US Patent Issued to LESAFFRE ET COMPAGNIE on May 5 for "Container for determining the quantity of CO 2 absorbed and/or expelled by a sample of matter over time" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,820, issued on May 5, was assigned to LESAFFRE ET COMPAGNIE (Paris).

"Container for determining the quantity of CO 2 absorbed and/or expelled by a sample of matter over time" was invented by Jean-Charles Bartolucci (Hellemmes-Lille, France) and Florence Kapral (Comines, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container for determining the quantity of CO2 absorbed and/or expelled by a sample of matter over time, including: a bottom compartment designed to receive a sample of matter, a top compartment receiving element for trapping CO2, positioned in line with and communicating with the bottom compartment, and having an exhaust opening e...