ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,780, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LP (Spring, Texas).

"Fluid delivery system with pump servicing features" was invented by Dorkaitz Alain Vazquez Fernandez (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain), Alvin Zheng-Hui Yu (San Diego), Joan-Albert Miravet Jimenez (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain) and Albert Crespi Serrano (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing fluid delivery system comprising a fluid pump having an inlet and an outlet, a valve connected to the outlet of the fluid pump, and a controller to close the valve while the fluid pump is driven to increase the pressure ...