ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,848, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to LOWCARBON Co. LTD. (Jeollanam-do, South Korea).

"Pretreatment desulfurization system for reducing sulfur content of coal by immersing coal in catalyst" was invented by Cheol Lee (Cheongju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is a pretreatment desulfurization system including: a first chute for supplying a pretreatment apparatus with coal transported by a belt conveyor; a pretreatment apparatus for immersing the supplied coal in a catalyst mixture obtained by mixing a desulfurization catalyst and water, thereby desulfurizing the coal; a mesh conveyor for separating the coal be...