ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,540, issued on April 7, was assigned to POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (Pohang, South Korea).

"Carbon dioxide capture composite particles and method of producing the same" was invented by Dong Soo Hwang (Pohang, South Korea), Sung Bin Ju (Pohang, South Korea), Dong Yeop Oh (Daejeon, South Korea), Ki Tack Lee (Pohang, South Korea) and Je Young Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are carbon dioxide capture composite particles which contribute to carbon neutrality by fixing carbon dioxide in seawater or an aqueous solution in which calcium ions are dissolved through mineralization, an...