US Patent Issued to BWT Holding on June 30 for "Device and method for protecting drinking water from microorganisms" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,810, issued on June 30, was assigned to BWT Holding GmbH (Mondsee, Austria).

"Device and method for protecting drinking water from microorganisms" was invented by Jurgen Johann (Mondsee, Austria) and Katharina Weitgasser (Wals, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water filter comprises an ultrafilter or microfilter, in particular a membrane stack for ultrafiltration or microfiltration, which has a direction of flow (D) and contains an alkalinizing and/or oxidative material that is placed upstream of or within the membrane stack when viewed in the direction of flow."

The patent was filed on Nov. 4, 2021, under Application No. 18...