ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,188, issued on July 22, was assigned to ECC TEC MSJ Inc. (Boca Raton, Fla.).

"Heater for exhaust pollution mitigation" was invented by Saban Akyildiz (Boca Raton, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure includes a heater having a housing defining an inlet and outlet for a flow of gas through the housing and a heating element connected to a first terminal at a first interior position of the housing and to a second terminal at a second interior position of the housing. The first interior position is opposite the second interior position. The heater includes a first ceramic holder positioned at a third interior position of t...