ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,662, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to CleanJoule Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Cyclooctane containing seal swelling compositions and methods for use of same" was invented by Mukund Karanjikar (Salt Lake City), Robert Andrew Price (Salt Lake City), Oyvind Hatlevik (Holladay, Utah) and Michael James Mella (South Jordan, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for use of seal swelling compositions includes receiving a composition including one or more compounds according to formula (I), wherein each R independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; and applying the composition to a first number of elastomeric seals to facil...