ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,222, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Claros Technologies Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Methods and systems for recycling materials during PFAS destruction" was invented by Zekun Liu (Brooklyn Park, Minn.), Joseph Reuel Levine Tirado (Minneapolis), Sonja Elise Moons (Minneapolis), John Wilfrid Brockgreitens (Minneapolis), Elvin Haffez Hossen (Richmond, Texas), Terry Lee Potts (Woodbury, Minn.) and Terrance P. Smith (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for PFAS destruction including providing water containing PFAS to a reactor vessel, irradiating the water with UV light under conditions to destroy at ...