ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,949, issued on July 1, was assigned to PLANETARY TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Gatineau, Canada).

"Method and system for CO 2 emission reduction in the production of chemical compounds" was invented by Gregory Hudson Rau (Castro Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and system are disclosed for the production and use of a chemical compound, where a given amount of CO2 is emitted in the production and the use, including producing a second chemical compound that is required for the production or the use of the first compound, where the production of the second compound consumes CO2 and sequesters it from the atmosphere so that the t...