ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,266, issued on May 27, was assigned to BROWN AND CALDWELL (Walnut Creek, Calif.).
"System and method for wastewater treatment" was invented by John L. Willis (Peachtree Corners, Ga.), Christopher D. Muller (Londonderry, N.H.), Ahmed Al-Omari (Aldie, Va.), Jose Jimenez (Winter Springs, Fla.), Pusker Regmi (Rockville, Md.) and Dante Fiorino (Columbus, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for treating a wastewater comprising phosphates and other nutrients and organic solids comprises feeding the wastewater into an acid gas digester where digestible carbohydrates in the wastewater undergo acidogenesis and acetogenesis forming vol...