ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,843, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to PERMA-TEC GMBH & Co. KG (Euerdorf, Germany).

"Lubricant dispenser" was invented by Egon Eisenbacher (Karlstadt, Germany), Kuno Buehner (Oberbach, Germany), Ralf Engelhardt (Schweinfurt, Germany), Jochen Lehnert (Niederlauer, Germany) and Thomas Haupt (Burkardroth, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a lubricant dispenser comprising a storage container (1) filled with lubricant and a pump unit (2) which can be connected to or is releasably connected to the storage container and by means of which the lubricant can be pumped from the storage container (1) to an outlet (...