US Patent Issued to Troy Cormier on July 22 for "Wastewater treatment method and system" (Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,611, issued on July 22, was assigned to Troy Cormier (Lake Charles, La.).

"Wastewater treatment method and system" was invented by Troy L. Cormier (Lake Charles, La.) and Michael Catanzaro (Lake Charles, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an apparatus for treating wastewater that includes a tank having a wall, defining an inner surface, and a floor; a clarifier having an outer surface selectably fixed relative to said tank; and a diffuser; wherein the inner surface, the outer surface and the diffuser are configured to compel wastewater in the tank to define a flow along a direction up the outer surface and down the inner...