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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Orica International Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Clint Brearley, Montmorency, AU;
Steven Kotsonis, Brunswick, AU;
Kaiyan Liu, Bundoora, AU;
Thomas Smylie, Kurri Kurri, AU;
Richard Goodridge, Parker, CO (US);
Assignee:
ORICA INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD, Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 3/34 (2006.01); A62D 3/02 (2007.01); C06B 21/00 (2006.01); C12N 1/38 (2006.01); C12N 9/02 (2006.01); C12N 9/04 (2006.01); C12N 9/06 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); A62D 101/06 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A62D 3/02 (2013.01); C06B 21/0091 (2013.01); C12N 1/20 (2013.01); C12N 1/38 (2013.01); C12N 9/001 (2013.01); C12N 9/0004 (2013.01); C12N 9/0006 (2013.01); C12N 9/0036 (2013.01); C12N 9/0044 (2013.01); A62D 2101/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of deactivating an explosive composition being used in a blasting operation, which method comprises exposing the explosive composition to a micro-organism that is indigenous to the environment in which the explosive composition is being used and that is capable of producing an enzyme that degrades the explosive composition, wherein the explosive composition has associated with it a chemical inducing agent that promotes production of the enzyme by the micro-organism.