ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,284, issued on March 31, was assigned to INSTITUTO DE TRANSFRENCIA TECNOLOGICA Y EMPRENDIMIENTO LTDA. (Concepcion, Chile).

"System for the capture and purification of CO 2 and purification unit of said system" was invented by Paola Andrea Mendez Herrera (Concepcion, Chile), Margarita del Rosario Sepulveda Reyes (Hualpen, Chile), Artemio Hector Huenuqueo Herrera (Concepcion, Chile), Erwin Hugo Sepulveda Sandoval (Concepcion, Chile) and Violeta Alejandra Torres Sepulveda (Hualpen, Chile).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a system for the capture and purification CO2 and a purification unit for said system, w...