ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,201, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to LPW TECHNOLOGY LTD (Cheshire, Great Britain).

"Or relating to powder handling" was invented by Callum Healey (Widnes, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a powder dispensing apparatus for dispensing a powder, comprising: a dispensing chamber for dispensing a predetermined volume of powder to a receptacle; an inlet valve movable between a closed state and an open state to control ingress of powder into the dispensing chamber from a powder source; an outlet valve movable between a closed state and an open state to control egress of powder from the dispensing chamber to a recep...