ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,401, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC. (Davidson, N.C.).

"Refrigerant recovery system and recovery cart thereof" was invented by Matt King (La Crosse, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerant recovery system includes a refrigerant circuit with a vacuum pump, a first connection port, a second connection port, an exhaust port, and multiple-way valves that selectively fluidly connect said ports to the vacuum pump. The multiple-way valves have a first configuration, a second configuration, and a third configuration for fluidly connecting the ports to a suction inlet and a discharge outlet of the vacuum ...