US Patent Issued to Cosmic Diamonds on Aug. 25 for "Synthetic diamond from a levitating supersaturated solvent at low pressure: process, apparatus, and material" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,147, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Cosmic Diamonds LLC (West Chicago, Ill.).

"Synthetic diamond from a levitating supersaturated solvent at low pressure: process, apparatus, and material" was invented by Stephen Roys (West Chicago, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for synthesizing diamond from a carbon solution are provided. A carbon solution comprising dissolved carbon and liquid solvent is positioned in a levitation volume. Levitation is facilitated by performing the methods in microgravity. The levitation volume can have a dissolution zone and a diamond growth zone at different temperatures, or the te...