ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,331, issued on April 22, was assigned to LanzaTech Inc. (Skokie, Ill.).

"Low residence time gas separator" was invented by Mayur Sathe (Skokie, Ill.), Robert John Conrado (Washington), Joss Anton Coombes (Chicago), Gregory Joseph Morin (Chicago), Brian Nelson Horton (Vidalia, Ga.) and Curtis Paul Studebaker (Edmonton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The systems and methods disclosed herein provide for the efficient separation of gas from fluid comprising liquid. In particular, gas separator systems and methods for use in bioreactor systems and operations are disclosed herein providing an efficient means to remove gaseous waste p...