ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,958, issued on July 22, was assigned to Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies UK Ltd. (Billingham, Great Britain).

"Static mixer" was invented by Charles Heise (Billingham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A static mixing apparatus for mixing a fluid, preferably a liquid is provided. The mixer comprises a plurality of chambers in series, the first chamber of the series comprising a fluid inlet, and the final chamber of the series comprising a fluid outlet, each chamber except the final chamber including orifices defining a flow path from the fluid inlet and into each chamber in series and to the fluid outlet and the final cha...