ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,689, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to King Technology Inc. (Minnetonka, Minn.).
"Dispenser systems" was invented by Joseph A. King (Wayzata, Minn.), Jeffrey D. Johnson (Edina, Minn.), Paul Freeberg (South St. Paul, Minn.), Lyle Enderson (Elk River, Minn.), Donald Dalland (Mantorville, Minn.) and Terry Goeman (Minnetonka, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispenser system for delivering various combinations of dispersants to a body of water with the various combinations of dispersants supplied to the body of water through the interchanging of dispensing cartridges which are attachable to a main dispensing cartridge where a cond...