ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,994, issued on July 1, was assigned to ANDRITZ INC. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Adjusting a high pressure feeder based on fluid leakage" was invented by Keith Vogel (Queensbury, N.Y.), Tyson B. Hunt (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.), Blake Whiteside (Trussville, Ala.), Carlton L. Luhrmann (Alpharetta, Ga.), Scott A. Pope (Atlanta) and Aaron Leavitt (Alpharetta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, that adjust a high-pressure feeder of a feed system used in pulp production based on the fluid leakage through a low-pressure outlet of a high-pressure feeder. M...