ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,866, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Evapco Inc. (Taneytown, Md.).

"Advanced large scale field-erected air cooled industrial steam condenser" was invented by Thomas W. Bugler (Frederick, Md.), Jean-Pierre Libert (Frederick, Md.), Mark Huber (Sykesville, Md.), Toby Athron (Belle Mead, N.J.), Wayne Sexton (Taneytown, Md.) and Ben Hildebrandt (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A large-scale field erected air cooled industrial steam condenser having heat exchanger panels independently loaded into and supported in a frame with flexible hanging supports each comprising a central rod connected at each end to a connection sleeve, wherei...