ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,402, issued on March 17, was assigned to ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS (Paris) and CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE-CNRS (Paris).
"Method and system for recovering products from an emulsion" was invented by Jean Baudry (Paris), Jerome Bibette (Paris), Laurent Boitard (Paris), Klaus Eyer (Paris) and Krzysztof Langer (Palaiseau, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for selecting and recovering products, including providing an emulsion (6) comprising a plurality of drops (4) contained in a carrier fluid (10), each drop comprising an in...