US Patent Issued to Ambitious Technologies on June 16 for "Flocculation cyclone device, marine plastic removal system using the same, ship provided with the system, and operation method for the ship" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,179, issued on June 16, was assigned to Ambitious Technologies Ltd. (Mito, Japan).

"Flocculation cyclone device, marine plastic removal system using the same, ship provided with the system, and operation method for the ship" was invented by Akira Mochizuki (Mito, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Conventional liquid cyclone devices tend to break flocs and thus cannot be used for floc separation. Further, there are no ballast water treatment devices that can simultaneously remove plastics and microplastics floating in the sea. In addition, there are no ships or ship operation methods that address the problem of pollution due to pla...