US Patent Issued to Carbon Technology Holdings on March 17 for "Systems and apparatus for production of high-carbon biogenic reagents" (Utah, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,488, issued on March 17, was assigned to Carbon Technology Holdings LLC (Oakdale, Minn.).

"Systems and apparatus for production of high-carbon biogenic reagents" was invented by James A. Mennell (Brighton, Utah) and Daniel J. Despen (Oakdale, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides processes and systems for converting biomass into high carbon biogenic reagents that are suitable for a variety of commercial applications. Some embodiments employ pyrolysis in the presence of an inert gas to generate hot pyrolyzed solids, condensable vapors, and non-condensable gases, followed by separation of vapors and gases, and c...