ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,268, issued on July 8, was assigned to Rotoliptic Technologies Inc. (Squamish, Canada).

"Pumps, compressors, and expanders with a teardrop-shaped rotor" was invented by Greg John Montie (Squamish, Canada), Peter Thomas Christopher Suke (Squamish, Canada), Rogan David Milatz (Squamish, Canada), Robert John Charles Pearson (Squamish, Canada) and Braden Adam Murphy (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Rotary positive displacement machines can include a rotor having a teardrop-shaped profile that undergoes planetary motion relative to a stator having an elliptical or near-elliptical profile. In some embodiments, these rotary po...