ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,105, issued on July 28, was assigned to Claire Technologies Licensing LLC (Salt Lake City).

"Carbon-neutral process for generating electricity" was invented by Paul A. Allinson (Danville, Calif.), Curtis L. Munson (Oakland, Calif.), Steven F. Sciamanna (Orinda, Calif.) and Alan W. Klaassen (Kensington, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is described for generating carbon-neutral electricity using purified hydrogen as an energy source. A recyclable LOHC is provided to the process for reversible dehydrogenation. Hydrogen generated by dehydrogenation is purified and electrochemically converted to electricity. Heat for mainta...