US Patent Issued to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN on April 21 for "Wastewater treatment systems and methods" (Arizona, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,473, issued on April 21, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Wastewater treatment systems and methods" was invented by Joshua Boltz (Tempe, Ariz.), Bruce Rittmann (Tempe, Ariz.) and Glen Daigger (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biofilm membrane bioreactor system with a bioreactor, at least two membrane plates positioned within the bioreactor, and a plurality of biofilm carriers suspended within the wastewater in the bioreactor. The bioreactor has at least one inlet and at least one outlet. T...