ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,090, issued on June 17, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evandale, Ohio).

"Degassing apparatus with a bubble breaker" was invented by Shatil Sinha (Clifton Park, N.Y.), James Duvall Bollacker (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and Ram Kumar Upadhyay (Niskayuna, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for a degassing apparatus with a degassing chamber and a container. The container is located within the degassing chamber and defines a holding chamber with an opening. An insert for being received in the opening. The insert including at least one conduit extending between an inlet and an outlet."

The patent was filed on Oct. 3,...