ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,922, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Verdox Inc. (Woburn, Mass.).
"Electroactive species and method for electrochemical gas separation" was invented by Cameron Rogers (Malden, Mass.), Sahag Voskian (Boston) and Alexander Reath (Melrose, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electroactive species includes a quinone core structure and at least one stabilizing group covalently bound thereto. The stabilizing group includes a cationic group, a hydrogen bond donor, or a combination thereof. The electroactive species has an oxidized state and at least one reduced state capable of bonding with a Lewis acid gas to form an anion adduct. Met...