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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:
Mar. 23, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan T Moore, Cambridge, MA (US);
Maureen C Leahy, Quincy, MA (US);
M Margaret Findlay, Newton, MA (US);
Sam Fogel, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
ABB Environmental Services, Inc., Portland, ME (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210603 ; 210610 ; 210614 ; 210619 ; 210908 ;
Abstract
Methanotropics are grown in a bioreactor containing a solid support. They decompose halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbons found in ground water. The growth of the bacteria and the methane concentrations in the biomass reactor are controlled to significantly enhance the degradation of the hydrocarbons.