US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on July 28 for "Method for utilizing multiple simultaneous independent sources of water in a cooling tower" (Illinois, Texas, Florida, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,175, issued on July 28, was assigned to ECOLAB USA Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Method for utilizing multiple simultaneous independent sources of water in a cooling tower" was invented by Brian V. Jenkins (Wheaton, Ill.), Craig W. Myers (Lisle, Ill.), Daniel L. Legereit (Driftwood, Texas), Emily Ann Taylor (St. Augustine, Fla.), F. Philip Yu (Mount Royal, N.J.), Bryan M. Bailiff (Leander, Texas), Michael R. Fisher (New Lenox, Ill.) and Bradley R. Goins (Beaumont, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling tower system is disclosed. The cooling system includes a cooling tower; at least two make-up water inlet streams configured to sup...