ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,289, issued on May 27, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Methods and systems for processing photopolymerizable compositions" was invented by Malte Korten (Moorenweis, Germany) and Gioacchino Raia (Tuerkenfeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods including obtaining an insert comprising a sieve defining openings each having a diameter of 10 to 200 micrometers; placing a volume of a fluid containing a photopolymerizable composition and a contaminant in the insert; and subjecting the volume of the fluid to a centrifugal force to separate the contaminant ...