ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,442, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Jackie's BST LLC (Bozeman, Mont.).

"Systems and methods for mixture separation" was invented by Rad Taylor Bunting (Bozeman, Mont.) and Jackie O. Bunting (Bozeman, Mont.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separator includes an inlet manifold, a throat, and an outlet manifold. The inlet manifold is configured to receive a flow of the mixture. The throat is attached to the inlet manifold. The throat separates heavy species of the mixture from light species of the mixture. The outlet manifold is attached to the throat. The outlet manifold includes an outlet valve and a throttle shaft. The outlet val...