ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,773, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to LYTEN INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"System for effluent stream abatement via pyrolytic emission looping" was invented by Joshua Sumabat (San Jose, Calif.), Bryce H. Anzelmo (Parsippany, N.J.) and Joe Cruz (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pyrolytic emissions often include molecularly decomposed hydrocarbons, as well as byproducts from pyrolytic processes. Unfortunately, legacy processing treats effluent streams, including pyrolytic emissions, as waste that is released into the air-even though such pyrolytic emissions streams often include greenhouse gases and pollutants such as carbo...