ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,925, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to The University of Manchester (Manchester, Great Britain).
"Oil/water separation" was invented by Rahul Raveendran Nair (Manchester, Great Britain) and Kun Huang (Manchester, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a method of separating oils and aqueous media. The method uses membranes comprising 2D phyllosilicate coatings. The invention also relates to membranes for use in said methods."
The patent was filed on Jan. 20, 2020, under Application No. 17/424,450.
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