ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,433, issued on July 28, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"Support-free adsorbents for CO 2 capture from air" was invented by Simon Hoching Pang (Fremont, Calif.) and Melinda Lia Wah Jue (Livermore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A product includes an aminopolymer material formed into a self-supporting structure, the aminopolymer material including crosslinked aminopolymers having amine sites for the capture of carbon dioxide molecules."

The patent was filed on Oct. 3, 2023, under Application No. 18/376,390.

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