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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:
Feb. 01, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl L Griffis, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Michael F Slavik, Springdale, AR (US);
Phillip V Engler, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Yanbin Li, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204131 ; 204149 ; 426237 ; 426244 ;
Abstract
A method for the reduction or elimination of microbes in liquid or food products whereby the passage of a waveform, such as a DC square-wave, of a specific amplitude, duty cycle and current through the liquid or food product for a specific time period, allows for the elimination of microbes such as Salmonella Typhimurium from a variety of substances, including water, milk and solid food products.