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EP4161684A4 - BIOLOGICAL AND ALGAE HARVESTING AND CULTIVATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Google Patents

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EP4161684A4
EP4161684A4 EP21821515.0A EP21821515A EP4161684A4 EP 4161684 A4 EP4161684 A4 EP 4161684A4 EP 21821515 A EP21821515 A EP 21821515A EP 4161684 A4 EP4161684 A4 EP 4161684A4
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cultivation systems
algae harvesting
algae
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David A. Hazlebeck
William Rickman
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Global Algae Technology LLC
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EP21821515.0A 2020-06-09 2021-06-09 BIOLOGICAL AND ALGAE HARVESTING AND CULTIVATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Pending EP4161684A4 (en)

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US16/896,632 US11767501B2 (en) 2016-05-09 2020-06-09 Biological and algae harvesting and cultivation systems and methods
PCT/US2021/036608 WO2021252622A1 (en) 2020-06-09 2021-06-09 Biological and algae harvesting and cultivation systems and methods

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US5958243A (en) * 1996-07-11 1999-09-28 Zenon Environmental Inc. Apparatus and method for membrane filtration with enhanced net flux
US20020034817A1 (en) * 1998-06-26 2002-03-21 Henry Eric C. Process and apparatus for isolating and continuosly cultivating, harvesting, and processing of a substantially pure form of a desired species of algae
US7025885B2 (en) * 1998-11-23 2006-04-11 Zenon Environmental Inc. Water filtration using immersed membranes
US6303035B1 (en) * 1999-07-30 2001-10-16 Zenon Environmental Inc. Immersed membrane filtration process
US20030042184A1 (en) * 2001-08-31 2003-03-06 Mcgowan David R. Pressurized backflush system
US20140259896A1 (en) * 2013-03-13 2014-09-18 Stephen K. Oney Systems and methods for cultivating and harvesting blue water bioalgae and aquaculture
US10501721B2 (en) * 2016-05-09 2019-12-10 Global Algae Technologies, Llc Biological and algae harvesting and cultivation systems and methods

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