ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,153, issued on June 10, was assigned to Liberty Pumps Inc. (Bergen, N.Y.).

"Self cleaning cutter, cutting assembly, and pump" was invented by Donald M. Pohler (North Chili, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotatable cutter, which may be used in a cutting assembly and in a grinder pump, is provided comprising at least a first cutting blade and a second cutting blade. Each of the first and the second cutting blades include a central region and a distal region. A protruding nub extends axially outwardly from the distal region of at least one of the first and second cutting blades. The rotatable cutter is engageable with a rotating ...