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Analog enrichment decontamination process

US4664805A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 23, 1985
Grant dateMay 12, 1987
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Expiry dateJul 23, 2005

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S435/877
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Environments contaminated with toxic halogenated organic compounds are decontaminated at an accelerated rate by addition of (1) microorganisms which are non-indigenous to the environment and which metabolize the contaminant at a greater rate than microorganisms indigenous to the environment and (2) a non-toxic analog of the halogenated organic compound.

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