US Patent Issued to Wyatt Technology on May 27 for "Field flow fractionator configured to prevent leakage" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,606, issued on May 27, was assigned to Wyatt Technology LLC (Goleta, Calif.).

"Field flow fractionator configured to prevent leakage" was invented by Steven P. Trainoff (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Kyle C. Ellis (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a field flow fractionator including (1) a top plate assembly including a first non-corrosive material, at least three fluid fittings machined into the first non corrosive material, a top cavity machined into the first non-corrosive material, and at least one top plate o-ring configured to form a horizontal geometry of a separation channel, (2) a membrane, (3...