US Patent Issued to Global Thermostat Operations on Jan. 27 for "Continuous-motion direct air capture system" (Colorado, New York, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,623, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Global Thermostat Operations LLC (Brighton, Colo.).

"Continuous-motion direct air capture system" was invented by Peter Eisenberger (New York), Eric W. Ping (Thornton, Colo.), Miles Sakwa-Novak (Atlanta), Jed Pruett (Arvada, Colo.), Robert Klepper (Arvada, Colo.) and Sarah Wyper (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method for continuously separating carbon dioxide from gas mixtures, utilizing a continuous loop of porous monoliths which support a sorbent within its pores. Continuously exposing a portion of the continuous loop of monoliths to a flow of gas mixture containing a mi...