ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,283, issued on June 30, was assigned to TAIYO NIPPON SANSO Corp. (Tokyo).

"Multistage bath condenser-reboiler and cryogenic air separation unit using the same" was invented by Nobuaki Egoshi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multistage bath condenser-reboiler includes a heat exchange core including a heat exchange section formed by adjacently stacking an evaporation passage through which liquid to be evaporated flows, and which is partitioned into a plurality of stages, and a condensation passage through which gas is condensed by heat exchange with the liquid; a liquid reservoir which is configured to store liquid which is supp...