ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,868, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to TECHNOLOGIES AVANCEES ET MEMBRANES INDUSTRIELLES (Nyons, France).

"Method of manufacturing a single-piece column structure for the separation of a fluid medium" was invented by Philippe Lescoche (Piegon, France) and Jerome Anquetil (Vaison la Romaine, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a separator element for obtaining molecular and/or particulate separation by tangential flow of a fluid medium for treatment into a filtrate and a retentate, the element having a structure (2) of at least two porous rigid columns (3) made of the same material, positioned side by side ...