US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Jan. 28 for "Foam reduction and/or prevention methods and associated systems and articles" (California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,344, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Foam reduction and/or prevention 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: "Foam mitigation using a variety of articles, systems, and methods is generally described. According to certain embodiments, surfaces with certain wetting properties can be used to reduce or eliminate the formation of foam from bubble-containing liquids. In some embodiments, a surface with certain wetting properties is configured and/or ...