ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,069, issued on Nov. 18.

"System for evaporative cooling of an air conditioning condenser or a radiator to enhance efficiencies" was invented by James Benjamin Hanks (Highland, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system to reduce the temperature of any air conditioning condenser/radiator, either through retrofit or by original manufacturing. The system is connected to a water supply for pre-cooling ambient air drawn into the air conditioning unit by providing a misting spray of water that evaporates rapidly to cool the air conditioning condenser. The system has a water supply connection connected to the water supply, a water treatme...