ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,207, issued on May 19, was assigned to Agilent Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Vessel mounting system" was invented by Manuel Van Venrooy (Karlsruhe, Germany), Patrick Matz (Landau, Germany) and Alan Norman (Shrewsbury, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, a vessel mounting system may include a first collar and a second collar. The second collar may include a clip engageable with an edge of the first collar to engage the second collar with the first collar."
The patent was filed on Oct. 19, 2022, under Application No. 17/969,584.
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