ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,248, issued on July 21, was assigned to Gall Thompson Environmental Ltd. (Tewkesbury, Great Britain).

"Fluid conduit assembly" was invented by Stuart Andrew Howard (Lowestoft Suffolk, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid conduit assembly (20) comprises: first and second fluid conduits (22,24); a coupling including first and second coupling sections (26,28), each coupling section (26,28) defining a respective hollow bore along which flowable material may flow, the first coupling section (26) in fluid connection with the first fluid conduit (22), the second coupling section (28) in fluid connection with the second fluid...