Patents Assigned to Young Enterprises LLC
  • Oil digesting microbe-plastic foam system
    Patent number: 7354516
    Abstract: This invention is a system and method for bioremediation of hydrocarbon and organic pollution in fresh and salt water. Hydrocarbon and organic pollution digesting microbes are placed in a floating carrier where the microorganisms are exposed to the pollution and the pollution is digested. The floating element may be a block of polymeric foam. The microbes may be supported on powder such as clay minerals, and the powder may be formed into pellets held in slits in the foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Young Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: William Ian Young, John Kingsky Foster