ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,954, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to HMT Technologies Inc. (Mississauga, Canada).

"Liquid-filtration membrane and module, and method for making" was invented by Hamid Rabie (Mississauga, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for sealing a first end of a plurality of liquid-filtration membranes, each having a hollow tubular shape. The method comprises: providing adhesive in a storage vessel; immersing the first ends of the liquid-filtration membranes into the adhesive up to a first length; applying a driver liquid above the adhesive, wherein the driver liquid is less dense than the adhesive, such that a weight ...