ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,599, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Broan-NuTone LLC (Hartford, Wis.).

"Ventilating system" was invented by Mirko Zakula (New Berlin, Wis.), Corey Scott Jacak (West Bend, Wis.), Anup Nikam (Hartford, Wis.), Thomas Dare (Hartford, Wis.), James Bohn (Hartford, Wis.) and Santosh Narasimhan (Hartford, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ventilating system includes a main housing defining an inlet configured to receive air into the main housing and an outlet configured to allow the air to exit the main housing. The system further includes a fan in the main housing and configured and arranged to generate a flow of air into the main h...