ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,218, issued on May 6.
"Systems and methods for a smart pump" was invented by Vanessa London (Encinitas, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and a sunscreen container are disclosed. A sunscreen container includes a reservoir for holding a volume of sunscreen and a hand pump in fluid connection with the reservoir. The sunscreen container further includes a moving portion of the hand pump comprising outward facing numerical markings that indicate a volume of sunscreen that is pumped based on a movement of the hand pump."
The patent was filed on Oct. 14, 2022, under Application No. 18/046,889.
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