: 2002/0136681 (2002-09-01), Smalley et al.
patent: 2002/0159943 (2002-10-01), Smalley et al.
patent: 2002/0187896 (2002-12-01), Ryoo et al.
patent: 2003/0041733 (2003-03-01), Seguin et al.
patent: 2003/0159586 (2003-08-01), Seguin et al.
patent: 2003/0165418 (2003-09-01), Ajayan et al.
patent: 2003/0180491 (2003-09-01), Hirsch et al.
patent: 2003/0197456 (2003-10-01), Den et al.
patent: 2004/0007528 (2004-01-01), Bakajin et al.
patent: 2004/0038251 (2004-02-01), Smalley et al.
patent: 2004/0118285 (2004-06-01), Kim et al.
patent: 2004/0131811 (2004-07-01), Lee et al.
patent: 2004/0149209 (2004-08-01), Dai et al.
patent: 2004/0211920 (2004-10-01), Derksen et al.
patent: 2004/0223900 (2004-11-01), Khabashesku et al.
patent: 2005/0259234 (2005-11-01), Hirukawa et al.
patent: 2006/0021510 (2006-02-01), Henley et al.
patent: 2006/0027499 (2006-02-01), Ajayan et al.
patent: 2007/0084797 (2007-04-01), Cooper et al.
patent: 2007/0113779 (2007-05-01), Wong et al.
patent: 2007/0231946 (2007-10-01), Orlowski et al.
patent: 2006095429 (2006-04-01), None
patent: WO02060579 (2002-08-01), None
patent: WO2004053955 (2004-06-01), None
Notice of Allowance (Mail Date Dec. 15, 2009) for U.S. Appl. No. 12/168,171, filed Jul. 7, 2008; Confirmation No. 7008.
Notice of Allowance (Mail Date Oct. 16, 2009) for U.S. Appl. No. 12/168,183, filed Jul. 7, 2008; Confirmation No. 7029.
Office Action (Mail Date Oct. 29, 2009) for U.S. Appl. No. 12/166,865, filed Jul. 2, 2008; Confirmation No. 4394.
Boul et al.; Reversible Sidewall Functionalization of Buckytubes; Chemical Physics Letters 310; Sep. 3, 1999; pp. 367-372.
Banerjee et al.; Selective Metallic Tube Reactivity in the Solution-Phase Osmylation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126; pp. 2073-2081.
Mitchell et al.; Dispersion of Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes in Polystyrene; Macromolecules 2002, vol. 35, No. 23; pp. 8825-8830.
Bahr et al.; Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes by Electrochemical Reduction of Aryl Diazonium Salts: A Bucky Paper Electrode; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123; pp. 6536-6542.
Guiru et al.; Deposition of the platinum crystals on the carbon nanotubes; Chinese Science Bulletin; vol. 45, No. 2, Jan. 2000; pp. 134-136.
Seeger et al.; SiOx-coating of carbon nanotubes at room temperature; Chemical Physics Letters 339 (2001); pp. 41-46.
Zhang et al.; Formation of metal nanowires on suspended single-walled carbon nanotubes; 2000 American Institute of Physics; Applied Physics Letters, vol. 77, No. 19; Nov. 6, 2000; pp. 3015-3017.
Zhang et al.; Metal coating on suspended carbon nanotubes and its implication to metal-tube interaction; Chemical Physics Letters 331 (2000); pp. 35-41.
Erickson et al.; Sulfonation of polymer surfaces—I. Improving adhesion of polypropylene and polystyrene to epoxy adhesives via gas phase sulfonation; J. Adhesion Sci. Technol., vol. 11, No. 10 (1997); pp. 1249-1267.
Yu et al.; Platinum Deposition on Carbon Nanotubes via Chemical Modification; 1998 American Chemical Society; Chem. Mater., vol. 10, No. 3, 1998; pp. 718-722.
Chen et al.; Plasma Activation of Carbon Nanotubes for Chemical Modification; 2001 American Chemical Society; J. Phys. Chem. B. 2001, 105; pp. 618-622.
Dai et al.; Functionalized surfaces based on polymers and carbon nanotubes for some biomedical and optoelectronic applications; Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd; Nanotechnology 14 (2003); pp. 1081-1097.
Mickelson et al.; Fluorination of single-wall carbon nanotubes; Chemical Physics Letters 296 (1998); pp. 188-194.
Bahr et al.; Covalent chemistry of single-wall carbon nanotubes; Jan. 28, 2002 J. Mater. Chem. 2002, 12 ; pp. 1952-1958.
Toupin, Laurie Ann; “Carbon Nanotubes Provide Key to Gas Filters.” Design News. Nov. 18, 2002. p. 17. http://www.designnews.com.
Srivastava et al. “Carbon Nanotube Filters”, Nature Materials, vol. 3, Sep. 2004, pp. 610-614. Published online Aug. 1, 2004.
Hakey Mark C.
Holmes Steven J.
Horak David V.
Ryan James G.
Hill, Jr. Robert J
International Business Machines - Corporation
Jones Christoper P
MacKinnon Ian D.
Schmeiser Olsen & Watts
LandOfFree
Chemical and particulate filters containing chemically... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Chemical and particulate filters containing chemically..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Chemical and particulate filters containing chemically... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2659176