ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,661, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to 8 Rivers Capital LLC (Durham, N.C.).
"Direct capture of carbon dioxide" was invented by Adam Goff (Durham, N.C.), Damian Beauchamp (Hillsborough, N.C.), Jeremy Eron Fetvedt (Raleigh, N.C.), Miles R. Palmer (Durham, N.C.), Xijia Lu (Durham, N.C.) and Daniel Rathbone (Durham, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for direct air capture of carbon dioxide or other gases utilize a calcium sorbent in a manner that allows for wide scale, relatively low cost implementation. In particular, a calcium sorbent may be provided as a substantially thin coating on one or more substrates and u...