ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,807, issued on June 2, was assigned to NewSouth Innovations Pty Ltd. (Sydney).
"Processes and systems for de-watering sludge" was invented by Richard Mark Pashley (Sydney), Mojtaba Taseidifar (Sydney), Barry Ninham (Sydney) and Mohammad Ziaee (Sydney).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a process for de-watering a sludge. The process comprises heating a de-watering fluid, and passing the de-watering fluid through the sludge, thereby de-watering the sludge. Also disclosed herein is a system for de-watering a sludge and a sludge which is at least partially de-watered according to the process."
The patent was filed on June...