ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,960, issued on April 7, was assigned to Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (Allentown, Pa.).

"Adsorber, purification system, and purification method" was invented by Thomas M. Yeh (Lansdale, Pa.), Ana G. Arevalo-Hidalgo (Allentown, Pa.), Dingjun Wu (Macungie, Pa.), Edward Landis Weist Jr. (Macungie, Pa.) and William T. Kleinberg (Emmaus, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adsorber for utilization in purification systems for cryogenic fluid processing can include a first layer of adsorbent material and a second layer of adsorbent material within a bed of adsorbent material within the adsorber. The first layer can include alumina or ot...