ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,761, issued on July 14, was assigned to PlasMerica LLC (Miami, Okla.).
"Gas-to-liquid reactor and method of using" was invented by Dennis Keith Manning (Miami, Okla.) and Arland H. Johannes (Stillwater, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and a process to propagate molecular growth of hydrocarbons, either straight or branched chain structures, that naturally occur in the gas phase to a molecular size sufficient to shift the natural occurring phase to a liquid or solid state is provided. According to one embodiment, the device includes a grounded reactor vessel having a gas inlet, a liquid outlet, and an electrode within the...