1225521 - May 8, 1917 - Protection From Poisonous Gas in
Warfare
Referenced in 4704942 - Charged aerosol "A method of defending
against a warfare cloud of toxic aerosol utilizes a charged defensive
aerosol which is sprayed into the cloud. The defensive aerosol is made
of a defensive agent which may be chemically or biologically
active."
1302332 - April 29, 1919 -Toy Machine Gun - F.V. Du Pont
Referenced in - 4141274 which is for a smoke generator, which
evolved into the particle and aerosol devices in use today.
The history of interest in aerosol and weather related technologies and
devices is evident when a list of related patents is compiled and
examined, even a partial list.
The following patents are all verifiable, along with additional
information that can be found by reading the referrenced patents included
in the documentation. Patent information can be found by visiting the
United States Patent and Trademark Office
and
Free Patents Online
1338343 - April 27, 1920 - Process And Apparatus For The Production of
Intense Artificial Clouds, Fogs, or Mists 1619183 - March 1, 1927 -
Process of Producing Smoke Clouds From Moving Aircraft 1631753 - June
7, 1927 - Electric Heater - Referenced in 3990987 1665267 - April 10,
1928 - Process of Producing Artificial Fogs 1892132 - December 27, 1932
- Atomizing Attachment For Airplane Engine Exhausts 1928963 - October
3, 1933 - Electrical System And Method 1957075 - May 1, 1934 -
Airplane Spray Equipment 2097581 - November 2, 1937 - Electric Stream
Generator - Referenced in 3990987 2409201 - October 15, 1946 - Smoke
Producing Mixture 2476171 - July 18, 1945 - Smoke Screen Generator
2480967 - September 6, 1949 - Aerial Discharge Device
2550324 - April 24, 1951 - Process For Controlling Weather 2510867 -
October 9, 1951 - Method of Crystal Formation and Precipitation 2582678
- June 15, 1952 - Material Disseminating Apparatus For
Airplanes 2591988 - April 8, 1952 - Production of TiO2 Pigments -
Referenced in 3899144 2614083 - October 14, 1952 - Metal Chloride
Screening Smoke Mixture 2633455 - March 31, 1953 - Smoke
Generator 2688069 - August 31, 1954 - Steam Generator - Referenced in
3990987 2721495 - October 25, 1955 - Method And Apparatus For Detecting
Minute Crystal Forming Particles Suspended in a Gaseous
Atmosphere 2730402 - January 10, 1956 - Controllable Dispersal
Device 2801322 - July 30, 1957 - Decomposition Chamber for
Monopropellant Fuel - Referenced in 3990987 2881335 - April 7, 1959 -
Generation of Electrical Fields 2908442 - October 13, 1959 - Method For
Dispersing Natural Atmospheric Fogs And Clouds 2986360 - May 30, 1962 -
Aerial Insecticide Dusting Device 2963975 - December 13, 1960 - Cloud
Seeding Carbon Dioxide Bullet 3126155 - March 24, 1964 - Silver Iodide
Cloud Seeding Generator - Referenced in 3990987 3127107 - March 31,
1964 - Generation of Ice-Nucleating Crystals 3131131 - April 28, 1964 -
Electrostatic Mixing in Microbial Conversions
3174150 - March 16, 1965 - Self-Focusing Antenna
System
3234357 - February 8, 1966 - Electrically Heated Smoke Producing Device
3274035 - September 20, 1966 - Metallic Composition For Production of
Hydroscopic Smoke 3300721 - January 24, 1967 - Means For Communication
Through a Layer of Ionized Gases 3313487 - April 11, 1967 - Cloud
Seeding Apparatus 3338476 - August 29, 1967 - Heating Device For Use
With Aerosol Containers - Referenced in 3990987 3410489 - November 12,
1968 - Automatically Adjustable Airfoil Spray System With Pump 3429507
- February 25, 1969 - Rainmaker 3432208 - November 7, 1967 - Fluidized
Particle Dispenser 3441214 - April 29, 1969 - Method And Apparatus For
Seeding Clouds 3445844 - May 20, 1969 - Trapped Electromagnetic
Radiation Communications System 3456880 - July 22, 1969 - Method Of
Producing Precipitation From The Atmosphere 3518670 June 30, 1970 -
Artificial Ion Cloud 3534906 - October 20, 1970 - Control of
Atmospheric Particles 3545677 - December 8, 1970 - Method of Cloud
Seeding 3564253 - February 16, 1971 - System And Method For Irradiation
Of Planet Surface Areas 3587966 - June 28, 1971 - Freezing
Nucleation 3601312 - August 24, 1971 - Methods of Increasing The
Likelihood oF Precipatation By The Artificial Introduction Of Sea Water
Vapor Into The Atmosphere Winward Of An Air Lift Region 3608810 -
September 28, 1971 - Methods of Treating Atmospheric Conditions
3608820 - September 20, 1971 - Treatment of Atmospheric Conditions by
Intermittent Dispensing of Materials Therein 3613992 - October 19,
1971 - Weather Modification Method 3630950 - December 28, 1971 -
Combustible Compositions For Generating Aerosols, Particularly Suitable
For Cloud Modification And Weather Control And Aerosolization
Process USRE29142 - This patent is a reissue of patent US3630950 -
Combustible compositions for generating aerosols, particularly suitable
for cloud modification and weather control and aerosolization process
3659785 - December 8, 1971 - Weather Modification Utilizing
Microencapsulated Material 3666176 - March 3, 1972 - Solar Temperature
Inversion Device 3677840 - July 18, 1972 - Pyrotechnics Comprising
Oxide of Silver For Weather Modification Use 3722183 - March 27, 1973 -
Device For Clearing Impurities From The Atmosphere 3769107 - October
30, 1973 - Pyrotechnic Composition For Generating Lead Based
Smoke 3784099 - January 8, 1974 - Air Pollution Control
Method 3785557 - January 15, 1974 - Cloud Seeding System 3795626 -
March 5, 1974 - Weather Modification Process 3808595 - April 30, 1974
- Chaff Dispensing System 3813875 - June 4, 1974 - Rocket Having Barium
Release System to Create Ion Clouds In The Upper Atmopsphere 3835059 -
September 10, 1974 - Methods of Generating Ice Nuclei Smoke Particles For
Weather Modification And Apparatus Therefore 3835293 - September 10,
1974 - Electrical Heating Aparatus For Generating Super Heated Vapors -
Referenced in 3990987 3877642 - April 15, 1975 - Freezing
Nucleant 3882393 - May 6, 1975 - Communications System Utilizing
Modulation of The Characteristic Polarization of The Ionosphere 3896993
- July 29, 1975 - Process For Local Modification of Fog And Clouds For
Triggering Their Precipitation And For Hindering The Development of Hail
Producing Clouds 3899129 - August 12, 1975 - Apparatus for generating
ice nuclei smoke particles for weather modification 3899144 - August
12, 1975 - Powder contrail generation 3940059 - February 24, 1976 -
Method For Fog Dispersion 3940060 - February 24, 1976 - Vortex Ring
Generator 3990987 - November 9, 1976 - Smoke generator 3992628 -
November 16, 1976 - Countermeasure system for laser radiation 3994437 -
November 30, 1976 - Broadcast dissemination of trace quantities of
biologically active chemicals 4042196 - August 16, 1977 - Method and
apparatus for triggering a substantial change in earth characteristics and
measuring earth changes RE29,142 - February 22, 1977 - Reissue of:
03630950 - Combustible compositions for generating aerosols, particularly
suitable for cloud modification and weather control and aerosolization
process 4035726 - July 12, 1977 - Method of controlling and/or
improving high-latitude and other communications or radio wave
surveillance systems by partial control of radio wave et al 4096005 -
June 20, 1978 - Pyrotechnic Cloud Seeding Composition 4129252 -
December 12, 1978 - Method and apparatus for production of seeding
materials 4141274 - February 27, 1979 - Weather modification automatic
cartridge dispenser 4167008 - September 4, 1979 - Fluid bed chaff
dispenser 4347284 - August 31, 1982 - White cover sheet material
capable of reflecting ultraviolet rays 4362271 - December 7, 1982 -
Procedure for the artificial modification of atmospheric precipitation as
well as compounds with a dimethyl sulfoxide base for use in carrying out
said procedure 4402480 - September 6, 1983 - Atmosphere modification
satellite 4412654 - November 1, 1983 - Laminar microjet atomizer and
method of aerial spraying of liquids 4415265 - November 15, 1983 -
Method and apparatus for aerosol particle absorption spectroscopy
4470544 - September 11, 1984 - Method of and Means for weather
modification 4475927 - October 9, 1984 - Bipolar Fog Abatement
System 4600147 - July 15, 1986 - Liquid propane generator for cloud
seeding apparatus 4633714 - January 6, 1987 - Aerosol particle charge
and size analyzer 4643355 - February 17, 1987 - Method and apparatus
for modification of climatic conditions 4653690 - March 31, 1987 -
Method of producing cumulus clouds 4684063 - August 4, 1987 -
Particulates generation and removal 4686605 - August 11, 1987 - Method
and apparatus for altering a region in the earth's atmosphere, ionosphere,
and/or magnetosphere 4704942 - November 10, 1987 - Charged
Aerosol 4712155 - December 8, 1987 - Method and apparatus for creating
an artificial electron cyclotron heating region of plasma 4744919 - May
17, 1988 - Method of dispersing particulate aerosol tracer 4766725 -
August 30, 1988 - Method of suppressing formation of contrails and
solution therefor 4829838 - May 16, 1989 - Method and apparatus for
the measurement of the size of particles entrained in a gas 4836086 -
June 6, 1989 - Apparatus and method for the mixing and diffusion of warm
and cold air for dissolving fog 4873928 - October 17, 1989 -
Nuclear-sized explosions without radiation 4948257 - August 14, 1990 -
Laser optical measuring device and method for stabilizing fringe pattern
spacing 4948050 - August 14, 1990 - Liquid atomizing apparatus for
aerial spraying 4999637 - March 12, 1991 - Creation of artificial
ionization clouds above the earth 5003186 - March 26, 1991 -
Stratospheric Welsbach seeding for reduction of global warming 5005355
- April 9, 1991 - Method of suppressing formation of contrails and
solution therefor 5038664 - August 13, 1991 - Method for producing a
shell of relativistic particles at an altitude above the earths surface
5041760 - August 20, 1991 - Method and apparatus for generating and
utilizing a compound plasma configuration 5041834 - August 20, 1991 -
Artificial ionospheric mirror composed of a plasma layer which can be
tilted 5056357 - October 15, 1991- Acoustic method for measuring
properties of a mobile medium 5059909 - October 22, 1991 -
Determination of particle size and electrical charge 5104069 - April
14, 1992 - Apparatus and method for ejecting matter from an
aircraft 5110502 - May 5, 1992 - Method of suppressing formation of
contrails and solution therefor 5156802 - October 20, 1992 -
Inspection of fuel particles with acoustics 5174498 - December 29,
1992 - Cloud Seeding 5148173 - September 15, 1992 - Millimeter wave
screening cloud and method 5245290 - September 14, 1993 - Device for
determining the size and charge of colloidal particles by measuring
electroacoustic effect 5286979 - February 15, 1994 - Process for
absorbing ultraviolet radiation using dispersed melanin 5296910 -
March 22, 1994 - Method and apparatus for particle analysis 5327222 -
July 5, 1994 - Displacement information detecting apparatus 5357865 -
October 25, 1994 - Method of cloud seeding 5360162 - November 1, 1994 -
Method and composition for precipitation of atmospheric water 5383024 -
January 17, 1995 - Optical wet steam monitor 5425413 - June 20, 1995 -
Method to hinder the formation and to break-up overhead atmospheric
inversions, enhance ground level air circulation and improve urban air
quality 5434667 - July 18, 1995 - Characterization of particles by
modulated dynamic light scattering 5441200 - August 15, 1995 - Tropical
cyclone disruption 5486900 - January 23, 1996 - Measuring device for
amount of charge of toner and image forming apparatus having the measuring
device 5556029 - September 17, 1996 - Method of hydrometeor dissipation
(clouds) 5628455 - May 13, 1997 - Method and apparatus for modification
of supercooled fog 5631414 - May 20, 1997 - Method and device for
remote diagnostics of ocean-atmosphere system state 5639441 - June 17,
1997 - Methods for fine particle formation 5762298 - June 9, 1998 -
Use of artificial satellites in earth orbits adaptively to modify the
effect that solar radiation would otherwise have on earth's weather
5912396 - June 15, 1999 - System and method for remediation of
selected atmospheric conditions 5922976 - July 13, 1999 - Method of
measuring aerosol particles using automated mobility-classified aerosol
detector 5949001 - September 7, 1999 - Method for aerodynamic particle
size analysis 5984239 - November 16, 1999 - Weather modification by
artificial satellite 6025402 - February 15, 2000 - Chemical composition
for effectuating a reduction of visibility obscuration, and a
detoxifixation of fumes and chemical fogs in spaces of fire origin
6030506 - February 29, 2000 - Preparation of independently generated
highly reactive chemical species 6034073 - March 7, 2000 - Solvent
detergent emulsions having antiviral activity 6045089 - April 4, 2000
- Solar-powered airplane 6056203 - May 2, 2000 - Method and apparatus
for modifying supercooled clouds 6110590 - August 29, 2000 -
Synthetically spun silk nanofibers and a process for making the same
6263744 - July 24, 2001 - Automated mobility-classified-aerosol
detector 6281972 - August 28, 2001 - Method and apparatus for measuring
particle-size distribution 6315213 - November 13, 2001 - Method of
modifying weather 6382526 - May 7, 2002 - Process and apparatus for the
production of nanofibers 6408704 - June 25, 2002 - Aerodynamic
particle size analysis method and apparatus 6412416 - July 2, 2002 -
Propellant-based aerosol generation devices and method 6520425 -
February 18, 2003 - Process and apparatus for the production of nanofibers
6539812 - April 1, 2003 - System for measuring the flow-rate of a gas
by means of ultrasound 6553849 - April 29, 2003 - Electrodynamic
particle size analyzer 6569393 - May 27, 2003 - Method and device for
cleaning the atmosphere
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