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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. 02, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
William R Thomas, Newtown, PA (US);
Henry A Pfeffer, Mercerville, NJ (US);
Basil A Guiliano, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Christopher J Sewall, Princeton, NJ (US);
Stephen Tomko, Mercerville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
FMC Corporation, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264 12 ;
Abstract
A process for making gel bead having a mean diameter of less than 50 microns by adiabatically atomizing a hydrocolloid sol to droplet of less than 50 microns under conditions that lower the temperature of the hydrocolloid below its gel temperature.