Patents Examined by Gregory Beauiage
  • Start-up process for the thermophilic denitrification of tobacco
    Patent number: 4651759
    Abstract: Process for the start-up of high-temperature processes for the denitrification of tobacco materials via an anaerobic dissimilatory metabolic pathway of thermophilic organisms. The process advantageously permits the induction of denitrification activity through the use of a seed culture which, itself, is the product of a previous thermophilic denitrification treatment of the same type as that to which the start-up process is directed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated
    Inventor: Ian L. Uydess