US Patent Issued to POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION on July 14 for "System for continuous oil/water separation using superhydrophilic oil/water separation filter" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,713, issued on July 14, was assigned to POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"System for continuous oil/water separation using superhydrophilic oil/water separation filter" was invented by Woonbong Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Handong Cho (Daejeon, South Korea) and Seongmin Kim (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A continuous oil-water separation system includes a storage tank having an inlet and an outlet and storing an oil-water mixture, a filter housing including a storage space having a predetermined height and having an inlet connected to the outflow portion of the sto...