ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,614, issued on May 26, was assigned to Wyatt Technology LLC (Goleta, Calif.).
"Electrical field flow fractionator" was invented by Steven P. Trainoff (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Kyle Ellis (Huntington Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes a field flow fractionator including (a) a top plate assembly including a top electrically conductive electrode, (b) an o-ring, (c) an electrically insulating frit, (d) an electrically insulating spacer between a bottom surface of the top electrode and the o-ring and the frit, (e) a membrane between the spacer and the frit, and (f) a bottom plate assembly includ...