ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,242, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Analog Devices International UnLtd. Co. (Limerick, Ireland).

"Spark gaps with high current capability for electrical overstress detection and protection" was invented by David J. Clarke (Patrickswell, Ireland), Alan J. O'Donnell (Castletroy, Ireland), Shaun Stephen Bradley (Patrickswell, Ireland), Stephen Denis Heffernan (County Tipperary, Ireland), Patrick Martin McGuinness (Pallaskenry, Ireland), Padraig L. Fitzgerald (Mallow, Ireland), Edward John Coyne (Athenry, Ireland), Michael P. Lynch (Bruff, Ireland), John Anthony Cleary (Kilmallock, Ireland), John Ross Wallrabenstein (Lafayette, Ind.), Paul Joseph Maher (Ennis, Ireland), Andrew Chr...