ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,472, issued on July 29, was assigned to JVK Filtration Systems GmbH (Georgensgmund, Germany).

"Assembly comprising a filter plate and an attachment part" was invented by Manfred P. Hermann (Nuremberg, Germany) and Bernhard Salbaum (Rottenbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly comprising a filter plate for filter press and at least one attachment part, wherein the filter plate has a filter chamber boundary surface, by means of which a filter chamber to be formed in the filter press can be bounded. At least one channel for a fluidic connection to the filter chamber boundary surface is formed in the filter plate, and t...