ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,492, issued on May 6, was assigned to MB HOLDING COMPANY INC. (Kokomo, Ind.).

"System and process for reducing PFAS and microplastics in biosolids using hydrodynamic cavitation and foam fractionation" was invented by Terry Merrell (Kokomo, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for reducing particles from biosolids, comprising a storage tank for holding biosolids and an inlet pipe. The inlet pipe delivers biosolids from the storage tank to a screener and then to a percent solids meter. The percent solids meter measures the solid content in the biosolids and sends a signal to an electronic solenoid valve to control water content...