ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,625, issued on July 8, was assigned to INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING SYSTEMS INC. (Bakersfield, Calif.).

"Scalable tangential flow filtration method and retrofit kit" was invented by Dennis Troy Hodgson (Vacaville, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for modifying the flow capabilities of an existing tangential flow filtration (TFF) system is contemplated in which the processing capabilities of the existing static TFF system may be increased without requiring the addition of additional systems running in parallel. This may be achieved via adjusting or replacing certain of the components of the TFF skid to accommodate a tubing set ...