US Patent Issued to POLITECNICO DI MILANO on April 15 for "Method for the early estimation of anaerobic degradability of organic substrates" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,000, issued on April 15, was assigned to POLITECNICO DI MILANO (Milan).

"Method for the early estimation of anaerobic degradability of organic substrates" was invented by Gianni Ferretti (Cremona, Italy), Arianna Catenacci (Milan) and Francesca Maria Alessandra Malpei (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the early estimation of anaerobic degradability of organic substrates, starting from initial data acquired from tests measuring BMP (Biochemical Methane Potential). The method consists of: i) calculating the two parameters B0 and k; ii) comparing the fit of the decreasing trend of B0,est as trianglet varies with a homogr...