Patents by Inventor Floriane Solano-Serena

Floriane Solano-Serena 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).

  • Process for bacterial treatment of hydrocarbon effluents that contain isoalkanes
    Patent number: 6403365
    Abstract: A process for treating hydrocarbon-containing effluents that comprise isoalkanes to reduce the hydrocarbon concentration at least partly is described, characterized in that in the presence of a suitable substrate, a Corynebacterium urealyticum CIP-I-2126 bacterium is grown, and the hydrocarbons that are contained in the effluents are degraded by the biomass of said bacteria that is thus produced. Application for pollution control of water and soil contaminated by hydrocarbons and optionally by ethers that come from a gasoline, kerosene and/or gas oil fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Floriane Solano-Serena, Rémy Marchal, Jean-Paul Vandecasteele