US Patent Issued to University of Notre Dame du Lac on Sept. 29 for "Systems and methods for processing gas streams" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,196, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to University of Notre Dame du Lac (South Bend, Ind.).

"Systems and methods for processing gas streams" was invented by Jason Christopher Hicks (South Bend, Ind.) and Gerardo Rivera-Castro (South Bend, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary systems and methods process gas streams comprising methane. Exemplary reactors receive a gas stream and comprise catalyst material in a reaction zone. Non-thermal plasma may be generated in the reaction zone. A temperature of the reaction zone may be maintained within a predetermined temperature range. Products may be collected from a reactor outlet."...