ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,317, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to MH Tech AS (Stavanger, Norway).

"Valve and a method of controlling fluid flow between a fluid supplying device and a fluid receiving device" was invented by Roar Forland Riseth (Stavanger, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve and a method are for controlling fluid flow between a fluid supplying device and a fluid receiving device. The valve has an inlet for connection to the fluid supplying device, and an outlet. The valve has a piston arrangement slidable with respect to a valve body between a closed first position, and an open second position providing fluid communication between the...