ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,828, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Copeland Industrial LP (St. Louis) and Hydro-Quebec (Montreal).

"System and method for heating or cooling employing heat pump" was invented by Hakim Nesreddine (Trois-Rivieres, Canada), Jonathan Bouchard (Shawinigan, Canada), Rachid Laouamer (Trois-Rivieres, Canada), Melissa Lemire (Shawinigan, Canada), Tom Marynowski (Trois-Rivieres, Canada) and Dominique Monney (Sainte-Julie, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Heating and/or cooling systems, related methods, particularly those utilized for the heating and/or cooling of large structures, areas, or environments are disclosed herein. In one e...