US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on May 27 for "Carbon capture system" (Washington, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,312, issued on May 27, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Carbon capture system" was invented by Husam Atallah Alissa (Redmond, Wash.), Mark Alan Monroe (Louisville, Colo.), Bharath Ramakrishnan (Bellevue, Wash.) and Vaidehi Oruganti (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carbon capture system includes two carbon capture plates. A first carbon capture plate collects carbon dioxide from a flow of ambient air. A second carbon capture plate releases carbon dioxide upon application of heat from a heat exchanger. The heat is exhaust heat from a data center. The first carbon capture plate and t...