ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,657, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Pall Corp. (Port Washington, N.Y.).

"Filter disk segments" was invented by Michael B. Whitlock (Cortland, N.Y.), Lara C. Heberle (Cortland, N.Y.) and Samantha M. Brand (Cortland, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Filter disk segments, methods of use, and filter devices including the filter disk segments are disclosed."

The patent was filed on April 30, 2021, under Application No. 17/246,349.

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