ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,915, issued on May 13, was assigned to Glatt GmbH (Binzen, Germany).

"Method for controlling the volume flow rate from a nozzle" was invented by Reinhard Nowak (Loerrach, Germany) and Lars Steinke (Loerrach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for controlling or regulating the volume flow rate of a substance to be sprayed and/or a gas from a nozzle suitable for spraying substances, particularly dispersions, emulsions or suspensions, wherein the nozzle has a nozzle body comprising a nozzle mouthpiece, wherein the nozzle body has an inner pipe, which is connected to a supply for the substance to be sprayed and has an inner w...