ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,340, issued on March 31, was assigned to GAUDFRIN (Saint Germain en Laye, France).

"Rotary filter and associated filtering method" was invented by Adrien Dagallier (Saint Germain en Laye, France), Simon Illouz (Saint Germain en Laye, France) and Romain Gallais (Saint Germain en Laye, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary filter for liquid/solid separation includes a trough for containing a suspension, and at least one disk non-rotatably connected to a main shaft. The at least one disk includes filter sectors that each include a structural element covered by a filter medium, and a duct connecting each filter sector to pipes ...