ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,083, issued on June 30, was assigned to NOVA NEXUS LLC (New York).

"System for energy storage, compression and recovery" was invented by David W. Dewis (Bath, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic compressor configured to increase the mass of gas to be compressed for a given flow of liquid and a method of the same. The gas can be pre-compressing in a compressor arranged upstream of an inlet system such that compressed air enters the inlet system before mixing with the liquid, thereby permitting an increased mass of gas per unit volume of liquid to be compressed by the hydraulic compressor arranged upstream of the inlet sys...