US Patent Issued to The Curators of the University of Missouri on Oct. 27 for "Silica-based granular media" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,684, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Mo.).

"Silica-based granular media" was invented by Megan Hart (Kansas City, Mo.) and Hannah McIntyre (Kansas City, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a photocatalytic silica-based granular media for degrading organic compounds formed from a three-dimensional polymer and comprising cross-linked silicon-oxygen bonds, wherein the media comprises a distribution of pore space. The present disclosure also relates to a process for producing the granular media, a method of using the granular media to degrade one or...