ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,610, issued on July 22, was assigned to AQUACYCL INC. (Escondido, Calif.).

"Scalable floating micro-aeration unit, devices and methods" was invented by Sofia Malinova Babanova (San Diego), Orianna Bretschger (San Diego), Jaime Octavio Garcia Cornejo (La Mesa, Calif.) and Jason Daniel Jones (Cardiff By The Sea, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are floating micro-aeration unit (FMU) devices, systems and methods for biological sulfide removal from water/wastewater bodies and streams. In some aspects, a system includes a manifold structure including one or more opening to flow air out of an interior of the manifold structu...