ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,892, issued on June 17, was assigned to ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP (Wilrijk, Belgium).

"Gas network and method for the simultaneous detection of leaks and obstructions in a gas network under pressure or vacuum" was invented by Philippe Geuens (Wilrijk, Belgium) and Ebrahim Louarroudi (Wilrijk, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for the simultaneous detection, localization, and quantification of leaks and obstructions in a gas network under pressure or vacuum. The gas network includes: one or more sources of compressed gas or vacuum; one or more consumers or consumer areas of compressed gas or ...