Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes – Formation of solid particulate material directly from molten... – By vibration or agitation
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-22
2005-03-22
Theisen, Mary Lynn (Department: 1732)
Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
Formation of solid particulate material directly from molten...
By vibration or agitation
C264S005000, C264S007000, C425S006000, C425S010000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06869551
ABSTRACT:
Methods and devices are disclosed that use focused acoustic energy to generate solid particles containing at least one compound of interest. Focused acoustic radiation serves to eject droplets containing a compound of interest dissolved in a solvent. The droplets are subjected to a condition that allows for the compound of interest to precipitate out of solution, thereby generating solid particles. The particles are typically of controlled size, composition, and/or structure. Often, particles of substantially identical size are generated.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3986669 (1976-10-01), Martner
patent: 4089801 (1978-05-01), Schneider
patent: 4308547 (1981-12-01), Lovelady et al.
patent: 4697195 (1987-09-01), Quate et al.
patent: 4719476 (1988-01-01), Elrod et al.
patent: 4751529 (1988-06-01), Elrod et al.
patent: 4751530 (1988-06-01), Elrod et al.
patent: 4751534 (1988-06-01), Elrod et al.
patent: 4797693 (1989-01-01), Quate
patent: 4801411 (1989-01-01), Wellinghoff et al.
patent: 4801953 (1989-01-01), Quate
patent: 4812856 (1989-03-01), Wallace
patent: 4959674 (1990-09-01), Khri-Yakub et al.
patent: 5041849 (1991-08-01), Quate et al.
patent: 5087931 (1992-02-01), Rawson
patent: 5122818 (1992-06-01), Elrod et al.
patent: 5216451 (1993-06-01), Rawson et al.
patent: 5229016 (1993-07-01), Hayes et al.
patent: 5229793 (1993-07-01), Hadimioglu et al.
patent: 5231426 (1993-07-01), Sweet
patent: 5339101 (1994-08-01), Rawson et al.
patent: 5377902 (1995-01-01), Hayes
patent: 5392064 (1995-02-01), Hadimioglu et al.
patent: 5415679 (1995-05-01), Wallace
patent: 5436327 (1995-07-01), Southern et al.
patent: 5498444 (1996-03-01), Hayes
patent: 5520715 (1996-05-01), Oeftering
patent: 5556752 (1996-09-01), Lockhart et al.
patent: 5591490 (1997-01-01), Quate
patent: 5608433 (1997-03-01), Quate
patent: 5629724 (1997-05-01), Elrod et al.
patent: 5631678 (1997-05-01), Hadimioglu et al.
patent: 5643353 (1997-07-01), Wallace et al.
patent: 5658802 (1997-08-01), Hayes et al.
patent: 5669971 (1997-09-01), Bok et al.
patent: 5722479 (1998-03-01), Oeftering
patent: 5744305 (1998-04-01), Fodor et al.
patent: 5798779 (1998-08-01), Nakayasu et al.
patent: 5808636 (1998-09-01), Stearns
patent: 5874029 (1999-02-01), Subramaniam et al.
patent: 6010316 (2000-01-01), Haller et al.
patent: 6015880 (2000-01-01), Baldeschwieler et al.
patent: 6028189 (2000-02-01), Blanchard
patent: 6029896 (2000-02-01), Self et al.
patent: 6110426 (2000-08-01), Shalon et al.
patent: 20020000681 (2002-01-01), Gupta et al.
patent: 20020037359 (2002-03-01), Mutz et al.
patent: 20020037579 (2002-03-01), Ellson et al.
patent: 20020073989 (2002-06-01), Hadimioglu
patent: 20020073990 (2002-06-01), Noolandi et al.
patent: 20020077369 (2002-06-01), Noolandi et al.
patent: 19752585 (1999-06-01), None
patent: 0434931 (1991-07-01), None
patent: 0542314 (1998-07-01), None
patent: WO 0012278 (2000-03-01), None
patent: WO 0017413 (2000-03-01), None
patent: WO 0037169 (2000-06-01), None
patent: WO 0044468 (2000-08-01), None
patent: WO 0200200 (2002-01-01), None
U.S. appl. No. 09/669,194, filed Sep. 25, 2000, Ellson et al.
U.S. appl. No. 09/669,996, filed Sep. 25, 2000, Ellson et al.
U.S. appl. No. 09/669,997, filed Sep. 25, 2000, Mutz et al.
U.S. appl. No. 09/823,890, filed Mar. 30, 2001, Lee.
U.S. appl. No. 09/823,899, filed Mar. 30, 2001, Lee.
Amemiya et al. (1997),Proceedings of the 1997 IS&T's NIP 13: 1997 International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies,pp. 698-702.
Chattopadhyay et al. (2001), “Production of Griseofulvin Nanoparticles Using Supercritical CO2 Antisolvent with Enhanced Mass Transfer,”International Journal of Pharmaceutics 228:19-31.
Debenedetti et al. (1993), “Application of Supercritical Fluids for the Production of Sustained Delivery Devices,”Journal of Controlled Release 24:27-44.
Elrod et al. (1989), “Nozzleless Droplet Formation with Focused Acoustic Beams,”J. Appl. Phys. 65(9):3441-3447.
Hadimioglu et al. (1992), “Acoustic Ink Printing,”Ultrasonics Symposium,pp. 929-935.
Jung et al. (2001), “Particle Design Using Supercritical Fluids: Literature and Patent Survey,”Journal of Supercritical Fluids 20:179-219.
MacBeath et al. (2000), “Printing Proteins as Microarrays for High-Throughput Function Determination,”Science 289:1760-1763.
Steel et al. (2000), “The Flow-Thru Chip™: A Three-Dimensional Biochip Platform,”Microarray Biochip Technology,Chapter 5, pp. 87-117, BioTechniques Books, Natick, MA.
Tom et al. (1991), “Formation of Bioerodible Polymeric Microspheres and Microparticles by Rapid Expansion of Supercritical Solutions,”Biotechnol. Prog. 7(5):403-411.
Ellson Richard N.
Lee David Soong-Hua
Williams Theodore J.
Picoliter Inc.
Reed Dianne E.
Reed IP Law Group
Theisen Mary Lynn
LandOfFree
Precipitation of solid particles from droplets formed using... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Precipitation of solid particles from droplets formed using..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Precipitation of solid particles from droplets formed using... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3373100