ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,301, issued on June 10, was assigned to Noventa Energy Partners Inc. (Toronto).

"Ground-based thermal storage and heat exchange system" was invented by Alexander Georgiev Sotirov (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ground-based thermal storage and heat exchange system, comprising a core, including a top, a bottom, an outward facing surface, an inward facing surface, and a space formed between the top, the bottom, and the inward facing surface, and a plurality of U-tubes extending outward from the core, wherein a fluid is pumped through the core and the plurality of U-tubes."

The patent was filed on April 11, 2023, under Applic...