ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,417, issued on July 28, was assigned to Kerionics S.L. (Valencia, Spain).

"Method for producing a gas separation membrane" was invented by Jose Manuel Serra Alfaro (Valencia, Spain), Isaac Herraiz Cardona (Valencia, Spain), Juan Uso Vaillanueva (Almazora, Spain), Juan Carlos Gallart Pedro (Almazora, Spain) and Francisco Jose Ferrando Soliva (Almazora, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for producing ceramic gas-separation membranes, which comprises depositing, by means of inkjet printing, water-based inks that form layers of a gas separation membrane. More specifically, the method comprises...