US Patent Issued to Fermi Forward Discovery Group on Sept. 29 for "Water purification system" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,167, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Fermi Forward Discovery Group LLC (Chicago).

"Water purification system" was invented by Michael Geelhoed (North Aurora, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for water purification includes a particle accelerator configured to generate a particle beam and a conduit configured to be substantially in line with the particle beam wherein said electron beam is incident on a fluid flowing through the conduit. The electron beam can be oriented to be substantially head on to the direction of flow of the fluid in the conduit. A shielding assembly can be configured around the conduit...