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WEATHER MODIFICATION PATENTS
Date | Name of Patent | Patent Number | Link |
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1891-07-16 | Method Of Producing Rain-Fall | US462795A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US462795A/en |
1905-10-31 | Means for Producing High Potential Electrical Discharges | US3456880A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3456880A/en |
1913-08-06 | Rain-maker | US1103490A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US1103490A/en |
1915-09-04 | Protecting from poisonous gas in warfare | US1225521A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US1225521A/en |
1918-09-24 | Process and Apparatus for Causing Precipitation by Coalescence of Aqueous Particles Contained in the Atmosphere | US3456880A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3456880A/en |
1918-11-19 | Process and Apparatus for Procuring and Stimulating Rainfall | US1284982A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US1284982A/en |
1920-04-27 | Process and apparatus for the production of intense artificial clouds, fogs or mists | US1338343A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US1338343A/en |
1920-11-09 | Method of Producing Fog-Screens | US1358084A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US1358084A/en |
1927-03-01 | Process of producing smoke clouds from moving aircraft | US1619183A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US1619183A/en |
1928-04-10 | Process of producing artificial fog | US1665267A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US1665267A/en |
1932-12-27 | Atomizing attachment for airplane engine exhausts | US1892132A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US1892132A/en |
1933-01-31 | Artificial Production of Fog | US1895765A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US1895765A/en |
1933-10-03 | Electrical system and method | US1928963A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US1928963A/en |
1934-05-01 | Airplane spray equipment | US1957075A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US1957075A/en |
1935-03-05 | Apparatus for and Method of Producing Oil Fog | US1993316A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US1993316A/en |
1936-09-01 | Method of Dispelling Fog | US2052626A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2052626A/en |
1937-11-02 | Electric steam generator | US2097581A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2097581A/en |
1939-09-19 | Process of Producing Fog or Mist by Partial and Flameless Combustion | US2173756A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2173756A/en |
1944-07-04 | Artificial Fog Production | US2352677A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2352677 |
1945-07-18 | Smoke screen generator | US2476171A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2476171A/en |
1946-10-16 | Smoke producing mixture | US2409201A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2409201A/en |
1949-09-06 | Aerial discharge device | US2480967A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2480967A/en |
1950-10-24 | Method of Generating Silver Iodide Smoke | US2527231A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2527231A/en |
1950-10-24 | Method of Crystal Formation and Precipitation | US2527230A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2527230A/en |
1951-04-24 | Process for controlling weather | US2550324A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2550324A/en |
1952-06-15 | Material disseminating apparatus for airplanes | US2582678A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2582678A/en |
1952-06-15 | Material Disseminating Apparatus For Airplanes | US2582678A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2582678A/en |
1952-09-30 | Engine Exhaust Operated Fluent Material Distributor | US2611992A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2611992A/en |
1952-10-14 | Metal chloride screening smoke mixture | US2614083A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2614083A/en |
1953-03-31 | Smoke generator | US2633455A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2633455A/en |
1954-08-31 | Steam generator | US2688069A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2688069A/en |
1955-10-25 | Method and apparatus for detecting minute crystal forming particles suspended in a gaseous atmosphere | US2721495A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2721495A/en |
1956-01-10 | Controllable dispersal device | US2730402A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2730402A/en |
1956-04-02 | Control of Tropical Cyclone Formation | US2903188A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2903188A/en |
1957-07-20 | Decomposition chamber for monopropellant fuel | US2801322A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2801322A/en |
1959-04-07 | Generation of electrical fields | US2881335A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2881335A/en |
1959-10-13 | Method for dispersing natural atmospheric fogs and clouds | US2908442A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2908442A/en |
1960-12-13 | Cloud seeding carbon dioxide bullet | US2963975A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2963975A/en |
1962-05-20 | Aerial insecticide dusting device | US2986360A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2986360A/en |
1964-03-24 | Silver lodide cloud seeding generator | US3126155A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3126155A/en |
1964-03-31 | Generation of ice-nucleating crystals | US3127107A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3127107A/en |
1964-04-28 | Electrostatic mixing in microbial conversions | US3131131A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3131131A/en |
1965-03-16 | Self-focusing antenna system | US3174150A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3174150A/en |
1966-02-08 | Electrically heated smoke producing device | US3234357A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3234357A/en |
1966-09-20 | Metallic composition for production of hydroscopic smoke | US3274035A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3274035A/en |
1967-01-24 | Means for communication through a layer of ionized gases | US3300721A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3300721A/en |
1967-04-11 | Cloud seeding apparatus | US3313487A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3313487A/en |
1967-08-29 | Heating device for use with aerosol containers | US3338476A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3338476A/en |
1967-11-07 | Fluidized particle dispenser | US3432208A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3432208A/en |
1968-11-12 | Automatically adjustable airfoil spray system with pump | US3410489A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3410489A/en |
1969-02-25 | Rainmaker | US3429507A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3429507A/en |
1969-04-29 | Method and apparatus for seeding clouds | US3441214A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3441214A/en |
1969-05-20 | Trapped electromagnetic radiation communications system | US3445844A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3445844A/en |
1969-07-22 | Method of producing precipitation from the atmosphere | US3456880A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3456880A/en |
1970-06-30 | Artificial ion cloud | US3518670A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3518670A/en |
1970-10-20 | Control of atmospheric particles | US3534906A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3534906A/en |
1970-12-08 | Method of cloud seeding | US3545677A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3545677A/en |
1971-02-16 | System and method for irradiation of planet surface areas | US3564253A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3564253A/en |
1971-06-28 | Freezing nucleation | US3587966A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3587966A/en |
1971-08-24 | Methods of increasing the likelihood of precipitation by the artificial introduction of sea water vapor into the atmosphere windward of an air lift region | US3601312A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3601312A/en |
1971-09-20 | Treatment of atmospheric conditions by intermittent dispensing of materials therein | US3608820A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3608820A/en |
1971-09-28 | Methods of treating atmospheric conditions | US3608810A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3608810A/en |
1971-10-19 | Weather modification method | US3613992A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3613992A/en |
1971-12-08 | Weather modification utilizing microencapsulated material | US3659785A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3659785A/en |
1971-12-28 | Combustible compositions for generating aerosols, particularly suitable for cloud modification and weather control and aerosolization process | US3630950A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3630950A/en |
1972-03-03 | Solar temperature inversion device | US3666176A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3666176A/en |
1972-07-18 | Pyrotechnics comprising oxide of silver for weather modification use | US3677840A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3677840A/en |
1973-03-27 | Device for clearing impurities from the atmosphere | US3722183A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3722183A/en |
1973-05-22 | Combustible compositions for generating aerosols, particularly suitable for cloud modification and weather control and aerosolization process | USRE29142E | https://patents.google.com/patent/USRE29142E/en |
1973-10-30 | Pyrotechnic composition for generating lead-based smoke | US3769107A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3769107A/en |
1974-01-08 | Air pollution control method | US3784099A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3784099A/en |
1974-01-15 | Cloud seeding system | US3785557A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3785557A/en |
1974-03-05 | Weather modification process | US3795626A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3795626A/en |
1974-04-30 | Chaff dispensing system | US3808595A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3808595A/en |
1974-06-04 | Rocket having barium release system to create lon clouds in the upper atmosphere | US3813875A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3813875A/en |
1974-09-10 | Electrical heating apparatus for generating superheated vapors | US3835293A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3835293A/en |
1974-09-10 | Methods of generating ice nuclei smoke particles for weather modification and apparatus therefore | US3835059A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3835059A/en |
1975-04-15 | Freezing nucleant | US3877642A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3877642A/en |
1975-05-06 | Communications system utilizing modulation of the characteristic polarization of the ionosphere | US3882393A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3882393A/en |
1975-07-29 | Process for local modification of fog and clouds for triggering their precipitation and for hindering the development of hail producing clouds | US3896993A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3896993A/en |
1975-08-12 | Powder contrail generation | US3899144A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3899144A/en |
1975-08-12 | Apparatus for generating ice nuclei smoke particles for weather modification | US3899129A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3899129A/en |
1976-02-24 | Vortex ring generator | US3940060A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3940060A/en |
1976-02-24 | Method for fog dispersion | US3940059A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3940059A/en |
1976-11-09 | Smoke generator | US3990987A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3990987A/en |
1976-11-16 | Countermeasure system for laser radiation | US3992628A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3992628A/en |
1976-11-30 | Broadcast dissemination of trace quantities of biologically active chemicals | US3994437A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US3994437A/en |
1977-02-22 | Combustible compositions for generating aerosols, particularly suitable for cloud modification and weather control and aerosolization process | USRE29142E | https://patents.google.com/patent/USRE29142E/en |
1977-07-12 | Method of controlling and/or improving high-latitude and other communications or radio wave surveillance systems by partial control of radio wave et al | US4035726A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4035726A/en |
1977-08-16 | Method and apparatus for triggering a substantial change in earth characteristics and measuring earth changes | US4042196A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4042196A/en |
1978-06-20 | Pyrotechnic cloud seeding composition | US4096005A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4096005A/en |
1978-12-12 | Method and apparatus for production of seeding materials | US4129252A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4129252A/en |
1979-02-27 | Weather modification automatic cartridge dispenser | US4141274A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4141274A/en |
1979-09-04 | Fluid bed chaff dispenser | US4167008A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4167008A/en |
1981-07-16 | Method of producing rain-fall | US462795A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US462795A/en |
1982-08-31 | White cover sheet material capable of reflecting ultraviolet rays | US4347284A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4347284A/en |
1982-12-07 | Procedure for the artificial modification of atmospheric precipitation as well as compounds with a dimethyl sulfoxide base for use in carrying out said procedure | US4362271A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4362271A/en |
1983-09-06 | Atmosphere modification satellite | US4402480A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4402480A/en |
1983-11-01 | Laminar microjet atomizer and method of aerial spraying of liquids | US4412654A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4412654A/en |
1983-11-15 | Method and apparatus for aerosol particle absorption spectroscopy | US4415265A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4415265A/en |
1984-09-11 | Method of and means for weather modification | US4470544A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4470544A/en |
1984-10-09 | Bipolar fog abatement system | US4475927A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4475927A/en |
1986-07-15 | Liquid propane generator for cloud seeding apparatus | US4600147A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4600147A/en |
1987-01-06 | Aerosol particle charge and size analyzer | US4633714A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4633714A/en |
1987-02-17 | Method and apparatus for modification of climatic conditions | US4643355A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4643355A/en |
1987-03-31 | Method of producing cumulus clouds | US4653690A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4653690A/en |
1987-08-04 | Particulates generation and removal | US4684063A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4684063A/en |
1987-08-11 | HAARP Patent / EASTLUND Patent - Method and apparatus for altering a region in the earth's atmosphere, ionosphere, and/or magnetosphere | US4686605A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4686605A/en |
1987-11-10 | Charged aerosol | US4704942A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4704942A/en |
1987-12-08 | Method and apparatus for creating an artificial electron cyclotron heating region of plasma | US4712155A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4712155A/en |
1988-05-17 | Method of dispersing particulate aerosol tracer | US4744919A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4744919A/en |
1988-08-30 | Method of suppressing the formation of contrails and solution therefor | US4766725A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4766725A/en |
1989-05-16 | Method and apparatus for the measurement of the size of particles entrained in a gas | US4829838A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4829838A/en |
1989-06-06 | Apparatus and method for the mixing and diffusion of warm and cold air for dissolving fog | US4836086A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4836086A/en |
1989-10-17 | Nuclear-sized explosions without radiation | US4873928A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4873928A/en |
1990-08-14 | Laser optical measuring device and method for stabilizing fringe pattern spacing | US4948257A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4948257A/en |
1990-08-14 | Process and apparatus for the production of intense artificial fog | US1338343A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US1338343A/en |
1991-03-12 | Creation of artificial ionization clouds above the earth | US4999637A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4999637A/en |
1991-03-26 | Stratospheric Welsbach seeding for reduction of global warming | US5003186A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5003186A/en |
1991-04-09 | Method of suppressing the formation of contrails and solution therefor | US5005355A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5005355A/en |
1991-08-13 | Method for producing a shell of relativistic particles at an altitude above the earth's surface | US5038664A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5038664A/en |
1991-08-20 | Artificial ionospheric mirror composed of a plasma layer that can be tilted | US5041834A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5041834A/en |
1991-08-20 | Method and apparatus for generating and utilizing a compound plasma configuration | US5041760A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5041760A/en |
1991-10-15 | Acoustic method for measuring properties of a mobile medium | US5056357A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5056357A/en |
1991-10-22 | Determination of particle size and electrical charge | US5059909A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5059909A/en |
1992-04-14 | Apparatus and method for ejecting matter from an aircraft | US5104069A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5104069A/en |
1992-05-05 | Method of suppressing the formation of contrails and solution therefor | US5110502A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5110502A/en |
1992-09-15 | Millimeter wave screening cloud and method | US5148173A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5148173A/en |
1992-10-20 | Inspection of fuel particles with acoustics | US5156802A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5156802A/en |
1992-12-29 | Cloud seeding | US5174498A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5174498A/en |
1993-09-07 | Army mycoplasma | US5242820A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5242820A/en |
1993-09-14 | Device for determining the size and charge of colloidal particles by measuring electroacoustic effect | US5245290A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5245290A/en |
1994-02-15 | Process for absorbing ultraviolet radiation using dispersed melanin | US5286979A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5286979A/en |
1994-03-22 | Method and apparatus for particle analysis | US5296910A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5296910A/en |
1994-07-05 | Displacement information detecting apparatus | US5327222A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5327222A/en |
1994-10-25 | Method of cloud seeding | US5357865A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5357865A/en |
1994-11-01 | Method and composition for precipitation of atmospheric water | US5360162A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5360162A/en |
1995-01-17 | Optical wet steam monitor | US5383024A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5383024A/en |
1995-06-20 | Method to hinder the formation and to break-up overhead atmospheric inversions, enhance ground level air circulation and improve urban air quality | US5425413A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5425413A/en |
1995-07-18 | Characterization of particles by modulated dynamic light scattering | US5434667A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5434667A/en |
1995-08-15 | Tropical cyclone disruption | US5441200A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5441200A/en |
1996-01-23 | Measuring device for the amount of charge of toner and image forming apparatus having the measuring device | US5486900A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5486900A/en |
1996-09-17 | Method of hydrometeor dissipation (clouds) | US5556029A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5556029A/en |
1997-05-13 | Method and apparatus for modification of supercooled fog | US5628455A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5628455A/en |
1997-05-20 | Method and device for remote diagnostics of ocean-atmosphere system state | US5631414A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5631414A/en |
1997-06-17 | Methods for fine particle formation | US5639441A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5639441A/en |
1998-06-09 | Use of artificial satellites in earth orbits adaptively to modify the effect that solar radiation would otherwise have on earth's weather | US5762298A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5762298A/en |
1998-09-01 | Thermal excitation of sensory resonances | US5800481A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5800481A/en |
1999-06-15 | System and method for remediation of selected atmospheric conditions | US5912396A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5912396A/en |
1999-07-13 | Method of measuring aerosol particles using automated mobility-classified aerosol detector | US5922976A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5922976A/en |
1999-09-07 | Method for aerodynamic particle size analysis | US5949001A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5949001A/en |
1999-11-16 | Weather modification by artificial satellite | US5984239A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5984239A/en |
2000-02-15 | Chemical composition for effectuating a reduction of visibility obscuration, and a detoxification of fumes and chemical fogs in spaces of fire origin | US6025402A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US6025402A/en |
2000-02-29 | Preparation of independently generated highly reactive chemical species | US6030506A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US6030506A/en |
2000-03-07 | Solvent detergent emulsions having antiviral activity | US6034073A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US6034073A/en |
2000-04-04 | Solar-powered airplane | US6045089A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US6045089A/en |
2000-05-02 | Method and apparatus for modifying supercooled clouds | US6056203A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US6056203A/en |
2000-08-29 | Synthetically spun silk nanofibers and a process for making the same | US6110590A | https://patents.google.com/patent/US6110590A/en |
2001-07-24 | Automated mobility- classified-aerosol detector | US6263744B1 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US6263744B1/en |
2001-08-28 | Method and apparatus for measuring particle-size distribution | US6281972B1 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US6281972B1/en |
2001-11-13 | Method of modifying weather | US6315213B1 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US6315213B1/en |
2002-05-07 | Process and apparatus for the production of nanofibers | US6382526B1 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US6382526B1/en |
2002-06-25 | Aerodynamic particle size analysis method and apparatus | US6408704B1 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US6408704B1/en |
2002-07-02 | Propellant-based aerosol generation devices and method | US6412416B1 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US6412416B1/en |
2003-02-18 | Process and apparatus for the production of nanofibers | US6520425B1 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US6520425B1/en |
2003-04-01 | System for measuring the flow-rate of a gas by means of ultrasound | US6539812B1 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US6539812B1/en |
2003-04-29 | Electrodynamic particle size analyzer | US6553849B1 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US6553849B1/en |
2003-05-08 | Hurricane and tornado control device | US20030085296A1 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US20030085296A1/en |
2003-05-27 | Method and device for cleaning the atmosphere | US6569393B1 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US6569393B1/en |
2005-03-17 | Weather modification by royal rainmaking technology | US20050056705A1 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US20050056705A1/en |
2005-05-10 | Method for extracting and sequestering carbon dioxide | US6890497B2 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US6890497B2/en |
2007-11-09 | Methods of removing aerosols from the atmosphere | US7965488B2 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US7965488B2/en |
2008-08-28 | Seawater-based carbon dioxide disposal | US8048309B2 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US8048309B2/en |
2008-10-27 | Carbon sequestration and production of hydrogen and hydride | US8012453B2 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US8012453B2/en |
2010-01-12 | RFID environmental manipulation | US7645326B2 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US7645326B2/en |
2010-02-02 | Apparatus for extracting and sequestering carbon dioxide | US7655193B1 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US7655193B1/en |
2011-12-20 | Ground based manipulation and control of aerial vehicle during nonflying operations | US8079545B2 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US8079545B2/en |
2012-10-05 | Geoengineering method of business using carbon counterbalance credits | US20120117003A1 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US20120117003A1/en |
2013-02-12 | Charged seed cloud as a method for increasing particle collisions and for scavenging airborne biological agents and other contaminants | US8373962B2 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US8373962B2/en |
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