ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,931, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Gas analyzer" was invented by Atsuko Senda (Kyoto, Japan) and Toshihisa Itabashi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas analyzer includes a gas flow path through which an analysis target gas flows, and a drain pot upstream of an analysis unit to analyze the gas, the drain pot into which liquid generated by cooling the gas is introduced, wherein the drain pot includes: a first liquid container to receive a terminal end of a first drain flow path from which the liquid is discharged and has a communication port above the terminal end of the first drain flo...