ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,421, issued on July 1, was assigned to Caso Holding GmbH (Arnsberg, Germany).

"Device for extracting vapours and method for extracting vapours by means of the device and use of the device for extracting vapours" was invented by Udo Berling (Schapen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for extracting vapors comprising an intake housing and a blower, wherein the intake housing comprises an air inlet means, wherein the air inlet means has an upper wall and a lower wall which form an interior space with an inlet opening, wherein at least the upper wall has a corrugated shape on an inner side with at least two upwardly curved s...