US Patent Issued to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University on Sept. 9 for "System and method for passive collection of atmospheric carbon dioxide with enhanced air flow" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,405, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"System and method for passive collection of atmospheric carbon dioxide with enhanced air flow" was invented by Klaus Lackner (Paradise Valley, Ariz.), Kacie Niimoto (Tempe, Ariz.) and Robert Page (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carbon dioxide collection system having a release enclosure, a capture structure, and a chimney is disclosed. The release enclosure includes a sorbent regeneration system. The capture structure includes a sorbent material, and is movable between collection and release configur...