Name of License: Notice of Intent to grant exclusive license
Summary: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to grant AbTech Industries, Inc. an exclusive license to a detention pond retrofit device described in patent 10,316,506.
The patent abstract summarizes the technology as follows:
Aspects of a detention pond retrofit device for detention basin outlet control provide structures designed to throttle stormwater flow and maintain the rate at which water is discharged from the system below Qcritical, the flow rate at which erosion and down cutting of the receiving stream would begin, based on channel morphology and bed material resistance.
The primary goal of the device is to induce increased flow detention during low to moderate rain events, while providing similar hydraulic performance during large events to that of the detention basin performance prior to the installation of the retrofit unit. This is achieved through a “T” or “Y” design with split flow paths, in which the lower path is hydraulically restricted through the installation of structures while the upper path is unrestricted.
Tech Name:
Detain H2O Detention Pond Retrofit Device (US pat. #10,316,506)
Action: Notice of Intent to license
Dates: Comments must be received by October 10, 2023
Address: Send comments to: Kathleen Graham, Federal Technology Transfer Act (FTTA) Program Coordinator, [email protected].