ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,062, issued on March 18, was assigned to Airloom Energy Inc. (Laramie, Wyo.).

"Apparatus for extracting power from fluid flow" was invented by Robert Lumley (Laramie, Wyo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for extracting power includes a track and an airfoil coupled to the track. The track includes first and second elongate sections, where the first elongate section is positioned above the second elongate section. The airfoil is moveable in opposite directions when alternately coupled to the first elongate section and second elongate section."

The patent was filed on May 19, 2023, under Application No. 18/199,766.

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