ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,185, issued on March 17, was assigned to Aquafortus Technologies Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Solvent drying solution and processes therfor" was invented by Chaitra Prakash (Auckland, New Zealand), Haiming Tang (Auckland, New Zealand) and Crystal Maddox (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a solvent drying solution and processes therefor. The present disclosure more specifically relates to a solvent drying solution that in use releases water from a solvent mixture. The present disclosure also relates to a process for recovering a solvent drying solution, more specifically to a pro...