ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,303, issued on April 21, was assigned to ARESIA-VILLENEUVE (Villeneuve la Garenne, France).

"Aeronautical device for storing liquefied gas having a collector" was invented by Xavier Sutter (Villeneuve la Garenne, France), Jean-Christophe Bertolo (Villeneuve la Garenne, France), Pascal Legrand (Villeneuve la Garenne, France), Florin-Calin Paun (Villeneuve la Garenne, France) and Nicolas Walker (Villeneuve la Garenne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aeronautical cryogenic tank device for storing gas, having a spherical or annular shape about an axis, comprising an inner container (26) defining a liquefied gas storage chamber ...