ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,144, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to XINTEC INC. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Leakage detecting assembly and sheet leakage detecting module" was invented by Jui Yi Kuo (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Chung Yu Li (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Yi Fan Hu (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leakage detecting assembly includes a sheet leakage detecting module, a signal output unit, and a monitoring control system. The sheet leakage detecting module covers a wielding area or a connection area of a pipeline, and surrounds the pipeline. The sheet leakage detecting module is in direct contact with an outer surface of the pipeline. The signal output unit is ...