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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:
Sep. 14, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shimon Gatt, Jerusalem, IL;
Yechezkel Barenholz, Jerusalem, IL;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F / ; C02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210610 ; 210749 ; 210922 ; 210925 ; 435281 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a method for treating oil spills on water comprising applying liposomes to a body of water to form a monomolecular layer of phospholipid molecules on the water surface which phosopholipid molecules break up a continuous layer of oil into oil droplets each of which is surrounded by a monomolecular layer of phospholipids.