US Patent Issued to MEIDENSHA on May 27 for "Filtration membrane unit, holder holding same, filtration system including filtration membrane unit and holder, and filtration treatment apparatus including plurality of filtration systems" (Singaporean, Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,319, issued on May 27, was assigned to MEIDENSHA Corp. (Tokyo).

"Filtration membrane unit, holder holding same, filtration system including filtration membrane unit and holder, and filtration treatment apparatus including plurality of filtration systems" was invented by Hiroshi Noguchi (Singapore), Terutake Niwa (Singapore) and Akitoshi Nakagawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filtration membrane unit includes a filtration membrane and a suction side socket fixed to an end on one side in a longitudinal direction of the filtration membrane to hold the filtration membrane. The suction side socket extends in a lateral direction ...