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THAI MALENA MO US009909222B2HINWOHIN MITTE (12 ) United States Patent ( 10 ) Patent No. : US 9 , 909 ,222 B2 Stiller et al. ( 45 ) Date of Patent : Mar . 6 , 2018 ( 54 ) METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR (58 ) Field of Classification Search PRODUCTION OF CARBON , CARBIDE CPC .. .. .. .. CO1B 31 / 00 ELECTRODES , AND CARBON (Continued ) COMPOSITIONS (56 ) References Cited (71 ) Applicant : WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION , U . S . PATENT DOCUMENTS Morgantown, WV (US ) 380 ,775 A 4 /1888 Thowless 1 ,271 ,713 A 7 / 1918 Hutchins ( 72 ) Inventors : Alfred H . Stiller , Morgantown , WV ( Continued ) (US ) ; Christopher L . Yurchick , Fairmont , WV (US ) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS ( 73 ) Assignee : WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY CN 1590288 A 3 / 2005 RESEARCH CORPORATION , CN 102390828 A 3 /2012 Morgantown , WV (US ) (Continued ) @( * ) Notice : Subject to any disclaimer , the term of this OTHER PUBLICATIONS patent is extended or adjusted under 35 Yang et al, “ Nanostructured tungsten carbide catalysts for polymer U . S . C . 154 (b ) by 141 days . electrolyte fuel cells ” , Applied Physics Letters , vol . 86 , 224104 (21 ) Appl. No. : 14 /886 ,319 ( 2005) . (Continued ) (22 ) Filed : Oct . 19 , 2015 Primary Examiner – Khanh T Nguyen (65 ) Prior Publication Data ( 74 ) Attorney , Agent, or Firm — The Marbury Law US 2016 /0115600 A1 Apr. 28 , 2016 Group , PLLC ( 57 ) ABSTRACT Related U . S . Application Data Method comprising providing at least one solid carbide chemical compound and reducing a metal cation with use of (60 ) Provisional application No . 62/ 066 ,456 , filed on Oct . the solid carbide chemical compound . A method comprising 21, 2014 , provisional application No . 62/ 174, 760 , producing elemental carbon material from the oxidation of filed on Jun .
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