Now this is going just a bit too far. A patent on heat and humidity to clean buildings. LOL
Boca Company Claims Cleanup of Anthrax-Infected Building a Patent Violation
A Boca Raton company is claiming the planned cleanup at the former American Media Inc. building is a violation of a patent it received for an anthrax decontamination product.
Custom Biologicals Inc. of Boca Raton sent a cease-and-desist letter Wednesday to Sabre Technical Services and Rudy Giuliani Partners -- the partners of new venture Bio-ONE that announced plans this month to clean up and occupy the former tabloid headquarters.
At issue is Sabre's plan to use heat and humidity to get the anthrax spores' protective coats to soften, allowing bacteria-killing chlorine gas to penetrate. The first claim listed in Custom Biologicals' patent, issued Dec. 2, is that bacteria spores are first rendered harmless by "providing sublethal heat and/or adding a chemical activating agent."
"If they manipulate the environment to open that spore up, then it violates our patent," said Chuck Baugh, Custom Biologicals vice president. "We have to stand and protect our patent. We have a lot at stake here."
Boca Company Claims Cleanup of Anthrax-Infected Building a Patent Violation
A Boca Raton company is claiming the planned cleanup at the former American Media Inc. building is a violation of a patent it received for an anthrax decontamination product.
Custom Biologicals Inc. of Boca Raton sent a cease-and-desist letter Wednesday to Sabre Technical Services and Rudy Giuliani Partners -- the partners of new venture Bio-ONE that announced plans this month to clean up and occupy the former tabloid headquarters.
At issue is Sabre's plan to use heat and humidity to get the anthrax spores' protective coats to soften, allowing bacteria-killing chlorine gas to penetrate. The first claim listed in Custom Biologicals' patent, issued Dec. 2, is that bacteria spores are first rendered harmless by "providing sublethal heat and/or adding a chemical activating agent."
"If they manipulate the environment to open that spore up, then it violates our patent," said Chuck Baugh, Custom Biologicals vice president. "We have to stand and protect our patent. We have a lot at stake here."
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