ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,885, issued on April 14, was assigned to MOLTEN INDUSTRIES INC. (Oakland, Calif.).
"Methods of pneumatic carbon removal" was invented by Samuel Shaner (Goleta, Calif.), Zachary Jones (Goleta, Calif.), Andrew Caldwell (Goleta, Calif.) and Fadl Saadi (Goleta, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pyrolysis process comprises introducing one or more chemical reactants into a reactor containing a liquid maintained at a high temperature, producing chemical products in the liquid based on the high temperature, allowing the solid product to grow in particle size, accumulating the solid product in the liquid, and removing the solid product...