ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,693, issued on May 26, was assigned to THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (College Station, Texas).

"Activated ferrate compositions and methods" was invented by Virender K. Sharma (College Station, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Activated ferrate solutions, methods of their preparation, and methods of disinfecting surfaces and oxidizing pollutants in water are provided."

The patent was filed on Jan. 21, 2021, under Application No. 17/759,244.

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