ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,708, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Sintokogio Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Gas detection system" was invented by Manase Mizutani (Nagoya, Japan) and Yoshihisa Suzuki (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas flow path includes: a filter configured to selectively transmit a gas; a tubular member which is provided downstream of the filter and in which an opening area at a downstream end is smaller than an opening area at an upstream end; and a negative pressure generating device which is provided in a stage subsequent to the tubular member and which is configured to suck the gas that has passed through the tubular member. Th...