Patents by Inventor Anthony O. Richards

Anthony O. Richards 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).

  • Method for regenerating deactivated microorganisms
    Patent number: 5013665
    Abstract: The present invention relates a method for reactivating or regenerating the methane oxidizability of a methane-utilizing bacteria which have partly or wholly lost its methane oxidizability by culturing said methane-utilizing bacteria in a specified condition, and further relates to a method for continuous production of oxides by bringing a methane-utilizing bacteria in contact with alkanes, alkenes or cyclic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Company Limited
    Inventors: Motoshi Suzuki, Howard Dalton, Anthony O. Richards, Stephen H. Stanley