ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,046, issued on July 1, was assigned to United Parcel Service of America Inc. (Atlanta).

"Mobile carbon capture system enhancement" was invented by Julio Gil (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology disclosed herein relates to a system for the efficient capture and storage of carbon dioxide from a vehicle's exhaust while in transit. The system includes an apparatus for extracting the carbon dioxide from an exhaust gas and passing it to a compressor or carbon dioxide management system. The system then compresses the carbon dioxide and determines if a tire has capacity for the carbon dioxide. The tire has a carbon dioxide c...