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Method for removing a substance from a medium

US5391020A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 6, 1992
Grant dateFeb 21, 1995
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Expiry dateMay 6, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB09C2101/00
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for removing a substance from a medium including the steps of growing plant life in the medium to absorb the substance into the plant life, removing the plant life from the medium and thereby the substance from the medium and repeating the growing and removing steps as many times as necessary to reduce the remaining quantity of the substance in the medium to the level desired.

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