US Patent Issued to Battelle Energy Alliance, Boise State University on March 18 for "Methods of removing contaminants from a solution, and related systems" (Idaho, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,420, issued on March 18, was assigned to Battelle Energy Alliance LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) and Boise State University (Boise, Idaho).

"Methods of removing contaminants from a solution, and related systems" was invented by Tedd E. Lister (Bangor, Maine), Luis A. Diaz Aldana (Idaho Falls, Idaho), Naqsh E. Mansoor (Boise, Idaho) and David Estrada (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of removing contaminants from a solution comprises passing a solution including one or more contaminants through a first cell comprising a first anode chamber and a first cathode chamber, passing a slurry comprising a flowing electrode mate...