ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,481, issued on March 18, was assigned to Molekule Inc. (San Francisco).

"Photocatalytic fluid filtration system and method" was invented by Jaspreet S. Dhau (San Francisco), Dilip N. Goswami (San Francisco), Philip Myers (San Francisco), David Sanabria (San Francisco) and Rick C. Rasor (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid purification system can include a filter comprising photocatalytic material, a light source configured to illuminate the photocatalytic material, and a scattering film configured to scatter light emitted from the light source."

The patent was filed on June 7, 2021, under Application No. 17/340,793...