ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,025, issued on July 14, was assigned to CRYMIROTECH (Agny, France).

"Process for gasifying a carbon-containing substance by molten salt catalysis, and associated plant" was invented by Maxime Lepinay (Agny, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a gasification process of a solid carbonaceous material by catalysis in molten salts. A carbonaceous material is contacted, for a defined period in the presence of air with a first molten salt bath. The first molten salt bath includes at least one chloride type salt chosen from NaCl, MgCl2, CaCl2, KCl, FeCl2 and which has a melting point greater than or equal t...