ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,888, issued on June 17, was assigned to Kraken Technology Holdings LLC (Houston).

"Process for cold energy utilization from a liquid carbon dioxide receiving facility" was invented by Christopher Michael Miller (Richmond, Texas), Samantha Nicole Bryant (Houston), Byron Gladus Best III (Katy, Texas), Bengt Arne Jarlsjo (Houston) and Daniel Joseph Shapiro (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for providing cold energy to one or more industrial or commercial facilities from a liquid carbon dioxide receiving facility is provided. The method includes the steps of unloading liquid carbon dioxide to the receiving facility, storin...