ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,350, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to AEROETCH HOLDINGS INC. (Danbury, Conn.).

"Atmospheric pressure venturi intermix regulator cartridge and emission conduit" was invented by Stephen Schaffer (Bethel, Conn.) and Graves Kiely (Weston, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A venturi cartridge regulating device for an air-particle dispensing system is provided, which is designed to be pre-assembled and installed in a chamber capable of atmospheric pressurization to regulate the required proportions of air and particle in a mixture formed upon activation by a propellant source and to direct a stream of a particle-gas mixture out of the c...