ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,781, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Xerox Corp. (Norwalk, Conn.).
"Systems and methods for hydrocarbon pyrolysis" was invented by Jin Ki Hong (Cypress, Calif.), Bradley Rupp (San Francisco), Mary W. Louie (Menlo Park, Calif.), Dane Andrew Boysen (Spokane, Wash.) and Jessica de Paula Tadeu Medrado (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for hydrocarbon pyrolysis are provided, which may comprise a reactor configured to contain a liquid metal; a heater operably coupled to the reactor to form a heating zone; a cooler operably coupled to the reactor to form a cooling zone; a gas delivery assembly comprising an inlet a...