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Inventor

Ananda M. Chakrabarty

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1

Year range

1981

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1981

Total patents

1

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1981

Domains

biotechenergy

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1980s
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1 patents, in 1981

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US 4259444·1981·General Electric Co

How Scientists Created Bacteria That Eat Oil Spills

A 1981 patent for genetically engineered bacteria capable of breaking down multiple types of oil, which became the first living organism ever patented.

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