US Patent Issued to Battelle Memorial Institute on June 3 for "Composition and method for capture and degradation of PFAS" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,594, issued on June 3, was assigned to Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Wash.).

"Composition and method for capture and degradation of PFAS" was invented by Radha K. Motkuri (Richland, Wash.), Sayandev Chatterjee (Richland, Wash.), Dushyant Barpaga (Richland, Wash.) and Bernard P. McGrail (Pasco, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Materials for binding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are disclosed. A fluidic device comprising the materials for detection and quantification of PFAS in a sample is disclosed. The fluidic device may be configured for multiplexed analyses. Also disclosed are methods for sorbing and remedi...