ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,750, issued on July 29, was assigned to Oceaneering International Inc. (Houston).
"Hot melt apparatus and method of use" was invented by Marc Christensen (Friendswood, Texas), Peter Carow (Pearland, Texas), Eric Curley (League City, Texas), Andrew Curtis (Seabrook, Texas), James Stein (Houston), Lee Vyoral (League City, Texas) and Michael M Withey (Seabrook, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, a hot melt device comprising a heating device that is automatically or manually triggered is configured so as to have its melt surface applied bringing a thermoplastic material in its solid form into contact with a surf...