ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,648, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Cryomass LLC (Englewood, Colo.).

"Cryogenic separation systems and methods" was invented by Matthew John Armstrong (Anchorage, Alaska), Priyesh Sharma (Irvine, Calif.) and Aaron Michael Godin (Kelowna, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cryogenic processing system includes a cryogenic fluid source, and an auger, which includes an auger vessel containing at least one screw assembly. The screw assembly includes a flighting and a hollow shaft radially inward of the flighting. The shaft is in fluid communication with the cryogenic fluid source and includes one or more nozzles for dispensing cr...