ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,479, issued on March 18, was assigned to Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies LLC (Kansas City, Mo.).

"Carbonous materials for radio frequency heating in reaction systems" was invented by Dakota Even (Kansas City, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may include a container receiving at least one substance. A system may include a heating assembly heating the at least one substance. A system may include a plurality of electrodes; a power source connected to the plurality of electrodes, wherein an electrical field between the plurality of electrodes is created by providing power to the plurality of electrodes; and one...