US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation, Alachua County on Feb. 17 for "Membrane system to treat leachate and methods of treating leachate" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,846, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.) and Alachua County (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Membrane system to treat leachate and methods of treating leachate" was invented by Timothy Townsend (Gainesville, Fla.), Ronald Bishop (Gainesville, Fla.), David Wood (Gainesville, Fla.) and James Lloyd (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for systems for removing contaminants from a leachate, methods of removing contaminants from a leachate, and the like."

The patent was filed on Nov. 22, 2023, under Application No. 18/517,029....