ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,976, issued on March 11, was assigned to Rhizoscape Technologies Pty Ltd (Grange, Australia).
"In situ fluid diffusion apparatus and system" was invented by Timothy Edwin Woods (Adelaide, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments are directed to a tunnel device for use in single pass sand filtration (SPSF) systems, including curved lateral walls which meet at an apex channel having a flat top, an open bottom, and side vented walls. The interaction between the characterizing components and vertically streamed treated wastewater from a pressurized pipe results in the maximized lateral transport of the treated wastewate...