ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,838, issued on May 20, was assigned to Aqua Membranes Inc. (Albuquerque, N.M.).
"Preferred flow paths for spiral-wound elements" was invented by Jay Collin Weingardt (Albuquerque, N.M.), Kevin Roderick (Albuquerque, N.M.), Jay Kendall Weingardt (Albuquerque, N.M.), Rodney E Herrington (Albuquerque, N.M.), Craig Beckman (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Nelson Longmire (Albuquerque, N.M.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a spiral wound membrane element designs that utilize entrance and exit points in the feed space channel and utilize barriers on the perimeter of the feed space as well as barriers in the feed space...