ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,772, issued on March 4, was assigned to NuQuatic LLC (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Treatment of aqueous composition with metal component" was invented by Carlos Borras (Ruskin, Fla.) and Donald A. Luke (Valrico, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating feed water includes adding a metal component to the feed water to form a clarified aqueous composition."

The patent was filed on April 5, 2024, under Application No. 18/628,119.

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