ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,892, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TA Instruments-Waters LLC (New Castle, Del.).

"Zone box for a differential scanning calorimeter" was invented by Robert L. Danley (Collingswood, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a zone box for a differential scanning calorimeter. The zone box includes sheets of thermocouple alloy disposed between thermally conductive electrical insulator layers. A thermocouple alloy wire is electrically coupled to each one of the thermocouple alloy sheets. In addition, a pure metal wire is electrically coupled to each one of the thermocouple alloy sheets to enable remote measurement of voltage d...