ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,218, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Seoul, South Korea).

"Basic electrocatalyst for carbon dioxide reduction and ethylene production, electrode and apparatus each including the same, and method of manufacturing the electrode" was invented by Hyung-Suk Oh (Seoul, South Korea), Byoung Koun Min (Seoul, South Korea), Yun Jeong Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Ung Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Ki Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Dahye Won (Seoul, South Korea) and Woong Hee Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a basic electrocatalyst applied to a carbon dioxide reduction an...