ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,249, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to The Claire Technologies Corp. (Danville, Calif.).

"Carbon-neutral process for generating electricity" was invented by Paul A. Allinson (Danville, Calif.), Robert P. Hohmann (El Cerrito, Calif.), Curtis L. Munson (Oakland, Calif.), Dennis J. O'Rear (Petaluma, Calif.), Steven F. Sciamanna (Orinda, Calif.), William L. Schinski (San Rafael, Calif.), Charles R. Wilson (San Francisco) and Alan W. Klaassen (Kensington, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to a carbon-neutral process for the generation of carbon-neutral hydrogen and carbon-neutral electricity. Mo...