ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,905, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Hypertherm Inc. (Hanover, N.H.).

"Liquid pressurization pump and systems with data storage" was invented by Marty Midura (Enfield, N.H.), Jason McKearney (Londonderry, N.H.), Cedar Vandergon (New Brighton, Minn.), Jon Lindsay (Grantham, N.H.), Steve Voerding (New Brighton, Minn.), Brett Hansen (Mapleton, Utah), David Osterhouse (New Brighton, Minn.), Edward M. Shipulski (Etna, N.H.) and Michael Hoffa (Lebanon, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention features methods and apparatuses for altering a cutting operation during operation of the pressurized liquid jet cutting system. A pressu...