ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,257, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).

"HVAC system with bypass conduit" was invented by David Andrew Bradshaw (Timonium, Md.), Cameron Stuart Nelson (Glen Rock, Pa.), Jeb William Schreiber (Stewartstown, Pa.) and Seth Kevin Gladfelter (Red Lion, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a vessel configured to receive refrigerant from a condenser of the HVAC system, an evaporator configured to receive the refrigerant from the vessel, a first conduit configured to direct a first flow of the refrigerant to...