WILLIAM RICHARD MCCORMICK, D.C.
Anesthesiologist Assistant in Austin, TX

4968484, Nov 6, 1990

May 3, 1988

7/189929

Zoltan Nosticzius - Budapest, HU
Werner Horsthemke - Austin TX
William D. McCormick - Austin TX
Harry L. Swinney - Austin TX
Wing Y. Tam - Austin TX

Board of Regents, The University of Texas System - Austin TX

G01N 3100

422 681

The present invention is directed to an annular gel reactor suitable for the production and observation of spatiotemporal patterns created during a chemical reaction. The apparatus comprises a vessel having at least a first and second chamber separated one from the other by an annular polymer gel layer (or other fine porous medium) which is inert to the materials to be reacted but capable of allowing diffusion of the chemicals into it.

4832914, May 23, 1989

Feb 8, 1988

7/153638

Wing Y. Tam - Austin TX
Werner Horsthemke - Austin TX
William D. McCormick - Austin TX
Harry L. Swinney - Austin TX

Board of Regents/The University of Texas System - Austin TX

G01N 2175, G01N 33559

422130

An apparatus and method for producing and observing spatial patterns in chemical reaction comprising a vessel having a laminate positioned in said vessel forming a chamber. The laminate comprises a polymer gel layer (or other porous medium) sandwiched between a transparent layer and an array of capillary tubes. The capillaries in the array are perpendicular to the gel surface in order to allow access to the gel from the chamber only in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the gel.