ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,023, issued on Sept. 16.
"Method and device for biological production of sulfuric acid" was invented by Bonno Koers (Doesburg, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method and a device for biological production of sulfuric acid. The disclosure allows the use of high concentrations of sulfur as a feed for microbiological oxidation, resulting in high conversion of sulfur to sulfuric acid and, consequently, high sulfuric acid yields, which are obtained in an environmentally friendly way."
The patent was filed on Feb. 14, 2022, under Application No. 17/670,809.
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