ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,185, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (Paris).

"Facility and method for refrigeration and/or liquefaction of a fluid" was invented by Pierre Barjhoux (Sassenage, France) and Franck Delcayre (Sassenage, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a facility for the refrigeration and/or liquefaction of a fluid, comprising a circuit of fluid to be cooled comprising an upstream end intended to be connected to a source of fluid to be cooled and a downstream end intended to be connected to a member for collecting the cooled and/or liquefied ...