ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,300, issued on March 11, was assigned to CLARIANT CATALYSTS (JAPAN) K.K. (Tokyo).

"CO 2 and O 2 remover" was invented by Hyunjoong Kim (Toyama, Japan) and Kazuhiro Yamada (Toyama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the CO2 and O2 remover. The CO2 and O2 remover comprises 65 to 85 weight percent (wt. %) of a nickel oxide (NiO), 5 to 20 wt. % of a magnesium oxide (MgO), wherein the weight ratio of the nickel oxide and the magnesium oxide (NiO/MgO) is 4 to 11, and wherein the wt. % is based on the weight of the CO2 and O2 remover."

The patent was filed on Feb. 1, 2021, under Application No. 17/790,97...