ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,005, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ABC TRANSFER (Tours, France).

"Device for the sealed transfer between two enclosed volumes, comprising an external control lever" was invented by Julien Felix (Vendome, France), Jean-Luc Schneider (Saint Firmin des Pres, France) and Thierry Girard (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for sealed transfer between two enclosed volumes, comprising a first flange and a second flange (10) which define a passage opening into the enclosed volumes and can be secured to each other by a first bayonet connection, a first door and a second door (11) which close off the pas...