ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,719, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Acuriant Technologies Inc. (Boston).

"Ceramic membrane filtration assembly with sealing device and related methods" was invented by Paul Osmundson (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceramic membrane filtration assembly comprising a membrane assembly extending from a first membrane assembly end to a second membrane assembly end, where the membrane assembly is defined by a membrane assembly length, the membrane assembly including at least one membrane. At least one of the membranes have channels therein, and at least one channel has channel ends. The filtration assembly further incl...