Patents by Inventor Michael Seeger Pfeiffer

Michael Seeger Pfeiffer 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).

  • Recombinant bacterium capable of removing mercury (II) species, cadmium (II) and copper (II) in presence of other heavy metals from polluted sites, product for the bioremediation, process of obtaining the product and method of bioremediation
    Patent number: 8846376
    Abstract: A heavy metal-resistant recombinant bacterium capable to remove mercury (II) species, cadmium and copper (II) in presence of other heavy metals from polluted sites, which corresponds to Cupriavidus metallidurans strain MSR33, deposited under the access number NRRL B-50299, a product for the bioremediation of environments contaminated with heavy metals, where the product includes a bacterial inoculum of this recombinant strain, the process of obtaining the product and a method for the bioremediation of environments contaminated with heavy metals, which uses this product for the bioremediation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria
    Inventors: Michael Seeger Pfeiffer, Luis Antonio Rojas Araya, Myriam Lydia Gonzalez Vergara, Carolina Elvira Maria Ya{circumflex over (n)}ez Prieto
  • RECOMBINANT BACTERIUM CAPABLE OF REMOVING MERCURY (II) SPECIES, CADMIUM (II) AND COPPER (II) IN PRESENCE OF OTHER HEAVY METALS FROM POLLUTED SITES, PRODUCT FOR THE BIOREMEDIATION, PROCESS OF OBTAINING THE PRODUCT AND METHOD OF BIOREMEDIATION
    Publication number: 20120276615
    Abstract: A heavy metal-resistant recombinant bacterium capable to remove mercury (II) species, cadmium and copper (II) in presence of other heavy metals from polluted sites, which corresponds to Cupriavidus metallidurans strain MSR33, deposited under the access number NRRL B-50299, a product for the bioremediation of environments contaminated with heavy metals, where the product includes a bacterial inoculum of this recombinant strain, the process of obtaining the product and a method for the bioremediation of environments contaminated with heavy metals, which uses this product for the bioremediation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Michael Seeger Pfeiffer, Luis Antonio Rojas Araya, Myriam Lydia Gonzalez Vergara, Carolina Elvira Maria Yanez Prieto
  • PCB-degrading recombinant bacterium, product for the bioremediation and method of bioremediation
    Patent number: 7989194
    Abstract: A recombinant bacterium capable to completely degrade or mineralize pollutants such as polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs), which corresponds to Cupriavidus necator strain JMS34, deposited under the access number NRRL B-30817 a product for the bioremediation of environments contaminated with PCBs, where the product includes a bacterial inoculum of this recombinant strain and a method for the bioremediation of environments contaminated with PCBs, which uses this product for the bioremediation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria
    Inventors: Michael Seeger Pfeiffer, Juan Matías Saavedra Salinas, Francisca Acevedo Canala-Echevarria