ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,872, issued on July 15, was assigned to BURNSTAR TECHNOLOGIES (PTY) LTD (Mpumalanga, South Africa).

"Furnace, fluid feed component, fluid reforming system and method of reforming a fluid" was invented by Johan Francois Brand (Pretoria, South Africa) and Bernard De Waal Esterhuyse (Pretoria, South Africa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed a furnace (10), a fluid feed component, a fluid reforming system, and a method of reforming a fluid (20). The furnace (10) comprises a vessel (12) that defines a chamber (14) for holding a body of liquid (16). A fluid inlet (18) is provided for introducing a fluid (20) into the chamber...