ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,088, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Twelve Benefit Corp. (Berkeley, Calif.).

"Membrane electrode assembly for COx reduction" was invented by Ziyang Huo (Moraga, Calif.), Lihui Wang (Alameda, Calif.), Kenneth X. Hua (San Jose, Calif.), Sichao Ma (Dublin, Calif.), Edward Izett (Berkeley, Calif.), Sara Hunegnaw (Oakland, Calif.), Ajay R. Kashi (Berkeley, Calif.), Etosha R. Cave (Berkeley, Calif.), Kendra P. Kuhl (Oakland, Calif.), Maxwell Goldman (Berkeley, Calif.), Angelica L. Reyes (Berkeley, Calif.) and Kathryn L. Corp (Berkeley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for ...