ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,076, issued on May 19.

"Separator system and method" was invented by Troy Bollom (Oklahoma City), Jon Paul Rountree (Oklahoma City) and Joe Don Selman (Oklahoma City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separator system and method may provide a four-way separator that may separate a material and remove a hazardous material. The hazardous material may include gas and sand that may be removed by the four-way separator. The separator system and method may further provide a main unit that may include three chambers or recirculation hoppers, an auger sand extractor, and a strap tank. The separator system and method may provide a faster rig-up ...