ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,924, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA (Valencia, Spain) and FLUID & THERMAL MANAGEMENT S.L. (Paterna, Spain).

"Method and equipment for refrigeration" was invented by Jose Maria Desantes Fernandez (Valencia, Spain), Jesus Vicente Benajes Calvo (Valencia, Spain), Jaime Alberto Broatch Jacobi (Valencia, Spain), Jose Galindo Lucas (Valencia, Spain), Jose Ramon Serrano Cruz (Valencia, Spain), Pablo Cesar Olmeda Gonzalez (Valencia, Spain), Vicente Dolz Ruiz (Valencia, Spain) and Manuel Fernandez Bono (Paterna, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a refrigeration method and equip...