ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,573, issued on April 7, was assigned to IRITALY TRADING COMPANY S.R.L. (Rome).

"Electrocatalytic method and apparatus for the simultaneous conversion of methane and CO 2 to methanol through an electrochemical reactor operating at ordinary temperatures and pressures, including ambient ones" was invented by Mahmoud Zendehdel (Rome) and Narges Yaghoobi Nia (Rome).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrocatalytic apparatus for the simultaneous conversion of methane and CO2 into methanol via an electrochemical reactor operating at ambient temperature and pressure, said electrochemical reactor simultaneously converts CO2 to methanol by surfic...