ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,446, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Korea University Research and Business Foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Alkanolamine/amine-grafted metal-organic framework-based carbon dioxide adsorbent" was invented by Chang Seop Hong (Seoul, South Korea), Jong Hyeak Choe (Seoul, South Korea), Yun Seok Chae (Seoul, South Korea) and Doo San Choi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates an alkanolamine/amine-grafted metal-organic framework-based carbon dioxide adsorbent and, more specifically, to an alkanolamine/amine-grafted metal-organic framework-based carbon dioxide adsorbent that can effectively re...