ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,838, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta).

"Hybrid dimensional material interlayer regulated thin film composite nanofiltration membrane for nutrients recovery" was invented by Haiping Gao (Atlanta) and Yongsheng Chen (Marietta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides for a membrane comprising a substrate, an interlayer, and a polymer layer, wherein the interlayer is disposed on a surface of the substrate and the polymer layer is disposed on a surface of the interlayer opposite the substrate, further wherein the substrate comprises a thermoplastic, the interlayer comprises ...