ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,093, issued on June 17, was assigned to Blue Skies Global LLC (Williams Bay, Wis.).

"Regenerative media filtration" was invented by Paul F. Nehlen III (Delavan, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A regenerative filter that includes a filter housing having inlet and outlet zones; a fluid path provided between the inlet and outlet zones; a plurality of filter elements each having an outer surface filter media applied thereto and functioning to filter particulate or contaminants from the fluid path; and a tube sheet that is supported across the filter housing, that is disposed just before the outlet zone and that provides the support f...