ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,902, issued on June 30, was assigned to LINCOLN GLOBAL INC. (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.).

"Electrode assembly for arc welding" was invented by Romain Ravet (Parthenay, France), Yann Levillain (Cauverville-en-Roumois, France), Yann Rivet (Grand-Couronne, France), Laurent Longinotti (Les Ageux, France), Loic Verwaerde (Saint Aubin Epinay, France), Telmo Agostinho (Conflans Sainte Honorine, France), Dirk Haupt (Hofheim am Taunus, Germany), Christoph Vollet (Ebertsheim, Germany), Jerome Cantet (Neuvy-Bouin, France), Michel Jany (Mount Saint Aignan, France), Christopher Thume (Iserlohn, Germany), Frank Bolte (Essen, Germany), Roland Pollmann (Velbert, Germany) and Bryan M. O'Neil (Double...