ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,196, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Talipot Cool Extract (IP) LLC (La Jolla, Calif.).

"Biochar suspended solution" was invented by Mark Lahman Jarand (Rotorua, New Zealand), Daren Einar Daugaard (Aurora, Colo.), Timothy Alan Thompson (Ventura, Calif.), Han Suk Kim (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) and Michael William Metier (Camarillo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for producing a biochar solution. The method comprises the steps of collecting biochar particles, dispersing the biochar particles in a liquid solution and adding a stabilizing agent to keep the biochar in flowable suspension. The stabilizing agent m...