US Patent Issued to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone on May 20 for "Carbon dioxide gas-phase reduction device and carbon dioxide gas-phase reduction method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,301, issued on May 20, was assigned to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (Tokyo).

"Carbon dioxide gas-phase reduction device and carbon dioxide gas-phase reduction method" was invented by Sayumi Sato (Musashino, Japan), Yuya Uzumaki (Musashino, Japan), Akihiro Kono (Musashino, Japan) and Takeshi Komatsu (Musashino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas phase reduction device for carbon dioxide is a gas phase reduction device for carbon dioxide that exerts a catalytic function by light irradiation to generate oxidation-reduction reaction. The gas phase reduction device includes an oxidation tank in which an aqueous solution is...