ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,656, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to MITSUBISHI KAKOKI KAISHA LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Filtration device and filtration system" was invented by Kazuki Oomori (Kanagawa, Japan), Masayoshi Usui (Kanagawa, Japan), Koichi Tani (Kanagawa, Japan) and Akito Kamatani (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filtration device according to the present invention includes: a filter chamber 3 to which slurry 40 containing a particle and a liquid having different electric charges is supplied through a supply line; a first electrode group 10A or a second electrode group 10B including cathode electrodes 11, 12 or anode electrodes 13, 14 ...