ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,344, issued on Feb. 10.
"Apparatus and method for fluid manipulation" was invented by Paul Neiser (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intentional fluid manipulation apparatus (IFMA) assembly with a first thrust apparatus that imparts a first induced velocity to a local free stream flow during a nominal operation requirement. The first thrust apparatus creates a streamtube. A second thrust apparatus is located in a downstream portion of the streamtube. The second thrust apparatus imparts a second induced velocity to the local free stream flow. The second induced velocity at the location of the second thrust appara...