US Patent Issued to Carbon Technology Holdings on Sept. 2 for "High-carbon biogenic reagents and uses thereof" (Minnesota, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,471, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Carbon Technology Holdings LLC (Oakdale, Minn.).

"High-carbon biogenic reagents and uses thereof" was invented by Daniel J. Despen (Oakdale, Minn.), James A. Mennell (Brighton, Utah) and Steve Filips (Mound, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides processes and systems for converting biomass into high-carbon biogenic reagents that are suitable for a variety of commercial applications. Some embodiments employ pyrolysis in the presence of an inert gas to generate hot pyrolyzed solids, condensable vapors, and non-condensable gases, followed by separation of vapors and gases, a...