ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,842, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE TOULOUSE (Toulouse, France), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris) and INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT (Paris).
"Method for producing microbial cellular biomass having flocculant properties" was invented by Yolaine Bessiere (Toulouse, France), Etienne Paul (Toulouse, France), Jean-Noel Louvet (Toulouse, France), Elise Blanchet (Toulouse, France), Evrard Mengelle (Toulouse, France), Simon Dubos (Toulouse, France), Mansour Bounouba (Toulouse, France), Carine Saux (Toulouse, France), Ana Morgado Ferreira (Toulouse, France) and Dores Cir...