ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,454, issued on July 29, was assigned to HORTAU INC. (Levis, Canada).
"Porous medium parameter measurement device" was invented by Yann Periard Larrivee (Quebec, Canada), Marcellin Duval (Levis, Canada) and Vincent Pelletier (Sainte-Henedine, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology generally relates to a porous medium parameter measurement device comprising a liquid permeable portion comprising a liquid permeable component and a polymer swellable solution; and comprises a gas permeable portion comprising a gas permeable component. The liquid permeable portion is in operative communication with the gas permeable po...