Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), operated by Battelle Memorial Institute under contract to the U.S. Department of Energy, solicits interest from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. PNNL may also be available to licensee(s) to assist in further research and development of the technology under a sponsored research agreement or CRADA program. THE TECHNOLOGY: We have discovered a simple and novel method of preparing highly active and stable catalysts, which may be advantageously used in aqueous hydroprocessing reactions. Essentially, we have discovered how to produce a metal oxide supported metal catalyst, that is itself supported on a high surface area granular carbon support. In this case the metal oxide supported metal catalyst is applied to the carbon in an eggshell manner, thereby avoiding the severe mass transport limitations. The metal oxide precursor and optionally the catalytic metal precursor are added to the carbon support as a hydrated suspension, that as a consequence of its size, only can go into the larger pores of the carbon. With careful control of the preparative conditions, it is possible to prepare a catalyst where virtually all of the catalytic metal is associated with the metal oxide layer, which is in turn found predominately on the outside surfaces and macropores of the carbon. The high surface area carbon surface in effect acts as a textural promoter for the metal oxide coatings and helps to maintain the surface area of the oxide coating and high dispersion of the catalytic metal. US and foreign patents pending. See published US Pat Appl 2003/0004055 A1. NOTE: THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT. Any company interested in licensing this technology must respond with a letter of interest (may be submitted by e-mail) no later than 90 days from the publication date of this Notice summarizing the company’s business and technical expertise and motivation for pursuing this opportunity. Companies deemed appropriate will be provided with further information on the technology. Such information may require an executed Nondisclosure Agreement. Respondents wishing to enter into negotiations for a commercial license will be required to submit a business plan for the commercialization of the technology prior to licensee(s) selection and negotiations. Please send letters of interest to the attention of the POC identified within this Notice.

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