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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 12, 2016
Applicant:

President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

David A. Weitz, Bolton, MA (US);

Shin-Hyn Kim, Cambridge, MA (US);

Alireza Abbaspourrad, Ithaca, NY (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 5/00 (2006.01); B01F 3/08 (2006.01); B01F 5/04 (2006.01); B01F 13/00 (2006.01); B01J 13/04 (2006.01); B01J 13/12 (2006.01); B01J 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 5/0085 (2013.01); B01F 3/0807 (2013.01); B01F 3/0811 (2013.01); B01F 5/045 (2013.01); B01F 13/0059 (2013.01); B01F 13/0062 (2013.01); B01F 13/0069 (2013.01); B01J 13/04 (2013.01); B01J 13/12 (2013.01); B01J 13/14 (2013.01); B01F 2003/0838 (2013.01); B01F 2005/0034 (2013.01); B01F 2215/0404 (2013.01); B01F 2215/0431 (2013.01); B01F 2215/0454 (2013.01); B01F 2215/0495 (2013.01); Y10T 428/2985 (2015.01);
Abstract

Multiple emulsions and techniques for the formation of multiple emulsions are generally described. A multiple emulsion, as used herein, describes larger droplets that contain one or more smaller droplets therein. In some embodiments, the larger droplet or droplets may be suspended in a carrying fluid containing the larger droplets that, in turn, contain the smaller droplets. As described below, multiple emulsions can be formed in one step in certain embodiments, with generally precise repeatability, and can be tailored in some embodiments to include a relatively thin layer of fluid separating two other fluids.


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