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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:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael A Heitkamp, Ballwin, MO (US);
George C Stow, Pensacola, FL (US);
Assignee:
Monsanta Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210150 ; 210617 ; 435180 ;
Abstract
Porous biosupports for the support of microorganisms which are used in the biotreatment of an aqueous waste stream comprising a polymeric material and, optionally, fiber reinforcement, adsorbent material and/or inorganic filler wherein the biosupport has a specific gravity greater than the specific gravity of water and pores of sufficient diameter to enable microorganisms to readily colonize within the pores, a process for preparing same, and processes for biodegrading an aqueous waste stream containing organic contaminants utilizing the porous biosupports.