US Patent Issued to Global Algae Technology on July 29 for "Biological and algae harvesting and cultivation systems and methods" (Tennessee, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,654, issued on July 29, was assigned to Global Algae Technology LLC (San Diego).

"Biological and algae harvesting and cultivation systems and methods" was invented by David A. Hazlebeck (El Cajon, Calif.) and William Rickman (Lebanon, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Algae harvesting and cultivating systems and methods for producing high concentrations of algae product with minimal energy. In an embodiment, a dead-end filtration system and method includes at least one tank and a plurality hollow fiber membranes positioned in the at least one tank. An algae medium is pulled through the hollow fiber membranes such that a retentate ...