Biosafe awarded U.S. Patent for landfill reclamation.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 1995--BioSafe International Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BSFE BSFE Bureau of Surveillance and Field Epidemiology ) announced today that it has been granted a United States Patent for Landfill Reclamation by the U.S. Patent Office. BioSafe is the assignee of U.S. Patent Number 5,429,454 as filed on March 30, 1994 by inventors Dr. Robert S. Davis and Dr. Richard H. Rosen. As required for a patent to be granted, BioSafe's Landfill Reclamation qualifies as "a new and useful invention NEW AND USEFUL INVENTION. This phrase is used in the act of congress relating to granting patents for inventions. 2. The invention to be patented must not only be new, but useful; that is, useful in contradistinction to frivolous or mischievous inventions. " according to the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks. BioSafe currently operates and manages the 28-acre landfill in Fairhaven, Mass., its first landfill remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling site. BioSafe has a contract to remodel re·mod·el tr.v. re·mod·eled also re·mod·elled, re·mod·el·ing also re·mod·el·ling, re·mod·els also re·mod·els To make over in structure or style; reconstruct. the 27-acre landfill in South Hadley, Mass., and is currently in the process of gaining the necessary permits to begin operations of its 80 percent owned 200-acre Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). landfill in Moretown, Vt. In each project BioSafe is employing its patented landfill remodeling technology. The abstract on BioSafe's U.S. Patent for Landfill Reclamation states the following: "A method of increasing the capacity of an existing landfill to enable the disposal of additional material therein includes excavating materials disposed in the existing landfill, separating from the excavated material one or more components thereof, comminuting the components of the excavated material which are not removed by the previous step, and placing the comminuted comminuted /com·mi·nut·ed/ (kom´in-ldbomact?id) broken or crushed into small pieces, as a comminuted fracture. com·mi·nut·ed adj. Broken into fragments. Used of a fractured bone. material back into the landfill." In short, Landfill Reclamation creates new space within the existing landfill footprint by reprocessing Reprocessing may refer to:
BioSafe International Inc. is a fast growing, innovative solid waste management company. The company is the world leader in "landfill remodeling" -- a patented process that BioSafe developed for recycling existing landfills. BioSafe is also evaluating additional opportunities to apply its patented materials and size reduction technologies, including tire and rubber waste recycling, medical waste treatment, dredged spoils remediation and industrial sludge disposal. CONTACT: BioSafe International Emily Peterson, 617/497-4500 or Liviakis Financial Communications Inc. Robert Prag, 916/448-6084 |
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