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US3210179A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Microbiological nitrogen fixation

Assignee: ExxonMobil Oil Corp
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Filing: 1962-01-11
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Granted: 1965-10-05
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Expires: 1982-01-11
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 John B Davis
  • 👤 Javon P Stanley

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 14:14
CPC Classifications
C; C12; C12N; C12N1/00; C12N1/26; C12N1/28; C12N1/30; C05; C05F; C05F11/00; C05F11/08; C12M; C12M27/00; C12M27/02; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E50/00; Y02E50/30; Y02W; Y02W30/00; Y02W30/40; Y10; Y10S; Y10S435/00; Y10S435/8215; Y10S435/822; Y10S435/874

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 71 words
A METHOD FOR INCREASING NITROGEN IN SOIL WHICH COMPRISES INOCULATING THE SOIL BY INTRODUCING INTO IT AT LEAST ONE MICROORGANISM SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF PSEUDOMONAS METHANITRIFICANS, N.SP., PSEUDOMONAS NITRIMETHANICA AND PSEUDOMONAS NITRIMETHANICA VAR. CITREUS: INTRODUCING A HYDROCARBON INTO THE SOIL; AND EXPOSING THE RESULTANT MIXTURE TO AIR, THE SAID MICROORGANISMS BEING NUMBERED BY THE U.S. AGRICULATURAL RESEARCH SERVICE LABORATORY AS FOLLOWS: NRRL B-2815, NRRL B-2818, AND NRRL 8-2819, RESPECTIVELY.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 71 words
A METHOD FOR INCREASING NITROGEN IN SOIL WHICH COMPRISES INOCULATING THE SOIL BY INTRODUCING INTO IT AT LEAST ONE MICROORGANISM SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF PSEUDOMONAS METHANITRIFICANS, N.SP., PSEUDOMONAS NITRIMETHANICA AND PSEUDOMONAS NITRIMETHANICA VAR. CITREUS: INTRODUCING A HYDROCARBON INTO THE SOIL; AND EXPOSING THE RESULTANT MIXTURE TO AIR, THE SAID MICROORGANISMS BEING NUMBERED BY THE U.S. AGRICULATURAL RESEARCH SERVICE LABORATORY AS FOLLOWS: NRRL B-2815, NRRL B-2818, AND NRRL 8-2819, RESPECTIVELY.

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