Patents by Inventor Benny C. Chan

Benny C. Chan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of screening compositions for electrocatalytic activity in a gas diffusion electrode
    Patent number: 6913849
    Abstract: A novel process and apparatus to combinatorially screen a large number of discrete compositions for electrocatalytic activity have been developed. The apparatus contains a cell body adjacent to a fluid permeable catalyst array support supporting multiple solids. A catalyst mask having holes that are in alignment with the multiple locations for supporting solids is placed over the catalyst array support, masking the solids. A cell cover is positioned adjacent to the catalyst array support, with the cell cover having a passage for monitoring the solids through the mask. A detector may be in alignment with the passage of the cell cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Thomas E. Mallouk, Eugene S. Smotkin, Benny C. Chan, Guoying Chen, Renxuan Liu
  • Method of screening compositions for electrocatalytic activity in a gas diffusion electrode
    Publication number: 20020014584
    Abstract: A novel process and apparatus to combinatorially screen a large number of discrete compositions for electrocatalytic activity have been developed. The apparatus contains a cell body adjacent to a fluid permeable catalyst array support supporting multiple solids. A catalyst mask having holes that are in alignment with the multiple locations for supporting solids is placed over the catalyst array support, masking the solids. A cell cover is positioned adjacent to the catalyst array support, with the cell cover having a passage for monitoring the solids through the mask. A detector may be in alignment with the passage of the cell cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas E. Mallouk, Eugene S. Smotkin, Benny C. Chan, Guoying Chen, Renxuan Liu
  • Electrocatalyst compositions
    Patent number: 6284402
    Abstract: Compositions for use as catalysts in electrochemical reactions are described. The compositions are alloys prepared from two or more elemental metals selected from platinum, molybdenum, osmium, ruthenium, rhodium, and iridium. Also described are electrode compositions including such alloys and electrochemical reaction devices including such catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignees: The Penn State Research Foundation, The Illinois Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Thomas E. Mallouk, Benny C. Chan, Erik Reddington, Anthony Sapienza, Guoying Chen, Eugene Smotkin, Bogdan Gurau, Rameshkrishnan Viswanathan, Renxuan Liu