Patent ID: 6905028

Claim:
A method of separating a substance from a non-atomically bonded combination or mixture of substances, comprising; utilizing at least one organic chemical reaction to alter the molecular structure and alter at least one physical characteristic of a substance other than a polypeptide or an enzyme by adding at least one atom to the molecular structure of said substance other than a polypeptide or an enzyme, or by removing, without dissolving or digesting, at least one atom from the molecular structure of said substance other than a polypeptide or an enzyme, utilizing a mechanical means of separation, other than froth flotation, that uses at least one differing physical characteristic of matter to physically change the place or position of matter that removes or isolates the matter from said non-atomically bonded combination or mixture of substances, impacting said non-atomically bonded combination or mixture of substances that contains said substance other than a polypeptide or an enzyme with said at least one organic chemical reaction to alter the molecular structure and alter at least one physical characteristic of said substance other than a polypeptide or an enzyme by adding at least one atom to the molecular structure of said substance other than a polypeptide or an enzyme, or by removing, without dissolving or digesting, at least one atom from the molecular structure of said substance other than a polypeptide or an enzyme, reacting said at least one organic chemical reaction that alters the molecular structure and alters at least one physical characteristic of said substance other than a polypeptide or an enzyme, by adding at least one atom to the molecular structure of said substance other than a polypeptide or an enzyme, or by removing, without dissolving or digesting, at least one atom from the molecular structure of said substance other than a polypeptide or an enzyme with said non-atomically bonded combination or mixture of substances that contains said substance other than a polypeptide or an enzyme which does alter the molecular structure and does alter a physical characteristic of said substance other than a polypeptide or an enzyme that is in said non-atomically bonded combination or mixture of substances, and separating said substance other than a polypeptide or an enzyme with altered molecular structure and altered at least one physical characteristic from said non-atomically bonded combination or mixture of substances by utilizing said mechanical means of separation that uses at least one differing physical characteristic of matter to physically change the place or position of matter that removes or isolates the matter from said non-atomically bonded combination or mixture.