US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on July 21 for "Methods of feedstock conversion using a biofilm bioreactor" (District Of Columbia, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,842, issued on July 21, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Methods of feedstock conversion using a biofilm bioreactor" was invented by Sarah Glaven (Washington), Elizabeth Onderko (Alexandria, Va.), Andrew Maygar (Arlington, Va.) and Matthew Yates (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are biofilm bioreactors for synthesis at the interface between two liquids, and methods of using such bioreactors for the biotransformation of feedstocks into chemical products. Also contemplated is the extraction of such products."

The pat...