ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,797, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SRI Energy Inc. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Gate valve with seat assembly" was invented by Alagarsamy Sundararajan (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a gate valve assembly having a valve body with a channel extending from a distal end to a proximal end, a gate configured to be moved from a first position to a second position, the second position being when the gate is positioned in the channel of the valve body between the distal end and the proximal end of the valve body. A seat insert is also provided to be threaded into a pocked of the valve body and a seat is...