ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,942, issued on July 15, was assigned to Korea District Heating Corp. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Hybrid system of carbon dioxide compact membrane separation and carbon recycling for urban power plant for effluent carbon dioxide concentration control" was invented by Won Seok Chang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Kyoung A Shin (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jong Jun Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Kyung Min Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Hyeong Gyu Namgung (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Hyun Cheal Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Ji Hye Yu (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a hybrid system of carbon dioxide compact ...