US Patent Issued to CHEMTREAT on June 23 for "Porous matrix substrate with chlorite reactant for producing chlorine dioxide" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,377, issued on June 23, was assigned to CHEMTREAT INC. (Glen Allen, Va.).

"Porous matrix substrate with chlorite reactant for producing chlorine dioxide" was invented by James Campbell Wilkins (Midlothian, Va.), Harold Russell Wilkins (Powhatan, Va.), Mark J Puchovich (Henrico, Va.), Megan Pettygrove (Glen Allen, Va.) and Benjamin Niemaseck (Chesterfield, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A porous matrix substrate that has chlorite reactant distributed therein can be used to produce gaseous chlorine dioxide. Ozone-containing gas can pass through the porous matrix substrate and the ozone can react with the chlorite to produce chlorin...