US Patent Issued to GENESEE VALLEY INNOVATIONS on Dec. 9 for "Moisture swing CO 2 sorbents with enhanced capacity and kinetics" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,494, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to GENESEE VALLEY INNOVATIONS LLC (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Moisture swing CO 2 sorbents with enhanced capacity and kinetics" was invented by Stephen Meckler (Campbell, Calif.) and Mahati Chintapalli (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition of matter having a porous cross-linked polymer network, quaternary ammonium ions in the cross-linked polymer network, and at least one counter ion in the cross-linked polymer network that is at least one of hydroxide or a counter ion capable of forming hydroxide upon reaction with water. A method to produce a porous material includes poly...