ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,828, issued on June 10, was assigned to SUNCOKE TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT LLC (Lisle, Ill.).

"Exhaust flow modifier, duct intersection incorporating the same, and methods therefor" was invented by John Francis Quanci (Haddonfield, N.J.), Rajat Kapoor (Naperville, Ill.), Chun Wai Choi (Chicago) and Ung-Kyung Chun (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A duct intersection comprising a first duct portion and a second duct portion extending laterally from a side of the first duct portion. At least one flow modifier is mounted inside one of the first and second duct portions. The flow modifier is a contoured duct liner and/or the flow m...