ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,897, issued on March 25, was assigned to ISUZU MOTORS Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Purification system" was invented by Takeshi Okamoto (Fujisawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A purification system for purifying exhaust gas from an engine includes a separation part that separates oxygen and nitrogen contained in air, an ozone generation part that generates ozone from oxygen separated by the separation part, and a supply part that supplies ozone generated by the ozone generation part to an intake pipe and an exhaust pipe of the engine. The purification system includes a supply control device that adjusts an amount of ozone suppli...