ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,842, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Greenlyte Carbon Technologies GmbH (Essen, Germany).

"Method and absorbent for absorbing carbon dioxide from air" was invented by Peter Behr (Essen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment a method includes loading an absorbent with a carbon dioxide in a first device, wherein a hydrogen carbonate-containing solution is formed, feeding the hydrogen carbonate-containing solution from the first device into an electrolysis unit, electrolyzing the hydrogen carbonate-containing solution in the electrolysis unit to release carbon dioxide, wherein a carbonate-rich solution is formed in ...