US Patent Issued to CARBONET NANOTECHNOLOGIES on Feb. 18 for "Nanonets for removal of contaminants from aqueous solutions, kits therefor and methods of their use" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,750, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to CARBONET NANOTECHNOLOGIES INC. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Nanonets for removal of contaminants from aqueous solutions, kits therefor and methods of their use" was invented by Michael Carlson (Vancouver, Canada), Macarena Cataldo-Hernandez (Vancouver, Canada), Anne Marie Culotta (Seabrook, Texas) and Khatera Hazin (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are nanonets comprising a) a surfactant aggregate having an average aggregate diameter; and b) a polymer having an average particle diameter which average particle diameter is the same or smaller than the average aggregate diameter,...