ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,929, issued on April 29, was assigned to TotalEnergies OneTech (Courbevoie, France).

"Method for producing electrical and/or mechanical energy for a consumer system and associated production system" was invented by Joe Hachem (Versailles, France), Michel Moliere (Belfort, France), Dominique Hubert Jean Yves Marie Orhon (Pau, France), Thierry Fernand Schuhler (Fontaine la Mallet, France) and Assaad Zoughaib (Rambouillet, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Said method is implemented via a power generation unit comprising at least one combustion turbine configured to generate, at defined site conditions, without cooling or heating of ...