US Patent Issued to Universal City Studios on July 14 for "Systems and methods for a dry steam special effect" (California, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,707, issued on July 14, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for a dry steam special effect" was invented by Michael Gordon (Glendale, Calif.) and Matthew Robert Rossett (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A special effect system may include a steam generator, a reheater, and a steam separator configured to generate dry steam. The steam generator is coupled to a show element comprising a one or more compartments. Steam from the steam generator passes through the reheater and the steam separator before entering the one or more compartments such that condensate is removed a...