ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,364, issued on March 17, was assigned to DDP SPECIALTY ELECTRONIC MATERIALS US LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Spiral wound membrane modules with sensor and transmitter field" was invented by Steven D. Jons (Minneapolis), Luke Franklin (Minneapolis) and Sundeep Ramachandran (Edina, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spiral wound membrane module includes a specialized endcap assembly including a connecting conduit defining a passageway extending radially inward from its outer periphery, and at least one sensor connected to the passageway of the connecting conduit. The specialized endcap assembly also includes a microprocessor, an antenn...