ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,601, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Claros Technologies Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Methods and systems of photosensitizer recovery for improved PFAS destruction" was invented by Zekun Liu (Brooklyn Park, Minn.), Joseph Reuel Levine Tirado (Minneapolis), Sonja Elise Moons (Minneapolis), John Wilfrid Brockgreitens (Minneapolis), Elvin Haffez Hossen (Richmond, Texas), Terry Lee Potts (Woodbury, Minn.) and Terrance P. Smith (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems of PFAS destruction including recovery and recycling of reactants. The method may include combining water including PFAS with fresh reactants including...