Patents by Inventor Nicola Oddo

Nicola Oddo 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 for conditioning fresh and sea waters from oil
    Patent number: 4042495
    Abstract: Oily hydrocarbons which pollute the surface of water are removed therefrom by scattering over the polluted surface solid particles of nutrient salt containing nitrogen and phosphorous in a form that is readily assimilable by aqueous microorganisms capable of metabolizing hydrocarbons. The particles of nutrient salt are given a surface pretreatment with paraffine so that they are buoyant and only slowly soluble in water and lipophilic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1977
    Assignee: Snam Progetti S.p.A.
    Inventors: Walter Marconi, Nicola Oddo, Ludwig Degen
  • Process for the production of l-malic acid by microbiological fermentation and means suitable for carrying out the same
    Patent number: 3980520
    Abstract: L-malic acid is prepared from fumaric acid through a microbiological fermentation process employing a microbial strain of the Paracolobactrum genus having the number 743, 745 or 746.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1973
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1976
    Assignee: Snam Progetti S.p.A.
    Inventors: Ludwig Degen, Nicola Oddo, Roberto Olivieri