ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,998, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Steam supply system and steam supply method" was invented by Kazushige Takaki (Tokyo), Yosuke Nakagawa (Tokyo), Takashi Sonoda (Tokyo), Hiroshi Tsujikawa (Tokyo) and Daisuke Hiura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steam supply method involves a CO2 recovery device, a first line through which low-pressure steam is extracted from a low-pressure line for supply of the low-pressure steam to a steam turbine and to the CO2 recovery device, and a second line through which medium-pressure steam is extracted from a medium-pressure line for supply of the...