US Patent Issued to FLAMINGO HOLDING on Sept. 29 for "Process for in-line mineralisation and carbonation of demineralised water" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,177, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to FLAMINGO HOLDING SA (Uccle, Belgium).

"Process for in-line mineralisation and carbonation of demineralised water" was invented by Philippe Tob (Uccle, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention proposes a process of in-line mineralisation of water according to which demineralised water is circulated in a pipe inside which enzymes are immobilised to catalyse the reaction of carbon dioxide and water to form bicarbonate, carbon dioxide is introduced into the pipe, and a pre-determined quantity of solid minerals, preferably magnesium and/or calcium carbonate, is introduced into the circ...