US Patent Issued to International Business Machines on April 15 for "Filter device having multiple changeable filter surfaces" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,966, issued on April 15, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Filter device having multiple changeable filter surfaces" was invented by Madhana Sunder (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.), Allan Cory VanDeventer (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.), Jay A. Bunt (Esopus, N.Y.), Joyce E. Molinelli Acocella (Poughquag, N.Y.), Heather Nicole Polgrean (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.), Hongqing Zhang (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.) and Steven H. Boettcher (Fishkill, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device that comprises an outer component, an inner component and a filter module. The outer component includes a first hollow cylinder, and exterior p...