ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,988, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Kroff Landfill Technologies Inc. (Pittsburgh).
"Method and composition for removing a landfill residue" was invented by David Earl Schwab (Renfrew, Pa.) and Jacob Nicholas Very (Coraopolis, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method of removing a landfill residue that includes (a) forming a treatment composition that includes, (i) an acid functional material comprising at least one of carboxylic acid functional materials, phosphoric acid functional materials, phosphonic acid functional materials, or salts thereof, (ii) water, (iii) optionally an oxidizer includ...