US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on May 27 for "Treating per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances in landfill leachate" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,255, issued on May 27, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation INC. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Treating per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances in landfill leachate" was invented by Timothy G Townsend (Gainesville, Fla.), John Alfred Bowden (Newberry, Fla.), Michael D Annable (Gainesville, Fla.) and Nicole Robey (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides for devices, systems, and methods of separating PFAS compounds from wastewater leachate. After separation, the PFAS compounds can be rendered less harmful. The present disclosure provides for devices, systems, and methods that uses aer...