ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,348, issued on May 13, was assigned to TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DORTMUND (Dortmund, Germany).
"Electrostatic precipitator" was invented by Markus Thommes (Dusseldorf, Germany), Adrian Dobrowolski (Remscheid, Germany), Helmut Wiggers (Witten, Germany), Damian Pieloth (Dortmund, Germany), Gerhard Schaldach (Wickede, Germany) and Anna Justen (Bochum, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrostatic precipitator for introducing sub-millimeter sized particles into a carrier material. The carrier material has a melting point which lies above 0deg C., preferably above room temperature. The electrostatic precipitator comprises a casing ...