ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,695, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Capture6 Corp (Berkeley, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for sequestering alkaline carbonates with captured CO 2" was invented by Luke Shors (Rotorua, New Zealand), Jeanine Ash (Seattle), Alishan Salim (Spring, Texas), David Sheh (Oakland, Calif.) and Rahul Surana (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2) includes receiving an alkaline fluid stream and receiving an acidic stream. The alkaline fluid stream and the acidic stream are produced by a direct air carbon capture process and the carbonate includes air-captured CO2. The method also includes...