Patents by Inventor Nicola Maree Reid

Nicola Maree Reid 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 production of biopolymers from nitrogen deficient wastewater
    Patent number: 6987011
    Abstract: A process for producing biopolymers comprises passing nitrogen deficient wastewater through a treatment system comprising micro-organisms which grow aerobically in nitrogen deficient wastewater, and controlling the environment in the treatment system by maintaining a sufficiently stable dissolved oxygen level to thereby encourage the growth and/or activity of micro-organisms which produce the biopolymers, and recovering the biomass produced and the biopolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited
    Inventors: Nicola Maree Reid, Alison Hyde Slade, Trevor Raymond Stuthridge