ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,538, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to VOLT CARBON TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Calgary, Canada).

"System to crush and filter material for air classification" was invented by V-Bond Lee (Newmarket, Canada) and Travis Duke Krebs (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air classifier for classifying a mixture of fine and coarse particles by size or aerodynamic shape, wherein the air classifier generally comprises a settling box through which a laminar airflow passes that improves introduction of particles into the airflow and thus improves separation and grading of particles by the air classifier."

The patent was filed on July 24, 2024, under...