ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,402, issued on July 28, was assigned to SHELL USA INC. (Houston).

"Method for removing CO 2 from a CO 2 -containing stream" was invented by Timothy Michael Nisbet (Amsterdam) and Sayee Prasaad Balaji (Amsterdam).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from a CO2-containing stream, the method at least comprising the steps of: a) providing a CO2-containing stream (10), preferably air wherein the CO2-containing stream (10) has a CO2 content in the range of from 10 to 1000 ppmv, preferably from 100 to 1000 ppmv; b) removing CO2 from the CO2-containing stream (10) provided ...