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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ching-Tsang Hou, Edison, NJ (US);
Nancy P Barnabe, Annandale, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 42 ; 435209 ; 435253 ; 435832 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a method and the microorganism and enzyme used therein to degrade the Xanthan molecule. The microorganism is a soil bacterium, Bacillus sp. The method includes using the mixed culture, or a supernatant derived therefrom or the purified enzyme itself.