Weather Modification Patents

• 1891 – 0462795 – method of producing rain-fall
• 1914 – 1103490 – rain maker (balloon images)
• 1917 – 1225521 – protection from poisonous gas in warfare
• 1920 – 1338343 – process and apparatus for the production of intense artificial clouds, fogs, or mists
• 1924 – 1512783 – composition for dispelling fogs
• 1927 – 1619183 – process of producing smoke clouds from moving aircraft
• 1928 – 1665267 – process of producting artificial fogs
• 1932 – 1892132 – atomizing attachment for airplane engine exhausts
• 1933 – 1928963 – electrical system and method
• 1934 – 1957075 – airplane spray equipment

• 1936 – 2045865 – skywriting apparatus
• 1936 – 2052626 – method of dispelling fog (mit)
• 1937 – 2068987 – process of dissipating fog
• 1939 – 2160900 – method for vapor clearing
• 1941 – 2232728 – method and composition for dispelling vapors
• 1941 – 2257360 – desensitized pentaerythritol tetranitrate explosive
• 1946 – 2395827 – airplane spray unit (us. dept. of agriculture)
• 1946 – 2409201 – smoke-producing mixture
• 1949 – 2476171 – smoke screen generator
• 1949 – 2480967 – aerial discharge device
• 1950 – 2527230 – method of crystal formation and precipitation
• 1951 – 2550324 – process for controlling weather
• 1951 – 2570867 – method of crystal formation and precipitation (general electric)
• 1952 – 2582678 – material disseminating apparatus for airplanes
• 1952 – 2591988 – production of tio2 pigments (dupont)
• 1952 – 2614083 – metal chloride screening smoke mixture
• 1953 – 2633455 – smoke generator
• 1954 – 2688069 – steam generator
• 1955 – 2721495 – method and apparatus for detecting minute crystal forming particles suspended in a gaseous atmosphere (general electric)
• 1956 – 2730402 – controllable dispersal device
• 1957 – 2801322 – decomposition chamber for monopropellant fuel
• 1958 – 2835530 – process for the condensation of atmospheric humidity and dissolution of fog
• 1959 – 2881335 – generation of electrical fields (haarp – for re-charging clouds!)
• 1959 – 2903188 – control of tropical cyclone formation
• 1959 – 2908442 – method for dispersing natural atmospheric fogs and clouds
• 1960 – 2962450 – fog dispelling composition (see references)
• 1960 – 2963975 – cloud seeding carbon dioxide bullet
• 1961 – 2986360 – aerial insecticide dusting device
• 1962 – 3044911 – propellant system
• 1962 – 3056556 – method of artificially influencing the weather
• 1964 – 3120459 – composite incendiary powder containing metal coated oxidizing salts
• 1964 – 3126155 – silver iodide cloud seeding generator (main commercial ingrediant)
• 1964 – 3127107 – generation of ice-nucleating crystals
• 1964 – 3131131 – electrostatic mixing in microbial conversions
• 1965 – 3174150 – self-focusing antenna system (haarp)
• 1966 – 3257801 – pyrotechnic composition comprising solid oxidizer, boron and aluminum additive and binder
• 1966 – 3234357 – electrically heated smoke producing device
• 1966 – 3274035 – metallic composition for production of hydroscopic smoke
• 1967 – 3300721 – means for communication through a layer of ionized gases (haarp)
• 1967 – 3313487 – cloud seeding apparatus
• 1967 – 3338476 – heating device for use with aerosol containers
• 1968 – 3410489 – automatically adjustable airfoil spray system with pump
• 1969 – 3429507 – rainmaker
• 1969 – 3430533 – aircraft dispensor pod having self-sealing ejection tubes
• 1969 – 3432208 – fluidized particle dispenser (us air force)
• 1969 – 3437502 – titanium dioxide pigment coated with silica and aluminum (dupont)
• 1969 – 3441214 – method and apparatus for seeding clouds
• 1969 – 3445844 – trapped electromagnetic radiation communications system (haarp – raytheon)
• 1969 – 3456880 – method of producing precipitation from the atmosphere
• 1970 – 3517512 – apparatus for suppressing contrails
• 1970 – 3518670 – artificial ion cloud
• 1970 – 3531310 – production of improved metal oxide pigment
• 1970 – 3534906 – control of atmospheric particles (dow chemical co)
• 1970 – 3545677 – method of cloud seeding
• 1971 – 3564253 – system and method for irradiation of planet surface areas (space solar mirrors)
• 1971 – 3587966 – freezing nucleation
• 1971 – 3601312 – methods of increasing the likelihood of precipatation by the artificial introduction of sea water vapor into the atmosphere winward of an air lift region
• 1971 – 3608810 – methods of treating atmospheric conditions
• 1971 – 3608820 – treatment of atmospheric conditions by intermittent dispensing of materials therein
• 1971 – 3613992 – weather modification method
• 1971 – 3630950 – combustible compositions for generating aerosols, particularly suitable for cloud modification and weather control and aerosolization process
• 1972 – 3647710 – method for dispersing fog with phosphate salt compositions
• 1972 – 3653383 – algin sponge and process therefor
• 1972 – 3659785 – weather modification utilizing microencapsulated material (gross)
• 1972 – 3666176 – solar temperature inversion device

• 1972 – 3677840 – pyrotechnics comprising oxide of silver for weather modification use
• 1972 – 3690552 – fog dispersal
• 1973 – 3722183 – device for clearing impurities from the atmosphere
• 1973 – 3769107 – pyrotechnic composition for generating lead based smoke (are you serious?)
• 1974 – 3784099 – air pollution control method
• 1974 – 3785557 – cloud seeding system
• 1974 – 3795626 – weather modification process
• 1974 – 3808595 – chaff dispensing system
• 1974 – 3813875 – rocket having barium release system to create ion clouds in the upper atmopsphere (nasa)
• 1974 – 3835059 – methods of generating ice nuclei smoke particles for weather modification and apparatus therefore
• 1974 – 3835293 – electrical heating aparatus for generating super heated vapors
• 1975 – 3877642 – freezing nucleant
• 1975 – 3882393 – communications system utilizing modulation of the characteristic polarization of the ionosphere (haarp – us navy)
• 1975 – 3896993 – process for local modification of fog and clouds for triggering their precipitation and for hindering the development of hail producing clouds
• 1975 – 3899144 – powder contrail generation
• 1975 – 3902934 – gas generating compositions
• 1976 – 3940059 – method of fog dispersion
• 1976 – 3940060 – vortex ring generator
• 1976 – 3990987 – smoke generator
• 1976 – 3992628 – countermeasure system for laser radiation
• 1976 – 3994437 – broadcast dissemination of trace quantities of biologically active chemicals
• 1977 – re29142 – combustible compositions for generating aerosols, particularly suitable for cloud modification and weather control and aerosolization process
• 1977 – 4035726 – method of controlling and/or improving high-latitude and other communications or radio wave surveillance systems by partial control of radio wave et al (haarp – cornell univ.)
• 1977 – 4042196 – method and apparatus for triggering a substantial change in earth characteristics and measuring earth changes
• 1978 – 4096005 – pyrotechnic cloud seeding composition
• 1978 – 4111911 – method of hardening liquid resols
• 1978 – 4129252 – method and apparatus for production of seeding materials
• 1979 – 4141274 – weather modification automatic cartridge dispenser
• 1979 – 4167008 – fluid bed chaff dispenser
• 1981 – 4269637 – high-performance mhd solid gas generator
• 1982 – 4347284 – white cover sheet material capable of reflecting ultraviolet rays
• 1982 – 4362271 – procedure for the artificial modification of atmospheric precipitation as well as compounds with a dimethyl sulfoxide base for use in carrying out said procedure
• 1983 – 4402480 – atmosphere modification satellite (space)
• 1983 – 4412654 – laminar microjet atomizer and method of aerial spraying of liquids
• 1983 – 4415265 – method and apparatus for aerosol particle absorption spectroscopy
• 1983 – 4373391 – relative humidity sensitive material
• 1984 – 4470544 – method of and means for weather modification
• 1984 – 4475927 – bipolar fog abatement system
• 1986 – 4600147 – liquid propane generator for cloud seeding apparatus
• 1987 – 4633714 – aerosol particle charge and size analyzer
• 1987 – 4643355 – method and apparatus for modification of climatic conditions
• 1987 – 4653690 – method of producing cumulus clouds
• 1987 – 4684063 – particulates generation and removal
• 1987 – 4686605 – method and apparatus for altering a region in the earth’s atmosphere, ionosphere, and/or magnetosphere (haarp – raythen)
• 1987 – 4704942 – charged aerosol (anti-airborne biological warfare agent)
• 1987 – 4712155 – method and apparatus for creating an artificial electron cyclotron heating region of plasma (haarp – raytheon)
• 1988 – 4744919 – method of dispersing particulate aerosol tracer
• 1988 – 4766725 – method of suppressing formation of contrails and solution therefor
• 1989 – 4829838 – method and apparatus for the measurement of the size of particles entrained in a gas
• 1989 – 4836086 – apparatus and method for the mixing and diffusion of warm and cold air for dissolving fog
• 1989 – 4873928 – nuclear-sized explosions without radiation (haarp – raytheon)
• 1990 – 4948257 – laser optical measuring device and method for stabilizing fringe pattern spacing
• 1990 – 4948050 – liquid atomizing apparatus for aerial spraying
• 1990 – 4959559 – (united states) electromagnetic or other directed energy pulse launcher
• 1991 – 4999637 – creation of artificial ionization clouds above the earth (haarp – raytheon)
• 1991 – 5003186 – stratospheric welsbach seeding for reduction of global warming
• 1991 – 5005355 – method of suppressing formation of contrails and solution therefor
• 1991 – 5038664 – method for producing a shell of relativistic particles at an altitude above the earths surface (haarp – raytheon)
• 1991 – 5041760 – method and apparatus for generating and utilizing a compound plasma configuration
• 1991 – 5041834 – artificial ionospheric mirror composed of a plasma layer which can be tilted (haarp – raytheon)
• 1991 – 5056357 – acoustic method for measuring properties of a mobile medium
• 1991 – 5059909 – determination of particle size and electrical charge
• 1992 – 5104069 – apparatus and method for ejecting matter from an aircraft
• 1992 – 5110502 – method of suppressing formation of contrails and solution therefor
• 1992 – 5148173 – millimeter wave screening cloud and method
• 1992 – 5156802 – inspection of fuel particles with acoustics
• 1992 – 5174498 – cloud seeding
• 1993 – 5245290 – device for determining the size and charge of colloidal particles by measuring electroacoustic effect
• 1994 – 5286979 – process for absorbing ultraviolet radiation using dispersed melanin (wow!)
• 1994 – 5296910 – method and apparatus for particle analysis
• 1994 – 5327222 – displacement information detecting apparatus
• 1994 – 5357865 – method of cloud seeding
• 1994 – 5360162 – method and composition for precipitation of atmospheric water
• 1995 – 5383024 – optical wet steam monitor
• 1995 – 5425413 – method to hinder the formation and to break-up overhead atmospheric inversions, enhance ground level air circulation and improve urban air quality
• 1995 – 5434667 – characterization of particles by modulated dynamic light scattering
• 1995 – 5441200 – tropical cyclone disruption (hurricanes!)
• 1996 – 5486900 – measuring device for amount of charge of toner and image forming apparatus having the measuring device
• 1996 – 5556029 – method of hydrometeor dissipation (clouds)
• 1997 – 5628455 – method and apparatus for modification of supercooled fog
• 1997 – 5631414 – method and device for remote diagnostics of ocean-atmosphere system state
• 1997 – 5639441 – methods for fine particle formation
• 1998 – 5762298 – use of artificial satellites in earth orbits adaptively to modify the effect that solar radiation would otherwise have on earth’s weather (space)
• 1999 – 5912396 – system and method for remediation of selected atmospheric conditions (solar powered blimp to ionize clouds)
• 1999 – 5922976 – method of measuring aerosol particles using automated mobility-classified aerosol detector
• 1999 – 5949001 – method for aerodynamic particle size analysis
• 1999 – 5984239 – weather modification by artificial satellites (space)
• 2000 – 6025402 – chemical composition for effectuating a reduction of visibility obscuration, and a detoxifixation of fumes and chemical fogs in spaces of fire origin
• 2000 – 6030506 – preparation of independently generated highly reactive chemical species
• 2000 – 6034073 – solvent detergent emulsions having antiviral activity
• 2000 – 6045089 – solar-powered airplane
• 2000 – 6056203 – method and apparatus for modifying supercooled clouds
• 2000 – 6110590 – synthetically spun silk nanofibers and a process for making the same
• 2001 – 6263744 – automated mobility-classified-aerosol detector
• 2001 – 6281972 – method and apparatus for measuring particle-size distribution
• 2001 – 6315213 – method of modifying the weather
• 2002 – 6382526 – process and apparatus for the production of nanofibers
• 2002 – 6408704 – aerodynamic particle size analysis method and apparatus
• 2002 – 6412416 – propellant-based aerosol generation devices and method (us army)
• 2003 – 6520425 – process and apparatus for the production of nanofibers
• 2003 – 6539812 – system for measuring the flow-rate of a gas by means of ultrasound
• 2003 – 6553849 – electrodynamic particle size analyzer
• 2003 – 6569393 – method and device for cleaning the atmosphere
• 2011 – 7965488 – methods of removing aerosols from the atmosphere (ionizing antennas)

Geoengineering Patents

• 1991 – Stratospheric Welsbach seeding for reduction of global warming
• 1999 – Process for sequestering into the ocean the atmospheric greenhouse gas carbon dioxide by means of supplementing the ocean with ammonia or salts thereof
• 1999 – 6200530 – Water-bouyant particulate materials containing micronutrients for phytoplankton
• 2000 – WO/2000/010691A1 – METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING AND SEQUESTERING CARBON DIOXIDE
• 2001 – Method of sequestering carbon dioxide with spiral fertilization
• 2001 – US20010022952 – METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING AND SEQUESTERING CARBON DIOXIDE
• 2009 – US20090177569 – WATER ALTERATION STRUCTURE RISK MANAGEMENT OR ECOLOGICAL ALTERATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS

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INVENTORS:

BOWERS, JEFFREY A. (KIRKLAND, WA, US), CALDEIRA, KENNETH G. (CAMPBELL, CA, US), CHAN, ALISTAIR K. (STILLWATER, MN, US), GATES III, WILLIAM H. (REDMOND, WA, US), HYDE, RODERICK A. (REDMOND, WA, US), ISHIKAWA, MURIEL Y. (LIVERMORE, CA, US), KARE, JORDIN T. (SEATTLE, WA, US), LATHAM, JOHN (BOULDER, CO, US), MYHRVOLD, NATHAN P. (MEDINA, WA, US), SALTER, STEPHEN H. (EDINBURGH, GB), TEGREENE, CLARENCE T. (BELLEVUE, WA, US), WOOD JR., LOWELL L. (BELLEVUE, WA, US)

A METHOD OF MANAGING RISK INCLUDES SELLING INDIVIDUAL INSURANCE POLICIES REGARDING AREAS TO BE PROTECTED BY STORM SUPPRESSION EQUIPMENT.

• 2005 – 6890497 – METHOD FOR EXTRACTING AND SEQUESTERING CARBON DIOXIDE
• 2009 – WO/2009/086559A1 – WATER ALTERATION STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM
• 2009 – US20090173386 – WATER ALTERATION STRUCTURE APPLICATIONS AND METHODS
• 2009 – US20090173404 – WATER ALTERATION STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM
• 2009 – US20090173801 – WATER ALTERATION STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM HAVING BELOW SURFACE VALVES OR WAVE REFLECTORS
• 2009 – US20090175685 – WATER ALTERATION STRUCTURE MOVEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM
• 2009 – US20090202413 – CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN AND HYDRIDE
• 2010 – 7655193 – APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING AND SEQUESTERING CARBON DIOXIDE KEN CALDEIRA, GREGORY RAU – THIS APPLICATION IS A DIVISIONAL OF U.S. NON-PROVISIONAL APPLICATION SER. NO. 09/759,781, FILED JAN. 11, 2001, WHICH IS A CONTINUATION-IN-PART OF U.S. APPLICATION SER. NO. 09/314,220, FILED MAY 19, 1999, WHICH CLAIMS THE BENEFIT OF U.S. PROVISIONAL APPLICATION NO. ⁶⁰⁄₀₉₆,846, FILED AUG. 18, 1998.
• 2010 – WO/2010/138195A1 – WATER ALTERATION STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM HAVING HEAT TRANSFER CONDUIT
• 2010 – US20100300560 – WATER ALTERATION STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM HAVING HEAT TRANSFER CONDUIT
• 2011 – 8012453 – CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN AND HYDRIDE
• 2011 – 8048309 – SEAWATER-BASED CARBON DIOXIDE DISPOSAL

A DEVICE SUITABLE FOR RETENTION IN A NASAL PASSAGE OF A RUMINANT, THE DEVICE BEING ARRANGED TO PASS A RUMINANT EXHALATION, THE DEVICE INCLUDING A FIRST STRUCTURE CONFIGURED TO OXIDIZE METHANE GAS IN THE RUMINANT EXHALATION, THE DEVICE BEING FURTHER ARRANGED TO PASS PRODUCTS OF THE OXIDIZED METHANE GAS TOWARD A NASAL PASSAGE EXIT.

• 2012 – WO/2012/064367A2 – TREATMENT OF RUMINANT EXHALATIONS
• 2012 – WO/2012/064367A3 TREATMENT OF RUMINANT EXHALATIONS
• 2012 – US20120115240 – TREATMENT OF RUMINANT EXHALATIONS
• 2012 – EP2435633A1 – WATER ALTERATION STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM HAVING HEAT TRANSFER CONDUIT
• 2012 – 8152091 – PRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF RADIATIVE FORCING AGENTS
• 2014 – 20140145002 A1 – System for facilitating cloud formation and cloud precipitation – Ken Caldeira, cloud ion cannon