ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,245, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SOFINTER SPA (Italy).

"Burner assembly for a steam production boiler assembly and method for operating said burner assembly" was invented by Lorenzo Morandi (Milan) and Marzio Ferrara (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A burner assembly for a boiler unit for the production of steam extends along a longitudinal axis and comprises: a plurality of fuel conduits in which, in use, at least one fuel flows in a forward direction; a plurality of fuel injection nozzles, connected to respective fuel ducts for discharging, in use, fuel into a combustion chamber of the boiler unit; a first manifold conn...