ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,701, issued on March 11, was assigned to Noble Gas Systems Inc. (Wixom, Mich.).

"Self-sealing pressure vessel systems and methods" was invented by Christopher T. Kondogiani (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressed gas storage system that includes a pressure vessel. The pressure vessel includes a first vessel portion and a second vessel portion in fluid communication with the first vessel portion. The pressure vessel includes a third vessel portion in fluid communication with the second vessel portion. The compressed gas storage system includes a first valve positioned between the first vessel portion and the second v...