ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,812, issued on June 3, was assigned to Derrick Corp. (Buffalo, N.Y.).

"Apparatuses, methods, and systems for vibratory screening" was invented by Christian Newman (Buffalo, N.Y.) and Kurt Stodolka (Cheektowaga, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed embodiments include a screen deck assembly that can be mounted on a vibratory screening machine. The screen deck assembly includes a plurality of elongated support members that extend in a first direction. A plurality of support rods are mounted to the elongated support members. The support members and support rods form a screen support surface. The support rods extend in a directio...