ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,307, issued on May 13, was assigned to OZONE 1 PTY LTD (Nerang, Australia).

"Flow control device" was invented by David Brauer (Gold Coast, Australia), Joel Harvey (Gold Coast, Australia) and Valeri Orlingis (Brisbane, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow control device comprising a body having an inlet in a first end thereof, an outlet in a second end thereof, and a passageway extending between the inlet and the outlet, the flow control device further comprising an injection assembly located at least partially within the passageway such that at least a portion of a fluid flowing through the device passes through the injec...