US Patent Issued to STARS Technology on Oct. 20 for "Method and apparatus for inductively heating micro- and meso-channel process systems" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,480, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to STARS Technology Corp. (Richland, Wash.).

"Method and apparatus for inductively heating micro- and meso-channel process systems" was invented by Robert S. Wegeng (Richland, Wash.) and Dennis Walters (Richland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Induction heating is applied to thermochemical processes in specially adapted chemical processing units comprising heat exchange channels. Collections of components are housed in portable units adapted for easy setup and maintenance."

The patent was filed on March 16, 2023, under Application No. 18/847,509.

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