ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,495, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Biogas reformer" was invented by Dae Hoon Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Hong Jae Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Ho Hyun Song (Daejeon, South Korea), Young Hoon Song (Daejeon, South Korea), Kwan Tae Kim (Sejong, South Korea), You Na Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Hee Soo Lee (Gwacheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a biogas reformer in which a portion of biogas feed can be combusted in a burner to supply the required heat amount to a catalytic reactor without supplying heat from an exter...