US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on July 15 for "Seawater electrolysis enables Mg(OH) 2 production and CO 2 mineralization" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,323, issued on July 15, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Seawater electrolysis enables Mg(OH) 2 production and CO 2 mineralization" was invented by Xin Chen (Los Angeles), Erika Callagon La Plante (Los Angeles), Gaurav Sant (Los Angeles), David Jassby (Los Angeles), Dante Adam Simonetti (Los Angeles) and Thomas Traynor (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing one or more hydroxide solids includes providing a catholyte comprising an electrolyte solution; contacting the catholyte with an electroactive mesh cathode to electrolytically generate hydroxide ions, there...