ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,693, issued on April 21, was assigned to Albemarle Amendments LLC (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Process, system, and apparatus for reducing environmental pollutants from a mobile phase" was invented by Qunhui Zhou (Concord, Calif.), Kim Seyhe Pingree (Baton Rouge, La.), Jon E Miller (Baton Rouge, La.) and Sascha J Welz (Phoenix).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to reactive media containing a brominated sorbent that can adsorb environmental pollutants, including mercury, and can prevent or limit the loss of the absorbed pollutant in the presence of a mobile media. Systems, devices and processes that utilize this adsorption ...