ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,850, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (Paris).

"Cold box and method of assembly" was invented by David Faisandier (Sassenage, France), Guillaume Boye (Sassenage, France), Yannick Fabre (Sassenage, France), Pierre-Alexandre Bertrand (Sassenage, France) and Lorieau Fabien (Sassenage, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cold box configured to house, under vacuum, a collection of pipes and equipment for fluid, and method for assembling same, the cold box comprising a fluid-tight shell delimiting a cylindrical portion extending in a longitudinal d...