US Patent Issued on Dec. 16 for "Radiofrequency heating of wood using a three-electrode system having a winged central electrode" (California, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,172, issued on Dec. 16.

"Radiofrequency heating of wood using a three-electrode system having a winged central electrode" was invented by Ronald Mack (Buzzard Bay, Mass.), Mark Hamelin (Midland, Calif.), John J. Janowiak (Julian, Pa.), Karolina Szymona (University Park, Pa.) and Kelli Hoover (Pennsylvania Furnace, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wood kilns, electrode systems for wood kilns, and methods of using the systems for the radiofrequency (RF) drying and phytosanitizing of wood are provided. The electrode systems are based on a three-electrode design in which a central plate electrode having winged edges is disposed between...