ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,883, issued on April 14, was assigned to BOREALIS GMBH (Vienna).

"Screening assembly and process for screening polymer from an effluent stream at reduced levels of polymer entrainment" was invented by Henry Sleijster (Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands), Mohammad Al-haj Ali (Porvoo, Finland), Mubashar Sattar (Porvoo, Finland), Noureddine Ajellal (Porvoo, Finland) and Charlotta Weber (Stockholm).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for screening polymer from a polymer-lean vapor stream, whereby the process comprises the steps of separating an effluent stream comprising the polymer and a first mixture of hydrocarbons into a polymer-rich s...