US Patent Issued to The Catholic University of America on Feb. 17 for "Methods for removing iodate from aqueous solutions" (Virginia, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,696, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to The Catholic University of America (Washington).

"Methods for removing iodate from aqueous solutions" was invented by Ian L. Pegg (Alexandria, Va.) and Miguel Penafiel (Kensington, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and materials are described for the removal of iodate from aqueous solutions. The methods comprise reduction of the iodate to iodide and subsequent or concurrent removal of the iodide by sorption, ion exchange, or precipitation. These methods are effective for the removal of radioactive iodine from radioactive and nuclear wastes."

The patent was filed on Dec. 2, 2021, under...