US Patent Issued to Carbon Technology Holdings on May 13 for "Highly mesoporous activated carbon" (Minnesota, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,316, issued on May 13, was assigned to Carbon Technology Holdings LLC (Oakdale, Minn.).

"Highly mesoporous activated carbon" was invented by Daniel J. Despen (Oakdale, Minn.), James A. Mennell (Brighton, Utah) and David Reamer (Oakdale, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Highly mesoporous activated carbon products are disclosed with mesoporosities characterized by mesopore volumes of 0.7 to 1.0 cubic centimeters per gram or greater. Also disclosed are activated carbon products characterized by a Molasses Number of about 500 to 1000 or greater. Also disclosed are activated carbon products characterized by a Tannin Value of about 100...