ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,872, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Little Falls, N.J.).
"Low volume filling of a liquid into a container" was invented by Imke Sonja Ludwig (Basel, Switzerland), Joerg Luemkemann (Basel, Switzerland), Julien Boeuf (Mannheim, Germany) and Tim Dreckmann (Basel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process of assembling a filling system for low volume filling of a liquid into a container is disclosed. The process includes obtaining plural liquid forwarding devices configured to provide the liquid from a reservoir to the container, and simulating operation of each of the liquid forwarding devices by n...