ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,213, issued on April 21, was assigned to GUANGDONG POWER GRID Co. LTD. (Guangzhou, China) and ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GUANGDONG POWER GRID Co. LTD. (Guangzhou, China).

"Gas-insulating medium and application thereof" was invented by Dongwei Sun (Guangzhou, China), Nian Tang (Guangzhou, China), Jinpan Chen (Guangzhou, China), Li Li (Guangzhou, China), Junzhen Pan (Guangzhou, China) and Xiaoqing Xiao (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a gas-insulating medium and its application. The gas-insulating medium includes the following components by mass: 8.4-76.7 parts of trans-1,1,1,4...