ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,139, issued on July 15, was assigned to Integrated Energy LLC (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

"System and methods of processing waste to generate energy and green hydrogen" was invented by Karen Meyer Bertram (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for producing green hydrogen from a source material (e.g., biowaste) are contemplated. The source material is at least partially dehydrated to produce a dried intermediate and recovered water. The dried intermediate is pyrolyzed to produce syngas and a char. The recovered water is electrolyzed to produce oxygen and green hydrogen."

The patent was filed on ...