ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,459, issued on April 21, was assigned to Sentinel Water Solutions LLC (State College, Pa.).

"Batch polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pilot methods, mobile apparatus, and roughing filter system and methods" was invented by Thomas E Klein (West Chester, Pa.) and Andrew L Strassner (Malvern, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for filtering contaminants from a water source, and for evaluating the effectiveness of filter media for a water source, involving flowing water from the water source into a filter media within a pressure vessel, generating an amount of filter media for filtering contaminants from the water s...