ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,126, issued on April 29, was assigned to CLEAN PLANET INC. (Tokyo).

"Heat utilization system and heat generating device" was invented by Yasuhiro Iwamura (Sendai, Japan), Takehiko Ito (Tokyo), Jirota Kasagi (Sendai, Japan), Hideki Yoshino (Tokyo), Shotaro Hirano (Tokyo), Masahide Ise (Tokyo) and Tetsuharu Ibaraki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat utilization system according to the invention includes: a sealed container into which a hydrogen-based gas is supplied; a heat generating structure that is accommodated in the sealed container and includes a heat generating element that is configured to generate heat by occluding a...