ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,737, issued on April 8, was assigned to RESTEK Corp. (Bellefonte, Pa.).

"High aspect ratio vacuum air sampling assembly" was invented by Michael A. Goss (Bellefonte, Pa.), Jason S. Herrington (Centre Hall, Pa.) and Thomas E. Kane (Bellefonte, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high aspect ratio vacuum air sampling assembly is disclosed including a first canister module. The canister module includes a high aspect ratio conduit having an aspect ratio of at least 30:1, an inlet disposed at an inlet end of the conduit, and an outlet with an outlet valve disposed at an outlet end of the conduit. The outlet is in fluid communication with...