US Patent Issued to HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY on July 29 for "Full-sea depth multi-point in-situ sampler, and sampling and transfer method using the same" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,438, issued on July 29, was assigned to HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Xiangtan, China).

"Full-sea depth multi-point in-situ sampler, and sampling and transfer method using the same" was invented by Yongping Jin (Xiangtan, China), Guangping Liu (Xiangtan, China), Youduo Peng (Xiangtan, China), Wenbo Tang (Xiangtan, China) and Ping Liu (Xiangtan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A full-sea depth multi-point in-situ sampler includes a sampling assembly, a pressure-retaining assembly, a pressure-compensating assembly, and a cleaning assembly. The sampling assembly includes a handle, an extrusion valve, a needle valve co...