US Patent Issued to INDUSTRIAS VEPINSA on Sept. 8 for "Floculant formulation based on chitosan compatible with disinfection products and method of preparation" (Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,142, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to INDUSTRIAS VEPINSA S.A. DE C.V. (Los Mochis, Mexico).

"Floculant formulation based on chitosan compatible with disinfection products and method of preparation" was invented by Nubia Yarazeth Valdez Rodriguez (Sinaloa, Mexico) and Fernando Arturo Rodriguez Gomez (Sinaloa, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chitosan-based flocculant has the optimal adjustment of metal salts, alcohols and acids, which allow an all-in-one product to be obtained. A product with compatibility with the main disinfection agents is used in water treatment, which is functional product and is applied in more practica...