ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,107, issued on July 7, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Separating carbon dioxide and hydrogen from a multicomponent gaseous stream" was invented by Pramod Dhanaji Patil (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method separating CO2 from a gas mixture using hydrates are provided. An exemplary method includes injecting a feed gas into a gas hydrate column through a feed gas line and producing hydrogen from a hydrogen outlet line. The method includes determining that water on trays in the gas hydrate column is saturated with CO2 gas hydrates, closing valves on the feed gas line ...