ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,387, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Suncourt Inc. (Durant, Iowa).

"Method and system for controlling the distribution of thermally altered fluids" was invented by David J Forman (Coralville, Iowa) and Dean A. Kostan (Lake in the Hills, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A logic control scheme for a booster (fan or pump) that synchronizes its operation with a fluid distribution system (air or water) in which the temperature of the distributed fluid rises or falls as part of an ordinary system cycle. This rise or fall in temperature is considered an actionable event for the booster apparatus and the booster must respond by startin...