ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,195, issued on April 7, was assigned to INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED.

"Method for refinery wastewater treatment, a system and uses thereof" was invented by Srikanth Sandipam (Faridabad, India), Manoj Kumar (Faridabad, India), Ravi Prakash Gupta (Faridabad, India), Suresh Kumar Puri (Faridabad, India) and Sankara Sri Venkata Ramakumar (Faridabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for refinery wastewater treatment which comprises hybrid electrode system for simultaneous flocculation/coagulation and oxidation in single system. Further, the present invention provides a system for refinery wa...