US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Dec. 30 for "Controlling biofouling in water purification" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,382, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Controlling biofouling in water purification" was invented by Nidal A. Samad (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method for water purification are provided. An exemplary system includes a multimedia filter, an ozone generator, an ozone contactor coupled to the ozone generator, and a ceramic membrane filter coupled to an air scouring system, wherein the air scouring system is coupled to the ozone generator. A storage tank is coupled to a purified water line from the ceramic membrane filter, wherein the storage tank ...