ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,275, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to ABC TRANSFER (Tours, France).

"Device for sealed transfer between two enclosed volumes, featuring secure opening" 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 sealed transfer device between two enclosed volumes, comprising two flanges (10, 20) that can be secured to each other by a first bayonet connection, two doors (11, 21) which close off the passage openings defined by the flanges and can be secured to each other by a second bayonet connection, and a co...