ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,175, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium).

"Continuous process and system for the production of sodium bicarbonate crystals" was invented by Patricia Luis Alconero (Bierbeek, Belgium), Vida Sang Sefidi (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium), Mar Garcia Alvarez (Louvain la Neuve, Belgium) and Marie-Charlotte Sparenberg (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A continuous process for the production of sodium bicarbonate crystals from the carbon dioxide of a gas stream including an absorption step of the carbon dioxide from a gas stream into an aqueous solution including a ...