ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,398, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (Paris).

"Process for installing a section of packing in a casing" was invented by Vincent Faucher (Champigny sur Marne, France), Manuel Dos Reis (Vitry sur Seine, France), Vincent Maret (Vitry sur Seine, France), Luis Torbado (Vitry sur Seine, France), Alain Appel (Vitry sur Seine, France), Eric Biret (Vitry sur Seine, France) and Laurent Leclerc (Vitry sur Seine, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A casing having at least one tubular wall extending in a longitudinal direction (L) between two longitudinal...