ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,329, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to IFLO LLC (Miramar, Fla.).

"Drain cleaner apparatus" was invented by Joseph McDonnell (Miramar, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus configured to dispense a cleaner composition includes an apparatus outlet in fluid communication with an exterior of the apparatus, a dispenser device configured to be operated to selectively dispense an amount of the cleaning composition through the apparatus outlet, and a controller configured to operate the dispenser device to cause the amount of the cleaning composition to be dispensed through the apparatus outlet without manual intervention. The ap...