ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,371, issued on May 12.

"Open aquatic algae cultivation system with semipermeable liner sections for improved environmental uptake of carbon dioxide" was invented by Stuart Bussell (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An open aquatic algae cultivation system (OAACS) with an algae impermeable liner that includes semipermeable liner sections for improved environmental uptake of carbon dioxide is disclosed. OAACS comprises a buoyant framework, an algae impermeable liner with a structure largely impermeable to the cultivated algae culture but with semipermeable liner sections permeable to dissolved inorganic carbon, a culture, ...