ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,617, issued on May 26, was assigned to EMD Millipore Corp. (Burlington, Mass.).

"Compact spiral-wound filter elements, modules and systems" was invented by Jonathan Steen (Worcester, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides compact spiral-wound filter elements having cassette-like performance. The invention further provides filtration systems (e.g., TFF systems) and processes (e.g., SPTFF processes) employing compact spiral-wound filter elements having cassette-like performance."

The patent was filed on Oct. 25, 2023, under Application No. 18/493,880.

*For further information, including images, charts and ...