Carbon Capture & Bioremediation

Harness IP partners with companies leading the charge in environmental innovation. From carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies to bioremediation technologies, we help clients protect the breakthroughs that address climate change, support decarbonization efforts, and restore ecosystems.

Our attorneys bring deep technical knowledge in chemistry, biology, and engineering to support clients developing solutions for industrial emissions, soil and water remediation, and sustainable materials. We understand that environmental technologies often intersect with regulatory frameworks, public-private partnerships, and global sustainability goals — and we tailor our IP strategies accordingly.

We provide comprehensive IP services for technologies such as:

• CCS/CCUS technologies, including direct air capture and point-source carbon removal systems including solvent-based and solid sorbent technologies, and sequestration solutions
• Low-carbon fuel technologies and value chains, including hydrogen production, transport, and storage to support hydrogen economy efforts
• Microbial and enzymatic bioremediation for soil, groundwater, and marine environments
• Bio-based materials and green chemistry innovations
• Environmental monitoring, sensing, and data analytics platforms
• Waste-to-energy systems and circular economy solutions

Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies are rapidly evolving to meet global emissions targets. Harness IP helps innovators secure patents for novel capture mechanisms, storage solutions, and utilization pathways — including mineralization, absorption, sequestration, enhanced oil recovery, and synthetic fuel production (e.g., e-fuels).

Low-carbon fuel technologies, including innovations supporting value chains for the production, transport, storage, and end-use of hydrogen (e.g., green hydrogen, blue hydrogen, pink hydrogen, etc.), ammonia, e-fuels, biofuels (e.g., SAF), and the like, are expanding utilization of practical energy carriers and fuels to support decarbonization efforts.  Harness IP works to enable protection for novel production, transport, storage, and end-use innovations for low-carbon fuel and zero-carbon fuel economies.

Bioremediation is transforming how industries address contamination, including PFAS mitigation. We support IP protection for engineered microbes, enzyme systems, and delivery methods that accelerate cleanup and restore ecological balance, including helping clients navigate subject matter eligibility issues relating to bioremediation technologies that utilize naturally occurring microorganisms or biological processes.

Harness IP helps clients transform environmental challenges into competitive advantages. By protecting the full spectrum of their innovations, we enable them to scale impact and accelerate progress toward a cleaner future.