ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,766, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).

"HVAC system using reheat from alternative heat source" was invented by Nicholas P. Mislak (Bel Air, Md.), Ryan L. Snider (York, Pa.) and Karla D. Alvarez Cavazos (York, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a refrigerant circuit configured to circulate a refrigerant to condition an air flow within an air flow conduit and a reheat system fluidly separate from the refrigerant circuit, wherein the reheat system is configured to utilize a waste fluid from a waste hea...