US Patent Issued to NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY on June 17 for "Ionic liquid composition for carbon dioxide separation membrane, carbon dioxide separation membrane holding said composition, and carbon dioxide concentration apparatus provided with said carbon dioxide separation membrane" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,123, issued on June 17, was assigned to NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Tokyo).

"Ionic liquid composition for carbon dioxide separation membrane, carbon dioxide separation membrane holding said composition, and carbon dioxide concentration apparatus provided with said carbon dioxide separation membrane" was invented by Takashi Makino (Sendai, Japan), Mitsuhiro Kanakubo (Sendai, Japan), Masao Iwaya (Tokyo) and Yo Yamato (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provide are an ionic liquid composition for a carbon dioxide separation membrane, a carbon dioxide separation membrane retaining the composition i...