US Patent Issued to 2599218 ONTARIO on April 29 for "Graphene membranes and methods for making graphene membranes" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,728, issued on April 29, was assigned to 2599218 ONTARIO INC. (Toronto).

"Graphene membranes and methods for making graphene membranes" was invented by Ian Flint (Bedford, Canada) and Nifemi Oguntuase (Dartmouth, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for making a graphene membrane includes applying a suspension of graphene platelets in a fluid onto a porous substrate, and applying a pressure differential to force the fluid through the substrate to yield a filtered fluid while retaining the graphene platelets on the substrate. The graphene platelets and the substrate form the graphene membrane."

The patent was filed on Feb. 1...