ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,581, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP (Wilrijk, Belgium).

"Compressor system and method for supplying compressed gas" was invented by Frederik Van Nederkassel (Wilrijk, Belgium) and Anton Goethals (Wilrijk, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compressor system provided with a compressor device with at least one compressor element with an outlet for compressed gas, an outlet line connected to this compressor device for the compressed gas, and a dryer connected to said outlet line of the type using a drying agent or desiccant for drying the compressed gas from the compressor system. The d...