ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,666, issued on July 1, was assigned to Hollingsworth & Vose Co. (East Walpole, Mass.).

"Filter media including out-of-plane solid elements, methods of forming them, and uses thereof" was invented by Mark Rowlands (Stratford-Upon-Avon, Great Britain), James M. Witsch (Westfield, Mass.), Wei Mu (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) and Stephan Daus (Frankenberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Filter media including out-of-plane solid elements are generally described. Inventive methods of forming them and uses thereof are also described."

The patent was filed on April 7, 2020, under Application No. 16/842,178.

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