US Patent Issued to Technische Universitat Berlin, Federal University of Pernambuco on March 3 for "Use of biomagnetism for biogas production" (German, Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,668, issued on March 3, was assigned to Technische Universitat Berlin (Berlin) and Federal University of Pernambuco (Recife, Brazil).

"Use of biomagnetism for biogas production" was invented by Matheus Pessoa (Berlin), Matthias Kraume (Hohen Neuendorf, Germany) and Motta Sobrinho (Recife, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for improving a biogas production is provided in which an organic substrate is pretreated by various methods. In particular, the method includes a combination of a magnetic and an enzymatic pretreatment of the substrate with an attractive specific energy gain. The application of a magnetic field induces...