Patents by Inventor Peter Roland Binks

Peter Roland Binks 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).

  • Detection and biodegradation of explosives
    Patent number: 5928859
    Abstract: An enzyme capable of catalyzing the removal of nitrite from pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) is provided. The enzyme (known as PETN reductase enzyme) is produced by culturing a novel strain of the Enterobacter cloacae bacterium isolated from nature. The strain designated PB2 has been deposited as NCIMB 40718. The amino acid sequence of the enzyme and the genetic sequence which encodes for this enzyme have also been determined. A PETN reductase enzyme encoded by the on gene is provided. A method for producing PETN reductase enzyme in large quantities and methods of bioremediation using the enzyme so produced are also provided. Additionally there is provided a method of detecting the presence of PETN in a sample together with a biosensor for use in such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & North Ireland of Defence Evaluation & Research Agency
    Inventors: Stephen Nicklin, Peter Roland Binks, Neil Charles Bruce, Christopher Edward French