ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,458, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHI KAISHA (Toyota, Japan).

"Recycling method for direct air capture device" was invented by Masaki Watanabe (Sunto-gun, Japan), Satsuki Osada (Mishima, Japan) and Mitsuru Sakano (Gotemba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recycling method for a direct air capture device is a recycling method for a direct air capture device including a porous carrier on which a carbon dioxide absorbent is supported. The porous carrier is made of an inorganic material having a hydroxyl group. The carbon dioxide absorbent is a hydrophilic polymer. The recycling method includes removing a u...