ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,488, issued on March 18, was assigned to 10644137 CANADA INC. (Calgary, Canada).

"Hybrid-energy apparatus, system, and method therefor" was invented by Majid Pahlevaninezhad (Calgary, Canada), Sajjad Makhdoomi Kaviri (Calgary, Canada), Behzad Poorali (Calgary, Canada), Hadis Hajebrahimi (Calgary, Canada), Hamid Pahlevaninezhad (Calgary, Canada) and Afshin Shahanlizad (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power circuitry has a first input circuit for coupling to a first energy source, a second input circuit for coupling to a second energy source, a third circuit coupled to the first and second input circuits for combining...