US Patent Issued to Brown University on Aug. 25 for "Formulations and processes for treating water from impacted sources" (Rhode Island, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,991, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Brown University (Providence, R.I.).

"Formulations and processes for treating water from impacted sources" was invented by Kurt Pennell (Waban, Mass.) and Chen Liu (Providence, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to an aqueous composition comprising, (a) an ion-exchange resin (IXR) comprising microporous beads having a particle size ranging from about 200 um to about 1000 um; (b) a water soluble surfactant having a molecular weight ranging from about 7,500 to about 15,000 Da; and (c) a buffer component; wherein the pH of the aqueous composition ranges from about 5 to abou...