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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. 31, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles H Squires, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Wan Ji, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Lei Xi, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Beatrice C Ortego, Spring, TX (US);
Olga S Pogrebinsky, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin A Gray, The Woodlands, TX (US);
John D Childs, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Assignee:
Energy BioSystems Corporation, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4352523 ; 43525233 ; 435189 ; 4353201 ; 536 231 ; 536 237 ; 536 232 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to the discovery that the rate of reaction of the desulfurization of fossil fuels is enhanced by the addition of a flavoprotein to the biocatalyst. The invention is drawn to a method for enhancing the rate of desulfurizing a fossil fuel containing organic sulfur compounds, comprising the steps of: