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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark J Marquisee, Wilmington, DE (US);
Lionel S Sandell, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1062 / ; 106293 ; 106296 ; 106297 ; 106300 ; 1063 / ;
Abstract
Pigmented silica microsphere having an average diameter from 2 .mu.m to 100 .mu.m and consisting essentially of from 10% to 70% by weight of particulate pigment, dispersed throughout a microporous silica matrix and, optionally, containing a coating of dense amorphous silica. The microspheres are produced by acidifying a water-in-oil emulsion. The pigmented silica microspheres are particularly useful as opacifying agents for coating compositions and as fillers for paper.