US Patent Issued to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on March 24 for "Directed evolution for membrane development in three dimensions" (New York, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,846, issued on March 24, was assigned to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, N.Y.).

"Directed evolution for membrane development in three dimensions" was invented by Georges Belfort (Slingerlands, N.Y.), Joel L. Plawsky (Albany, N.Y.), Mirco Sorci (Troy, N.Y.) and Chenyu Guan (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of directed evolution for developing a membrane includes using a 3D protocol to simulate particle trajectories and determine the effect of intermolecular forces on particle capture performance during membrane filtration to determine the effectiveness of different candidate membranes in optimizing performa...