US Patent Issued to President and Fellows of Harvard College on May 12 for "Forward osmosis driven by electrolysis" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,188, issued on May 12, was assigned to President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Forward osmosis driven by electrolysis" was invented by Daniel G. Nocera (Cambridge, Mass.) and Samuel S. Veroneau (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for removing a contaminant from a liquid are generally described. The liquid (e.g., water) containing the contaminant may be flowed across a semipermeable membrane (e.g., via forward osmosis) that is not permeable to the contaminant in order to remove the contaminant from the liquid. A concentration gradient across the semipermeable membrane may be provid...