US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California, PCT Systems on March 17 for "Apparatus and methods for sonochemical degradation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,297, issued on March 17, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.) and PCT Systems Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Apparatus and methods for sonochemical degradation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances" was invented by Shaily Mahendra (Santa Monica, Calif.), Shashank Singh Kalra (Los Angeles) and Sharyl Maraviov (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure includes systems, devices, and methods for a reactor, such as a sonication reactor, for destruction of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). In one aspect of the disclosure, the reactor includes a housing having a ...