US Patent Issued to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES on Aug. 19 for "Method for counter-current liquid-liquid extraction in a sub-millimetre conduit" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,747, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Method for counter-current liquid-liquid extraction in a sub-millimetre conduit" was invented by Alastair Magnaldo (Connaux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for counter-current liquid-liquid extraction in a sub-millimeter conduit is implemented from an initial liquid drop stream. The stream has alternating drops of a first liquid, and a second liquid less wetting than the first liquid and immiscible with the first liquid. One of the liquids includes a component to extract towards the other liquid. A first pr...