ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,705, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to C2CNT LLC (Venice, Fla.).

"Method and apparatus for making carbon nanomaterials and methods using low-lithium electrolytes" was invented by Gad Licht (Venice, Fla.) and Stuart Licht (Venice, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and compounds for capturing and releasing carbon dioxide. The method comprises heating, and/or pressurizing, or electrolyzing a carbon capture compound that comprises beryllium in order to reduce a carbon dioxide content of a carbon dioxide containing gas."

The patent was filed on Aug. 22, 2024, under Applicati...