Patents by Inventor Roy A. Ackerman

Roy A. Ackerman 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 growing a deammonifying culture and use thereof in wastewater treatment
    Patent number: 4290891
    Abstract: A method for growing a culture capable of degrading ammonia which includes inoculating a mediium with a culture identified as ATCC 31381 or one or more of the primary cultures thereof; wherein the medium is a semisolid containing ground peanut hulls, water, a carbonate source, an ammonia source and a phosphate source. The culture is suitable for treating waste waters to degrade ammonia therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1981
    Inventor: Roy A. Ackerman
  • Converting urea with bacteria
    Patent number: 4218541
    Abstract: Urea such as that present in dialysates is converted to inocuous products by employing a culture having the identification ATCC 31381 or one of its primary cultures or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1980
    Inventor: Roy A. Ackerman
  • Method for growing a deammonifying culture and use thereof in wastewater treatment
    Patent number: 4218540
    Abstract: A method for growing a culture capable of degrading ammonia which includes inoculating a medium with a culture identified as ATCC 31381 or one or more of the primary cultures thereof; wherein the medium is a semisolid containing ground peanut hulls, water, a carbonate source, an ammonia source and a phosphate source. The culture is suitable for treating waste waters to degrade ammonia therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1980
    Inventor: Roy A. Ackerman