ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,629, issued on April 14, was assigned to Suncoal Industries GmbH (Ludwigsfelde, Germany).

"Particulate carbon materials and method for the separation thereof" was invented by Tobias Wittmann (Berlin) and Jacob Podschun (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for separating particulate carbon materials and to the materials obtained thereby as well as to their use."

The patent was filed on Dec. 4, 2019, under Application No. 17/299,564.

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