US Patent Issued to Lawrence Livermore National Security on June 30 for "System and method for using ultramicroporous carbon for the selective removal of nitrate with capacitive deionization" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,516, issued on June 30, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"System and method for using ultramicroporous carbon for the selective removal of nitrate with capacitive deionization" was invented by Patrick Campbell (Oakland, Calif.), Maira Ceron Hernandez (Brentwood, Calif.), Steven Hawks (Livermore, Calif.), Colin Loeb (Fairfield, Calif.), Tuan Anh Pham (Livermore, Calif.) and Michael Stadermann (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method for making a carbon aerogel electrode material. The method involves initially making a wet organic sol-gel ...