ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,258, issued on July 8, was assigned to Inductotherm Corp. (Rancocas, N.J.).

"Renewable energy powered thermal processing system" was invented by Satyen N. Prabhu (Voorhees, N.J.), Adam J. Westerland (Hainesport, N.J.) and Bradley Winters (Port Matilda, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A renewable energy powered thermal processing system is formed from a renewable energy source operably connected to an inverter via a charge controller. In one embodiment, a solar renewable energy source is operably connected to the inverter via a solar charge controller. The inverter is connected to a renewable energy storage device and further condit...