ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,177, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ZHEJIANG LAIEN FILTRATION SYSTEM Co. LTD. (Huzhou, China).

"Electrostatically conductive filter element and fuel filter" was invented by Yu Zhang (Huzhou, China), Xiaowei Ying (Huzhou, China), Jianbin Cheng (Huzhou, China) and Qinglin Deng (Huzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application discloses an electrostatically conductive filter element. An annular end cover made of a conductive material is connected to one end of a filter medium of the filter element. An annular raised wall axially extends from an inner opening of the annular end cover. Conductive portions radially ex...