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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:
Jul. 25, 2006

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2002
Applicants:

Kenneth J Mccullough, Fishkill, NY (US);

Wayne M Moreau, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

Keith R Pope, Danbury, CT (US);

Robert J Purtell, Mohegan Lake, NY (US);

John P Simons, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

William a Syverson, Colchester, VT (US);

Charles J Taft, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

Inventors:

Kenneth J McCullough, Fishkill, NY (US);

Wayne M Moreau, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

Keith R Pope, Danbury, CT (US);

Robert J Purtell, Mohegan Lake, NY (US);

John P Simons, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

William A Syverson, Colchester, VT (US);

Charles J Taft, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C 1/22 (2006.01); B31D 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods are provided for making microfilters by subtractive techniques which remove a component or part of a filter material to form pores in the filter material and additive techniques which deposit a filter material onto a porous underlying substrate. All the methods employ a supercritical fluid or mixture which have very high solvency properties and low viscosity and COis the preferred supercritical fluid.


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