US Patent Issued to Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees on July 8 for "Harmful algae bloom mitigation system" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,494, issued on July 8, was assigned to Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees (Fort Myers, Fla.).

"Harmful algae bloom mitigation system" was invented by Levente Gyorgy Pap (Fort Myers, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A large-scale harmful algae bloom mitigation system that is environmentally safe, cost-effective, and scalable utilizing a hyperoxic nanobubble treatment and remote brevetoxin screening, without relying on heavy laboratory equipment. The hyperoxic nanobubble treatment and remote brevetoxin screening system is configured for installation within a narrow cross-section of an area of a body of water. The system ...