ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,744, issued on March 18, was assigned to Loci Controls Inc. (Wareham, Mass.).
"Landfill gas extraction control system" was invented by Peter Quigley (Duxbury, Mass.), Ian Martin (Higganum, Conn.), Joseph G. Michels (Pocono Summit, Pa.) and Melinda Sims (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill via a gas extraction system comprising well piping, the landfill gas having a first temperature when extracted, the control system comprising: a gas composition chamber coupled to the well piping and comprising at least one sensor configured to measure one or more charac...