ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,347, issued on March 31, was assigned to Baldwin Filters Inc. (Cleveland).
"Surface coated filter and method" was invented by Timothy L. Krull (Kearney, Neb.), Matthew K. Epperson (Kearney, Neb.), Daniel P. Pokorney (Kearney, Neb.) and Michael J. Von Seggern (Kearney, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter element is provided. The filter element includes a filter media pack including an outer surface. The outer surface extending between a first flow face and a second flow face. The filter element also includes a polymeric coating applied to the outer surface of the filter media pack, wherein the polymeric coating is not a mold...