ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,335, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Lone Gull Holdings Ltd. (Portland, Ore.).

"Methods and systems for reversible coupling of conduits" was invented by Garth Alexander Sheldon-Coulson (Portland, Ore.) and Brian Lee Moffat (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for transient fluidic coupling via reversibly couplable conduits. In one example, a method includes directing a conduit assembly to a receiving port by releasing one or more fluid streams from the conduit assembly. The method may further include fluidly coupling an internal passage of the conduit assembly to the receiving port. The i...