ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,239, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Porifera Inc. (San Leandro, Calif.).

"Methods of dewatering of alcoholic solutions via forward osmosis and related systems" was invented by Charles Benton (Berkeley, Calif.), Olgica Bakajin (Berkeley, Calif.), Jennifer Klare (Berkeley, Calif.) and Ravindra Revanur (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein relate to methods and systems for dewatering alcoholic solutions via forward osmosis."

The patent was filed on Feb. 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/165,162.

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