Patents by Inventor Gordon W. Krauter

Gordon W. Krauter 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).

  • Water treatment process and system for metals removal using Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    Patent number: 6383388
    Abstract: A process and a system for removal of metals from ground water or from soil by bioreducing or bioaccumulating the metals using metal tolerant microorganisms Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is tolerant to the metals, able to bioreduce the metals to the less toxic state and to accumulate them. The process and the system is useful for removal or substantial reduction of levels of chromium, molybdenum, cobalt, zinc, nickel, calcium, strontium, mercury and copper in water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Paula A. W. Krauter, Gordon W. Krauter