ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,063, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method for generating kinetic energy with a thermochemical engine" was invented by Arshad Raza (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Guenther Glatz (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Mohamed Mahmoud (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Mobeen Murtaza (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Alade Olalekan Saheed (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Esmail Mohamed Ali Mokheimer (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Muhammad Shahzad Kamal (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermochemical engine that includes a reaction chamber having a nitrite source inlet, an ammonium source...