ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,454, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Repligen Corp. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Filtration system and method for synchronizing permeate and retentate flow" was invented by Rudolf Pavlik (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Ralf Kuriyel (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid filtration system includes a fluid storage vessel such as a bioreactor, a filter housing including a filter element disposed therein, a pump coupled between the fluid storage vessel and the filter housing, and a flow diverter disposed between the pump and the filter housing. The pump is configured to move fluid from the fluid storage vessel through the filte...