US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on April 29 for "Bubble gas harvesting and/or transport methods and associated systems and articles" (California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,705, issued on April 29, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Bubble gas harvesting and/or transport methods and associated systems and articles" was invented by Kripa K. Varanasi (Lexington, Mass.) and Leonid Rapoport (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods for transporting and/or harvesting gas from bubbles, as well as associated articles and systems. In some embodiments, transporting and/or harvesting the gas from the bubbles can reduce or prevent the amount of foam that is present within a system. According to certain embodiments, a conduit comprising ...