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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. 09, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Zeneca, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435170 ; 4352625 ; 588207 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a process of decontaminating soil and/or sendiment containing methoxychlor by converting this contaminant into harmless materials thereby decontaminating the soil to whatever extent desired, either partial decontamination or complete remediation. The process comprises treating soil and or sediment which contains populations of viable anaerobic and aerobic microbes capable of transforming methoxychlor into harmless materials and being viable under both anaerobic and aerobic conditions.