ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,054, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (Paris).

"Heat exchanger and separation apparatus comprising a heat exchanger" was invented by Benoit Davidian (Champigny-sur-Marne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger for indirect heat exchange between a first and a second fluids to be cooled and at least a third fluid to be heated, made up of a plurality of passages, namely a first series of passages for the flow at least of the first and of the second fluids, a second series of passages for the flow of the third fluid to be placed in ...