ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,222, issued on July 8, was assigned to NOVINIUM LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Fluid injection system with smart injection and receiver tanks" was invented by Glen John Bertini (Fox Island, Wash.), Weston Philips Chapin Ford (Seattle), Helaina Hurwitz (Kent, Wash.), Norman E. Keitges (Renton, Wash.), Kevin Laux (Kent, Wash.), James Steele (Kent, Wash.), Jeffrey Andrew Thomas (Kent, Wash.) and Rodrigue Tonfack (Kent, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tank including a fluid reservoir, a communication module, a controller, and at least one sensor. The fluid reservoir is configured to be in fluid communication with a cable segment. The com...