ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,501, issued on July 22, was assigned to ATEQ (Les Clayes-sous-Bois, France).

"Leak detection method and system" was invented by Jean-Luc Regef (Les Clayes-sous-Bois, France), Patrick Serra (Les Clayes-sous-Bois, France), Christophe Lemartinel (Les Clayes-sous-Bois, France) and Brian Donald Bright (London, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a leak detection system for checking the leak-tightness of an object, the system including: a device for pressurising a space; a first pressure sensor configured to measure the variations in pressure of the pressurised space; a second pressure sensor configured t...