ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,062, issued on May 19, was assigned to Direct Air Capture LLC (North Venice, Fla.).

"Method for generating microwave-driven plasma" was invented by Gad Licht (Venice, Fla.) and Stuart Licht (Venice, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and compounds for generating plasma. The method comprises exposing a carbon nanomaterial to a field of microwave radiation. Where the carbon nanomaterial is produced by molten carbonate electrolytic splitting of carbon dioxide."

The patent was filed on Aug. 2, 2024, under Application No. 18/793,335.

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