ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,973, issued on March 25, was assigned to Khalifa University of Science and Technology (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).

"Apparatus for optimal loadsharing between parallel gas compressors" was invented by Khalifa Al Hosani (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Igor Boiko (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Mohammad Luai Hammadih (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) and Ayman Al Zawaideh (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas compressing system including a plurality of n compressors connected in parallel. Each compressor has a suction line connected to a common suction manifold and a discharge line connected ...