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Review of the Carbon Dioxide Splitting Patent Literature
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- Received 29 March 2008 18:43 UTC; Posted 01 April 2008
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- Chemistry, Earth and Environment
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Increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have stimulated significant global research and development efforts regarding the reduction in emissions from all point and non-point sources. In addition to technologies that do not use carbon feedstocks or which capture and “permanently” store carbon dioxide (i.e., sequestration), there is considerable worldwide interest for dissociating waste stream carbon dioxide molecules into their constituent carbon and oxygen atoms (“CO2 splitting”) as a final “end-of-pipe” treatment option. This document presents a review of on-point issued and applied for patents in the field of carbon dioxide splitting. The findings suggest patents in this area appear to be subject to a higher standard because of the global importance of the carbon dioxide issue. Authorities may be hesitant, on policy grounds, to issue broad-ranging patents for carbon dioxide splitting in order to prevent a worldwide reluctance towards adopting feasible treatment methods because of the high patent licensing costs that may accrue.
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Rayne, Sierra. Review of the Carbon Dioxide Splitting Patent Literature. Available from Nature Precedings <http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npre.2008.1739.1> (2008)
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