ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,080, issued on April 1.
"Method for removing carbon dioxide from a material" was invented by James William Masten Jr. (Everett, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for removing carbon dioxide from a material includes introducing the material onto a first segment of a conveyance system comprising the first segment and a second segment that is physically separated from the first segment, heating the material at the first segment for a first time using a first infrared emitter, conveying the material from the first segment to the second segment, and heating the material at the second segment for a second time using a second i...