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4th Annual North American Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Conference

August 18, 2020

Intellectual Property and Negative Emissions Technologies

Sean McDermottBlank Rome LLP


Types of Patent Claims

• Article of Manufacture - Apparatus - System - Compound - Product • A ball point pen, comprising…• A system for assembling a ball point pen, the system comprising…

• Method – Process• A method for manufacturing a ball point pen, the method comprising…• A method for delivering ink to a substrate, the method comprising…

• Product by Process• A ball point pen assembled according to a method comprising…

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What Cannot Be Patented

• Abstract Idea (e.g., mental process, mathematical calculations)

• Law of Nature (e.g., method of diagnosing developmental disorders in mammals)

• Natural Phenomenon (e.g., method for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis)

• Product of Nature (e.g., breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility gene)



Capture and Separation of CO2



Technologies for Capture and Separation of CO2

•Biological separation•Chemical separation•Absorption•Adsorption•Membranes or diffusion•Rectification and Condensation



Example Patent Claim for Carbon Capture Technology



Example Patent Claims for Carbon Capture Technology



Vision of Carbon Capture Technology


ExxonMobil collaborates on discovery ofnew material to enhance carbon capturetechnologyIRVING, Texas – Scientists from ExxonMobil, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered a new material that could capture more than 90 percent of CO2 emitted from industrial sources, such as natural gas-fired power plants, using low-temperature steam, requiring less energy for the overall carbon capture process.NewsJuly 24, 2020

https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/News/Newsroom/News-releases/2020/0724_ExxonMobil-collaborates-on-discovery-of-new-material-to-enhance-carbon-capture-technology

https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/News/Newsroom/News-releases/2020/0724_ExxonMobil-collaborates-on-discovery-of-new-material-to-enhance-carbon-capture-technology


Some Realities in Patenting Carbon Capture Technology


US20090117024A1 “Process for the Production of Hydrogen with Co-Production and Capture Of Carbon Dioxide” by Bjarne Torgersen and Geoffrey Gerald Weedon

Technology: Rectification and Condensation

One of the Most Cited Patent References in this Technology:

Filed in US

Abandoned in 2011

Filed as an International Patent Application

Filed in EPO

Granted but Lapsed

Directed to pre-combustion process for producing 99.999% pure hydrogen with the co-production and capture of CO2


CO2 Capture Patent Landscape


Source: B. Li et al. / Applied Energy 102 (2013) 1439–1447.


CO2 Capture Patent Landscape (by Technology)

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Rectification/Condensation

Membranes/Diffusion

Adsorption

Absorption

Chemical

Biological

By Capture Technology

Source: Míguez, J. et al. (2018). Evolution of CO2 capture technology between 2007 and 2017 through the study of patent activity. Applied Energy. 211. 1282-1296. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.11.107.


Capture or Disposal of GHG (2007-2020)

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Capture or disposal of GHG (N2O, CO2, Methane, PFC, HFC, SF6)

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Capture or Disposal of CO2 (2007-2020)

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Capture or disposal of CO2




Comparison to Production Technology (e.g., Fracturing)

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E21B 43/00 Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells




Comparison to Computer Security

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G06F 21/00 Security arrangements for protecting computers or computer systems against unauthorized activity



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