ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,341, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to PARTICLE MEASURING SYSTEMS INC. (Boulder, Colo.).

"Compact intelligent aerosol and fluid manifold" was invented by Edward Yates (Boulder, Colo.), Cary Hertert (Boulder, Colo.), Brian A. Knollenberg (Boulder, Colo.) and Jonathan Skuba (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manifold system and methods of collecting samples, where the manifold system comprises multiple input sample ports and a preferably rotatable flow focusing element. The manifold system is able to sample aerosols and gases from multiple sample points, such as from cleanrooms and manufacturing environments, for colle...