ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,819, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TELEDYNE INSTRUMENTS INC. (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).

"Non-contact inspection for finding leaks in liquid paperboard cartons" was invented by Aaron J. Rollo (Marstons Mills, Mass.), Michael C. O'Keefe (E. Falmouth, Mass.), Andrey K. Morozov (N. Falmouth, Mass.) and Shawn McAteer (Plainville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container inspection head includes a housing defining an inspection zone, a container detection system, a first sensor, and a second sensor. The first sensor may be disposed opposite the second sensor across the inspection zone. A container inspection system includes the ...