ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,895, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Support (Saint-Maurice, France).

"Aerated biological filtration process for water treatment with a view to reducing the nitrogen content (NGL) of said water with reduction of carbon-source and aeration requirements" was invented by Romain Lemaire (Vernou sur Brenne, France), Jacques Montelymard (Le Perreaux sur Marne, France), Hugues Humbert (Claye Souilly, France) and Celine Holtz (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a biological filtration process for water loaded with nitrogenous pollutants in order to reduce the globa...