ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,827, issued on July 15, was assigned to FIRST Co. (Dallas).

"Independent temperature control for rooms" was invented by Greg Nation (Dallas), Brent Sturgell (Forney, Texas) and Andres Canales (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Providing simultaneous independent temperature control of conditioned air to first and second rooms. First and second evaporators may be positioned so that: air from the first room passes through the first evaporator before exhausting back to the first room; and air from the second room passes through the second evaporator before exhausting back to the second room."

The patent was filed on March 11, 2024, ...