ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,555, issued on June 3, was assigned to HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF NATUAL RESOURCES (Ottawa).

"Jet pump apparatus and methods for standing column well systems and deployment thereof" was invented by Alain Nguyen (Montreal) and Hamed Bashiri (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses groundwater heat transfer system comprising a primary pump suspended in a well and connected to at least one water supply pipe, a heat exchange system being connected to said primary pump via a secondary pump, a return pipe being connected to the heat exchange system and returning...