ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,769, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to GEM INNOVATIONS SRL (Caselle di Altivole TV, Italy).

"Filtering device for filtering a fluid and process for filtering a fluid" was invented by Luigino Mazzocato (Montebelluna Treviso, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention refers to a filtering device for filtering a fluid containing dissolved solutions and optionally colloidal substances, including solvents and solutes, comprising a first filter unit (12) serving to remove substances in a first filtering step by way of a membrane filtration, said removed substances having a molecular weight above a defined limit value, a s...