ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,910, issued on May 13, was assigned to Kinetic Pressure Control Ltd. (Houston).

"Seals for multi-surface sealing" was invented by Steven A. Angstmann (Houston), Bobby J. Gallagher (Houston), Billy J. Gallagher (Houston) and Sean Laird (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal includes a seal body formed as a closed loop. The seal body having an upper surface and a lower surface. The seal body comprises an inner wall and an outer wall. The lower surface comprises an inner wing and an outer wing extending laterally from the outer surface to provide lateral sealing. The upper surface of the seal is configured to provide a sealing c...