ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,302, issued on May 27, was assigned to Donaldson Co. Inc. (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Enlarged opening filter bags, support assemblies, and filter bag assemblies" was invented by David V. Gutman (Brussels), Massimo Movia (Tervuren, Belgium), Eric W. E. Collin (Bilzen, Belgium), Steven A. Johnson (Williams, Minn.), Benny J. B. Mombaerts (Boortmeerbeek, Belgium), Gabriel J. Safarian (Deephaven, Minn.), David L. Van Eylen (Heverlee, Belgium) and Iman Vezvaei (Brussels).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Filter bags, filter bag support assemblies, and filter bag assemblies are described herein. The filter bags, filter bag support assemblies, and f...