MUMBAI, India, March 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517003159 A) filed by Claros Technologies Inc., Minneapolis, on Jan. 14, for 'method and apparatus for the destruction and defluorination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (pfas), fluorotelomers and other persisitent organic pollutants.'

Inventor(s) include Broderick, Conor Hogan; Xia, Zijie; Leslie, Evan Anthony; Brockgreitens, John Wilfrid; and Abbas, Abdennour.

The application for the patent was published on March 7, under issue no. 10/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A process for destroying PFAS, comprising irradiating a solution containing one or more PFAS with UV radiation, the solution con...