Patents by Inventor Stefan A.J. Trapp

Stefan A.J. Trapp 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 improving phytoremediation treatment of a contaminated medium
    Publication number: 20030126632
    Abstract: A method for the phytoremediation treatment of a contaminated medium with at least one element selected from the group consisting of (preferably water soluble and volatile) organic pollutants, heavy metals, radionuclides or a mixture thereof, comprising the step of cultivating upon said contaminated medium a plant associated with an endophytic microorganism able to improve the phytoremediation of said plant, to reduce phytotoxicity of chemicals, and the step of recovering the elements present in said plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Daniel Van Der Lelie, Siegfried D'Haene, David Niall Dowling, Ulrich Karlson, Edward R.B. Moore, Safiyh Taghavi, Stefan A.J. Trapp, Jaco Vangronsveld