ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,343, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to LAM RESEARCH AG (Villach, Austria).
"Apparatus for dispensing a liquid" was invented by Karl David Henriks (Villach, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for dispensing a liquid comprising: a supply flow path; a pressurised liquid source arranged to supply pressurised liquid to the supply flow path; a junction downstream of the pressurised liquid source, wherein at the junction the supply flow path is branched into a dispense flow path and a return or drain flow path; and a valve or pump in the return or drain flow path downstream of the junction."
The patent was filed on Feb. 1...