ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,977, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE PLC (London).

"System and method for testing" was invented by Seamus D Garvey (Nottingham, Great Britain), Christopher J Bennett (Nottingham, Great Britain), David Hills (Oxford, Great Britain) and James Rouse (Nottingham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for testing at least one test piece. The system includes a pressure vessel including a first chamber receiving a first fluid at a first pressure. The pressure vessel further includes a second chamber receiving a second fluid. The pressure vessel further includes an actuating membrane fluidly separating the first ...