Artificial snow in an aggregate form of snow granules
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Jul 25, 1995
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Aug 30, 1993
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Feb 2, 1990
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Abstract
Artificial snow granule in granule form comprising a super absorbent polymer in granule form as a nucleus and an ice layer surrounding the nucleus is provided here. An aggregate form is provided by linkage of adjacent two ice layers and/or two granules. Further, a snow granule quality improver is provided. A method for making the above-mentioned snow granule in granule or an aggregate form is also provided here.
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Country | kind | publication No. | Filing Date | Type | Sub-Type |
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- 15 United States
- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
- 2 Other
Patent Owner(s)
- OSAKA ORGANIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.;SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.;OHTSUKA, MASAHISA, OHIZUMIMACHI;SNV CORPORATION
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- 1993 Application Filing Year
- F25C Class
- 34 Applications Filed
- 13 Patents Issued To-Date
- 38.24 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Hirano, Kazuo | Tokyo, JP | 34 | 816 |
# of filed Patents : 34 Total Citations : 816 | |||
Kambayashi, Taiji | Yamatotakada, JP | 12 | 364 |
# of filed Patents : 12 Total Citations : 364 | |||
Miura, Yuichiro | Sapporo, JP | 38 | 505 |
# of filed Patents : 38 Total Citations : 505 | |||
Nagai, Toshitake | Ojimamachi, JP | 10 | 333 |
# of filed Patents : 10 Total Citations : 333 | |||
Nate, Takayuki | Yokohama, JP | 5 | 279 |
# of filed Patents : 5 Total Citations : 279 | |||
Ohtsuka, Masahisa | Ohizumimachi, JP | 5 | 279 |
# of filed Patents : 5 Total Citations : 279 |
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- 46 Citation Count
- F25C Class
- 96 % this patent is cited more than
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