Patents by Inventor Jirou Satou

Jirou Satou 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 and apparatus for processing organic chlorine compounds
    Patent number: 6723242
    Abstract: In the method of processing an organic chlorine compound in accordance with the present invention, slurry containing fly ash K including dioxins are supplied from a pretreatment bath to a biological treatment bath of a processing apparatus; nitrifying bacteria, denitrifying bacteria, aqueous ammonia, and methanol are supplied to the slurry from a nitrifying bacteria storage bath, a denitrifying bacteria storage bath, an ammonia storage bath, and a methanol storage bath, respectively; and a nitrifying reaction is carried out by the nitrifying bacteria in an aerobic atmosphere, so as to decompose the dioxins along with the nitrifying reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanobu Ohkata, Eiichi Nishikawa, Kohei Miki, Jirou Satou, Isamu Inoue