ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,266, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Centre National de la Recherche Scientfique (Paris), Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Montpellier (Montpellier, France), Universite de Montpellier (Montpellier, France) and Politecnico di Torino (Turin, Italy).

"Composite biomimetic membranes with artificial water channels" was invented by Mihail-Dumitru Barboiu (Montpellier, France), Maria Di Vincenzo (Montpellier, France) and Alberto Tiraferri (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the field of biomimetic membranes with artificial water channels, notably the use thereof in the context of the production an...