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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:
Jul. 18, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert D Norris, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Richard A Brown, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
George E Hoag, Storrs, CT (US);
Assignee:
International Technology Corporation, Torrance, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M / ; C12M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435264 ; 435300 ; 435313 ; 210747 ; 210150 ; 210170 ; 405128 ; 405258 ;
Abstract
The invention is an apparatus for aerobically biodegrading an organic compound such as a petroleum product which is contaminating a particulate solid such as soil and a process for employing the apparatus. A preferred embodiment comprises a pit lined with an impermeable liner in which gas distributing means and contaminated soils are distributed as alternate layers and air is urged into the gas distributing means.