ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,163, issued on May 5, was assigned to Utility Global Inc. (Houston).

"Electrochemical production of carbon monoxide and valuable products" was invented by Matthew Dawson (Katy, Texas), Nicholas Farandos (Bray, Ireland), Jin Dawson (Katy, Texas) and Jason Dana (Woodlands, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Herein discussed is a method of producing carbon monoxide comprising: (a) providing an electrochemical reactor having an anode, a cathode, and a mixed-conducting membrane between the anode and the cathode; (b) introducing a first stream to the anode, wherein the first stream comprises a fuel; (c) introducing a second stream to the c...