ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,968, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Schawbel Technologies LLC (Burlington, Mass.).

"Portable heating systems" was invented by Karl Winkler (Bedford, Mass.) and Mark Gibson (Bedford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to portable heating systems that utilize a portable fuel source. Portable heating systems of the invention generally include a regulator that is configured to vaporize fuel released from a cartridge and to transfer the vaporized fuel to a burner for ignition."

The patent was filed on Oct. 30, 2023, under Application No. 18/385,024.

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