ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,979, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Germfree Laboratories LLC (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Interconnection of laboratories and cleanrooms" was invented by Jeffrey Q. Serle (Flagler Beach, Fla.), Kevin Thomas Kyle (New Smyrna Beach, Fla.), Matthew Penny (Daytona Beach, Fla.) and Brandon Serle (Daytona Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interconnection system for providing a sealed walkway between laboratories or cleanrooms includes a first connection seal configured to couple to a first mobile or modular unit and a second connection seal configured to couple to a second mobile or modular unit. The first and second connection sea...