US Patent Issued to University of Rochester on July 29 for "Device, system and method for the detection and screening of plastic microparticles" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,453, issued on July 29, was assigned to University of Rochester (Rochester, N.Y.).

"Device, system and method for the detection and screening of plastic microparticles" was invented by Wayne H. Knox (Rochester, N.Y.), Gregory Madejski (Albion, N.Y.) and James Lionel McGrath (Rochester, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device, system and method for the detection and screening of plastic microparticles in a sample is disclosed. A nanoporous silicon nitride membrane is used to entrap plastic microparticles contained in the sample. The sample may be a water sample, an air sample, or other liquid or gas sample. The entrapped plastic ...