US Patent Issued to Electric Power Research Institute on Dec. 2 for "Metal-organic frameworks for the removal of multiple liquid phase compounds and methods for using and making same" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,182, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Electric Power Research Institute Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Metal-organic frameworks for the removal of multiple liquid phase compounds and methods for using and making same" was invented by Paul L. Frattini (St. Charles, Mo.), Daniel M. Wells (Charlotte, N.C.), Ashlee J. Howarth (Montreal), Christopher James Copeman (Candiac, Canada) and Keith Paul Fruzzetti (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a ligated metal-organic framework (MOF) for use in removing both anionic and cationic species from a liquid or liquid stream. The present invention also p...