Aerosol Programs Patently Obvious

Aerosol Programs Patently Obvious


Patently Obvious
A Partial History of Aerosol and Weather Related Technologies
July 30, 2003Lorie Kramer seektress@ev1.net
1225521 - May 8, 1917 - Protection From Poisonous Gas in Warfare
Referenced in 4704942 - Charged aerosol "A method of defending against a warfare cloud of toxic aerosol utilizesa charged defensive aerosol which is sprayed into the cloud.The defensive aerosol is made of a defensive agent which may be chemically or biologically active."
1302332 - April 29, 1919 -Toy Machine Gun - F.V. Du Pont
Referenced in - 4141274 which is for a smoke generator, which evolved into the particle and aerosol devices in use today.
The history of interest in aerosol and weather related technologies and devices is evident when a list of related patents is compiled and examined, even a partial list.
The following patents are all verifiable, along with additional information that can be found by reading the referrenced patents included in the documentation. Patent information can be found by visiting the

United States Patent and Trademark Office
1338343 - April 27, 1920 - Process And Apparatus For The Production of Intense Artificial Clouds, Fogs, or Mists1619183 - March 1, 1927 - Process of Producing Smoke Clouds From Moving Aircraft1631753 - June 7, 1927 - Electric Heater - Referenced in 3990987 1665267 - April 10, 1928 - Process of Producing Artificial Fogs1892132 - December 27, 1932 - Atomizing Attachment For Airplane Engine Exhausts1928963 - October 3, 1933 - Electrical System And Method 1957075 - May 1, 1934 - Airplane Spray Equipment2097581 - November 2, 1937 - Electric Stream Generator - Referenced in 39909872409201 - October 15, 1946 - Smoke Producing Mixture2476171 - July 18, 1945 - Smoke Screen Generator
2480967 - September 6, 1949 - Aerial Discharge Device
2550324 - April 24, 1951 - Process For Controlling Weather2510867 - October 9, 1951 - Method of Crystal Formation and Precipitation2582678 - June 15, 1952 - Material Disseminating Apparatus For Airplanes2591988 - April 8, 1952 - Production of TiO2 Pigments - Referenced in 38991442614083 - October 14, 1952 - Metal Chloride Screening Smoke Mixture2633455 - March 31, 1953 - Smoke Generator2688069 - August 31, 1954 - Steam Generator - Referenced in 39909872721495 - October 25, 1955 - Method And Apparatus For Detecting Minute Crystal Forming Particles Suspended in a Gaseous Atmosphere2730402 - January 10, 1956 - Controllable Dispersal Device2801322 - July 30, 1957 - Decomposition Chamber for Monopropellant Fuel - Referenced in 39909872881335 - April 7, 1959 - Generation of Electrical Fields2908442 - October 13, 1959 - Method For Dispersing Natural Atmospheric Fogs And Clouds2986360 - May 30, 1962 - Aerial Insecticide Dusting Device2963975 - December 13, 1960 - Cloud Seeding Carbon Dioxide Bullet3126155 - March 24, 1964 - Silver Iodide Cloud Seeding Generator - Referenced in 39909873127107 - March 31, 1964 - Generation of Ice-Nucleating Crystals3131131 - April 28, 1964 - Electrostatic Mixing in Microbial Conversions
3174150 - March 16, 1965 - Self-Focusing Antenna System
3234357 - February 8, 1966 - Electrically Heated Smoke Producing Device 3274035 - September 20, 1966 - Metallic Composition For Production of Hydroscopic Smoke3300721 - January 24, 1967 - Means For Communication Through a Layer of Ionized Gases3313487 - April 11, 1967 - Cloud Seeding Apparatus3338476 - August 29, 1967 - Heating Device For Use With Aerosol Containers - Referenced in 3990987 3410489 - November 12, 1968 - Automatically Adjustable Airfoil Spray System With Pump3429507 - February 25, 1969 - Rainmaker3432208 - November 7, 1967 - Fluidized Particle Dispenser3441214 - April 29, 1969 - Method And Apparatus For Seeding Clouds3445844 - May 20, 1969 - Trapped Electromagnetic Radiation Communications System3456880 - July 22, 1969 - Method Of Producing Precipitation From The Atmosphere3518670 June 30, 1970 - Artificial Ion Cloud3534906 - October 20, 1970 - Control of Atmospheric Particles3545677 - December 8, 1970 - Method of Cloud Seeding3564253 - February 16, 1971 - System And Method For Irradiation Of Planet Surface Areas3587966 - June 28, 1971 - Freezing Nucleation3601312 - August 24, 1971 - Methods of Increasing The Likelihood oF Precipatation By The Artificial Introduction Of Sea Water Vapor Into The Atmosphere Winward Of An Air Lift Region3608810 - September 28, 1971 - Methods of Treating Atmospheric Conditions 3608820 - September 20, 1971 - Treatment of Atmospheric Conditions by Intermittent Dispensing of Materials Therein 3613992 - October 19, 1971 - Weather Modification Method3630950 - December 28, 1971 - Combustible Compositions For Generating Aerosols, Particularly Suitable For Cloud Modification And Weather Control And Aerosolization ProcessUSRE29142 - This patent is a reissue of patent US3630950 - Combustible compositions for generating aerosols, particularly suitable for cloud modification and weather control and aerosolization process 3659785 - December 8, 1971 - Weather Modification Utilizing Microencapsulated Material3666176 - March 3, 1972 - Solar Temperature Inversion Device 3677840 - July 18, 1972 - Pyrotechnics Comprising Oxide of Silver For Weather Modification Use3722183 - March 27, 1973 - Device For Clearing Impurities From The Atmosphere3769107 - October 30, 1973 - Pyrotechnic Composition For Generating Lead Based Smoke3784099 - January 8, 1974 - Air Pollution Control Method3785557 - January 15, 1974 - Cloud Seeding System3795626 - March 5, 1974 - Weather Modification Process 3808595 - April 30, 1974 - Chaff Dispensing System3813875 - June 4, 1974 - Rocket Having Barium Release System to Create Ion Clouds In The Upper Atmopsphere3835059 - September 10, 1974 - Methods of Generating Ice Nuclei Smoke Particles For Weather Modification And Apparatus Therefore3835293 - September 10, 1974 - Electrical Heating Aparatus For Generating Super Heated Vapors - Referenced in 3990987 3877642 - April 15, 1975 - Freezing Nucleant3882393 - May 6, 1975 - Communications System Utilizing Modulation of The Characteristic Polarization of The Ionosphere3896993 - July 29, 1975 - Process For Local Modification of Fog And Clouds For Triggering Their Precipitation And For Hindering The Development of Hail Producing Clouds3899129 - August 12, 1975 - Apparatus for generating ice nuclei smoke particles for weather modification 3899144 - August 12, 1975 - Powder contrail generation 3940059 - February 24, 1976 - Method For Fog Dispersion3940060 - February 24, 1976 - Vortex Ring Generator3990987 - November 9, 1976 - Smoke generator 3992628 - November 16, 1976 - Countermeasure system for laser radiation3994437 - November 30, 1976 - Broadcast dissemination of trace quantities of biologically active chemicals 4042196 - August 16, 1977 - Method and apparatus for triggering a substantial change in earth characteristics and measuring earth changes RE29,142 - February 22, 1977 - Reissue of: 03630950 - Combustible compositions for generating aerosols, particularly suitable for cloud modification and weather control and aerosolization process 4035726 - July 12, 1977 - Method of controlling and/or improving high-latitude and other communications or radio wave surveillance systems by partial control of radio wave et al4096005 - June 20, 1978 - Pyrotechnic Cloud Seeding Composition4129252 - December 12, 1978 - Method and apparatus for production of seeding materials 4141274 - February 27, 1979 - Weather modification automatic cartridge dispenser4167008 - September 4, 1979 - Fluid bed chaff dispenser4347284 - August 31, 1982 - White cover sheet material capable of reflecting ultraviolet rays 4362271 - December 7, 1982 - Procedure for the artificial modification of atmospheric precipitation as well as compounds with a dimethyl sulfoxide base for use in carrying out said procedure 4402480 - September 6, 1983 - Atmosphere modification satellite 4412654 - November 1, 1983 - Laminar microjet atomizer and method of aerial spraying of liquids4415265 - November 15, 1983 - Method and apparatus for aerosol particle absorption spectroscopy 4470544 - September 11, 1984 - Method of and Means for weather modification 4475927 - October 9, 1984 - Bipolar Fog Abatement System4600147 - July 15, 1986 - Liquid propane generator for cloud seeding apparatus 4633714 - January 6, 1987 - Aerosol particle charge and size analyzer4643355 - February 17, 1987 - Method and apparatus for modification of climatic conditions 4653690 - March 31, 1987 - Method of producing cumulus clouds 4684063 - August 4, 1987 - Particulates generation and removal 4686605 - August 11, 1987 - Method and apparatus for altering a region in the earth's atmosphere, ionosphere, and/or magnetosphere4704942 - November 10, 1987 - Charged Aerosol4712155 - December 8, 1987 - Method and apparatus for creating an artificial electron cyclotron heating region of plasma4744919 - May 17, 1988 - Method of dispersing particulate aerosol tracer 4766725 - August 30, 1988 - Method of suppressing formation of contrails and solution therefor 4829838 - May 16, 1989 - Method and apparatus for the measurement of the size of particles entrained in a gas4836086 - June 6, 1989 - Apparatus and method for the mixing and diffusion of warm and cold air for dissolving fog4873928 - October 17, 1989 - Nuclear-sized explosions without radiation4948257 - August 14, 1990 - Laser optical measuring device and method for stabilizing fringe pattern spacing4948050 - August 14, 1990 - Liquid atomizing apparatus for aerial spraying 4999637 - March 12, 1991 - Creation of artificial ionization clouds above the earth5003186 - March 26, 1991 - Stratospheric Welsbach seeding for reduction of global warming 5005355 - April 9, 1991 - Method of suppressing formation of contrails and solution therefor 5038664 - August 13, 1991 - Method for producing a shell of relativistic particles at an altitude above the earths surface 5041760 - August 20, 1991 - Method and apparatus for generating and utilizing a compound plasma configuration 5041834 - August 20, 1991 - Artificial ionospheric mirror composed of a plasma layer which can be tilted 5056357 - October 15, 1991- Acoustic method for measuring properties of a mobile medium 5059909 - October 22, 1991 - Determination of particle size and electrical charge5104069 - April 14, 1992 - Apparatus and method for ejecting matter from an aircraft5110502 - May 5, 1992 - Method of suppressing formation of contrails and solution therefor 5156802 - October 20, 1992 - Inspection of fuel particles with acoustics 5174498 - December 29, 1992 - Cloud Seeding5148173 - September 15, 1992 - Millimeter wave screening cloud and method 5245290 - September 14, 1993 - Device for determining the size and charge of colloidal particles by measuring electroacoustic effect5286979 - February 15, 1994 - Process for absorbing ultraviolet radiation using dispersed melanin 5296910 - March 22, 1994 - Method and apparatus for particle analysis5327222 - July 5, 1994 - Displacement information detecting apparatus 5357865 - October 25, 1994 - Method of cloud seeding5360162 - November 1, 1994 - Method and composition for precipitation of atmospheric water5383024 - January 17, 1995 - Optical wet steam monitor5425413 - June 20, 1995 - Method to hinder the formation and to break-up overhead atmospheric inversions, enhance ground level air circulation and improve urban air quality5434667 - July 18, 1995 - Characterization of particles by modulated dynamic light scattering5441200 - August 15, 1995 - Tropical cyclone disruption5486900 - January 23, 1996 - Measuring device for amount of charge of toner and image forming apparatus having the measuring device5556029 - September 17, 1996 - Method of hydrometeor dissipation (clouds)5628455 - May 13, 1997 - Method and apparatus for modification of supercooled fog5631414 - May 20, 1997 - Method and device for remote diagnostics of ocean-atmosphere system state5639441 - June 17, 1997 - Methods for fine particle formation 5762298 - June 9, 1998 - Use of artificial satellites in earth orbits adaptively to modify the effect that solar radiation would otherwise have on earth's weather 5912396 - June 15, 1999 - System and method for remediation of selected atmospheric conditions5922976 - July 13, 1999 - Method of measuring aerosol particles using automated mobility-classified aerosol detector5949001 - September 7, 1999 - Method for aerodynamic particle size analysis5984239 - November 16, 1999 - Weather modification by artificial satellite6025402 - February 15, 2000 - Chemical composition for effectuating a reduction of visibility obscuration, and a detoxifixation of fumes and chemical fogs in spaces of fire origin 6030506 - February 29, 2000 - Preparation of independently generated highly reactive chemical species6034073 - March 7, 2000 - Solvent detergent emulsions having antiviral activity 6045089 - April 4, 2000 - Solar-powered airplane6056203 - May 2, 2000 - Method and apparatus for modifying supercooled clouds 6110590 - August 29, 2000 - Synthetically spun silk nanofibers and a process for making the same 6263744 - July 24, 2001 - Automated mobility-classified-aerosol detector6281972 - August 28, 2001 - Method and apparatus for measuring particle-size distribution6315213 - November 13, 2001 - Method of modifying weather6382526 - May 7, 2002 - Process and apparatus for the production of nanofibers 6408704 - June 25, 2002 - Aerodynamic particle size analysis method and apparatus 6412416 - July 2, 2002 - Propellant-based aerosol generation devices and method 6520425 - February 18, 2003 - Process and apparatus for the production of nanofibers 6539812 - April 1, 2003 - System for measuring the flow-rate of a gas by means of ultrasound 6553849 - April 29, 2003 - Electrodynamic particle size analyzer6569393 - May 27, 2003 - Method and device for cleaning the atmosphere