ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,360, issued on March 31, was assigned to NITTO DENKO Corp. (Ibaraki, Japan).
"Hydrophilic membrane separation layer" was invented by Bita Bagge (Loveland, Ohio), Robb Bagge (Loveland, Ohio), Shijun Zheng (San Diego), Weiping Lin (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Peng Wang (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are gas separation membranes that provide improved compatibility between the gutter layer and the porous support and/or the separation layer for gases. Such composite membranes have a high water/air selectivity in permeability."
The patent was filed on March 29, 2022, under Application No. 18/285,016.
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