ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,624, issued on July 8, was assigned to Renaissance Energy Research Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Gas separation method and apparatus" was invented by Osamu Okada (Kyoto, Japan) and Nobuaki Hanai (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas separation method is provided. The method includes using a gas separation apparatus comprising a selective permeable membrane and a first and second treatment chambers separated by the selective permeable membrane. A mixed gas containing a gas to be separated is supplied into (or generated within) the first treatment chamber, and the gas to be separated is separated from the mixed gas by having the g...