ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,750, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ARIEL SCIENTIFIC INNOVATIONS LTD. (Ariel, Israel) and BIO CASTLE WATERTECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Shimshit, Israel).
"Small bio-reactor platform (SBP) technology as microbial electrochemical systems" was invented by Rivka Cahan (Petach Tikva, Israel), Alex Schechter (Givat Koah, Israel), Ofir Menashe (Shimshit, Israel) and Irina Dubrovin (Ariel, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to an anode comprising an inner layer encapsulating a conductive material and a bacteria, and an outer layer comprising a rigid porous membrane. Further provided is a microbial electrochemic...