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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2010
William B. Carlson, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory D. Phelan, Cortland, NY (US);
Philip A. Sullivan, Seattle, WA (US);
William B. Carlson, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory D. Phelan, Cortland, NY (US);
Philip A. Sullivan, Seattle, WA (US);
Empire Technology Development LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A coloring system can include a noble gas, colorant, and one or more vessels configured to convert the noble gas into a supercritical fluid, and/or receive and color an article of manufacture with the noble gas in the supercritical fluid state. A coloring process can include converting a noble gas into a supercritical fluid state; dissolving, suspending, or absorbing a colorant into the supercritical noble gas, and coloring an article of manufacture with the noble gas in the supercritical fluid state. A coloring composition can include a noble gas in a supercritical fluid state, and a colorant located in the supercritical noble gas.