ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,613, issued on May 19, was assigned to Omicron electronics GmbH (Klaus, Austria).

"Apparatus and method for degassing a device, and corresponding test system for gas analysis" was invented by Dietmar Giselbrecht (Bregenz, Austria) and Martin Anglhuber (Feldkirch, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to degas a device (7), an apparatus (10) is provided that comprises a control unit (19), a pump (3), a first volume (1), a second volume (2), a first valve (12) and a second valve (13). At the discharge end, the pump (3) is connected to the first volume (1), and at the intake end, the pump (3) is connected to the second volume (...