ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,218, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (Paris).

"Apparatus with integrated condenser and separator" was invented by Michael Strozyk (Offenbach, Germany) and Tobias Oelmann (Bad Vilbel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an apparatus for separating a condensable reaction product from a process gas mixture. The apparatus includes a pressure jacket having an interior, wherein two process units are arranged one atop the other in the pressure jacket. The upper first process unit is configured for condensing the liquid react...