ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,596, issued on April 1, was assigned to 8 RIVERS CAPITAL LLC (Durham, N.C.).

"High efficiency power production methods, assemblies, and systems" was invented by Miles R. Palmer (Durham, N.C.), Jeremy Eron Fetvedt (Raleigh, N.C.) and Rodney John Allam (Chippenham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods, assemblies, and systems for power production that can allow for increased efficiency and lower cost components arising from the control, reduction, or elimination of turbine blade mechanical erosion by particulates or chemical erosion by gases in a combustion product flow. The methods, asse...