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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:
May. 21, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 15, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard L Tyndall, Clinton, TN (US);
Assignee:
Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B09B / ; C12S / ; A62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4352625 ; 4352581 ; 435262 ; 588203 ; 588202 ;
Abstract
A method of altering trinitrotoluene includes the steps of: providing an amoeba/bacteria consortium, particularly ATCC 40908 or a mutant thereof possessing all the identifying characteristics thereof; and contacting the consortium with trinitrotoluene to alter the trinitrotoluene.