US Patent Issued to Maple Materials on March 11 for "Electrolytic generation and purification of carbon" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,305, issued on March 11, was assigned to Maple Materials Inc. (Richmond, Calif.).

"Electrolytic generation and purification of carbon" was invented by Drew Lawrence Reid (Berkeley, Calif.), Benjamin Mark Rush (Oakland, Calif.), Daniel Ricardo Ahumada (Berkeley, Calif.) and Kenneth Reid (Piedmont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments herein relate to methods, apparatus, and systems for forming and purifying solid carbon material from a molten carbonate salt electrolyte. Various embodiments also provide methods, apparatus, and systems for recycling certain materials including the carbonate salt electrolyte, carbon dio...