US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on April 29 for "Filter assembly" (Minnesota, California, Alabama, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,345, issued on April 29, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Filter assembly" was invented by Hannah L. Stoughton (Afton, Minn.), Tommie W. Kelley (Shoreview, Minn.), Windy A. Santa Cruz (Minneapolis), Matthew W. Gorrell (South St. Paul, Minn.), John B. Stender (St. Paul, Minn.), Christine L. McCool (St. Paul, Minn.), Michael L. Elam (Woodland Hills, Calif.), Michael S. Schuffert (Chatsworth, Calif.), Jackson H. Hedden (Hoover, Ala.), Frank Tyneski (Austin, Texas) and John M. Vernon (Malibu, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Filter assemblies are disclosed. In particular, filter assemblies including a ...