Patents by Inventor Haile M. Abebe

Haile M. Abebe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Microbial degradation of chemical pollutants
    Patent number: 5399495
    Abstract: Disclosed is a biologically pure culture of Aureobasidium pullmans deposited as NRRL 21064. Further disclosed are processes for decreasing the concentration of a type A/B chemical pollutants in an aqueous mixture containing the type A/B chemical pollutant which comprises adding sufficient amount of a fungal cyclic ether degrading microorganism to the aqueous mixture containing the chemical pollutant in the presence of a sufficient amount of cometabolite (type A chemical pollutant; not needed with type B) and a sufficient amount of oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Tom E. Patt, Haile M. Abebe