US Patent Issued to APEX WATER SOLUTION, APACHE on March 24 for "Methods for treating porous membranes" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,944, issued on March 24, was assigned to APEX WATER SOLUTION LLC (Doha, Qatar) and APACHE Corp. (Houston).

"Methods for treating porous membranes" was invented by Andrius Stanulis (Swansea, Great Britain), Thomas J. Ainscough (Llanelli, Great Britain), Darren L. Oatley-Radcliffe (Tonyrefail, Great Britain) and Andrew R. Barron (Swansea, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to methods for treating porous membranes. In an embodiment, a method of treating a porous membrane is provided. The method includes flushing the membrane with a first fluid comprising a hydroxide ion a...