ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,673, issued on April 21, was assigned to Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.-Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
"Method for capturing CO 2" was invented by Michele Oliveira Vieira (Porto Alegre, Brazil), Marcus Seferin (Porto Alegre, Brazil), Rosane Angelica Ligabue (Porto Alegre, Brazil), Wesley Formentin Monteiro (Alvorada, Brazil), Jailton Ferreira do Nascimento (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Sandra Mara Oliveira Einloft (Porto Alegre, Brazil) and Jeane Estela Ayres de Lima (Porto Alegre, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention addresses to a method that uses surface-active surfactants ionic liquids (ILs) with an affinity fo...