ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,810, issued on May 20, was assigned to WaterSep BioSeparations LLC (Marlborough, Mass.).

"Single pass cross flow filtration module and method" was invented by Attila Herczeg (Southborough, Mass.), Bengt G. Persson (Boston) and Julie-Anne Burdick (Hudson, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed, herein is a single pass cross flow filtration system comprising: a filtration module, comprising two or more filtration segments fluidly connected in series, each having an upstream side and a downstream side; wherein each filtration segment comprises hollow fiber filter membranes, and wherein, when in use, the desired permeate flux is ...