ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,946, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Compound annular non-thermal plasma reactor core" was invented by Herek L. Clack (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Kevin D. Melotti (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-thermal plasma reactor system having an outer member; a non-thermal plasma inner member sleeve disposed within the outer member, the non-thermal plasma inner member sleeve having an central core volume, the non-thermal plasma inner member sleeve being smaller than the outer member to define an annular volume there between, the non-thermal plasma inner member sle...