ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,465, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Evoqua Water Technologies Canada Ltd. (Fredericton, Canada).

"Utilization of biogas scrubber in anaerobic membrane bioreactor systems" was invented by Dwain Wilson (Fredericton, Canada), Daniel Bertoldo (Fredericton, Canada), Josh Snowdon (Fredericton, Canada), Jonathan Dargavel (Fredericton, Canada) and Shannon Grant (Fredericton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of controlling hydrogen sulfide concentration of a biogas occupying an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) containing a submerged membrane are disclosed herein. Methods of controlling dissolved sulfide concentration of ...