ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,843, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Porifera Inc. (San Leandro, Calif.).

"Method and system for the filtration and stabilization of ultra-high gravity alcoholic beverages" was invented by Frederik Havel (Beaconsfield, Canada) and David Durkee (Lakewood, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are described that filter and stabilize ultra-high gravity alcoholic beverages produced by forward osmosis. A rough ultra-high gravity alcoholic beverage may be received from a dewatering system and then passed on to a chiller as part of a post dewatering process. The ultra-high gravity alcoholic beverage may be held at a pr...