US Patent Issued to Kaushik Palicha on Feb. 24 for "Microbial electrochemical cell (MECC) for waste degradation" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,395, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Kaushik Palicha (Tamil Nadu, India).

"Microbial electrochemical cell (MECC) for waste degradation" was invented by Harinipriya Seshadri (Chengalpattu, India) and Savari Rathinam Sahaya Prabaharan (Pudupakkam, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microbial electrochemical cell for degrading waste materials into useful products and process of degradation thereof is described. The microbial electrochemical cell includes at least one compartment; at least two electrodes connected to an electrical source (A); the anode is disposed within an organic solvent (C) containing mixed and unsorted waste s...