ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,017, issued on June 3, was assigned to C2CNT LLC (Venice, Fla.).

"Electrolysis methods that utilize carbon dioxide and a non-iron additive for making desired nanocarbon allotropes" was invented by Stuart Licht (Venice, Fla.) and Gad Licht (Venice, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a carbon nanomaterial (CNM) product comprises: heating an electrolyte media to obtain a molten electrolyte media; positioning the molten electrolyte media between an anode and a cathode of an electrolytic cell, in which the anode comprises a noble metal and the cathode comprises copper and nickel; introducing a source of carbon into ...