ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,710, issued on July 14, was assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Co. (Atlanta).

"System and method for removing condensation from air conditioning units" was invented by Marcus Joseph Real (San Antonio), Peter Iodaci Jr. (Wanaque, N.J.) and Aaron Patrick Gorman (New Braunfels, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An system is disclosed herein. The system includes a compressor configured to pump a refrigerant in a defrosting mode, a heat exchanging coil configured to receive the refrigerant from the compressor so as to operate in the defrosting mode and melt ice formed on the heat exchanging coil into condensate, a condensate pump, and a w...