ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,063, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Flowserve Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Fluid flow control devices and systems, and methods of flowing fluids therethrough" was invented by Jeff Parish (Springville, Utah), Bradford Haines (Spanish Fork, Utah) and Gifford Decker (Springville, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fluid flow control devices comprise a cylindrical body extending along a longitudinal axis and having a sidewall. The cylindrical body has a first channel extending longitudinally along the sidewall and a second channel extending longitudinally along the sidewall. At least a portion of one of the at least one first channel and...