ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,243, issued on May 26, was assigned to Francois-Mathieu Winandy (London) and INDUSTRIAL ADVANCED SERVICES FZ-LLC (Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates).

"Heat exchanger with vapor extractors" was invented by Francois-Mathieu Winandy (London), Mohammed Kassem Benabderrazik (Rabat, Morocco) and Maximilien-Paul Winandy (Saffron Walden, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an evaporator-condenser-type heat exchanger comprising a plurality of zones, each zone comprising at least one extractor means configured to channel at least a portion of the primary vapor generated in said zone towards the outside of th...