Articles and methods for administering CO2 into plants

US10017392B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Elwha LLC · US

Inventors

• Paul G. Allen · Seattle, US
• Kenneth G. Caldeira · Redwood City, US
• Bran Ferren · Beverly Hills, US
• William Gates · Redmond, US
• W. Daniel Hillis · Calabasas, US
• Roderick A. Hyde · Redmond, US
• Muriel Y. Ishikawa · Livermore, US
• Edward K.Y. Jung · Bellevue, US
• Jordin T. Kare · Seattle, US
• John Latham · Boulder, US
• Nathan P. Myhrvold · Bellevue, US
• Stephen H. Salter · Edinburgh, GB
• Clarence T. Tegreene · Bellevue, US
• David B. Tuckerman · Lafayette, US
• Thomas A. Weaver · San Mateo, US
• Charles Whitmer · North Bend, US
• Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US
• Victoria Y.H. Wood · Livermore, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 28, 2012
• Grant date: Jul 10, 2018
• Expiry date: Jul 20, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C01B32/50
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Methods and articles are provided for reducing the amount of water consumed by a plant over a period of time, sequestering CO2, and producing electricity, where each method includes providing the plant with a composition including at least about 0.1 (wt./wt. or vol./vol.) % CO2 and/or at least about 0.1 wt./wt. % of a composition that generates CO2. An apparatus is also disclosed for providing the plant with a composition including CO2 and/or a composition that generates CO2.