US Patent Issued to Donaldson on July 8 for "Liquid filtration media, filter elements and methods" (Minnesota, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,613, issued on July 8, was assigned to Donaldson Co. Inc. (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Liquid filtration media, filter elements and methods" was invented by Derek O. Jones (Andover, Minn.), Keh B. Dema (Johnson City, Tenn.), Stephen M. Larsen (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), Mike J. Madsen (Chaska, Minn.), Andrew J. Dallas (Lakeville, Minn.), Yehya A. Elsayed (St. Paul, Minn.) and Chuanfang Yang (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter and filter media configured and arranged for placement in a fuel stream is disclosed. The filter and filter media allow for filtering of liquid fuels, such as diesel fuel. In certain embodime...