Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric – Thermoelectric – Having particular thermoelectric composition
Reexamination Certificate
2004-10-06
2010-02-16
Nguyen, Nam X (Department: 1795)
Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric
Thermoelectric
Having particular thermoelectric composition
C136S236100, C136S240000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07663054
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a thermoelectric material comprising a main phase which is represented by the following composition formula and having an MgAgAs-type crystalline structure:in-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"?(Ta1Zrb1Hfc1)xCoySb100-x-yin-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="tail"?wherein 0<a1<1, 0<b1<1, 0<c1<1, a1+b1+c1=1, 30≦x ≦35, and 30≦y≦35.
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Kondo Naruhito
Sakurada Shinya
Shutoh Naoki
Tsuneoka Osamu
Dam Dustin Q
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Nguyen Nam X
Oblon, Spivak McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
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