US Patent Issued on Sept. 2 for "Systems and methods for collecting and transporting biofuel components" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,470, issued on Sept. 2.

"Systems and methods for collecting and transporting biofuel components" was invented by Martin Franklin McCarthy (Charlotte, N.C.) and Sean Thomas McCarthy (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of capturing and disposing of fats, oil and/or grease ("FOG") is disclosed. The method includes: providing a porous container formed of a porous fabric, wherein the porous container is filled with an absorbent material capable of absorbing a quantity of the fats, oil, and/or grease through the porous fabric of the porous container; placing the porous container and the absorbent material contained the...