ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,335, issued on Sept. 15.

"Systems and methods for ion exchange apparatus" was invented by Paul Sylvester (Denver), Ben Garrett (Richland, Wash.), Nicephore Bonnet (Paris), Brian Gaither (Pasco, Wash.), Clay Nulle (Pasco, Wash.) and Jean-Christophe Yves Maurice Piroux (Arpaillargues-et-Aureillac, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed herein for ion exchange wherein process fluid is injected at multiple points within the ion exchange vessel simultaneously, allowing the contaminants and/or the contaminated process fluid to be distributed homogeneously throughout the ion exchange media. These systems an...