ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,016, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Oetiker NY Inc. (Lancaster, N.Y.).

"Variable refrigerant flow assembly with quick connection and serviceable filter" was invented by Kristian James Hagen (Gasport, N.Y.) and Kari Ann Sausen (Clarence, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable refrigerant flow assembly including a housing including a first wall, the first wall including a first hole, a piping network arranged in the housing, the piping network including at least one valve and at least one manifold, a first tube connected to the manifold and extending through the first hole, a connector body removably connectable to the first ...