Artificial snowseed and method for making artificial snow
CA 2121285 C · Owner: Osaka Organic Chemical Industry Co. Ltd. · Inventors: Mekata, Hideyuki; Matsunaga, Hiroshi; Kambayashi, Taiji
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An artificial snowseed in the form of granules of a super water-absorbing polymer already coated with a fluorine-containing material and/or a silicone oil. The granules can retain the original spherical form after absorption of water without sticking to each other. Further the present invention provides a method for making artificial snow comprising freezing the above artificial snowseed after absorption of water.
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- Filed April 14, 1994 and granted November 7, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 14, 2014.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by April 14, 2016.
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