ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,664, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Gas turbine engine with water recovery system" was invented by Scott Smith (St-Lambert, Canada) and Russell Stratton (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine system is provided that includes an open propulsor rotor, an engine core assembly, a bypass flowpath and a condenser. The engine core assembly is configured to drive rotation of the open propulsor rotor. The engine core assembly includes a core flowpath, a compressor section, a combustor section and a turbine section. The core flowpath extends through the compressor section, the com...