ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,549, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Intelligent Abatement LLC (Los Angeles).

"Removal of atmospheric pollutants from gas, related apparatus, processes and uses thereof" was invented by Roger Glenn Miller (Fullerton, Calif.), Larry Kent Barnthouse (Santa Ana, Calif.) and Robert George Richardson (Shingletown, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods related generally to the removal of atmospheric pollutants from the gas phase, are provided. The methods involve contacting a first stream comprising NO and/or NO2 with a second stream comprising (ClO2)0 to provide a third stream comprising NO and NO2 at a molar ratio of about 1:1...