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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:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kailash Chandra Srivastava, Centreville, VA (US);
Daman S Walia, Woodbridge, VA (US);
Assignee:
Arctech, Inc., Chantilly, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12P / ; C12P / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 75 ; 435 42 ; 435119 ; 435142 ; 435143 ; 435156 ; 435167 ; 4352521 ; 435281 ;
Abstract
Coal is treated aerobically or anaerobically to produce humic acid, volatile fatty acids, lower alcohols, and/or methane using a consortium of bacteria designated Mic-1 or KSARC56. This process can also be used to convert aromatic compounds, such as phenols and derivatives thereof, to methane and carbon dioxide.