ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,444, issued on July 29, was assigned to Dionex Corp. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
"Method for preparing monolithic coated surfaces" was invented by Christopher A. Pohl (Union City, Calif.) and John M. Riviello (Los Gatos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carrier for adsorption a compound, comprising a support; and a shrink-fitted monolithic body attached to and surrounding at least a portion of the support. The monolithic body can be porous and configured to bind compounds in a solution either for the isolation or depletion of the compounds from the solution."
The patent was filed on Dec. 8, 2021, under Application No. 17/545,466.
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