ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,068, issued on April 29, was assigned to Enerco Group Inc. (Cleveland).

"System and method for refilling propane tank" was invented by Nickolas Quinn (North Ridgeville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a system and method for refilling refillable pressurized fluid tanks. The system includes a source tank, having a source fluid, a target refillable tank, a valve assembly, and a fill hose. The valve assembly is affixed to the refillable fluid tank and is fluidly attached to the source fluid tank with the fill hose. The fluid from the source fluid tank is transferred to the target refillable fluid tank via the fill ...