ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,997, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC. (Valcourt, Canada).

"Exhaust system for an engine" was invented by Michel Lefebvre (Valcourt, Canada), Roger Rioux (Sherbrooke, Canada), Bruno Schuehmacher (Richmond, Canada), Sebastien Thibault (Sherbrooke, Canada), Luc Champigny (Racine, Canada), Frederic Desjardins (Orford, Canada), Jonathan Claveau (Cowansville, Canada), Roland Ennsmann (Gunskirchen, Austria), Christian Berger (Meggenhofen, Austria) and Francois Leboeuf (Racine, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snowmobile including: a frame; an engine supported by the frame; an exhaust pipe connect...