US Patent Issued to ESKISEHIR TEKNIK UNIVERSITESI, ISTANBUL GELISIM UNIVERSITESI, ANADOLU UNIVERSITESI on Oct. 28 for "Multilayer panel comprising biofilm to reduce evaporation in dams" (Turkish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,406, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ESKISEHIR TEKNIK UNIVERSITESI (Turkey), ISTANBUL GELISIM UNIVERSITESI (Turkey) and ANADOLU UNIVERSITESI (Turkey).

"Multilayer panel comprising biofilm to reduce evaporation in dams" was invented by Mustafa Tombul (Eskisehir, Turkey), Masoud Derakhshandeh (Eskisehir, Turkey) and Ali Savas Koparal (Eskisehir, Turkey).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a biofilm based panel that is developed for reducing evaporation in dam reservoirs, and allows biomass production. The biofilm based panel of the invention comprises in general three main layers, a support layer (4), a nutrient l...