ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,074, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (Paris).

"Compact flame-curtain burner" was invented by Philippe Poynot (Les Loges-en-Josas, France), Sebastien Cadalen (Paris), Vincent Gourlaouen (Montigny-le-bretonneux, France), Romain Ravet (Les Loges-en-Josas, France), Remy Vandendriessche (Palaiseau, France) and Xavier Paubel (Montigny-le-bretonneux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Post-mix burner and use of same for generating a flame curtain, the burner having a longitudinal central dividing wall (5) terminating in a wall head (7) towards the...