ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,278, issued on June 10, was assigned to EnhancedGEO Holdings LLC (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

"Geothermal power from superhot geothermal fluid and magma reservoirs" was invented by Greg Lindberg (Thonotosassa, Fla.) and Kimberly C. Conner (Wetumpka, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System, method, and apparatus for harnessing geothermal power from superhot geothermal fluid (SHGF) and magma reservoirs. An exemplary embodiment is directed to a cased wellbore for use in generating superheated steam. The cased wellbore includes a first end at a surface, a second end at an underground reservoir of magma, and a fluid pathway extending from a...