ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,485, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to BTU International Inc. (Westford, Mass.).

"Devices, systems and methods for flux removal from furnace process gas" was invented by Paul Richter (Chelmsford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and methods for solder flux removal from a gas stream is disclosed. In one aspect, the system includes: a scrubber chamber having a gas inlet and a gas outlet through which the gas stream is introduced into and withdrawn from the scrubber chamber; at least one rinse agent delivery mechanism for introducing a rinse agent into the scrubber chamber for contact with the gas stream, the rinse agent being...