ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,498, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Parker-Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland) and Altair (UK) Ltd. (Hemel Hempstead, Great Britain).

"Filter system, filter mounting mechanism, and filter elements used in and with the filter system and filter mounting mechanism" was invented by James J. Ballanger (Gosport, Great Britain), Casey C. Dent (Olathe, Kan.), Richard Paul Steele (Botley, Great Britain), Stephen D. Hiner (Salisbury, Great Britain), Timothy A. Ajayi (Brentford, Great Britain) and Kate Taylor (Hants, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Filter elements, filter mounting systems, filter systems, methods of servicing filter s...