ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,799, issued on June 3, was assigned to Gradiant Corp. (Woburn, Mass.).
"Polymerization methods for membrane formation" was invented by Aaron Jit Loong U (Singapore), Bolian Berlin Ng (Singapore) and Kangjia Lu (Singapore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of forming porous media (e.g., membranes for liquid separations or parts thereof) via polymerization, and related articles, are generally described. In some instances, two components are combined such that a polymerization (e.g., interfacial polymerization) reaction occurs, resulting in the formation of polymer layer (e.g., an active layer). In some instances, the two components ...