ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,014, issued on July 1, was assigned to Kateeva Inc. (Newark, Calif.).

"Gas enclosure assembly and system" was invented by Justin Mauck (Belmont, Calif.), Alexander Sou-Kang Ko (Santa Clara, Calif.), Eliyahu Vronsky (Los Altos, Calif.) and Shandon Alderson (San Carlos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present teachings relate to various embodiments of a hermetically-sealed gas enclosure assembly and system that can be readily transportable and assemblable and provide for maintaining a minimum inert gas volume and maximal access to various devices and apparatuses enclosed therein. Various embodiments of a hermetically-sealed ga...