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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:
Aug. 23, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory F Payne, Hunt Valley, MD (US);
Jennifer Chu, Bowie, MD (US);
Kimberlee K Wallace, Jessup, MD (US);
Wei-Qiang Sun, Lutherville, MD (US);
Assignee:
University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210632 ; 210668 ; 210669 ; 210909 ; 435 43 ; 435262 ; 526 77 ; 568628 ; 568630 ;
Abstract
A method for the selective separation of a particular compound from a mixture of compounds, by enzymatically converting a weakly adsorbable compound to a strongly adsorbable compound, and binding the converted compound to a material of appropriate chemical properties is described. Also described are methods for removing contaminants from wastewater streams, and from intermediate chemical process streams.