ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,273, issued on July 7, was assigned to Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO ('s-Gravenhage, Netherlands).

"Process for the separation of a product mixture" was invented by Jurriaan Boon ('s-Gravenhage, Netherlands), Vladimir Dikic ('s-Gravenhage, Netherlands) and Marija Saric ('s-Gravenhage, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides the use of a clearing gas in the separation of a mixture comprising a light and a heavy component that are difficult to separate. The invention further concerns a process for such a separation, comprising (a) providing a product mixture contain...