ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,859, issued on June 17.

"Valve cartridge for actuators of a range of packaging" was invented by Eric Zembrod (Sao Paulo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "VALVE CARTRIDGE FOR ACTUATORS OF A RANGE OF PACKAGING, having an independent complementary valve mechanism (1) to be mounted directly on the internal region of an outlet nozzle (2) of a known actuator (3) of a usual packaging (4), which actuator is traditionally combined with a pump-type mechanism (5) for extracting the product (P) contained in said packaging (4) and, accordingly, said packaging has a seal-tight upper closing part (6) that forms the body housing the extractor pump-type...