ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,321, issued on April 7, was assigned to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LP (Spring, Texas).

"Identification of gas conveyance malfunctions" was invented by Peter Nedelin (Ness Ziona, Israel), Dror Kella (Ness Ziona, Israel) and Assaf Pines (Ness Ziona, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an example of the disclosure, a system for identification of gas conveyance malfunctions includes a channel situated to convey a subject gas, a condenser in fluid connection with the channel, and a heat blower positioned in fluid connection with the channel. The heat blower is to heat the subject gas, and to cause the subject gas to move thr...