ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,111, issued on June 17, was assigned to CARBON CAPTURE INC. (Los Angeles).

"Modular structures to contain structured sorbent materials for gas separation processes" was invented by Noah Liebman (Los Angeles) and Brian Holman (Pasadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular structure accommodating structured sorbent in a parallel plate arrangement for the separation of gases, such as the removal of CO2 from air in a direct air capture process is provided. The modular structure includes individual units which act as support structures for the sorbent, and the individual units can be assembled into a larger bed of arbitrary di...