ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,176, issued on March 4, was assigned to Impossible Diamond Inc. (New York).

"System and method for generating synthetic diamonds via atmospheric carbon capture" was invented by Ryan Shearman (New York), Dan Wojno (New York) and Anthony Ippolito (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One variation of a method includes: ingesting an air sample captured during an air capture period at a target location for collection of a first mixture including carbon dioxide and a first concentration of impurities; conveying the first mixture through a liquefaction unit to generate a second mixture including carbon dioxide and a second concentration...