US Patent Issued to U.S. Clean Water Technology on Feb. 3 for "Methods of Lipid recovery and leachate treatment" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,093, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to U.S. Clean Water Technology Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Methods of Lipid recovery and leachate treatment" was invented by Kurt W. Swogger (Austin, Texas), John Richard Graves (Austin, Texas) and Philip J. Carlberg (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for removing oil and other organics especially lipids from process steams comprising lipids, brown grease, and water is disclosed and a process to remove metals and organics from leachate from landfills and other waste sites that generate contaminated water streams. The process involves adjusting pH and using electrical fields generated...