ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,248, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ARCHIPELAGO TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"Fluid ejector" was invented by Daniel Richard Mace (Cambridge, Great Britain), Neil Emerton (Cambridge, Great Britain), David Alan Crooks (Cambridge, Great Britain), Guy Charles Fernley Newcombe (Cambridge, Great Britain), Charlotte Giverny Pamela Joy Stokes (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Theodore John Snudden (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid ejector for ejecting discrete volumes of ejectant includes a body with opposing first and second surfaces. One or more nozzles are defined as conduits extending thr...