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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:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
May. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Jackie Y. Ying, Singapore, SG;
Shona Pek, Singapore, SG;
Andrew C a Wan, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Connexis, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/12 (2006.01); C12N 11/14 (2006.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for making a gel comprising combining a silanol species comprising at least two silanol groups per molecule and a hydrophilic hydroxyl species comprising at least two hydroxyl groups per molecule. The gel is capable of being converted to a liquid by application of a mechanical shear force and the liquid is capable of being converted to the gel in the absence of the mechanical shear force.