ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,487, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Graphene oxide recycling process" was invented by Kurukulasuriya Fernando (Beavercreek, Ohio) and Oscar N. Ruiz (Bellbrook, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a reclamation and recycling process for graphene oxide, a scaffold comprising graphene oxide, a modular graphene oxide-based microbial fluid filter and a filter tool that allows the correct compression pressure of a modular filtration cartridge, and prevents internal leakage along the internal wall of ...