ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,407, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CALDERA ENGINEERING, L.C. (Provo, Utah).

"Blast tube assemblies" was invented by Jeffrey C. Robison (Provo, Utah), Michael Luque (Provo, Utah), Ryan Weber (Provo, Utah) and Grant Brockbank (Provo, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve seat and blast tube assembly is provided herein. The valve seat and blast tube assembly may include a ceramic valve seat liner positioned within a valve seat housing. The valve seat may be configured to couple to a blast tube/choke assembly."

The patent was filed on Oct. 19, 2023, under Application No. 18/381,973.

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