ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,688, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Thermal Flow Technologies LLC (Moscow Mills, Mo.).

"Mobile heating apparatus and method" was invented by David Charles Walters Jr. (Troy, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile heating apparatus to heat a space for the treatment of bed bugs within the space includes an air mixing chamber, a fresh air inlet extending from outside the space to the mixing chamber; and a recirculation air inlet extending from inside the space to the mixing chamber. Air from the mixing chamber is passed through a heat exchanger and to an outlet for return to the space. A first CO sensor is associated with the f...