ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,974, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to MOTT Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Bioreactor design and methods of manufacture thereof" was invented by Gregory Tedeschi (Cromwell, Conn.) and Patrick Stephen Hill (Vernon, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a bioreactor comprising a vessel comprising; a first tube for transporting retentate to a retentate receiving tank; a second tube that surrounds the first tube for transporting a permeate to a permeate receiving tank; and a third tube that surrounds the second tube; wherein the third tube is in fluid communication with a sparger; and wherein the third tube transports a ...