US Patent Issued to KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES on July 29 for "Cleaning agent, cleaning method of water treatment apparatus, and cleaning method of silica-based scale" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,638, issued on July 29, was assigned to KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Cleaning agent, cleaning method of water treatment apparatus, and cleaning method of silica-based scale" was invented by Jack Mueller (San Marcos, Calif.) and Sara Jaffarian (San Marcos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a silica-based scale cleaning technology. The disclosure can provide a cleaning agent of a silica-based scale, containing a silicic acid compound. The disclosure can also provide a cleaning method of a water treatment apparatus, including: using a solution containing a silicic acid compound. Further, the disclos...