US Patent Issued to Valparaiso University on April 21 for "Methods for the formation of nanoplastics and the agglomeration/removal of micro- and nanoplastics in water" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,468, issued on April 21, was assigned to Valparaiso University (Valparaiso, Ind.).

"Methods for the formation of nanoplastics and the agglomeration/removal of micro- and nanoplastics in water" was invented by Julie Rae Peller (Valparaiso, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to a method comprising: providing an aqueous medium comprising at least one of microplastics and nanoplastics; combining an agglomerizer and the aqueous medium, wherein the agglomerizer has at least one C8-C32 hydrocarbon group; mixing the agglomerizer and aqueous medium to form at least one agglomerate of the at least one...