Patents
US 12509371 B2: Electrode for nitrate reduction
- Granted
- 2025-12-30
- Filed
- 2023-06-01 application 18870256
- Type
- Utility · 8 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A nitrate-reducing electrode, and methods of making the nitrate-reducing electrode are disclosed. The nitrate reducing electrode includes catalyst particulates disposed on water permeable substrates with the use of electrodeposition, electroless deposition, electrospinning, or thermal treatment. The catalyst particles include metals and metal oxides. The water permeable substrates are preferably made of carbonaceous materials using electrospinning and thermal treatment.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251230.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Iowa Research Foundation 401 patents | US company or organization | Iowa City, IA | UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION Nonprofit EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM 3,356 patents | US company or organization | Austin, TX | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Cwiertny | Iowa City, IA | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Syed Mubeen Jawahar Hussaini | Iowa City, IA | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Ashley Hesterberg Butzlaff | Iowa City, IA | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Charles Werth | Austin, TX | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Chenxu Yan | Austin, TX | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| C02F | Treatment of water, waste water, sewage, or sludge | C02F1/46109 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-23 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | WERTH, CHARLES signed 2023-10-05 YAN, CHENXU signed 2023-10-05 | BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM AUSTIN, TX | 71488/253 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2025-06-23 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | CWIERTNY, DAVID M. signed 2024-11-12 BUTZLAFF, ASHLEY signed 2024-11-14 JAWAHAR HUSSAINI, SYED MUBEEN signed 2024-11-14 | UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION IOWA CITY, IA | 71488/66 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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