ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,172, issued on March 18, was assigned to GPT INDUSTRIES LLC (Wheat Ridge, Colo.).

"Gasket with electrical isolating coatings" was invented by Ian Brown (Denver), Ryan Buttimer (Golden, Colo.), T. Scott Tanner (Rochester, N.Y.) and Christopher Remley (Wheat Ridge, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrically isolating gasket is disclosed wherein a coating layer is disposed on at least one conductive surface, and in some embodiments, on all surfaces or at least all of the conductive surfaces. The electrically isolating gasket includes a core gasket component, a ring seal component, and a non-conductive inner seal component. Th...