ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,944, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to InnSep AS (Trondheim, Norway).

"Separator for a multi-phase flow" was invented by Maria Fernandino (Ranheim, Norway) and Carlos A. Dorao (Ranheim, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separator for separating a multi-phase flow comprises: a first chamber at an upstream end of the separator, the first chamber comprising an inlet for an inlet flow to enter the first chamber; a second chamber at a downstream end of the separator, the second chamber comprising an outlet for a separated gas flow to exit the second chamber; and a mesh located between the first chamber and the second chamber for se...