ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,671, issued on July 1, was assigned to ENTEGRIS INC. (Billerica, Mass.).

"Gas-processing systems and methods" was invented by Charles H. Applegarth (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), Gary Le (Westminster, Calif.), Luke D'Antonio (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) and Matthew Schlotterbeck (Atascadero, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are gas-processing systems that include a pre-heater, that are useful for processing a flow of gas flowing the gas to contact media (e.g., purification media, catalyst, adsorbent), and related methods."

The patent was filed on June 10, 2022, under Application No. 17/837,710.

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