ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,366, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific Inc. (Santa Ana, Calif.).
"Venting system for a mixing apparatus" was invented by Thomas Reid Fletcher (Newport Beach, Calif.), Wayne Mauro (Santa Ana, Calif.) and David Neese (Santa Ana, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter unit for a mixing apparatus includes a hydrophilic filter and a hydrophobic vent filter. The hydrophilic filter is configured to receive a fluid including a liquid and gas. The hydrophilic filter is further configured to sterilize the liquid. The hydrophobic vent filter is configured to receive the gas from the hydrophilic filter. The hydr...