ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,282, issued on March 11, was assigned to CARBON CAPTURE INC. (Los Angeles).

"Sealing door valves for low dead volume reactor chamber" was invented by Noah David Liebman (Los Angeles), Peter Ciulla (Los Angeles) and Rachel Shiomi Ozer (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Adsorbent reactors for removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere with several types of sealing door valves, ranging from a single valve element to multiple valve elements, are provided. The sealing door valves are configured to open to allow gases into the reactor, such as allowing ambient air to enter during adsorption, and can close to seal the react...