ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,125, issued on June 24, was assigned to Suncoal Industries GmbH (Ludwigsfelde, Germany).

"Method for odor reduction of particulate carbon materials" was invented by Tobias Wittmann (Berlin), Jacob Podschun (Berlin), Gerd Schmaucks (ScheeBel, Germany) and Ulf Luder (Teltow, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is provided a method for reducing the odor of particulate carbon materials and to the materials obtained thereby."

The patent was filed on Feb. 21, 2020, under Application No. 17/432,806.

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