US Patent Issued to Eastman Kodak on March 25 for "Method of geoengineering to reduce solar radiation" (Pennsylvania, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,463, issued on March 25, was assigned to Eastman Kodak Co. (Rochester, N.Y.).

"Method of geoengineering to reduce solar radiation" was invented by Lloyd Anthony Lobo (Lincoln University, Pa.) and Mridula Nair (Penfield, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to facilitate the reduction of solar radiation impacting Earth proposes the use of a plurality of porous particles that are introduced into Earth's stratosphere at an average distance of at least 10 kilometers above sea level. Each porous particle has a continuous polymeric phase composed of an organic polymer, and discrete pores dispersed within the continuous polymeric p...