ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,674, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SYNTHOLENE ENERGY CORP. (Harvard, Ill.).

"System and method for generating synthetic fuel" was invented by John Kutsch (Harvard, Ill.) and Jack H. Williams (Girton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel generator and a method for generating fuel are disclosed in which a monolithic block includes a plurality of plates stacked and bonded together. A first input port and a second input port are disposed on the monolithic block. The first input port is coupled to a source of hydrogen gas and the second input port is coupled to a source of carbon dioxide or syngas. An output port is di...