ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,638, issued on May 19, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS Corp. (Malvern, Pa.).

"Filter assembly with electrode" was invented by Hong Shen (DeForest, Wis.), Shing Hym Ng (Zhejiang, China), Liqing Hong (Hangzhou, China), Jean-Philippe Rakitic (Rosheim, France) and Jacob Andrews (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed that include providing a filter assembly having a filter body with an inlet and an outlet, a filter membrane support disposed within the filter body between the inlet and outlet, a filter membrane coupled to the filter membrane support, and at least one component that pas...