ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,458, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to DelStar Technologies Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.) and LMS Technologies Inc. (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Filters with mechanical and electrostatic filtering capabilities" was invented by Andrew G. Platt (Middletown, Del.) and Lenny Pompeo (Middletown, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Filter media and filters, such as air filters, face masks, gas turbine and compressor air intake filters, panel filters and the like, are provided that capture submicron particles with both electrostatic forces and the utilization of nanoparticles within the filter media. A filtration media includes a substrate comprising fib...