ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,527, issued on Sept. 9.

"Apparatus and related methods for reducing the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide" was invented by Ryan Lafler (Naperville, Ill.) and Elliot Frank Beecham (Bathpool, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus having an air pump configured to take in ambient air and discharge it via an air-pump air-outlet port; the air-pump air-outlet port configured to introduce air into an ambient-air conduit that has a first end and a second end; the ambient-air-conduit first end being fixedly attached to the air-pump air-outlet port; the ambient-air-conduit second end configured to directly or indirectly ...