The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 27, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuhide Kimbara, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Shimura, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Hatta, Okayama, JP;
Hohzoh Kiyohara, Bizen, JP;
Assignee:
Railway Technical Research Institute, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; B09B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4352625 ; 4352521 ;
Abstract
According to this method for degrading PCBs by utilizing thermophilic bacteria possessing the capability of degrading PCBs, the degradation of PCBs is quick, thereby enabling processing devices to be made more compact and shortening the processing time. As a microorganism suitable for use in this method, Bacillus sp. JF8, a thermophilic microorganism which possesses the capability of degrading PCBs, is offered.